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SATURDAY, SEPT. 4, 1875. 
MARTHA’S VINEYARD, 
Sight Notes Drawn During Vaoatlon. 
Oak Bluffs, M. V., Mass., Aug., 1875. 
After uii ineffectual attempt to rest and re¬ 
cruit in a Westward trip, a month ago, we 
returned to New York and started Eastward— 
bound for Martha's Vineyard,Nantucket, “Cape 
C >d and all along shore,"—hoping for, utid soon 
receiving, benefit from the sea air, ocean 
scenery, and other recuperating accompani¬ 
ments. In this hastily-penciled epistle we w ill 
talk of Martha’s Vineyard and Its points and 
peculiarities—an Island “ City of the Sea ” which 
has deservedly become a very popular summer 
resort wltbin a lew years. 
Oak Bluffs, Martha’s Vineyard, was our first 
sojourning place. Of all the popular watering 
places this Is the most novel iu in auy respects— 
possessing characteristics peculiar to itself, 
and so different front Long Branch, New- 
port and other fashionable seaside resorts as to 
present, varied attractions to even the surfeited 
pleasure traveler. The Bluffs are some eight 
miles from Woods Hole on the main land, and 
reached by the elegant steamers that ply be¬ 
tween that place and the Vineyard and Nun- 
tucket. The populous portion of the Bluffs is 
some forty feet above tide water, and nearly 
covered with oak trees from twenty to thirty 
feet In hight —juet the size to form handsome 
groves. Among these groves are the avenues 
and residences, most of the latter being of 
small size, but very neat and tasteful In appear¬ 
ance. Many of the aveuues are no* only lined 
but interspersed with oaks. The walks and 
driveways are of concrete, and as fine as those 
in Central Park. The cottages first built were 
mostly about sixteen feet wide, with a parlor 
the full width and sleeping rooms in the rear 
and above; astory-and-a-half high, with gable 
to the avenue, and ornamented pi zza, balcony 
and ooruice. They are of plain pine, with light 
balloon frames, and painted outside and In— 
rendering them neat, clean and ornamental. 
At this season, when almost every cottage Is 
orowded with residents and visitors, the hun¬ 
dreds of domicils on the principal avenues ap¬ 
pear like human hives. The town lias well been 
designated a "City cf Cottages," and "The 
Cottage City of America," and Its thousand 
miniature or Lilliputian residences fully war¬ 
rant cither cognomen. 
A noteworthy feature of t he place Is the pro¬ 
fusion of llowers and ornamental shrubs and 
vines which are arranged and carefully culti¬ 
vated and trained in front and on the sides 
and verandas of the cottages. As there are no 
fences, and many treeB, shrubs and flower plots, 
the effect is charming. The Interiors of the 
cottages are generally neatly though not ex¬ 
pensively furnished, and the walls decorated 
with paintings, chromos, engravings, ferns, 
grasses, etc. The wide, double front doors are 
open day and evening, and people seem to live 
out doors on the piazzas and In the surrounding 
grove, though the open parlors are well occu¬ 
pied after twilight. The lots, as we ought to 
bave said In speaking of the dimensions cf cot¬ 
tages, are 30 by 70 feet. Imt all leases and deeds 
stipulate that no one shall build within five feet 
of the line, thus leaving at least ten feet of 
space between the residences and five in front 
and rear. Tbe cost of these cottages varies from 
$700 to $1,200, according to size, style and orna¬ 
mentation. 
On Ocean and several other avenues there are 
cottages and villas of greater size than we have 
mentioned, and ot course considerably more 
commodious and expensive. Some occupy two 
or more lots, tnany wealthy and noted men 
owning summer residences bero. Among others 
on Ocean avenue arc the villas of Or. H. A. 
Tucker of Brooklyu, and A. S. Barnes, a noted 
New York publisher. Both of these places Hie 
conspicuous for beauty, extent and conveni¬ 
ence. Dr. TucKEH’fi la probably the finest pri¬ 
vate residence on the Bluffs, and certainly is 
most tasteful, commodious and charmingly 
situated. From its spacious observatory' 
—embracing ample room for a full band of 
music and fifty or more guests—there Is a line 
view of the whole Vineyard and Its surround¬ 
ings, Including Vineyard Sound, tbe Ocean and 
distant places — such as Woods Hole, Fal¬ 
mouth and Hew Bedford, on the main land, 
and several islands. The view of the Sound, 
with Its wide expanse dotted with sailing ves¬ 
sels and steamers,—the shoal water extending 
nearly thirty miles to the east, between tbe 
coast and the Vineyard—Is magnificent. The 
Sound hero resembles tbe English Channel in 
its wide expanse of water and tbe number of 
craft constantly in sight—it being estimated 
that one hundred thousand vessels pass through 
it annually. 
