, 1876-07-30
ON THE OCEAN WAVE.

RACINE.
ON THE OCEAN WAVE.
Snte9ut Correspondence of The Trfbane-
RACINE, July 29.-Capt. Frank Lowell, with
his usual urbaultv, rendered the services Of lis
steamboat and crew, and arranged thoroughly
enjoyable excursion to keuosha last Friday
night. The evening was 4 glorious one, and the
ride was appreciated all the more that the bold
''pirate'' was at the wheel. The placidity Of
the water rendered tributes to "Old Nep" un-
necessary; a few Of the fair passengers, how
ever, insisted on gazing sadly into the depths,
and could not beprevailcd upon to look heaven
ward. The guests who awoke the echoes on the
coast with 1'song and storv'' during the trip
were Miss Eva Ward, Miss Ida Bull, Miss Flora
Knapp, Miss Sallie Wild, Miss Emma Lowell,
Wickhan,, Miss Clara Wistcott, Miss Nettic
Bull, and Miss Kate Cooley, The
gentlemen we're Mr.. Frank Lowell Captain, Nr.
thur Husunn, Clarence snyder, charles Lee, Fred
Weeks, K. B. RELAY, the lion. n. J; Field. Y: =.
Duncombe, Charlie Van pelt, and Eugene 1lnll
. SON. the trip either way was male in the in;
credibly short time OF forty-1i minutes, and
accidents arc worthy OF note barring the embry-
otic fire that originated with and destroyed the
apparel OF Miss Eva Ward, but the moral adduced
exemplihes the fact thar tho sufferer" should at
amt ons' Tie entire part TOOK possession Of the
Grant House, where Billy the full band'' Of
our scruburbs, wrestled wheczy old accordion
with IN ingenuity native only to Italians, and the
rcvelers skipped hi.ariously through the mazes Of
the dance. Following the terpsichorran indul.
Giss eyes, da siausoS ue who be- sung Thc in
such 4 manner that the encore following demanded
'.Flvc O'Clock in the Morning, ~ whicn was also
Misses Farr, Stevens und Storey for their atfable
and genial efforts to maize tho visit pleasant
and all are anxious to repeat The experiment at an
early day.
A TALE OF ssGoD's ACRE"
Westward, and beyond the limits of the City OF
Racine, is located the picturesque and beautiful
somb1c cypress, and the gnarled oak moan solemn
IL in the ttful night winds. with none but the
spirits OF the just and the unjnst to hear their
whiepcrings after the shadows Of the evening have
gathered. 4 weird, lonly place ii is. even for 4
graveyard; get, when seen through the sumner
moonlight that makes mottled shadows unaer ' me
brooding trees, it is glorious in its gloomy beauty
spectral place it is though. in which 70 conjure
up poets drcan and few indulge in its super
Every sumner for many year. there has como to
our quiet town lady dressed in deep mourning,
who is yet young and very beautiful As the novel
st hath It. care and nase ers 9ear a n INN u
dencd with great grief stfange, mysterious
woman ehe is. with apparently NO friends or ac-
stays while on her annual visits On pleasant
evenings it has been her custom to take loug walks
in the direction of the country entirely alone from
which she invariably returned completely exhaust
ed. Her host and hostess looked upon this s1nSu.,
lar conduct as matter OF COURSE, and treated
her with unwayering Kindness. One even
as near sGhs ths usual ,s III e snt and The darkness
and threatening rain hurried the gentleman Of the
house in search Of ae he1 ~ MAINE aT ,pre
in every lurk nook on either sde Of Tue eerpsn, p,
tine pathway, he eagerly looked for the
wa until he found hes cold and nd 'naa3te ] 3sec on ma
turned to the cruel pelting Of the RAIN, ana Only
the sobbing winds her lullaby. Tenderiy was Ing
through days Of dclirium until able to return to
her own home for another season, and the N.Y., y,
that hdes the na %c 81 sab t'e on hc
is carved, sacred 10 the memory OF -.
GENTLE DAWLERS.
The base-ball mania has taken possession OF our
youno ladies to ouch extent that they threaten
Inc organization of an Amazonian Club One OF
their number, noted for success III catching nean3.
take her position Gfha tut oa taseh neSef
base before. An acknowledged belle ut all the
balls will play - short-stop, F." and stop SNORT al
nothing tcnans to her On II hi the cnb ap
selected Tor the ''outheld IN order 10 insure enc
capture OF all the ''tiics.'
4 coun1c of rowdies engaged in n rough and.
tumble light tho corner near the Alahu1actutets
National Bank last Monuay evening. Fora wonaes,
policeman was promptly on nana rdc and Of .nt.
ter-s sni1,ea hanging around that corner anyway. ap
parcntiy for no other purpose than 10 insult ~
spectable people, and IT they could 1e pfesaGu W.
on =, commit hari kari it would be blessing 10
lug comcert and festival wns held at Father Mathe"
n1 on eyeeq Il few Of
cieties had only tue energy Of Father Mathew" .i!
hock. your correspondent would mol oe o''ea ~
Iespair for the luck Ut items.
Tht. School Board had $nayl on Monday evening
last-u grand powwow as It were.
few of the leading society lades o. nain inst
Tuesday and went to Milwaukee, on bender: lne
- tcan-can was splendidly rendered Ill Inc caola'
The Young ladies' are busily ct work on splendid
s,anG of ro1ors for the 'Lathelcs. 1t is sumoTed
that the ..Amazon" will be called upon oy 'ne
Committee for she nav eeded that Main
.rcet hridce about which there has been SO mnch
wind will be placed .lGh
fhe river; just precisely where Ala. u!a7s sas-
cested that it should be two years ago.
Tns ncxy 1,antist Church. tnat threatens to De
magnificent building Y.a tte 9e Sos nnTeased an w.
,x;ncd rntrarc on the buts oyerlooking the !ake;
near fhe college. He can climo tne enpo!a aIu
survey more land and wafer enan a"e o'"~' ''' 'A
tue CITY e;[.Icns Wa occasioned IN city last
Sunday by the reported loss Of ne SheoGysan DE-
wacn here and Chicago. with all on board:
fay Of fie social lu,ninarlcs OF the Presbyte1an
rsn.eh ;rhnlred IN an old-fa.honcd pcnie tast
Tuesday. The ham sandwiches were 'e''eo a'
ne he rcsular practice NIGHTS Of the bfawny
s hefiy 5ne @aa and are are
nraass. a1 me ~;}h anxiety for the retG.n Of the
S3nS s1naea,, otss that Gg hey s,,,,n,
e feasstntst cty assad
as}es q, are archectra}ly designed the
as in other 50 odd u :es 18th
e5asrep tt euna.f ,Sat Of Woman
a1e9of 70 getting out Of
~ ~ - ,xesTer 70 indulge in startlinsly lns1n
ta5eon. jerk, a. if undergoing galSan'e sn'sA'
0tael last sundays Tines appeared about noe han
monrel dogEere 70 have been
sni1Isa H1'1ea ~ Gentleman who visiting OUT
esss' o. the tne 1n3Isa pa. u n
Geafa so passns maS rh Wbs1 sssf
credit being mofal fa aost went into
y eonyruisions anpsfinduced by expectancy when & ne
heard The hem His statement inat nd lns r.