The independent press. (Abbeville C.H., S.C.) 1853-1860, 1857-09-25
Ii o at Fashionable Northern Watering
Place.


able to write Q composed an essay on the
life and services of Madame Chaponc last
year at our school, and got the prize for it.)
you may print in your weekly if you like,
together with the sketches enclose.
This place You must know, is very dull
this season-why, hardly know, unless il
be that the principle hotel-kceper gives us
nothing to eat but tough steaks and cold
fish, which is trcsomc diet even for pco-
pie in the country. There are good many
people at-hotcl, and fewer Mt tho,
where we are staying but the former are
not in society, and of course we don't know
them. 60 down Of nm evening with
cousin Charles to the beach, to meet my
old school-friend Maria, whom love dear
ly-manma won't let mo associate with
her openly, rs her father is a low mana
butcher, l believe. Maria's sweet girl for
all that; and you can't do better, Mr..
Editor, you happen to want wife.
We have had terrible excitement here
lately, but can't quite understand the rca-
son why. Itsecms that gentleman from
some foreign country had a strange fancy
for walking on the spout under the caves
fthe hotol. lie was walking there one
evening when gentleman from New York
rushed fnriously at him and tried to push
him of. One story says that the New
York gentleman wanted to shoot him, but
that his wife Qhe New Workers. whose win
dow, oddly enough, was open, just opposite
to where the foreigner was walking, i'm
plored her husband not to commit murder.
| myself saw the New Yorker going about
to-day with pair of boots in his hand and
showing them to people and my friend,
Mr.. Picker, says that the foreigner was
promcnading on the spout without his
things on. Can you believe it? The
New Yorker, hear had arrived that night
from the city by the late train very posi-.
bly lie had taken too much wine at dinner,
and didn't know what he was doing. For
my part, think he behaved sharncfully
the foreign gentleman, who now wears a
patch over his eyes, is very good-looking,
and has been so kind TO the New Workers.
wife during his stay here. What harm
could he do. I shonld like to be Informed,
by walking on tho spout
We lead very delightful lives here
Though we get up early, we ladies' are not
allowed to 60 ont before nine in the morn,
ing, rs the gentlemen battle before that
hour. At nine or ten we take strole in
to the woods, and my cousin Charley fwho
is certainly the handsomcst man herc)
reads us either Tennyson or Primes Tray
els in the East, which we like exceedingly.
lie says, by -tile-way, that he knows Mr..
Prime, and tint lie is an old gray headed,
Lroken-dbwn man, quite worn out by his
fro mn emf
like Shakespeare is this so had fan
cicd him young and good-looking.
About eleven, or later, according to the
tile, we battle. send you sketch Of
our fulI-drcss costume for the water. The.
other day a rude boy from New York con-
trvcd TO Creep in among us in dress like
ours, and bathed with us some time before
we detected him but when we found him
out, Mary B--and canght him, and
1--WE are both very strong and good at gym
nastics, can tell you) we sou<ed him so
thoroughly that lie was nearly drowned,
anil Jenny L--found his clothes. be-
hind stone and threw them into the WA
ter, so that he was obliged to walk to the l,o-
tel in lady's bathing dress. believe his
business required his immediate return to
the city.
In the afternoon we walk or ride. There
is pert mink from Boston here, who gives
herself great airs, anl coquets with Char
ley in manner tha. is positively disgusting
Il mention here in order that she may sec
what people think Of her conduct j she
looked at me the other day through an
eye-glass-as though could not be dis
cerned with the naked eye--and drawled
out,
"IIave they got the Lanccrs yet in Goth
am !"
"Oh yes," said I, wickedly "but they
haven't as many old soldiers as they have
in Boston,"
I thought this would have settled her
but she reto'ted with an insolent smile.
"No, the New Workers never excel!ed in
the military way, l believe"
And she walked AWAY, actually leading
Charles with her, under pretense of show
ing him some pictures in her album. 7
don't wonder that Boston is a low place.
In the evening we have delightful hops.
At first we male rule not to dance with
any one out OF her set but one day last
week the only man in that set who could
dance was Mr.. Il, Of Wall street.
who is immensely fat, and after Mary and
Emmy and had taken three or four turns
with him the poor fellow was n piliable
spectacle, and his shirt, MS we'll as his coat,
looked as though, they had been having
batho. But he crept out of the ball room
Mt last, and they say he was found sitting
in the refrigerator. After this we took
pot-luck as to partners. danced last
night with German, who told me, the
wretch. that he had "von wife Mt home,
but that didn't matter" And it is current
ly reported that Garry c., after polk
ing with Soutllerner whom she had never
seen before, was taken outsinto the pas
sage to breathe the fresh air and actually
Kissed. But cannot believe such shock.
ing stories. People are sucl,- gossips.
There is an Irishman here whom nobody
kDpNryet whb knows every body, who
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