Daily evening star. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1852-1854, 1853-07-28
DAILY EVENING STAR.
Piney Point Correspondence.
PINEY PoINT PAVILION, MD. j,

PINEY POINT PAVILION, Mp, Jnly 25.
Once again L have revisited the place from
which this letter dates, the scene to me of
many happy and pleasant hours spent with
friends whose forms come rushing DER my
memory like spirits called from the depths Of
the lovely waters of the Potomac.
So far as health and quiet pleasure are con-
cerned, know of no place where one can find
1T more to our satisfaction than here, and
have had some little experience with watering
places The atmosphere is perfectly pure, so
there is not the slightest danger of taking cold
even when sleeping in the open air; while
the bathing is excellent, for which every con-
venience in the way of attendance, bathing
houses, &C., arc provided The followers of
old Izaak Walton can have fine sport throe
of u. caught about twenty-five pounds in less
than two hours.
One also feels in coming hero that he is not
going into a crowd, the Pavilion being large
enough to give every visitor a comfortable and
tidy room to himself. The company now here
is select, and large enough to be agreeable
As for the eating department, | do not think
a better table is spread at any watering place,
especially as regards fish of every kind and
other salt water delicacies, which are served
up deliciously. In this branch Col. Dix, the
proprietor, gives his personal attention.
I think hnar snmn of your lady roadors
ask, how do you amuse yourselyes2 l will
tell them. First, we get up early in the morn
ing and take bath in the surf or in the
houses then prepare for breakfast; after that
both sexes adjourn to the ten pin alley and
roll for a couple of hours or more, while some
Of the gentlemen play billiards, land by the
way very fine billiard table they have,) or go
fishing; then comes lunch and g fuids;' after
which the ladies generally retire to their
rooms to read or write letters home, and dress
for dinner, during which we have music from
the band then stroll on tho beach, to the
wharf, to be present at the arrival of the
steamboat, to SEQ what friends have come or
what letters and news there may be from
homo. Then comes tea and getting ready for
the hop, which we have every night, when We
dance until about eleven, to a most excellent
band of music, and then adjourn for the night
We keep good hours, very few being out of bed
after midnight.
As regards the management of the house,
will bear testimony among numerous others,
that never since its erection has it been moro
cleanly kept-a better table or more excellent
servants. Col. Dix, the proprietor, is well
known to the public as the former keeper of
the Fountain Inn at Baltimore. This alone is
sufficient guaranty that the place is we'll
managed. But, in addition to this, he has
also the services of his gentlemanly son, Mr.
Thomas Dix. ''Thems my sentiments, y
Messrs. Editors free and unboHght.
most pleasant way to go to the Point from
this city is to take the mail steamer on Mon
day morning to Aqua Greek, when you are
transferred to the '.Powhatan,' which drops
you at the Point, Capt. McCausland, of the
mail steamer, you will find pleasant and
agreeable gentleman, who will make you feel
perfectly at home in five minutes. Besides,
he is what every steamboat captain should be
"A practical and scientific engineer.
The ''Star" is seen among US occasionally
Cannot you send more "Stars" down.