The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1873-07-23

Mr.. EDITOR :--Since my, last letter, the
weather, which at that time was decidedly COOL
has become much warmer, and this has rem
dered bathing positive luxury. The waves
roll in with gentle undulating motion, just
sufficient to make you watch with interest
their coming, to avoid being upset by them.
What delicious sensation does this kind Of
sea bathing furnish Can any thing exceed
ita There is slight shock as you-pass from
the dorninion Of the air to that Of the water,
but when that is over, and you resign your
self to the motion of the rolling sea, new
life seems to pervade your system. If you
have the skill, strength and courage to go out
where the water is deep, and the breakers are
not SO abrupt, you can lie upon the top of the
water and permit yourself to rise and fall
as the waves advance and recede. and imagine
yourself child again, rocking in your little
cradle, kept in motion by the hand Of your
nurse. But as all earthly pleasures must
have an end, SO must you resign this one ;
and making your way amongst those whose
timid natures compel them to cling to the
ropes for safety, seek your little brown wealth.
erbeaten hut under the bank and entering
therein, discard your sea robes and by Wig
orous application of towels, restore the super
fetal circulation and create a healthy glew
over the surface of your body. After
clothing yourself, you can 60 forth, and OBJ
serve. AS youilook amongstrthe bathers, you
may ask yourself. Where are the buxom
danes whom you are accustomed to see in full
dress, gracefully promenading the verandas
of one of our fashionable hotels? Where are
the fashionably dressed beaux who attended
them, and so far as the human eye can dis
Germ are perfect models for tailor's sign?
You cannot distinguish your most intimate
friend. You see some one in a kind of nom
descript rig Of red or blue clothy wtha straw
hat tied with string under his or her chin to
keep the waves from washing it off. You may
form a shrewd guess who it is, but you will
not feel certain about it. The bathing cos
tune, to most folks is not one favorable to create
impressions of good looks. Such at least is my
opinion, derived from personal experience.
In the early part of the evening, some of us
hired carriage and took ride along the
beach down in front of the hotels, in the rear
of Gen. Grants cottage, which is not by far
one of the most elegant ones at Long Branch
There are several which exceed it in external
appearance, bat there are none which create
such universal interest Every stranger who
comes here, desires to say to his friends when
he gets home that he has seen Grant cottage.
On our return, the carriage drawn by the little
black ponies were standing at the door and /
was told that one Of the, young gentlemen
who were the occupants, was the second son
of Gen. Grant. The inevitable segar was in
his mouth. This is the only visible reseIn-
blance he has to his father. You may re-
member the newspaper account of the runa-
way of these same little ponies with his
daughter Nellie as she was driving out one
evening not long since. They ran through
some ones yard and dashed upon the veranda,
where they were brought to halt Gen.
Grants carriage, drawn by four fine horses, is
no unfrequent sight. There are many fine
turnouts here and one Of the most interesting
sights in the cool of the evening is to observe
the various styles of equipage, some drawn by
horses two abreast, and some tandem or one
before another ; some by mules and some by
very small ponies, and one or two by donkey.
The broad avenue is filled, and the wonder is
that where there is so much and frequently
such reckless driving there are not more acct
dents then there are.
In front of some of the hotels there are
bands discoursing music. Others have their
pianos, accompanied by violins or other small
Instruments making music suitable for
dancing for any one who seems Inclined that
way. Pleasure-seeking seems, indeed, to be
reduced to a science here. H.
In the mornings, a glorious sight is spread
out before the eyes Of him who can rise with
the sun. You look from the upper stories Of
your hotcl--if You are 50 fortunate as to have
room facing the east--out over the broad
ocean. AS the.snn rises each tiny wavelet
is tinged with its light, sparkling as with
diamonds. The idea Of immensely fills your
soul when you think that your vision is bound
ed only by the finite quality of that glorious
/ gift. You come nearer home, and observe
what at first appears to be specks upon the
water, but after watching them for a while
YOU discover them to be small boats, contain
ing, usually, three men. They are fishing, and
have been out there since the first dawn of
day. They look to be about mile or two
from shore. They generally return with their
Lcargoes about noon, and to person not ac-
customed to the sight, it is interesting to see
them come into shore over the breakers. 1t
is necessary to use the utmost caution to effect
a landing without capsize, especially If the
sea is little rough
But there are SO, many things, new and
strange, to one who has never been here, that
cannot find place to stop. | have not
told you anything ofsthe sociarside of the
picture, nor of the grand percentages who are
continually arriving and departing, nor of the
political infuence continually exerted here
of the architecture of the place-of the beautiful
natural scenery, and thousand and one other
things, each of which would furnish material
for volume CSiF an S,s,tis,.w ss,.t,
In no place in the world can American life
! be seen as 1t can be here. And no American