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 CONTENTS : 
 How to get there, Description oj the City, Objects of Interest, 
 Hotels and Boarding Houses (ivith their accommodation 
 and rates), Cottagers, Public Institutions, Amuse- 
 ments, Commercial Features, Walks, Drives, 
 Excursions, etc. , Together ivith a Biography 
 of its Prominent Early Settlers, and a 
 condensed History of Newport. 
 
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 How to Reach Newport 5 
 
 Description of the City 19 
 
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 Churches 55 
 
 Walks in, and around Newport 59 
 
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 Newspapers 114 
 
 Public Institutions 115 
 
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 HOW TO REACH NEWPORT, 
 
 Newport is at the south-western extremity of Rhode 
 Island, in lat. 41 deg., 29 miu., long. 71 deg., 20 miu. 
 It is one of the cai^itals of Ehode Island and the county 
 seat of Newport county. Its poi^ulation at the last cen- 
 sus was 15,693. Its visitors however are numbered by 
 the tens of thousands. 
 
 It is therefore of the first importance that in a guide 
 of this kind, a succinct but i^laiu outline should be given 
 of the various routes by which tourists may reach chis 
 City by the Sea. As the two main points from which 
 this large influx of visitors is gathered, viz.: New York 
 and Boston, we propose in the following pages to give a 
 descrixDtion of the route in each case, for other cities we 
 shall merely give the route, hue of raih'oad and where 
 connections may, and in some cases must be made. To 
 give the reader a general idea where Newport is situated, 
 must be our starting-point. 
 
8 LEE'S GUIDE 
 
 Ocn^eryior' s Island is at the entrance of the East 
 River and a httle over half a mile from the Battery. It 
 is the property of the Government, and contains 72 acres 
 of land. Upon its central siunmit is Fort Columbus, 
 mounting 120 guns. Large quantities of stores and 
 ordnance are kept here, and the fort is continually gar- 
 risoned. A Httle to the south is 
 
 Bedloe's Island, which with Fort Wood, erected in 
 1841, completely commands the inner harbor. On this 
 island is to be erected the statue given by the French 
 people to America of " Liberty Enlightening the "World. " 
 
 Brooklyn, on the opposite side of the East River, 
 ranks among the first cities of the country, and its entire 
 front is lined with warehouses, manufactories, etc. From 
 the number of its places of worship, it has obtained the 
 name of the ' ' City of Churches. " Numerous ferries con- 
 nect Brooklyn with the metropolis and the river has now 
 been successfully spanned by a bridge, a massive structure 
 costing no less than 1^15,000,000. Passing; under the 
 bridge we shortly come opj^osite the 
 
 Navy Yard, covering an area of 45 acres. It is the 
 largest naval station in the coimtry, and here are stored a 
 vast amount of munitions of war. Here may be seen a 
 number of gun-boats and ships of war, that did good 
 service during the rebellion. From this point for a con- 
 
TO NEWPORT. 9 
 
 siderable distance the river swarms Avith ships, tugs, 
 barges, and ferry-boats, while on both sides of the river 
 are immense foundries, sugar-refineries, ship-yards, etc. , 
 until we come to 
 
 BlaekwelVs Island. This island is in the centre of the 
 East River, contains 120 acres, and extends from Forty- 
 eighth to Eighty- third street. Ships of the heaviest ton- 
 nage have no difficulty in passing the island by either 
 channel. Here are the public institutions belonging to 
 New York City; the fii"st building is the Small-Pox Hospi- 
 tal, the second the Charity Hospital, the third the Peni- 
 tentiary, sufficiently large to accommodate 1000 ^jrisoners. 
 In the centre are the City Aims-Houses, fiu'ther north 
 is the House of Correction, and at the north end of the 
 island is the Lunatic Asylum. 
 
 Jones's Wood, on the New York side nearly opposite 
 the Aims-Houses, is a well-known resort for picnics, 
 musical festivals and social gatherings. Passing Eavens- 
 wood and Astoria we come to 
 
 Hell Oate. This is a narrow passage in the East 
 River where the channel makes two sharp bends in 
 opposite directions among rocky islands and sunken 
 ledges. The navigation here has been considered dan- 
 gerous and many wrecks have taken i)lace; in 1852, 
 however, some of the more dangerous rocks were re- 
 
10 LEE'S GUIDE 
 
 moved by submarme blasting, aud sliijis properly nav- 
 igated can now i^ass through Avith safety. Passing Leland 
 Island, Hallet's Point and through the Gate we come to 
 the Junction of the East and Harlem Rivers, this being 
 the northern boundary of Manhattan Island, and in full 
 view of 
 
 Ward's Island. This island contains an area of 200 
 acres, and here are several large buildings for Hospitals, 
 Nui-series, etc. Here also is Potter's Field, a tract of 
 69 acres, in which are interred the jDoor and unclaimed 
 dead of New York. 
 
 EandalVs Island is north of Ward's Island, and here 
 is the House of Refuge, a home for juvenile dehnquents. 
 
 Fort Morris is a terminus of the Harlem Railway and 
 has a harbor 60 feet in depth; fui'ther north is Moriisania. 
 
 Flushing is at the head of Flushing Bay, many wealthy 
 New Yorkers have country residences here. It is also 
 noted for its nurseries and seminaries. 
 
 West Farms and Westchesfsr are on the northern side 
 of the sound, sej^arated from each other by the mouth of 
 the Bronx River; many very fine residences are to be seen 
 at this point. Passing 
 
 College Point, a German settlement, and JVJdtestone, 
 the home of the Hell Gate pilots, we come to Throgg's 
 Neck, 13 miles from New York. Upon Throgg's Point 
 
TO NEWPORT. 11 
 
 stands a lighthouse 61 feet high. Here also is Fort 
 Schuyler, built to accommodate 1250 men and mounting 
 313 guns. Turning to the north we enter the open Sound 
 passing Little Neck Bay on the right, Pelham Bay on 
 the left, then islands of varying sizes im til we reach xVe?o 
 Rochcllc, passing which we come to Hart's Island with 
 an-area of 85 acres, and nearly opposite Hewlett's Point 
 at the entrance to Manhasset Bay. A light-house has 
 been erected here; it is also a life-boat station. 
 
 From this point f oi-ward we are in the open Sound, and 
 places of interest on either shore are not easily dis- 
 tinguishable. The Sound is a beautiful sheet of water^ 
 its length is 110 miles, and in width varies from 2 to 30 
 miles. The Long Island shore possesses very few har- 
 bors, and presents a very iuhosintable front to the sea- 
 man. On the other hand the Connecticut side presents 
 many safe harbors, into which any Aveather-bound sailor 
 may steer his vessel and cast anchor. 
 
 Long Island Sound is a great thoroughfare for coast- 
 ing vessels; benig shielded on both sides, vessels are 
 not subject to the fury of Neptune as he sometimes ap- 
 pears on the Atlantic coast. Coming out of the Sound in 
 the early morning, we i^ass Pishers' Island, Block Island , 
 Point Judith, and glide into Narragausett Bay. This 
 region is one vast array of summer resorts, every city 
 and village claiming that title; yet to Newport they all 
 
12 LEE'S GUIDE 
 
 r.ward the palm, aucl as we glide smoothly along the most 
 beautiful of New England bays, we gTadually see the 
 outUnes of the famous watering-place and before long we 
 are alongside of the Long Wharf at Newport. 
 
 Another route is by the 
 
 STONINGTOrsT LINE. 
 
 From Pier 33, foot of Jay Street, North River, every 
 evening at 5 o'clock, taking same route as the Fall River 
 Line to Stonington, where connection is made with the 
 New York, Providence and Boston Railroad and the New- 
 port and Wickf ord Railroad. The boats of this line have 
 all the accommodations of the Fall River Line, and they 
 claim that all fear of sea-sickness is avoided and also the 
 dangers of passing Point Judith. 
 
 Another route is by the 
 
 NORWICH LINE. 
 
 From Pier 40, foot of Watts Street, North River, at 6 
 Po M. Same route as Stonington Line to New London, 
 taence by N. Y. P & B. R. R. & N. & W. R. R., to New- 
 port, or the 
 
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 Leave Grand Central depot. Forty-second street, by 
 New York and New Haven R. R. , going through Nor- 
 walk, Bridgeport, New Haven, Saybrook, New London, 
 
TO NEWrOBT. 13 
 
 to Wickford Juuctiou, connecting with the Newport and 
 Wickf ord Railroad. 
 
 BOSTON TO NEVV^POFiT 
 
 By age, popnlation, business, Loth maritime and in- 
 land, education, refinement and wealtli, Boston has for 
 nearly two hundred years been the metropolis of New 
 England. It is situated at the western extremity of 
 Massachusetts Bay, into which empty the Charles and 
 Mystic Rivers. It is the capital of Massachusetts and 
 great commercial centre for Maine, New Hampshire, 
 Vermont, and j)arts of Connecticut and Rhode Island, 
 and is the model for America in educational institutions 
 and social and political influence. Although it has lost 
 its former commercial sujiremacy, it still ranks as the 
 second American city in this regard, and is carrying 
 through vast railroad projects in order to keep its posi- 
 tion. It is V)uilt on a deep inlet at the head of Massachu- 
 setts Bay, and favorably'' situated either for foreign traffic 
 or for its vast trade with the manufacturing towns of 
 New England. So the city has grown rapidly, its poj)U- 
 lation of 30,049 in the year 1800, and 70,713 in 1830, 
 having increased by 1880 to 362,535, with a valuation of 
 $800,000,000. The cramped limits of the penuisula 
 being too narrow, large tracts of land have been added 
 by filling up the tide- water flats and coves, and by the 
 
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 annexation i^ud settlement of neighboring towns In 
 spite of its frequent flres and rapid changes, Boston has 
 more of aEm-opean appearance than any other American 
 C'ty; It has also a calm, cold, and resei-ved aristocracy- 
 of old families. The only dh-ect line from Boston by rail 
 IS by the •' 
 
 OLD COLONY RAILROAD, 
 
 Whose depot is on Kneeland and South streets The 
 distance to Newisort is sixty-seven miles. 
 
 The train leaving Boston soon crosses Fort Point 
 Channel, and iims thi-ough South Boston and Dorchester 
 
 Until Neponset is passed, the road nu,s through the 
 southern villages of the Dorchester district of Boston 
 The Neponset Eiver is crossed, and then comes 
 
 Quincy, a lai'ge agi-icultural town, much of whose land 
 IS m the estates of the illustrious families of Adams and 
 Qumcy. In the Adams Temple, a plain granite church 
 opposite the fine town-haU, ai-e monuments to the 
 Adamses, while beneath the chm-ch the two Presidents 
 of hat name ar-e bimed. A handsome gi-onite shaft, 
 with appropnate symbols, was raised in 1868 in memoi; 
 of 113 soldiers of Quincy, who died in the M^a.- for the 
 
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 sion of ^e Adams family, the Quincy House being be- 
 yond. Squantimi Point, between Quincy and Dorches- 
 
TO NEWPOET. 15 
 
 ter Bays, was the home of Chickatabut, Sachem of 
 Massachusetts, and of Squantum, the firm frieud of the 
 Pilgrims, who, when djdng, desired Governor Bradford 
 'to pray for him "that he might go to the EugHshman's 
 God in Heaven." Squantum Point is connected with 
 Boston by steamers, and is famous for its chowders, re- 
 viving the memory of the olden time when, for scores of 
 years, the Bostonians met here annually for a "Pilgrim 
 Feast." Hough's Neck, not far f rom Qiuncy, projects 
 into Boston Harbor, between Quincy and Weymouth 
 Bays. West of the village are the high hills of Quincy 
 and Miltt,:^,^ whence is obtained that excellent granite 
 which is used for permanent works in nearly every 
 American city. This range is several miles long, and, 
 ill places, 600 feet high, and is nearly a solid mass of pure 
 granite. The first American railway was operated here 
 in 182G. Passing Braintree, a manufacturing village, 
 we come to 
 
 South Ih'alntrcc, which is the junction of the Fall 
 River and Old Colony Railroads. The latter diverges 
 from here to Plymouth, the landing place of the Pilgrims. 
 
 Randolph, a town largely engaged in the manufacture 
 of boots and shoes. 
 
 Stoughton, devoted to the woollen and cotton industry, 
 having a population of 5000 ; this town is also connected 
 
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 by a branch road with the New York, Providence and 
 Boston Raih'oad. 
 
 North Easton and Easton, engaged in the manufac- 
 tiu'e of shovels, etc. 
 
 Raynhain. The surface of this town is level and the 
 soil light. The Taunton Eiver forms its southern bound- 
 ary. It was settled in 1650. and became a town in 1730. 
 The first ii*on forge in America was set up here in 1652, by 
 James and Henry Leonard, emigrants from England. 
 The original dam at the forge still remains. On the 
 banks of one of the Raynham ponds. King Philip is said 
 to have had a hunting seat, and according to tradition, 
 his head was deposited for a time in an old house, still 
 standing, called the "Leonard House." The town has 
 extensive manufactures of anchors, nails, shovels, boots, 
 shoes, etc. Iron ore is found within its limits. Its 
 population is about 2000. 
 
 Taunton, the capital of Bristol County, is a large 
 manufacturing town, the population of which is over 
 21,000. Its manufactures are engines, machinery, 
 cotton goods, etc. Passing Weir and the two Dightons, 
 we come to 
 
 iSomersety the home of extensive iron works ; a sub- 
 stantial bridge has l)een erected here over the Taiuiton 
 River, at a cost of $140,000; it is 3500 feet long, and 80 
 feet in width. Passing Miller's Station we come to 
 
TO NEWPORT. 17 
 
 Fall River, situated at the head of the eastern arm of 
 Narragansett Bay ; it is a large and important manufac- 
 turing city, and enjoys a rare combination of great water- 
 power on the margin of navigable waters. The river 
 rises in the Watuppa Ponds on the highlands, two miles 
 east of the city, and falls 136 feet, in less than half a - 
 mile.' Along this incline immense factories are drawn 
 up like platoons in a marching regiment, built across the 
 stream and resting on the granite banks on either side. 
 Over $10,000,000 arc invested in these works, and 10,000 
 persons are employed in them. The great article of 
 manufactm-e is cotton cloth, and more spindles are here 
 engaged upon that work than in any other city of 
 America. Most of the mills are now run by steam-power. 
 Large quarries of granite are worked in the vicinity of 
 the city, and many of its edifices, including some of the 
 factories, two or three churches, and the City Hall, are 
 built of that material. The city is compactly built, and 
 fronts on Mount Hope Bay, across which Mount Hope 
 looms into view. On South and North Main Streets are 
 the principal churches, the City Hall, Post Office, and 
 hotels, and from the City Hall a gToup of parallel facto- 
 ries stretches westward and downward to the bay. Its 
 population is nearly 50,000. 
 
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 The eastern and western divisious of the Old Colony 
 Railroad unite near Fall River, run down through the 
 town of Tiverton, and cross a narrow strait at Bristol 
 Ferry to Rhode Island. The track runs dovm the 
 western shore, and ends at Newport, 19 miles from Fall 
 ' River. The Fall River, Warren, and Providence Rail- 
 road runs northwest from Fall River to Providence. The 
 boats of the Fall River Line leave here every evening for 
 New York, calling at Newport. 
 
 Following our rail route we pass TivcHon, a noted 
 Indian battle-ground, Bristol Ferry, Coal Mine, and 
 Portsmouth Grove, and runs into Newport, a pleasant 
 journey of 67 miles. 
 
 Another route is by the 
 
 NEW YORK .A^ND BOSTON RAILRO^A^D. 
 
 Leaving Pleasant Street, foot of Common, the route is 
 by Readville, Canton, Sharon, East Foxboro, Mansfield, 
 Attleboro, Pawtucket, Providence, Greenwich and Wick- 
 ford Junction. Newport may be reached from any other 
 point, providing the tourist will make either New York 
 or Boston their diverging point. From all points South 
 and West, including Philadelphia, Washington, Baltimore, 
 New Orleans, Chicago, etc.. New York offers the best 
 facilities, and from all points East and North, including 
 
TO NEWPORT. 19 
 
 the Cauadas, Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, the 
 northern part of New York and Massachusetts, the ad- 
 vantages decidedly he with Boston. 
 
 CHAPTER II. 
 
 THE CITY. 
 
 As the visitor steps to-day from boat or train upon the 
 wharves of Newport, it is almost impossible for him to 
 reahze that he has reached the most famous watering- 
 place in America. Instead of the beautiful residences 
 he had expected- to see, his eye rests only upon old and 
 weather-worn buildings, standing like monuments to 
 commemorate the spot where once a world- Avide com- 
 merce found its home. He hardly needs to be told that 
 Newport was once, with the exception of Boston, the 
 most fiourisiiing commercial town in America. Every 
 old building seems to speak in pathetic accents of the 
 dead past. It requires only a shght effort of the imag- 
 ination to make these old wharves groan once more 
 beneath the load of rich freight, and to crowd these old 
 
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 warehouses again, almost to bursting, Avith ilie varied 
 merchandise from lands that lie far beyond the swelling 
 seas. 
 
 Newi:)ort, however, is beautifully situated on a hill 
 sloping gently to the harbor on the west. It was settled 
 in 1639, city incorporated in 1784, and rechartered in 
 1853. It is laid out with regularity; the principal 
 streets run north and south, and are crossed at right 
 angles. The ancient part of the city is compact; that 
 of recent date is oj^en and tastefully arranged. The 
 inner harbor is formed by the Town on the east, the 
 Neck on the south, terminating in Brenton's Point; Goat 
 Island on the west, with an opening to the north and 
 also to the south-west. The outer harbor comprises 
 that portion of Narragansett Bay lying between Bhode 
 Island on the east and the island of Conanicut on the 
 west, opening to the ocean on the south, and to the north 
 rimning into Providence River. The entrance to the 
 harbor is two miles in Tvddth, twenty-nine fathoms in 
 depth, and only in one instance has it been closed by ice 
 since the first settlement, in 1639. The approach to the 
 harbor is so free from obstructions of every kind that a 
 strange commander may enter in safety without the aid 
 of a pilot. Vessels can enter and depart with any wind, 
 and the united fleets of the world could here find safe 
 and commodious anchorage. 
 
TO NEWPORT. 21 
 
 Newport does not attract her visitors by her historical 
 associations, though these are by no means uninteresting. 
 Its unrivaUed climate, cool, moist and equable, tempered 
 by the softeniug influence of the Gulf Stream, which 
 here curves inland tiU it almost touches the southern 
 shore, to be again suddenly deflected toward the east, 
 after having wafted its genial influence on this favored 
 spot; its flne beaches, equally adapted to driving and to 
 bathing, its insular position, with an inland bay extending 
 to Providence, afifording scope for smooth water or ocean 
 sailing, all combme to attract the lover of scenery and the 
 seeker for luxurious rest. No one ever seems to be in a 
 hm-ry in Newport, but all are imbued with the spirit of the 
 place, and anxious only to secure the gi-eatest enjoyment 
 of the hour. 
 
 Hence it is that not only are the hotels filled with 
 people who come to spend a few days or weeks, Init tlie 
 island is covered with elegant and spacious cottages, owned 
 by the wealthy residents of New York, Boston and other 
 cities, who have learned the delights of a Newport 
 summer. They come early and stay late, and they come 
 in such numbers that the summer population is more than 
 double that of the winter. The owners of the cottages 
 being people of wealth, and the island abounding in 
 beautiful di'ives over smooth and level roads, visitors 
 
22 LEE'S GUIDE 
 
 bring tlieir carriacges, so that Bellevue Avenue, at the 
 fashionable hour, is a double row of elegant equipages, 
 containing an array of beauty and fashion, not to be 
 found elsewhere in this country. No tourist visiting 
 Newport, however short his stay, should fail to partici- 
 pate in one of these afternoon drives. 
 
 The Beach, upon the east side of the city, is not sur- 
 passed in America. Here the Atlantic makes an entrance 
 into the land, forming a bay more than a mile in "«ddth, 
 lined with a beautiful white sandy shore, and sloping very 
 gradually to the water's edge. The scene here in-e- 
 sented of hundreds of bathers, in fantastic costumes, 
 sporting in the sm-f, is extremely interesting and amus- 
 ing. A long line of bathing- houses are open for the use 
 of guests at a small charge. Beyond doubt Newport 
 stands pre-eminent among the watering-places of America 
 as the most fashionable and most largely visited. The 
 "style" to be seen upon a pleasant evening driving or 
 promenading in the vicinity of the Ocean and Atlantic 
 Houses, is not surpassed by Fifth Avenue, New York, or 
 Broadway, Saratoga. 
 
 Newport is unquestionably the most substantial of oiu- 
 summer resorts. Its season begins early and ends late, 
 and the number of permanent residents increases from 
 year to year. Yet one cannot but wonder that the hotels 
 have not been buOt nearer the shore. 
 
TO NEWPORT. 23 
 
 Old Newport, lying near the wharves, has many narrow 
 streets, bordered ^vith the houses of all-year-round resi- 
 dents, many of which are mansions of "ye olden time.'' 
 New Newport almost surrounds the old town, and 
 stretches away to the south with a great number of hand- 
 some villas and cottages. The bathing and boating at 
 Newport are fine, the drives are varied and x)leasant, but 
 the chief charm of the place is its balmy chmate. Dean 
 Berkeley likened the atmosphere of Newport to that of 
 Italy, while another writer speaks of the damp sea-air 
 and equable cUmate as resembhng those of England. 
 There are many summer visitors from the South and 
 the West Indies, while the array of Uterary talent which 
 gathers here yearly is quite attractive. Several of the 
 ambassadors from Eiu-ope, with the nobles connected with 
 the embassies, spend then- summers here. The feature 
 of private cottages is largely developed, and hotel life is 
 quite subordinate to it. In the vicinity of Newi^ort are 
 fine fisliing grounds, where lovers of this sport will find 
 abundant opportunities to enjoy themselves. 
 
 The natural attractions of Newport are great, but it 
 does not depend on these alone to engage the attention 
 of strangers, who would while away a few summer days 
 by the sea shore. On every hand are beautiful coimtry 
 seats of every known and imknown order of architectiu'e ; 
 
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 numerous hotels, and all well conducted ; libraries of well 
 stored and well selected books, easy of access ; society 
 composed of the leading men of the country, in all the 
 walks of life ; stately matrons and dashing belles — all 
 combine their attractions, and serve to make Newport 
 the most desirable and jDopular of summer resorts. 
 
 In localities where nature has done but little, fashion 
 may have the sway for a time. Crowds may flock to a 
 point that boasts of no charm but its ocean ^dew, or to 
 the hot and arid sands bordering some inland water ; but 
 the excitement cannot long be sustained. At Newport 
 it is altogether the reverse. Here, those who come to 
 pass a feAV weelvs are soon charmed with the climate and 
 scenery of the island. 
 
 The beaches are foiu* in number. Three of them are 
 to the east of the town and have a south-eastern exposure. 
 Together they form a continuous drive unequalled in ex- 
 tent and beauty. The first beach is about a mile and a 
 half long, and is the celebrated bathing beach of Newport. 
 The water, tempered by the Gulf Stream, to which we 
 have akeady aUuded, is milder than at other places on the 
 shore, while the hard, smooth beach, gently sloping into 
 the ocean, furnishes a safe and pleasant bottom of clear 
 sand, free from rocks. To take part in the daily bath is 
 one of the regular dehghts of a stay in Newport. 
 
