New-York tribune., 1890-07-14
DELIGHTS OF SOUTHAMPTON.
DISCOVERY AND INVASION BY THE PLEAS
URE-SEEKING YORKER
BrAUTIES OF THE POND AND THE SEA-
YACHTSMAN'S PARADISE-SIlNNLCoC
AND SHELTER ISLAND.

Island was discovered bv NcwY YortcIs, period
oortempoaucou, with stancy's discovery Oh Living
stone II j., related here that day there was a
great commotion in the yet primitive village busy
housewives with desire for knowledge OF the news
Of the day were drawn away from their abors to
the front doors OF their houses and there learned '
the uproar wa, caused by the mct that some one
had been drowned in the occan-onIy quarter mile
distant from the town
Who is it27 was the anxious inquiry that came
naturally from a hundred mouths.
"Oh, only a YORKER cooy replied passing
male vllagcr who was returning from thc Dcach
where he had witnessed the tacdy. Convinced that
no valuable southampton lifc had been sacrhced the
village subsidized into it's usual placid existence and
the unImporant incident quickly forgotten
But that wa, when the virtues Of the loIhei'
were unpercclved II wasn't easy for men and
women that bad followed faithfully In the steps ot
their forefathcrs who here from New England In
1c40 to understand at 4 glance the merits Of the
cosmOpolitaus who came here from New York and
acted I'm many ways 70 strangely. Moreover, many
of these new comcrs were artists VIGOROUSLY an un-
conventional class. They hardly knew enough TO
come indoors when nasty storm came from " or
-hore7; and at such times INDUCED In ouiandish talk
about fine cloud effects Iuit az least the artists
did some go)d-that acknowledged. They painted
upon their bit, of the lovely scenery about
southampton, Eaethamptou and down Moutauk way"
which were lovingly treasured by the natives 10 whom
they given; for tho Long Islander loves his sandy
beaches lis vast bays and inlet, from the sea, and
his green meadows. 81 felt almost sthed," said ono
Of them to day. who compelled 10 spend last
winter in the interior Of the state "by the lack Of
afr there You sec. get the pure air Of the ocean
here IN about half minute after il leaves the sea
aid is about lac being in a ship on the ocean 10
live here. therefore,
Tlo YORKER" however soon disclosed a poouniary
frcudlincso that Gi-arucd local hostility 10 his i'm
trIsou. Land was hardly worth above $40 or 500
an aero when hc came % Southampton. Now down
near the ocean where " l.lc- 10 live the worthy
farmer OF southampton yiilagcr who OWLS the land
ran obtain $1,000 an aero for IT, 4 miniature New
port has sprung up and is growing rapidly. In ten
years the aspect of Tie land lying between >outhamp-
ton village and The ocean, strip Of level land Il
quarter of 20 mile FL width has wonderfully changed.
Then they We're mere flat farm lands. bo'dercd by the
yellow sand dunes Of the ocean. a body of water
known a., the pond" about eighth Of mile long
Ialpu Is q former inlet Oi the -ra, pierced this strip
of uuoccuped territory. There have arisen about
q. tll. pond" twenty or thirty magnificent summer r.N
dor.., of r!ch %cg Workers. THO green lawns about
their home, stretch down 10 the waters ed5e u the
poud" and upon th body OF fresh looking blue water
There may be seen fJursCOrr sailing and rO"in- boats
oil. rl. pond7 IS au admirable place OF recreation for
Ils
10 row a boat and how 70 saIl small sloop. More
over worry small children bee taught to swim there
arr, bathIu.lo-.. t it, southern extremity, near the
orcan and landing stage Tor batIer'. Only narrow
strip Of lird divides the poad' ftom the ocean and
,.-ery year this strip is o'erilo"td by some II-h
o.en tdc and the pond refreshed with ocean wafer
Au,r, tl. dwelling, about the pOud7 Is "A stately
ono viii, brown c.rD lar French tower lI'- is UIo
homo of salem II. Wales, of NcW-Gork Nearby one
NON .4., another new dwelling in process ot construc-
ton This is 20 Dee the homo OF EIihu Root Who
married - daughter of Mr Wales, L'uc nearer
,no ... OH "tIe pond Is an English looking man
sion. the home u j. Nampicn EooD' IRE f'F"
Commissioner. Nr. Rolb Is now IN Europe,
tut his family, who are occupying to h'u'e'
cNp. that he VIII arrive in America III ie" days
I no ul,ce ia the state eau finer examples De seen
of tn, modern inia' lon Of the Colonial n"u''"h' Inc
Colonial style indeed seems 10 le becoming the pr
,.,,l,r., ore Of southampton. All the recently hut
bi,.. Arc of this style. show evd"Ies OF - IN
rrnrro Nor could there bc one better 1dap.ed 10
,.ut'arrton, containing as 10 does So many houses
ot ,t. colonial period. There j, ore ho4re IN the
VILLAGE. still luhai lied. which j, u'i.'' .d 10 have been
lui.f IN l64O whom the Massachusetts, settlers came
herc from Lynn. and, what Is more N'nWA'l le 81 is
ovn.d and occupied by The direct descendants o' the
family that buIt It a quaint i'm 40 street corner
t.l. one that th., b, Jobs Lame, opened l'"".
