Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1880-05-26
NEW SERIES--V0L. 81, NO. 81

! fast becoming the Winter watering
, place for health seekers from Tn,
: Northern, Middle and Eastern States
1t is situated in New Jersey, about on,
hundred and fifty miles down the coas
from New York. The ordinary way
of reaching it is by rail from Philadel
phia, but many go by the Camden
Amboy Railroad, and the New Jersey
Southern line without passing through
the Quaker City. Atlantic City j,
surrounded by the Ocean-the island
having been formed by the sand washed
cd upby the waves. ltcontains about
three thousand inhabitants in the
Winter and twenty-five thousand in
the Summer, and two hundred board.
ing houses and hotels. Several OF the
hotels have been open all Winter, and
the brighton" which will accommo
date one hundred and fifty guests, has
been crowded for some weeks, often
having TO send applicants to other
places.
The popularity of this resort over
all others on the coast is the dryness
Of It's atmosphere. By some this is
attributed TO the influence Of the Gull
Stream, which nearly opposite here
tnrns off in northeasterly direction /;
but the most probable cause is the
unbroken, sandy beach, which extends
each way for several miles reaching
far inland. The snow and rain soon
disappear from the ground, and the
roads, which are covered with gravel,
are dry and hard. The place is free
from mud and dust, Carriages roll
along the streets as in Summer and
the "nasty sun" when it comes stream.
ing through the windows into your
room does not reveal the iHnumerable
atoms which under the same condi.
tions are seen elsewhere floating about
in its rays. Wearing apparel, towels,
carpets and bed linen, after a long
rain, are free from dampness and
even the fog, which at times comes up
from the sea, instead Of remaining in
the atmosphere, drops to the earth,
turns to mist, almost transparent, and
passes along with the currents of air
until it disappears. Men apd women
on foot, on horseback, and in carriages,
are seen passing up and down on the
hard beach children with their shov.
els and pals are packing sand, white
groups of persons in their overcoats
and wraps are reclining here and
there, reading and chatting, with the
belief that they gain strengh by bur-
rowing in the dry sand.
This place may be a more iashiona-
bic watering.placo in the Summer, but
now there is very little display Of dress
or equipage, and may there never be
more. At times the ocean flows in
like a river, leaving fringe OF foam
along the beach as it recedes and
again, when there has been a storm,
il comes booming in with battling,
foaming waves as far as the eye can
see. Then, sea-gulls gather along the
shore, now riding on the waves, now
dashing through the spray, now wad.
ing in the water, as il floats back, and
now suddenly dropping on the sand.
Wbatis is the object OF those movements
When the waves are high clans are
washed up on the beach and lett there.
They Immediately put out their little
claws ahd use them as spades to bury
themselves from sight and danger. Ii
gull should approach, they close their
shell, for protection. The bird, thus
set at defiance, pounees upon it, rises
with 1t in the air 10 tho heighth oi
thirty or forty feet, and then drops it
on the hard sand, when the shell is
broken, making it an easy prey for its
ravenous enemy.
The fare is good, the table being
supplied from the Philadelphia market
The charge for board and carriage. hire
is reasonable. This morning, by the
side of tn hotel, was the usual group
Of halfgrown boys, one of whom was
colored, with carriages and chaises for
the guests. One OF the smaller boys
says to the colored lad Here, Jim,
you look after my horse till come
back Say, if you please, sir, sait
Jim and then continuing, Say, boy
you be young and You better minC
your manners, for manners will g
further than sass To extend thi CON
munication farther will be TO make j
less likely to find place in the crowded
columns of the Euening Post.