TO NEWPOBT. 25 
 
 Another is to visit the most inviting scenes, and the 
 spots rendered interesting by their historical associations. 
 Among the scores of natural and artificial curiosities 
 which contribute to the charm of the place, may be 
 enumerated the " Old Stone Mill," supposed to have been 
 built by the Northmen several hundred years before 
 Colombus discovered America ; Fort St. Louis, a quaint 
 old ruin at the entrance to the harbor ; Fort Adams, one 
 of the largest fortifications in America, situated on a 
 point a mile and a haK southwest of the cit:y ; Purgatory, 
 The Hanging Bocks, ''The Dumplings," and the Glen, 
 wonderfully strange natural formations in the clifis along 
 the shore, and in the rocks in the harbor; Bedwood 
 Library, Touro Park, given to the town by Judali Touro, 
 a Hebrew, who was born here, and the Jewish Cemetery 
 and Synagogue, presei-ved through bequests left by him. 
 The visitor can occupy days in studying these and other 
 attractions of the i^lace, and in the pursuit will find infor- 
 mation as well as pleasui-e. At no other American resort 
 are balls, receptions, dinner and garden parties given 
 on such a lavish and tasteful scale, and at no other place 
 on our shores can such a perfect whirl of superb equi- 
 pages be seen, rivalling in number and elegance those of 
 Hyde Park and the Bois de Boulogne. The most beau- 
 tiful and swiftest flying yachts that skim upon the waters 
 
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 of the globe spread their white sails about its 
 shores during *'the seasou." The grandest boats that 
 steam over the seas of the world land tourists at New^Dort. 
 Its site is matchless, its climate delicious, its bay glorious. 
 
 CHAPTEE in. 
 
 HISTORY OF NEWPORT. 
 
 There is scarcely a doubt but that Leif Erioson was 
 the fii'st Euroi)ean who landed on Rhode Island; return- 
 ing to his native home, other ships were dispatched, on 
 one of which the fii'st child of European parentage was 
 born on these shores. The child was named Snorri 
 Thorfinnson, and is said to be the ancestor of the famous 
 sculptor, Thorvaldsen. In 1498, "England's Great Sea- 
 man," Sebastian Cabot, visited these shores. In 1524, 
 Verrazani, on the frigate Dauphin bearing a commission 
 from -King Francis I., of France, visited Newport, and 
 cast anchor in the harbor ; he stayed for several days, 
 and his ship was visited daily by the natives, whom he 
 describes in his narrative, as *'the goodhest people he 
 had found on his voyage." The fu'st settlers, however, 
 
TO NEWPORT. 27 
 
 sailed from Falmouth, England, on Friday, March 26, 
 1602. The vessel was named the Concord, and was 
 commanded by Bartholomew Gosnold. She carried 
 thirty-two men, twenty of whom intended remaining as 
 settlers. Captain Gosnold sighted land on Friday, May 
 14, 1602; in a few days, the settlers landed on the 
 shores of Cuttyhunk, then totally uninhabited, and it is 
 an undoubted fact, that upon this island was made the 
 first English settlement in North America. 
 
 The Dutch navigator, Adrian Block, is said to be the 
 first European to sail through Hurlgate, and noticing the 
 red clay on the shore, he called it Eoodt Eylandt, the 
 Red Island. The name Rhode Island thus comes dii-ect 
 from the Dutchman, though at a subsequent date, the 
 island, l^y order of the General Court, was called the 
 **Isle of Rhodes," or Rhode Island, on account of its 
 great resemblance to the beautiful Isle of Rhodes in the 
 Mediterranean. 
 
 Newport was laid out and named on the 16th day of 
 May, 1639, the founders and first office bearers bemg 
 William Coddingtou, Judge; Nicholas Easton, John 
 Coggleshall, William Brentou, John Clarke, Jeremy 
 Gierke, Thomas Hazard, and Henry Bull, Elders; 
 Wilham Dyre, Clerk. Where the city of Newport now 
 stands, three men stood in 1639, looking very downcast 
 
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 at the prospect of bnilding a town upon a swamp. Some 
 Indians api3roacliing in a canoe, they were asked how 
 mnch they would take to clear the swamp, and seeing 
 the large In-ass buttons on the coats of the colonists they 
 offered to clear the swamp for the buttons. This being 
 agreed to, the Indians set fire to the brushwood, and 
 decked themselves with the buttons. The swamp was 
 then cleared of timber and filled in with gravel and 
 made sufficiently fii'm for building lots. The founders 
 were assigned four acres for each house lot, and in 
 addition Mr. Coddington was granted six acres for an 
 orchard. The first street to be laid out was Thames 
 Street, about a mile in length. The dwelhng houses 
 were at that time all placed on the east side of the 
 street, no one supposing the west side would ever be built 
 upon. As a consequence, not much land was left; what 
 there was has been utilized to the fullest extent, in the 
 erection of warehouses, stores, etc., hence we have a 
 very narrow street, which somewhat surprises the visitor 
 on making his first entry into the city. New^Dort in the 
 eighteenth century was at the high tide of its commercial 
 importance. 
 
 In 1729-31, Dean Berkeley gave a high literary tone 
 to the town, and organized a philosophic society and 
 scientific discussions. The harbor of Ne\^i3ort was forti- 
 fied in 1733. The royal census of 1730 reported 4640 
 
TO NEWPORT. 29 
 
 inhabitants in the town. In 1769, Newi)ort stood second 
 only to Boston in the extent of its commerce, being far 
 ahead of New York. At the time of the breaking out of 
 the Revolutionary War, the population of Newport was up- 
 wards of 12, 000. At that time (1 776) great numbers left the 
 city, and there was a general prostration of business. It 
 is on record that in 1774 there were in Newport no less than 
 seventeen candle manufactories, twenty-two distilleries, 
 five roi)e walks, three sugar refineries, and one brewery. 
 More than 200 ships were employed in its foreign, and 
 400 in its home trade. In many cases the freight was so 
 large that goods could not be stored, although 3000 sea- 
 men were employed in the trade. As many as eighteen 
 ships from the West Indies are on record as arriving in one 
 day. In the months of June and July, 1774, upwards of 
 sixty foreign vessels were entered at the NewiDort Custom 
 House, and in the same period, over 130 vessels engaged 
 in the domestic trade, and seventeen in whale fishery. 
 At this time also, there was a regular line of packets 
 between Newport and London. In 1775, the British 
 fleet anchored in Newport Harbor, and the British 
 army quartered on the town to the number of 8000. 
 Lord Percy commanded here until he was summoned to 
 England to assume the dukedom of Northumberland. 
 The Hessian Waldeck regiment (1500 men) formed part 
 
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 of the garrison, and Admiral Howe's fleet wintered here, 
 in 1777-78, retm-ning after its battle with D'Estaing's 
 fleet off Point Judith. As a natural consequence, 
 this was a death-blow to Newport's commercial impor- 
 tance. Its ships fell into the hands of the fleet, its 
 manufactories were closed, and its despairing and im- 
 poverished inhabitants were compelled to fly to the in- 
 land towns. The British remained in jDossession of 
 Newport for three years, during which it was under 
 martial law. On the evacuation of the city in November, 
 1779, the j)opulation had been reduced two- thirds, num- 
 bering less than 4000. 
 
 Throughout the war, Newport was rudely handled and 
 gradually demolished, until Brissot de Warville, visiting 
 the place in 1788, said that it resembled Liege after the 
 great siege. ' ' The reign of sohtude is only interrupted 
 by groups of idle men standing with folded arms at the 
 corners of the streets ; houses falling to ruin ; miserable 
 shops which present nothing but a few coarse stufis, or 
 baskets of apples, and other things of httle value ; gi'ass 
 growing in the public square in front of the court of 
 Justice; rags stuSed in the windows, or hung upon 
 liideous women and lean, unquiet children." 
 
 After this Newport was used for cartels between New 
 York and the New England States, and many of the in- 
 habitants returned, but being chiefly of the j)oorer class. 
 
TO NEWPOKT. 31 
 
 only added to the existing distress, so that contributions 
 had to be made by towns and parishes for the benefit of 
 the sufferers, the State granting 160 cords of wood and 
 £1000 sterling. Efforts were then made to restore New- 
 port to its former commercial supremacy, but owing to its 
 exposed situation, and the extended period in which it 
 had been in possession of the British forces, this was a 
 formidable undertaking, and Newport has never re- 
 covered its status as a commercial port, or as a manu- 
 factui-ing town. Up to the war of 1812, Newport 
 gi-adually improved, and her merchants in some measure 
 regained lost ground, but from 1815 to 1828, not a house 
 was built within its limits and it was not until 1850 (75 
 years) that she numbered as many inhabitants as she did 
 in 1775. 
 
 The population of Newport according to the last cen- 
 sus was 15,693, showing that she is shghtly on the in- 
 crease, but what a difference since the time (1774) when 
 a writer in the Newport Mercury, after congratulating 
 New York upon its healthy growth, ventured to predict 
 that at some far distant future *'New York might rival 
 Newport in commercial prosperity and greatness." 
 Newport is known to-day, not for its "commercial great- 
 ness," but for its unrivalled attractions as a summer 
 resort, a City by the Sea. 
 
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 CEtAPTEE IV. 
 
 GENERAL NOTES. 
 
 Newpoet, E. I., June 15th, 1884. — Newport is looking 
 her best just now. The trees, lawns and shrubbery are 
 arrayed in all their summer loveUness and are free from 
 dust or dirt. The streets and avenues are in the best of 
 order and everybody looks hai)py, as there is every in- 
 dication that the season of 1884 will compare favorably 
 with any of its predecessors. The watering-carts are in 
 motion ; so are the keepers of hotels and private board- 
 ing-houses. Applicants for cottages and for board are 
 daily coming to hand, and cottage residents and cottage 
 owners are arriving in large numbers. Barricades have 
 been removed from cottage doors and windows, and the 
 fashionable portion of the city is quite lively and pre- 
 sents an attractive appearance. The new cottages are 
 raijidly approaching completion and will be finished in 
 due season. 
 
 The real estate agents are more than busy just now, 
 and they confidently predict the renting of all the houses 
 before the 1st of July. There has been no redi^ction in 
 the rents, all statements in the newspapers to the con- 
 trary notwithstanding. 
 
TO NEWPOKT. 33 
 
 The Ocean House will oi^en on the 26th inst. 
 The proprietors, Messrs. John G. Weaver & Sons, have 
 already rented many rooms for the season, and have no 
 fears but that the season in a hotel point of view as well 
 as otherwise, will be a pecuniary as well as a social 
 success. 
 
 The following cottagers have arrived and settled for 
 the season :— Misses Ogden, Mr. F. C. Livermore, Mr. 
 William 0. Ehinelander, Mr. Francis O. French, Mr. 
 Samuel Wetmore, Mr. W. B. Wetmore, Mr. Edward 
 Van Ness, Mrs. Henry Ledyard, Mrs. A. P. Woodworth, 
 General J. Meredith Ptead, Mrs. Emmeline Dorr, Mr. 
 John G. Hecksher, Mr. W. H. Osgood, Mr. Walter H. 
 Lewis, Mr. W. M. Kingsland, Judge Peabody, and Mr. 
 Elias J. Herrick, New York ; Mr. S. Horatio Whitwell, 
 and Mr. Frank W. Andrews, Boston; Mr. George F. 
 Tyler, Philadelphia ; Professor Wolcott Gibbs, Harvard 
 College; Mr. Charles M. Bull, Brooklyn,, and Mrs. E. 
 P. Bhett, Baltimore. 
 
 Mr. Daniel Parrish, of New York, has arrived at the 
 Thayer cottage on Bellevue Avenue. 
 
 Mr. George Henry Warren's family, of New York, are 
 at their villa on NaiTagansett Avenue. 
 
 Mr. Richard Winslow, of New York, has leased one of 
 the cottages near the beach, owned by the heirs of the 
 late Charles Wheeler, of Philadelphia. 
 
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 The Misses Kennedy, of New York, are at the Eiggs 
 cottage. 
 
 Mr. Eobert Lenox Kennedy, of New York, will occupy 
 a cottage here this season. 
 
 Dr. H. McKennell, and M. E. Hawkins, of Portland, 
 Oregon ; W. H. George and wife, Mr. and Mrs. Eichard 
 Winslow, and Mrs. J. H. Winslow, J. A. Sherman, and 
 H. S. Cram, of New York; E. S. Singleton, and N. A. 
 Matthews, of Boston, and Mrs. G. H. Nichols, of Brook- 
 lyn, are at the Aqnidneck Honse. 
 
 Mr. Nelson McStea, of New York, has leased one of 
 the Livingston cottages on the Cliffs. 
 
 Mrs. Gardner Brewer and Miss Brewer, of Boston, 
 have arrived at Finisterre. 
 
 One of the Pinard cottages, on Narragansett Avenue, 
 will be occupied by Mr. Erank L. Sturgis, of New York. 
 
 Lieutenant Commander Miller, United States Navy, 
 and Lieutenant Logan, United States Navy, will sj)end 
 the summer at Conanicut. 
 
 Mr. Eichard J. Arnold, of Providence, has taken a 
 cottage at Conanicut Park. 
 
 Mrs. Frederic Chauncey, of New York, is the guest of 
 Mrs. G. P. Wetmore, and Mr. Greene, of the same city, 
 is the guest of his son-in-law, Mr. Augustus Whiting, of 
 New York. 
 
TO NEWPORT. 35 
 
 Mrs. Sarah Goelet, of New York, has leased the 
 Bradford Cottage on Kay Street. 
 
 All Saints' Chapel open for the season on Sunday. 
 
 Mr. Ross R. Winaus, of Baltimore, has arrived with 
 his family. 
 
 Mr. and Mrs. C. N. Beach, of Hartford, Conn. , who 
 have 'been abroad for two years, have arrived at Hearts- 
 ease. 
 
 Captain Barstow, United States Army, has arrived at 
 his cottage on the east shore. 
 
 Professor James H. Wilson, of New York, has arrived 
 at his new cottage at Coddiugton Point. 
 
 Mr. Roland King, of New York, has arrived at 
 Coddington Point. 
 
 Mr. William T. Richards, of Philadelphia, has arrived 
 at his cottage on Conanicut Island. 
 
 Mr. Thomas Lord, of New York is domiciled at 
 Conanicut. 
 
 The family of Mr. WiUiam R. Travers, of New York, 
 are at their cottage on Narragansett Avenue. 
 
 Mr. R. Colgate, Jr. and family, of New York, are at 
 the Riggs cottage, on Catharine Street. 
 
 Mr. John H. Inman, of New York, has arrived. 
 
 The widow of Mr. Pinard has arrived at her cottage 
 on Annandale Road and East Bowery Street. 
 
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 CHAPTEK V. 
 
 OBJECTS OF INTEREST. 
 
 City Hall is atthe head of Long Wharf, and faces the 
 Parade. It is a large brick building, built in 1763. 
 It is by some called the ''Granary" from the fact that 
 it was erected for a public market and gTanary. Previ- 
 ous to the erection of the Casino, the upper portion was 
 utilized as a theatre. It has of late been used as a public 
 hall, while the lower portion is used as offices for the 
 city officials; in this hall hangs the coat of arms of 
 WiUiam Coddington, the fu'st governor. 
 
 The State House is in Washington Square, at the 
 opposite end from the City Hall. It is a venerable build- 
 ing of fine proportions, built of brick with freestone 
 dressings ; great taste being displayed in elaborating the 
 front elevation. The building stands in an open square, 
 and may be entered from three sides, the west en- 
 trance being the principal. It was erected in 1742, and 
 from its steps the Declaration of Independence was read, 
 on the 20th day of July, 1776, by the late Major John 
 Handy. The State House was used as a hospital, by 
 both the British and French troops. In 1781, a splen- 
 did dinner was given in the lower floor, in honor of the 
 
TO NEWPOBT. 37 
 
 visit of General Washington. The lower floor is now 
 used for meetings ; the north room on the second floor 
 as the Representative Hall, and also for the United States 
 Courts; the south room being used as the Senate 
 Chamber. 
 
 In the Senate Chamber there is a^ fine full-length por- 
 trait of Washington, by Stuart, which was presented to 
 the town by that great painter. 
 
 The Old Stone Mill is one of the sights and curiosities 
 of Newport. It stands in Touro Park bounded by Belle- 
 vue Avenue, Pelham, Mill, and George streets. It is 
 called by some the "Round Tower," by others the i' New- 
 port Ruin." 
 
 The origin and early history of the "Old Mill" is 
 shrouded in mystery; and this fact, coupled with its 
 peculiar construction and isolated position, has led to 
 many fruitless conjectures. The antiquarian claims for 
 it the honor of having afforded a seciu-e shelter to the 
 Norsemen, who, they say, built it as a lookout. It is an 
 ivy-clad, circular stone tower supported on round arches. 
 More battles of the antiquarians have been fought over 
 this ancient tower than could well be numbered, the 
 radical theories of its origin being, on the one side, that 
 it was built by the Norsemen in the eleventh century, 
 and on the other that a colonial governor (over perhaps 
 
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 500 people), built it for a windmill in tUe seventeenth 
 century. Verrazzani si)ent fifteen days in the harbor 
 and exploring the land (1524:), but makes no mention of 
 this tower; while on the other hand, it is certain that 
 the early colonists never built in such architecture or 
 materials as are here seen. The only thing in favor of 
 the mill theory is the fact that Gov. Benedict Arnold 
 (died in 1678) bequeaths it in his will as "my stone- 
 built windmill." 
 
 Ah'eady volumes have been written concerning this 
 quaint structure, and volume upon volume must follow 
 in the yeai's to come. The brain of the soberest historian 
 reels as ne strives to pierce the mystery of its erection. 
 We can never hoj)e to know surely who its builders were 
 — whether it is a rehc of the old Vikings, a martello 
 tower of the years between Guanahani and Plymouth 
 Rock, or simply the "stone-built windmill" of Gov. 
 Benedict Arnold. Why should we seek to know it ? 
 Better the old ruin as it is; better than any certainty is 
 the unique position it holds in American history. Wliat- 
 ever its origin, it is now one of the great sights of Newport, 
 and is carefully preserved by the city. 
 
 Trinity Church is on Church Street, comer of Spring. 
 This venerable edifice was erected in 1726, and was con- 
 sidered the handsomest chiu'ch in America. The Eev. 
 
TO NEWPORT. 39 
 
 James Honyman was the first rector, his salary being 
 £70 a year, he died in 1750, and was buried on the west 
 side. It was during the ministry of Mr. Honyman, that 
 Dean Berkeley visited Newport. The Dean often 
 officiated at Trinity Chiu-ch. Notwithstanding the fre- 
 quent changes that have been made in Trinity Church 
 since the day when the fii-st services were held within 
 its walls, it still retains many of the featm-es with which 
 those who built it were famihar. Upon its spire is fixed 
 the crown which typified the sovereignty of Great Britain. 
 Below the crown, the clock Jahleel Brenton presented 
 even now holds an honored place. Within the church, 
 *the organ Berkeley presented, and the pulpit from which 
 the famous dean was wont to preach, still greet the eye. 
 The organist tells us that his quaint instrument, after a 
 hundi-ed and fifty years of service, still possesses some 
 pipes of unrivaled excellence. A cro^vn surmounts it, 
 supported by a mitre on either side. A huge, old- 
 fashioned sounding-board over the pulpit^ and square, 
 high-backed pews, with their seats facing in four 
 directions, quickly awaken the mind of the visitor to 
 recollections of the earlier days of the town. Sitting in 
 one of these pews, when the mellow notes of the old 
 organ are floating through the air, it is easy to fancy the 
 church filled once more with the congregation of a 
 hundred years ago. 
 
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 Redivood Library, on Bellevue Avenue, between Red- 
 wood and Beacli Streets, is the ofifsx)ring of a literary and 
 philosophical society, formed in 1730, at the suggestion 
 of Dean Berkeley. The society met weekly for debates 
 and conversation, but they soon found it necessary to 
 have a library. In 1747, Abraham Redwood placed at 
 the disposal of this society, of which he was a member, 
 £500, for the purchase of standard works in London. 
 
 To give permanence and usefulness to his donation, 
 Mr. Redwood enjoined on the society the duty of erect- 
 ing an edifice, as a depository for such books as might be 
 purchased. 
 
 In pursuance of theu' object, a charter of incorporation 
 was obtained in 1747, and the society in honor of their 
 most liberal benefactor, assumed the name of the Red- 
 wood Library Com2:)any. For the erection of a library 
 building, £5000 were almost immediately subscribed by 
 difierent citizens of the town. The hbrary building, 
 which is a l^eautiful si3ecimen of the Doric order, was 
 commenced in 1748, and completed in 1750. 
 
 The King of England gave eighty-four volumes to this 
 hbrary, and Dean Berkeley gave also a large number. 
 After a time, such generous contributions of money, books, 
 and works of art were i3oui'ed in from all quarters, that 
 the old building was no longer able to accomodate its 
 
TO NEWPORT. 41 
 
 ever-increasing treasures, and in 1875 its enlargement 
 became an imperative necessity. The most prominent 
 benefactor of the hbrary in these later clays was Charles 
 Bu'd King. At his death he bequeathed to it real estate 
 amounting in value to $9000, his valuable hbrary, his 
 carefully selected engravings, and more than two hundred 
 of the paintings which now adorn its walls. The jealous 
 restrictions which once kept the general pubhc away 
 from its carefully-guarded precincts have been removed. 
 It is now a place of general resort, and a great boon to 
 the reading pubhc. Strangers are allowed a free en- 
 trance, and will find much here that wiU interest them. 
 The number of books in the library is about 25,000. 
 
 People's Library is over the Rhode Island Union 
 Bank, 260 Thames Street, one of the finest business struc- 
 tiu-es in Newport. It is under the management of a 
 Board of Trustees, and contains nearly 25,000 volumes 
 of some of the choicest works that have ever been 
 wiitten, encased in bindings which astonish the beholder 
 in a hbrary that is free and open to every one on 
 introduction. 
 
 Long Whwf is the oldest wharf in the city ; it was 
 formerly called Queen-hithe, and it was here that the 
 founders of the city used to land. Here, also. Dean 
 Berkeley landed. It was on Long Wharf that General 
 
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 Washington landed when he came to meet his French 
 aUies under Count de Rochambeau. It was afterwards 
 used as a market place ; to-day a motley array of 
 buildings encumber its surface, and on the south side is 
 a Une of boat-builders' shops. North of the Long Wharj 
 light row-boats pass to-day over submerged capstones. 
 The merry oarsmen httle think of the tales of departed 
 commerce those immense masses of granite tell. 
 Through those great iron rings that ai'e sometimes seen 
 in the depths of the clear waters, were passed the de- 
 taining cables of many a stout ship ; and where the tide 
 each day sweeps onward without obstruction, the 
 products of many lands once lay piled in rich profusion. 
 The Jewish Synagogue is ou Touro Street; it was 
 erected in 1762, and up to the war it was regularly opened 
 for service ; at that time there were not less than seventy 
 Jewish f amihes residing in Newport, and many of their 
 members were numbered among its most wealthy and 
 influential citizens. It was the only place of worship in 
 New England, where Hebrew was chanted and read 
 weekly. Abraham Touro left the handsome sum of 
 $20,000 in charge of the town authorities, the interest to 
 be expended in keeping the synagogue and grounds, and 
 the street leading to it, in good reiDau", and the wishes of 
 
TO NEWPORT. 43 
 
 the donor have been carefully compHed with. In 1774 
 there were 300 Jewish families in Newport; of these not 
 a single descendant remains. 
 
