The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1882-09-05

LARGE PARTY OF BATHERs LEFT IN fUE
LURCH By A SUDDEN FLOOD.

LURCH By A SUDDEN FLOOD.
Prom the Louisville Commcrcisl.1
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 society here, and
were in charge OF Dir. and Mrs. u. X. Cas-
tlebrOugh and Mr.. and Mrs. George W.
! Gist. One Of the young gentlemen de-
scribed the trip to a Commercial re-
porter last night: "We got of the
ears at New Castle and started down
in wagons TO Drennon Springs. We had
hardly reached there when it began TO
! rain, and we all huddlcd 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 a
swim. As the young ladies did not care to
90, 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 it rather deep.
| We didn't 'hang our clothes on hickory
| limb like the girl in the song, but waded
out into the middle Of the creek and laid
them carefully on big fiat rock, where they
wouldn't get wet. Then we started in for
a good old time. Wesplashed around in the
water, Jumping and swimming about for
half an hour or more. UuconscouSly we
got further and further away from the
rock where our clothes lay, nor did we no
tcc that the creek was slowly rising. AZ
ter q time we got tired Of the water and
started for our clothes. We wadod down
the creek, and the water, which before was
Just 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 oil, fifty yards from where we had
left our clothes. he saw part OF his I'M
der-clothes floating on the stream.
''Just ut this time Will Caplinger hap
pened along and we told him our trouble.
| lie 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 it would be foolish to
leave us there all might ill they got aid; the
best plan would be to get some OF their
clothes. I'VE have plenty Of under
clothes and things said pretty little
girl, blushing. The girls all went into
| the old chapel ana began TO decide what
articles they could best dispense with. One
young lady contributed her Overskirt, an
other her underskirt, and a third her inl-
maculately white petticoat. When the
girls came out they handed the things TO
! Masterson, and he carried them over to us.
| hardly know how we did get them on. |
had a petticoat 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 a hard-loOking crowd ana a
comical crowdas we got into the wagons and
started back for New Castle. 1t would take
man to see us to have any idea OF how
! ludicrous We looked in those girls dresses.
A 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 of. They fairly hoWieO lheili-
selves 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"