The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-12-14
Beginning OF a Great Resort.
How We Feed

1t was in 1882 when the original Pequot house
was built, and my journalistic friend, then, of
course, so to speak, a lad, or thereabouts, spent
nearly the whole summer in that house in its
first season. And SO did Young. He was lately
back from Paris, where he established the Tif-
fanny house, and having in years gone by fished
all along the shore OF the New England coast
now in search OF fresh spot, struck the new
Pequot The original hotel was almost aborigi-
nal-A comparatively small clapboarded build
ing, but cnarmingly kept, with a superior table,
on which what primitive people call "sea food"
predominated. No small share of this was fur
nished by the rod and tackle of Mr.. Young, who
thus enjoyed the satisfaction of the assured GER
tainty that the fish when served were fresh. But
ne had Keen eye for the land as well as the
water, and saw that there was not better situa-
ton for a summer resort and residence, certainly
on the Sound-Saybrook and the fine Fenwick
house were then undreamed Off, indeed, on
the entire coast. So he bought land near the
Pequot, induced some of his New York and
Hartford friends to do the same, built nice
summer residence, and that was the beginning
OF the seaside, or Soundside, cottage business on
New London harbor. One of his followers was
the late William Stuart, who had made much
money in the then Winter Garden with Edwin
Booth, and the two were still making it. Stuart
induced Booth to buy land there and to builu a
cottage which he occupied but a single
summer, then let sold, and thereafter
stayed a season or two with his friend Stuart.
Those were great days for Stuart. His cot
tage was famous, alike for his distinguished
flsltOrs, dctors, actresses, aftlsts, authors Jour
nalists and notable people, American and for
eign. and for its superlatvely fine dinners. for
as gastronomist, Stuart was fully equal if not
superior, to his friend, Sam Ward, who was his
frequent guest. The cook at that cottage was
Henri, picked out, nay prepared" specially
educated for Stuart by Delmonico Every one
who knew Henri loved him well and loved his
delightful dinners even better. The late Lord
Houghton, Richard MOnckton Milnes-they are
all "late," all gone-carried home from that cot
tage some OF his most charming impressions
of this country, which he liked and
sensibly appreciated. And he was only one
OF hundred really, notable people who
sat around that hospitable board from time to
time. One summer day, when Stuart returned
from the city, his drive down TO the depot was
illuminated by his own burning cottage. Then
the Winter Garden theater burned down and
poor stuart was ruined. Even the Pequot was
once burned down, or up; but all the better for
on its site was the larger and far finer hotel
which has become the favorte resort of many
New Workers The Pequot, too, was the means
OF making the fine harbor known to New York
yachtsmen, and it has been for years fayorits
summer rendezvous. "swell cottages line The
road from the lighthouse to New London and all
this prosperity is the -outgrowth of the clap
boarded building OF less than forty years ago