Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, March 12, 1913, Page 10

Island is at Its Best Out of Season—Greatest Inducements Are the Winds and the Moors—Glorious Days of Spring, Fall and Winter. when the mighty element that comes wom the isles of eolus shows its great power we cannot help but take pleas- urc njits force. Nantucket is a land of the wind. It is n.ug tnere and, being a jealous sov- ereign, wili not allow even a tree fo rise to any height. lLike the tyrant of an- cient times who answered a message by snipping off the ears of the tallest stlks of grain before the eyes of the messenger, so the wind keeps us con- stantly mindful of its strength by snap- ping off any tree that dares to strive to any proportions. In thé town, it is true, the houses form shelter for trees so that they have the courage to grow, but it is only under the protction of the one being that has the audacity to harness nature. His Majesty, the Wind. In the winter the wind is in all its strength. He is master and even man cannot go to or leave the island with- out his majesty’s consent. It is then that the sunny beach is transferred in- to a maelstrom and coarse sand is blown and whirled down the wide yel- low avenue between land and sea like clouds of dust on a city street. It is then that the wind makesits’' twin brother, the ocean, thunder and crash upon the shore in wrathful protest to his_lashing. We speak of the majesty of the ocean in the storm, but it is the wind that holds the wkip hand and makes the lion do his tricks before the shudaering spectators. The wind fits every mood of man It moans around the cabin of the lonesome fishwife, it teases the lovers on the moonlit strand and it car- ries all before it when in a passion as a man wreaks destruction in his mad- ness. What a place to watch the wind is { Nantucket! Rising out of the sea be- ! vond sight of the mainland the island catches all the breezes that blow. Vis- ting the piace in spring, winter or fall one has sufficient entertainment mere- ;1 1y in watching the catspaws, the breez- | es, the squalls, the storms, the gales, or | the hurricanes. in winter there comes Lovers of wild, deserted stretches of sea and sand, rolling moors and winds that scream and howl—these are they who should visit Nantucket out of-sea- son writes Thorwald -C. Duffield. There is always a strong appeal in he elemental in nature. Does not Thesterton say somewhere, *“ When a voung man can elect deliberately to 1k alone in winter by the side of the sea, when he takes pleasure s and stricken peaks, and low- >ss melancholy of the older earth, we deduce with the certainty of logic that he is very young and very happy.” E dly a man or woman ever of thirty without realiz- full meaning of these words. r have realized it, felt it and P jefiantly to whistling wind as he dug his feet deep into the sand. We admire the strength in any form, and reaches the ag ing the ] < o { <4 b3 s o = o { g (o N1 o X AT OUR MONUMENTS, one places test w the cemetery. how our Go best to is in through, and see SKILL AND WORKMANSHIP DEPICTED IN STONE in each apparent monument we have put up. | those glorious days when the halcyon It will to come im and |lays her eggs and the sky is so blue, the k it over ing your or- |sea so smooth and the land reflects g00d cheer: days of blue-and-goid. On the Moors. The greatest inducements the island has to offer to the lover of outdoor life SMONUMENTS FROM HERE . GIVE SATISFACTION. THE CHARLES A. KUEBLER CO. ; in all seasons are the wind and the 39-41 Franklin Street moors. The two are inseparable. He who visits the island and does not Telephone know the moors leaves the theater after hearing only the prologue. Some might | call the moors bleak cold and dreary at I this season of the vear, but do not the | eves reflect the mind within as well as | the world without? The island Iooks barren and melancholy, says a man on the steamer as it passes between the { jetties. Does not his face reflect mel- ancholy at the time he says it fully as | much as the moors? Nature .is a mir- | ror and we cannot take from it what | NorwichVeterinaryHospital DR. F. D. COLES, Proprietor Rear 17 Chestnut Street Phone Connection To Yo we cannot give. Reflections are not in the classified HAVE YOU A list of winter sports, however, and what {l AFRIEND THAT || HAS ASTHMA? ‘Certain Rellef from headaches, dull feelings, and fatigue of biliousness, comes quickly —and permanent improvement in bodily condition follows—after your stomach, liver and bowels have been = toned and regulated by BEECHAM'S PILLS In boxes, 10¢., 26e.% Recommend AS-MOON. and in its Order first relieve ASTHMA mos n form. through your druggist The Moon Pharmacy, 465 Bank St., New London _Bocl:i Beer Delivered to any part of the city. 