Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-08-22
WAEEMAN'S WANDEUINGS
THE NoTeo SEASIDE RESORTS or
ENGLAND.


Thousand Miner. waiiow In south.
port. Golden Sand.
Copyright. lsgi. by Edgar l.. wakemsnl
soUrnronf. England, Aug s.--The wca'
efn ooaf Of England all the way north
from the city Of Liverpool TO the solway
firth, which on the west marks tho bound
airy between England aud Scotland. faces
an almost silent arm of the Irish sea The
power " the tides In tho North channel
and st. Georges channel Is broken by thu
rugged shores Of the Isle Of Man; aud with
the exception u the tides Of Liverpool on
the cxtreme south, and In tho solwuy
firth vt the oxtremc north Of this region,
the waves Of thesea reach the shore almost
c9naclesslyin murmurout rlpplcs or dream.
ful calm.
Curlously. too. aud as II notably Illus
trativc Of the seeming truth that nature
ever fashions ~ forces To nicely d fitting
aud balance, tho outirc shore line for all
this distAnoc--a shofe line accounting 70,
indhutions OF nearly 200 miles Is no
whcrO hfty feet above the sca level The
sea Is ever asleep beside H.
This Il tho Lancashire coast II Ia a coast
Of endless aud measurlcss sand Behind
II level ra.nhr, of reclaimed land, with
dylses u I'D and whtcwnshod pcaauts'
butts, stretch Tar away 10 many towns
changing night aud day with machinery.
dfnse with human striyers. stillng with
SCOT and smoke 70 The east horizon line
Of chimney sihcks. Then, nearer tho0ocan.
valley u truck farms Then tho shore
line mass Of low. drenr sand dunes. hid.
Ink a hundred sunny villages and towns
every one nest Of homes Tor those who
strive In the INLAND cities, or the holiday
place for those millions who change the
clntter u the mine drill and the spindle for
tho song VI the sci but one bright day Ia
all The scoursdng year
Southport ischiri of all the English west
coast paorts. li "a Ia fact tho great north
81 England Watering place. scpr1orough,
ON The east coast, directly opposite, draw
Ing from the Yorkshire towns Tor visitors,
has greater antiquity, some interesting
history. and i altogether quaint and
beautiful, but being only aHummor wnter
ing place Il cannot vie with Southport
Scw Brighton, Lvorpool's Concy Island,
at tin ipouth N the Ncugy, 70 gnyof and
mOre gfIleking Llandldnp. the famous
north Of Wales resort, q grandly bcautl
fui Az the bright places. Ike llfraoonhc
Duynnshiru coast. have superior charms Va
scenery aud In the witchIng wildncss Of
clh hung coast.
southport excals la the tenderness of IT,
sUl, the soft brrclcs OF IT, coast aud tho
trausccndont aplrndor OF IL. endless golden
sands Besides, there aru four or i've mil.
lion people No ncar Tin Liverpool, Chcs
ter Mhuchr dcr. Mig1n, Preston, Burnley,
81
ed manufacturing cities that they can got
10 Southport aud homu again the snme
day ior - railway fare OF from two 20 four
shlllinvs each. Aud about all u them do
that very thing Whenever tho money can
be- spared
southport can bonst Of no remote an.
tiqulty, though Il forms part Of the ancient
parish Of North Mcols. Ia the Hundreds Of
West Derby II Is hardly century Old.
L. founder WIS Chnrcht0wn innkorper,
one william sutton. "rosy noscd Blil, % o.,
he was called H. theold days because haown
good cheer most prominently spoke it, mer.
lls la bis hearty Old face. lilo was also called
the "Old Duke because OF his lorlly ways.
~ one ond o, The present. splendid Lord
street he built huge hostelry among tho
sand hills This was nioknamed "rhC
Folly" by those who wore not faraeclng
as William.
Il soon happened that customers wer,
attracted % his inn by hi. famous grillrd
ilsh aud good cheer. Just ns opieurcs will
10 half the length VI our land Tor thos,
glorious 'plankrl shad. - that can only ba
got ~ The shad was designed 10 bc cooked
40 q certain inn az Gloucester on the Della
ware. hard BY staid old PHILADELPHIA. A
| little hamlet Of cottages soon sprnug az
around "l'ho Dukes folly.n la uwnci
was also tho best fiddler Ia Hll the country
side, and one night when some registering
/ literary guests from Liverpool had bcet
revealing zip aud heel" In % cnnyivlAl mo
mont over q bottle OF faro old port hb
/ house was named "so0th porth Aut
Southport the place, now OF 10000 souls
Will ever remain.
Tho cottages nrst built here were OF III,
whitowashod aud thntchcd order anon.
the sand hills, and with their beds O
shrubs and fy~or, gave au agreeable colo
20 the scene, There was hu assemblngu o
mimic mountains, with long strngglinl
street, and beyond vast cxpanse OF leye
country, The aalubrlty OF tho mir, the do
lights Of tho sands aud the brecEes from
the sen soon drow residents 10 tho qunin
wild got, aud handsome dwellings wer
erected. by 1880 Southport,had become
place VI fashion and tayOritc resort, IN
sands being In tho summer time place q
grrnt gayety Nlhtom then arrived b
coach and by canal packets, aud hnlldn,
makers came by carts OF ON foot with thci
bundles and hampers on their backs an
shoulders,
Along Ia tue iitlcs we hear OF Hawthorne
then our consul &c Liverpool aud his frlen
Henry Bright making the place, Is bcac
aud the thrstrtehlng dunes their Il,
quont haunts both for drcamful idliug an
Tor literary work. Indeed, after much Ia
qniry Of tho old, old folk Of Southport
am persuaded that tho portion OF Tran,
formation" written In England and ncco,
eary for the securing BY Hawthorne u hl
English copyright on that work, was con
posed Ia the quiet retreats OF the then it'll
old inns here.
Perhaps 10 Is largely fanclfui assocli
tlnn of person and place, but Someho,
with Hawthorne IN ones mind tho luvely
lenfy city, A. II u today, takes on the gar
OF our own delicious Salon. The trlu
pretty yards recall It. The long elm shade
avenues, with CLINT and shimmer Of III
sea through their narrowing yistas, hrn
II lovingly 10 tho memory. Tho wild,
clean, sunshine dappled yards. backed b
prlm, precise houses, hint Of It. Hundred
OF "h.ppod" roofs, quaint gables and "
haunted dormera repruduoe Is sweet oil
hooks. The half houses half shops whrr
modern affairs and holiday makers rulen
less needs have cuniured perky shops /
the lropts VI stately mansions, gay q