Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1890-07-13
TIE CAMBRIDGE FARM.
Among the DEMONSTRATING Breezes OF
brentwood. l. 4.
Correspondence Of the Richmond Dispatch.I

Among the Breathing Breezes OF
brentwood. l. I.
Correspondence OF the Richmond Dispatch.]
BRENTWOOD, L. l., July II. 1890.
Long Island is a natural health resort.
Despite the inference TO be drawn IRON
the bouquet of the petroleum-retnerles az
Long Island City. the country beyond TINS
oleaginous gateway is blessed with good
temperature and low mortality. ms last
has been attributed by lealOus-mlnded
deniZens Of other climes TO the TACT thaV
the Government supply Of lne-saVlng sta-
tons along the island coasts IS ABUNDANT
and that il has been the custom or the
manipula.ors Of vital statistics 10 deuucI
from the normal death-rate the aggregate
of lives saved from wrecks In the sur
rounding waters. This NAV DO set down as
a calumnv. A days breathing OF the de-
lgbtful air and study of the influences
contributing TO salubrity enable one 10
swear away this intended STAN upon the
integrity Of Long Islands vitality experts.
A dav or two since in company Win the
King of Holland | visited the Cambridge
farm, located on tho outskirts OF Brent
wood. a charming village about forty miles
from New York, whose very aspect lsstIong,
ly suggestive Of the rest and lnylgOratlon
which invalids are annually finding there.
The Cambridge farm. be II known. IS an
annex OF The Cambridge" lorenz
Reich's famous home-hotel on tlith ave
me. New York. and is the point from
winch are produced and shipped to the
CITY cream. butter. eggs. fruit, and produce
which are used in the city hosiery.
a delightful ride through a country.
VARYING in degrees Of thrift and beauty OF
landscape, and everywhere pouring IN
upon US through the open windows oreezes
that seemed laden with the assurance OF
health. and Brentwood blnked ut us
through foliaceous openings but rs a pre-
lude to the heartiest words OF welcome
from AIr. Reich and his family:
The King. who had been rather taclturn
during the trip. engaged, perhaps, III con-
trusting the pine expanses through when
we had passed with the sall-dotted waves
of his own Luyder Lee, was no sooner seat
ed on the broad piazza OF the keich chd'@
than his reserve was dispelled, and as one
who after enforced silence is given free
dom of speech his tongue gave itself TO jest,
"reminiscences. and repartee, until his lace
reflected pleasure which seemed 10 say
that not even IN his own Kingdom. win
boundless power and resources, could ne
have commanded pleasanter surroundings.
And delightful they were indeed! AS
rein host and the King exchanged their
pleasantries | took in the situation. Inc
domlcile is not pretenti0us, hardly enough
90 TO reflect the bOundless hospitality Ior
which IL is famous, but as home IN the
country should be-as our host evidently
felt-a place which offers every facility ior
hOvdenine with the pure arand letting the
ozone wrap YOU up in its sustaining arms.
This Cambridge cottage Is mostly out OF
doors. a spacious pOrticO completely en-
folding it. Looking of from this in any
direction YOU see countless pines, here
linking their branches in familiar group
incs. there opening 10 let glimpse OF ais
tant bramlet engage the eye. Topping one
az the denser masses of evergreen Is the
turret of the new "Austral," q commo-
dious hotel nearing completion, intended
10 accommodate the increase OF health
seekers to this balm-laden climate. lmme-
diately about Won are the well-tllled acres,
Green and golden with luxuriant evidences
of culture. while to the southeast, IN the
middle distance. are the commodious out,
buildings, grazing stock, well-appointed
memories, aud adjacent runways.
As YOU sit contemplating the cyclorama
Won feel the air lave your cheek as with
dash of spray. 1t is eight miles southwark
TO the ocean, and six miles northWard TO
tbe Long Island sound, but IN either dlrec-
tion the reach IL an open one, with no BAR
riers lint the pines, aud the winds come 10
con dipped in the blended refreshment Of
The pillows and the balsam, and with the
SUMS direct rays waTded OF by the portlco,
what wonder that the draft Is seeming
elIxir2 g..
The King drank in the air as if it were
some royal brewing fresh from the cellars
of The Hague. He found time neverthe-
less TO give hlr. Reich some points on the
imnortation Of stock, and suggested TO him
a i,flffv al fmfTnHnFInU some
of the splendid cherry and apple products
of Gelderland. This prompted Mr.. Reich
m invite Us 10 an inspection OF his straw
berry-beds. | trust that Truth Will not
seem TO have Jared from her upughtness
bv NV statement that the great, rudy
Globes of lusciousness lust burthened
their lair to that extent that the ground
groaned beneath them. And how IL dld
make nv democratic vertebra creak with
pleasure to see real I'VE hllS paIt Vi
the lowly stoop essential 10 the cleaning
of the normal strawberry and actually up
turn his regal cOuntenance TO the sun, re-
vealinp the same efiulgent smear with
which an ordinary, everyday American
hand paints himself when similarly en-
Moved. | think the King really enjoyed
himself: at any rate, am quite sure l
overheard him say, in that phlegmatlc
Dutch that he would persist In using that
he'd made storage warehouse OF Dlilsen.
However that may be, he had MS rnalch IN
another gentleman of the party.who quite
reminded me of The. Ellyson, OF the Dls-
n,,cb who inlaid himself so industrlously
With the tid-bits that during the heated
walk from patch to porch he actually per-
snired strawberry Juice for verifcation
ride King of Holland. go.
Wetook a drive in the afternoon, visiting
Bay Shore. lslep, and Babylon, ana being
treated to a grand view of the majestic
ocean, Fire Island, and the mum peerless
summer residences that in this section at
tract some of the milhonaires OF the me-
tronolis. That Long Island has sandy
soil our garments testified on our return.
The King. being in the front pew OF the
recall calabOOse. escaped the grayeily We
neer. but the retinue were not dug out I'M
iii two hours after reaching the farm. Mr.
Reich said the deposit was ozone-trltu-
rated ozone. II il is | will preserve my
coat with its Long Island veneer, and take
# 10 some health resort that IS IN need OF
an ozone boom. think l could sell 1t for
it's weight in gold.
brentwood has not only the best climate,
the best water, the best strawberries. and
Tho best breeZes TO be found anywhere
within the same limit of New York, but,
according TO native assertions, there are
boundless fishing facilities within reason
allie convenience Fresh-water fish are
abundant in the lakes and natural ponds.
Great South bay is so full OF bluetish that
tbsv brim over the edges and run thirty
fsat mo on shore. Mackerel have fire.
ouently been known to stop navigation IN
Inc Pecomic. That is Just hfty-four miles
az the crow flies. If the harbor says as