New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-08-03
OUT ON FIRE ISLAND.
WHERE GENUINE OLDFASHIoNED GOOD
TIMES PREVAIL.

i,s hotel this summer. Everything is JUST a. 3" va
all the other summers in my rccoiecuo"'
sammis fully understands the value of inc ee"c''
primitive condition of things here and hcS.T''es ~
nut oven n connecting bell in the house Tor rear '
ercb mnrovcmcnt would frlchtcn of some OF HIS ""'e
conservative guests. without his cohscr'h''
the popularity OF the old surf Hotel "o"u NV oo
what II is The same faces arc seen hcrc '' ~
wear and il Is not uncommon thIhR 10 "c' ~
n, the vounCer peopc refer 10 the flrtations OF tcr
ondf,tb.rs on the same pazzas. Everything mas
corc on as IL always went On-thc hotel bhiidlhe h">
merely increased in size by struggling additions D"'
its decorations remain the same Inc paper va ~
walls Of my room recalls the farmh"nscs tha' '''
when a boy and there Is generally ho"o~'''i'
mosphcre lingering through the long narrow haiis'
Uut the little rooms all spic ana span III Wv"
cleanliness and from every one Of them you can i0"k
ont on the great ocean or the south Bay according W
vour disposition. AZ halfp past 10 the pc"pie a'0 III
their beds and at 3 O'Clock In the morning ''o' "'
eager for breakfast There Is more heariy c"e'h'
here ~ the square inch than there IS IN TIC ""oo
circumference Of Manhattan Island Nearly every Wv
knows that Fire Island Is eight miles out al sea iroi'
,h mainland II there /, a breeze anywhere on earth
IL s.cms 10 strike I, some way and believe us Dcaoh
! "a bc the finest In this quarter Of the globe ION can
vpIk for ten miles and make hardly m"r ''hP'V0'''
on it-wlcr the tide Is low-than y"u """" "" "
| aspla. roadway For trotting II i hnNWP'',U' ~
| I'm the late afternoon stroll or nap "" " ',
/ aud il
| living after all IA, c.,
| ri,h, n, ,vo MO I rot TO tsklng with Captain
/ Zoo, rurmon whom everybody I!kcs 10 sail WIN II
u,s one of tho. periect nights that is always >"ego
"a one when hear q certain strauss wntz' rue "'
and the stars III up surrounding S'''' w
on the bnv the yachts lay AZ anchor hhc -o'nc
thln,s and every sound. from the gentlo splash o.
! oars TO the occasional lovers voice rrV'ro'''o' Wv
a musical rhythm. The Captain -at on WIN mr. wv
yor, nictur, of an old fine salt. We wcr" dI''nS"T
time tide and changes Every DAYS JUST to sa"''
| hcrc now said he "but years ago We usen I" hf''
something exciting like once In awhile "N' "',
wa, the wreck Of the Elizabeth 1ght on t"N W." )"
| II, just A. vivid 10 me now az II II "Ou''c4 80
| tcriav That was before The surf llotel WIZ 'P'"'"
and was stopping down the way there AZ Ut"
| It,usc The wreck happened the morning OF J"''
! Ga ,.,o Thcrc hai bren a Tremendous SoutlnnNuy
Gale allowing that wa, Just blowing the scud a'r"'
,ri land in great clouds got NJ ~ . O'CLOCK 81"
looking ont OF my little window -" ne sah' 81 ~
cd finer a full rcccd -hip-over there on wv 'c ="
II was the Elizabeth. sho bid sailed from Leg""'"
with a rich cargo u italian marble, ara ScNcrt p''
| If statuary among which was statue oil JON"
/ C,Iborn think she was about 1000 tons burden
Emf | tell Won shc hal something else on bodr" mn
pr,c,,u. than her statues. and when tell Yon oil u'
| Lrourip, of Margaret Fuller aud The Marquis '>'"'
vou pcrlsps know more about the value OF t'a th'r
shin than do They say she was one of me most "
| markabl. women that ever lived can't t'H w" III"
alout her: amt much on literary thing but a''''
,rar,I read lots ahont her IN tho old Tribune h"u''
,r..lov tool, an awful lot Of Interest In her. bu
! shortly I'll tell Won something OF h'r uh' Ho"o V
,hc pap,rs have ever published that kno" on
