The Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, Ohio) 1853-1861, 1858-06-24
A Letter from Gossip.
BurrALo. n. Y. June lSt

DEAR JOURNAL WARM weather has come at
last The fashionable season is upon us. Now
for watering places flirting, sporting, matchma-
king and good time generally. How many
anxious mammas are busting about preparing for
"A season" at Saratoga, Newport, Cape May
or some other old stamping ground;" aud how
many, more anxious daughters are getting every
thing in readiness for the coming three months of
fashionable dissipation America is free coun-
try, | might say free and easy country-nono
like it. Our watering places are greatinstitudons
Jolly affairs aud no mistake Que never meets
with much starch or Stiffness at Newport or at
Saratoga-all arc beat on enjoyment, and it is not
unusual to see our most aristocratc bellies, twirl-
ing through waltz with BARRIERS arm eucircling
their waists This is fashionable life in America.
At Newport all-men, women, and chdren--go
down to the beach, and in little shantics" full of
air holes, cracks. and convenicnces for looking
ont and in, strip themselves and don the bathing
dress, and go together into the water aud take II
regular jolly swim and plunge bath That's the
way to enjoy life. Why mott THERE'S no better
place to judge of ady's physique; for, minus
hoops and crinolnc, &c, and with her bathing
dress clnging fast to her. you see her shape and
know just" all about her" I have been in the
water at Newport where at least Que hundred
mascunes and lemniues were swimming, floating
and plunging on all sides Of me. | always, of
course, for mo2csty sake shut my eyes, and meyer
so much as glanced at the attractions around me,
but the mere fact of knowing that there were so
many mermaids, aud other maids, so near me, ana
in such interesting attire, made me dizzy like, and
as though-aud as though--we as though bath
ing at Newport was delicious kind of pleasure
One sees so much, too, mean such variety Of
people It's great place to study human ma
turc, is Newport Some ladies' gentle creatures,
how pity them would walk timidly into the wa
ter, gasping for breath as each wave lifted them
from their feet, Others would plunge in GearlcsSy
and float about on the water like black fish, or
like sensible plucky women as they were. Some
ofthese Newport bathers, Oadies mcan) are per.
) feet bricks in the water-they can swim, float on
their backs, stick their toes out of the water and
perform many other graceful ieats, which show
that they are at home in the briny deep"
have seen all this myself and do know of what
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visit this summer to a watering place, to go to
Newport, where they are to get their moneys
worth, extras thrown in.
But this warm weather, Q must return to the
weather for am getting excited like) is welcomed
by Others besides those who frequent watering
places. The farmer is glad to see it, not that he
wishes to take "turu in fashionable life, but
l,o :. T.. ~.
living in cities, are ANXIOUS 20 get away from brick
walls, dust and duns and take sniff of whole
some country air Duns are a great bore TO any
man with sensitive feelings, and it is not to be
wondcre at that those who have been afflicted
with them should welcome this warm weather as
fitting pretext to leave their homes To sucl
this warm weather is god-send. They hail it d,
sure refuge in time of distress. Welcome then
thrice welcome this sunny season Let us enjoy
it as it passes and forget that life given to us
for aught but pleasure,
pity you, dear Journal, who never take hoi
day, who from "year in to year out" keep steadi
Iy Oh, ever laboring for the entertainment and
good of Others. We seldom think OF the sacri
fees of time, of conscience, of every thing that
faithful journal must make in visiting regularly
without any cessation during the entire year.
Warm weather. therefore, though welcome to all
others, would seem to give no cheer to journalists
but the pleasure to them in this as in every thing
|; else is, the seeing their readers enjoying them
selves. They live for the public, and whether the
public go on Il watering place excursion or on
regular "bender," it Is all the same to them they
enjoy the fun without participating. But the
warm weather, though welcome to us all, is no
particularly calculated to sharpen our ideas, and
this, dear Journal is why am so dull while speak
ing to you oft Permit me, therefore, TO wipe III,
perspiraton from my forehead while bid you a
acarm and hearty adieu G ssIp.
p. SIT is not improblblc that my next talk
with you will be Of Niagara Falls for inclination
draws me thther G..