Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1880-06-10


JOSH BILLINGS ON WATERESc PLACES
Dear Uncle. ] take my pen IN hans
tn inform you how much ! liks Ions
Branch. arrived here just IN time t.
zee the Atlantic Ocean, which i nov
on exhibition. snd doing good bss'nes'
10 = full house. Invent IN Immediately
and was thunderstruck 10 find the va
ter high seasoned. Inquired the cosl
Of aW intelligent nsiive, and be informed
me he didnteare. IT'S perfectly hear
pendsng to see young females here ia
search of natural protectors. ! counted
10 yesterday 10 one beautiful group
They all sighed as ] passed by them.--
fell sorry for them but could moi helE
them, Tor am thorOsghly married. an<
intend 10 keep 30. ShOddy and petro-
Ieum are both here, but they say. shani
remain long. Yesterday ] went ou'
Grabbing and got wages Ioed Of them.
One Of them bic my Singers. Nature i
fond Ofa joke, and she must have fell
full when she made con shell crab
The strongest emotion Of crab Is 70
bite. They amt afraid TO bite. They
have two sets OF legs. which are loca-
ted on the back side Of their person.
They are said 10 be good eating. but ]
wOn's say so. They have spoon like
teeth. II would bother stranger to
make up his niad where to begin. II
would look like trying TO make warm
meal out Of rat trap that was sot.-
They are billed IN spot, about two BUSH
els Of 'em. Gil they stop biting. and then
they are considered done. They're ct
by throwing away the body. Eating
crabs is good deal like gettingthe meat
out Of q grasshopper's bind legs. ]
don't know but light eater might sus-
tam lie on 'em, but he would have to
work all day 10 do il. Crabs bite with
their feet. and hang on like q country
cousin. They also have . bug here
which has long body and sharp nose.
called the muskeeter. They travel
around very loose and seem to know
everybody. The muskeeter BY long
practice has learned to bite, too, but they
bite with their nose, and their bite feels
like the back tooth Of hornet. We
are told there want nothln made in vain,
but I have thought that the time spent
in manulacturin musketers might have
been wasted, IL the muskeeter want.
And how they are put together ] never
could tell. There's one commercial
peculiarly about the muskeeter trade,
and that is The supply always exceeds
the demand. They are borne Of poor.
but industrious parents, and have in their
veins some Of the best blood in the
country. II is very easy to kill mus
keeter, IL you can. but in striking at him
you are apt TO hit the exact spot where
the muskeeter was. They are very
courageous. have known single
muskeeter TO fight man and his wife
oil night, and draw the 6rstblOOd. They
are cheerful little creatures. singing %
they toll.
The bathing il very plenty here, and
the bathers resemble marmaids-haif
man and half woman. They all dress
in the pantaloons costume, and, when
they emerge from the Atlantic ocean,
you can't tell which is who, unless you
ask them. After bathing you feel .
kind Of diseonsolate feeling, for which
was advised to bath internally,-in
some whiskey, and I took one small
wash about tumbler full, and ieYer
FELT so much like lifting in all nv lie.
thought could lin an acre Of that
candy land, and tried to do il, but aGier
the whiskey left me, I hadn't strength
enough 10 ask q small-sized dog to fol-
low me.
There's bot one church here and il
will hold so few that nobody don't 60
account Of pOliteness.
There is two large hotels and each
room 10 furnished with a cracked wash
bowel and wet fowl. DInneris brought
forward at Q o'clock and opens with
soup and shuts up with huckleberries.
Huckleberries is the ruling passion al
Long Branch. Flies simply considered
are . good deal like many other people.
They won, light on good healthy spot.
il they can fiad one thasis..raw.