 The Jeivish Cemetery is at the corner of Kay Street 
 and Bellevue Avenue, at the entrance to which is a 
 massive granite gateway, erected in 1843, by Judah 
 Tourb. Mr. Toui-o was a native of Newi3ort, and in these 
 grounds repose the remains of his father and mother and 
 other members of his family. The cemetery and the 
 walk in front are kept in repair by a fund provided for 
 that purpose through the liberality of Mr. Touro. 
 
 Vernon Fainily Mansion, a typical specimen of the 
 style of building erected by our forefathers, is at the corner 
 of Clarke and Mary Streets. Its frame- work is of oak and 
 in perfect order; this house was occupied by the British 
 in 1776-9. When the French fleet arrived, it was made 
 the head-quarters of Count de Eochambeau, and it was 
 in this house that General Washington was entertained 
 on his first visit to Newport. 
 
 Channing House is on Thames Street, nearly opposite 
 the Mercwy ojfice. It has an interest apart from the fact 
 .that it was once owned by members of the Channing 
 family. It was built by Jahleel Brenton, in 1720, and 
 was occupied by his family as a town house. It was in 
 
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 tnis building that Judge Haliburton, of Nova Scotia, 
 was born ; and here, in later times, General Washington 
 passed a night. 
 
 Rogers High School is on Chiu'ch Street, — a beautiful 
 structiu'e. It is named after the late WiUim Sanf ord 
 Rogers, who liberally endowed it. 
 
 The Armory is on Clarke Street, next building to the 
 Central Baptist Church. This is the head-quarters of 
 the Newport Artillery, an ancient and distinguished or- 
 ganization. It was formed under a charter gTanted by 
 King George II, , and is the oldest active military force 
 in the United States. Its ranks are recruited from the 
 best families, who hold the distinguished honor of 
 forming the body guard of the Governor of Rhode Island. 
 
 Washington Square is the principal square in New- 
 port; on the south side, and only a few doors from 
 Thames Street, is the house where Commodore Perry 
 lived after the battle of Lake Erie, 1813. The occupant 
 of the house at present is Mr. Gladding. To the left is 
 a granite fountain, from which bubbles a continuous 
 supply of pure water. 
 
 Touro Park is on Bellevue Avenue, between Mill and 
 Pelham Streets, and opposite the Channing Memorial 
 Church. It is of small dimensions, but it answers the 
 purpose for which it was intended. 
 
TO NEWPOET. 45 
 
 The Mall, on the left of Washington Square, is a 
 triangular piece of ground, containing about an acre of 
 ground, and this open space was, until Touro Park was 
 opened, the only place in the city where children could 
 play and enjoy themselves mthout danger from passing 
 vehicles. 
 
 CHAPTER VI. 
 
 PROMINENT EARLY SETTLERS. 
 
 William Coddingtoii, the first governor, was born in 
 England. He was a man of considerable influence, and 
 of large landed property in his native country. He was 
 named an Assistant in the Massachusetts Colony before 
 he left England. In the records of the early days of 
 Boston he is often spoken of as one of its princij)al 
 citizens, and is said to have built the first brick house in 
 that town. He became the largest land-holder upon 
 Rhode Island, and was probably the wealthiest of the 
 Newport settlers. 
 
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 Williain Brenton was a land surveyor, and came to 
 America in 1634 from England ; lie brought with him a 
 commission from King Charles I., which allowed him a 
 certain number of acres per mile on all lands he should 
 survey in the New England Colonies. The tract he chose 
 for his home in Newi)ort comprised nearly 2000 acres of 
 the best land in the Colony. Brenton's Point, at the ex- 
 tremity of which Fort Adams now stands, formed a part 
 of it. In 1660, William Brenton was elected President 
 of Bhode Island Colony. 
 
 Admii-al Su* Jahleel Brenton, and Captain Edward 
 Pelham Brenton, both of the British navy, and Sir Bren- 
 ton Halliburton, long the Chief Justice of Nova Scotia, 
 were all descended from William Brenton, and were all 
 bom in Newport- 
 
 Dean Berkeley, although not strictly a Newport man, 
 yet during the time he lived on Aquidneck exerted such 
 a beneficial influence upon the community, that any 
 guide omitting his name would be considered incom- 
 plete. 
 
 George Berkeley was born at Kilcrin, County Kil- 
 kenny, Ireland, March 12, 1684. His father was Col- 
 lector of Belfast. He came from a family noted for its 
 loyalty to Charles I. Before he was twenty, young 
 Berkeley had wiitten a famous book. In 1707 he became 
 
TO NEWPOET. 47 
 
 a fellow of Trinity College, Dublin. His unusual talents 
 secured for him the acquaintance of the famous men of 
 his time; his sweet and gentle disposition quickly won 
 their friendship. 
 
 In 1713 Berkeley accompanied the Earl of Peter- 
 borough to Italy, as Chai^lain and Secretary of the 
 Legation. Two years later he paid his famous visit 
 to Malebranche, the celebrated French philosopher. 
 In 1724 Berkeley was made Dean of Derry, with an 
 income of £1,100 per annum. But new thoughts had 
 found birth, and these filled his mind with visions of 
 future usefulness. His heart was filled with the lofty 
 and holy design of converting the savages of America 
 to Christianity, by means of a college to be erected on 
 the Island pf Bermuda. The design once conceived, he 
 arranged and drew up plans with fiiU explanations, and 
 solicited the influence of his friends to secm-e for these 
 a favorable hearing Fully relying upon the support 
 of his friends, though a man possessed of considerable 
 worldly wealth himself, he resigned the Deanery, 
 married a most estimable lady and a month afterward set 
 sail for the New World. After a somewhat tedious voyage 
 of five months he reached Newport, intending to sail for 
 the Bermuda Islands after he should have recovered from 
 the effects of the long sea voyage. Another account 
 
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 says the Dean's intention was to make Rhode Island his 
 destination; no matter which is the correct one, having 
 once tasted the sweets of Aquidneck Ufe, he became so 
 enamored of the siDot that he determined to fix his resi- 
 dence here. 
 
 The worthy Dean found in NeTV^Dort a society refined 
 and elevated, whose pursuits were congenial to his tastes. 
 With others, he soon formed a philosophical association, 
 comprising the names of men distinguished in their day 
 for their learning and liberaHty, and who ultimately laid 
 the foundation of the Redwood Library. Very shortly 
 afterward he piu'chased a farm of a hundred acres, some 
 three miles distant from the town. Upon this yet stands 
 the unpretentious mansion which he built. Whitehall was 
 the name he gave it, the name of the best-lov^d residence 
 of the King, for whom his ancestors had suffered so much. 
 This house is not placed upon the summit of a hill, where 
 one would naturally expect to find it, but in a valley. The 
 Dean feared that the magnificent view the hill commands 
 might lose its charm if seen too constantly. Not far 
 away is Saclmest Beach. In a natural alcove, in the most 
 elevated part of the hanging rocks which overlook this 
 beach, Berkeley had his chair and writing-materials 
 placed. Here he composed "Alciphron; or the Minute 
 
TO NEWPORT. 49 
 
 Philosopher," a series of Platonic dialogues defending 
 the Christian system. Here probably he wrote the noble 
 lyric ending with the prophecy : 
 
 "Westward the course of empire takes its way. 
 
 The four first acts already past, 
 A fifth shall end the drama with the day. 
 
 Time's noblest offspring is the last." 
 
 During his residence here he frequently preached in 
 Trinity Church, and the puli:)it in that chiQ'ch is now the 
 only one in America ever graced by the occupancy of 
 that distinguished prelate. He continued here about 
 two years, perhaps a little longer. He was certainly 
 here as late as September, 1731, as appears by a supj^le- 
 mentary inscription on the tombstone of Nathaniel Kay, 
 Esq., which is as follows, viz : "Joining to the south of 
 this tomb, lies Lucia Berkeley, daughter of Dean 
 Berkeley, obit, the 5th of September, 1731." 
 
 Finding the promises, upon which he relied, were not 
 fulfilled, he settled his affairs and returned to Dublin. 
 He was appointed Bishop of Cloyne in 1743, and died, 
 full of years and honor, in 1753. It may well be ques- 
 tioned whether any man ever did more in so short a time 
 to form the society in which he hved. The genial, ele- 
 vating influence of his presence in Newport was felt 
 for many years after the gracious bishop had passed 
 away from earth. 
 
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 Abraham RGdivood, the founder of the Redwood Li- 
 Vjrary, was a native of Antigua, and in religion a Quaker. 
 He iukerited an immense estate, and was educated at 
 Philadelpliia in the enjoyment of all the advantages that 
 unlimited wealth could command. Very early in life he 
 became a resident of Newj^ort He lived in a style of 
 opulence becoming his fortune, mixed with the elegant 
 simpHcity of a Quaker. His town house and country 
 house were appointed with every refined luxury, and his 
 munificence not only made his name famous by donations 
 to public histitutions, but inspked a hundred private 
 charities which made it blessed. He lived in Newport 
 nearly seventy years, and died full of years and honor, 
 March 8, 1788. 
 
 Hon. Wm. Ellciiy, born at Newport, December 22, 
 1727, graduated at Harvard, and followed a mercantile 
 life, in which he was very successful; he eventually fol- 
 lowed the i^rofession of law; he was for a time Naval 
 Ofiicer of Newport. In 1776, he was elected to CongTess, 
 and was one of the original signers of the Declaration of 
 Independence; afterward he was apj)ointed Collector of 
 Customs at Newport. 
 
 Rev. James Hon y man was sent to this country by the 
 * ' British Society for Propogating the Gospel in Foreign 
 Parts," and brought with him as a jDresent to the church, 
 
TO NEWPOET. 51 
 
 a valuable library of the best theological books of that 
 day. Many of these books are still iu the possession of 
 the church. Mr. Honyman served the society for 
 nearly fifty years, and was instrumental of much good. 
 In 1750, he was gathered to his fathers, and on the west 
 side of the church-yard his tombstone may be seen. 
 
 WilUaiii Ellery Charming was Attorney-General of 
 Rhode Island, and held that office at the time of his 
 death ; he was a delegate to the Continental Congress, 
 well read in law, and interesting himself in politics, he 
 rose to distinguished eminence. He was born in 1751, 
 in the house now standing at the corner of Mary and 
 School Streets ; he died at the age of forty, leavmg a very 
 extensive i^ractice, and leaving .the reputation of being 
 the leading counsel of the State. 
 
 Dr. SUlcs was pastor of the Second Congregational 
 Society of Newiwrt, at the time of the British occupation. 
 Soon after his settlement he was appointed librarian of 
 the Redwood Library, and his interest in that institution 
 was unabated during his lifetime. 
 
 The life of Dr. Stiles, durmg his residence in Newport, 
 was marked by the most exalted love of rehgion, un- 
 wearied assiduity, and a uniform regularity in all the 
 walks of life. With Dr. Franklin he was intimate, and 
 tiu'ough the influence of the latter the degree of D.D. 
 
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 was conferred upon him by the University of Edinburgh. 
 Dr. Stiles was subsequently elected President of Yale 
 College, and died after an illness of only a few days, on 
 May 12, 1795, at New Haven, Conn. 
 
 Hon. William Vernon took a very active i)art in the 
 struggle for independence ; the house he occupied still 
 stands at the corner of Clarke and Mary Streets. He 
 was president of the Eastern Navy Board at Boston. His 
 services for years were given to the country without 
 charge. He was a great friend of learning, and was 
 api^ointed President of the Redv/ood Library on the 
 death of its founder and first president. He was a mem- 
 ber of the CongTegational Chiu-ch, and that body owe 
 much to his liberahty. After the war, Mr. Vernon en- 
 gaged in commercial pursuits ; his death occurring at the 
 Mansion House, December 22, 1806, in his eighty- 
 seventh year. 
 
 Z>7". Isaac Senter occupied for a considerable period, 
 a house at the corner of Parade and Thames Street, and 
 opposite the City Hall; this house has been removed to 
 Bridge Street. Dr. Senter was born at Londonderry, 
 N. H., in 1753. He fii-st studied medicine in Newport. 
 Dr. Senter soon became distinguished in his profession 
 and for years he was a regular correspondent of the 
 Royal Society of Medicine. His remains were interred 
 in the North Biu'ying Ground, near the west gate. 
 
TO NEWPORT. 53 
 
 Henry Marchant was born at Martha's Vineyard, but 
 came to Newport when he was fom- years of age. He 
 was a lawyer by profession, and at one time was the only 
 dissenting law;}^er on the Island. He was elected a 
 delegate to the Continental CongTess, and was one of the 
 signers of the Confederation; he was afterward Judge of 
 the District Court of Rhode Island. 
 
 Oliver Hazard Perry was born in Narragansett, 1785, 
 entered the navy as midshipman at thii-teen, and took part 
 in the Tripolitan War. In 1804, he was promoted to 
 second Heutenant ; in 1810, to caj)tain ; in 1811, he 
 married Miss Mason, of Newport ; in 1813, he was pro- 
 moted to the rank of commodore, and the command of 
 the United States fleet on Lake Erie. After this vic- 
 torious battle, he lived for some time in Washington 
 Square, in the house now occupied by Mr. Gladding. 
 In 1819, Commodore Perry was disi^atched on a mission 
 to Angostm-a; while on this journey he was attacked 
 with yellow fever and died. He was buried at Trinidad, 
 but in 1826 his remains were brought to Newi3ort, and 
 were interred with the honors due to his rank. On the 
 west side of the Island Cemetery, is a granite monument 
 erected to his memory, by the State of Rhode Island. 
 On the four sides of the pedestal there are appropriate 
 inscriptions, and at the base rest the remains of Commo- 
 dore Pen-y and his three children. 
 
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 Judah Touro was born in Newport, in 1775; he was a 
 philanthropist, and a stannch patriot. When a young 
 man he removed to New Orleans, and there acquired a 
 large fortune. He served as a volunteer at the battle of 
 New Orleans, and was wounded by a cannon-ball in the 
 liip. In 1842 he erected the granite entrance and the 
 railing around the Jewish cemetery at Newport, at a cost 
 of $12,000. Though a Jew, he contributed generously to 
 many Christian chui"ch eutei*prises. Toward the erection 
 of the Bunker Hill Monument he gave $10,000. 
 
 Newport is also the birthj)lace of General Nathaniel 
 Greene^ and of the gifted painters Malbone and Qllbert 
 StuarL Stuart made two copies of his great picture of 
 Washington for Rhode Island, one of wliich may be seen 
 in the State House at Newport. 
 
 Did space permit, there are many of Newport's sons, 
 whose names we could enumerate, who have won fame 
 by their achievements in literature, in science, and in art, 
 and by their matchless valor upon land and sea. 
 
TO NEWPOKT. 55 
 
 CHAPTEK Vn. 
 
 CHURCHES. 
 
 Newport is amply supplied with cliurcli accommoda- 
 tion. The chiirches taken generally are both commo- 
 dious and elegant. The regular pastors are men of 
 marked abiUty, but diu'ing the season the i3ulpits are 
 more often occupied by eminent divines from various 
 parts of the Union, some having quite a national repu- 
 tation. 
 
 TrinUij {Episcopal) Church is at the corner of Chiu'ch 
 and Spring Streets. This is a timber structure, erected 
 in 1726, and considered very handsome ; inside it has a 
 very venerable appearance, pulpit sounding-board, 
 square pews, etc. There has been very httle change 
 since Dean Berkeley preached in it in 1729-31, although 
 it was enlarged in 1762. The church-yard is planted 
 with graves even to the walks and steps, and many of 
 the early settlers are buried here. Eev. George I. 
 Magill is the rector. Services, 10.45 a.m., and 3.30 p.m. 
 
 All Saints' Memorial {Episcopal) Church is at the 
 corner of Beach and Cottage Streets. Services at 11 a, 
 M. and 5 p.m., during summer months. 
 
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 Emanuel {Episco2')al) Church is situated at the corner 
 of Spring and Dearborn Streets; it is a fine building, and 
 the Church is in a flourishing condition; it was or- 
 ganized in 1851. Rev. Robert B. Peet, is the rector. 
 Services 11 a.m. and 4 p.m. 
 
 St. John's (Ejyiscojyal) Church is on Poplar Street, 
 between Washington and Second ; this Church is doing 
 a goodwork, although placed in a worldug class neighbor, 
 hood, in fact it is the only church in the district below 
 the raUroad. Rev. D. Wilson Morgan, rector. Services 
 at 10.30 A.M. and 7.30 p.m. 
 
 Zion {Episcoj'yal) Church is on Toiu'o Street, south 
 side of the Mall. It is a modern erection, with a Grecian 
 portico ; it has the support of a large congTegation, and is 
 in a flourishing state. Services at 10.45 a.m. and 7.30 p.m. 
 
 First Methodist Episcopal Church is on Marlborough 
 Street near Charles, and was erected in 1806. Rev. J. 
 Hollingshead is pastor. Services 10. 30 a. m. and 3 p. m. 
 
 Thames Street Methodist Episcopal Church is situated 
 on Thames Street, at the corner of Brewer. Rev. Edgar 
 r. Clark, pastor. Service at 3 p.m. 
 
 African Methodist Episcopal Church, corner of Belle- 
 vue Avenue and Kay Street. Rev. J. F. Cooper, pastor. 
 Services at 10.45 a.m. and 3 and 8 p.m. 
 
TO NEWPOKT. 57 
 
 First Baptist Church stands at the comer of Sj^ring 
 and Sherman Streets and immediately in the rear of the 
 State House. The society of this chiu'ch was formed in 
 the early history of Newport, viz. : 1638. The present 
 edifice was erected in 1846. Eev. C. E. BaiTows, D.D., 
 pastor. Services at 11.15 a.m. and 3 p.m. 
 
 Second Baptist Church is at the corner of North 
 Baptist and Farewell Streets. It is built of wood and in 
 the Gothic style of architecture; this society was formed 
 in 1656. Eev. Frank Eector is pastor. Services at 3 
 P.M. and 7.30 p.m. 
 
 Central Baptist Church is on Clarke Street; it for- 
 merly belonged to the Congregational body, and was 
 erected by them in 1735. From them it was purchased 
 by the Baptists, who have made considera]:)le alterations 
 and improvements in the edifice. This society was es- 
 tabhshed in 1847. Eev. W. Eandolph, D.D., is pastor. 
 Services at 11.15 a.m. and 3 p.m. 
 
 Shiloh BaiMst Church {colored) is at the corner of 
 Mary and School Streets, and occupies what used to be 
 the school house of Trinity Church ; organized in 1864. 
 Eev. Henry N. Jeter, pastor. Services, 10.45 a.m. and 
 8.15 p.m. 
 
 United Congregational Church is at the corner of 
 Spring and Pelham Streets; it is a large buUding of free- 
 
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 stone, and seats 1000 ; was organized in 1833. Kev. F, 
 F. Emerson, pastor. Services, 10.30 a.m. and 7.30 p.m. 
 
 Union Congregational Church is on Division Street, 
 between Church and Mary; organized 1824; present 
 edifice built in 1871. Kev. M. Van Home, i3astor. 
 Services at 4 and 8 p.m. 
 
 Unitarian Church {Channing Memorial) is on Pel- 
 ham Street, opposite Toiu'o Park, and is a fine edifice. 
 This society was organized in 1835. The present edi- 
 fice was completed in 1881, aoid was erected in memory 
 of William EUery Channing. Kev. Charles W. Wendte 
 is pastor. Service at 10.45 a.m. 
 
 Roman Catholic Church is on Spring Street, comer 
 of Levin. It is Gothic in style, and built of freestone. 
 Rev. Philip Grace, j)riest. Services at 10.30 a.m. and 
 
 8 P.M. 
 
 Friends' Meeting House is on Marlborough Street, 
 near West Broadway. This building is said to have been 
 erected as early as the year 1700 ; the records of the 
 Society of Friends date back in Rhode Island to 1643. 
 Services at 10.30 a.m. and 7.30 p.m. 
 
 Ancient Society of Friends, established 1643 ; place 
 of worship, Mann Avenue. 
 
 Jewish Synagogue is on Touro Street ; built in 1763. 
 Rev. A. P. Meudes, rabbi. Sei-vices, Friday, at sunset, 
 and Satiu'day, at 9 p.m. 
 
TO NEWPOKT. 59 
 
 CHAPTEE Vin. 
 
 WALKS. 
 
 Newport will vie with any city in the Union, in the 
 number of its pleasant and attractive walks, and the 
 visitor can find ample opportunities for exercise. One 
 of the pleasantest walks is, taking the State House as a 
 starting point, to go along Touro Street to BeUevue 
 Avenue, till Bath Eoad is reached ; this road will take 
 the visitor direct to 
 
 Easton's Beach, the whitest, grandest ocean-platform 
 in the land. The great Atlantic rolls to one's very feet, 
 and bowing in a cloud of foam, pays a majestic homjlge 
 to "The City by the Sea." 
 
 The Beach, to the seeker of health and pleasure, is of 
 course an object of interest which we must not overlook. 
 There are three fine beaches, called "Easton's," 
 "Sachuest," and "Smith's." Easton's is the nearest, 
 and the one generally used by the majority of bathers. 
 This beach is not more than half a mile from the leading 
 hotels, and less than a mile from the State House ; to 
 those who decline to walk even that distance, there is 
 ample provision in the shape of stages, which ply regu- 
 larly to and fro. Easton's Beach extends a mile in 
 
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 length, composed of smooth white sand, fringed with 
 mosses and shells. It is dotted with bathing-houses in 
 the bathing season, and offers facihties for enjoying the 
 siu'f, not excelled by any beach in this country. It is 
 so situated that there is no danger from under-currents, 
 the water being shallow for some distance seaward, 
 while breakers follow each other in majestic succession. 
 A most interesting sight presents itself each day as the 
 merry bathers, clad in unique and fantastic costumes, 
 sport themselves in the suii. Ringing laughter and 
 happy voices, with an occasional scream from some 
 timid maiden, render the aii* resonant and the sight 
 singular and amusing. Wlien the red flag is displayed, 
 gentlemen are allowed to bathe without costume ; when 
 the white flag is displayed, bathers must wear costume. 
 Supposing you do not care to bathe, but are out for a 
 walk, you will find nothing more deHghtful than a walk 
 on the Newport beaches. 
 
 Any time from June to September, these walks are 
 enjoyable. Long absent friends have retui-ned to hear 
 again the surf breaking on the shore, and strangers, too, 
 by thousands ai'e here sojoiu-ning, who are prepared to 
 participate in all that has the charm of novelty and to 
 embrace every means calculated to relax the mind and 
 strengthen the body. 
 
TO NEWPORT. 61 
 
 Continuing along the beach, and crossing the creek, 
 which connects Easton's Pond with the ocean, you cross 
 the neck of land that divides the two beaches. The dis- 
 tance is about one mile. 
 
