The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1880-07-14
WHOLE NO. l5l4.

six lines of railroad from 10 4. NJ.
to 4 P. NJ, and every boat that land
ed poured out Swarms of passengers.
At D p NJ. the beach for a distance
of two miles was black with human
beings From the top ofthe Observa-
tory, where the whole scene could
be taken in at once, the concourse
seemed alive with carriages, and the
iron pier looked like a gigantic hive
of bees getting ready to swarm.
The surf was alive with merry
bathers, and the pavilions overlook
ing the sea were all loaded at ten
cents a head In zone of these large
pavilions is the place to see fun.
Men, women and children all tum-
bling in the water together below in
the surf in their fancy bathing suits.
1t is good place to study anatomy,
you can see the femenine sex in all
shapes and sizes from that of bar
rel to pipe stem.
Women look beautiful with a wet
suit on sticking like wax to the skin !;
| it shows their graceful forms to
advantage God forbid if daughter
of mine was ever caught amongst
such a crowd as that But we men
voted the situation delightful all the
same as we were seeing the sights of
New York and this is part of them.
The music of dozen bands occa-
sionally tloated up to the top of the
observatory, and the blue ocean was
dotted with sails that looked as white
as snow in the light of the declining
sun.
Supper was now in order and to a
clambake we went.
BY a patented apparatus CLAIMS
are baked in two minutes. The bill
of fare included clam chowder,
roasted CLAIMS, broiled bluefsh, clam
fritters, watermelons, &c.
1t was amusing To observe the
difierentmethods of different persons
for attacking the CLAIMS. Those that
had never been to a clambake did
not know how to extract the CLAIMS
from the shells, and when they had
knitted and forked them out they
didn't know what to put ON them. or
what part of the clam to eat. This
was especially the case as regarded
s0ft-shell CLAIMS, each of which has a
short, blunt, tough appendage, and
a hard membrane surrounding the
whole clam, like a ring. The green
horns generally gave it up before
they had finished half the dish of
CLAIMS, and called for thenexteourse.
But there were plenty of old
experts at the tables. The first thing
these men did before sitting down
was to deliberately take off their
coats and vests and loosen their
shirt collars. Some took off their
hats, while more didn't The clam
chowder did not count much with
them. 1t was only whc they came
TO the steaming, savory clans that
their appetites were awakened.
These men always took the clam by
the snout "pull led the clam off from
the shell, remored the encircling
tough membrane, dipped the mollusk I
in melted butter, and then swallow
ed all but the ''snout." Their average I
speed of getting away with CLAIMS +
was at a rate of twelve a minute.
After our appetites had been I
satisfied we strolled upon the beach /
to the music of the band. The sun /
set was superb. The moon stood I
over the sea, and the horizon was
lost iii a purple mist. Thesky toward .
Cables included all the mellow hues
that can be thought. The thousand .
lamps of the Brighton made scene
of wonder The electric lamps raised 4
here and there along the beach look
ed like diamond stars. A vast con-
course swarmed upon the hotel .
piazzas and about the music stand 1
where Levy's horn fluted sweet 4
German airs. And the broad band (
of moonlight porpoises sported, roll
ing amid the illuminated waves in
dark and portly magnificence.
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