Martha’s Vineyard, as our readers are aware, 
is about twenty-one miles long by eight wide iu 
its broadest part, and extends from “ Gay 
Head” to Cape Poge. Oak Bluffs is tbe great 
resort, and is adjacent to Vineyard Grove and 
Vineyard Highlands—in. fact the three are on 
one point and only separated by imaginary 
lines. Vineyard Grove was the original tract 
of the Methodist Association, comprising some 
thirty acres, near the center of which Is the 
Tabernacle—a large tent which will cover five 
t housand people. At Vineyard Highlands, near 
by, the Baptists have just held a Grove Meeting 
of a week’s duration, and to-day (Monday, 
Aug. 33,) the Methodist Camp Meeting com¬ 
mences. The Baptist meetings were well at¬ 
tended, several noted divines and laymen being 
present, and the prospect Is that the Camp 
Meeting will be thronged by notables and 
others. It is estimated that there are already 
thirty thousand people here, and more to come, 
and yet a month hence, it is said, only about 
twenty families w ill lie at the Bluffs to remain 
through the Winter! 
Oak Bluffs is notably different from other 
popular watering places iu its superior moral 
tone and atmosphere, and the absence of the 
reign of King Alcohol. As a rule, nothing 
intoxicating—not even ale or iager beer—is sold 
at the hotels or restaurants. Indeed we bolievo 
that both tbe Oik Bluffs Company and tbe 
Methodist Association (which crluinully owned 
the real estate, and now control most of the 
hotels and restaurants.) wisely prohibit in their 
leases and deeds the sale of any intoxicating 
beverage whatever. The result la that there 
Is little or no dissipation—and a consequent 
absence of criminal acts. In over a week's 
sojourn here we have not seen a drunken or 
even disorderly person, and scarcely heard a 
word of profanity. How different this from 
Long Branch, Newport. Saratoga and other 
fashionable resorts ! 
Speaking of fashion, let us add that, though 
people dress well here, the Bluffs cannot be 
called a fashionable resort. The moral and 
religious element prevails, and the people are 
eminently hospitable and sociable,—but style 
is Ignored. We heard a lady regret that she 
bad purchased so many fashionable things be¬ 
fore leaving home, as she had no occasion to 
wear them, and another asserted that her lad 
gloves were useless and a nuisance! Sacred 
music, croquet and like luuocent diversions 
and amusements abound, but there is little, 
apparently, of genuine wickedness—and we 
reckon thieves, burglars, gamblers, etc., “ bluff ’’ 
as they may be in some places, give the Bluffs a 
wide berth, Aud yet the city of the Vineyard, 
according to a guide book before us. has two 
sides. ** The Camp Meeting Association, witb 
Its marvelous tent holding five thousand, with 
lts cottages, is aa distinct from the revelers and 
pleasure-seekers as If it were a thousand miles 
away. Outside of the ‘ circle * dwell the people 
who come for recreation and pleasure." This 
statement may be true, but we saw nothing to 
verify it anywhere. True, we heard that the 
Camp Meeting people called the outsiders " her¬ 
etics," while the latter yclept tbe former " luna¬ 
tics,"—but verily we neither heard nor wit¬ 
nessed uuy verification thereof, and concludo 
that they live together, or iu close proximity, in 
peace aud harmony. , 
But we have written pages without beginning i 
what we intended to tell the leader. The sea j 
air must be injurious to perspicuity and con- ' 
densation! Of course the reader knows where 
Martha's beautitul and salubrious Vineyard Is 
situated, but he (or she) may not know that the 
Bluffs, with its 25,000 to 30,000 summer residents 
and visitors, ami Its tens of thousands of callers, 
is nearly deserted in winter—the real "season ” 
only lasting two ot three months—and that it is 
readily reached from New York, Boston, and 
oilier points, by the Old Colony steamers and 
railroad, and from Providence. Newport, Now 
Bedford. Ac., by steamers. During the summer 
Bolstlce frequent excursion trlpB are made from 
the prominent places named, conveying large 
numbers to and from the Bluffs — mainly of 
people who can make but a brief visit to the 
indescribable “City of Cottages." 
Vineyard Haven—formerly know'll as Holmes' 
Hole, and lone and still a famous harbor of 
safety for vessels in storm or distress—is only 
three miles from the Bluffs, and one of the 
pleasant drives therefrom. At the Haven’s 
wharf the Portland and other steamers touch 
on their way to and from New York. Speaking 
of drives, See,., there Is a fine beach road to 
Edgartown (which is the capital or seat of Dukes 
Co.) six miles distant, and a narrow-gauge steam 
railroad to Katama (two miles beyond Edgar- 
town), wblcb has a fine hotel — “Mattakoset 
Lodge," represented on next page — whose 
alrnoBt dally cLam bakes and convenient and 
superb surf-bathing attract hosts of visitors. 
