Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1882-08-20
OCEAN GROVE.
A Whssiingits Within Sound & ths
Sea.
He OiscOarseth Pleasantly or the 0elihts Of
Maryland's Famous Resort and its
Power to Refresh the Weary
Body. /
SOME or OUR CITIZENS WHO ARE TaE


SpecioR Correspondence Of ire Sunday ReSts.
OCEAN CRY. Nd, August Isl will ~
endeayor to keep my promise made to u
before leaving home. and here send yot
memorandum OF my reflections and obse
yations. Since my arrival at this healthf
and charming resort by the side OF q
ocean, and since my ears have listened
what is stupidity and untruthfully chars
terized by the weaker vessels of humanit
as "the song the sad sea waves sing ls
me have Just one moment at this point .
NV letter for reflection, and to do littl
practical justice to fact and truth. desit
to put it quite strongly, and say that 1t Isl
monumental error on the part OF veal
minded poets, and softer-headed song-wT
tiers to describe the glorious and enchanl
ing -
in that abominable fashion. This nus
has not anything. in it, as it falls on n
senses, deliciously as any supreme MIG
ment ever experienced, like sad air;or E.
ouiems, II sends forth grand and hsRr-
ing songs, that thrill us from the hpsp the
bcart with their divine influence as
though they were filled with the etoes,
and embraced the harmOnies OF the Creprs
infinite love and authority. Betterpan
the loudest thunder bolt do they pice
Gods power, and truer, and more unetng,
than most all else OF nature do they 9ify
the marvellous creation of the Great au-
thor OF the universe, who has wely
ordered all things OF earth and heen
from the beginning and shall direct tenn
forever. This much, pardon me, If PED
il, at the outset. under the head OF RELIGION,
in rebuke of the awkward utterance ofthe
Modern School OF Coxcombs and go
lists,
who basely misintcrpret the signifnce
and Sublimity of every great and dime
product OF matter or mind and whose Caaci-
ty to read natures hidden speech and gins
and marvellous handwriting. is abou as
broad as their own feet But few mo-
ments to the more practical and suggestive
parts of my communication, a. to whee L
am, what | am doing, at what sorbf
place | am staying, what inducements IL
offers to the tourist or those who, brSen
in BODY. or weary of mind, are seeing
recreation and health, and repose, an In
brief,
what Are Its General Advantage.
Well, Ocean City has been noted, for
some years. Bayard Taylor made it adv.
ing trip to ascertain its batting facilities
and devoted to = an article, pronountng
them the Best he had ever seen, and eery
one J lave met in all the seasons l hve
been here, and doubt not, every one lho
shall ever have the good fortune to ENJOY
tie genuine hospitality OF the cultured aud
generous citizens who frequent it, and Tho
live in and about it, and the splendid md
Scasonable fare of its hotels. and especially
Of the Atlantic, its unrivalled surf bathing,
its healthiul influences and associations,
and its
InnIIible Remedies
for the improvement and cure OF every
victim to physical o r mental diseases or H.
frmities, as one of the best ocean resorts on
the continent. 1t is this happy Combina
tion OF advantages wherein it SURPRISES It's
rivals for public patronage. That 1t is
perfect gem OF place the ladies, all with
their uplifted and pearly white hands, pas
avow, and there is no doubt that
every one who has ever visited here will
cheerfully give the same testimony. This
is no advertising letter, but one having for
it. purpose in the present lines the desire
OF presenting the surprising benefits OF this
retreat to those who must have and desire Q
short Period of Rest
every year and the improvement OF theii
nigh spent by the cares and aux,
ieties end tlcR r''or -rTt- Year. mere cannot
be any be tier or safer surf bathing IN the
country than Ocean City has, and It's an
nual cures of those whose health has been
shattered and is gone by ovcr-work or over
care, or any that have that general atfliction oil
the American people, nervous prostratlon
and exhaustion, gives it point OF health
fulness and every substantial comfort and
enjoyment, a rank which very few summer
places by the sea ever justly claim. The
of your correspondent not an
extreme case, verify the foregoing state
ments. lie has been here
Three seasons Out of the Last Four,
coming here utterly broken down with
nervous troubles, and in i'll health and fol
three years he hasn't required five dollars
worth of drugs or medical attention. This
is a record of fact that excludes all idea o.
eYaggeration. A little photograph OF our
location. and geographical surrounding:
may have desirable effect, for two-fold
reasons: First, because 10 will doubles!
confirm TO all who examine the matter the
excellence OF the climate and the hcalthful
ness OF the country; and, second, that suct
a picture may give an adequate description
OF Ocean city, to those who may
Wish 10 Know All About II.
Ofcourse its close proximity to the Sc:
will satisfy the ocean visitors so far, anC
the fact that il is on the extreme eastern
shore of Maryland, where people almos
have TO emigrate TO die, is reason sutficien
on that score. The whole peninsula, o
rather to be more appropria te, the island
on which We are situated, has been regard
ed from time immoriatrand far beyond tn
period when the memory OF man ran no
TO the contrary, as a: common inheritanc
to every one who wished to enjoy it. Blu
few wears ago probably eight or ten, tn
Hon. Stephen TOb0r, former Congressman
of New York State, purchased some rea
estate in this neighborhood, and fortunatel!
foreseeing the value of this island. as ",
shall call ii, obtained under the patent law
a grant OF some nine miles of the hes
and by far the most valuable portion OF i
AtTwenty.fye Cents Per Acre.
extending four miles above us, and fiv,
miles below US, comprising all the are
covered by the colleges and improvement
of the whole, and which is paying him hand
some revenues to-day, and will doubtless il
the future, prove better than any golt
mine to him and his descendants. Fore
sight is thus again exemplified, as the guar
antor of fortune This island is between
fifty and sixty miles in length. eEtendin
due north and south with the shores OF tn
Atlantic and SinepuXent bay, both beinj
close together, and extends ten miles aboy
US, and forty miles below US. 1t is abou
one-fourth to three-fourths OF mile Il
width, about one-third ola mile broad here
is bounded on the east by the Atlanti
ocean, which is within one hundred yard
of our hotel, on the west by SinepuXen'
Chencoteague and Isle of Wight bays, o.
the north by the State of Delaware, on III
south by our mother State OF Virginia.
i, in Worcester county, the
Only County OF the state
bordering on the Atlantic coast, and is tn
first Congressional district of the State. an
about twenty miles from Snow Hill, tn
county seat The fact of it being contiguou
to the ocean, furnishes a remarkable coinc
dence worthy of recital Sussex county
Delaware, adioins Worcester on the north
Accomac county Virginia, imnediatel
connects this county on the south, an
strange TO say, these three counties, repre-
senting three different States, furnish thre
Able and influential Dem oe attic Cor