National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1879-08-27
OCEAN GROVE IN STORM.
A Sunday with the Winds and the waves.
[Correspondenee Of the National Repnblcan.l

Correspondence Of the National Republican,
OCEAN GROVE, N. j., August 2e 1879.
copy of your estimable paper fell iuto my
hands to-day, aud l wondered IL its readers
would not like few words from this place.
The storm which commenced last Saturday
continued during Sunday aud all day Monday
aud will leave II to your own imaginations
to picture hotel full of pleasure.seekers
housed up for nearly three days. "Thc winds
blew, the floods came, and beat upon that
house." but it fell not although built upon
the sand, but you ought to have seen the
slaughtered tents, especially those fronting on
Wesley Lake. Some one told us that some
twenty families were sheltered for tho night
In the big tabernacle. Beds and bedding lay
around in promscuous condition, and the
occupants of tho tents stood in groups
the next morning rehearsing the scenes
Of tho previous day, and we almost
heard them say. to themselves we will never
go into tents again. The storm was just
fearful, and old ocean had il all its own way.
The dam across the foot of Wesley Lake was
soon scuttled and away went the beautiful
lake into the bosom of the great sea, leaving
scores of boats high and dry upon the shore.
with the lake gone and the tents In the con-
dition described VIC really felt we were walk
ing through waste places. But rs we turned
troubled waves, not yet stilled, we said one 10
another isn't it grand? The beach was some.
what changed, but not In any way to disturb
the bathing, and after tho people bad eaten
their morning meal and said their prayers of
repentance for too much swearing the day
previous, hundreds of them were in, the waves
kissing them as swoetly rs ever. Now, Mr..
Editor don't ever toll me that these
Methodsts are afraid Of water, and that the
reason they are not all immersed, as
we believe the Good Book teaches all belicv-
crs should be, is because they are timid, or
that it Is an indicate ordinance. Why, you
ought to sec the old and the young, the fat
and the lean land, by the way, we never saw
SO many fat people come to recuperate as we
see here this season. all plunge in head.over-
heols and then watch the big waves roll them
up on Shore and this, too, in the face of
thousands of spectators. But it is fun. alive
and we are all having good time. The camp
meeting is in full blast several services being
held each day at different hours. The old
war horses have got their heads together aud
are scenting the battle not afar off, and are
| expecting, from what we hear them say, that
| the waves of old ocean will carry the glad
| tidings of many redeemed ono to the other
shore.
We took a run over to Coney Island yestor-
| day and walked around the much-talked- of
| place, also went up in tho elevator 300 feet
1t did not take US long 10 soc the outside Of this
| summer resort, which, by the way, is composed
of only three or four big hotels, few smaller
| ones and the race-tracll in the rear What tho
inside of the place is VIC had not the means Of
| finding out as the terms were So per day, and
we said to our friend. let's go back to Ocean
Grove. On our way back we talked Of the fu-
ture prospects Of the two places, the moral as
well as the physical, and we voted in favor of
Ocean Grove. The sanitary condition of
the two places and how to sewerage them re-
mains problem to be solved by the wise
heads.
Among the Washingtonians sojourhing here.
we have met Mr.. Z. W. Little, formerly of
Washington, and now the successful proprc.
tor of the Seaside House, Mrs. f. w. Alexau-
der, Mr. b. w. Holman, of tho Postoliicc De-
parment, and wife, Mrs J. w. Wheeler, Cap
tain George E. Lemon, Elphonzo Youngs and
family, Ergood aud wife, Mr.. Darlington aud
family, Mr.. Hutton and family, Mrs. Fannie
Flint and family, Judge Jones and family, Mr.
J. r. Imbrie, Mr.. Heaton and family, Miss
Mary Poler and others. George A. Han, for
mer secretary of the Young Mems Christian
Association, and o. G. Morse now secretary,
paid us flying visits. f.. V.