 Sachuest Beach is a perfect race-course, and it is only 
 the hardy bathers who venture into the surf ; the 
 breakers here are very heavy and difficult to cope with. 
 The hours of low tide are the favorite times for bathing 
 here. At the west side of this beach is' 
 
 Purgatory. The general impression is that the rock 
 at this point was divided by some sudden upheaving of 
 the earth. Others have exj)ressed the opinion that it 
 resulted from the washing of the ocean at an early period 
 in the world's history. 
 
 By actual measurement, the chasm is one hundred and 
 sixty feet in length; width at top, from eight to fourteen 
 feet; width at bottom, from two to twenty-four feet; depth 
 at the outer edge, fifty feet; depth of water at low tide, 
 ten feet. 
 
 One side of Purgatory is much higher than the other, 
 and a few persons have been so daring as to leap across it. 
 Two legends are connected with Purgatory. One is that 
 the Devil once rewarded a sinning squaw for her mur- 
 derous deeds, by throwing her down into the gulf. The 
 foot-prints of His Majesty being still visible in the rock, 
 
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 and some go so far as to point out the spots of her blood 
 along the bluff. The other story is of a maiden who put 
 the affections of her lover to the test, by requu'ing him 
 to leap across the oj)ening in the rock from the point 
 where they stood; declaring that if he did not confirm his 
 vows of love by this act, he should never wed her. Other 
 stories of later date, attach to Purgatory, but the origin 
 of its name does not transpu-e. Opening off Sachuest 
 Beach, is a verdant valley adorned with cottages, called 
 Paradise, and near it is a mass of rocks and upheaved 
 boulders called Paradise Lost. 
 
 Passing the second beach, we are on Sachuest Point, 
 the extreme south-east of the Island. The waters on the 
 left flow from Mount Hope Bay, and make the East Kiver. 
 This is a great rendezvous for fishermen, and where large 
 quantities of fish are caught. 
 
 The Thu-d Beach is a long, quiet, and sequestered Une 
 of sand, above which are the 
 
 Hanging Rocks, where, in a sheltered natural alcove. 
 Dean Berkeley loved to sit, and look out over the wide 
 sea, and wi'ite down his meditations. 
 
 From this point, there is a glorious view, having feasted 
 upon which, we will retrace our steps, retui-ning by the 
 same route, or a change may be made and return by 
 Broadway; either way will bring us to our starting- 
 point, the State House. 
 
TO NEWPOKT. 63 
 
 Another pleasant walk is to start from the State House, 
 in front of which is the Parade, a beautiful square, 
 bordered on the north by a row of fine old-fashioned 
 houses, and on the south by the trees in the Mall. The 
 street leading from it to the north is Broadway, and 
 connects with the main road. Portions of Broadway 
 are shaded by a fine growth of elms, which, in some places, 
 nearly meet overhead. Turning to the left on Washing- 
 ton Square, we come to Commodore Perry's residence ; 
 a httle further to Clarke Street, with the Central Baptist 
 Church and the Armory ; then to the Mall, a small park, 
 with a fountain at its base ; j)assing Spring Street, we 
 turn up Touro Street, and j)ause to look at the Jewish 
 Synagogue ; turning along School Street, we come to the 
 corner of Mary Street, where stands the venerable Ver- 
 non mansion ; a httle fiu'ther, at the corner of Church 
 and Spring Streets, is the celebrated Trinity Church; 
 turning up Spring Street, we pass the Kay Chapel, and 
 at the corner of Bellevue Avenue, the Kedwood Library, 
 a block below which is, the Jewish Cemetery at the cor- 
 ner of Kay Street ; this street is named after Nathaniel 
 Kay, a prominent man in Newport 150 years ago. Kay 
 Street is of ample width, the walks being shaded by orna- 
 mental trees. The buildings— all erected within a few 
 years— stand back from the street, and many of them are 
 
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 large and handsome. The new cottages on the right of 
 Kay Street are of the most modern style, and are fair 
 specimens of the taste of architects from all parts of the 
 country. The Governor Lawrence property, is covered 
 with most elegant and tasteful houses. Turning up 
 Bellevue Avenue, we pass some of the handsomest 
 cottages to be sefen. Passing the Newport Reading 
 Room on one side, the Redwood Library on the other, 
 we shortly come to Toui'o Park, with its interesting rehc, 
 the Old Stone Mill, opposite to which is the Channiiig 
 Memorial Church ; we stop to admire the beautiful archi- 
 tecture, and the wonderful stained-glass windows, a 
 marvel of crystal-colored handi-work. Continuing along 
 Bellevue Avenue, we come to Bath Road which leads to 
 Easton's Beach, at the comer of which stands the Travers 
 Block. A little fiu'ther on, the Casino, which occupies 
 several acres of ground, fui'nishing the j^lace and the 
 means for entertainment and pleasure, while the stores 
 below are filled with the finest goods for the supply of the 
 many visitors duiing the season. Next to the Casino is 
 the Ocean House, and nearly opposite the cottage of 
 James Gordon Bennett, of the New York Herald. 
 
 On both sides stand the summer homes of wealth. 
 Here a stately pile of stone, there a picturesque cottage, 
 both surrounded by well-kept lawns, shady nooks, and 
 
TO NEWPORT. 65 
 
 opening flowers. Every place stands by itself, original 
 in plan, and rightly claiming its identity. But Bellevue 
 Avenue does not contain all the magnificent residences. 
 From the avenue lead many streets, less grand it is 
 true, yet claiming a goodly number of beautiful cottages. 
 We will therefore tiu-n ux) Narragansett Avenue, at the 
 corner of which is the unique cottage of C. C. Baldwin, of 
 New York ; on this avenue, IniUdings have sprung up on 
 every hand, and one who knew this section a few years 
 ago, would hardly recognize it now. Following this 
 avenue, we come to a noted spot, the 
 
 Forty Steps, at the foot of Narragansett Avenue ; here 
 we can descend to the shore, and at low tide may 
 wander curiously below the cliff at the water's edge. Still 
 farther south and west is the south beach. By a happy 
 law or prescriptive right, there is a pathway always left 
 open for foot passengers along the margin. Pleasant 
 afternoons and evenings, this path winding along the 
 rocky margin, and bordered on the land side with the 
 neat lawns of the cottages, is the resort for old and young, 
 and forms no small attraction. We can return by way 
 of the Beach and Bath Boad, or proceed along the Beach 
 to Buggies Avenue. 
 
 Ochre Point, is at the corner of Buggies Avenue, and 
 here stands the large and handsome cottage of Pierre 
 Lorillard, of New York ; coming down Buggies Avenue 
 
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 we can retiu'u by Belleviie Avenue or Spring Street, 
 either of which will bring ns in a direct line to our 
 starting-point, the State House. 
 
 Another very interesting walk, though not through 
 such an aristocratic district, is to start from the State 
 House going along Farewell Street ; on oiu- left after 
 crossing Marlborough Street is the First M. E, Church, 
 and on our right the Friends' Meeting House. This is 
 an old building, said to have been erected in the year 
 1700 ; not far from this is an old burial-ground, where 
 are buried many of the earhest colonists and theii- 
 governors. A Httle further on, and on oui* left is the 
 Second Baptist Church. Passing Warner Street and 
 gohig on Long Lane, we come to the Cemetery. 
 
 A cemetery is always an object of interest to the 
 stranger as well as the resident, thoughfrom different 
 f eehngs and different j)oints of view. The one resorts to 
 its quiet haunts to read over again the changeful chapters 
 in his own past life, and to recall memories of absent 
 mates and friends; while the other finds there curious 
 hints and histories of the people among whom his interests 
 and symi^athies are, for the moment, cast. Leaving the 
 cemetery and crossing the Old Colony Railroad at 
 Walnut Street, it takes us to Washington Street. At the 
 northern extremity of Washington Street, Fort Greene is 
 
TO NEWPOKT. 67 
 
 situated; and from this point a beautiful prospect opens^ 
 and one may long enjoy the view of the Bay and the pro- 
 jecting points of land. Passing along this street, two 
 blocks will bring us to Poi^lar Street, where stands St. 
 John's Episcopal Chiu'ch; two blocks more will bring us 
 to Bridge Street, and the Hunter House, another of the 
 old-fasTiioned buildings, so characteristic of Newport; the 
 house receives its name from Dr. Hunter, who was a 
 Scotch physician of high respectability. He was edu- 
 cated at Edinbm-gh, but settled in Newport many years 
 prior to the Revolution. In the year 1756 he delivered 
 in this city, the first course of anatomical lectui-es ever 
 given in this country. It was in this house that the 
 Chevalier De Temay breathed his last. 
 
 Passmg the steamboat landing of the Fall River Line, 
 and crossing the Old Colony Raih'oad track, we come to 
 Long Wharf; to any one of an imaginative tiu-n of mind, 
 this wharf wiU remind him of stirring scenes from one 
 to two hundred years ago. Passing along the Wharf 
 to Thames Street, we come dkectly in front of the City 
 Hall, or by some called the Granary, from the fact of its 
 being originally built for a market. Tui-ning along 
 Thames Street, which is the main business thoroughfare 
 of NeAvport, we see many buildings which forcibly remind 
 us of the time when Newport was the second commercial 
 
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 port iu this country. At the comer of Church Street 
 stands the house once occupied by the Rev. James 
 Honyman, rector of Trinity Church, who died in 1750. 
 At the corner of Mill Street we pass the People's Library, 
 free to all, at the corner of Pelham the United States 
 Hotel; a little further on is the Post Office and Custom 
 House, opposite which is the Commercial Wharf. 
 
 Passing the Channing House and the Newport Mer- 
 cury office, we come to the M. E. Chui-ch, at the comer 
 of Brewer Street ; a Uttle f lU'thgr on is Wellington Avenue ; 
 we can turn on that avenue which overlooks the harbor, 
 and watch the panorama of boats passing and repassing. 
 On a summer's afternoon the harbor is enlivened by 
 hundreds of these gaily painted boats, then' snow-white 
 sails spread to the breeze, and their gaudy colors marked 
 clear and defined against the sky. Or we can continue 
 our walk along Thames Street, to the Polo Grounds; 
 crossing Bateman Avenue, we turn down Spring Street. 
 At the comer of Dearborn Street, we pass Emanuel's 
 Episcopal Church, at Levin Street the Roman Cathohc 
 Church, at Pelham Street the United Congregational 
 Chui'ch, at Maiy Street the Union Congregational Church. 
 Passing several other interesting objects on our route, we 
 are soon where we started from, the State House. 
 
TO NEWPORT. 69 
 
 CHAPTEE IX. 
 
 DRIVES. 
 
 The drive par excellence is of course, Bellevue Avenue. 
 Here may be seen, any afternoon in the season, hundreds 
 of the finest equipages to be seen on the globe; it is one 
 continuous whirl, carriage after carriage, of some of the 
 wealthiest men in America, and to see the liveries of their 
 servants, or the heraldic designs on then* panels, one 
 can scarcely realize that he is in America, where it 
 is considered the proper thing to sneer at such emblems. 
 Bellevue Avenue is the most celebrated of streets; fronting 
 on this avenue, are the residences of men known through- 
 out the Union for their philanthropy, wealth, or genius. 
 This avenue is two miles long, and is almost lined from 
 one end to the other, with elegant mansions and charm- 
 ing villas, the one great artery of summer wealth, a 
 conservative, truly aristocratic close coi-poration of resi- 
 dences. It is eighty feet wide, macadamized, and is pro- 
 nounced the best road for driving in the country. Ocean 
 Avenue is a continuation of Bellevue Avenue ; it is a 
 beautiful drive of ten miles, on a macadamized road 
 eighty feet wide; running around the whole southern 
 shore of the Island, and from which, an unobsti-ucted view 
 
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 of the ocean for nearly the eutu-e length is obtained. It 
 winds gracefully over hill and dale, following the inden- 
 tations of the sea, and everywhere, within a few rods of 
 the surf, its banks fringed with stunted sj)ruce, golden 
 rod, hardhack, and the primrose ; and while the carriage, 
 wheels on one side are scarcely raised above the level of 
 ponds covered with snowy lihes, on the other they are 
 often wet with the surf that breaks on the shingle. The 
 aroma of the lihes and the pungent odor of the rock- weed 
 on the shore are mingled with the breath of the sea, and 
 anon we catch the fragrance of the wild violets and the 
 sweet-briers that find a footing in the chfts of the rocks. 
 At the end of Bellevue Avenue is Land's End, and the 
 line of rocks in front is CoggeshalVs Ledge. The sight to 
 be obtained here is well worth the trouble of moimting 
 the ledge, to gaze upon the open sea that is ever dashing 
 against these submerged rocks. Continuing our drive 
 along Ocean Avenue we pass Almy''s Pond on the right 
 Bailey's Beach on the left, and presently come to the 
 
 Spouting Cave. This is a deep cavern, running from 
 the sea into the rocky cliffs, and is quiet enough in or- 
 dinary weather ; but after a southeast storm the waves 
 rush madly in and dash through an opening in the roof, 
 sometimes to the height of fifty feet. The view from the 
 
TO NEWPOKT. 71 
 
 cliffs above is considered one of the finest that Newport 
 affords. Passing Rock Farm Oulley and the cottage of 
 R. M. Gushing, of New York, on the left, we come to 
 
 Lily Pond: This is a favorite spot and the largest sheet 
 of spring water on the Island. The waters of Lily Pond 
 are famous for perch, great numbers of which are taken 
 by the angler an hour before and after dusk. Opposite 
 Lily Pond to sea- ward is 
 
 Gooseberry Island, with its groups of stunted sumacs 
 and its barriers of dark rocks, yet a finer sea-view— lit 
 up, as it is, moreover, by the ever truly fairy-hke spectacle 
 of ships gliding under sail over the waters— the eye can 
 rarely witness. Continuing along the beach, and in full 
 view of the Atlantic Ocean we pass 
 
 Cherry Neck and Price's Neck. Then comes a long, 
 picturesque stretch of rocky scenery, a black frontispiece 
 fringed with sparkling water, for there is <* water, water, 
 everywhere. " The old ocean casts up its treasures, and 
 the sunhght gives all a permanent blessing, continuuag 
 our drive past Newpo t Pock, we come to 
 
 Graves Point, so named from the graves of two un- 
 known men who were there washed ashore. 
 
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 Passing Black Rock we come io Brenton's Point) 
 here the rock extends a considerable distance into the sea, 
 its entire length traced by the breakers that continually 
 tumble over the higher points. About three miles from 
 this point rides the life-boat, 
 
 BrentoJi's Beef, rocked incessantly by the heaving 
 billows of the Atlantic Ocean, at one time soothed by 
 their gentle caresses, as the infant in its cradle is lulled 
 to repose by the tender hand of its mother, at another 
 tossed wildly about by the raging tempests when the 
 demons of storm hold high carnival upon the ocean ; in 
 summer a pleasant refuge from the scorching breezes 
 that sweei3 over the land ; in winter a dreadful f)rison, 
 whose thick walls of oak are often cased with thicker 
 walls of ice ; always, in summer breezes and winter 
 storms, ahke hailed with delight by the homeward-bound 
 mariner. On a fine day, fi'om Brenton's Point can be 
 seen Point Judith and Block Island, some thii'ty miles 
 distant. Continuing, we pass Pirate's Cave, Collins' 
 Beach, Ragged Point, and Ramshead, till we come to 
 
 Castle Hill; the rising ground to the right is sur- 
 mounted by a rampart that once was garrisoned, but now 
 it can scarcely be distinguished from the inequalities of 
 the surrounding earth. At the base of Castle Hill 
 Rocks, the water is thu'ty fathoms in depth, and during 
 
TO NEWPORT. 73 
 
 the spring aud fall is a great resort for fishermen ; at all 
 times this is a fine place to watch the breakers roll in. 
 From this point we pass several farms and villas, notably 
 the cottage of A. A. Low, of Brookljoi, only a short dis- 
 tance from which stands a dark house with brick ends. 
 It is all that remains of one of the most noted dAvellings 
 in the early history of the Island. It was built by 
 Governor William Brenton, who then owned nearly the 
 whole Neck. From tliis xjoint we drive to 
 
 Fort Adams. This is said to be the largest fort, 
 excepting Fortress Monroe, in the United States. It 
 was commenced in 1814:, and was not completed until 
 1860, at a cost to the Government of several millions of 
 dollars. It is capable of mounting 468 guns of the 
 heaviest caUbre, and has garrison accommodation for 
 3000 men. It may be visited at aU hours of the day, 
 and wUl well repay inspection. The diive along the 
 shore of the bay, at this point, is delightfully pleasant. 
 Entering the main work we are at once on the parade 
 ground; this is eleven acres in extent. In summer 
 when the trooi)s are stationed here, their band plays on 
 Tuesday and Friday, at 6 p.m., for an hour. At such 
 times the vehicles of visitors drive round and round the 
 square, an endless chain, in the centre of which the band 
 pand is stationed filling the air with delightful music, 
 Retiu-ning towards the city we pass 
 
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 Brenton^s Cove, from whence a beautiful view of the 
 city may be obtained, and also of 
 
 Newport Harbor. Those who would view it from the 
 finest point, should spend some httle time at this elevation. 
 To the north the waters of the Bay are seen reaching 
 far inland, broken by numerous small islands and the 
 sails of vessels passing to and fro. On Goat Island, now 
 used by the Torpedo Corps, and occupied by Govern- 
 ment as a station, still stand the remains of a fort, origi- 
 nally called Fort Ann, then Fort George, and lastly Fort 
 Walcott. The island in mid-channel is Rose Island ; it 
 contains a fort erected by the British many years ago, but 
 which from long disuse has now fallen into decay. 
 Coaster's Harbor Island is seen to the north, just beyond 
 the city, and the large building rising from its centre is 
 the Asylum of the Poor ; nearer the beach is 
 
 Lime Rock, famous as the home of Ida Lewis, the 
 Grace Darhng of America. Continuing along Welhng- 
 ton Avenue, we pass some very handsome cottages. On 
 the hill above are the traces of an old redoubt, built 
 during the last war with England, and called Fort Den. 
 ham. Then over a small creek and into Thames Street, 
 opi)osite the gas-works, and only two blocks from Belle- 
 vue Avenue. 
 
TO NEWPORT, 75 
 
 Another very attractive drive is to start from Washing- 
 ton Square up Broadway; the rising ground to the north 
 of the city is known as Tammany Hill — so called from 
 the fact that Miantonomi, an Indian sachem, once ruled 
 this portion of the island. Dimng the Revolution* 
 Tammany Hill was siu-mounted by a breastwork, thrown 
 up by the British, and was made one of a chain of out- 
 posts across the Island. The remains of the work are 
 still visible; following the road to the two-mile corner, we 
 turn to the right, where the road descends, cross a small 
 brook and mount the oi:)posite hOl. The road is wide and 
 always in good repair. About five miles out we pass a 
 handsome Episcopal Church, built of stone. Ascending 
 the hill called Slate Hill, we get a very fine view of 
 Newport. A little further on is a place called 
 
 Oakland, and here it was, that Dr. Channing sj)ent 
 many hours of his life in study. The large estate is 
 beautifully adorned with shrubbery and evergreens; at the 
 next corner stands the Union Meeting-House, where Dr. 
 Channing usually preached when on the Island. This 
 house, now in excellent repair, is occupied by the 
 Christian Baptists. A short distance beyond the meeting- 
 house, a side road turns off to the right and leads directly 
 to 
 
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 The Glen, one of the -"most charming and romantic 
 spots" on the Island, and a favorite resort for picnic 
 parties. It is situated on the east side of the Island, about 
 six miles from Newport, shaded with trees, having a small 
 pond in the centre, with an old mill on one side, whUe 
 to the right its waters find an outlet by tumbling over 
 rocks into a stream that flows silently to the ocean. 
 
 On a fine afternoon hundreds visit this quiet spot, and 
 the old woods are often made to ring with the merry 
 laugh, or the gay song of some light-hearted girl, in the 
 fill] enjoyment of freedom from restraint, the gurgling 
 of the brook, the fragrance of the wild flowers and the 
 prospect of the distant shore from under the foliage that 
 affords a grateful shade. We may return the aame way, 
 or time permitting, cross over the Island by a road 
 leading from the Union Meeting House, to 
 
 Lawton's Valley, a beautiful rural resort, rich in verdure 
 and in trees which are kept green by a bright stream flow- 
 ing seaward. The Pond and Old MUl are the principal 
 objects in the scenery. Over the valley is Butt's Hill, 
 where Sir Robert Pigott attacked the Americans under 
 Suihvan and Green on their retreat from the siege. 
 
 Returning by the West Road we pass the Redwood 
 farm ; this farm-house was occupied by General Smith 
 of the British Ai-my in 1777. 
 
TO NEWPOKT. 77 
 
 A short distance I'urtlier on is the 
 
 Page Place ; this house stands back some few yards 
 from the road, and is noted more especially because of its 
 being the head-quarters of General Prescott at the time 
 of his captiu'e by Colonel Barton. The stream that 
 gently falls over the wall, then winds across the road and 
 under the little bridge, is soon lost to view in the tangled 
 brushwood on the west. It was by this ravine that Bar- 
 ton and his party ax^proached the house. The gate and 
 the path remained unchanged, and one can readily 
 imagine the band of patriots quietly dramng near to the 
 house, with the full determination of capturing the 
 leader of the enemy's forces, or of sacrificing their lives 
 in the attempt. About a mile and a haK nearer the city, 
 at the comer of the cross-road, stands a picturesque little 
 church, built from a design by Mr. Upjohn, and called 
 the Church of the Holy Cross. On the opposite side of 
 the road are the Aquidneck Fair Grounds ; the road from 
 this point to the two mile corner is very picturesque. 
 We then turn to the left, are soon in Broadway and at 
 Washington Square. 
 
 Another interesting drive is to take Broadway until we 
 reach BHss Road on the right ; taking this road we are 
 soon amid the green fields, and among the orchards. 
 At the top of the first hill we can look down upon 
 
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 Eastou's Pond, a large sheet of water, no ripple upon ita 
 surface, save that made by a duck leading forth her 
 young brood, or the light skiff of the angler ; further to 
 the east is Easton's Beach, and among the breakers can 
 be seen the bathers tumbling in the surf. On the 
 opposite side we are shut out from an extensive view by 
 the rising ground, known as 
 
 Honyman's Hill. On the summit of this hill, the 
 American forces under Lafayette were mustered for the 
 purpose of rei3ulsing the British troops, who were then 
 in possession ; portions of the breastwork thrown up by 
 the British are still visible on a farm to the east, and a 
 few years ago, several American cannon balls were un- 
 earthed at this spot. The ascent of Honyman's Hill is 
 somewhat steep. On the left hand, just by the school 
 house, there is a narrow road running north, and shaded 
 by overhanging trees, which for a short drive, is very 
 pleasant. It comes out on the main road, about three 
 miles from Newport. We continue the ascent, and as we 
 approach the summit of the hill, find ourselves well re- 
 paid for the exertion. To the south a wider view is 
 offered. The i)ond, Easton's Beach, the more elevated 
 portions of the town, and the chffs, pushing far out into 
 the sea, are spread out before us hke a map. As we de- 
 scend the hill we lose the view of all save the sloping 
 
TO NEWPOET. 79 
 
 banks of gi-een, the gnarled and twisted trees that have 
 yielded their fruits to father and son for generations, 
 and the quiet little brook, that takes its rise in the woods 
 some miles to the north, and emiDties its limpid waters 
 in the pond to the right. We leave the main road to 
 the left, and in front of us stands 
 
 Whitehall, a very unpretentious mansion built by 
 Dean Berkeley in 1730; the house is now fast going to 
 decay from neglect, and the wear and tear of 150 years, 
 yet it mil be forever memorable as being connected with 
 a man who shed lustre on every position he occupied. 
 
