The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1874-09-03


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her, Tho ,sip gut ibrurh the uau9ws
was accompanied ~ asaG sea breeze,
which was greatly appreciated by as
Acw Workers, - you may suppose
Ia fact il was cold, Be cold that 81
oveaoat would haze heea . comfort.
bEt the healtbiul iuduences Of the
breeze made ii very enjoyable after
breathing the sitting air Of tbe crowd
cd city While passing Conoy Island
my attention gas drawn 30 several
groups o. people upon the beach, and
was asked GI knew what thoy were
doing unooontly replied that / sup
posed that they bad caught some big
fish, but was Informed that they were
engaged iu the little game Of three
card monte, the principal point Of
which is now you see it and now you
don't sec it. " /. q your money which
is, I allcrwarIs learned carried on to
Il considerable extent npou this se(aJ-
cluded isle, owing entirely to the ine1i-
cheney Of the police. a..
Presently signs fife upon the ocean
wave began TO appear, in the shape Of
hcte and there a person ready to die,
80 sick Do not pass over this lightly
dear reader, but kindly drop a sympa-
thetic tear symptoms Of the same
we've gradually creeping over me, and
my head began to whirl, teeth to chat
ter, stomach to ache, aud Immediately
| sank upon the nearest chair, my eyes
closed, my fists clenehed battling with
inward emotions, when Neptune
House, fine bathing, excellent table" Y
&c, &c, was heralded by man close
to my aching head I.stalted, opened
my orbs and saw that we had effected
a landing at the famed house above
named, and in less time than it.takes to
write this, / was out and fully estab
lished upon terra frma, lay sickness
vanishing instantly, and an inordinate
desire for something TO eat taking place
in the affected organ heretofore allud-
ed to- Accordingly ! started for said
Neptune House feeling confident that
| could do justice to any and all good
les therein contained. While passing
the Jolly clam bakers ] heard the order
given for 100 dozen CLANS, (baked, Of
course), After seating ourselves in
the dining room we modestly put in
our order for two dozen each Of the
precious bivalves, and after patiently
waiting for an hour, we were on the
point Of increasing OR order to four
dozen each, when the over worked
waiter came Juggling along with two
tin pans containing a formidable pile
OF smoking shells, longing glance at
which served to weaken our thoughts
of increasing the order. We immedi-
ately proceeded to put ourselves out
side of them--not the shells or pan
and were amply paid for time lost in
waiting We next took a stroll upon
the beach, and were much. pleased by
seeing men, women and children dis
porting in the briny deep A desire to
place myself in the arms Of Nep pre-
scented itself so to one Of the bathing
houses / went and was soon arrayed in
a gorgeous suit of well worn ticking,
and must have cut dash with my i'm.
posing and grand figure The effects
of a briny bath are very invigorating
when taken externally, but an internal
application is not especially recon-.
mended, and as by accident | partook
in the latter way win not speak Of its
pleasures, suffice it to say it may he
better when iudiciously taken Even
bathing has its attendant dangers
Besides being carried out by the un-
der current, there is q possibility ofbe
iug goabicd by sharks A friend whom
we met there having had an exciting
contest with one Of these monsters Just
before our arrival While standing
upon the dock lac noticed large shark
proving around the boat landing
Immediately crowd collected and
one person becoming excited struck
him with an oar Air. shark then quiet.
~ swan out short distance. Ny
friend and another person quickly seiz-
cd "a boat and made chase, and when
nearly overtakcn they gave him a few
lead pills from a Smith q Wessou, at
which he was seen 70 turn upon his
back. Surprising bin dead they quiet.
ly aowed nearer him, but were greatly
surprised at the hostility which was
displayed and the rapid advance made
by tbe shark with opened jaws and
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