Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1851-07-23


, kers have some trouble to keep their Ha
vannas dry enough to burn. My paper
though just out of my trunk, is quite
, damp and soft. l have slept between ap
parently damp sheets every night since
came here, yet no one thinks of taking
. cold. Your skin, indeed every thing that
you touch has glatinous, salty feeling
The breathing Of this damp salt air is III
furious, and in many cases fatal, to con,
sumptves But in diseases of the liver,
or debility Of the nervous system, where
there is ne liberation Of the lungs, the sea
breeze and sea bathing have good effect.
But in most cases where persons are here
by the advice of physicians, it is for
chronic affections of the bowels, or general
debility without any apparent disease.
/ Chronic affections Of the chest are better
removed at the various mineral springs.
In the mere substantials Of life, that is,
eating and drinking, we have every thing
that the heart of man, or rather the stom-
ach Of the epicurc, could desire, fJr more
full information on that subject l enclose
You bill Of fare, too voluminous to
print, Ed Where they get a! their
good things from, am at q loss to know,
for this is the most desert, barren looking
waste ! have ever looked upon.
you may want to know how 1000 per-
sons spend their time il such a place rs
this. My way Of doing it l will give you,
by giving you this days experience as far
as the day is spent. Before the sun made
his appearance | was strolling down the
sea shore, some three miles, picking up
sea shells and Cape May diamonds. AsI
passed along in my walk, | came across
several wrecked vessels that afforded me
much food for reflection. To me there is
something sad and melancholy in the ap-
pearance Of a ship, wrecked and broken
upon the sand. How piercing must be
the news that informs the sailors humble
family of the loss Of their protector, he to
whom they have always looked for bread
When the rich and the great fall, the
world moUrns but | cannot conceive how
any grief can be as bitter and heart break
ing as that which must overwhelm the
family of the poor man, when he who has
labored for them, and suffered for them,
is suddenly ly stricken down the wife left .
the children without bread,
driven and scattered abroad without any
one to care for them. If my heart has
ever known the bitterness Of grief, it has
been when | have seen the tear Of the .
widow, mingled with those Of her children,
fall upon the plain coffin Of him whose
death has crushed all their worldly pros
poets, knowing that when he is under the
sod, the family tie must be broken, and
hey separated from all the heart loves
But | must change my subject. IL
o'clock, 4. NJ, is the fashionable bathing
lour Yielding to fashion and custom,
IF course took my place in the dominions
If old Atlantic. At that hour the breakers
ire in fine order, and the thousands Of ba- ;
hers had delightful time. The trouble
:, you become SO excited in battling with ,
he waves, and so charmed with the de-
ightful sensations produced by the rolling +
waters that you are apt to remain in too t
ong Some remain in for half an hour |
live minutes, however, suttices me. | fear !
fter half hours bath l should never /
warm up again. From the bathing hour a
i'll the dinner hour, / sat listening to '
'ohnson's brass band discoursing sweet @
music from the portico Of our Hotel. The L
Inner table at Cape May is to ME q place s
f great self denial. To make a plain din
ler, such as experience has convinced me t
5 best adapted TO my stomach, amid the a
luxuries surrounding ne, in Q
luding some thirty varieties of dishes, t
eginning with turtle soup and ending a
nth fine ripe peaches and cream; | say, C
0 make plain dinner under such circum- V
.ances, requires crucifying of the appe- t
tie becoming philosopher. After din t
er, short nap was INDUCED in, then il
de up the beach with real full bloodcd a
ersey team. Before we got far we were II
act by swarms or large green flies, that i
'ent to work introducing themselves to n
he passengers in manner that left very Il
ne impressions, if not the best feelings. d
hey were something like our horse fly. O
hey may be such here, but in this in h
tance our horses were unfortunately too b
oor to afford them any picking: so they fell tc
pon Us, aud not liking the short-sword Il
zercise of these Jersey greens, We beat h
etreat, having, as we think, consecrated ID
'overty Beach with our blood. After
lch conflict, felt it my duty to CON- OIL