Washington telegraph., 1853-05-04
Adventures of Lady on the Isthmus.

Adventures of Lady On the Isthmus
The Lowell Courier makes the annexed
extracts from private letter from California,
dated San Francisco, January il, 1858:
Speaking of the Isthmus, I think must
tell you tale concerning young and
blooming Lowell lady who lad 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 provided
with suitable clothing for a trip from Lowell
to the uttermost parts of the earth" and had
an exceedingly pleasant journey till she ar
rived at Cruces, when not knowing, what [
know by experiacce, that it is not at all ne
ceasary to travel separately from your bag
gage, she suffered herself to be separated
from her own, thereby committing a grave
error
She supposing her baggage would arriye
at Panama nearly as soon as herself, mount
ed on a rickety little mule, clad in thin
Bloomer, and started from Cruces to Pana-
ma Now. as before observed, the Isthmus
and whole Pacific coast have had long cry
in fit, and the consequence is that tho road
from Cruces to Panama was never in more
execrablo condition. Miss L. being very
large and heavy, and her mule being small
and old, they had good time of it, and
houndered through the mud in most aston
ishing manner. She told me that at one
time the mule went into mudhole SO deep.
that nothing was visible but his nose and
ears, while she was up to the chin. The
gentleman who was with her informed me
that he rescued her from such q 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 at native ranch" held a council of
war, and concluded that inagmuch as Miss
l. had not a change Of clothes at hand,
it was'expedient to wash those che had; so
the other ladies (there were several along
who were either smarter OF had better luck
than Miss Il stripped her, washed her
of as well as they would new born baby,
rolled her up in a blanket, and laid her away
to be good baby and take nap, while they
washed and dried her only suit They wash
ed the suit, and hung it up to dry, and then,
very naturally, eat down to dinner.
Dinner being over, they went to get Miss
LIS suit, when to their horror and
astonishment, they found it had "yamosed
the ranch"-in short, while they had been
eating, the natives had stolen it. Here was
a pickle for nice young lady. and q Yam
kee school-marm to boot. Naked as che
was born-rolled in blanket and no clothes
to put on-in the middle of strange coun-
try think her situation Interesting in
the extreme, and don't remember any he
roine in any novel who was ever go pecu-
liarly situated, l have great mind to
leave her where she is, just to let you exer-
else your ingenuity in getting her out of
the serapo l think she must have had some
very peculiar feelings while rolled in that
blanket. The ladies finally got her out of
the scrape By contribution One gave
her petticoat another q skirt, another
shawl, &c, and as she was probably the
largest in the crowd, you can imagine what
sort Of rig out she had
It served at any rate to hide her naked
ness, and in this anomalous suit she entered
Panama, where she was able to purchase o
few absolutely necessary things to come on
with Her baggage did not catch up with
her at Panama. and she arrived here about
as distressed a looking object as you can
easily find. She has since received her
trunks by Adams express and rejoices over
them, and is ready to laugh over her "adven-
lures on the isthmus''
The moral of this story is for the benefit
Of ladies who travel California-ward, and
in this: Don't lose sight of your baggage"
and in this connection l viii append one re.
mark for the benefit of the aforesaid, which
IS, that there is not tie slightest uecessity
for losing sight of your baggage.