The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1879-07-03
From the Sea Shore.
Special Correspondence

u1GEh1A HOTEL June. 20.
Old Point is not bid place to spend a
| large share of ones summer life. Then you
don't have TO spend all your money either to
have good time. If you are pous man
or woman you can keep out OF the ball room
and the billiard-room and chat with the
preachers who linger along the beach and
| ponder over their excessive labors of the past
twelve months, and watch the pretty girls
swim like swans hither and thither in their
Dr. Mary Walker like costumes. beg the
Dr's pardon.
met Col. Alex. Mcdonald, OF the LYNCH
| burg Virganian. 1t was too dark for me to
discover if age is telling on him. think, how
ever, he is as young as he was fveyears since.
Tine pas de femme, yet, since his return
from Europe he has devoted himself to his
paper closely, perchance TOO closely for
health.
The Richmond boys here are having the
best character OF luck fishing, r. Bidgood
capturing to-day $40. He hung puppy
shark this forenoon near the Rip Raps, but
with his usual good fortune permitted the
young monster to escape. Mr.. B. intimated
that he was anxious to take it in the boat,
but-shark teeth-Mr. b. is IL railroad man,
and you have TO make allowances for the
best OF men these days.
| There are some pretty girls here from your
section, but am no advertising agent, nor
handsome man, nor a single man, nor do
| know basque from an overskirt, and if
] you expect me to do as some correspondents
yon had better relieve me at once. Frank
Smith is down here, and what he don't know
about the young ladies here. in Norfolk and
Portsmouth is of little importance.
| Mr.. Phoebus seems much encouraged at
the signs of the times.
| The fare cannot be eXcelIed, so far as
have ever seen. between Montreal and New
Orleans.
In the office the one-armed clerk late Of
| Ford's, and four clerks from Baltimore please
all.
In the dining room you find servants that
| you and have known since 1862, and from
every Richmond and Petersburg hotel. The
| truth of the matter is, in short, felt like L
| was part owner of the establishment, and it
| was with difficulty could prevent me from
| showing it. The Point is q jolly good place.
incline to be little ''stuck up'' because it
| is not in Pennsylvania, or New Jersey or
| New York.
| The bathing is unparalleled in excellence.
| At o. M. the IN P. Banks" hither from
| Norfolk touched the wharf and siX-hundred
siippered feet did likewise and carried three
hundred girls into the maelstrom OF the waltz
WllcIC ClCy EClC anu Oy thO
wicked men who seem gifted with the sole
purpose of not letting young women alone
| when they want to take a little innocent eX-
ercise. Blame 'em, there ought to be anoth-
| er war somewhere. Even as quartermaster,
and so forth, they would have to live in the
old field. That would be some relief for the
genterseX Some fthe girls walkedas much
as twenty miles-pr omenading you know
before the Boat received 500 persons and put
them off here and there toward North Caro-
lima. One Jake Anthony, dealer in soda
water in Norfolk, X. OF ?. dressed as fine
as MILDLY tried to jump on board after the
gang had gone in, but took to salt water,
and got his excellent uniform moist, in
measure. He was ''haued in" like stur-
geon, swore a little, shook off five gallons of
water and began to ''dry off," left him on
Main Street in Norfolk, near the Atlantic
house trying to tell how it all ''happened. :"
Arrived to-day. off Old Point U. S. Man
o'wa-, "Marion," Capt. Bunce hence from
the Gulf Of Mexico, where he has been watch
ing the interests OF American citizens during
the little misunderstanding between Escobe-
do and others.
Iessayed to draw the officers of the vessel
(they were of course, where they could look
at pretty women dance, drink whiskey &c.
into conversation to learn something of in
terest for your paper; but they declined to
tell me anything unless l would 'tset up''
beer, and declined to ''set up'' or set down.
One rather handsome, red-headed son of
Neptune. volunteered to inform me that the
''Marion" was armed with mittra,lleuse, but
he was wrong. This officer was dressed in
spotless white uniform and had more lace or
tape or, don't know what, on his breast
than first class corset dealer.
have faithfully avoided the Dismal swamp
as per your instructions. To be continued
sooner Or later. ENOS.