The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1880-09-05

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BATH.Rs AT OLD POINT AND OCEAN VIEW
FEMALE DfvERs--MosourroEs rs BEnKLEY,
| &C, &C.
fCorespondence o. the Richmond Dispsici.1
NORFOLK, Va, September 4. 1880.
Norfolk Is pretty city and has one OF
the finest harbors In the world. Her PEG.
pic can Justly feel proud OF il, for IL Is in-
deed grand thing. Vessels from various
ports OF the world are entering and clear
Ing every day. Crest improvements have
and are now being made In the barbor. aud
u Is becoming better and better.
| The barbor commissioners ere Messrs.
Charles Reid, w. II Peters, william ID.
Reynolds. and f. &. Brooks, gentlemen Of
The Government and corporation are fortu-
nate in having committed the supervision Of
the work to these gentlemen.
| Mr.. Reid, president OF the Board, Is one
OF the Oldest merchants in Norfolk, and Is
widely known.
| Norfolk Is an excellent place for boys
who delight TO hear sailors "spin yarn"
and tell about the perils OF the great deep.
| The writer was treated TO several big " fish
stories" few days ago by one OF the crew
OF British bark, which, perhap., is now
| blowing her way through the trackless
] ocean en- route TO old England. AL OF them
were interesting, and II printed as they
were told would read just as smooth as
| nice novel.
Norfolk is a great cotton market. and the
Cotton Exchange building is fine struc-
ture. II is near the wAer, and an elegant
view Of the river can be obtained from the
balcony. The officers are w. w. Gwath-
mey, president; c. w. GraDdy, vice-presi-
dent; Norman Bell, superintendent; II. G..
| Williams, treasurer; W. ID. Rountree, f..
C.. Brooks, Henry 5. Reynolds, Bennett
Bum, and w. n. Holmes, directors.
The membership is about forty-fve.
COTTON MARKET.
There are several large cotton-presses In
the city, which are said 10 be the most pow
erful in the country. A bale OF cotton can
be reduced to very small size under the
pressure of these huge machines. This Is
done to save freight room in the shipment
of cotton. The sales at the Exchange are
not conducted like they are at the Tobacco
Exchange in Richmond. The Exchange
here is connected by telegraph with the cot
ton exchanges Of Liverpool, New York,
Savannah, and other great cotton markets,
aud sometimes in very few minutes great
bargains are made between some OF the
New York and Norfolk merchants by tele.
graph.
Superintendent Bell Is very polite gen.
tleman, and takes pleasure 10 showing yisi'
tors the working of the Exchange" He
is thoroughly acquainted with the duties Of
the Office, and j. the right man i'm the riga
place. Among the members are few for.
eiguers, who deal very extensively in the
business.
Norfolk has nine banks, and all OF
them appear 10 be thriving. She has 9
bright future. Her people are thrifty, hard
working people, who hate idlenesS. A city
having the natural advantages and the kind
Of inhabitants that Norfolk has is bound &c
: flourish.
THE WEATHER.
In few more days bathing at Old Point
and Ocean View VIII be at discount or
account OF cool weather. At present it is
very warm here. How fat men like ioVia
George Manning, of the Landmark, car
stand such hot weather is indeed conun
drum. 1t sometimes makes a fellows BLOOD
T, curdle TO watch the smoke rise from the
chimneys Of some OF The factories in Nor
folk. 1t is not hot like this all the time
for very frequently the citizens have the
benefit Of sea-breezes that are indeed refresh
ing and delightful.
IL is fine fun to stand on the beach and
watch the bathers at Old Point and Ocear
View, but finer fun to battle. Some OF thu
ladies can swim nicely, while there ar
Others lust learning. Some splash abou
the sea with an easy elegance OF grace
some move about with no style at all. Every
body has to learn gradually, ana II IS no
expected for an amateur bather to SWINE a
: the very first start.
: Female bathers look "awful funny
5 when they come out Of the water. They g
Y in with their suits looking very nice. Som
: have costly bathing-dresses, beautIfull
I made, but all look alike when they are wet
t so those with plain suits have the satisiac
a lion OF knowing that all suits look pal
5 when they bave been dipped in the water
5 Occasionally excellent female divers can b
G seen among the bathers. They walk dow
: TO the water looking primpy and neat, an
all at once go "spIash, splash" and are sue
u denly hid beneath the waves. When the
5 come IN TO the surface all miliner traces {
:; fashion have flown.
q "Her bright eyes half blinded
S Her cheeks salt and rosy,
Her hair--never mind IT.
, She's fresh as pOsier"
Q MOSQUITOES.
n Norfolk Is great place for mosquitoe
k | do not mean 10 convey the idea that IL
c the greatest place for these tormentorS.
G | were to do so it would be doing iniustlc
n to Berkley, pretty little village Just acros
= tbe river from Norfolk. Nor will say tia
IT Berkley is the greatest place for then
It Mosquitoes do not grow 10 any eXtraord
nary size there, but the fact is well know
that they can compare fayorably with thoS
i'm other places in disturbing a non-residen
They bite quicker, more often, fly taste
buzz more, and hurt worse than the
., brethren in Norfolk do. Why il is | cann'
;. eyplain. a mosquito that has lived
70 Berkley any length OF time can Oh
J. linguish a stranger at great distance
il seems. How they love to greet ylsit(
Z. Ian0uaoe cannot tell. For them one bite
!. a nonresident is not sufficient by iare
majority. Ibis year these little tormentol
= have been more plentiful than they haN
! been for several years. IL appears ID;
4 RerkIey mosquitoes can tell at a glan'
p whether person is quick. tempered an
!. hates them. They are almost perfect in I'd
II art OF physiognomy, and have studied anat'
: my, and know just where to bite TO make
i fellow mad.
q MOSQUITO MUSIC.
e They make awful music-I mean that kin
> Of music which nothing but mosquito ca
u make. 1t does not sound like the music
II a harp, OF a piano, organ, drum, fiddle,
e like the music OF any kind OF instrumen
> A loud.humming mosquito can be heai
u at greater distance than perso
D would imagine. As they gradually ORA
n nearer and nearer TO a PERSONS ear the
IL suddenly mix up notes most borrlbl