! au.au =, ,.,,, long a,or, every ono In tho hous
/ r.e ,r and on the beach. and there We found ~
dreadful sight as oyer booked IN Tho Eh'AbrtH w"
not over hundred yard from the shore aoo"
six tiers Of rollers aylng between her ana Lao' U'
- were hcplcs, do anything Tor hcr' '""' VI
,o.-a had climbed np into the ward arms and 'oudn'
b.o- "a hat uc yelled ~ them and iherc woS u" n9e
She was hrcnkins mp fast. and II th"'" p''ple h"'
,,,,d oe before the cargo began ianmine ana br'hN
| inc mn we might have saved the most Of them Ao"n
nineteen sailor, jumped of and were thrown aNhon
r,orc live than dead. however and we saNen e'h' ID"
WAY I'D on the yard arm was Margaret fhli~ ""o "'
husband Count O@oly and a Young child lheN
hung ,hcr- until II too late, and pretty coon u'
, ,o,nlcd over and they all vent down into tn
.yvtul wreck 7, pus i terrible sight TO SO ines
pcope drowned nkc rats 'aorc you. Sir but thcTc WV
| nothing for Us b. dO-cvcry ono was desperate o"'
.u,,s no ne After that reward OF 200 VII" ""'Fc'
| for IA. vomau's body. Ten day. a'tcr~aru w i'"l
:, &c.. mile below the wreck. sam lIoman found
He. sailing a l,,at around Bav shore now reneVe
uut tho BODY "a, nearly To the skeleton ana on
-, ,,,. arms ,sAs gone No could have known her
,ut .ho VIZ. identified by her teeth nearly every on
had bccn aled with gold. Dr. James H. ""Ti' p'
Woodward and Henry J. -cuddcr were stopping ~ w
| ,,,,,, uo,.c st That time and they all we're posi-
live Then came along schooner ana TOOK a""
,. ., the cargo and bodies that hah come ashore an
No-c,r, F1illcr'> remains put upon II Inc
ere taken 20 Potter's Field and buried Win the resi-
We never could set the irwori ana thcrr wa Na'
'...,.-, about IT, That the end Of her, sir, III
| I';1onu believe that any one Knows where she laN
grave. I've often thought ,oout ana "o''"e''' W"
You magazine folks never woTf,d u up q. o.,,od
1Thai wa. the onty statue found he replied. " an
| 18th. -lr,,D nnM
wa broken on - and, ,.a. .,-.,nc o
for his bunk tried 10 stop him Her secm n,,i
.b n d" uight,apr before retiring. NJ" said ht
me ncycr touched drop Of lquor In my me- Th@
NV Old YEA salt vanished and with HIM mu'h of Va
nesdcs bathing and pnhEa conversations gT'a
deal Of time Is happily passed Nor" 1y sailing auL
G.hing There has been considerable hlueisllng her
hnu,s the past week or 50. IN say nothing OF two q
thrc,, successful shark happening parties In whc
t1istiSgnisbcd themselves o'corgc Trmbe Davidson
Of the Manhattan cab went ont the other day an
st"rI,, Tor a week Professor X. Ogden Doremus
hero with his family Miss Estrlc DorcInus. MIS-
W,htlng Miss Perry and Miss Stansbury urc among Oh
most attractive young women az The surf Miss Cot
dct who had expected to remain here for some tlm'
VIZ called home suddenly last week account OF IA
panfnl accident to her father T. u. Condert but
Apectrsi TO return Other prominent Now York popl
hcir are Miss C1encntine Dcycrc, MIS- Lille Bcry
Colonel J.. IL. Romcync, late United state consul
VALPARAISO and wife Mr. Pratt. cashier OF the America
rank and family Mr.. aud Mrs. H. y. Alden, Dr. Kerr
the Rev Mr. Hayden aud family. and Dean StanSburN
william Arnod's yacht; the Sarhem. Is anchoe
nm his cruise this year on account Of his wifc's
tnnucd iii health They frequently at the hot'
and on several occasions have been accompanied h
Hnrry Wall who, Of course, attracts The usuI
, attention. I understand the Sacncm IS for sale br
Mr. Arnold wants his price which is very large Their
~ now a crew of fourteen men on her and It is sal
that thcy consume much meat In their idcnesS tina
he sachcm is often moved from her anchorage to kcc
frotn list tbe bDu