NORTH SHORE BREEZE 
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TROLLEY TOURS. 
Interesting Series of Pleasant Tours within 
easy access of North Shore. 
The announcement that we are to 
publish from week to week a series of 
trolley rides, within easy access of the 
North Shore will interest many of our 
readers, especially those who followed 
some of the tours published last year. 
We are fortunate in being able to 
secure this series from one who is 
thoroughly acquainted with the trolley 
and railroad lines in New England, 
Mr. Chester F. Stiles, who is well 
known in the photographic world 
through his connections with photo- 
graphic and art magazines and writ- 
ings On mountain scenery. His photo- 
graphs of ‘Mount Washington in 
Winter,’ and views ‘Among the 
Clouds ”’ several years ago, were quite 
the rage. 
No. 3. To Hampton Beach, Newburyport 
and Salisbury Beach, and other interesting 
places in that vicinity. 
BY CHESTER F. STILES. 
A ride to Hampton Beach is a treat 
indeed in these sticky August days. 
Here is coolness perpetual and amuse- 
ments to suit all tastes, whether it be 
vaudeville at the open theatre or a 
lazy lounging on the silver sands of 
the beach. 
He who would enjoy this trip to the 
utmost should rise with the lark, or if 
a lark be not available, he may com- 
promise with the early rays of the sun 
or the unsentimental tones of an 
alarm clock. 
The ride to Newburyport takes us 
across pretty vistas of salt marsh with 
glimpses of Plum Island to the east- 
ward. Newburyport itself will be 
found worthy of a hour’s sojourn. 
This was the home of many quaint 
characters of colonial days, chief 
among whom was Lord Timothy Dex- 
ter, whose exploits have passed into 
history. His house is still standing, 
although not exactly as he left it; 
numerous wooden statues which sur- 
mounted the high enclosing fence 
have since been removed. 
An old Newburyporter will not say 
from ‘‘ Dan to Beersheba,” to express 
the first and last of a comprehensive 
proposition, but says instead “from 
Joppa flats to Grasshopper plains!” 
And if you ask about the latter you 
will be told that Grasshopper Plains 
has a soil so sandy that even the 
locusts themselves cannot make a de- 
cent living, so they sit on the fence 
and bark at the passers-by! Joppa 
flats, the other extreme, is a briny 
smelling, picturesque group of clam 
houses on the Plum Island road. 
Salisbury Beach is a great pleasure 
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resort, although of smaller magnitude 
than Hampton. On the “Sands of 
Salisbury,” the ‘Tent on the Beach,” 
by Whittier was conceived, his com- 
panions in the poem being James T. 
Field and Bayard Taylor. 
It is a pleasure to ride in the New 
Hampshire Traction Co.’s cars. They 
are much heavier than the ordinary, 
and higher ; so high, indeed, that two 
running boards are necessary to 
reach the car floor. These heavy cars 
demand a solid roadbed, which tends 
to smoothness and safety in operation. 
From Salisbury Beach the cars meet 
the Hampton Beach cars, which latter 
come through from Amesbury. After 
leaving the junction, we come upon a 
huge pile bridge, the longest in the 
world it is said that carries a public 
highway. This has been christened 
the “Mile Bridge.’ The long stretch 
of Hampton sands is now in sight, 
terminated by the bluff of Boar’s 
Head on the north. 
Hampton has amusement galore. 
There isasummer theatre, dance halls, 
bowling alleys, and the like. A huge 
casino and dining hall built by the 
railroad company stands almost in the 
centre of the beach, and it is noted 
among Hampton visitors for its excel- 
lent dinners. There is always a 
breeze at Hampton and the dining 
room catches it all. 
In front of the casino, the cars from 
Amesbury make connections with the 
Portsmouth cars and those for Exeter. 
If you feel inclined to ride further, take 
the Exeter run, ride through this 
quiet town on the Squamscott river, 
around the loop to the academy of Phil- 
lips Exeter. The return trip may be 
made direct to Smithtown thus saving 
time. The Portsmouth cars do not go 
through. As soon as the town bound- 
ary between Hampton and North 
Hampton is reached, a change must 
be made to the Portsmouth R.R. Co., 
for Rye and Portsmouth. 
The Hampton marshes are full of 
poetry for the lover of nature. The 
delicate aroma of the salt hay leaves 
pleasant memories behind and the 
artist will find much of interest in 
picturesque combination. The com- 
position of a Hampton picture tends 
always to the horizontal, which nat- 
urally suggests repose and quiet. 
Lazy streams wind across the green 
view, and quaint old haystacks tell of 
human activity upon these broad 
marshes. Beyond, the sea, and if for- 
tune favors, a glorious bank of ponde- 
rous cumuli piled up from horizon to 
zenith. 
One of the pleasing variations from 
the direct route is the loop via Salis- 
bury Beach. The car runs through 
from Newburyport, and after a brief 
visit at this beach, we may continue 
our journey northward along the coast 
line. When pressed for time, it is, 
however, more expeditious to connect 
at Smithtown direct for the Hampton 
car. A glimpse of Salisbury may be 
had from the huge cars of the New 
Hampshire Traction Co., as_ they 
whirl across the Hampton marshes. 
Bicycle sundries at Woodbury’s, 
Morse Block, Manchester. * 
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