 Few spots in the environs of Newport are more endeared 
 to the antiquarian than the quiet vale where Berkeley 
 lived, and wrote his finest works. The changes that 
 have been effected in that portion of the island for the 
 centuiy past, are slight indeed. Wliitehall was given by 
 Berkeley to Yale College, which still retains the fee, and 
 he also presented that institution with a considerable 
 portion of his library. Leaving the quiet retreat, where 
 an hour may be spent most delightfully, we follow the 
 road quite to the foot of the hill, cross a shght bridge 
 over a little brook that ever flows on towards the sea, and 
 follow its course nearly to the shore. Beyond the last 
 narrow biidge the road opens ui30.n the sands of Sachuest 
 Beach. To the left are the Hanging Rocks, showing theii' 
 
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 dark sides and siirmoimted with stunted spruce and fir 
 trees; on the extreme left, Sachuest Point is whitened by 
 the breakers, and on the right, and ahnost in front, are 
 the massive rocks of Pm-gatory. Following the beach 
 and crossing the creek which connects Easton's Pond 
 with the ocean, along the first beach to Bath Road, we 
 come into Bellevue Avenue and along Touro Street to 
 Washington Square. 
 
 CHAPTER X. 
 
 EXCURSIONS. 
 
 There are many beautiful spots about NewjDort, to 
 which excursions may be made, some occupying a few 
 hours, others all day, and if so inclined one or two days. 
 In as short a sjDace as possible we j)ropose to name a few 
 of the more prominent. 
 
 Fori Adams on fete days, Tuesday and Friday, is a 
 delightful place at which to spend an hour or two and 
 listen to the music performed by the garrison band. 
 Fort Adams may be reached either by road or boat. The 
 number of boats in the harbor on these days is something 
 
• TO NEWPOKT. 81 
 
 astoundiug, as it is considered fashionable to attend these 
 musical performances. Another pleasant excursion is to 
 take a boat and sail to 
 
 Rose Islayid. This affords a fine view of the open 
 passage to the south, and the river to the north; a fort 
 was erected here by the British when in occupation of 
 Rhode Island, but has now fallen into decay; great quanti- 
 ties of fish are caught here. 
 
 Fort Dumplings is a favorite resort for excursionists, 
 and can only be reached by boat. It is situated on the 
 island of Conanicut at the mouth of the outer harbor and 
 nearly opposite Fort Adams; the fort itself is oval in form 
 and placed on a high wall of rocks, against which the 
 ocean waves are ever breaking. The fishing around the 
 Dumplings is excellent; and there is probably not a day 
 during the season, that boats are not seen winding among 
 the rocks in search of prey. Gay parties often resort to 
 the Dumplmgs to escape from the throng of the city for 
 a while, and enjoy a day of sunshine and pleasure in the 
 open air, get a touch of old ocean, have a ramble, and 
 finish with a lunch. 
 
 Rocky Point is a favorite j)lace for an excursion ; the 
 sail up the Bay is delightful ; it is reached by the fine 
 boats of the American Steamboat Company, who run 
 their boats four times a day between Newport and Provi- 
 dence, calhng at Rocky Point. It lies on the west side, 
 
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 about eighteen miles from Newi)ort, and is one of the 
 most delightful spots upon Narragansett Bay. Here 
 every arrangement and convenience which art can devise 
 is afforded to the summer visitant. The hotel is large 
 and commodious in all its ax^pointments. The grounds 
 about one hundi'ed acres, containing shady groves and 
 about it comprise gravelled walks, romantic caves and 
 grottoes, with a high elevation near the shore, upon 
 which stands a lofty tower, affording a noble view, in- 
 cluding Providence and Newport, Fall River, Bristol, 
 and Warren, and many other towns, with the whole 
 sweep of the Bay. The wild and cavernous rock-forma- 
 tions, the free menagerie, and the elevated railway, are 
 some of the attractions. 250 persons are emi)loyed here 
 through the summer ; from the hotel telegrams may be 
 sent all over the Union. Rocky Point should be visited 
 to enjoy its clam-bakes, which are unrivalled elsewhere. 
 There is also a bathing-beach, a large dance-hall, and a 
 summer theatre. 
 
 Narragansett Pier. This is on the sea-shore, at the 
 mouth of Narragansett Bay. It has been known as a 
 watering-place for twenty years, but the patronage was 
 at first limited to a few city families, who took up their 
 summer quarters in the adjacent farm-houses, and its 
 reputation has been made since 1867, when the Atwood 
 
TO NEWPORT, 83 
 
 House and two or three other hotels were built. Now 
 the demand for accommodation usually exceeds the 
 supply, and the place bids fair to become one of the 
 most popular of the seaside resorts. The beach is one 
 of the finest on the Atlantic coast, and is equally attrac- 
 tive for bathing or riding. The surf is light, and the 
 water deepens very gradually, which, with the absence 
 of strong currents, renders it unusually safe. There is 
 also excellent iishiug, from the rocks or from boats ; the 
 boating on the bay is delightful, and the adjacent country 
 affords many pleasant drives and rambles. 
 
 Below the Pier is a mass of rocks, beyond which 
 stretches the long line of Wolcott's Beach. The noble 
 and richly decorated mansion of the Sprague family is 
 near the cluster of hotels. Every visitor should go to 
 Narragansett Heiglits, where the palatial Tower Hill 
 Hotel stands on its 800-acre plateau, near Silver Lake, 
 400 feet above the Bay. The view is fine, extending over 
 Newport and 10 or 12 villages, and covering a horizon-line 
 of 100 miles. The Ocean, the Bay, Point Judith, and 
 the lakes of South I^ngstown, are all visible. There are 
 several other places to which exciu'sious may be made, 
 viz. : Jamestown, Greenwich, Marked Rock, Block Island, 
 Providence, Bristol, Fall River, etc. , all by water, several 
 desirable excursions may be made over the Old Colony 
 Railroad, who are ever willing to accommodate them- 
 selves to the wishes of the visitors to the City by the Sea. 
 
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 CHAPTEB XI. 
 
 HOTELS. 
 
 Atiuater House. This is an old established house at 
 292- and 294 Thames Street, a few doors north of the Post 
 Office ; the accommodation is for forty guests, and the 
 rates for transients are $1.00 to $1.50 per day, and for 
 regular boarders, $5.00 to $8.00 per week, according to 
 rooms; also furnished rooms and lodgings if desired; 
 on the fu'st floor is a bar, where all the standard brands 
 of ales, wines, liquors and cigars can be had ; there is 
 also a pool table for the use of guests. 
 
 Hammond House. This house is situated at 146, 148 
 and 150 BeUevue Avenue, the main drive of Newport ; 
 it is well fiu'nished, in a first-class locaHty, has all modern 
 improvements, and wLQ accommodate about fifty guests ; 
 the rates are $2.00 per day, or from $8.00 to $10.00 per 
 week. On the ground floor is a restaurant, where per- 
 sons living at other houses can have table board of the 
 best quality, or j)ersons can have furnished rooms and 
 take their meals a la carte. It is a first-class f)lace for 
 excursion parties, being near Bath Eoad, the main 
 thoroughfare for the beach. Mr. Newton Hammond is 
 proprietor. 
 
TO NEWPOKT. 85 
 
 Ocean House. This is the largest and most fashion- 
 able hotel in Newport. It was erected in 1845, by the 
 Ocean House Company. It stands a little back from 
 Bellevne Avenue, upon a broad drive semi-circling a 
 little park. The front of the building is thrown into a 
 noble yei'anda opening up fifty feet. The roof over the 
 veranda is supported by fifteen columns, giving a be- 
 fitting air of stateliness. The veranda sweeps around 
 three sides of the building, and there are piazzas facing 
 north, west and south. Through the middle of the 
 building runs a corridor 252 feet long, thu'teen feet wide, 
 and fourteen feet high. Five sets of stairs rise to the 
 upper floors. The stairs are so arranged that a guest 
 coming from his room cannot go m any direction without 
 coming to stairs which lead to the main corridor. The 
 dining-room is 130 feet long by forty-five wide and fifteen 
 high, and contains no posts. The kitchen is- detached 
 from the hotel. The ladies' parlor, octogon shaped, is 
 twenty-six feet high, and is beautifully decorated and 
 furnished. The guest rooms are large, airy, and well 
 lighted, and many of them command a fine view of the 
 sea. The furniture and fittings are of the finest, and 
 Newport may well be proud of such an hotel. The in- 
 terior arrangements of the hotel are unsur[)assed for 
 
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 completeness, conveuieuce and elegance by any watering- 
 place hotel in the world. The main entrance and office 
 is nearly in the centre of the Bellevue front ; to the left 
 of the office is the large dining-hall. The rooms are ele- 
 gantly fm-nished, and many are arranged in suites for 
 family use, and supplied vdth. fresh water in every room. 
 Guests are conveyed to and from the four floors with ut- 
 most ease and dispatch, by means of one of Whittier's 
 elevators. The hotel is built in such a way that nearly 
 all the rooms are outside rooms, there not being a dark 
 room in the house, even in the rear, the rooms look upon 
 a wide stretch of country and ocean, and nearer upon a 
 court square, beautifully adorned with trees, shrubs and 
 flowers. Messrs. Weaver, not lacking in anything that 
 will add to the pleasure of their guests, have engaged the 
 Professor Allen's celebrated Boston band, which will dis- 
 course music from the band-stand in front of the house 
 every day at 10 a. m., and every afternoon and evening 
 m the large hall of the hotel. The Messrs. Weaver have 
 secured for the Ocean House, a most enviable reputa- 
 tion, and they are determined that it shall stand pre- 
 eminent as the hotel of Newport. J. G. Weaver and 
 Proprietors. 
 
 I^ai'k House. This house is in the very centre of 
 Ne-v^ijort, facing the State House and Washington Square. 
 It has accommodation for fifty boarders, the rates being 
 
TO NEWPOET. 87 
 
 $1.50 to $2.00 per day, and from $8.00 to $10.00 per 
 week ; a nice piazza in front overlooks the square ; it is 
 open all year, accepts table boarders, and offers every 
 facility for commercial men. Mrs. Wm. Alderson is the 
 proprietor. 
 
 Perry House. This house, named after Commodore 
 Perry, of Lake Erie fame, was built in 1865, by Mr. 
 Shanahan. It fronts on Washington Square, and to- 
 gether with the Opera House makes a very imposing 
 structure. The hotel has a very high reputation for its 
 management, and the excellence of its cuisine ; it will 
 accommodate comfortably, 100 guests, the rates varying 
 from $3.00 per day for transients, to $12.00 to $21.00 per 
 week for regular boarders. The dining-room mil com- 
 fortably seat sixty persons at one time ; the parlors and 
 bed-rooms are furnished in excellent taste, and visitors 
 will find here an hotel which is a credit to the proprietors 
 and to the city ; it is but three minutes walk from the ter- 
 minus of the Old Colony Line, and seven minutes walk 
 from the landing of the Fall River Line ; standing between 
 the City Hall and State House, it is in the very heart of 
 Newport, yet looldng from Washington Square, with its 
 grand old trees, it has quite a country aspect. There is 
 ample provision made to meet any emergency of fire, 
 etc. ; every room is connected with the office by electric 
 
PERRY HOUSE, 
 
 WASHINGTON SQUARE, NEWPORT, R, I. 
 
PERRY HOUSE 
 
 WASHINGTON SQUARE, NEWPORT, R. I. 
 
 Strictly First Class. Location Unequalled. 
 
 EMectric Bells Ttiroughioiat tine House. 
 
 Heated By Steam. Western Union Telegraph in House. 
 
 Three Minutes Walk from Trains, and only Seven 
 Minutes Walk from the Boat. 
 
 OPEN ALL THE YEAR ROUND. 
 
 MELVILLE BULL, 
 
 PROPRIETOR 
 
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 bells ; tlie house is fitted with all modern improvements^ 
 has telephone connection with any part of the city, and 
 is also an office of the Western Union Telegraph Co. 
 The house is heated by steam, has bar, billiard room, etc. , 
 and is open all the year round ; a reduction is made in 
 the rates before and after the season. The Newport 
 Opera House adjoins the Perry House, and is under the 
 same management ; duiing the season many traveling 
 companies apj)ear at the Opera House, including operatic, 
 dramatic, comedy, and variety. Visitors to Newport 
 will consult their own interests b}^ stajing at the Perry 
 House. We must not omit to mention that the amiable 
 proprietor is Mr. Melville Bull. 
 
 The Aquidneck. This hotel is located on Pelham 
 Street, corner of Corne Street, in a direct line from the 
 landing of the Wickford Boats bringing guests from New 
 York, Boston, and other points. The halls, parlors, and 
 dining-rooms, are furnished with great taste. Some of 
 its rooms are arranged in suites for families, as the guests 
 are of a class that do not care to mingle in the bustle 
 of the large hotels. The Aquidneck is most agreeably 
 situated near Touro Park, the "Old Stone Mill," the 
 Channing Memorial Church ; it is not far from the 
 Casino, and the bathing-l:)each, and only one block from 
 Bellevue Avenue, the famous drive of Newport, while its 
 
TO NEWPOET. 89 
 
 outward appearance is very agreeable, its inward appoint- 
 ments fullfil all the requirements of a first-class hotel. 
 In fact, it ranks in all respects, except in size, with the 
 Ocean House, and is frequented by the best families from 
 New York, Boston, Philadelphia, and Baltimore. The 
 hotel is connected with the Bankers' and Merchants' 
 Telegraph, who have an office in the hotel, also by tele- 
 phone with any part of Newport. The Aquidneck will 
 comfortably accommodate 150 guests, and its rates are 
 $4.00 per day, for transients, and from $18.00 to $30.00 
 per week, for regular patrons, according to the rooms 
 occupied. The house has been under the personal 
 management of Mr. Attleton for the last five years ; it 
 is open for about six months in the year, or from April 
 to November, and will be conducted as heretofore, in 
 such a manner that guests will return from year to year, 
 to enjoy the homelike hospitalities of the Aquidneck. 
 
 United States Hotel. This old established hotel is 
 very centrally situated at the corner of Thames and Pel- 
 ham Streets, in a di.Tect line from the steamboat landing 
 of the Wickford Boats, from New York, Boston, Provi- 
 dence, etc. The house has been recently furnished and 
 renovated ; is supplied with all modern improvements. 
 It is only two blocks from Bellevue Avenue, the main 
 drive of Newport, Touro Park, and the "Old Stone Mill," 
 
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 within one block of the Post Office and Custom House 
 and only a few minutes walk from the Old Colony Kail- 
 road dejiot, and the landing of the New York and Fall 
 River line of boats. It is admirably adapted for transient 
 guests, commercial travellers, etc., being in the very 
 centre of the business portion of Newport. The house 
 has bar, billiard room, and all the adjuncts of a well 
 regulated hotel. It has accommodation for fifty guests, 
 the rates being $2.50 -per day, and .$15.00 per week. Mr. 
 H. F. Barnard is proprietor. 
 
 CHAPTER XII. 
 
 BOARDING HOUSES. 
 
 Adams House. This house is at 291 Thames Street, 
 not far from the Wickford landing and United States 
 Hotel; the accommodation is for about twentj^-five 
 guests, the rates being for transients, $1.00 per day, and 
 by the week from .$5.00 to $10.00, according to rooms. 
 Mr. John Adams, Proprietor. 
 
 Annandale House. This house is at 33 Annandale 
 Road, and resembles a private residence more than a 
 boarding-house ; it overlooks in front quite a stretch of 
 
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 green fields, and in the distance the Bathing Beach. It 
 can be reached from Bath Road or East Bowery ; the 
 accommodation is for thirty guests ; rates, $1.00 per day, . 
 or $6.00 per week; it is open all year, and is only five 
 minutes walk from the beach. Harry Lawrence is the 
 proprietor. 
 
 Bafeman's Point. This is a beautifully located house, 
 a little to the left of Fort Adams, and has a splendid view 
 of the Harbor, the Atlantic Ocean, and the whole city of 
 Newjjort. It stands on an elevated plateau some dis- 
 tance from any other house. It is not a boarding-house 
 in the ordinary acceptance of the term, but a summer 
 residence for famHies, of rather a select character, in fact 
 it more resembles the Newport Cottage. From no house 
 in Newport can so extensive a view be obtained of land 
 and water. Mr. Bateman, the proprietor, is a native of 
 Newi^ort, and his ancestors were amongst its pioneers ; 
 in connection with the house is a large farm, from which 
 guests are suppHed with fresh milk, eggs, poultry, and 
 vegetables ; the house is more immediately surrounded 
 by extensive gardens and lawns, which are specially 
 adapted for croquet, lawn tennis, etc., the grounds run 
 from the house to the beach, which is sheltered, and 
 affords a nice ground for sea-bathing ; there are several 
 bathing-houses on the shore. Mr. Bateman has erected 
 
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 on the grounds, a fac-simile of the "Old Stone Mill," 
 such a curiosity to i^eoj^le visiting Newport. The house 
 will comfortably accommodate sixty to seventy guests, 
 and the rates ]3i"evailiug are about $3. 00 per day. For 
 persons who enjoy natural scenery, pure au*, wholesome 
 food, sea-bathing, and quiet surroundings, we know of 
 no place in or about Newi^ort where they can be found 
 to equal those of Bateman's Point. 
 
 Bath Road. This house stands at the corner of 
 Middleton Avenue, on the road to the bathing-beach ; 
 it has accommodation for forty guests; the rates for 
 transients are $1.00 to $2. 00 per day, for regular boarders, 
 $8.00 to $15.00 per week. Mrs. Mary Janes is the pro- 
 prietor. 
 
 Cheswell House. This house is at 22 Prosj)ect Hill 
 Street, near the Post Office, and the Steamboat landing 
 of the Wicldord boats ; the house will comfortably ac- 
 commodate thirty guests, the rates being from $1.00 to 
 $1.50 per day, and from $7.00 to 10.00 per week. The 
 house is well furnished, has nice garden, supplied with 
 gas, etc. ; rooms may also be had without board. Mr. 
 Christian Anderson is the proprietor. 
 
 Coj;)6lancVs Boarding House is at 434: and 436 Thames 
 Street. This is also a restaurant, and does a large trade; 
 the boarding accommodation is for about six guests, and 
 the rates $5.00 per week, or $1.00 per day. P. G. Cope- 
 land, Proprietor. 
 
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 Kay Street Hou%e. This is a good and an old estab- 
 lished house ; it is not far from Bellevue Avenue, has a 
 large piazza shaded with vines, considerable ground at 
 back of house, and supx)lied with modern conveniences. 
 It will accommodate about forty guests ; the rates being 
 for transients, $2.50 per day, and permanent boarders, 
 from $12.00 to $21.00 per week, according to roooms. 
 Open June to October. Mrs. Joseph Bateman is the 
 proprietor. 
 
 Sherman House. This is rather a large house, ac- 
 commodating as it does, about sixty guests; there is 
 considerable lawn connected with the house, which is 
 fitted with aU modern conveniences. The rates are $1. 00 
 to $1.50 per day, and from $5.00 to $10.00 per week. 
 The house has been recently painted and paj^ered, and 
 is in good condition for the reception of guests. Thomas 
 Lewin, Proprietor, 105 Thames Street. 
 
 Spring Street, corner of Narragansett Avenue. This 
 house stands in its own grounds, and in a very nice dis- 
 trict; for the situation the terms are very reasonable, 
 being $1.00 per day, or from $6.00 to $10.00 per week; 
 the house has lawn, piazza, and nice garden ; open June 
 to November. Apply to Mr. Peter McLean, Proprietor. 
 Steainboat House. This house is at 285 Thames 
 Street, and as its name implies, is not far from the Wick- 
 ford steamboat landing ; the accommodation is for thirty 
 
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 guests, the rates beiug, transient, $1.00 per day, and 
 regular boarders, S6.00 per week. The house is 
 suppHed with gas, etc. , and is oj^en all year. Samuel 
 PoUitt, Proprietor. 
 
 9 Touro Court. This house should be seen to be ap- 
 fjreciated. It is off Toui-o Street, or Washington Square, 
 just above the Perry House ; it has considerable ground, 
 which is shaded by grand old trees ; piazza, which is at 
 all times pleasant ; the accommodation is for about ten 
 guests, the rates being $1.50 per day, or $7.00 to $10.00 
 per week. Mrs. L. E. Barnes is j)roprietor. 
 
 11 jyukc Street. This house is in close proximity to 
 the State House and Washington Square, and only a few 
 minutes walk from the Long "WTiarf ; the accommodation 
 is for about ten guests; the rates are $1.00 per day, and 
 $5.00 per week; open all the year. Jacob T. Ove, 
 Proprietor. 
 
 14 Catherine Street. This is considered one of the 
 best boarding-houses in Newport. It has been kept by 
 Madame Robinson for a great many years; it is fur- 
 nished with great taste, has private parlors and dining- 
 rooms, also rooms in suites for famihes. It is on one of 
 the most fashionable streets, only half a block from Belle- 
 vue Avenue, is open all year; rates $3.00 per day, or 
 
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 $12.00 to $20.00 per week, according to rooms. The ac. 
 commodatft)!! is for twenty-five guests. Madame M. J. 
 Robinson is proprietor. 
 
 16 Mill Street. This house is near Thames Street 
 and about midway between the two steamboat landings ; 
 it has accommodation for thirty guests, and the rates are 
 $1.00 to $1.25 per day, and from $6.00 to $10.00 per 
 week. The house is kept open all the year, and has an 
 obliging proprietress in Mrs. Honora Carey. 
 
 22 Gather'me Street. A strictly first-class family 
 boarding-house, with accommodation for twenty-five 
 guests; rates from $10.00 to $25.00 per week, according 
 to rooms ; is supplied with all modern conveniences, ha 
 nice gardens, shaded piazza, and is only a few doors from 
 Bellevue Avenue. Mrs. M. A. Adams is the proprietor. 
 
 28 East Bowery. This is a new house and well 
 furnished ; it is not far from the Ocean House, has ac- 
 commodation for about twenty guests; rates are for 
 for transients, $1.00 per day, for regular boarders, $6.00 
 to $7.00 per week; has piazza and garden, and is open 
 all the year. John F. Carroll, Proprietor. 
 
 32 Washington Square. This is a house of the old 
 style, with large and lofty rooms ; it occupies a splendid 
 position, facing on Washington Square, and is only a few 
 minutes walk from the steamboat landing ; there is ac- 
 
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 commodation for fifteen guests, the rates being $2.00 per 
 day, and from $10.00 to $12.00 per week. Mrs. H. S. 
 Clark, is proprietor. 
 
