Wilmington daily gazette., 1874-07-16
FROM THE BEACH.


A PLEASANT RIEE-APPRARANCE OF THE
CRnP5-wHAT A PASSENGER THOUGHT OF
THE "FOURTH" AT DovER-AT THE BEACH
IMPROVEMENTS AND GENERAL APPEAR
ANCE-ARRIvALs, &c.
FROM tie Gazette's Speciat Correspondent
REHoBoTH BEACH, DEL, July 10, 1874,
Having gotten upon the train at the depot,
yesterday and having secured seats for our
ladies', the conductor cried "all aboard and
on we went at lively speed for Rehoboth
Inc ride was very dusty, but we thought of
The good time coming" and were comforted
accordingly.
The crops looked well all the way, accord
ing TO the land ability in the respective To-
cailtles. We noticed marked neglect from
last year in the cultivation of the peach or
cbards, they looked like the "barren fig tree"
The following conversation was overheard
between two gentlemen sitting Just back OF
us:
swell, John, l have heard so much about
the Fourth" in Dover that 1 don't know
whether to believe it all or not. Ii YOU were
there please give me tho correct account OF
it,"
"Well, in the first place, they had bill stuck
| up all over the country headed with thes,.
| flaming words :-'DoN'T COME TO DOVER on
| THE 4rH, and then went on to enumeratr the
many sights, fights and exploits to come oil ou
| that day. got to Dover early in the morn
ing and the town was brimming full, not
place to put horse and scarcely standing
room ON the streets. l went out to see the
| great base ball match aud it was very ba,r
100 Such game was never Witnessed hy
mortal man. Those Dover boys didn't play
worth shlcks. The Milford boys just clsanel
taem outright. Only think of il, to Gl
| They licked 'um once and they can lick 'um
agn.'"
| "Why John, what n game-soId again"
| well, you know where the old fair ground
| used to be-abOut n mile from Dover-u was
very near that place where they sold the hon
est citizens OF Delaware by the thousand
And more than that, you could not get out
unless you rode in hack, for il you walked
! The hacks would cover you over with dust
The first thing that came after dinner was the
masked parade which was formed of men with
1alse,faces looking like monkeys, dogs mules,
whiskey barrels, cats, creased pigs and all ut
Darwin's lineal descendants"
| "Such sight-sOld again.
"Ihe next was the race after the creased
pig. Each contestant was to pay 25 cents
After an hour 8 search and begging, one man
was found who paid his % csnts, The pig,
having been shaved, was now creased all over
and let loose. 1t stopped stock still. The
man went for it-it ran through the crowd
and creased every one it touched. The mau
caught it before it had gone quarter of a
mile"
Such a contests sold again"
linen came the sparring between King and
DoDaphan- We have seen many a better
show than that. They commenced to sell
tickets Tor The sparrinH III the morning, say
ing, that any one who had Mt a ticket could
not see 1t, for II was to be in the Dover tent
The ring was formed and the fighters were
ready, but they were still selling tickets at b.
cents, saying that it was to be in the tent.
There was no tent on the ground. TEey wait
ed and waited, and sold and sold the tickets
crying Only one ticket left and the SPAR
ring will soon begin After the people saw
the game they would not buy any more. The
sparring took place right in the open field"
| What an affair-Sold again"
After that nearly all the people left the
| ground, but they had few foot:races and
jumping contests, which, to say the least. Were
the little end of nothing whitfield down to "a
| fine point"
"Sold again"
| ii expected 10 see some hing in the evening Tor
| they were going 10 have tire works, u hop aud
good music, but the st.rm knocked all that In
| the head
"Weli, John, talk about cock tights, dog fights
| cat h" hts, but man lights and man-a -and-lig-
fights. get by all 1t were IN Oregon 1 would
lot think anything CT it, but right here IN Do
YER Are thuTe no orators there Could they
not have any speeches on an occasion like the
ith OF July Ii II had been where the Sauis-
burys were young they would have had sperchrs
it it Were nothing but one Oi Willsrd's temper
ancc speeches."
sand that's not all, Dick, l got caught In the
rain, and had TO stay all night l thought they
had temperance laws, but At the hotel they sold
| whiskey 10 drunken men and boys. There were
boys there not Is years old As drunk as they
could be- | ssked gentleman why they al
lowed sneh Why they gave the license Z He
said that Fountain would leave the hotel Al he
could not sell whIskey, aud they (namiug the
ladies and gentlemen OF Dover signed the peti-
ton"
"a poor excuse that no excuse AT ALL John
Are the ladies and gentlem oil Dover TO sacrifice
their reputation. the lives and sonls of their
young men aud young women VIII they ai-
low such to go on in their midst uDreproved :
es, there Is not one OF them who dares to say
u xord execute justice. / lear that they do
not do their duty. We viii seq next Fail WHO
signs the petitions"
We arrived al Lewes where all rushed for the
hacks aud were soon landed at our destination,
1t does good once more To be on Reboboia n
| Beach and hear Old ocean roll and 10 he tannc,i
by the cool. geute zephyrs from her agitatr.l
, bosom, 10 SEE the many happy faces that have
| shaken OH the cares and duties OF everyday lie
/ and come 10 enjoy themselves Tor week at this
beach, which, in the estimation of those that
know, ia the best one on the coast and bids fsiI
, TO one OF the most fashionable summer T,
- | sorts.
| There las been quite q number of improve
ments since last year. Tho grading has been
;goina on rapidly. They have erected wde and
very high porches around the Surf House ant
4 converted the fourth story into room withs doom
, er-windows.
and Land plank walk eight feet wide IRON til,
, Surf House to the beach, aud down the shore Ic
. l,ehoboth avenue.
Let no one entertain fears OF not getting &C.
D comnodations, for, though the Surf House Is
A full, the boarding tents upon the ground hav,
= almost an unlimited capacity.
ri The Odessa tent. T. Wiley proprietor, i
ll0xa5 feet, parttioned into rooms, nicely dite,