The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1853-05-12
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ADVENTURES OF LADY ON THE IsTH-

ADVENTURES OF A LADY ON THE 18TH
MUs.-The story annexed is narrated by
correspondent of the Lowell Courier:
"Speaking ofthe Isihmus, think must
tell you tale concerning young and
blooming Lowell lady who had just arrived
here, and whose adventures on the 18th.
nus were somewhat piqusnt, showing
what ladies' have sometimes to undergo
no travel 10 California. Miss L. was
well provided with suitable clothing for
trip from Lowell to the ''u,termost part Of
The eartb,' = and had an exceedingly pleas
ant journey, till she arrived at Cruces,
when not knowing by experience, that it
is not at all necessary to travel separated
from your baggage, she suffered herself,
mounted on rickety little mule, clad in
thin Bioomer, and started from Cruces to
Panama. Now, as before observed, the
Isthmus and hole Pacific coast have bad
long crying fit, and the consequence is,
that the road from Cruces to Panama was
never in mere execrable condition. Miss
L being very large and heavy, and
her mule being small and old, they had a
good time OF it, and Aoundered through the
mud in most astonishing manner. She
told me that at one time the mule went in
to mud-hole SO deep that nothing was
visible bat his nose and ears, while she
was in up TO her chin. The gentleman
who was with her informed me that be res
cued her from such a position four times
during the day-puliug her and her mule
out ofthe deep mud by main force. As a
natural consequence Of these mud adven-
lures, when they got through the worst
places. they halted at convenient native
..ranch,n held council Of war, and con-
cIuded that, inasmuch as Miss L had
not q change OF clothes at hand, it was ex-
pedient TO wash these she had. So the
other ladies (there were several along who
we're either smarter, or had better luck
than Miss u washed her off as they
would new born baby, rolled her up in
blanket, and laid her away to be good
haby, 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, wen, to get Miss LIS suit,
when to their horror and astonishment,
they found it had 'vamosed the ranch;' in
short, while they had been eating, the ma
tves had stolen it. Here was pickle for
nice young lady, and Yankee school
narm TO boot. Rolled in a blanket, and
no clothes to put on, in the middle Of q
strange country, | think her situation in
teresting 10 the extreme, and ! don't re.
member 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 ingenuity in get
ing her out Of the scrspe. think she
must have had some very peculiar feelings
while rolled up in that blanket. The la
dies fiaa'y got her out Of the scrape by
lcontribution. One gave her a petticoat,
another skirt, another shawl, ETC., and
as she was probably the largest in the
crowd, you can imagine what sort of rig
out she had. Ia this anomalous suit she
entered Panama where she was able to
purchase few absolutely necessary things
to come ON with. Her baggage did not
catch up with her at Panama, and she ar.
rived here about as distressed looking OBJ
ject as You could easily find. She has
since received her trunks by Adams Ex-
press, and rejoices over them, and is ready
to laugh over her adventures on the 18th
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