 37 Young Street. This house is open all the year, and 
 accepts both transient and permanent boarders; it is 
 near Spring Street, has accommodation for twenty guests, 
 and the rates are $1.00 per day, or from $5.00 to $7.00 
 j)er week, according to rooms occuj)ied. Mr. Thomas 
 Regan is the proprietor. 
 
 48 East Boirery. This is an old estabhshed boarding- 
 house, and will accommodate from twenty to thirty 
 guests; the rates are $1.00 per day for transients, and 
 from $6.00 to $8.00 per week for regular boarders; the 
 house is open all the year; table boarders are accepted, 
 and furnished rooms may be rented. Mrs. M. J. Miu'ray 
 is the proprietor. 
 
 54 Bath Road. This boarding-house has accommo- 
 dation for about fifteen guests, the rates being $1.25 per 
 day, and from $7.00 to $10.00 per week, according to 
 rooms ; the house is well furnished, open all the year, 
 and is about half way on the road from Bellevue Avenue 
 to the bathing-beach. Mrs. Ellen Geraghty is the pro- 
 prietor. 
 
 65 Bath Road. This is one of the largest boarding- 
 houses in Newport, and being near the bathing-beach is 
 extensively patronized. It has accommodation for about 
 
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 140 guests; the rates for transients being $1.50 to $3.00 
 per day, and regular boarders from $10.00 to $20.00 
 per week, according to rooms occupied. It lias large 
 gardens and grounds, from which are procm-ed all the 
 vegetables used. A cottage may also be rented separately 
 if desired. Mrs. Mary Diggles is proprietor. 
 
 92 Division Street. This is a well-known boarding- 
 house and stands on elevated ground at the comer of 
 Mill Street ; it is also numbered on the latter street as 
 number 76; the accommodation is for twelve guests; 
 the rates are $2.00 per day, or from $10.00 to $12.00 per 
 week ; it is open all the year, and a reduction made out 
 of the season; it has nice grounds, and overlooks the 
 harbor. Mrs. H. Thurston is proprietor. 
 
 131 Church Street This is a first-class private board- 
 ing-house, near the famous Bellevue Avenue; it is 
 suppUed with all modern improvements ; has a farm from 
 which it receives its suppHes, is only open in summer ; 
 accomodation for thii-ty guests ; rates, $2.00 to $3.00 per 
 day, and $14.00 to $20.00 per week. It has a nicely 
 shaded piazza, and is opposite a private park. Mr. A. A. 
 Wilbur, Proprietor. • 
 
 163 Spring Street. This is an old established board- 
 ing-house and very central, not far from State House and 
 City Hall, and stands at the corner of Mill Street. The 
 
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 accommodation is for twenty-five guests, and the rates 
 for transients, $1.00 per day, and regular boarders from 
 $5.00 to $7.00 per week, according to rooms occupied. 
 Mr. John A. Gorton is j)roprietor. 
 
 251 Sjiifing Street. This is a good house, opposite 
 Levin Street, leading to Bellevue Avenue, the leading 
 drive of Newport Mrs. Gordon, the proprietress, prefers 
 to rent her rooms rather than take boarders ; the rents 
 are reasonable, the rooms are well fiu'uished, and the 
 house is in a good locality. 
 
 265 Thames Street. This boarding-house is in a very 
 central position, about midway between Long Wharf and 
 the Commercial Wharf, and nearly oj)posite the United 
 States Hotel ; the house is open all the year, and accepts 
 both transient and permanent boarders ; the former at 
 $1.50 per day, and the latter at from $10.00 to $15.00 per 
 week. The house will accommodate about fifteen guests. 
 For further particulars, address Mrs. J. Rudolph, Pro- 
 prietor. 
 
 413 Thames Street. This house is in a quiet district, 
 not far from the Post Office, and the Commercial Wharf. 
 Mr. Borden, the proprietor, can accommodate ten guests, 
 the rates being $1.00 per day, or from $5,00 to $8.00 per 
 week, according to rooms. 
 
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 426 Thames Street. This boarding-liouse stands at 
 the corner of Thames and Young Streets; it has ac- 
 commodation for about ten guests, and the rates are 
 $1.00 per day, or $5.00 to $6.00 per week. Nice garden, 
 gas, etc. , also bar, where the various lands of hquids can 
 be obtained, also good cigars. John Gash, Proprietor. 
 
 CHAPTER XIII. 
 
 COTTAGERS. 
 
 About fifty years ago, the tide of summer visitors be- 
 gan to turn towards Newport, and about this time the 
 boarding-house keepers began to find their resources 
 taxed to furnish accommodation for the summer visitors. 
 From Providence, from the Southern States, and from 
 Cuba came the first of the returning tide of pilgrims to 
 this island Mecca. Ten years later, the hotels could no 
 longer contam the swelHng throngs. About that time 
 some man of genius conceived the idea of building for 
 himseK a habitation which might protect him from the 
 mild inclemencies of the summer months. It did not 
 cost much to live in Newport in those days. Land was 
 
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 cheap, aud a very respectable dwelling could be erected 
 at a comparatively slight cost. So, without a thought of 
 the immense development it would afterwards attain, the 
 system which is the marked feature of this great watering- 
 place was begun. For the last thirty years the annual 
 sales of real estate have averaged more than half a million 
 dollars, Hundi'eds of beautiful buildings have been 
 erected ; the taxable property has increased enormously, 
 and it is esteemed a favor to obtain a fine site for a 
 house at so much a foot, where a few seasons ago the 
 same money would have purchased acres of the most de- 
 sirable land. Great attention is paid by the cottagers 
 to their gardens, which are adorned with rare plants and 
 trees, divided by paths sweeping in graceful hues in 
 various directions. It is not necessary to point to in- 
 dividual si^ecimens of taste ; one can walk for miles, and 
 yet see new architectural designs and fresh ideas of 
 summer gardening. 
 
 The follomng is as comj)lete a list as it is jjossible to 
 obtain of persons who either own cottages or rent them, 
 with their names in alphabetical order, and the cities or 
 places they come from : — 
 
 A 
 Austin, I. J., S. C. Astor, John Jacob, N. Y. 
 
 Adams, T. M., New York. Austin, Mrs. J. A., N. Y. 
 
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 Ayer, Mrs. J. C, N. Y. 
 Aucliincloss, Mrs., N. Y. 
 Appletou, N., Boston. 
 Aucliincloss, H. B., . Y. 
 Almon, A. B., Salem, Mass. 
 Andrews, F. W., Boston. 
 Agassiz, Prof. A. Cam. 
 
 Astor, W. , New York. 
 Anderson, E. J., N. Y. 
 Appleton, T, G., Boston. 
 Arnold, Mrs. S. G., Prov. 
 Ashhurst, W. H., Phila. 
 Angell, E. G., Providence. 
 Atterbmy, J. F., N. Y. 
 
 BaU, G. H., Worcester. 
 Binney, Wm., Providence. 
 BuU, C. M., New York. 
 Bell, Dr. CM., New York. 
 Barger, Sam. F., N. Y. 
 Beckwith, N. M., N. Y. 
 Brown, G. S., Baltimore. 
 Belmont, O. H. P., N. Y. 
 Beach, Fred. O., N. Y. 
 Belmont, Perry, N. Y. 
 Bowdoin, G. S., N. Y. 
 Bosworth, F. J., M'kee. 
 Bookstaver, H. W., N. Y. 
 Bell, Isaac, Jr., N. Y. 
 Baker, Mrs., Jr., Boston. 
 Bates, C. F., N. Y. 
 Barker, Wm., Providence. 
 
 Bonaparte, Col., Baltimore. 
 Baldwiii, C. C, N. Y. 
 Bigelow, J. R,, Boston. 
 Brewer, Mrs. G. , Boston. 
 Blatchford, Mrs. R. M. N. Y. 
 Blatchford, Judge S., N. Y. 
 Belmont, August, N. Y. 
 Bigelow, Mrs. J. W., N. Y. 
 Bacon, Daniel B. , N. Y. 
 Bancroft, G., Wash., D. C. 
 Brownson, J. S., EHz., N. J. 
 Bassett, Wm., London. 
 Ballou, W. M., Providence, 
 Buell, Mrs. James, N. Y. 
 BaU, C. H., NewburghN. Y. 
 Booth, Edwin, New York. 
 Breese, Mrs. K. R. 
 
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 Bai'ker, Fred. , Providence. Bishop, Mrs. , New York. 
 Brown, Stephen, Boston. Bowler, S. M., Cincinnati. 
 Barstow, D. H. , Boston. Bennett, J. S. , New York. 
 Bryer, Benjamin, N. Y. Bend, Geo. H., New York. 
 Brown, Mrs. J. C, Prov. Bird, Mrs. O. W., N. Y. 
 Bruen, Mrs. M. L., Boston. 
 
 C 
 
 Clews, Henry, New York. Cook, H. H. , New York. 
 Craven, Eng. H. S., U. S. N. CaldweU, Misses, N. Y. 
 Concklin, H. R., U. §. E. Gushing, T. F., Boston. 
 Chickering, Mrs. T. E. Bos. CuUum Gen. G. W. , U. S. A. 
 Coles, W. F., New York. Chickering, Chas. F., N. Y. 
 Cook, Rev. Dr., New York. Cunningham Dr. E. L. , Bos. 
 Clark, B. S., New York. Cook, Mrs. J. J., Prov. 
 Coats, James, New York. Collins, George, New York. 
 Coleman, Samuel, N. Y. Coif ord, S. J. , New York. 
 Coles, Mrs. E. U., N. Y. Crate, Mrs. M. A., N. Y. 
 Churchm, Capt., U. S. A. CHft, Smith, New York. 
 Caswell, J. R., New York. Cox, Newton, New York. 
 Chauning, Dr. W. F., Prov. Catlin, Mrs., New York. 
 Cleveland, Dr. C, N. Y. Clough, Mrs., New York. 
 
 D 
 Dale, T. N., Paterson, N. J. Davis, T. M., New York. 
 Derby, Lt. R. C, U. S. N. Dick, F. A., Philadelphia. 
 Dickey, H. T., New York. DeRenne, Mrs., Sav. Ga. 
 
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 Deas, Mrs., New York. Pyer, Dr. E., Phila. 
 
 DeHauteviUe, F. S. G., N. Y. 
 
 E 
 Ellis, John W. , New York. Emmons, Mrs. E. W. , Bos. 
 
 Ellis, Misses, New York. Eldredge, Mrs. J. H., N. Y. 
 Eustis, Mrs. F. A., Boston. Evans, Jonathan, Phila. 
 Edgar, WiUiam, New York. Elliot Lt. -Col. G. H. U. S. A. 
 Eustis, Prof. H. S., Cam. 
 
 F 
 Fletcher, Joseph, Prov. Ferrell, J. L., Philadelphia. 
 French, Francis O. , N. Y. French, S. B. , New York. 
 Fearing, Henry S., N. Y. Fellows, Cornelius, N. Y. 
 Fearing, W. H., N. Y. Francklyn, C. G., N. Y. 
 
 Foster, John, Boston. Ferguson, George A., N. Y. 
 
 Francis Rev. Lewis, B'klyn. Fell, R. D., Philadelphia. 
 French, Abel, New York. Furey, Dr. , Philadelphia. 
 Ford, John R., New York. Fosdicks, Mrs. C. B., N. Y. 
 
 a 
 
 Gammell, Prof. Wm., Prov. Goelet, Mrs. Sarah, N. Y. 
 Gammell, R. H. I., Prov. Gibert, Mrs. A., N. Y. 
 Greene, W. B. , New York. Gibbs, Prof. Walcott, Cam. 
 Griswold, J. N. A., N. Y. Gray, Miss M. E., N. Y. 
 Grunhut, Mrs. J., N. Y. Greene, C, Providence. • 
 Gallia, Count G., PMla. Gray, Mrs. G. G., N. Y. 
 
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 Gibbes, Mrs. T. S., N. Y. Gray, S. M., Providence. 
 Gratz, L. C, Philadelphia. Gardner, Rathbone, Prov. 
 Guion, D. F., Baltimore. Greene, Mrs. J. C, N. Y. 
 Gibb, Miss Sarah B., N. Y. Geiard, Mrs., New York. 
 Goelet, Robert, N. Y. Gibbs, Major T. K., N. Y. 
 
 Goelet, Ogden, N. Y. Gibbs, Miss Emily O. , N. Y. 
 
 Goiild,W. P.,Mai. U. S. A. 
 
 H 
 
 Hargreaves, Geo., Denver. Hosack, Mrs. C. B., N. Y. 
 Haveu, G. G., New York. Huntington, Prof., Hai-tf'd. 
 Hopkins, Capt. A., U. S. A. Hoftmau, Miss S. O., N. Y. 
 Hazard I. , Georgetown S . 0. Hall, Peleg, New York. 
 Hacker, William, Phila. Homans, E. C. , New York. 
 Hazen, Gen. W. B. , U. S. A. Havemeyer T. A. New York. 
 Hay ward. Miss, New York. Hewitt, A. S., New York. 
 Hall, P. D., New York. Hartshorn, Mrs., Prov. 
 Hone, Roberts., New York. Hatch, A. S., New York. 
 Hoyt, H. S., New York. Hunt, Richard M., N. Y. 
 Hazard, Rowland N., N. Y. Hunnewah, HoUis, N. Y. 
 Howe, Mrs. J. W. , Boston. Hodgson, J. M. , New York. 
 Hayward, Mrs. M. A., Bos. Howland, Meredith, N. Y. 
 Howard, Mrs. E. W., N. Y. Howland, S. S., New York. 
 
 I 
 
 I nman, John H. , N. Y. Ingersoll, Harry, Phila. 
 
TO NEWPORT. 
 
 Josephs, Lymail C. , N. Y. Jones, Frederick, N. Y. 
 Jones, Mrs. Mary M., N. Y. Jessup, Morris K., N. Y. 
 Jones, Mrs. G. F., N. Y. Jay, Augustus, New York. 
 Jones, Miss Frances, N. Y. 
 
 K 
 
 Kane, Walter L., New York. Kettletas, Mrs. E., N. Y. 
 Keene James R. , New York. King, David, New York, 
 Kendall, Mrs. S. A., N. Y. Kidder, J. H., Washington. 
 Kernochan, James P. , N. Y. lumber, A. M. , Phila. 
 Kennedy, Mrs. , Baltimore. King, LeRoy, New York. 
 Kennedy, Miss R. L., N. Y. King, Mrs. Edward, N. Y. 
 Kennedy, Robert L., N. Y. Knower, John, New York. 
 
 L. 
 
 Lorillard, Pierre, New York. Ledyard, Mrs. H., N. Y. 
 Low, Josiah A., Brooklyn. Lafarge, John, New York. 
 Low, A. A , Brooklyn. Lieber, Mrs. M., N. Y. 
 
 Lyman, Miss, Boston. Lord, Thomas, New York. 
 
 Livingston, Matiu'in, N. Y. Luce, C. S., Boston. 
 Livingston Herman T.N.Y. Ludlum, Mrs. S. P., Balti. 
 Lewis, Walter H., N. Y. , Langdon, Walter, N. Y. 
 LeRoy, Daniel, New York. Lusk, Dr. W. T., N. Y. 
 LeRoy, Stuyvesant, N. Y. Lij^pitt, Henry, Providence. 
 
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 MandeviUe, Lord, Euglaud. 
 Merritt, George W., N. Y. 
 Mott, Thomas, Pliila. 
 Morgan, Edwiu D., N. Y. 
 Mortimer, Stanley, N. Y. 
 Morgan, D. O. P., N. Y. 
 Morris, Miss Jane, Pliila. 
 Metcalf, Emmons, Boston. 
 Maynard, Mrs. H., Teun. 
 McCagg, Mrs. C. O., N. Y. 
 Mills, Ogden, New York. 
 McStea, Nelson, N. Oris. 
 Mott, J. L. B., N. Y. 
 Mangimi, Mrs. W. P. 
 MitcheU, Dr. S. W., Pliila. 
 
 M 
 
 Morgan, Kev. Dr., N. Y. 
 Mason, Dr. J. J., N. Y. 
 Mitchell, Mrs. M. A., Utica. 
 Mahony, JohnH., N. Y. 
 Marquand, Hemy G., N. Y. 
 Mason, Misses, Boston. 
 MiUer, George M., N. Y. 
 Mayer, Edward, New York. 
 Miller, W. S., New York. 
 Matthews, A. , New York. 
 Morris, Henry G., Phila. 
 Montgomery, T. J., Boston. 
 Morris, Wis tar, Phila. 
 Marvin, Gen. S. E., Albany, 
 Morris, Mrs. Francis. 
 
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 Nash, Mrs. H. J., Prov. NcAvton, Henry, Erie, Pa. 
 Neilson, Mrs. M. N., N. Y. Neilson, Fred., N. Y. 
 
 O 
 OeMchs, Charles M., N. Y. O'Donnell, Mrs. H. C.,Md. 
 
 Oothoiit, William, N. Y. Otis, Mrs. James, N. Y. 
 
 Parker, Dr., U. S. N. Pierson, J. F., N. Y., 
 
 Post, Edwin A., N. Y. Peny, Mrs. C. G., Phila. 
 
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 Post, William, N. Y. Paull, W. W., Pliila. 
 
 Pruyn, J. V. I., Albany. PoweU, Dr. S. C, N. H. 
 Prince, Mrs,, Boston. Pngli, Eev. J. H., N. H. 
 
 Palmer, Mrs. Fanny, Phila. Phelps, Koyal, N. Y. 
 Phillips, M. S., Brooklyn. Philbrick, E. S., Boston. 
 Parsons, G. M., Cincinnati. Pell, Mrs. Waldron, N. Y. 
 Porter, F. B. Post, Mrs. L. F., N. Y. 
 
 Pond, Mrs. Harriet N.,N.Y. Phinney, T. W., Chicago. 
 Pond, A. Phelps, N. Y. Parkman, G. F., Boston. 
 Paul, J. W., Philadeli)hia. Peterson, C. J., Phila. 
 Paine, John W., Troy, N. Y. Potter, E. T., New York. 
 Pumpelly, Prof. E. Potter, E. B., New York. 
 
 Padelford, E. M., Phila. Pratt, Samuel F., Boston. 
 
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 Eead, Gen. Meredith, Paris. Bobbins, H. A. , New York. 
 Eives, Dr. W. C, Jr., Bos. Ehett, Mrs. E. P., Balti. 
 Eives, G. L., New York. Eussell, C. H., New York. 
 Eoberts, Mrs. M. O., N. Y. Eosengarten, G. D., Phila. 
 EoebUngCol. W. A.,B'kl'u. Bobbins, G. A., New York. 
 Eives, W. C, Boston. Eogers, Arcibald, N. Y. 
 
 Eichards, W. T., Pa. Eogers, Mrs. W. B., Bos. 
 
 Eemsen, E. G., New York. Eogers, Prof. F., Phila. 
 Eice, Henry A., Boston. Eogers, Maxon, Boston. 
 Ehinelander, F..W., N. Y. Eobiuson, Dr. B., N. Y. 
 
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 Starr, Dr. L., Philadelphia. Stout, IVIi-s. A. G., N. Y. 
 Sanij)sou Henry, New York. Sauds, IMrs. A. L., N. Y. 
 Stokes, A. M., New I'ork. Steadmau Lt. Com. U. S. N. 
 Swan, F. C. , New York. Shipley Murray, Cincinnati. 
 Schott, Mrs. EUenL., N. Y. Sanford, M. H., New York. 
 Shepard, Mrs. E. A,, Prov. Schermerhorn, E. H., N. Y. 
 Sellers, WiUiam, Phila. Sherman, W. W., N. Y. 
 Schoemaker, B. H., Phila. Slater, J. W., Providence. 
 Skinner, Francis L. , Boston. Smith, Kev. Dr. C, N. Y. 
 Stevens, J. A. , New York. Simmons, Prof. W. C. , Bos. 
 Shields, Prof., Princeton. Sandford, John, New York. 
 Stanard, Mrs. M. A., Balti. Sandford, W. C, N. Y. 
 Seymour, Mrs. 0. M., N. Y. Smith Kev. J. T. D. D. N. Y. 
 Stout, F. A., New York. Smith, B. R. Philadelphia. 
 Swift, Mrs. H. W., N. Y. Sturtevant Eugene, Boston. 
 Stitt, Seth B . Philadelj)hia . Smith, Henry J . , Provi . 
 Stevens, Mrs. P., N. Y. Sigourney Mrs. M. B., Bos. 
 
 Sheldon, Frederic, N. Y. 
 
 T 
 Thompson, Frank, Phila . Tooker, Miss Marj^ N. Y. 
 Turnure, Lawrence, N. Y. Taylor, Rear Ad., U. S. N. 
 Thurlow S. L ., Wilkes. , Pa . Tilton, Samuel G . , Boston. 
 Tefft, W. E., New York. Thorn, W. K., New York. 
 Towusend, Mrs. I., N. Y. Tailer, Mrs. Henry A. , N. Y. 
 
TO NEWPORT. 
 
 TiUiughast, W. M., N. Y. Travers, W. R., New York. 
 Thurber, F . B . , N . Y . Tyler, George F . , Pliila . 
 Townsend, Geu. F.,AJbany. Tennant, D. B., Petbg., Va. 
 Tyler, Sidney F., Boston. Thayer, Nathaniel, Boston. 
 Ticknor, Mrs. George, Bos. Torrance Daniel, New York. 
 Terry, Rev. R. , Peeksldll. Thorndike Mrs. G. H. , N. Y. 
 Tooker, G. M., New York. Taylor, H. A. C, N. Y. 
 
 V 
 
 Vanderbilt, Cornelius, N. Y. Van Brunt, Mrs., Brooklyn. 
 
 Van Rensselaer, Mrs., N. Y. Van Alen, J. J., New York. 
 
 Vanderbilt, W. K., N. Y. 
 
 V\/ 
 Wilde, Miss E. G., Boston. Winans, Ross R., Baltimore. 
 Weir, Dr. R. F., New York. Wilson, Mrs. H. C, N. Y. 
 Weston, Mrs. F. A., N. Y. Wright, H. A.. New York. 
 Ware, W. R., Boston. WhitehouseW. F., Chicago. 
 
 Wales, George W., Boston. Worden, Rear Ad., U. S. N. 
 Ware, F. M., Boston. Weld, W. G., Boston. 
 
 Watson, Dr. W. A., N. Y. Whipple, John, New York. 
 Whiting, Mrs. S. S., N. Y. WiUoughby, H. L., Phila. 
 Whiting, Augustus, N. Y. Witherbee, Silas H., N. Y. 
 Wilson, Prof. J. H., N. Y. Willard, E. W., Chicago. 
 Winn, Mrs. A. E., Phila. Wetmore, G. P., N. Y. 
 Wolfe, Miss C . L . , N . Y . Wharton, Joseph L. , Phila. 
 Willing, R. L., Phila. Wharton, C. W., Phila. 
 
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 Wheeler, Charles, Pliila. Wharton, Job, Philadelphia. 
 Wan-en, G. H., New York. Webster, Sidney, New York. 
 Weld, Mrs. W. F., Boston. Watson, C. W., New York. 
 Winthrop, E. L., Boston. Wheatland, S. G., Lowell. 
 Woodworth Mrs. A. P. N. Y. Wise, Mrs. J. C. 
 Winthrop, B. C. , New York. 
 