,rb. beauty OF tie architecture OF the ne" ho'ls's
~ -. Sow lor,, resident, /, especially pcicrp'l0lt
fron the fact that there are no trees TO impede 'h'
,l.,r of their proportions. Ir-, VIII not -ro" upo"
tt soil ON which the house, have been uLli, IL = 40
sandy that tuc Violent winds of Oh" coast in Wd
UI,t..r uproot them. Iu-hc-. however, VIII gro"
and sustain ueir Ifc There ar'. therefore, b''uu'"
brlrerovs iut the hon -cs ,,4d ou against The oI"e
-,y l.,. on in!- fair day with striking W-untV'~-'
# there i, amy beauty or us.naa in their pr'p'r
tio,. Il IL ultuly and even >tdrlu-N revealed"
r>..,rf -tr....- Sidewalks and roads have hr'u oou
,ri.t.d by tl.-. Sew -Nor, iucom.r,. They also
Io plt mp % tnc club house at cost OF 9"'"'' "4'l
tennis courts adjoining 10. ih- pl'c' OF recreation
, near t," sea. SID that tie llWu tennis p.A}' "~N'.'
hn,e the comfort ot feeling themselves .'!Hc" ol d"
cool ,,a brc1c. WHAT i7 especially iot"''" - ''"
.rl,- grow, nearly to tie s.t, edge. 1i.'o 3, Oily
"a narrow ribbon ol sand duue aud ,t,d tc''h between
tl,. green lawns Of the houses and tn' o'-'n' MANY
tb. N,,, Yor, -.druj- have rtut thcr I"u-c~ '"'
., tl. dunes. 80 that they can o\rr'''
them and gaze drec.E upon uIa pillow %.
tl.. ocean "a, the, roll upon the beach, Auah- N'''
,,h, have put thc.r houses thu' close {" ue -"'o "'
OK Jud-e IIc.ry A. lIo"iaHd. Dr. y. l. Thomas "'''
William T. Douglas. The mansion Cd. Nh. p'--"l.' 50
IN m, Frca,n chateau st,e, ,oca, almost p'iI''''N
near tho sea. and old r-dtnts Of southampton 7..-"'
tr.ir head, when they look az it, and -a' that "'H
,,.,ld not lc to build d house there. since tuc OCEAN
4, Yearly cucruacLlug upon ihc coast H.' Vl ''7
Island and reducing n, proportions. A'uc Ia '.''
AWAY from the co4,tIInr, either grouped "."'' '
ppud " or near 10 lt uur e,ts tIt hLr i' I"'.''' "
Iudr. E,ldy of Tie supreme Court, of John JAY 'A
Minister t. Austria; of Arthur J. Peabody "i N'
Morton. of Edward Mitchell, Professor hoy'''l' "
c,l,u5bia ,oIl,a.. Of tine bcv. Dr Eai"rt.U '' .,
/ t,,ur-.'- Episcopal thur. OF >.ih L. ''',. ,.-f
Polio. Justice h.ibr,th of Alfred lII, = tt ID. .'i
OF trcdcri,n IT, h',- ." h9Iyu 49,, ., Of -,lyu
lI.mpnrr.e. of tuarlc- r. hnlue5 ANA "I '''''"
! Wien the summer r-drnt OF southampton W, ,,.
| 10 yet commanding Vie" of Tie "',"u 'ii" 80 a.,
! .,,ri,,pu!nr country bee gct5 john ID" "'.f ,,r
| .irr.,.c to the shIulcsoch luu,, four n"N' 49,
| ucr, T. a range Ot high hhr. crossed ny Do, N,ur
r>,.llrnt roads Long Island D. almost t"I ' 80 -
~ The ocean II the point. and from the L-Hr' AI,n fr,l
uiit Of tho h.ll- has grand We" ol'' ~ ,,u
H. ocean tn thr ,UutANard and pcrout i'l any t',5
/ land 10 Inc uor'hWaid. A. l0 well known ',i'.
i,, h.. large body of water. fourteen OF me-, % ','
/ in breadth az various po.ut-. III is u'1',,' r,,
! .nt,l ,,itL ucuin5uli, ui urrEuar ouiN''' any -
M t,.rr If "A ,afc harbOr and p.p,cDt.d p",'
recreation for boatmcn and yach'si1rn. l"T go -,
! constructing a canal Councct.uE lt'"u' i'",- ia,
! eGlpu,c1,h Bay Nhcu the inlet q = lulo,of ,n.