Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-08-27
POET wAKnMAs's wASprnrscs.
A Spa with Curious History and
Woman as Discoverer-A Gray old
Town of Gray Old stairs Ju,nbled
About the Finest Beach in Europe.


| - - Hhe oouthp0rt on the west,
ana brighton on the south coast Ii has
oeen watering-plaee for nearly two
hundred and fifty years Before tb,t
good fortune. it was lttle else than A
dreary fishing port, with great. grim
castle dominating hamlet and harbor;
and a wise woman. who used her ave-
sight and other senses. was primarily
Iesponslble for ScarbNrough's tranfor-
r nntion from obseurity to opulence aud
Mrs; Farrow. sensible and intel
ngent iauy, who lived at Scarborough.
ABOUT me year 1850. sometimes walked
along tne shore, and observing the stones
over which the waters from cliff-side
sPIlnSl passed TO have received russell
solori ana hnding 1t to have an acid
en5 inherent from the common springs.
uhM TO receive purple tincture from
galis' thought II might probably have a
Inellclnal property. Having. therefore,
made an eSpeiN lit herself. and nor
ssutHsu others to do the same, IL was
appuhu 10 De eihcaclous In some com.
| p.ulhts; and became the usual phyeic Of
ane thnAnlinnts. 1t was afterwards in
| great reputation with the citizens az
FORK and the gentry OF the country.
ahu at length was so generally recon.
| nenued that persons of auality cana
from distance to drink 1t; preferrlng II
peIore an others they had formerly ire
qnented' even the italian, French and
| Sernan spaws."
Thus runs the nncient ungra,,,,, ,,t,
put truthful chronicle. Dame Farrow has
ohly lew lines In Scarborough local Ne.
tory ana no monument. These are the
ohly really mean things you VIII find
uoout INC winsome old town. The "spnw"
b LAY goVu hline discovered Is a spa which
KY l curious history Of Its own. Nearly
nIty years after It's discovery. the spa
was provided with cisterns OF wells for
collecting the waters. To prot ,ct these
from tue encrnRchment OF tho sen a
stout straith Of stone bound by tilnbers
was erected around the wells Forty
years later a great mass OF the cliff
ABOVE COZ tanning nearly an acre Of pas
lure Iand, sunk perpendicnlirly for sey-
eral yards. Az this huge mass OF cllff
went down, the sand rbout the straith,
some distance from the subsiding cliff
shot up into the air TO height Of from
thlrty to nifty feet, an entire mass nenrly
lOo feet broad and 300 feet long. The
walis Gscendel with the straith and sand.
Dnt the spa itself was lost completely,
and was only recovered after long and
diligent search, and great expense upon
the part of the inhabitants Local folk
lore holds TO the belief that this was inSt
judgment for Sfarborough's ingrltitude
N forgetting Its debt of obligation to
Dame Farrow.
But after knowing Scarborough. he
lieye had there been no Dame Farrow,
and no "spnw," no earthquake and no re-
discovery no grand spa saloon in the
ltalau-Rcnnissanc style accommOda-
ting several thousand people, opened by
the lord mayor of London; no spacious
promenades or grand Cliff bridge across
the shadowy ravine: no grand aquarium,
said to be the finest IN the world; no
splendid orchestra of 200 to 800 perform
era; no beard sea-wall promenade aud no
countless sheltered walks, grottoes and
bowers, and no high-sounding names Of
North Cbalybeate and South Salt well,
that the glorious face SCARBOROUGH sets
TO the German ocean, its finest beach in
Europe, and all the magic II takes from
the mighty sea, would have made the
charming old town all that II now Is TO
countless thousands who loitcr here for
pleasure, rest und health. For back Of
ancient Scarborough town Is Manchester
field and York and IIuddersfeld and
Leeds, humming with spindles and clang
ing with cranes, aud the coal pits of
Lancashire and Yorkshire and Motifs,
where there are hundreds Of thousands
OF striyfrs, white or grimy. from endless
toll. Often there are half an hundred
thousand of such as these at scarborough.
II Ia at such times that one may know,
IL he will use his eyes, how precious
thing golden sands, the whispered lullaby
aud mysteries Of the sea, and all the
benefeence of Gods blessed sunlight kiss
ing through life-giving airs the pallor
from out these toil-scarred faces, 10 I'M
used, eager eyes and haunted, hungry
Scenically considered, Scarborough and
harbor remind you instantly of Naples
and its wondrous. bay. Were it not for
the Hydrologic, historic and poetic nsso-
Citations with which all the beautiful en-.
virons of Naples are rife, mayor OF
which cannot but at some time and In
some way touch the fancy of every tray-
eler of sympathetic and receptive mind,
/ believe old Scarborough and harhor,
at least when viewed from the sea,
would prove TO the beholder more benu-
tiful scene. Like the bay Of Naples,
Scarborough harbor has noble, .cress-
cent-shaped sweep from Gun TO head
land. Ii has not mysterious, awful We
suvius behind, but it has second cres-
cent OF yerdant hills, a circling thread
of emerald above the cheekered line OF
white and red, where nestle its comfort
nble ancient homes. II has no Posilipo,
above whose vineyard heights were the
GEORGES and the Aeneid composed ann
where still sleeps gentle. Virgil, but
dreadful and weird were It's scourges
and seires from the time Of Harold |
Halrada TO the first Charles. II had no |
Tasso, as had the olive and chestnut
groves Of Naples Sorrento; But ths
splendid ruins Of its once majestic head
land castle prt serve. IN the tact OF nls
years Imprisonment here, the memory
Of one who accomplished as much Tor
humanity as Virgil and Tasso together
no brave and gentle founder OF the
friends; and somehow. In all the splen-
al scene. while you mny miss the hair
oriental color Of the dazzling view be-
Meath Italian skies. there comes 10 you
n heartier. nobler sense OF kinship win
hahitation and mankind, earth aud SKY
ma ocean. that win completely 70 the
Lrave old Saxon town. which rests on
Woman walls beside the Northern sea !
From Castle Hill the south SANDS
circle away nearly tive mileste tne south,
The foreslore u fully iourth Of 2 mug
IN Width. with the gentiest possible le.
cIinntion into the sea, and eaeh reeeoing
tidc Leaves Il as smooth, hard ana s,sses
" newly scrubbed pine moor. A,oWh |
~ ,his finest beach in Europe, the ga city
,,,.o,eds IN curious buildings Jlinples o.
80. and terraces, and the oldest ana
l 70 ~ ntcst AZ streets, FROM the ouuyins
pi,it 70 there were no shore. no sea,
NUS NUS ,honssnds Of idlers and bothers
INV r ~ medley 10 be seen. the lovely,
y y, " " ss,sir-lile town would sun oe =
l l,lyrs Mace 10 see. AZ The nlEnes.
p 49, ~ fpe villas great hotSil Ana
p sl.aesd;S homes. rich in settings OF hnipis
sp,rlh ,,-e .,,rio5s old wnlly. strange Anu
Ncihutrf e-'--t.,-ovs and fAnciful iron