The daily gazette., 1878-08-02
DOWN ON THE SEASHORE.
ANOTHER EXCURSION TO OCEAN CITY
A SURF BATH, A THUNDER STORM
AND OTHER SEASIDE VARIETIES.

- " hr DAii A Iht NDER SIORM
AND OTHER SEASIDE VARIETIES.
About eighty people left Wilmington
on the special Ocean City excursion train
Yesterday morning, the reduction of the
fare to two dollars for the round trip hav
ing the effect of inducing more people to
| rise early enough in the morning to take
this delightful trip. The train moved oil
promptly at five o'clock, and started
down the State amid the fog and clouds
which kept the passengers in doubt as to
whether they were to have clear or stor-
my weather for their excursion but
which at the same time kept down the
dust and cooled the air, this rendering the
| ride delightfully."- free from the usual III
conveniences.
Additional passengers were received at
the various stations, aud when the train
left Delmar there We're three hundred
persons aboard, two cars being filed by
the members of the Delmar NJ. T.. Sun
day School, who fixed upon this day as
the occasion OF an excursion to Ocean
City.
The train then sped on over the Eas-
tern Shore and Wicomico and Pokomoke
railroads, passing through country full
of interest TO the new beholder. Some
/ fine and fertile farms can, be seen, but
most of the land appears to be as poor AS
Jobs turkey, with people living upon it
whose apparent poverty is equal to the
character of their land. The cypress
swamp, near the Pokomoke river, is an
interesting sight, and of itself is almost
worth an hundred miles ride to see.
AT $50 o'clock the train ratified over
the bridge across Synepuxent Bay, and
drew up at the depot in Ocean City,
where it discharged its living occupants
upon the shining sands. The islanders
had made preparations for grand recep-
!, ,tion and parade in honor of the excur-
sionists, but owing to the miserable fail
| ure OF the arrangements the affair degen-
| Grated into procession comprising two
OK carts and half a dozen horsemen,
headed by brass band which boarded
the train at Pennington. This unique
process on ambled over a brief line of
march and then dispersed in disgrace.
The excursionists, meanwhile scattered
| around in search of amusement, which in
such an attractive place aSsOcean City is
not hard to be founi. Bathing was the
| first thought, and soon hundred persons
were tumbling in the surf in front of Ira
cey's Atlantic Hotel. The tide was MAX
ing in during the morning, and the surf
was unusually heavy, as many q luckless
wight learned to his sorrow, when he
found himself tumbling head over heels
up on the sandy beach.
Bathing and other amusements were
resumed, and the excursionists proceed
| ed to enjoy themselves most thoroughly
until the departure of the train.
One Of th4 favorite amusements at
Ocean City Is ten pins, and the ladies in
dulge TO a considerable extent in this
pastime. Yesterday afternoon there was
an interesting game in the Atlantic Ho-
| tel alley, the participants being Miss L.,
Miss w and two young gentlemen. The
young ladies rolled no6iy, making sever
| al clean strikes, and knocking the pins
around in manner that astonished the
beholders. Though inferior in strength,
in dexteritV and skill they were every
inch the equals of their manly competi-
tors.
The season at Ocean City is now at its
height, and all the hotels are well filleds
The tables at Messrs. p. Coyle g. Sons ex.
| cursion house are daily filled, while their
rooms are occupied by a stag party from
Wilmington, comprising Geo. Murphny,
MIlt. Solomon, j lanes A. Kelly, Ad.Lang,
Frank Lackey, Sam White, and several
Others. The boys are all well. Surf ba-
thing has made them rugged and hearty
The table of of the Excursion House has
supplied their appetites so satisfactory
that all are beginning to assume a por-
| pose-like appearance, and to think Sc
| riously of having their clothes enlarged.
The excursionists boarded tile train
and at five o'clock started homeward the
| trip was very pleasant, as far as Middle
| town, from which place the tain ran
through the terrific thunder storm that
prevailed in this city last night The train
met with no mishap, however, and
| reached this city at IL O'Clock. Mr. Eu-
gene Messick, one of the most accommo-
dating tficials of the Delaware Railroad,
was conductor, and General Agent Mills
| also accompanied the excursion.
These Ocean City excursions are the
most pleasant trips that can be arranged
| and low fare renders them cheap as well
as desirable. People who desire to visit
the b st watering place in America
should take them in.