Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1881-10-04
LETTER FROM DRUMMER.
ENJOYING BReEZeS FROM THE BRlHY
DEEP At CAPE MAY.
Bathing In Natures Own Sut-Iersey Mos
quitoes Pleasant Experiences With
Shsrk-The Drummer's Mary
Annie Dues Costly
Experiments.
DIFFERENT KINDS or DIRT AND DUST
Correspondence of the Register.

This rs positively the last day OF an
unusually long season, and, We should
think, very successful one, for more
people visited the summer resorts this
season than ever before, and everybody
must have made money. Now all look
deserted. Yesterday was as hot as any
OF the season, and the ride out here
from Philadelphia was magnificent, after
the hottest (2Sth Of September) night to
which a new moon ever gave light.
JTook Bath,
such Q one as they took out in the coun-
try, where bathing suits are not procur'
able, and which is much moro enjoyable
than to be bound up in swabbing suit
OF wet nondescript flannel clothes. The
same diamond billed Jersey musquitos
that we struck 81 Atlantic Oity followed
us here and persisted in sharing the bath
with me, moro though to take advan-
tage OF my unprotected position than to
get q bath. However, they left me
after the surf had rolled over me few
times. kept nv eyes shoreward, for
fear some fellow would make way with
nv garments, for l lad no other suit
nearer than a hundred miles, and had
my back to the surf as the break
ers came rolling in, when something
attracted my attention near by. Hooked
around 10 see something that
Seemed Very Like ahark
to oHs who had never had tho pleasure
Of forming tho acquaintance OF this in
hsbitant of the deep. Land sharks |
had often met, and familiarity bad bred
'oontempt. The reputation OF the fond
NESS khrse wster animals have for hu-
man diet dad not lead me toward this
s,spposed representative OF the race.
"a the contrary, | struck Tor shore leaV-
Ing old ocean all TO hirI, - far ~ l vas
concerned. Although he wss consider.
ably larger tNan ], yet not that scared
inc 10 much as my situation all around.
Besides he WAS i'll his 9 ement and was
not. But to get through with my story.
II was not a shark after all but a hugo
porpoise, and after got out could soc
hundreds Of them sporting in the water.
They tell me here that they needed
blankets all summer while We poor crea.
lures have been sweltering through
the heat of III unusually long summer,
vet we have our comforts and
WeDo Eot Have Mosquitoes.
These insects and your correspondent
cannot live together. lfthey moved in, l
would try to move out. While there is
much of this Scashore section that would
10 to live in, yet the little jersey mos.
quito .poils all. A gentleman who has
Travelled over nearly ever State In the
Union, remarked on the train that he
liked this section, but OF all the States
he liked
somo Parts Of Delaware
the best. II he wished to farm, to live
a retired life, and wanted a good climate
and, enjoy good society, there 10 where
he would 90. "But," he added, as
he crushed one on his knee that
had found blood through both
pants and drawers "these devilish mos
0uitos." The citizens, or inhabitants,
rather, do not seem To mind them. They
keep throwing their hands around
wildly-like dog striking his ear In ny
time. Ask them If the mosquitoes are
always 30 bad, "Oh," they will tell you,
"they are not bad here, but over a
Ocean Grove or Atlantic City they will
eat ,ou up" Just 80, We thought we
had boen there, and was "eat mp" and
down. The principal hotels. and many
of the houses are closed, yet the train
going out and coming in was full
and a great many were enjoying
the bathing on the beach. The
porpoise and l took ours at the south
end Of the beach. Away from the
noisy crowd, and out OF sight OF the
people. But, it just occurs TO me, sup
pose it had been Q shark, and between
him and the musquitos ] had been de
youred, my hand trembles as / write
and nobody would have known 1t mol
cared, oh, yes, the public might not
but of In some plain cot some MsrI
Jane would have watched and waited
for even drummers have their loves
old and hardened as they become. Th'
poet ha. il about as follows:
There never was a goe-e so gray,
But some day soon or late,
A hariv gsndsr comes that way
And taxes her for his rlate.
unless he gets devoured by jersey mus
uuitos, or the monsters OF the deep
while he is stealing a bsth-Thou shal
not steal. Really, / did not set dowl
To point moral, nor sdorn tale, yet !
that porpoise had swung his huge sWal
low tail around little c!oser 10 me,
} might have adorned a tail without tn,
. trou be OF writing it ont. Would not
have made 6ne Neptune? That 10 tn
way hs Is painted, you know, riding ol
the back OF q fish, with three prongo'
fors, sauste at the jaws. had one O
these made when boy, To gig fish, ant
never dsed it-pity but ! could hav
had It with me, may b
after oil ! have Just misse'
my destiny-or my calling, AZ th
preacher ssys. And this brings no
back to my story, or tale. was remark
ing that but feS people we're here.
lady at the table, when ! ate dinner
remarked hat in week there Vould o
a great many less, and in two week
There would not De Trenton preachs
hers." did not see any point in that
maybe your readers can.
came over on the West jersey road
operated by the Pennsylvapia company
The only road, / believe, leading iron
Philadelphia here. Atlantic city SOP
ports two, and as q consequences fares sr
cheapsr-rhich operates in fsvsr o
tbat point.
The country does not seem TO b sui
fsring on account Of the drouth az mucl
es some other sections over which
haze travelled. From the amount o
Amber sugar cane / saw to-day, Jsrse.
will do much toward
Helping lie Duo Out
With his sorghum exIerimena- W
passed hundreds Of acres uncut l
looked well, and car load after car loo
standing on the side tracks, which hsi
been loaded by farmers. They do no
make 1t up themselves, but seem =
have . market for it, just -
d cut and stripped. At on
point from the amount OF il standin