The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1895-07-26
BREEZES FROM SHORT BEACH
PEOPLE WHO ARE ENJOYING tn EN-
SELYES At THE SHORE.

One of the Largest of the Summer Resort
Villages in This Vicinit y-- ella W heeler
Wilcox, the Poetess, and Bishop Goodsell
of san Francisco, Are Occupying Their
Cottages nj the Beach,
The summer is being enjoyed at Short
Beach by an unusually large number
of people this season. This is perhaps
the largest of the summer resort vii
lages in this vicinity and it is visited
each year by am increasing number of
people. All who go there for any length
of time become SO attached to the place
that they revisit it annually.
1t is not only the class of people that
live there through the summer that
makes the place a desirable one to live
in, but also the natural beauty of It's
situation. The village is bounded on
either side by high rocky lodges, which
are covered with dense thickets. A
small rivulet comes down from the hills
directly back of the village and flows
into the sound, or rather that arm of it
which reaches up to the village. The
beach itself is one of the prettiest, If
not the very prettiest, along the east
shore. 1t stretches between the two
boundary rocks of the little valley a
smooth and even reach of sand that de-
lights the eye.
But no comment on Short Beach
would be complete without some notice
of the approach to it. The rumble and
roar of the locomotive does not disturb
its midsummer quiet. The nearest the
outside world comes to these dwellers
by the sea is when some of the big
steamboats, and sailing vessels go by
away out in the sound. Hemmed in on
all other sides by hills and woods, the
beautiful little village seems almost shut
out from the world.
But access to the village is easy
enough from New Haven. One may go
to East Haven by either the steam or
electric cars and from there by Nesbit's S
popular stages to the beach, or, If in
china ton prompts, can take the two
mile walk. Probably many people do
not care for two-mile walk on a hot
July afternoon. But yet it has its re-
wards as well as it's sweat. If the
traveller takes the stage he might not
get time to jump out and fill his pock-
cts with some of the fine red Astrachan
apples which adorn many of the trees
along the roads in East Haven at this
season of the year. He might not have
time to admire the prosperous-lookin
East Haven farmsteads and wish that
he, too, might be a proprietor of some
thing, If only few acres. Perhaps the
stage wouldn't stop at the halfway
house for the traveller to refresh himself
with glass of hop Beer. And then the
traveller would miss that delicious and
satisfying sensation which hop beer al
ways imparts on hot July afternoons
after dusty mile walk. And then as
the. traveller goes up the hill, If he is in
a stage, he might miss the view of the
fertile East Haven meadows and the
village itself beyond, with the spire of
its old historic church lifting itself to
heaven as if invoking blessing on the
scene of beauty and plenty which sur
rounds it, itself the most conspicuous
object in the landscape. The foot pas
senger also may have leisure to view
those beautifully wooded ridges beyond
East Haven which surround Lake Sal
tonstall, making a mighty amphithea-
tier.
But if you took the stage you were
at Short Beach long ago. The foot pas
senger plods along through the woods
and after due time reaches there, too.
Bishop Goodsell of San Francisco
Cal, who resides In his beautiful cot
tage at Rockland park, and Ella Wheel
er Wilcox, the poetess, who lives at the
Bungalow, which has become famed far
and near as her residence, are the titu-
lar sovereigns of this little empire
which has been built largely through
prestige they have brought the place
Bishop Goodsell's son, Buell. Goodsell OF
Meriden, is a frequent visitor at the
| beach.
Robert Wilcox of Meriden, his wife,
Ella Wheeler Wilcox, occupy the Bunga-
low. They were early arrivals. The
Misses Lewis of New York, the artists,
occupy the Amazonia cottage next to
the Bungalow. Miss Booth of Meriden
occupies cottage on the Bungalow
grounds.
Mr.. William jefferson of New Haven
has purchased the Hewitt cottage on
the back road. He is there with his
famlly Tor the season.
Mr.. and Mrs. Loon1is of New Britain
occupies one of Mr.. Bristol's cottages.
| Isaac Hartshorn and family Of South
| ington are living in the house on the
hill at the entrance to Short Beach.
David Corey, president of the New
Haven Street Railway, is staying with
his family at his cottage in Rockland
Park The family are temporarily away
at Saratoga.
Harrison Bristol of Osmond, Fla,
proprietor Of the Hotel Bristol, is stop
ping at the beach with his family.
Captain w. H Lockwood of Hartford,
| who is regular conner at the beach,
is at Idlewild cottage. Miss Bertha
| Lockwood left last week Wednesday
| for two weeks sojourn at Boston and
on her return will visit her sister, Mrs.
Archie Bronson, at Morris Cove. Sid
ney Clark of Hartford arrived last
week Wednesday at Manor Lodge.
Mrs Doyle, widow of the late Patrick
Doyle, superintendent of streets, and
her children are occupying Mrs. Strong
cottage.
Mrs. Edward Russell of New Haven
and her daughter are at their cottage
on the beach.
H. A. Blunt of New Haven is at his
very pretty cottage in Rockland Park
for the season.
DR.. ]. P. C. Foster and family, who
are annual visitors, occupy a cottage in
Rockland Park. Miss Trowbridge,