Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1879-07-24
uaCOttage by the Sea,

Hsys peHeSo HudI lucy see liz W. 1NrSp~fo'
remark you Rave probably heard before. l
remember seeog tracts from nearly all the
Virgitia papers las: fall sha! cyclone bad
passed over this island With devastating results,
and tia! the ocean had Iisan 10 lis majesty AID
wrath AID Inundated this resort, leaving not
g vestsse Of na.'s handlIoIk b!tlod. There
vas 10. wtrl cf truth 10 these reports. The
tide did Use somc six feet higher and SWEPT
over Tie low srouGds Of the Island, and that
was all. Ooly oDe sheep Ct all the cattle eere
wss les. II happened 10 the night. ard the
pee PIE residing here did not kaoW IT the f)od
until The utxt mtrolng-tbst Is the heavy
s!eereis cid &C.. Such ao The p!eio tao's 1t the
case. atd yet met Poop 10 at Old Polot who
advised ms not 10 come here, for half OF tie
isl.ud wss swept away, and the other hall
might 90 at any moment l suppose there
mus. BE- soDc persons who Wart TO bresk rp
the cs;ablstmcut fer rcssoLs Of their oWO, aud
they !.ai,ly do iok s,auochy 10 their OH
yiual TALL. They follow c!cs :ly The advice that
D.clo7 Ssuglado gave his pupil: My SOD, said
be, when you Tell lie tell good enc. Whcn
you tell coed ooe stick to il.
can not coosciaDtiou5Iy recommend this 70
sort 70 people VINO iatend visiting here, except
those tocd Of sporting. | will lairly SUN W
tho adylr!agts fis5 and The disadvantages
afterwards, as the condemned teon remarked
about haugiDg as he drained his gas of cog
| pao on tho gsIlnws. 10 the first place there Is
the finest surf b,thing on the contlrcDt tcuDd
| h,ra, aud il is perfectly safe, there being no
| utd-rtoW. The col king is good and there is
| an abundu1c. Of foe fish and oysters oittcty
| FROM The occap, though there are 20 veeeta
bcs. The air is cool and inVlgorati0g, ADD II
is oeyer suIIry or hot, but always cool aud com
tcrtable. The servants arc polite aud scc)m-
nodai6e. TO person brok.D down By work
who desires rest and freedom f:om restraint,
koow If 10 place superior to This. You Gao
dress al you please here, and every enc follows
bis or htr oen f.scy. This is healthy place,
aad there are to mosqustoes at all. Ard now l
cnd the good points, aud must wife OF the
drawbacks. |. IS tie last place % earth for 10
v,Iids. for there is 20 doctor Oh the i:l.nd. Ooe
eff the guide little children fell i'll day or Two
ESQ ana &c had 10 scud over to the mainland,
miles asay, for doctor aud to obtain the sinp
lest medicines. Ii Is cistiy aud expensive get
sing here, hLd lt is v.ry inaccessible. You
have to 20 via Old Poiu!, ADD from there II
cusIs Sc fir return nip Then IL is most
tcdiJus route. The steamer leaves eli passen
gers eu route for the isatd a! Cherry stone.
There you wait 40 hour crowded 10 ED nubu
| laocu iu The hot sun while the mail Is bang
lifted, sertri aud delivered. Theu you Ir,Vel
socie Fir miles along sandy road at snail S
pace u0,iI you reach lapdlog, where ycu lad
sailboat III waiting to take you 10 tho island,
some seven CT tea miles distant. II the Wind
is fair il is p :lsant sill, bat it 1t is either
ci!u or q bead TlLd lheu you will have TO h9lst
.hr,lf and nj nu
lieocn, FIR It may be hours before yGu arrive.
The water here is bad. II is ciscrn water, but
70. filtered, eGd is lu!l OF inprrllcs. and &C.
pcaders sumw=r complaints Tho black tlies
c5uld htvo lner numbers lesscrcd without ia
teeu!irs With the comfort Of the guests, but
90 Steps II: 6kcn to eXttrniOate these pests.
| There arc TO Recommendations t)r bi!heEs, tx
cap. y sua!! hcusc. There Is DO servant 10 at.
seadatc., aod you have TO bring your own wa,
ter furnish sour own towels and bathing sui,s.
Tncu tho most tEiag evil is the irregularities
o: tbs mails mean mails, and Got males
| Oac mieht be cooduued, but the Other could
nct. 1t frequently takes week or ten days to
receive lsitcr, sud there is 90 means Of hear
iup .fon !:ieoGs or receiving business letters 10
lime &c ags.7:r then. o. course the proprie.
! tors IL this isianG tr. Dot responsible Tor that.
| ocIiev, | Eure tioishcd my jeremlad. l
dislike 10 write asaias; this plac.. for person
| ally the CobDs 1T, irerd5 OF mine, but guests
| tt publ, TatcIlog p!ac, have rights as well
ss Tie prot rietois, fic! that may OF them
k, end when visitor pays lis board ho
has right TO expect to get tho Tslue OF bis
money. Every watcliog plac, is conducted en-
tlrely for the public, cod i. is tu: simple JUS
tIcc for the people TO koow what sort OF lace
ley are coiGE TO-, sld the proprictor5 ought
| rI t.ir hfu
themselves to remedy the evils and to make
their gu SIS Comfortable an appreciative pubic
vi reward then by al inoress,d patronage,
| but If he oHDers OF these resorts will n-
sist On running in their old grooves, utterly
unmiudiu and uDcsriUg of the wishes,
vans AID desires ct the visitors, and only car.
| ing 10 make Uoacy out of their victims. then
! they must eEp:ct the truth to be told, aud soon
or or later an Indignant people will let them
severely aloDc. The Cobbs do not understand
how 10 run seq side resort This is entirely a
place for sportsmen who can rough il; the
| Cobbs can understand their wants. and will
make them perfectly satisfied. aud | can hon
csiy say that for shooting aud Gshog there is
no place that tqus's tho IsIard, 10 the middle
States the 6sbiog is foe, the shootiug is splen
| did. | have boon Gu; every daY this week, and
shooting over dccoys 90 one tide hAvo never
banged less than two dozen tide, of some two
hours duration, and one day | killed sixty-five
sea fowl. and on some favorable days the score
c,n easily be iun up over hundred. | think
that this lsIand can be made the most popular
watering place in this country it bias superior
advantages over aoy sea side resort have ever
! vis j,snd some enterpIi.iog moo, or company,
will yet make great fortune GU. Of it. Il wants
q new hotel. cottages, wharves, walks. arocrs
cisterps, lights, a ttegrsphic cs5le, steam COM
muuicalioo with Cd Point, and direct mails
Wteo money has purchased oil these things.
,h-D there YOU be such rush here as would
no uDexampled, AID it would be the Long
B:arch Of the South. AS things aro DOW the
whole Island is goiog 10 wreck and ruin The
Rchmood House has tuubled do8o from age,
and now lies o mass of shattered tnbtrs aud
moudcriog walls. aud the Old tavern cannot
fight time longer than ton years more. for it is
getting rather shsky and iutirn, and some fine
day il too will qui7er, tumble aud then 80 down
With a crash, like its neigbbor, tho Richmond
House.