National Republican., 1877-07-16
WiTERING-PLICE NOTES.

Now and then Lady Godiver Is seen in the
surf
Wide.brimmod chapeaux are in order on the
beach.
Bathing shoes with metal soles full of eye
lets are the thing for the seaside.
Senator Randolph and Hon. Fernando Wood |
have arrived at White sulphur Springs.
Only one of the Long Branch hotels has |
white servants and that is the United States
The wife of the late Commodore Wander
bilt will arrive al hotel In Pttsheld, Mass,
Berkeley Springs hotels are now shetering
Baltimore.
From Sharon the news is so depressing as to
prosperity that 1t has been finally decided not to
carry II to Mary.
At Saratoga every lady in tho morning first
turns herself in the glass, and then goes and turns
a glass into herself.
Young ladies at tho hotels are grumbling be-
cause they have to dance with each other as there
are no eligible young men.
There is no profit in those people who eat
terrible meal and then carry away about ten dol
lars worth of food from the table
There is no important news from Niagara
this week: The hotels have good transient trade
but very few permanent bOarders.
All travellers will rejoice to hear, on tho au-
thority of the Niagara Falls Gd,ee. that the hack
men Of that place are doing poor business this
summer.
John Robinson, aged eighteen years, and
yacht from Albany to Fast Long BRA nch last week.
They intend 10 make voyages of this kind through.
out the summer.
Tho body of Charles A. Pearce, who was
above Niagara Falls week ago, was rescued from
| the whirlpool On Friday last The body was en-.
| lrcly nude with the exception that there re-
mained about the neck a collar and Crayat, and
| upon one foot stocking.
Tent life Is much favored at Asbury Park,
on the New Jersey coast, although the inmates do
not scrulle to fill the tents with furniture. During
A. hItt.
costing In the aggregate SlOOOOD have been built ut
the park, One OF the greatest enjoyments Of the
| place Is boating.
Hotel proprietors at Coney Island, Rock
away and at scA.bathng resorts along the shore Of
| Long Island Sound declare that they have lost
much money this summer through the habit of
| every other visitor bringing lunch to appease
hunger. instead of depending upon the hotel res
| taurant for food.
Pcrry's Cave, near Putin Bay, Is an inter
esting natural curiosity. It Is about twelve by If
Wherever there is depression In the aoor the roof
projects downward correSpondingly: Near the end
Of the cave there is small lake, where waters rise
and fall with those Of Lake Erie
Baltimore, during the last four years, has
established seaside resort Of its own Il Is called
Ocean City, and Is situated In Winchester county,
one Of the counties Of the Eastern shore of Mary.
land that face upon the ocean. There are now Ave
large hotels in the place, all now well filled with
BalImoreans The beach ,, is an excellent one and
blowing The pestferous mosquito has not yet
made the city one of his summer resorts
One hundred and fifty persons from Law.
| renee, Mass, assembled Mount Washington, In New
Hampshire, one day last week; One OF them in
| quired Of the signal service officer what was the
greatest velocity Of wind ever recorded on the sum
init of the mountain The officer said that the
most furious storm was on December l6. 1876 AZ
| a m. that day the recorded velocity was 80 miles
an hour; at T. % II was 10; at M 100 At II %
| y. ~ lSD The officer was Of the opinion that the
rate 200 an hour was reached during the following
night.
Bedford Springs in Pennsylvania, was
named Bedford after Duke. OF Bedford In The
year lTji. In the year l7is the allied soldiers o
| Maryland Virginia aud Pennsylvania, numbering
5000 men, ma'chcl through II on their way 10 cap.
lure Fort nUVUc'ne In tho "ESpcy House" still
tuIy in ls;7. and in l7G Washington used tho
house a. hi> headquarters Whit marching To sub
, duet WHISKY msurrGc,i0n' IN Western Penn
, syl,uu!h IN 1901 the celebrated springs were dis
, covered. Politicians have much heqMenied The
place chief among whom were James Buchanan
Andrew Il, Curtin and simon Cameron.
Adirondack travellers will appreciate thes'
remarks Of the Golden RUE on the baCk.hy: There
Is such an insect as the black.hy IN the Adj ron
! daCkS lie Is AqUiet orderly little fellow, kGTt
worker who goes steadily about his business RnC
E earns his living by constant nPp' .i!"n. he con
, stanCy Of his affection Is TCmRrkHn,r once having
; formed an attachment he never deserts You, -
, cngs To yuu until death do you part II, Is I.o
l by ANY mvRl,, y gouTmHnd. lie has ta'tc, eEC
dlsCriminatrs. His iaNOfIlo feeding spot is JUS
back of the rnr, although In Ca'e Of necessity he II
satisfied with the nO.c. He l:ECN large nose an,
we have never seen Oi.C 20 small that lie could 10
make II larger In less than two days We saw
nose last SummeI-at least We sGIposo Il was
nose the man who owned II said |, was-that wa
30 enlarged that the gentleman expressed PfaYt
/ doubts rs To his ever being able 10 take II hOm
! with him We are inclined To think thai he sue
7 CerdCd for wien we came uU we head OF iha
nose until we reached NNTiin' where We were toIC
lltOOk the stage fol PAltssG!B,