Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1879-07-22
Letter From Long Branch.

| Correspondent G, of tho Alexandria GaZ ettc.
LONG BRANCH, July 81. l079.-Ftom my
last letter your readers might co1cude that all
the attractions here ore along the beach. but
thst is very far from b,ing the case The ooua-
try is very beautiful ono, and for two miles
or more, hack from tho SEQ, Gre elegant cot
( tages, surrounded by trees ard howcrs, flee
drives, and quic. green lanes fer au evening 8
walk. Even along the ocean, hotels end cot
tagcs alternate with coraGelds, ADD the new
mowa hay sends forth its sweet oder. Below
| the Yves. Eod Hotel, which is, | believe, the
DC plus ultra of fashion, AT scores G! seaslce cot
tages, superb 10 their appointments, and little
back IRON these, the splendid villa Of Mr. jobs
| Hoey, whose grounds embracing coo tucdred
and sky ceres of lawn, gardens and WoodIs5d,
arc open to tho public. They are said to rival
those Of the summer residences OF rogs!ty
| il the Old world.
| Alexandra is represented at tho West Eod
| by score of colored wsiters, one OF whom re.
oogGz d roe on the street fey days ego, aud
| seemed very glad to see somebody from home.
! They desire tdtir friends 10 knox that they gre
| all well
Oae CT the greatest amusemeDIs hero is sit
ling 10 the ong ps7iops just erected at the
entrance 10 TIE pier, or os tho rude benches, or
on The said, underneath il. ord watching the
ba!hars, chiefly people down fem New York
for the day. 1t is delightfully."- cool there ca tie
hotties! days and grown people aud children
alike play 10 tho sand ard throw up funny bar
ricTs against the Advancing Wsves. Plenty of
lager beer is drank, and there are BARRIERS and
shoeblacks ready for service, Is we'll Gs bathing
suits for hire. The BARRIERS have utilized some
of the iron columns of the pier for poles strip
log them red aud white. Some Of cur super
nuuerary bootblscks might mako profitable
exodus 10 tbs direction, as none of their call
log are found on the streets, and the stationary
artists charge ten cents TO 'sbloe en- 49,"
Day before yesterday o handbill WAS circnat.
cd stating that "a wbito whale, y captured just
above tie pier, was CD exhibition. had the
curiosity to 70 and see it, and found grampus
abou. twelve feet long and two aud hslt 10
diameter. Al old whaler, who was exhibiting
it, said it vas about three mouths cid. only.
Long Branch seems very quiet aud orderly.
and | have seen but one drunken man since L
came here, butt doubtless, there is much hid
den vice At church which attended last
Sunday it Wss denounced in very plain terms
indeed.
People arc constantly coming in-peoDle Of
all conditions 10 lTe-for Long Brnrch is not ns
is generally supposed, mouopoliz.d by the rich
and the fashionable. True, one may pay FIVE
dollars day board. with Unlimited fees to
walters, to secure something to eat, or he may
take quiet room for dollar day or less and
get bis meals at any of dozen MICA houses OF
cast 8, Ii ao he could 10 Alexandria. He may
rids in 40 elegant tqnipsgc With livericd foot
map, or drive dog cart of the latest style, or
may walk quietly on the bank and view the SEA,
or tide the whole length Of OJean Avenue for
ten cents If you don't belong to any set, you
may dress as you please aud 20 where you
please, without the slightest notice from fasbiou.
Si1os the 1O:h the tenn perature here bas teer
if anything. loo cool, and even on that day,
though the thermometer registered 81, the
bretzs wherever you could CO. ca it. rendered II
delightful. FIDELls.
History OF CENT An exchange relates
the curious history Of nicklo cent! Ia May
1857, a MIR. c. N. Faar was married in Go.
wanda, N. Y. Hiram Wheeler. brother OF
the bride presented tho c,uple With one Of the !
uickel cent piecas which had just been is5usd |
on which be had engraved the names OF the
b,lde AID groom. aud the date Of marriage. |
When the first child was bcro, q year st:cr |
wards they attached the 10 to chain and
hung it srouod the taby's neck. The family
moved to Isbscs. few years later, aud one
day the bog, when about SIX years 3D. Dc.
tachsd the coin FROM the chain aud spent it Tor
candy. Since then father, mother sud son
have died. At the receut fair Of The Indians
in Catter5ugus Reservation. ". n. Fuller, a
brother of be lato G. N. Fuller, made pur
chase at a stand. IL the charge that was
handed osok TO him WAS the very i1dentlcal
penney that Hirau Wheeler had engraved 81 |
years sgo, and that his ittls rephew spent Is |
years ago. From appearances the ccin has bsen