New-York tribune., 1900-08-25
THE PASSING THRONG.

Have you ever been at Msrthzss vInsys-c and
Cottage Ctty7' asked Frederick Smith. o: Port
land. Ne. the Holman House
ASPHALT yesterday They practically
sAVES COT one and he sans place They ar.
TAGE CITY. worth VISIT z you haven't bean
there for outside OF TIA scsnlo
beauty Of ms surroundings Cottage City Il unique
In its way. II Is sort of summer camp meeting
place for an Nsw-England Thsy come there. men
women and children, and 1--we tn the funny little
frame shanuss that oons.ituts the city I never
$3.50, saw SO @ many people anywhere else able 20 cram
berry Bend on hot summers night Is a hovItnE
the camp meeting season is IN fu1 swing
The The asphalt walk Of two miles that leads %
Of vartsgated humanity. There you ses people of
When the yachts are in the yachtsmen play Iittie
nterne5assy 5I,. ESI a2 P2ot with Aish io~ and
f0s tg0 g0r F20 Es g 9oF3gs With groPoEonate
them a. fbsv ~o-7s ,.++ 49, II - Icy IouIlt
nvaris6y Wins You think tas nq0sE sost
At the place youTss E e you d0 Gn aa Sss7 :ass qak
wager youl come back saying I'm a most con
people md 70 DO in that tiny place. II they boat
date them They cant sh s @ 70 ,9S asoGm?5
be = fish famine for certainty. II they al bathsd
alnl91d saah and, Now what 90 they dof I've nsvsr
friend friend would put it cottass G1ty Is saSs7
came to grief there once NJ Smith COZ
unued Tt was on the annual cruise OF the New
York Yacht Club Another man
AWKWARD and myself were dividing little
FOX TWO D-footsr between uA and our
1ACHTSAEN. provender consisted principally OF
ham sandwiches and beer, which
we were heartily tired or We were lying On ths
deck OF the yacht, Idly trying to think up an appe
dte for those beastIy sandwiches when a utpuv
Ettle steam launch ran by and the man tn ne
BUT down AT The s1I o4 enA2s Al ne assts 6ssa
was our simultaneous yeu, and his, You bet you
o..1 can and a good one too brought good cheer 70
ourselves in our best yachting quits and started
however, when We struck that endless ehsfn ~
Sotfage City humanity on the asphalt walk. but
sqi1 SO We handed in our names Tor table TO the
what We 1or,iS "a bsg en % at We ta!kso about
before We had arranged a wholly satisfactory
- Just @ aftsr ne steward had come and said Tou
So3 gehI[.e1nsI veneraele Uncle silas with
r1b- q us US e9o SAD: Beg pardon gentlemen but
name o1 our 40-footer. and then he asked, who
Paa55 Eou Er down low, We SAID we dldn't know. as We
that brought forth the sickening Information that
dore Gerry and his guests on tbs Fats ba3 10
In,vIted that hoary MethuseIah explained, with
hs went On, II we knew any one who would put Is
next moTgant oTtI fs = @ onIy too gag ste The
yeaTnlng Tor food Those beautiful ham sand
og cofage city DE 9s ~as sTbE bstws sGs "a 5sat aa s
would be 3 question OF hours TO reach theEn--
Only Commodore Gerry and hts guests ror-ogrh-
groaned NY companion GerryP he snortsd with
8 rising infection. Gerry who's
LOOKING FOR got . French chez. and has souo
THE CUAPEIT and corn. pate de to1s sraa and
SLLAA champagne ana der,i-tasses oS CO..
Zee every night, lot u Use hen
make Of ne baIfy club. while We vno have only
ham sandwiches and beer-and warn bear az that
for you forget to lay n any ics-ws east sta--
ing into the wilderness OF Aarthas Vineyard Let's
have shot az that hotel So TO the hotel We went
and found about fifty other yachtsmen there before
us, and fully Atty more brought up rear. All
there was was beer and bad whiskey ad I'D and
crackers and cheese. On that ws dtnsd perhaps
neither wisely nor too we'll, but such az 4 was we
dtned- Over tbs balance OF that night VIII draw
q vel, but remember held court. tried that
beggar on the launch and sentenced him 70 death
BY torture Y We ever found out who he Finally,
We started n q body for the feet and for once
We found that asphalt walk clear. The denizsns
heard coming and gave 8 tree field They
say the memory Of that night VIII always I've at
nhabitants stin refer 70 II with bated breath and
lowered voices. I have been ever glad that
suggested 70 the court the name Of the patriarch
with the white beard. We could have got him:
he was the man who put all out, and his punish
ment would unquesrO1aoy have been made 70 IT
his crime"