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Adventures of q Lowell Lady on tic IsthmuS

Au'tutultS vi u LUWtll LuU! Oil lht NluDluS.
A DECIDED FIX AND NO .FIxINs.'-
The Lowell Courier makes the following
| extract from private letter from Cali
.orbia. dated
SANFRANCIsco. Jan. Ia 1853.
Speaking of the lsthmus. / think must
tell you tale concerning young and
blooming Lowell lady who had just ar
rived here. and whose adventures on the
lsthmus were somewhat piquant. show
ing what ladies' have sOmetimeS 10 under
go, who travel 10 California. Miss l.
was well provided with suitable clothing
for a trip from Lowell TO the 'uttermost
parts Of The earth and had an exceed
ingly pleasant journey till she arrived a
Cruces, W hen. no, kno wing. wha know
by experience, that it is not at all neces-
sary TO travel separated from your bag
gage. she suffered herself 10 be separated
from her own, thereby committinga grave
error.
She, supposing her baggage would ar
rive al Panama nearly as soon ID 5 herself.
mounted on rickety little mule, clad
Get to Panama. Now, as before OBJ
served, the Isthmus and the whole pacif-
ic coast have had long crying fit. and
the consequence is that the road from
Cruces to Panama was never In more
execrable condition. Miss L-be
ing very large and heavy, and her mule
being small and old, they had good time
of it, and foundered through the mud in
a most astonishing manner. She told
me that a one time the mule went into
a mud hole so deep that nothing was Wis
ibIe bat 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
consequence of these mud adventures.-
When they got through the worst places.
they halted a convenient native ranch
held council Of war. and concluded
that inasmuch as Miss L---had not
change of clothes at hand, it was expe-
dent 10 wash those she had; so the 9th
er ladies (there were several along who
were either smarter or had better luck
than Miss L. stripped her, washed
her, washed her off they would new
born baby, rolled her up in blanket. and
laid her away to be a good baby and take
nap. while hey washed and dried her
only suit They washed the suit, and
hung it up to dry, and then very natural
ly. sat down 10 dinner.
Dinner being over they went 10 get
Miss LIS suit. when. 10 their hor
ror and astonishment they found it had
'vdmosed the ranch'-iD short. while they
had been eating. the natives had stolen
it. Here was pickle for a nice young
lady, and Yankee schoolmarm TO boot.
Naked as she was born, rolled in Il blank
ct and no clothes 10 put on-in the md
die of a strange country--I think her si.
uatlon Interesting in the extreme, and ]
don't remember any heroine In any novel
who was ever so peculiarly situated.
have great mind TO leave her where she
is. just to let you exercise your ipgeDui-
ts in getting her out of the scrape. |
think she must have had some very pc
culiur feelings while rolled up in that
blanket. The ladies finally got he: out
of the scrape by contribution. One
gave her petticoat, another a shirt. an
other a sha wl ETC.. and she was prob
ably the largest in the crowd. you can
naeine what sort of rig-out she had.
1t served at any rate 10 hide her naked
ness: and in this anomalous suit she en-
tered Panama where she was able to pur-
chase few absolutely necessary things
TO come on with. Her baggage did not
Cd tch up with her at Panama, and she ar
rived here about as distressed a looking
object as you could easily find. She has
since received her trunk bv Adams Ex
press. and reioicss over them and is ready
10 laugh over her 'advrntures On the 18th
mus
The moral of this story is for the ben
eft of ladies who travel California ward.
and is this: Don't lose sight of your bag
gage and in connection | will append
one remark for the benefit Of the afore
said. which is that there is not The slight
est necessity for losing sight Of your bag
gage.
A HERoINE.-A family consisting of
mother and four children, was residing
in the third story Of kros:man's factory
which was burned during saturday morn
a. e. II