Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1853-04-22
!. -,.....I,,,ss Il 4 Lady ON the Isthmus.

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-. .reiI Courier makes the annexed extracts
me Or;vate letter from California, dated San
ton :.co. January IA, 1888:
EgpOnL;nc of the Tsthnfus / think j must tell you
~ ,aoncerning At voting and blooming Lowell Ia
shg had lust arrived here, and whose adventures
u W. Isthmus were somewhat piquant, showing
. ladies have sometimes to undergo who travel
tbos i;fornia. Miss L. was we'll provided with
al. clothing for a trip from Lowell TO the ut
,t narts Of the EARTH" and had an exceedingly
apOI,t Journey till she arrived at Cruces, when
\ Snowing what know by experience that it is
IT all necessary to travel separately from your
ra she suffered herself to be separated from her
Sg thereby committing grave error.
psgbs supposing her baggage would arrive at Pan
nearly as soon as herself, mounted on a rickety
@S mule, clad in thin Bloomer, and started from
,ces to Panama. Now. as before observed the
Inns and whole Pacific coast have had long
ng ft and the consequence is that the road from
-!!,.ss to Panama was never in more execrable
rtion. Miss L. being very large AID heavy,
~ her mule being small and old, they had q good
Va of It, and foundered through the mud in most
finishing manner She told me that at one time
ID mule went into mud hole so deep. that nothing
y. visible but his nose and ears, while she was up
The chin. The gentleman who was with her in
srned me that he rescued her from such position
5r times during the day, pulling her and her mule
n of the deep mud by main force, the natural con-
opence of these mud adventures. When they got
trough the worst places, they halted at native
rance" held council of war, and concluded that
aasmuch as Miss l. had not a change of clothes
band, it was expedient to wash those she had SO
he other ladies (there several along who were
her smarter or had better luck than Miss IL
fpped her, washed her off as well as they would a
Nv born baby, rolled her up in a blanket, and laid
uaway to be good baby and take a nap, while
hey washed and dried her only suit. They wash,
lthe suit, and hung it up to dry, and then, very
aurally, sat down to dinner
Dinner being over, they went to get Miss LIE
oil, when 10 their horror and establishment, they
hund it had : vamosed the ranch''-in short, while
bev had been eating, the natives had stolen it.
here was pickle for nice young lady. and Yam.
be- school marin to boot Naked as she was born
allied in blanket and no clothes to put on-in the
aaddle ola strange country think her situation
ateresng in the extreme, and don't remember
nv heroine in any novel who was ever so peculiar.
situated. have great mind to leave her where
sting her out of the scrape. think she must have
I'd some very peculiar feelings while rolled up in
bat blanket The ladies finally got her out of the
rape by contribution. One gave her peticoat
mother a skirt another shawl, &c, and as she
n, probably the largest in the crowd. you can i'm
zine what sort of a rig out she had.
III served at any rate to hide her nakedness and
rthis anomalous suit she entered Panama, where
he was able to purchase few absolutely necessary
bngs to come on with. Her baggage did not catch
ID With her at Panama, and she arrived here about
distressed looking object as you can easily find
Me has since received her trunks by Adams FIX
rss and rejoices over them. and is ready to laugh
gsr her adventures on the isthmus"
The moral of this story is for the benefit OF ladies
mo travel California-ward and is this "Don't
m sight Of your baggage )" and in this connection
viii append one remark for the benefit of the afore
ad which is that there is not the slightest necessit
rlosing sight of yonr baggage.