Daily Yellowstone journal., 1891-08-25

~ aAAo IN NOuNn-
ports Golden sands.
Copyright, 1891. BY Edgar L. wakeman.I
Courtroom, England, Aug. s.-The west
ern coast Of England all the way north
from the city Of Liverpool to the Solway
firth, which on the west marks the bound
airy between England and Scotland, faces
an almost silent arm Of the Irish sea. The
power of the tides in the North channel
and St. Georges channel is broken by the
rugged shores of the Isle Of Man: and with
the exception Of the tides Of Liverpool on
the extreme south. and in the Solway
firth at the extreme north Of this region.
the waves Of thesea reach the shore almost
ceaselesslyln murmurous ripples or dream
ful calm.
Curiously, too, and as if notably Illus
trative Of the seeming truth that nature
ever fashions its forces 20 a nicely Of fitting
and balance, the entire shore line for an
this distance shore line accounting for
indencatious Of nearly POD miles no
where fifty feet above the sea level. The
sea is ever asleep beside IT,.
This is the Lancashire coast. II is a coast
OF endless and mel-ureless sand Behind
it level reaches Of reclaimed land. with
dykes of sod and whItewashel peasants
huts, stretch far away to many towns
changing night and day with machinery
dense with human s@triyer-. ,tiliug with
SCOT and smoke. To the east "a horizon line
Of chimney stacks. Then, nearer the ocean.
a valley Of truck farms. Then the shore
linz, a mass Of low, drear sand dunes. hid.
ing a hundred sunny villages and owns
every one 2 nest Of homes for those who
strive ln the inland cities, or the holiday
place for those millions who change the
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the song OF the sea but one bright day in
all b scourging year.
Southport Is chief Of all the English west
coast resorts. 10 is IN fact the great north
Of England watering place. SCARBOROUGH.
on the east coast, directly opposite, draw
ing from the Yorkshire towns for visitors.
has greater antiquity, some interesting
history, and Is altogether quaint and
beautiful; but being Gully a summer water.
ing place 10 cannot vie with Southport.
New Brighton, Liverpool's Conev island.
at the mouth OF the Nersev. is gaver aud
more rollicking ~Llandudno, the famous
north Of Wales resort, is grandly beauti-
fuL All the bright places, like ufracombe.
Bideford u sweet Clovelly. along the
Devonshire coast. have superior charms il.
scenery ana Ia the witching wildness Of
Cliff hung coast.
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sea the soft breezes Of its coast and the
transcendent splendOr Of its endless golden
Besides, there are four or five mill
hon people 50 near tin Liverpool. Cbes-
Ger, Manchester, Wigan, Preston, Burnley,
Leeds, Bradford and scores more Of crowd
"a manufacturing cities-that they can get
70 southport and home again the same
day for a railway fare Of from two to four
shillings each. And about all Of them do
hat very thing whenever the money can
be spared.
Southport can boast Of no remote an.
equity, though il forms part Of the ancient
PARISH Of North Meols, in the Hundreds OF
Vest Derby. II is hardly a century old
rs founder was a Churchtown innkeeper.
me William sutton, rosy nosed Bill" as
re was called ia the old days because his own
,ood cheer most prominently spoke its uer-
tsin his hearty old face. He was also called
be "Old Duke because Of his lordly WAYS
N one end Of the present splendid Lord ,
tneet he built a huge hosiery among the
and bills. This was nicknamed ssTbe
oily" by those who were not 50 farseeinR
5 William.
IL soon happened that customers were :
ttracted 70 his inn by mis- famous drilled /
sh aud good cheer, just a. epicures will [,
. half the length Of our land for those !
lorious "~planked shad.' that can only be i
ot a. the shad was designed 70 be cooked I
a certain inn AZ Gloucester on the Della. 7
rare, hard Dy staid old PHILADELPHIA. A
tile hamlet OF cottages soon sprang up Z
round The Dukes Folly" It's owner i
as also the best fiddler in all the country e
de- and one night when some registering C
terary guests from Liverpool had been v
'veNng Zip andAheel. - in A cOuvivial mo- C
IRnr over "A nnrFIa Of raw. Ia - a.
0use was named South Port" And 4
1uthport the place, now Of 5000 souls
III ever remain. a
The cottages first built here were Of the o
hitewashed and matched order among ii
e sand hills, and with their beds of o.
and lowers gave an agreeable color a
the scene. There was an assemblage Of IL
mic mountains, with a long Struggling Al
rect, and beyond a vast expanse of level N
untry. The salubrity Of the air. the de M
ihts Of the sands and the breezes from "
E sea soon drew residents 70 the quaint il
Id spot, and handsome dwellings were sc
scted. By 1870 Southport had become a ia
lce Of fashion and f~avorite resort. the "a
IDS being in the summer time a place of N
lat gayety. Visitors then arrived by Dc
ven q By canal packets, and holiday m
lkers came by carts or on foot with their We
RIA1 0h NnNI UhLka ana 1 IN
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AlOng in the hfties we hearof Hawthorne. ia
n our consul at Liverpool, and his friend III
nry Bright making the place, it's beach to
! the farstretching dunes their ire on
haunts both for dreamful idIing and =
literary work Indeed, after much in ed
~ Of the old, old folk Of Southport / VA
persuaded that the portion Of Trans ca
written in England and Deces- va
y for the securing by Hawthorne of his no
ylish copyright on hat work, was com "a
Cd in the quiet retreats Of the then little
inns here no
it Is largely a fanciful associa- tn
! Of person and place, but somehow ON
b Hawthorne in ones mind the lovely. mi
y city, as il is today. takes on the garb III,
1ur own delicious Salem. The trim. the
~ yards recall IL. The long. elm shaded az,
nnes. with a CLINT and simmer OF the on.
through their narrowing vistas, bring No
ov1ngiy 20 the memory. The wide, Coz
Sunshine dappled yards, backed By Of
q, precise houses. hint Of II. uudre a.