'RDER NOW. Tel. 136-5 H. JACKEL & CO. wil he eventu: Sold everywhere. have these moors to ofter in the way of healthdiversion? First, last and in the ' middle they form ideal “country” for i frost at {in the valieys. the horseman. There are many square miles of gentle downs free from stones where one can ride on velvet footing for the horse and without encounter- ing a single fence. The absence .of fences ig due to the former communal ownership of the moors, when many sheep grazed on the island. Old Nan- tucketers often refer to the moors as “the Commons."” \ Of late, unfortunately, sagdlehorses are scarce on the isiand in midwinter since Willy Wyer, who had nearly a monopoly of them two years ago, start- ed his disheartening habit of trans- shipping all his animals to New Jersey during the cold weather. There are, however, a few other saddlehorses that are kept on the island throughout the year. In the Saddle. Riding horseback needs no dithy- rambs to hymn its jovs; how one may start out is a terrible “‘grouch” only to come home chortling. Riding on the moors of Nantucket in any season is the surest cureall for any trouble that torments the mind of man. The wind blows its vigor into your lungs, the dip- ping downs are ever changing as vou ride up the aspiring slopes and down into the bowl-shaped valleys. The tumbling, rolling, grumbling ocean is always to be seen from some angle. A ride to Maddequet, or a ride to Saul's Hills, or to Tom Never's head, or to Nanahumas Neck, no matter which one you take, they are all equally reward- ing. Woulg that I could now get into the saddle and canter down Orange street past the Poor Farm and out into the open, over the hills and valleys that skirt the harbor, by Monomoy- and Shimmo, through Quaise and past the smugglers’ home to Polpis Harbor and then ,turning sharp to the right, out in- to Saul's Hills. Being near the Gulf Stream there rarely much snow and vantucket and even in January = usually soft so that a sharp gallop along the hillsides is per- . -.otic o1 the hills are so steep that they cannot be easily mounted and on reaching the top of the highest, near the Altar Rock, the view is superb. To the east, across a broad valley, is Sankaty Head, rising bevond Sesacha- cha pond. To thel eft, and separated from the hills by swamp and meadow, are Chadwick's Folly and the little set- tlement of Wauwinet at the head of the long, narrow, irregular harbor. T pale winter’s sun reveals the s several ships as they are passing the invisible elbow of Cape Cod. To the northwest stretches Nantucket Sound and the sand dunes of Great Point and Coatue, while under the setting sun is the silvered outline of the old town, the South Tower and the Old Mill silhouet- ted against the gathering reds and vel- lows of the first curtain shifts of a win- ter's sunset. The day is ending and now the chilling breeze from off the ocean hasg caused the mists to gather From the hill it seems as if the lowlands are covered with snow. There is a farmer driving along the Polpis road: the wheels of his wagon and the feet of his horse cannot be seen. Supper, A Smiling Prospect. But it is getting coldand late and the horse is anxious to be on the move again. - So over the downs we gallop, crossing each rise and fall of the ground as_a fishing schooner out on the Geéorges Banks glides over the ground- swell of the ocean. One of the reasons for hurrying home is the early hour that the regular inhabitants have their sup- per in winter—five o’clock—and the an- ticipation of hot rolls, steaming tea, sliced ham and chicken and fried pota- toes,. followed by damson plums and pound cake is enough to make the most humane rider use the spur. The empty streets echo the clatter of hoofs over the cobblestones at the close of the ride and the evening is spent beside some huge fireplace with book and lamp. When the old Spanish bell in the South Tower rings out the curfew in its mellow tones the big downy bed seerns to be at the end of the road to happiness. Nantucket {8 a health place. Next to riding comes walking. There is nothing the writer hates more than to *t e a walk " in the city, but there are few diversions more delight- ful than to wander over the moors. The winter winds blow. the storm scuds across the land and the sky may be leadened and the earth white with | who know Nantucket well much pre- i a place that has stood still,, | after snow; but there is something fascinat- ing about the moors at this season that cannot be found in summer. Nan- tuckett is farther from the madding crowd in winter. The world leaves it very much to itself then. The skurry- ing rabbit, the whirring quail, the silent gliding hawk and speeding duck are the only intruders. But they are welcome intruders. The island is fifteen miles long and varies in width from two to seven miles. It turns its back to the ocean. Omneof the best walks is to leave town by way of Pleasant street, and then cross.a lev- el plain going directly to the south. You skirt a miniature pine forest and keep along the edge of Miacomet Pond until you come to the end. As you stand on the brink of a low clay cliff, the soft beach is below you, and as you raise your eyes you see the majestic break- ers. Beyond is the sea—the great road to