The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1879-07-26

make it quite as attractive the lower lake IN the
Central Park, whiiom an ugly mad pond.
PEACH FARMING.
Another consideration that viii no doubt add to
the popularity of the beach is its proximity TO the
and Breakwater Railroad brings vitiors to George
town. the county seat of Sussex. Outlying III all
directions are great peach orchards and tie prize
OF the natives intheir possession insures visitors
great attention during tours OF Inspection. During
the visit OF our party but little OF the activity TO be
noticed in the 1height of the notice.
able. The first pickings were being boxed
up for the New York aud Philadelphia markets, and
though in one house about twenty little BOYS were
as busy as bees We're informed that from present
indications idea could be formed of what tho
packing house looked like in the height of the
season. This quaint country town has other points
OF interest, Typographical and historical. 1t is
situated in the exact centre of the county and the
The water falling side OF it's besectng road
way goes to the Chesapeake through the PocomoEe
River and that falling on the other side is shed into
the Atlantic.
THE WHIPPING POST.
An institution OF which Delawarians are proud in
to be seen in the yard OF the Court House. II is Moth
irg less than whipping post. Protests against the
barbarity of whipping are lost on people here, and
every argument about its brutalizDg effect is met
with some stubborn fact concerning it's great moral
influence. Instances 10 no end are given of where
men who inclined to viciousness have been re-
formed by one logging. 1t is seldom that a man
logged Is ever again taken to the post. Several
reputable gentlemen of ripe years assure me that
they could recall but instance of where the same
individual was twice logged This of such
curious interest that everybody talks about It, The
laws of this State the most stringent in the
world. and it DEGREES capital punishment for a
greater number Of crimes Here. i'll truth, the way
of the transgressor is hard. A man who has been
ogged Is stripped of his right of suffrage and it re-
quires act of the Legislature to restore him to
the premises. The whipping post is not the cruel
looking thing it has been painted. An ordinary
oak post. with side clamps on either side.
graduated to accommodate any wrist
plete the dreaded thing. A square hole, cut
in the post. marks the socket of the pillory. in
which men imprisoned for public inspection.
A more uncomfortable thing than this same pillory
cannot be imagined. We tried it, and with head
and hands firmly fixed in the inches of the great
with Bonded knees, lie becomes intolerable. Hang
ing would be an amusement compared with the
torture of this Internal machine.
DANISH SETTLEMENT.
.Lewes, the landing place OF the Old Dominion
steamers is not without interest and should he in
cluded in the narrative of the attractions of Reho-
both Beach, IT Is but short distance from
1t settled by the Danes in 160 but all vestige of
these people has been removed few Olsens and
Jensens still remain, but most of the town folk
of English descent The town has brick jail. built
of bricks brought over from England, and in house
opposite this JAIL where an old fashioned half door
swings on ponderous hinges, the marks are shown
OF shot fired from the British frgate Belvidere dur.
ing the of 1872.
CHANGE AND A GOOD ONE
One drawback to the place is the short-sighted
policy of the Rehoboth Camp Meeting Association,
which holds considerable portion of the land
hereabouts. The effort TO submit visitors ridcu.
lousy stringent rules such that forbiddng dane
ing, has failed, and many others of kind will be
more honored in the breach than in the observance,
Dctorc puDlc generally Will tnat pOr-
ton of the beach under the jurisdiction the Asso-
citation. At recent election of officers number of
old foges retired from the of Office and
young men of progressive ideas elected in their
stead This change gives promise OF different state
of affairs in the futurc-in fact, change is already
noticeable.
HOW HERE.
On alternate days the steamer New Brunswick,
Captain Gibbs of the Old Domin line leaves pier
81 North River for Lewes The fare is 81 go and
meals, equal TO any to be obtained in the city arc
served at fifty cents At present there plenty Of
snipe shooting to be had and the fishing in the har-
Dor the wrecks is superb.