The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1873-08-04

bathCrs, lciEurely aud much at ease ria
ing above tho surface in play with tbI
waves? They are porpOises from 5 II
10 feet long, and very numerous
throwing first the head and then the
tail up out Of tho water into the sun
light. Dathers pay no attention &c
them ; they are in fact harmless, but
they bring over your thoughts suggos'
tious Of sharke-gentlemen alwayi
ready to feed on better flesh than Their
own, There are, however, no shark
in these breakers, they do net come
10 rough water; still stray ono might
DO navigating around in this latitude.
There is no danger in bathing; ladies
aud little girls battle alone with safety
mot so fur out as expert male buthCrs,
but far enough to reap the full benefit
Of the waves. The ocean aoOr is fine
sand, solid, without q rock or even
she'll, as smooth to tho feet as down,
aud slopes away very gently; only the
utmost imprudencs brings danger.
There have been cases Of drowning, but
always owing to gross imprudencO or
iutoxication. At Long Branch and
other places, they have what lis call d
I'uudertow," aud there is danger Of
being washed out by it; it is unknown
here, a fact which strongly recommends
this place over many others. Here the
waves break and spread out on the
wide, gradual beach making no dan
gorous rcaux known as "undertsw."
Here, too, the breakers arc moro mod
crate than at many other places l
have seen tho ocean elsewhere, but
never moro favorably than here, Ev-
cry time you walk to the beach you feel
tho same interest; your lungs swell
with the fullness Of tho fresh ocean
breeze, you experience an unwonted
ezhilaration, yonr dullnsss aud slug
gishness have left you, you are aglOw
with life. Look around Men have
como down to tho sea and built these
palatiul hotels which lift their orests
over its wat ers; people almost in thou
sands line tho beach. These thousands
have often seen the sea before /; yet
hero they arc day after day gazing over
tho broad expanSo as man always has
gazed, aud always will gaze, on The
face Of the ocean. Standing hero you
realize more forcibly than ever before
that this ocean you SEQ before you roll.
away its mighty depths to Europe and
Africa. from tue ice Of the polar North
to the ice Of the polar South, to lands
immortal in the history Of mankind in
holy and prOfauc writ, lands where
empires have lived aud died, where
man has risen from darkness aud gloon
into the glorious light Of to-day. AL
things else on earth have changed
ocean is the same. Standing at THU
shore one can understand why Byron
wrote:
"Timo writes no wrinkles on thy azure brow
Such as creations dawn beheld, thou rollest
now.
Thou glorious mirror, where the Almighty
form
Glasses Itself in tcmpcSts; In all time,
Calm or cOuvulscdi In breeze, or gale, oil
Icing the POLE, or in the torrid cline
Dark hearingi bOundlcss, endless, and sub
lime,
The image Of eternity, the throne
or the Invisible; eTea from out thy slime
The monsters Of the dOep are madei eael
Zone
obcys thee; thou gocit forth, dread, faith.
omlesr, alone"
Every afternoon aud evening at the
Stockton, Dodworths', and at Congress
Hall, Haaslcr's celebrated bands give
public free concerts. Splendid bands
they are! What would the crowds dc
without them? While playing, the
whole ofCape May seems sitting IN the
great hotel porticoes aud lawns listen.
ing. Every few days witness an OK.
cursion Of Odd Fellows, Red Men,
knights Of Pytlius or some othOr or
ganization from tho cities. In few
days the 9th Maryland regiment from
Baltimore is to oncamp here for q
week, with their Silver Band, whose
instruments alone cost $1,000. What
do our Weston Band boys soy 10 this ?
1t seems to US a useless extravaganza.
The coming Of this regiment is looked
forward to with great expectation, and
will be enc Of the prominent features Of
tho season. II. i.