Hero we "took In" a genuine clam bake—not 
only witnessing the whole process of baking, 
etc., but partielpai'jg in the feast. 
Hotels and restaurants abound at the Bluffs, 
and many of them are good. The Sea View 
House (see illustration on next page) is the 
largest and most complete. It overlooks 
the waters of the bay or sound, and from it 
there is a plank walk a mile long for pedestrians 
—extending along the seashore, where there is 
bathing without surf or peril, yet nothing 
between the bathers and the Old World. 
But we must close, albeit we desired to tell 
about the great Illumination (on tbe evening 
of tbe 21st.)—the finest sight, of t he kind we ever 
saw-the Begatta on tbe day previous and tbe 
reception inthcovening.and of the distinguish¬ 
ed persons at the Bluffs, including Bishops, D. 
D.’s, Honorables, & •. Referring tbe reader to 
a view, on next page, of " Outdoor Life at the 
Vineyard,’’and promising to give some speci¬ 
mens of tbe Villa and Cottage Architecture of 
the Bluffs in a future number—and perhaps a 
screed about, and some view's of, Nantucket— 
we add Finis to this rambling and disjointed 
epi3tle. v. D. T. M. 
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RURAL NOTES AND QUERIES. 
Fair*, 4c,, Next Week.—The most prominent 
Fairs with which the season of Rural Exhibi¬ 
tions commencon will be those omirne.-..ted. 
The New England and Now Hampshire Fairs 
arc to be combined, making a twin show, at 
Man theater, N. H., Sept. 7 to 10 inclusive. The 
prize list amounts to $13,000, Hud a large num¬ 
ber of entries lias already been made. Our 
Yankee fr.euds anticipate the beet exhibition 
and largest attendance over had at a New En- 
gland Fair, provided the weather Is favorable. 
The annual address is to be delivered by Rev. 
Henry Ward Beecher, on Friday.-The 
Ohio State Fair is to be held at Columbus, 
Sept. 0—10. The preparations for this Fair are 
un an extensive scale, aod an unusually fine 
display and large attendance — the location 
being central and easily reached— may be ex¬ 
pected. Tbe various railroads passing through 
or terminat ing at Columbus convey the entries 
and articles designed for exhibition froo, and 
visitors at excursion rates. With fair weather 
the B ickeyes ought to have a grand show aud 
good time generally. During the Fair meetings 
will be held (in a fine new building on the 
grounds) by the State Board of Centennial Man¬ 
agers, the State Short-Horn Breeders' Associa¬ 
tion, the State Wool Growers' Association, the 
State Horticultural Society, and the State 
Grange of Patrons of Husbandry.-Wisconsin 
also bolds its Stale Fair on the same days 
(Sept. 6—10), at Milwaukee, and, under favor¬ 
able auspices, will make a creditable demon¬ 
stration. for the Badgers are a live, progressive 
people, aud know how to succeed in such enter¬ 
prises.-The West Virginia Fair takes place 
at Clarksburg, Sept. 7—0. We have heard little 
as to the prospect, but trust the exhibition 
will prove worthy of the new aud thriving off¬ 
shoot of the Old Dominion. 
—The American Pomologlcal Society will hold 
its fifteenth bisuuial session at Chicago next 
week—Sept. 8—10. There will also be held a 
National Exhibition of Fruits and Flowers in 
the Industrial Exposition building, under the 
auspices of the Illinois State Horticultural So¬ 
ciety, to continue four weeks. It is expected 
that large delegations will go from Bostou, 
New York, &c. The Erie Railway is to run a 
special train from New York, to Chicago, leay. 
iug New York at 9 A. M. on Monday, the 6th, 
aud arriving at 8 P. M. on. Tuesday. Tiokets for 
tbe round trip will bo only $38, and good for 
twenty days. 
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Crop* Belter than Expected.—That many 
crops, especially iu^this State, are better than 
anticipated three mouths ago, we have of late 
hail frequent occasion to know, both by obser¬ 
vation and correspondence. In corroboration 
of this, our Associate, Mr. Willard, who has 
recently returned from California, writes us 
from Little Falls, N. Y., Aug. 27, thus favorably: 
"When T left home, June 28, our Herkimer 
farmers thought they would not harvest moro 
tban a half crop of hay. They find now that 
the crop has been a full average. «nd in some 
towns more than an average yield. The leather 
here Is cool and t he hills are looking magt.ig. 
cent in their dark green clothing of gras*. The 
feed Is luxuriant and the herds arc making a 
good yield, which is some compensation for the 
rather low prices at which cheese is selling.” 
