Middletown transcript., 1871-07-22
CSryespomdsnes Of iAe Mddiform Trasserip',
"OcsAS HousH," LKwEs. DEL.
July 10. 1871.

Dcar Transcript:--l have but little
news TO report from this quarter. De-
partures Quot the new" onc) and arriv-
ale constitute the staple OF interest daily.
while the guests Of tho Ocean House per-
tiunciously continue the routine Of fishing.
riding around, bathing, and gathering
beautiful pebbles. and sometimes Cape
Nav diamond or so ON the smooth white
sand Of the beach Your correspondent
has made bathing his speciality during bis
brief visit, hnstrniug to close. The ef-
feet of tho salt water with him has been
almos, miraculous, relieving hin, Of pain.re-
moving dispepsia, and giving rcspecta,,
bio appetite to one who has not enjoyed
food for nearly year. ! hrmiy bci'even
month longer spent in this vicinity, and
under this regimen would give permanent
rcstnra,iun-hut. necessity knows no law.
ana | leave on Saturday. Tor home. The
number Of guests at the Ocean House is
steadily incr, a,ing--and Walter Burton,
the proprietor, is doing all he can to make
his house an agreeable abiding place for
his patrons The improvements are stead
ily and rapidly going on. The bath hou-
| stS DU Tue utuCu I""'sN' w " "'''S
from the Hotel, are now inish,d. and the
strange, aud sometimes fantastic dress
es Of the ba,hers may be seen n alnos, any
hour of the morning or evening. filled
with live humanity. bobbing up and down
in the embrace of the wnoing breakers.
Burton has jus, returned from New York.
with a new and full supply of furniture
for the hitherto unfinished portion of the
building. so that every guest will have
comfortable and neat chamber TO reposc in
after the weary rilc on the railroads.
We now have New York steamer cv-
cry day. and visitors from that great Ba-
bel not infrcqucnlly ran down to Lewes,
breakfast and dine, and return at night.
Some wag got holl Of the register Of
, the Hotel on Sunday and entered upon
It's pages the following arrivals, much to
amusement Of the guests anl the wonder
Of the outsiders, viz:
.la,ncs Fisk. .Jr. aud Horace Greeley
| Of New York Brigham Young, Sal, Lnks
City: Wendell Phillips, Boston; and u
{ f Butter. Lowell. Mass. We shrcwdly
suspect n un-loving Philadelphia young
gentleman Of perpc,ra,ng the joke.
~ Iiouis ~ W'h " Ni'' N'H'N' ~ WV ~
Z, ccan House, by \ Srrculr E'q and fam
y ily Mr. ~ Il Collins and family con
e .is,ing Of self, wir, and two sons Mrs
; MoarIouss and child; AMI William II
Hamilton. Esq wife, and three young la
IS dies Wilminlt n sends ono in the per
!, son Of Mrs Dr Nulana with her hrauti
If f.l little boy. The Philadelphia Ear j
o ably represented here hy two Of her ac
. complishci lawyers, Charles j. Gibbons
: E,q. with his family,) and II + Hay
y ward, E.q. The presence Of p'easan
a company gives zrN TO our cigars an
e. evening and inern.,g chat IN the porch
anl our little evening gatherings in fron
; Of the Hotel Each seems to try to civ
Of his quota towards the sum total Of our en-
of jnymcnt. and the consequence is we hay
to good Time Of it generally.
DO Mr. YIN j Shields If Germantown
p. Pa. and Rtv DR. Mctahc Of Mllllctowr
k. Del. practice rigiils ihc culd salt bath .
,hcmsrlv,s both have been subject
r. rheumatism, and both profess TO BE- bent
i'll ii,rd by the process. They rise before Il
nd sun g, down to The beach and lnton'lnel
~ plunge in clad in the costume worn
Au4a. minus the apron, aud they con
ou, refreshed and re-uyigorated.
,r- The masons here expect TO have larl
OF crowd present Mt the laying of the corne
inr stone. and dedication Of their new Ha
,ro tomorrow hope they may hot be di
in appointed bn, fear they will Fresh a
hi. rival-. as | close Til. dision,cd cri
SO tie, give evidence tia, the HSean lloa
his is becoming popular -" So mote i, be :"
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