Loudon free press. (Loudon, Tenn.) 1852-1855, 1853-04-22

ADVENTURES OF 4 LOWELL LADY.-A IS
cided "fTr'' and no "Firi,as.'-We make the
follow extract from private letter from Califor
nia-Lo,ceU Courier
San Francisco, Jan. IA, lS53-Speaking O
the Isthmus, think must tell you tale con
cerning young and blooming Lowell lady who
had Just arrived here, and whose adventures on
the Isthmus were somewhat piquant, showing
what ladies have sometimes to undergo who
travel to California. Miss l. was well pro
vided with suitable clothing for a trip from Lowell
to the 'uttermost parts of the earth" and had an
exceedingly pleasant journey, till she arrived at
Cruces, when, not knowing, what l know by ex
perience, that it is not at all necessary to travel
separated from your baggage she suffered her
self to be separated from her own, thereby com
mitting grave error
She, supposing her baggage would arrive at
Panama nearly as soon as herself, mounted on
a rickety little mule, clad in thin Bloomer, and
started from Cruces to Panama. Now, as be-
fore observed the Isthmus and whole Pacific
coast have had loLg crying fit, and the conse-
quence is that the road from Cruces to Panama
was never in a more execrable condition. Miss
L being very large and heavy, and her mule
beisg small and old, they had good time of it,
and floundered through the mud in the most
astonishing manner. 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 in up to her chin.
The gentleman who was with her informed
me that he rescued her from such position four
times during the day-pulling her and her mule
out Of the deep mud by main force.
The natural CONSCIENCE of these mud adven-
lures when they got through the worst places,
they halted at convenient native "Ranch,
held a council of war, and concluded that, in
asmuch as Miss l. had not change Of
clothes at hand, it was expedient to wash those
she had. So the other ladies there were sever
al along who were either smarter or had better
luck than Miss l. stripped her, washed
her off as they would a newborn baby, rolled
her up in blanket and laid her away to be a
good baby and take nap, while they washed
and dried her only suit. They washed the suit
and hung it.up to dry, and then, very naturally,
sat down to dinner. Dinner being over, they
went to get Miss LIS suit, when, to their
borrow and astonishment, they found it had
"vamosed the Ranch"-in short, while they had
been eating, the natives had stolen it. Here
Ill C.
sck0oI-narHI Is o,s;-c [y,-I.gd 1--t SraS 50r
into the world, rolled in blanket and no clothes
to put on-in the middle of strange coun-
try-I think her situation interesting in the
extreme, and don't remember any heroine in
any novel who was ever so peculiarly situated.
l have a great 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 a contribution. One gave her a
petticoat, another a skirt, another n shawl, &C.,
and as she was probably the largest in the crowd
had. 1t served at any rate to hide her naked
ness; and in this anomalous suit she entered
Panama, where she was able to purchase a
few absolutely necessary things to come on
with. Her baggage did not catch up with her
at Panama, and she arrived here about as dis
tressed a looking object as you could easily
find. She has since received her trunks By
Adams Express, and rejoices over them, and
is ready to laugh over her adventures on the
Isthmus."