Frosts tn August—A severe frost prevailed 
in some of the Northwestern States on the 
night of Sunday August 22d. The accounts are 
conflicting, but considerable damage has been 
done to vines and tender plants. Jn some lo¬ 
calities In Wisconsin farmers are cutting up 
corn io save the stalks for fodder. It is also 
believed that potatoes arc injured by the de¬ 
struction of the vinos. Fortunately, however, 
no severe frost appears to have occurred in the 
great corn-growing central States of Ohio, Indi¬ 
ana aud Illinois. In the Northwestern States 
oorn is a secondary crop and the frost will not 
affect the excellent wheat crop which those 
States have harvested In good condition. Tbo 
early August rain3 Hooded the sections where 
least wheat is grown, and these August frosts 
have fallen where corn is a secondary crop, 
Still the effect must be to decrease the supply 
and increa-e the price of all kinds of grains— 
and possibly, if potatoes are much damaged, of 
that crop also. These immature potatoes 
wherever they are fouud will be peculiarly 
liable to decay, and should be dug and used as 
soon as possible. 
The Bnrrel Oorn Sheller.—This decidedly 
convenient and novel invention enables one 
man to shell corn nearly as rapidly as two, set¬ 
ting a basket on a barrel, as shown In the en¬ 
graving (sec advertisement on page 105). It Is, 
moreover, cheap and light enough to be easily 
portable. Agents are wanted, and for so con¬ 
venient and cheap an article there is little 
doubt that ready sales can be made at this time 
of year, when farmers are preparing to market 
the crop of 1875. Address the Sherwood Barrel 
Corn SheJler, Auburn, N. Y. 
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Acknowledgment.—To Prof. Wethekell of 
the Boston Cultivator we arc specially indebted 
for courtesies during a recent brief visit to 
the "Athens of America.” Our valued friend 
showed us some of the best points of the vity 
the Common, Public Garden, Horticultural 
Hall, Boston Athenamm, Public Library, & „ 
—about which wo shall probably have sonic* 
what to say in a future issue. Meantime, 
thanks for the pleasure and Information de¬ 
rived during our sight-seeing and instructive 
interview and sojourn. 
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Woman’s Medical College.—There is evident¬ 
ly an increasing domand for women lit the prac¬ 
tice of medicine. Ladies who bave thoroughly 
qualified themselves find few prejudices and no 
difficulties, save such as are common to all new 
practitioners, Most of them soon, build up an 
extensive and profitable pradtice. Those wish¬ 
ing Information where to study, &e., will find it 
by addressing the Woman’s Medical College of 
tbe New York Infirmary, advertised in another 
column. 
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Cattle Disease in England. — 1 The foot-and- 
mouth disease has broken out with great viru¬ 
lence In Dorsetshire, England. Twelve thou¬ 
sand cattle have been affected and the disease 
is said to bo rapidly spreuding. Would it not 
be advisable to discontinue the importation of 
English cattle, possibly to prohibit, until the 
danger has passed ? 
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RURAL BREVITIES. 
The Army worm has appeared in large num¬ 
bers In some sections of Ohio. 
The removal of the restrictions on the im¬ 
portation of cuttle has been demanded ut a 
meeting in England. 
The Hon. John Jay delivers the address at 
the Westchester County Annual Fair, at White 
Pi, tills, on T’uursxiay, Sept. 9. 
A lady xuember ot the Grange in Crittenden 
Co., Ky., writes that she has raised 35 bushels of 
onions on one-tenth of an acre ot ground. 
Richard A. Denman of I’iqua, Ohio, has a 
pig buru with one ncad and eight legs. Two 
perfect pigs are joined together, but having one 
head. 
There is an unusual demand for old-fasbiou- 
ed grain cradles in Iowa this year, the copious 
rains having made tne ground too suit for the 
reaping machines. 
There is more sunshine in Scotland than iu 
England, aud as a i-esult peaches grow better 
In protected locations than they do in the 
southern part of the island, 
A Minnesota Dxiry Farm la offered for sale 
in our advertising columns. It will be sold 
with or without stock, has good buildings and 
seems a desirable opportunity for engaging m 
the dairy business uuder most favorable cir¬ 
cumstances. 
Connecticut farmers notice that the large 
green worm usually so destructive on their to- 
bacoo crop is less numerous tnan usua,. In 
looking for a cause, we suggest the wet weather. 
Insects of most kinds, excepting mosquitoes, 
are more plentiful and destructive in dry sea¬ 
sons. 
BUSINESS NOTICES, 
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WE DO NOT PUFF UP EVERYTHING, 
hut when an article has as much merit as Bobbins’ 
Electric Soap, (made by Cragiu& Co., Philadelphia, 
Pa.,) we gladly praise it, as does every one who ever 
tried it. Try it once. 
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