Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1882-08-10
For the advertiser.
Ori0le Flies. of 10 aOney Island
and Writes US q .sLum.TuM'
Letter.
CoNEY ISLAND, July 24, 80.

EN- laiitudes. tried to sit Congrt
q out, bnt fearihg that my seat (in t
i gallery might be questioned and co
-. tested, 1honsht discretion the be
~ ter part OF valor, so, H. he Arr
:, Of old, folded IN. tphl aud silent
stole away.
Summer bas reached top not(
here. Girls are more charming ;hs
= ever in their 8auzy, llsecy fabric
Daily the mercury looks out on IT,
world from It's most elevated perch
the thermometer. For these reason
Coney Island ls the "boas" place ln.
now. She is in full blast. Yeste,
day there were 100000 people her.
: Our party, consisting Of seven, al
rived Oh Saturday and procured goo
quarters. A rich old gentleman iren
of ours, from the kindness OF hie hear;
bless the old man asked three q
ns fellows, who had considered our
selves laid on the shelf for the sum
mer, to accompany himself, tw'
daughters and niece, on shor
yachting cruise. Dnsy, like strict
preceptor. held US back for moment
bnt only Tor moment; and with IL
finite delight We accepten. 1t would
have beeI a little ungallant too 10
have refused. Now these girls We
knew before; and OH account of their
peculiar killing charms VIZ Gale d
them Battle, Murder" and "Snd-
den Death. Preliminaries arrang.
ed, we left the c. n. J. about sunrise
Saturday morning on the beautiful
little steam tug Daisy, and singing
hat lovely song, known to all, II
wish | was Daisy" After a rather
tedious ride, owing TO locks. etc, on
the Delaware & Raritan Canal, We
came to New Brunswick, where We
took the handsome yacht Of Mai. Nc.
onr genial host. Now we were fairly
oil Owing to my inexrerIence AID
utter greenneas aa sailor, poor Bob
and Perry had to, manipulate the
ropes, etc, while the rest Of u had
whist, criLbage aud all that, il the
Salon aft. l thought rbis one tin e
tbat ignorance was bliss, and wisdom
certainly would have been folly. We
were in the ,Raritan River ait' lesv-
iaS Remarkably hnt ss.ar ca1a.s info
Raritan B. where bege
TO get largs9 aud cir speed to M
crease. Jnat before going into Sta :
Island SounG we had little s4ua'l'
hnt it was inst pleasant only. sud-
den DEATH" became little g.ddy' 20
we lande,i at Royton Beach on u 9
Jersey coast, lad dinner and dance
All along here there are rcu;c
! grounds, with beautiful shade trees
dancing l. llatforms. etc. Boyton Beach
ia one oi these. Crowds come OUT
from the aeighboring cities and ire
qasn,ly from Ne" York eve"' a"'
have their ricnics and cues.
When We started from here 'he Oh
gentleman, Dad az we begun t'
call him, Thought We had better rul
on to Coney leland sn'! cfnisr abon
there for f.w days. Our route tbere
fore lay now up Staten Island so"n'
through the New York Nar'ows II
the Island. The sail np The Sonn'
was delightful, and there was som n.
,, lovely scenery ON either size. "
came in sight Of Cqney before snnse
and got there exactly on time to Sc
tp.t beautiful sight. We all sper
e .hont half an hour in the surl, TN
j. most delightful Of all bathing. ATE
Q that VIC were ready for supper yo
NAV believe There was nothr
mean about dad 20 we are sto'
u ping at The "lum inn" house, t!
Brighton Bsarh Hotel, which la se'
) ON a grand scale. ] need 'carce
> say that it is pleasant here. " h'
. ;. will this place eyer stop being II
" proved: Alter being away Tor ~
:! or three years, you scarcely recognl
80 80 it vixen you come again. When
~ consider that only \ lew years oa(
this Island WAS nothing more tn /
y =, bank Of sand, visited only by the
birds and echoed only with their W
w. u, cres and the dull unceaslns loar
- the ocean, one cannot but stand am
's' ed amidst the wonderful sights tt
'o' pow meet his eye, and within hear
of those same waves. To stand II
on some clear night upon the Sr
Y's iron pier that iuts out intSthe wa
ad and lolluw with the eye the 10
et, narrow strip oil land down to M
se- haitian Beach. is proof sufficient
ing the ever onward progress "t tins c
in tury. First You see the lofty to
A about midway, holding at ltS b'yl
in point the gigantic electric light. +
In liant lights flare from every wine
and in the enormous hotels and OF
old. buildings. The moving, surglng L
bud of people, dancing, ca ing' dr'nk
'he- are iorgetful OF everything but pl
TO ure. On the long piazzts are Gro
cry listening to the music arl '"H
IAN, the maty amphitheatres in on
the tho hotels The most beautiful |