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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 19, 1894
Page
5
The Post offers ten dollars in gold to any reader who submits a single side letter on how to enjoy a two week vacation at moderate cost. Letters must include writer name and address, be under 200 words, and arrive by May 24. Earlier dated notes win in case of ties. winner announced May 27.
A nostalgic plea invites a family to revisit their old farm and seaport town. The speaker recalls clover scented winds, a fish pole in the barn, and summer joys from childhood, urging a cheaper, happiest vacation with parents and hometown memories.
A Maine retreat recommendation urges spending a year’s vacation in the backwoods to cure ailments with pure spruce air and fresh water. It suggests fishing at Dead River near Kingfield, boarding with a private family, and traveling by boat or train, touting natural bounty over city comforts. Signed R. Cc. EWELL, Marshfield Centre, Mass.
A plan to spend two weeks traveling by tugboat between Boston and New York. From New York travel up the Hudson to Rondout to watch canal boats and mules, then return by ferry. Visit South Beach, Eden Musee, and Central Park with minimal costs before heading back to East Boston. J. D. Moyes.
The piece notes picturesque cabins of the Messers and North Scituate Beach with a summer colony of theatrical people. It highlights Scituate as a starting point for excursions close to Downer Landing Nantasket Hingham and Cohasset and mentions nearby Ply mouth and Brant Rock. Susie B. LitchfieldEast Weymouth Mass.
The author promotes North Conway and Gorham NH as ideal vacation spots with dancing, driving, trout fishing, and mountain climbing. Nearby wonders include Glen Ellis Falls Crystal Cascade Emerald Pool Thompson's Falls Alpine Cascade Shelburne Basins and Mt Washington eight miles away. Mt Hayes offers further climbing and easy access from the Androscoggin river village hotel.
A letter suggests forming a party of four to eight for a rail trip to Weirs New Hampshire. Pack tents hammocks blankets cooking gear and supplies then hire a rowboat or sailboat and camp on Cow Island to enjoy boating bathing and fishing with a fine beach and panoramic views from the island high land. W O Stiles Reed's Ferry NH.
The Boston Theatre hosted Wilson Barrett in Hamlet with a large season audience. Maud Jeffries as Ophelia and Horace Hodges as Polonius were well received as Barrett relied on by play, with several curtain calls after acts.
Go to Halifax for a two week vacation at a moderate cost. Take the Halifax steamer from Lewis Wharf for Halifax Nova Scotia. At sea for one night. Halifax offers splendid scenery boating bathing and fishing near the city. Air is pure and bracing. Two people can cover all expenses including passage for twenty five dollars. A Bay ers. 9 Vernon street Malden Mass.
A verse asking how to spend vacation time when funds are tight. The speaker contrasts wealthy leisure with simple country living and wholesome food. He submits that true vivification lies in modest travel or retreat rather than lavish villas or yachts.
A reader proposes a two week vacation circuit from Eastport to St John and Annapolis, with Digby and Milford by stage coach. It highlights lakes trout and bass, ice mine and north range mountains, and lists total cost of 17 dollars with separate line items for boats, sundries, stage, and board. The offer is signed Herbert B Higgins of Charlestown.
Ad promotes a weeks long stay at Ausable Chasm in the Adirondacks near Lake Champlain for recreation and personal gain. The copy highlights natural wonders, cliff_bound chasm two miles long and 200 feet deep, with affordable comforts and easy access from Boston via the Exchange Building, Boston.
Readers are urged to enjoy nearby pleasure spots such as Bass Point the Point of Pines and Salem Willows with easy trips from Boston. Suggestions include sailing the Charles River from Waltham Plymouth Provincetown Gloucester and other destinations and taking a less fortunate person along for a day trip.
Patriot readers urged to consider Plymouth Massachusetts as a patriotic vacation spot calling it the corner stone of a nation. The letter cites Longfellow and Pilgrim landing as historic anchors and suggests travel involving twelve dollars with no fixed dates.
The author recommends Scituate Massachusetts for a pleasant fortnight of midsummer weather. The town lies about thirty miles from Boston on the New York New Haven and Hartford line, blending country charm with a seaside retreat. Travelers are urged to stay in rural farm houses rather than hotels to enjoy a peaceful, nonconventional experience near Pegotty Beach, Cedar Point, and Jericho Beach.
Henry F. Lamb of Pawtucket Rhode Island recalls a quiet itinerary from Boston to Portland Old Orchard and Kennebunkport. He notes camp meetings shipbuilding fame and summer resort life while seeking rest rather than fashionable hotel hops. He mentions boating sailing rowing surf bathing and walks during his trip.
Thomas Shannon of Cambridge advertises Concord Massachusetts as an affordable recuperation spot near Boston. He touts Lake Walden with boating and picnic grounds and claims the area offers rest and natural beauty at unusually low rates for those with moderate means.
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