Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1880-07-21
Ey the Seaside.
LETTER FROM CGASSECR.

papy, and l vi say. in all truth and csndoE,
that better boat cod moro courteous officials
were peycr seen ty any traveller, and 10 tboso
who contemplate trip 10 the &C al cln COD
recommend tho Lsko as being all
that it ought 10 b., aud it they take enc trip
on her they will ntver Willingly take passage %
ATTY other steamer.
I'd Point was 10 lis gltry when | arrived,
and had fully fva hundred guests 1t has be-
como isvoitc watering place With AltX,1-
drians. | saw on tho hotol register the names
Of twenty ono who bad arrived during the last
Wetk. Many changes and improvcm .nts have
been made 10 the hotel during les: year AID it
vi now conp,rs With aty Watering pIsvo 90
the Continent.
1t is fis; booming The rsni;z7aul Ter the
Southcrnc1s, ald will, 10 q i1w years, under
MIR. ii Gous' manage mep', regain S arcl?Dt
prestige. Ten years ago its vl>iiois Tcro from
the North. Now two thirds arc frcm the South.
There arc maDy iypcs cf humanity at place
Of popular resort that excite cur cnnpas. %
aud invoke our pity. There is the father o.
largo family and small bank account, who had
probably to raise The monty to travel on G
prom ijsaIy note, which CAUSES = cold chill TO
run over hin when he II laks Of is maturity.
There is the yJuag man 10 debt to his tailor,
spending his las! oabt ia ord,r t. be with bis
charmer and to wa!oh Der aud see that 90 other
ta!log peaches upon his N auor. There ii the
invalid who pays tul! pIlce. bus WHO hardly
eats more than DR.. Tanner, aad last there is
that Luube c;Vltor, the TaitcT, wh) well d.
serves the interim :tent ty's that cJme to him
lie is the best abuse aud most sIuodly Vi It.
fed parsonage uoder the SUP, ADD be don't DE-
~ A. /
sat at table with Il rec tuxom females, who on
pearod at tic s5o at til, sane TIM. rne bill
of fare WIS put 10 their hands, snJ utter Gully
s,aoniog l., they cjmnetc ID 10 givo their or
ders 10 the wafer. who stood with his head en-
ouo sid aud wh,: ,ul ABSORBED il hear
ing O,c said:
Il Want S Ices back iiv:r ,yt,r. raa; en-
Some aux vermicJIia sup. les ct mu t %,
c.per s,rc,. enling lsm5. mat ssuo,, cab sod
lobster saiGi. 10 lTonslSs. picked crab,
breast OF lamb brt aied with gree PEGS, etc Ecd
slbltl With port vim, bikad potatoes, greco
pess, s:eGtd tomatoes, green car coz, summer
lqu:sN, and doh's forget 10 br!rg nc sons
S .'lc+d oysters, size cucGmbers end jcmbcs."
The second poured into his CIR
Wafer, want oyster soup first, then boil
cd sheep head With ctE SAUCE, ham AID cab.
bagc, stewcd scipr, Surloo OF beet, ribs CT B,
timcrc beet, sadtl, o! Southdown mutton with
curIeat >Hy, pressed corn beet, lobster plain,
CALI head with brau sauc,, baked potatoes,
stcToi tomatoes, green ear cMn, boiled cn!ors.
spring baetS aud cynblines."
1ha third ratified away:
"W alter, bling me some neck iur.lc soup
Hih sh!rry wiar, s2mc ha'ibut f-h, b;c)n
AID greens. c>rued beet ard eal!y York cab
bage, beef tongue, som, saddl, OF Southdown
mutton with current lily, picked Gratis. some
cscoIlop, Oysters 10 shell. Hygeia yle. apple
tntttri, gILc!e aux rum, potatoes, honcy bell.
cd yCu2g obl0rs, treen ear .ro s1:ing beIts.
summer squash, aod. waiter, don't forget 10
bring INC sem, chow chow, sp;ced oysters,
Spanish olives, sic cjclnters ADD raw sized
tonatots-and-aad that's all. y
Tho waiter lett with his cy, 8 rrIiru5iog and
tho perspira:i)n 1oliioG doWn hi. fscc lie c. III ,
back with kuge ccliecloa. and. Il utso. yut
things mixed. Tho fair creatures got IN ID,
abused the waiter, aud Isl then tho rotuod
III Glus him elf happened 10 DO rssiiog by,
AID the ladies' APPEALED 10 him. lie s'encd;
thee walked Of, mltt:riog To himscIt a. ho
went:
"Ili b. d mn,d if had >, b t,r NV: II o
kl'ohcu itto tie Giaiog r"rw.
Ii was 20 less pCrso1 ;han til at ca! & len
has loge { ( assoity il him. Many doc ors
20 for.bcr lhao this ard declare that all mcu
sro mad with uci Intervals. Certsioly all keen
0bstrVcrs must admit that every ono has bis
oWu peculiar idiosynca,ies, end thcs, V no have
vel LTD, aud clnst GuentIv leisure 10 airy cut
Il, /; Whima, show ,ha. they gro. to say The
least, tooontric. What Rrcs5 man ever lived
hat history docs cot toll u Of bis f,r ces? Tho
IMMORTAL CN er grew pale when humpbsck
orr s led his path. And the sight OF iuuersI
would oaus, Voitalro to stop ell bis plaus aoi
change hi5 whole route Of contemplated Jour
1ey. The great Turr1nne, tho very Lc.roation
of war, wou'd lremble and qsiver If rat ran
across the room. Whn such WIS tho innate an
tiDathy CT George Ill. to hare, that be orc,
Wss taken with deadly nausea when ono ran
across the road as ho was taking his morning
stroll through Vauxhal Garden.
Oilers, Ga the contrary, have as decided love
for those kind Of pets that excite aversion in
the Ordinary mind. Tho lavolto pet of tho
tyrant, Tippoo Sahib was CORA, with bis lares
x rscted. which be would fondIoit By tho hour.
The bloody Robespierro would set 10 coz
strained position for loUg length of time 50 as
not 10 disturb tho s'uubcr CT loved Maltese
cat Will, he sigued bis name to shCaf of death
warrants.
Even tho Iron Duke Lived his dog, 9 h1ge
mssHtf. How macy women, OF urcarteia age,
that tondle and pet thts, denominations known
as pOodlcs an animal wos ialccd ban slakes,
rats and parrots cynbiued) only the cersui
taker Gao tell.
All this leads me 10 the sui j.c! | started 10
write upop. before my pen rau away with me,
which is the peculiar iarcy Of miao host of Old
Pciot. His hobby lie cas-" Mt the vulgar
Tonbs and Tables that wo see proving I'D
the back alleys at midnight or holding olen tir
meetings on tops CT walls AID sheds. ncr yet
the fancy breed Of the feline SPECIES that are
known as the "lortos, she'll" NJ, bis tastes
are idcuticl viii the bad old women who
skurry through tic sir on stormy lights
mounted astrIde broons'ick, AID that species
of cat that accompanied the three Wtirl sisters
wien they met Macbeth 90 The barren heath,
As started to say the proprietor CT Ola Points
foblo WAS his COLLECTION cf ca.s-b!ack CATS
deeply, dal ky, Intensely bsck. 1t the animal
has so much as while hair 10 his tail, or spec
ked foot, il lotcs all charm in his fvss II NM.