The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1877-07-11
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THURSDAY, June 18th, 1877.
Four o'clock a. NJ The ladies' are cook
ing breakfast, some of the boys are writing,
and some taking care Of eshorses. All seem
to have slept we'll, and all seem to be cheer
full. NAti@ N5vf{
Swelled faces--chiefy dependent upon the
borings Fitness deaced mosquitoes very
prevalent. / think we are all little pulled
II see weshave al been pretty well tapped
some perhaps 4 little worse than others. 1t
seems 4 strange circumstances that the best
looking persons in our party are the worst
bitten. But when we philosophize upon the
matter, we are inclined to the conclusion that
mosquitoes, like people, prefer the beautiful
to the homely. And there Is one in our par
ty that seems to have passed the hight5in per-
feet peace |
What is there in nature that has not its adj
vantaces !? We notice that among the people
who live here there are very few swlio have
handsome faces. In fact, my curiosity has
become aroused on this matter, and have
looked, and looked, and looked, and cannot
find one, ~-nob d single one. Iguess there are
but few such born here and these either, sue
cnnib TO the oft repeated tappings that they
suffer at the hands Tor rather at the probes
cis) Ct these biood-thirsty mosquitoes or be-
come transformed into such beings as have
faces SO hidcous as to make their blood dIsa-
ereeable to the. littlo Insects taste. tell you
we see some lieres u hideous that think
their blood would Wake mosquito sick at
the STOMACH, or qiye4 Sim. aholera morbus.-
If we were believers NJ the doctrine Of evoll-
ton, we could more eafily settle the difficulty
In making out the explanations why these
homely faces so generally appear here. 40
cording to the evolutionary doctrine, in the
struggle for life here, these homely ones alone
survive. Hence the population Is made up of
them. But, as greedy as the fnosquitoe is, he
is not more intent on blood than the people
who live here are upon money. Here stfang-
er is in {. fearful predican1entX AS soon as no
arrives, the mosquito persistpntly bores for
his blood, and these sharks more eagerly and
increasingly bore for his pennies.
10 o'clock, A. M. Can't tell whore we are
somewhere on the beach trst-rate place !;
plenty Of shells and good bathingsground.- -
We have made inquiry concerning our where
abouts and our mathematician says our lati-
tude is sufficient to allow of all the roaming
we can do for several hours and our longi-
tude enough to let us out into the largest
breaker. SO we are content !; and If any one
desires to know more particularly about 1t,
they can consult thcauthoritiess OK
Well, we have all been in bathing. And
now, what bathing What feelings It pro-
duces I! How it chills me See that big wave
coming How it swells how it rises see
its crest See 1t curl sec it pour see how
it seethes = Oh oh how cold; how cold
It is How it chills me And there is anoth-
er There it comes sec its spray how it
pours Oh oh how !--how cold 1t is l.
What foam it makes Here is another Z
Brace for it Now it comes now 1t breaks,
oh oh lhow hard it strikes us how it fore
cs us as though it would take us to the very
shore. But here comes another wave, and as
it breaks and recedes, we feel the under-tow
how it takes the sand from beneath our feet.
How it draws us toward the sea. Oh what
fun to battle. Break on old waves how
like to see your spray sec you seethe and
foam and how I like to brave YOU. How !
like to taste your spray, and hear your seeth-
ing moan Oh that lived by the sea. AS
We journeyed from Shoreville to Squankum
we observed many welltilled farms some
beautiful fields OF red clover some pieces o.
poor wheat some Of good rye nice thrifty
corn, and several pieces Of good timothy