Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1852-03-03
The Beach PARTY.


shore, knows that the States, from Main
to Florida, are skirted with long, low
sandy beaches, covered, when the sand
not too thick, with groves of cedars, anG
when the trees are scarce, with sand-hilll
Well, on these beaches, the wives an
daughters of the "hard- hearted wreckers,
-(reme'nber, all who dwell on the sea
shore, especially those in jersey, ar
called, by you excellent Pennsylvanians
who arc so innocent and pure, wreckers,
wretches," and all the hard name.
in your vocabulary)-the wives and
daughters 60 with their husbands, brother.
and lovers, in the warm days Of summer
to bathc in the cool waters of the ocean
and forget for while the cares by which
they are surrounded 1t is one of these
parties that l am about to PROFOUND to
yeu-not exactly one at which all were
old women and children, but small COL
lection of the youth and beauty of the
incest place in the world.
IL . UrautIIuI uInS
latter part ef last summer, that this party
collected at the side Of fine large boat.
As the tide was falling out, We hurried on
board, and started from the wharf, a, soon
as we could possibly e1tricste ourselves from
the sand, and get comfortably seated. As
we glided down the stream, we contempla-
ted Gas the novels say {" the face of Ma
ture." A stranger perhaps would have
said she had a dirty face, but me did not
care for little mud; it was nothing but
little clean dirt, after all and then the
stiffness that rcigned there nothing was
heard but the shriil scream Of the great
sea gull, as nc swept over us; or the voice
of the osprey gliding swiftly through the
air. now rising high up in the clouds, now
darting with the speed of an arrow into
the water, and the re1t moment poor
moss-bouker was taking such an aerial
flight as even the thought of which had
never before entered his cranium. Every
oyster bowed its head, and squirted water
at the little crabs as they crawled sideways
through the mud. Every little " fiddler
danced hornpipe over the hole of his
neighbor, or ran about, like kitten cha
sing its tail, as it appeared to US without
any definite object. Every living thing
appeared to be enjoying itself, and why
should no. we?-we had started with that
intention, and we're now the more encour-
aged to carry i: out.
We had by this time entered the deep
water, and as the breeze was freshening, we
were running along at rate that would
appear perfectly marvellous to you fresh
water animals who never saw better boat
than an old batteau. l now had time to
notice our company: there were only four
young men. and eight or ten girls; and
however pleasant this circumstance might
have been to one portion, have my doubts
whether the ladies would not rather have
had at least one gent. apiece.
But we soon reached the beach, and had
the pleasure Of unloading. First, We had
to carry the girls, through mud and water
up to our knees. to dry land: next, the
same thing with something much more
substan.ial-namely, the dinner: then.
having selected place to have tho dinner,
and having there deposited our bundles,
We separated to prepare for the surf. We
we're soon in it, and then the fun
splashing, and kicking, and ducking; get
ting knocked down, and nearly drowned
by the breakers, and getting up, putting
like a porpoi.e, and at it again-and oil
those things Of which one who has never
seen the ocean and rsveled in its waters
can have no conception. While the girls
were playing in the shoal water, 1 busted
myself in catching a hatfull Of CLAIMS
about as large Is the minutest particle Of
nothing.
We soon collected at the rendezvous
again, and the dinner was set out. II