Juniata sentinel. [volume] (Mifflintown, Pa.) 1846-1873, 1873-08-06

mannoOo AT this place would have to ln-
dulge their boating proclivities. As the
water matter stands all that we can do is
to read accounts in the newspapers Of
bow the young men Of other places,
where water facilities, naturally or arti-
ficially made. exist. develope themselves
from puny nothings into tough, sinewy,
gigantic specimens Of manhood.
This health giving. muscular-develop.
ing and brain-e1panding exercise is by
its devotees said to be very great i'm
p,ovement on such old fogy exercises as
cutting wood, or any other OF the mus
cular exercises or industries by which
the people live and besides that it is a
great deal more genteel to sit in a boat
tugging at pair Of oars as if life were
at stake, dressed in tight pants and
closely fitting shirt, so that all of the
elevations and depressions of the body
may he distinctly seen, and the develop
ment of the different muscles day by day
carefully noted. Barring modesty. it is
a splendid sight for the artistic eye to see
people dressed a. nearly naked as they
can be without being in that natural
state.
How we all sigh when we read of the
boat races-Regattos- of the College
boys and sporting fraternity. and feel as
if We belonged to the most isolated of
communities. Cannot some one build
dam or construct "lakeletl
With such growing. present day no
tions, it is no wonder that the villagers
here have been on the lookout for Cloud,
the "oarman." who is rowing his way
through rivers and canals and riding on
railroad cars, from Philadelphia to New
Orleans, ever since he left the former
place With such notions of pleasure
and of the method of physical training
it is no wonder that Cloud has been more
talked of than the great fires that almost
daily devastate our towns and cities, and
entail misery aud ruin on thousands.-
What are such calamities compared to
muscular development and healthy ex-
ercisc. Fires and cholera and other ca
lamities are evils that come BY accident,
filth, carelessness and the hands of bad
men, but muscular development comes
only by hard work.
Everybody" wanted to see CLOUD
Ga Monday a despatch something
like the following was read in the vii
age:
"THoNrsoETowN. Aug. 4.
Glands on third track repor; Cloud as on
his way up the canal. lie may be expected
at Miffin at about o'clock this evening"
That was enough At about the hour
designated people of all sizes. colors,
ages and conditions in life congregated at
the canal bridge, that being the place
from which tue best view of the ap-
preaching bOa:man could be had A
huud.cd boys, moro vr Tess, as Tire law
yers say when they are not exactly sure
of their number, has!ened down along
the canal to meet and greet the hero on
his weary way. A depu.ation of onr
distinguished young citizens. consisting
of Thomas j. Frow, just, in from Texas,
E. S. Parker, banker. and VIM. j. Jack
man, one Of the editors of the Demo
crat and Register. sauntered down the
towpalh, overaowing, as all others were.
with good feelings, to tender the hospi-
.alitv and freedom of the village to the
=, ,m;og msn." Soon shout from the
I'D Inc of boys heralded the boat
m Doopproach, and the next instant a
b b'tan.siith small red flag Auttering over
ia Prov, shot around "the bend" into
view. A large man was its only occu
pant, and he tugged hard at the oars
He was evidently much fa;igued, for his
boat zigzagged across the canal from side
to side, aud occasionally he almost missed
a stroke. As he drew nearer boy on
the bridge shouted, That's a black
Cloud that's the Patterson barber, the
balloonist, the rope walker!'' And then
followed shout Of mirth and uproarous
laughter. The disappointment was taken
good hurnoredly; but the Professor, not
knowing how the burlesque aud sale
might be received, rowed his boat to
Elders wharf, one hundred yards below
the bridge, and there landed and walked
up Water street to his house. AS he
sauntered across Bridge street the. crowd
that had congregated there greeted him
with cheers, which he recognized by
raising bis hat number of times. 1t
was "tip.top" burlesqus on the Regat-
ia business. and the people saw it. If
we had boat club it would about row
them out of existence.
While all this was taking place the
real Cloud was on the cars between this
place and Altoona, going to the latter
place as fast as the Fast Line could con-
vey aim. The Clouds have passed and
ID we have calm. If the
-. oyc IT. ";Sown, perhaps Clouds feat
is d, .-ere IF sell as was Professor
Robinson's.