Civilian & telegraph. [volume] (Cumberland, Md.) 1859-1875, 1865-08-24
JOSH BILLINGS AT LONG BRANCH,
What he saw and Felt There.
LoNo BRANCH, July 10 1865.
Editor Of the Troy News: .


Arrived here Just in time tow see the At
lantik Osean, which iz now on exhibishun.
and dewiug good Dizziness, tew full houses.
Took battle tew oust and was astonished
tew find the water SO saltuous; cnquired the
kauze ov an intelligent natih, and he inform
ed me he didn't care think the cuss lied.
Thare is about one hundred and sixty thou :.
sand human beings, and other folks, here
now, az near az kan git at it, kounted till
got tired, and then estimated 1t is pcrtek-
ly harte renting tew see the femails here ia
search ov natural protectors. kounted l6
yesterday in one pile, they awl sighed az
past bi them, with down cast eyes. felt
sorry for them, but couldn't help them, i am
thoroughly marrd, and intend tew remain so.
There is two breezcs here. sea breeze, and
jersee breeze and advise aul persons tew
use the sea breeze, for the other IL so much
up before it reaches here, that it soon uses up
everybody after it gets here Shoddy and
Petroleum are both here, and exite az much
notiss rs patient churn, warranted tew make
butter in 10 minnitts from skim milk, but
they say they shant remain long, bekause the
air smells 50 much like old brine. Yesterday
[ went out krabbng and ketchcd a pek ov
them, they bite sideways, and hang on like
dead boss shoe. they make good vittles enuf.
but they aiut profitable tew eat, if you kouns
your time wuth cnnything. They hav sim
gular bug here, which they call the mussko-
tow they roam about in herds, and are muck
respected bi the inhabitants !: cout one day
before yesterday sticking something sharp
into me, and carried the bug into mi room.
and smashed him on sli The bathing x
luxurious, aud the bsthers resemble mermades
half men and half woman: they aul dress in
the choktaw kostom, and when they emerge
from the water; yu kant tell which il who.
unless yu ask them. After bathing yu feel a
kind ov hackness or limbcrness, for which
waz advised tew bathc in whiskee | took
the immershun about half tumbler, and never
felt so stout in mi life. l thought could life
an aker of their land, but bimeby afrer their
lcker had let go, i felt az tho could follow
an angel worm into hiz hole, and hadn't
strength enaf tew ask dog tew foller me--if
ever drink sum jcrsec- whiskce, it will bs
after am ded and gone. Thare is one church
here, but it wont hold but so fu that nobody
don't so out of poiteness. Thare is 2l ho-
tells, and the are principally built. out doors
tcw give the guests as much brnaqueous air
as possible. The LOGGING rooms are small,
but handy, each one hax door tew them,
and Il looking glass on the wal, and two
washbolcs and u lowell. Dinner is served at
o'clock. and opens with soup, and shuts I'd
with huckelbcrry. The servents are general
ly blak, but mcnny ov them hav lived so long
amung The whites that they begin iew adop
our kuler The beech b moonlitc, iz worthy
ov a philosopher. Lovers meet here from all
partes ov the kuntry tew vow and sware, aud
menny harte Gums here tutf ano haarty goes
home smashed and bleeding luy at every
pour. But the grand attraksI,un IL the At
lantik Osean, CRATE hcnisphcer ov liquid
life and power, blu water, every WHARF tho
eye kan reach, az gentle az a summer evening
mill pond, and then again, az awful az wa
ter earthquake Upon the whole Long
Branch liza sensible place tew visit l think
thar iz az little nonsenE thar generally az tho
same numbar oy visitors are capable ov
JOSH BILLINGS.