Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1869-08-26
l.rttcr rrom Rev. Dr. Munsey

.,orrc.toulcacr IF Bal Episcopa, Methodist J
EarKERIpOE ALUM SPRINGS, VA. July,
I>GI Dp, Nr. HOaf -Di0gcucs went IN
search ol an honest man Don QulXote IN search
,i advaatutc~ DrJohuson went to ilebilde+ |
am m search OF health DjOgcncs hadhl iauttra.
boa Ouixote hi, Saucho Pa2l, johnson hi
EtwSH and even Robinson Ct,t,oc had HI.
u,,u Fudny -}u / have neither va--al uc.
.,nr,. l,t, lew week, ago, waS the sat
,.frrn to no less \ knight than your ludclatlgl-
Llc rublsEcr |, in company with Dr, POl>aL
or rather Dc. Poi~al in company with me, en-
tered 4 tram on the Baltimore and ONO tal-
road, and roaring through dust and smoke
alan, th... the crookcdr>t, most romantic, and
one oi the best built railroads IN Amorcl,
went 10 St. johns Run. From this place we
took coach for Hcrkclcy Springs The attrac-
tion her. /, hlthing. II wa not long before
pr. pnisal aud were on the margin OF 4 large
bath, ready t1 ba,hc. \ clCat splash and
the Doctor, portly, adipoec, Symmctrc, was
iurlcd in the limpld pool, aad rising 10 the
.uriac, swan oil like \ thing OF llc. En-
r,uraycd hv so iluStriOuS an example, | seized
= rome winch hung over the pool, and swing
ing out midway let so, and my poor bones
went pIumb to the bottom. II your uaOrtu-
nate correspondent had lighted upon an ice
berg he would not have been more aStonlshcd.
lie ielt as If he had realized the dream oil ma.
rincrs by the discovery OF the "opcn Polar sea-
The Doctor said, Magnificent = lilS "na'Ld
your correspondent bubbled up, MaSnlll
cent :" his chattCrng avs chopplng inc words
into unprOnOunccablC gutturalS. hcn rot'l
again the Doctor said, ecstatlcally, "ranN
rcortionl electric glow \ Sputtcrng echo,
and r,u for an ovcrcoat, were heard in q
ncirhborinQ chair. Sunday came, AMI the
Doctor prcached a capital sermon. An old
minister of emucnco in Il sister Church sald
me never heard sermon which afforded h'm
more solid religious comfort.
Bv the advice OF some friends | then started
for Capc May. went by the way ot l'mla-
delphia, taking the fast train from Camden to
,br Cane The cars on this road have petit
r1ots to catch the dust rising from the track
.. Tho train runs. | have known pcttlcOatS to
raise the dust but here they lay It, But
40 not wish to be understood aS trying to dis
naragc in metOnymy the power which some
times raises the dust, for experience has taught
me that 4 gyneocracy Is the best government
in the world. 1t Is certainly the only govern
ment which withStOOd the caprlCouS changes
of fortune. and the revolutions OF all time
and to il | pledge a lifelong loyalty. For a
'hort distance, after leaving Camden, the train
ran through garden an Edcn-butit 1t was not
long before | was reminded that | was fallen,
and that my body was made dust OF the ground
with 4 tendency to 90 back TO its prlmorda
element. ior soon the train was flying through
sandy county with briery and bushyi oaSeS-
,Inintercsting, hot, end dusty. Sometimes the
ears would pass swamp, over whose black mud
ominouS contagious lay sprawIed out upon the
air.aud gowcred at the passengers with great
hollow eyes. After rapid ride the locomotive
whistled and was at Cape May, city. OF
hotels boarding houses, shops, and white
aproned negroes, Here the great Atlantic roars
its deep bass upon the beach in eternal mono
tone. Eleven clock each day, Is the regular
bathing time. From this hour to II o'clock,
the teach, fora mile in length, presents a
singular aud exciting appearance. Men old and
young, fat and lean, long and short, may be
seen diving, swimming, eaplug, Standing
and squirting, while the ceaselcSS break
era, lash, dash, and rol over them. An OF
server may see Old women, plnguld and macI
l,nt straight and otherwise, with braid and
r.riyi., lett ia the bathroom, tGmblng upon
ita >nrycs. while, ever aud anon, breaker
,,..;nr in uuou them carries them beyond dan
and sets them upon the Sanoy beach
.iircrinq and dripping. Scores OF young Ia
J.as ol.o nj this hour, may be seen bathing
.rj swimming and several OF them are exper
summers. Some Of them are heiresseS, hence
w,r, swimming heireSSes--Or, If you please
Hoat,og capi;al,-or, to pile pun upon, luI
with Titanic bravery and scale the throne
OF Comus himself an invested capital. Ha5
some bachelors | wot OF, been there, Will
Iai,h uuphehtcd, they would not have been dis
posed to have asked the hesitatiug and doubt
iu question, "CoLts 4ujd ogam the.
would have invested. Sometimes an uugallan
sur caring nothing Tor youth and beauty
rushing to the shore would bury a score o
lanshing taccS aud sparkling ewes beneath th
.altr wave, blnging 20 tie surface Two score
u twiuAling feet white as alabs-tcy, and beau
ifnl A. the hlcs which bloom on tho banks q
Elysian streams. Upon such occasions tn
Ncrcds grow jealous, mermalds wax cnyiou
nt limb and loot, and detcSt their h>hy tails
.p,mofsd Iritons forget the Oe,anidCs, an
Vows of ,oyc made in ocean caves, aud rI'dso
,y;,b l,inc in ocean shells; and all the it,
G.h wag their caudal fins with delight VI
termed this was the way, SAVING the detail
to regain M, health SO, rented flannel su
i,val color and wCnt b-'S--~ ,oq-sSo'
"i NY l. c,rrai with hoed aud tdoyn