Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1882-09-05
IN A PRETTY FIX.
A Large Party OF Bathers Left In the
Lureh by q sudden Flood.

Afpettottta commercials.
Last Monday an excursion left this
city for Henry county that was destined
to meet with many strange adventures
The party consisted of about fifty young
ladies and gentlemen well known in So
ciety here, and were in charge of Mr..
and Mrs. ID. r. Castleborough aud Mr..
and Mrs. George w. GiSt. One of the
young gentlemen described the trip to q
Commercial reporter last night: 1--WE
got off the cars ut New Castle and start
ed down in wagons to DrennOn Springs.
We had hardly reached there when it
began to rain, and We all huddled into
an old chapel to wait till the rain was
over. Presently the sun came out
bright and warm and some of the
boys proposed that we have
swim. AS the young ladies
did not care to go we left them in
the chapel, and started off to the creek.
| don't know the name of the Internal
place, but the rain, which was rather
heavy, had made il rather deep. We
didn't hang our clothes OH a hickory
limb, like the girls i'll the song, but
waded out into the middle of tue creek,
and laid them carefully on big fiat
rock, where they wouldn't get wet.
Then we started in for good old time.
We splashed around in the water, jump
ing and swimming about for half an
hour or more. CncOnSciOuSly we got
further and further away from the rock
where our clothes lay, nor did we notice
that the creek was slowly rising. After
Il time we got tired of the water and
started for our clothes. We waded
down the creek, and the water, which
bafOre was just up above our knees, now
covered our waists. We looked for the
rock, but could see nothing Of it. One
of the young men happened to look
down the creek, and away off, fifty
yards from where we had left our
clothes, he saw part of his under.
clothes floating on the stream.
Just at this time Will Caplinger
happened along and we told him our
trouble. He volunteered to help us.
He started off to the girls and gathered
them all together. Then he broke the
news to them. Most of them laughed
till they cried, and then, after a short
consultation, they agreed to help Us.
They said il would be foolish to leaves
us there all night till they got aid; the
best plan would Toe to get some of their
clothes. we have plenty of under
clothes and things said pretty little
girl, blushingly. The girls all went into
the old chapel and begantO decide what
articles they could best dispense with.
One young lady contributed her over
skirt, and another her underskirt, and
a third her immediately white petit
coat. When the girls came out they
handed the things 70 Masterson and he
carried them over to Us. hardly know
how we did get them on. | had petit
coat and an underskirt pinned back
after the latest fashion and some rig
ging about my shoulders, the name of
which / do not know.
ave were hard-lOOking crowd and
a cOmical crowd as We got into the
wagons and started back for New Castle.
Ii would take man TO see us TO have
any idea of how ludicrOus We looked i'll
those girls dresses. \ big gang was
waiting for us at New Castle, and you
ought to have heard them cheer when
the man with the night-gown got OIL.
They fairly hOwled themselves hoarse.
Most of us lost our watches and all our
clothes and money. A few saved their
shoes and underclothes and one or two
their coats"