everywhere. Were your eves not so weak you could make out Cape Finis- stere and the Pillars 6f Hercules, but man is.not made that way. The sea Is always the sea, no matter what the time of year. It is more cruel, more vast, more awe-inspiring, more lone- some in winter and therefore more fascinating to look upon fromthe shore. The Changing Shore Line. The ocean holds Nantucket in its grasp and changes the island’s shore line each winter. Many vards of the bank on which' you stand have bden washed away in the last fifty years. A large neck of land called Smith’s Point, at the extreme westerly end of the is- land, has been swept away. Once it was possible to drive cattle from Nan- tucket to the neighboring little island of Tuckernuck, but now there are places where the water is more than forty feet deep, between the parent is- land and its child. About a dozen years ago the sea washed away a broad stretch of sand at the head of the har- bor. making two islands of Naptucket, with a passage so deep that small fish- ing steamers coud pass where once it was possible to drive with horse and carriage. About three years ago the sea changed its mind and closed up the passage and now Coatue and Great Point are as much a part of the island as they ever were. It is aiways with reluctance that you end your contemplation of the broad ocean and turn back, perhaps going home by way of Little Mioxes Pond and the Maddequecham Valley. On ar- riving back at the town even here are foung attractions not to be seen during the summer season. In fact, persons fer the island when the summer vis tors are gone and the demure charms of the place hold sway without dispute. Usually seaside watering places are deadly in winter because they form nothing but a village of rattling, emp- ty and banal cottages. What is more forlorn than a summer hotel in winter? Nantucket is not like these ,places largely because many of the summer sojourners live in the quaint old houses of the town. Not a few of the sum- mer visitors come to the siland in win- | ter and there are several of the sum- | mer residents who paradoxically avoid | the place during the months of July | and August, but come there out of sea- | son. They know the attractiveness of the place in the brisk ,cold weather, A Place Of Peace Fall, winter or spring are the times to see the real Nantucket—the home of the whaler. The town was once an | important port, having many shipsand | the hum of industry, but the discovery of natural oil snuffed out its prosperi- ty. The whaling captains and the ship owne fortunately for them, were a pro nt set of men on the whole. They accepted their fate and lived quietly in their statet houses. For vears there has hardly been a man of means who lived there and was not “re- tired. Their sons went to the big | cities ang the town simply grew old. The ban of hustle, of mushroom growth and hasty architecture was removed. | The town has the Old World charm of When ev tainly is with the C > at one end the Pacific the other, both buildings handsome in their simplicity, is deserted, Instead of teeming with people as is the case in summer. The sportsman sleeps that he may be ready for an early start in the morning to go duck shooting: the fisher man is weary | a long day of heaving and haul- the town cer- | Main - B. Altman & @n. FIFTH AVENUE 34TH AND 35TH sTS. NEW YORK EXTEND A CORDIAL INVITATION TO PROSPECTIVE VISITORS TO NEW YORK TO CALL AND INSPECT THEIR ASSORTMENTS OF SPRING AND SUMMER MERCHANDISE. WOMEN'S AFTERNOON AND EVENING DRESSES, LINGERIE DRESSES AND TAILOR-MADE SUITS ARE SHOWN IN SELECT STYLES AND MATERIALS, REP. RESENTING THE LATEST FASHIONS FOR SPRING AND SUMMER, IN ORIGINAL MODELS FROM THE LEADING PARIS DESIGNERS, AS WELL AS IN CLEVER ADAPTATIONS EVOLVED IN B. ALTMAN & CO.’S OWN WORKROOMS. ALSO BLOUSES, COATS, WRAPS, HATS AND PARASOLS. SPECIAL ATTENTION IS GIVEN TO THE COMPLETE OUTFITTING OF MISSES, CHILDREN AND BOYS RIDING HABITS IN CORRECT STYLES OF KHAKI, LINEN AND OTHER FABRICS DRESS SILKS, WOOLEN AND COTTON DRESS MATERIALS, TRIMMINGS, LACES, EMBROIDERIES, NECKWEAR, GLOVEG, SHOES, HOSIERY, ETC. A COMPLETE ASSORTMENT OF MEN'S FURNISHINGS MOTORING OUTFITS ORIENTAL AND DOMESTIC RUGS THE SPRING AND SUMMER CATALOGUE, No. 107, WILL BE MAILED UPON REQUEST scoop for lops. while the a lighthouse story as any man ng well, they are having their | When he was building the Bishog long winter's rest. | Rock lighthouse, off the Sicily isl s 2 z [he tripped and fell from the top ? 2 : the tower, which was then abo Some Lighthouse Stories | feet high. At the moment that he The loss of one of the light keepers | reached the rock below a large swell from the Wolf Neck lighthouse in the | g i thing the recent great storm in the ("hanne ] some reminds one of the particular danger the that figures in the nightmares of all ly & lighthouse keepers. To be swept off the platform of rock by an ex eptional B sea is indeed almost e only danger Charlottenburg. 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