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 Yardley, Mrs. Jane, Phila, 
 
TO NEWPORT. 105 
 
 '^CHAPTER XIV. 
 
 AMUSEMENTS. 
 
 The question of providing amusements for the large 
 number of visitors to Newport, is one of no little moment, 
 although as a rule the visitors are in a cheerful mood, and 
 thus easily pleased. Unlike an inland resort, the water is 
 evet a source of both interest and amusement to a great 
 many visitors; the very poetry of nature is in every league 
 and rod of the sea-shore; and multitudes with the spii-it 
 of poetry in their souls come annually to enjoy its mag- 
 nificence and beauty, while other multitudes, destitute 
 of this great and never-failing source of pleasure, come 
 to imitate them. The breakers roll in as they have ever 
 done with long undulating sweeps, the small boats go 
 dancing by, the more stately yacht rides at anchor, while 
 on the extreme verge of the horizon, the steamers and 
 coasters that flit from port to port are lost almost as 
 soon as descried in the hazy atmosphere of the offing. 
 Crowds enjoy the sight daily and never tire of it. Mono- 
 tonous as the sea may be whilst on its bosom, the view of 
 it from the shore is ever fresh and delightful; then the 
 beaches with their swarms of bathers in all the colors of 
 the rainbow, is a never-failing source of amusement. 
 The pleasure excursions in the harbor and further out in 
 the bay with all the facihties for fishing, then the aquatic 
 
106 LEE'S GUIDE 
 
 sports of the season are a never-ending soiu'ce of enjoy- 
 ment On the land there is abundance of amusement... At 
 
 Fort Adams the regular band discourses music for all 
 who care to hear them; there are walks and drives which 
 will afford amusement to the most fastidious, and more 
 especially the afternoon diive on Bellevue Avenue. For 
 persons fond of skating there is the 
 
 Olympian Skating Rink, near the Ocean House on 
 Bellevue Avenue; for out-door amusements there is the 
 
 Westchester Polo Grounds at the end of Thames 
 Street, where matches at polo, base ball etc. , take places 
 Newport is scarcely ever without some special attraction 
 in the amusement line; the 
 
 Opera House on Washington Square is in all respect, 
 a first-class hall, seats 1,000 persons, has parquette, 
 gallery, orchestra, four proscenium boxes, three stage 
 traps, ample di-essing-rooms, and a complete outfit o^ 
 first-class scenery. The stage is 55x45 feet, is on a level 
 with the street, and has side doors leading to the same* 
 and is often the scene during the season, of some comedy 
 or di-amatic representation. Then some of the large 
 hotels have a regularly engaged band which discoiu'ses 
 music for its patrons morning and evening ; then the 
 
 The Casino Buildings are located on Bellevue Avenue, 
 near the Ocean House. The fu'st floor is used for stores. 
 
TO NEWPORT. 107 
 
 The upper part is occupied by the Casino Chib. The 
 first story is built of Philadelphia pressed brick, with 
 blue-stone binders. The general roof consists of a 
 gable running the entire length of the building, with 
 three gables intersecting from the avenuethere is also a 
 loygi, or lookout on the front. 
 
 The main entrance to the casino grounds is through a 
 low, three-centered arch. The hall is wainscoted six 
 feet from the floor, while the floor is of brick and Marble. 
 To the right of the entrance is ticket office, and to the 
 left the committee-room. Straight ahead you pass into 
 the court. On the landing of the stairs is a large and 
 elaborate mulHoned window. A Dutch tower is on the 
 east side of the building fronting the court, which is pro- 
 vided with a unique clock. The court is a attractive 
 place, it being beautifully laid out in flower-beds. A 
 fountain is in the centre. To the left of the court is the 
 cafe and restaurant, and in front, and right ahead, are the 
 piazzas, eighteen feet wide. To the left, through semi- 
 circular piazzas is the cafe and restaurant. The kitchen 
 and kitchen offices are on the second floor, while the 
 private dining-rooms, retiring-rooms, etc., are on the first 
 floor. The rooms on the second floor fall back from the 
 line of the first floor, and the roof is carried on an arcade 
 of posts, with a balcony on the front. From the cafe and 
 
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 restaurant there extends 500 feet of piazza, which forms 
 the remainder of the court. Part of this piazza is a semi- 
 circle with a radius of about fifty feet. The east end of 
 the enclosure is bounded by a two-story piazza, twenty 
 feet wide, and extends north and south, taking in the 
 entire width of the lot. Behind this, on the south, is the 
 tennis court, and on the north, the theatre building, 
 which will seat 500 persons. The gallery of the tennis 
 court is connected with the piazzas referred to, and from 
 which one can witness the game. A bowhng-alley is also 
 at the end of the lot, which runs from Bellevue Avenue 
 clear to Freebody Street. Nothing is lacking to make 
 the enterprise a great social and pecuniary success. 
 The furniture, trimmings, etc. , are elegant. Plate-glass, 
 small leaden windows, and, in fact, everything that 
 would make the buildings appear in the old colonial style 
 of architecture, has been adopted. Its colonial features 
 are very interesting, and will attract no little attention. 
 The Casino was constructed by James Gordon Bennett, 
 and at first was owned exclusively by him. In Sei:)tem- 
 ber, 1880, it was sold to an association, incorporated a 
 short time previous under the laws of the State, and 
 known as the "Newport Casino." The capital stock at 
 present is $200,000, which is divided into shares of the 
 par value of $500 each. Mr. Bennett is the largest 
 
TO NEWPOET. 109 
 
 sockholder. Stockholders are members of the associat- 
 ion, and are entitled to all privileges. By compliance, 
 with certain conditions, and the payment of certain sums 
 of money, non-stockholders are also admitted to the privi- 
 leges of the Casino. The greater part of the main 
 building is reserved for the exclusive use of the stock- 
 holders and subscribers, while the pubHc is admitted to 
 the grounds during the season, on the occasion of band 
 concerts or other public entertainments, by the payment 
 of a small admission fee. In addition there is the 
 
 Hop. Dancing is of course a very important item 
 in Newport's catalogue of amusements. The guest 
 dines and sups at ease and leisure, and when the 
 diurnal lioiu* arrives for the salutatory devotions of 
 the evening, he or she steals a glance at the ap]jroving 
 mirror, calls the conquering smile to the lips, j)oints the 
 expectant toe with required grace, and floats at once into 
 the elysian maze. 
 
 The ''Hop," when it reaches the proportions and dig- 
 nity of a ball, is an occasional and more elaborate mystery, 
 the toilet becomes a matter of life and death, and to the 
 utter forgetfulness of the price of gold. The order of the 
 dancing and the programme of the orchestra are solemnly 
 considered and formally announced; and last, though not 
 least, agreeable refreshments are j)rovided for the sus- 
 tenance of the exhausted devotees. 
 
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 At uo other watering place in the Uuited States, are 
 there such a round of festivities as are to be found at 
 Newj)ort; receptions, dinner, and garden parties, on a 
 most elaborate scale, follow in rapid succession. 
 
 CHAPTER XV. 
 
 COMMERCIAL FEATURES. 
 
 Newport cannot even by a stretch of imagination, be 
 called a manufacturing town; it has only two mills, the 
 Perry and Aquidneck, both of which are engaged in the 
 manufacture of cotton cloths ; outside of these, and a 
 business of a general character. Its special avocation, 
 is the entertainment of its vast number of visitors. 
 This is a business of vast proportions, for the people 
 who visit Newport are wealthy, and not only can they 
 afford, but they are willing to pay liberally for either 
 goods or services; hence the entertainment of its visitors 
 may be named as the special commercial feature of New- 
 port, for nearly every one either dii*ectly or indirectly, is 
 interested in this branch of business, and be the season 
 a good one or only moderate they ai-e all benefited to a 
 greater or less extent. 
 
TO NEWPOET. Ill 
 
 The Hotel interest is a very large one, and the amount 
 mvested in this branch alone runs into the milUons. 
 
 The Boarding-House business, both pubhc and private, 
 is quite a commercial feature, and a great many of the 
 more resj^ected citizens are engaged in it; probably all 
 told the boarding-houses can and do accommodate as 
 many guests as the hotels. Newport, however, is not 
 lacking in other business interests; its Hvery business is a 
 large one; its news rooms and book stores are equal to 
 many city estabUshments. Its real estate transactions 
 are a very important feature. Some of its dry-goods stores 
 would be a credit to New York or Boston. Taking its 
 shopi3ing facilities altogether, no visitor need be afraid 
 but that he or she can empty even a weU-filled purse, and 
 get good value for their money in scores of good stores in 
 Thames Street and other parts of Newport. 
 
114 LEE'S GUIDE 
 
 CHAPTER XYI. 
 
 NEWSPAPERS. 
 
 The Newport Mercury is the oldest newspaper in the 
 United States. It was first issued by James Frankhn on 
 the 12th of June, 1758 (James Franklin was the neph'ew 
 of the celebrated Dr. Benjamin Franklin), subsequently 
 by Samuel Hall who married Miss Franklin; by him it 
 was transferred to Solomon Southwick, who published it 
 until 1776, when NewjDort fell into the hands of the British, 
 To prevent his presses and tyj^je from being detroyed. 
 Southwick secretly buried them in a garden; this fact was 
 however, made known to the British Commander, and he 
 had them unearthed, and during the three years occupa- 
 tion, a paper was issued regularly in the interests of His 
 Majesty, called the Rhode Island Gazette, cojjies can 
 now be seen in the Redwood Library. After the evacu- 
 ation the Mercury was purchased b^^ Henry Barber who 
 issued his fii'st number January 1st 1780; it remained in 
 the Barber family for eighty years; it is now owned and 
 published by John P. Saliborn, at 272 Thames Street. 
 Terms, $2 per annum. 
 
TO NEWPOET. 115 
 
 The Rhode Island Gazette, was the name of a sheet 
 issued by James Frankhu, elder brother of Dr. Franklin, 
 in 1732. This so called newspaper was the first printed 
 in Newport, and was the size of an ordinary sheet of note 
 paper; he died however, in the course of two or three 
 years, and the paper was discontinued. 
 
 The Newport Daily Neivs was the first daily paper 
 ]3ublished in Newx3ort, and has outlived many competitors 
 which have from time to time been estabhshed. It was 
 first issued on the 4tli of May, 1846. It is now published 
 every afternoon, by Davis & Pitman, at 207 Thames Street. 
 Terms, $6 per annum. 
 
 The Newport Journal is published every Saturday 
 morning by Davis & Pitman, at 207 Thames Street. 
 Terms, $2 per annum. 
 
 CHAPTEE XVII. 
 
 PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS. 
 BANKS. 
 
 All Open daily from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. 
 Aquidneck National Bank, 284 Thames Street. 
 First National Bank, 231 Thames Street. 
 Merchants' Bank, 223 Thames Street. 
 National Bank of Ehode Island, 303 Thames Street. 
 
116 LEE'S GUIDE 
 
 New England Commercial Bank, 263 Thames Street. 
 Union National Bank, 260 Thames Street. 
 National Exchange Bank, 38 Washington Square. 
 Newport Natitmal Bank, 8 Washington Sqnaie. 
 Charity Organization Society, Office, 8 Church Street, 
 City Hall is at the head of Long Whaii and comer of 
 
 Thames Street. 
 Continental Steamboat Co.'s Steamboats amve at and 
 
 depart from Commercial Wharf. 
 Coui'ts. Supreme, Common Pleas, Probate, and District 
 
 meet in the State House. 
 Custom House, Thames Street corner Franklin. 
 
 EXPEESS OFFICES. 
 
 Adams Express Company, Thames Street, comer of 
 
 Pelliam. 
 Ne^^ort Transfer Company, Travers Block, Bellevue 
 
 avenue. 
 New York and Boston Despatch Express Company, 175 
 
 Thames street. 
 Grand Army of the Republic meet in Harmony Hall, 
 
 172 Thames Street. 
 Harvard Club, 58 Washington Street. 
 Historical Society, Cabinet and Library in the Redwood 
 
 Library Building. 
 Home for Friendless Childi-en, 24 School Street. 
 
TO NEWPORT. 117 
 
 Newi3ort Hospital, 16 Howard Street 
 
 Island Cemetery, on Warren Street 
 
 Knights of Honor meet at Odd Fellows Hall, Washington 
 Square 
 
 Masonic Lodges, of which there are several, meet in the 
 Mason's Hall, School Street corner of Church 
 
 Medical Society, Secretary Dr W McKim, 106 Touro 
 Street 
 
 Natural History Society, Cax3tain John A, Judson, Sec- 
 retary, 22 Bellevue Avenue 
 
 Odd Fellows meet in the Odd Fellows Hall, Washington 
 Square 
 
 Newi3ort Opera House, adjoins Perry House in Washing- 
 ton Square 
 
 People's Library, 260 Thames Street 
 
 Post Office, 202 Thames Street, corner of Franklin 
 
 Protection of Animals, office 148 Bellevue Avenue 
 
 Railroad Depot, the Depot of the old Colonly railroad, is 
 
 at West Marlborough Street, near Thames 
 Reading Room, 29 Bellevue Avenue, corner Redwood 
 
 Street 
 Redwood Library and Atheneaum, Bellevue Avenue 
 
 corner Redwood Street 
 School (High) Rogers, Church Street 
 Schools (Grammar) in Clarke, Mill and Elm Streets also 
 
 in Cranston Avenue 
 
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 State House, is in "Washington Square 
 
 Steamboat Landing, the steamboat landing of the old 
 Colony Steamboat Company, is at the pier end of 
 Long Wharf 
 
 Steamboat Landing, the boats of the ewport and Wick- 
 ford Raih'oad and Steamboat Company, arrive at 
 and depart from Commercial Wliarf 
 
 TELEGEAPH OFFICES 
 
 Mutual Union TelegTaph Company, 175 Thames Street 
 
 (Branch, 4 Travers Block, Bellevue avenue ) 
 Western Union Telegraph Company, Thames Street, near 
 
 Franklin street (^Branches at Ocean House and 
 
 Perry House) 
 Temperance Societies, meet in the Temperance Hall, 45 
 
 Spring street 
 Young Men's Christian Association Rooms, corner Thame 
 
 and Church Street 
 
 CHAPTER X^aiT. 
 
 AVENUE AND STREET GUIDE. 
 
 Allan's Court, 36 Spring 
 
 Almy, Bliss Road 
 
 Annandale Road, Narragansett Avenue to Bath Road 
 
TO NEWPORT. 119 
 
 Ann Street, Thames to Spring 
 Anthony, Bowery to Pope 
 Appleby Avenue, Farewell to Green Lane 
 Arnold, Broadway to Summer 
 Atkinson Court, 168 Thames Street 
 Ayrault, Broadway to Catherine 
 
 Bachelder's Court, 479 Spring 
 
 Bancroft Avenue, Belle vue Avenue to Coggeshall Avenues 
 
 Barney, Spring to Wliitfield Court 
 
 Bateman Avenue, Carroll Avenue to Coggeshall Avenue 
 
 Bateman Avenue, Ocean Avenue to Winans Avenue 
 
 Bath Road, Bellevue Avenue to Easton's Beach 
 
 Battery, Third to the Bay 
 
 Bay View Avenue, Warner to Broadway 
 
 Beach, Bellevue Avenue to Rhode Island Avenue 
 
 Beach View Avenue, Mile Corner to Green End 
 
 Beacon, Hillside Avenue to Main Road 
 
 Bedlow Avenue, Broadway to Malbone Avenue 
 
 Bellevue Avenue, Touro to Ocean Avenue 
 
 Bellevue Court, Bellevue Avenue near Perry 
 
 Berkeley, Rhode Island Avenue to Cranston 
 
 Berkeley Avenne, Bellevue Avenue to Annandale Road 
 
 Berkeley, Welhngton Avenue, South 
 
 Bliss Mine Road, Bliss Road to Water Works 
 
 BHss Road, Broadway to Indian Avenue 
 
120 LEE'S GUIDE 
 
 Boss Court, Welliugtou Avenue 
 
 Bowery, Spring to Annauclale Road 
 
 Bradford Road, Butler to DeWolf 
 
 Branch, Broadway to West Broadway 
 
 Brenton Aveniie, Ocean Avenue to Castle Hill Avenue 
 
 Brentou, Thames to Spring 
 
 Brewer, Thames to Spring 
 
 Bridge, Thames to Washington 
 
 Brinley, Kay to Catherine 
 
 Broadway, Washington Square to City Limits 
 
 Buena Vista, Rhode Island Avenue to Channing Avenue 
 
 Bull, Broadway to Kay 
 
 Bnrnside Avenue, Warner to West Broadway 
 
 Butler, Gibbs to Rutgers 
 
 Byrnes Court, Lee Avenue to Thames 
 
 Caleb Earl, Broadway to West Broadway 
 Callender Avenue, Warner to West Broadway 
 Cannon, Thames to Spring 
 Carroll Avenue, Thames to Ocean Avenue 
 
 Castle Hill Avenue, Ocean Avenue to Hai'rison Avenue 
 Catherine, Bellevue Avenue to Channing Avenue 
 Central Com-t, 12 Bull Street 
 Channing Avenue, Kay to Bath Road 
 Channing, Hall Avenue to Malbone Avenue 
 Charles, Washington Square to North Baptist 
 
TO NEWPORT. 121 
 
 Cherry, Third to the Bay 
 
 Chestnut, Third to the Bay 
 
 Church, Thames to Bellevue Avenue 
 
 Clarendon, Bellevue Avenue to State 
 
 Clarke, Washington Square to Mary 
 
 Clay, Narragansett Avenue to Dixon 
 
 Cliff Avenue, Bath Eoad to Sea View Avenue 
 
 Clinton Avenue, Warner to Broadway 
 
 Coddington Avenue, Malbone Avenue to Sunset Avenue 
 
 Coddington, Thames to Farewell 
 
 Coggeshall Avenue, Spring to Bellevue Avenue 
 
 Collins, Broadway to West Broadway 
 
 Collins Avenue, Bliss Road to Beach View Avenue 
 
 Commercial Wharf, foot Franklin 
 
 Connection, Thames to Wilbar Avenue 
 
 Corne, Mill to Prospect Hill 
 
 Cottage, Beach to Catharine 
 
 Cottage Place, from Beach Street, South 
 
 Cotton's Court, 124 Thames 
 
 Covell, Farewell to Edward 
 
 Cranston Avenue, Broadway to Kay 
 
 Cranston, Broadway to Cranston Avenue 
 
 Cross, Bridge to Poplar 
 
 Davis Court, Callendar Avenue to Bumside Avenue 
 Deblois Court, Bellevue Avenue to State 
 
122 LEE'S GUIDE 
 
 Dearborn, Thames to Spring 
 Deblois Avenue, Kay to Catharine 
 Dennison, Thames to Spring 
 DeWolf, Hall Avenue to Eutgers 
 Division, Mill to Touro 
 Dixon, Thames to Bellevue Avenue 
 Downing, Bellevue Avenue to State 
 Duke, Washington Square to Marlborough 
 
 East, Pope Street, South 
 Edgar Court, Bath Koad 
 Edward, Broadway to White 
 Elizabeth, North from Catharine 
 Elm, Cross Street to the Bay 
 Evarts, Hall Avenue to Butler. 
 Everett Place, Southeast from Kay. 
 Extension, Thames Street, East. 
 
 Fair, Thames to Spring. 
 
 Farewell, Broadway to Long Lane. 
 
 Fillmore, Wellington Avenue to Harrison Avenue. 
 
 Fillmore Court, East from Brinley. 
 
 Fii', Catharine to Beach. 
 
 Fountain, Spring to Anthony. 
 
 Francis, Ayi'ault to Ehode Island Avenue. 
 
 Franklin, Thames to Spring. 
 
 Frank, Thames to Spring. 
 
TO NEWPORT. 123 
 
 Freebody, Bowery to Bath Road. 
 Friend, Edward to Green Lane. 
 Friendship, Broadway to Gibbs Avenue. 
 
 George, Pelham to Mill. 
 
 Gibbs Avenue, Bath Road to Broadway. 
 
 Gibbs, Malbone Avenue to Long Lane. 
 
 G-olden Hill, Spring to Thomas. 
 
 Gidley, Thames to Spring. 
 
 Gordon, Bellevue Avenue to Coggeshall Avenue. 
 
 Gould Court, East from Broadway. 
 
 Gould, Warner to Broadwa}^ 
 
 Grafton, Thames Street, West. 
 
 Grant Court, Perry Street, North. 
 
 Greene Avenue, Hall Avenue to Malbone Avenue. 
 
 Green Lane, Warner to West Broadway. 
 
 Greenough Place, Beach to Ayrault. 
 
 Green, Thames to Spring 
 
 Gurney Court, North from Cherry 
 
 Hall Avenue, Warner to DeWolf 
 
 Halsey, Gibbs to Rutgers 
 
 Hammond, Thames to Spring 
 
 Harrison Avenue, Ocean Ayenue to Old Fort Road 
 
 Hayden Court, Bath Road 
 
 Hazard Avenue, Bellevue Avenue to Coggeshall Avenue. 
 
