Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1869-09-24

process, where you are after some patriarchal
old fellow who is down so Tar in the black
mud that its easier to pull him out that way
rather than dig so deep hole with the hoe.
You may get deep cut by coming in contact
with the sharp edges OF the shell at the mouth.
But that's nothing, for your reward is clam
of immense proportions, fat and juicy. Bas-
kets full turn about and return TO the ladies
who are anxiously awaiting the clans, every
thing else being in readiness. The bill of
fare consists of clam chowder, clans baked
roasted, brciled, fried ard scallopped, then
come the homemade dainties the fair ladies
have furnished from family stores. Pickles,
cold tongue, ham, cakes, pies, jellies, and
many other delicacies too numerous to men,
ton. The tables are laid in the grove. and
groan with the tempting display. Pretty
soon the youthful cook appears. approaching
the table under the staggering weight of the
immense tureen of smoking hot chowder, the
pretty waiter girls pro tempoTe hasten to
place the fried, baked, roasted, and scallop-
ped in their respective places and the least
begins. Soup first, the boys run about in all
directions CALAMITY serving their lady COM
panions, who are brim full and running over
with merrment, rosy cheeks and smiling
faces. Now upon these occasions the ladies
have their share as we'll as the gentlemen of
mishaps all constituting however part of
the days programme. Dianer being over
the ladies wash. and put away the dishes
while the gentlemen smoke. Then comes
the dancing which is maintained with great
gusto until il is time to embark in the hay
wagons" for home.
The usual seaside resorts, and White
Mountains became desolate quite sud-
denly owing 10 the alarming exodus of guests
occasioned by the spell of cold weather COM
ing so unexpectedly. Snow storm in the
mountains, and furries of snow in New
York, the weather chilly and cold AS a
consequence the season this year at all these
places is much shorter than usual. The pro-
fessional summer tourist usually passes July
at Saratoga, August at the mountains, and
about Oct. Ist The latest fashion for the
creme de Ia creme of society, is to hire a cot
tage for the season, and not to patronize the
hotels, which are the resort of shoddy, and
the common herd" Immense rents are
paid for the use of these cottages for the
brief term OF two months for which they are
engaged. One establishment at Newport
rents this season for seven thousand dollars,
and none are procnrable for less sum than
one tn ousand. 1 attended monster concert
at tie Coliseum few days since at which
were assembled thirty thousand persons.
This sea of human faces can be better mag
ined than described. 1t is now proposed to
dispose of the building by lottery tickets one
dollar cash.
I have also visited tho State Prison AT
Charlestown since my last writing and seen
six hundred convicts eat their supper, con-
sisting of loaf of bread and pint of coffee
each. The whole interior management of the
prison is admirably carried out upon most
humane principles by a corps of officers at
whose head is the warden. Particular atten-
ton is paid to the sanitary condition of the
convicts by the fine ventilation of the build
ing, and perfect regularity of living. Every
person confined within its walls is made to
labor regularly at some trade, and where one
is not a mechanic, he is at once apprenticed
in some of the numerous departments, ana
ere his term of Imprisonment expires he be-
comes first class workman. which is a capi-
tai to start him in the world The state fur
nishes 10 every convict upon his discharge
new suit of clothes and ten dollars in money
So that with his trade he is furnished with
the means of earning an honest livelihood in
the future if he chooses.
W. II. g.