Carroll free press. [volume] (Carrollton [Ohio]) 1834-1861, 1853-05-05

AdventaeTs Of a Lady on Ihe isIhmus.
The story annexed is narrated by a cores
pondenL Of the Lowell Courier:
Speaking Of the Islhmus, think must
tell you tale concerning young and bloom
| ing Lowell lady who had Just arrived here, and
whose adventures on the Isthmus were some
what piquant, showing what ladies have some
times to undergo who travel to California
Miss L. was well provided with suitable
clothing for a trip from Lowell to the 'uttermost
pant Of the earth, and bad an exceedingly
pleasant journey, till she arrived at Cruces,
when, not knowing what | knew by experience,
that It IS not at all necessary TO travel separated
from your baggage, she suffered herself TO be
separated from her own, thereby committing a
grave error. She, suppOsing her baggage
would arrive at Panama nearly as soon as her
self, mounted on a rickety little mule, clad in a
thin BiOomer, and started from Cruises to Pan
ANA. Now, as | before observed, the Isthmus
and whole Pacific coast have had long crying
ht, and the consequence is, that the road from
Cruces 10 Panama was never in more execra-
bic condition. Miss l. being very large
and heavy, and her mule being small and old,
they had a good time of it, and houndered
biS tiuu III q lIOob dStDHiouli9 uldlutI.
She told me that at one time the mule went into
a mud-hole so deep that nothing was visible
but his nose and ears, while she was up to her
elm. The gentlemen who was with her in
formed me that he rescued her from such
position .Jor times during the day-pulling her
and her mule out of the mud by main force
The natural consequence of these mud adven-
turers, when they got through the worst pla-
ces they halted at convenient native RANCH
held a council of war, and concluded that mas
much as Miss L--had not change of fclothes
at hand, it was expedient to wash those she had.
So the other ladies (thGre were several along
who were either smarter or had better luck than
Miss l. washed her off, as they would
newborn baby, rolled her up in blanket, and
laid her away to be good baby, and take
nap, while they washed and dried her only suit !
They washed the snit, and hung it up to dry, and .
then very naturally, sat down to dinner Din
ner being over, they went TO get Miss LIS |
suit, when, to their horror and astonishment, |
they found it had 'vamosed the ranch : in short,
while they had been eating, the natives had I
stolen it, Here was a pickle for nice young
lady, and Yankee school-marm to boot
Rolled in blanket, and no clothes to put on,
in the middle of strange country, think her
situation interesting in the extreme, and don't
any heroine in any novel who was ev-
er so peculiarly situated. have agreat mind to
leave her where she is, just to let you exercise
your ingenuity in getting her out of the scrape.
think she must have had some very peculiar
feelings while rolled up in that blanket. The
ladies' finally got her out of the scrape by con-
ributon One gave her petticoat another
skirt, another shawl, etc, and as she was
probably the largest in the crowd, you can i'm
agine what sort of rg-ou she had In this an
omalous suit she entered Panama, where she
was able to purchase few absolutely neces-
'ary things to come on with Her baggage did
upwith her at Panama, and she arrived !
lere about as distressed looking object as you
could easily find. She has since received her
,runks by Alarms Express, and rejoices over
hem, and is ready to laugh over her adven-
ureS on the Isthmus.'" f."