 Heath Court, Spruce Street 
 
124 LEE'S GUIDE 
 
 High, Church to Touro 
 
 Hillside Avenue, Becllow Aveuue to Suuset Avenue 
 Holland, Thames to Spring 
 Homer, Gibbs to Rutgers 
 
 Houston Avenue Wellington Avenue to Connection Street 
 Howard Avenue, Broadway to Kay- 
 Howard, Thames to Sirring 
 Hozier, Park Place to Spring 
 
 John, Spring to Bellevue Avenue 
 
 Johnson Court, S^Druce Street 
 
 Jones Avenue, Bellevue Avenue to King 
 
 Kay, Touro to Channing Avenue 
 
 Eolbum Court, Broadway 
 
 King, WiUiam to Bowery 
 
 King, Wellington Avenue to Old Fort Road 
 
 Lawi-ence Avenue, Webster to Marine Avenue 
 
 Ledge Road, Bellevue Avenue to Boat House 
 
 Lee Avenue, Thames to Spring 
 
 Leroy Avenue, Bellevue Avenue to Ochre Point Avenue 
 
 Leroy Place, Parker Avenue to Bowery 
 
 Levin, Spring to Bellevue Avenue 
 
 Lincoln, Rhode Island Avenue to Cranston Avenue 
 
 Linden Place, East from Lincoln Street 
 
 Long Lane, Farewell Street, North 
 
TO NEWPOET. 125 
 
 Long Wliarf, Thames to the Harbor 
 
 Madison Place, South from Walnut 
 
 McAllister Court, Spring near Dixon 
 
 Maher Court, Sirring near Wheatland Avenue 
 
 Maitland Court, Thii'd Street, East 
 
 Malbone Avenue, Broadway to Coddington Avenue 
 
 Maun Avenue, Broadway to Kay 
 
 Marlborough, Thames to Broadway 
 
 Marine Avenue, Bellevue Avenue to Lawrence Avenue 
 
 Marsh's Court, Thames Street 
 
 Marsh, Third to Washington 
 
 Martin, John to Prospect HiQ 
 
 Mary, Thames to Touro 
 
 Meeting, Washington Square to Marlborough 
 
 Melville Court, Thames Street 
 
 Miantonomi Avenue, Broadway to Hillside Avenue 
 
 Miantonomi Place, North from Malbone Avenue 
 
 Middleton, Dixon to Bath Road 
 
 Milburn Court, Thames Street 
 
 Mill, Thames to Bellevue Avenue 
 
 Mount Vernon Avenue, Mount Vernon Street 
 
 Mount Vernon, Touro to Bull Street 
 
 Narragansett Avenue, Thames to Cliffs 
 New, Broadway to Malbone Avenue 
 Newport Avenue, Warner to Broadway 
 
126 , LEE'S GUIDE 
 
 Norman, Kedwood Avenue to Water Works 
 Nortli Baptist, Thames to Farewell 
 North Kay, Kay to Bliss Road 
 
 Oak, Broadway to West Broadway 
 
 Ocean Avenue, Bellevue Avenue to Castle Hill Avenue 
 
 Ochre Point Avenue, Narragansett Avenue, to Buggies 
 
 Avenue 
 Old Fort Road, Brenton to King 
 
 Park Place, Touro to Broadway 
 
 Park, Broadway to Gould 
 
 Parker Avenue, Bellevue Avenue to Annandale Road 
 
 Pelham, Thames to Bellevue Avenue 
 
 Perry, Spring to Bellevue Avenue 
 
 Pine, Third Street to the Bay 
 
 Pleasant, Warner to Broadway 
 
 Pond Avenue, Warner to West Broadway 
 
 Pope, Thames to East 
 
 Poplai', Farewell to the Bay 
 
 Potter, Thames Street, West 
 
 Prospect Hall Road, Gibbs to Rutgers 
 
 Price Neck Avenue, Ocean Avenue to Harrison Avenue 
 
 Prison, Washington Square to River Lane 
 
 Prospect Hill, Thames to Bellevue Avenue 
 
 Redwood Avenue, Kay to Catharine 
 Redwood Place, Spring near Pope 
 
TO NEWPOET. 127 
 
 Redwood, Belleviie Avenue to Cottage 
 Retirement Road, Middleton to Cliff Avenue 
 Red Cross Avenue, Bath Road to Beach. Street 
 Rhode Island Avenue, Broadway to Bath Road • 
 River Lane, Charles to Marlborough 
 Ruggles Avenue, CaiToll Avenue to Ochre Point 
 
 Sanford, Thames to Farewell 
 
 School, Church to Touro 
 
 Seaview Avenue, CUff Avenue to Cliffs 
 
 Second, Marsh to Battery 
 
 Sharon, Thames Street, West 
 
 Sheffield Avenue, Hall Avenue to Malbone Avenue 
 
 Shepard Avenue, Bellevue Avenue to Chffs 
 
 Sherman Court, Thames Street 
 
 Sherman, Spring to Mount Vernon 
 
 Simmons, west from Thames Street 
 
 South Baptist, Thames Street, East 
 
 Spring, Broadway to Coggeshall Avenue 
 
 Southmayd, Hall Avenue to Butler 
 
 Spruce Court, Spruce Street 
 
 Spruce, Vicksburg Place to West Broadway 
 
 State, Beach Clarendon Court 
 
 Stockholm, Thames Street, west 
 
 Stone, Broadway to Spring 
 
 Summer, Malbone Avenue to Broadway 
 
128 LEE'S GUIDE 
 
 Sunnyside Court, East of Third Street 
 Sunnyside Place, South of Beach 
 Sunset Avenue, Main Road to the Bay 
 
 Tew's Court, Beach Street, South 
 
 Thames, Farewell to Brenton 
 
 Third, Marsh north to Newport Asylum 
 
 Thomas, Golded Hill to John Street 
 
 Tilley Avenue, Gibbs, South 
 
 Touro Court, Washington Square, South 
 
 Toui-o, Spring to Bellevue Avenue 
 
 Underwood Court, Thames, East 
 
 Vernon Avenue, Broadway to Bliss Road 
 
 Vicksburg Place, Spruce to Gibbs 
 
 Victoria Coui't, Coggeshall Avenue to Lawi-ence Avenue 
 
 Walnut, Farewell to the Bay 
 
 Wanton, Coddington to North Baptist 
 
 Ward Avenue, Clay to Annandale Road 
 
 Warner, Farewell to Malbone Avenue 
 
 Washington Square, Thames to State House 
 
 Washington, Long Whai-f, North 
 
 Weaver Avenue, Freebody to Annandale Road 
 
 Webster, Thames to Cliffs 
 
 Wellington Avenue, Thames to FiDmore 
 
 TFest, Pope to Perry Street 
 
TO NEWPORT. 129 
 
 Wetmore Avenue, Shepard Avenue to Marine Avenue 
 Wheatland Avenue, Bellevue Avenue to Coggeshall 
 
 Avenue 
 White, Farewell to Green Lane 
 Wliitfield Court, Touro, North 
 
 •Wilbar Avenue, Wellington Avenue to Connecton Street 
 William, Spring to Bellevue Avenue 
 Willow Court, Thames near Pope 
 Willow, across Third to the Bay 
 Winans Avenue, Harrison Avenue to Ocean Avenue 
 
 Young, Thames to Spring 
 
 Yznaga Avenue, Bellevue Avenue, East 
 
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 OFFICE HOURS, 7 a. m. to 9 p. m. Sundays, 7 to 9 a. m. 
 Money Order and Registry Dep. open from 8 a. m. to 7.30 p. fh. 
 Lobby open from 6 a. m. to 9 p. m, Sundays, 7 a. m. to 8 p. m. 
 
 CLOSE. TV/rATT*^ OPEN. 
 
 a. m. p. m. XVX -^rr^ X a_vV^ . a. m. p. m. 
 
 6.40, 11.30 9.00 New York and Southern.. . .7.00, 3-oo, 8.00 
 
 (Boston, Eastern and) , 
 
 7.00. 11.30.. 2.30. 9.00.. I Western States. | •••7-°°' ".30..3.00, 6.30 
 
 '6.40, 11.30. ^2,30, 9.00 Providence, R. 1 7-oo, 10.15. .3.00, 6.3a 
 
 / Fall River, Mass. > , 
 
 7.00, --^-So. 9-oo..|p^^^^,g^jf^;j^j^I^^^f ..11.30, ..6.30, 
 
 6.40, ..9.00, Taunton, Mass 7-oo, ••3-30, 
 
 11.00 .Jamestown, R. 1 2.30, 
 
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 CIRCULATION, S^OOO. 
 
 It contains all the Local News of the Week, besides all the doing § 
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 TERNIS, ^2.00 F'E^R. YEAR.. 
 
 JOB PRINTING. 
 
 Connected with the Mercury Office, is the largest General Job 
 Printing Office in the City. Cards, Dance Programmes, In- 
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 short notice, and in a superior manner. 
 
 JOHN P. SANBORN, 
 
 PROPRIETOR, 
 
 272 Thames Street, Newport, R. I. 
 
ATWATER HOUSE, 
 
 292 A: 294 Thames Street, Newport, R. I. 
 
 Boarders taken at reasonable rates, also Furnished Rooms and Lodgings. 
 
 Bar connected with House, where the best of Ales, Wines, Liquors, 
 
 and Cigars can be had. Billiard Table, &c., &c. 
 
 HAMMOND HOUSE. 
 CAKK AND RKSXAURANT 
 
 ALSO MANUFACTURER OF AND DEALER IN 
 
 Confectionery, Ice Cream, Cake, Cigars, &c. 
 146, 148 & 150 Bellevue Ayeiiue, Newport, R. I. 
 
 PARK HOUSK, 
 
 NA/ASHINQTON SG^., NENA/PORT, R. I. 
 
 RIGHT HAND OF STATE HOUSE. 
 
 The pleasantest location in Newport. Special rates made with commercial 
 travelers. Board by Day and Week at Low Rates. Strictly First Class. 
 
 MRS. WM. ALDERSON, Proprietor. 
 
 NO LIQUORS SOLD ON THE PREMISES. DINNERS, 50 CENTS. 
 
 ADAIVIS HOUSE, 
 
 Permanent & Transient Boarding, 
 
 BY DAY OR WEEK, 
 
 291 Thames Street, Newport, R. I. 
 
iHi mnmi 
 
 PELHAM STREET, 
 
 NEV/F*OK.T, R. I. 
 
 STEAM HEAT. 
 
 L. F. ATTLETON, Proprietor. 
 
 BANKERS' AND MERCHANTS' TELEGRAPH. 
 
OIIIEII SfilES HO'fl 
 
 11 
 
 JjL/i 
 
 Corner Thames and Peiham Streets, Newport, R. 
 H. F. BARNARD, Proprietor. 
 
 OPEN THE YEAR ROUND. 
 
 l^~Special Rates to Commercial Travelers and for Table Board. 
 
 Bateman's Point. 
 
 A SELECT FAMILY 
 
 BOARDING HOUSE, 
 
 OVERLOOKING THE ATLANTIC OCEAN AND NEWPORT HARBOR, 
 SKTM BATKlVtAN, Prop'r. 
 
ANNANDALE HOUSE, 
 
 Permanent & Transient [hoarding, 
 
 33 annandale: road, 
 
 Near Bath Road and Five Minutes Walk to Bathing Beach. 
 
 HARRY LAWRENCE, Proprietor. 
 
 IVLrs. NIARY JANKS, 
 
 Bath Road corner Middleton Avenue, Newport, R. I. 
 
 Open all Year. Terms Reasonable. 
 
 CHEswKivL house:, 
 
 NO. 22 PROSPECT HILL STREET, 
 
 SECOND STREET MORTH OF I'OST OFFICE. 
 
 FIRST-CLASS ROOMS 
 
 WITH OR WITHOUT BOARD. 
 
 Meals at all Hours. Terms Reasonable. 
 
 CHRISTIAN ANDERSON, Prop'r. 
 
 COPELAND'S 
 
 mwM HOUSE m dining rook, 
 
 Meals at all Hours. Open Every Day in the Week. Terms Reasonable. 
 
 F^. G. COF^EIvAND, Proprietor. 
 434 & 436 Thames Street, Newport, R. I. 
 
KAY STREET HOUSE 
 
 ^o. 15 Kay Street, l^ewport, R. I. 
 
 First-Class Accommodations can be had at the above well-known House 
 at Reasonable Rates. Open from June ist to October ist. 
 
 Mrs. JOSEPH BATEMAN. 
 
 SHERMAN HOUS E, 
 
 THOMAS LEWIN, Proprietor. 
 
 105 ThLaimes Street, Ne^vvport, R. I, 
 
 Enlarged and Improved. Location second to none in the city, being 
 
 in a quiet and respectable neighborhood, and yet but a moment's 
 
 walk to the Post Office. Table Board, First Class. 
 
 The best Facilities for Transient Trade. 
 
 PETER McLEAN, 
 
 PRIVATE BOA.RDINO, 
 
 Corner Spring Street and Narragansett Avenue, 
 
 NEWPORT, R. I. 
 
 Terms Reasonable. Open from June to November. 
 
 285 Tliaiues Street, :Xewport, R. I. 
 
 SAMUEL POLLITT, 
 
 Proprietor. 
 
 Permanent and Transient Boarders at Reasonable Rates. 
 Near Wickford Landing. 
 
PRIVATE BOARDING. 
 
 No. 9 Touro Court, 
 
 Off Washington Square, NEWPORT, R. I. 
 
 Mrs. L. E. BARNES, Prop'r. 
 
 Open All Year. Terms Reasonable. 
 
 ■PRIVATE BOARDING, 
 
 11 DUKE STREET, 
 
 Near Washington Square, NEWPORT, R. I. 
 
 JACOB T. OVE, Proprietor. 
 TERMS REASONABLE. 
 
 14 CATHERINE STREET NEWPORT R. I. 
 
 STRICTLYFIRSTCLASSBOARDINGHOUSE 
 
 Mme. M. J. ROBINSON, Prop'r. 
 
 open A.11 Year. 
 
 Mrs. HONORA CAREY, 
 
 PRIVATE BOARDING, 
 No. i6 Mill Street, Newport, R. I. 
 
 Open All Year. Terms Reasohablc. 
 
FIRST-CLASS FAMILY BOARDING HOUSE 
 
 22 Catherine Street, Newport, R. I. 
 
 Mrs. M. A. AI>AMS, Proprietor. 
 
 Permanent & Transient Boarding, 
 
 28 East Bowery, Newport, R. I. 
 JOHI^ F. CARROL.I., Prop'r. 
 
 Terms Reasonable. Bar Connected with the House, also Victoria to Rent. 
 
 PRIVATE BOARDINQ. 
 
 32 Washington Square, Newport, R. I. 
 
 Mrs. H. S. Clarkj Proprietor. 
 
 Open All Year. Terms Reasonable. 
 
 THOMAS REGAN, 
 
 PERMANENT AND TRANSIENT 
 
 BOARDINO HOUSE, 
 
 37 Young Street, Newport, R. I. 
 
 Open all Year. Terms ReasonabU. 
 
MRS. M. J. MURRAY, 
 
 PRIVATE BOARDING, 
 
 TERMS REASONABLE. 
 
 :^o. 48 East Bowery, IVewport, R. I. 
 
 Furnished Rooms Open All Year. 
 
 PRIVATE BOARDING. 
 
 54 Bath Road, Newport, R. I. 
 NIrs. KLIvEN OE^RAQHTY, Prop'r. 
 
 open all Year. Terms Reasonable. 
 
 65 BATH ROAD, NEWPORT, R. I. 
 
 BOARDING HOUSE 
 
 MRS. MARY DiaaUES, PROP. 
 
 Large Gardens. Near Bathing Beach. , 
 
 IVo. 92 Division Street, 
 
 ALSO 
 
 ]Vo. 76 Mill Street, :^ewi>ort, B. I. 
 
 Nlrs. HARRIETT THURSTON, Proprietor. 
 
KIRST«CLASS 
 No. 131 Church Street, 
 
 (Near Bellevue Avenue), Newport, R. I. 
 
 >^. A. -WILBUR, Prop'r. 
 
 Mr. JOHN A. GORTON, 
 163 SPRING ST., Corner of Mill St. 
 
 NEWPORT, R. I. 
 
 Good Boarding. Reasonable Rates. 
 
 KURNISHED ROOIMS. 
 
 MRS. J. B. GORDON, 
 251 Spring Street, opp. Levin Street, Newport, R, I. 
 
 First-class Furnished Rooms at from $3.50 to $6.00 per week. 
 
 iMRS. RUDOIvRH, 
 
 Permanent & Transient Boarding, 
 
 265 Thames Street, Newport, R. I. 
 
 (Opposite United States Hotel.) 
 
 i-if Excellent Location. A few minutes walk from Providence Boats, and 
 
 Wickford Line for New York. Dinner served from 12 to 3 p.m. 
 
C. H. BORDEN, 
 
 Permanent & Transient Boarding 
 
 BY DAY OR we:kk:, 
 4(3 Thames Street, Newport, R. I. 
 
 TERMS REASONABLE. 
 
 B O A R D I N O 
 
 JOHN ^GrASH, 
 
 4-26 THAMES ST., NEWPORT, R. L 
 
 Parties wishing Board can be comfortably accommodated at this House. 
 
 Established 1833. 
 
 ROBERT W. GOFFE, 
 
 EASTOrS BEACH BATHING HOUSES. 
 
 Look For the Blue Houses. 
 
 Nine Ticl^ets for Ome Dollar. 
 
 Dress and Ticket, 20 cents, Single Tickets, 13 cents. 
 
 PAUL. NIOORK 
 
 Has recently opened a new 
 
 INTELLIGENCE OFFICE, 
 
 — AT— 
 
 No. 68 Spring Street, Newport, M. I. 
 
 And IS prepared to furnish f^rst-class help of all kinds. Also a public waiter. 
 
Easton'^ B e a c hi 
 
 BATHING HOUSES, 
 
 THOMAS CROSBY, Proprietor. 
 
 The Finest and Safest Beach in Newport. Bathing Suits to Let. 
 
 ELMNA/OOD HALL, 
 
 48 Front St., near Broadway, Saratog^a Spring's, N. Y. 
 
 EIVlORY POTTER, Proprietor. 
 
 Open all the year. Central to Springs. No better location in Saratoga 
 
 Terms during Summer season, $1.50 and $1.25 per day ; 
 
 balance of the year, reduced rates. 
 
 Waverly Hotel, 
 
 NORTH BROAD\A/AY, 
 
 (Near Hilton's Woodiawn Park), Saratoga Springs, N. Y. 
 
 G. C. ROOT, Proprietor. 
 
 A FAMILY RESORT WITH HOME COMFORTS. CENTRAL 
 AND CONVENIENT TO ALL THE SPRINGS, HANDSOMELY 
 FURNISHED AND RE-FITTED. PLUMBING, VENTILATION 
 AND BATHS PERFECT. 
 
 Terms, $10.00 Per Week and Upwards. 
 
 SPECIAL TERMS TO FAMILIES. TRANSIENT GUESTS, 
 $2.00 TO $3-50 PER DAY. 
 
Gpo. H. Buckwell, 
 
 Harp Maker 
 
 GRAND, 
 
 SEMI-GRAND 
 
 AND 6 OCTAVE, 
 
 619 SIXTH AYE. 
 
 NBW YORK. 
 
REICH'S HUNGARIAN WINES. 
 
 Henry W. Longfellow, in a letter to Mr. Reich, dated Cambridge, 
 January 29, 1882, says : 
 
 " Surely neither King nor Kaiser ever tasted better. It is a 
 delicious wine, and has all the health-giving properties attri- 
 buted to it by the Medical Faculty. 
 
 " I am, my dear Sir, 
 
 " Yours very truly, 
 
 L. RKICH, 
 
 IMPORTER OF 
 
 Hungarian Wines, 
 
 • STRICTLY FOR MEDICINAL USE, 
 
 As certified to by the most distinguished professors and physicians of the 
 country, and daily used and prescribed by th^i as restoratives in cases of 
 nervous exhaustion, defective digestion, and imperfect assimi- 
 lation. 
 
 These^Wincs are not for sale at any drug-store, nor by wine dealers, 
 and can only be obtained at 
 
 Mr. REACH'S OKKICK, 
 63 EAST ELEVENTH STREET, near Broadway. 
 
 Circulars and fac-smiiles of certificates of the most prominent and leading 
 members of the medical faculty, testifying to the absolute purity and 
 great medicinal value of these wines, sent free on application. 
 
 Beware of imposition, as unscrupidous dealers are buying up mj' empty 
 bottles. 
 
 L REICH, 63 East Eleventh St., Near Broadway. 
 
 [see over ] 
 
TANNER'S TRIUMPHANT FAST 
 
 AND WHAT HELPED HIS RECUPERATION. 
 
 READ THE TESTIIMON Y. 
 
 New York, August i6, 1880. 
 VIy Dear Mr, Reich : 
 
 Something lies on my conscience, and I must unburden. 
 
 The public is giving me more credit than is my due, and such of it as be- 
 ongs to your " Tokayer Ausbruch " I prefer to hand over to your keeping 
 vith thanks. • 
 
 I never had the faintest doubt of my ability to undergo the fast, but I did 
 xpect no small degree of unpleasantness on the part of my slighted stomach 
 m a reimposition of the duties to which nature had assigned it. 
 
 I had resolved to take no stimulant, for, being a temperance man, as 
 veW as the most practical of total abstainers, I had girded myself with the 
 onviction that the task could be accomplished without any such adjuvant. 
 )r. Gunn, however, earnestly advocated the use of your wonderful wine. 
 
 determined to test his assurance, and the result is such as to justify my 
 aying almost anything good of that great assimilator and vitalizer of 
 ;astric functions — your "Tokayer Ausbruch." 
 
 I must say that its effect was surprising. The anticipated mutinies were 
 verted, the almost immediate accommodation of the digestive organs to 
 heir long suspended duties were noted, and the restoration to a nor- 
 mal condition (which I expected would ensue only after a considerable 
 axation of time and patience) was rendered immediate by the assimilating 
 lualities of your wine. I am sure its excellence is attested by the com- 
 parative gain for the four days succeeding my two fasts — from two to three 
 )ounds being the rate per diem after the Minneapolis event, and six 
 (ounds the percentage for like time since the recent ordeal, which difference 
 
 attribute wholly to the use of your wine. 
 
 For its remaikable potency as a digestor, its utter freedom from intoxi- 
 ating effects, its efficiency in aiding the retention of food, its wonderful 
 italizing properties and consequent therapeutic value, and its surprising 
 .gency in rallying the red globules of the blood, I pronounce it the grandest 
 if auxiliaries in the recuperation of exhausted nature ; and whatever I can 
 ay to enlarge the area of its usefulness will be said with a confidence of 
 lenefiting humanity. 
 
 Very truly yours, 
 
 Jrl. S. T^^NNER, WL. D. 
 
 LliEI(ill,63EaslEliiilli8l.,HrB'w. 
 
 [see over.] 
 
Mutual Trust Fund Life Association, 
 
 Bennett Building, Corner Fulton & Nassau Sts., N. Y. 
 
 Incorporated under the Laws of the State of New York. 
 All Certificates Non-Forfeitable and Incontestable. 
 
 This Association is composed of business andprofessional men, all united 
 together on a common- sense plan, by which their families may be provided 
 for from want in the day of adversity. 
 
 This Association is purely 7H2ttual. There are no stockholders to absorb 
 profits. All surplus is deposited in the Trust Fund. 
 
 Solid Security and Superior Economy. 
 
 The Trust Fund of the Association is held for the benefit of our members 
 by The Union Trust Company of New York, an organization having 
 assetts of $24,000,000, With a capital and surplus of $2,660,548.23, making it 
 one of the most reliable institutions in this country. 
 
 The Expenses of Management are limited to the Admission Fees and 
 Annual Dues, 
 
 The Certificates of Membership 
 
 Are free from objectionable technicalities, are issued from $1000 to $10,000, 
 and are exempt by the laws of New York from attachment by creditors 
 and cannot be seized, taken or appropriated to pay any debt or liability o 
 a deceased member. 
 
 llt^~The Admission Fee and one year's Annual Dues of $5000 is $30 ; on 
 $10,000 it is $50. The Annual Dues after the first year for expenses are $2 
 per $1000. -. 
 
 f- Pamphlets explanatory of the system, and all necessary information may 
 be had on application by mail, or at the Home Ofifice of the Association, Of 
 from its Agents. 
 
 RELIABLE AGENTS WANTED IN THE HEALTHY SECTIONS OF OUR COUNTRY. 
 W. J. WALKER, GEO. F. WEEKES, 
 
 President. Secretary. 
 
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 Franklin Street, Saratoga Springs, N. Y. 
 
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 Thfs establishment is charmingly located near the principal Springs, Churche 
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 THE BOARDING DEPARTMENT is well regulated, the Halls and Parlo 
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Congress Spring 
 
 THE STANDARD MINERAL WATER 
 
 CAXHAlc'jLiC, AliTERATlVE. A specific for dis- 
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 interior mineral springs, desirous of imitating the natural purity of the 
 bottled water of Congress Spring, inject a powerful acid in their bottled 
 walei to preserve the crude ingredients in solution — being so heavily laden 
 with 
 
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 THE GRAND DRIVE. 
 
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