Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1869-08-30
THE sosu p1LI1Nos pApEnst

\ At ong Branch.
Tho best description of this fashiona-
BILE bathing place is that of Josh Bill
lings. In,his lettor be says:
Arrived here just In time tew sec tho
Atlsntik Osean, which is DOW on exhioi-
shun and dewing q good Dizziness 'ew
full houses. Took a bath tew onst,n ana
was astonished find tho water so snitn-
rous inquired the..kauze oy an intelii-
gent natiff, md he informed me BE- ciah
care /; I think the cuss lied. Ihefe ~
about ono hundred and sixty thousand
human beings and other folks mere
now. NJ near us kan git at 1t; kount-
cd till | got tired, and then l estimated
1t is perfekly heart renting tew soc tue
feemails here in search ov natural pro-
tecktors. i kounted l6 yesterday IN
one pile, they awl sighed NJ ! past oi
them, with downcast eyes. felt sorry
for them but couldn't help them, for !
am thoroughly married and intend tew
remain so. There is two breeses herc,a
sea breeze, and n jcrzee breeze, and l
advise awl persons 10 use the sen breeze,
for the other is so used up before II
reaches here, that it soon uses up every,
body after it gets here. Shoddy and
Petroleum are both here, n exs''e us
much no,ise as n patent churn, wArren'-
ed to make butter in ten minutes form
skim milk, but they say they shant re.
main long, bekause the mir smells so much
like old brine. Yesterday went out
krabbing and ketched peck ofthsm, they
bite sideways md hang on Ikea dendhoss
shoe, they make good rittles enntf' but
they amt profitable to eat it you konnt
your time wurth ennything. They have
q singular bug here which they call the
musketow, they roam ABOUT the heads
and are much respected hi the inhabit'
ants /; I cout one day before yesterday,
sticking something sharp into me, aud
carried the bug into my room, md
smashed him on the sli. The bathing rs
luxurious, and the bathers resemble
mermaids, half men and half women I;
and they dress 10 the chocktaw koslom,
and when they emerge from the water,
you IAN tell which is who unless you
ask them. After bathing you feel n kind
OF lackness Of limbernes, for which |
| NV5 uuNlSeu W uublt III hulshSs l OVh
one immershun, about q tumbler, and
never fcl, 30 stout in mi life. tho't |
could lift nm aker of their land, but
bimcby, after Ticker had let go, | felt as
though | could foller IN angle worm into
his hole and hadn't strength enuF 10
ask a dog to foller me-if | ever drink
sum more jersee whiskc, it will be after
| am ded and gone. There is one
church here, but it would hold so few
that nobody never 60 out of politness.
There is 81 hotels, and they are princi-
pally built out of doors, tew give the
guests as much b%rinaqucous air NJ pos
sible. The lodging rooms arc small but
handy, each one haz O door to them and
q looking glass on the wall, and two
wash.boles and towel. Dinner is served
Mt two o'clock, opens with soup, and
shuts up with huckleburry. The SER
wants are generally blnk, but many oy
them have lived so long among tho
whites that they begin to adopt our
kul!cr. Tho beach By moouli,e is wor-
thy Of q philosopher. Lovers NEE.
here from aul parties OF the kuntry tcw
vow anu sWhrei uuu iueuh! u uehTte
Gums here tuf and goes away smashed,
and bleeding at every pour. Bat the
grand a~ttrakshun IL the Atlantik 0scan,
q great himispheer OF liquid life and
power, blue water everywhere the eye
kan reach, az gentle NJ n summer even
ing mill pond, aud then agin, NJ awful
az II water earthquake. Upon the
whole, Long branch IL q sensible place
to visit I think thore il NJ little non.
SEM their generally NJ the same num-
Der ov visitors are capable ov.