Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1882-09-23
IN A PRETTY FIX.
A Large Party Of Bathers Left In tho
Lurch by "A sudden Flood.

Lurch by "A Sudden Flood.
From the Wilmington (Del.) Commercial.
Last Monday an excursion left this
city for Henry County that was destined
to meet with some strange adventures,
The party consisted of about 80 young
ladies and gentlemen well kOwn to
society here and was in charge Of Mr..
and Mrs. ID. r. CastlebeOugh and Mr. and
Mrs. George W. Gist. One of the young
gentlemen described the trip to a Com
mercial reporter last night.
"We got off the Gals at New Castle and
started down in wagons to DrennOn
Springs. We had hardly reached there
when it began to rain, and we all hud-
died 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
for 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 girls in the song
but we waded out into the middle of the
creek and laid them on big flat stone
where they wouldn't get wet. Then we
started in for good old time. We
splashed around in the water for an hour
or more. After time we got tired of
swimming and started for our clothes
We waded down the creek, aud the water
which before was Just up above our
knees now reached our waists. We
looked for the rock but could see nothing
of 1t. One of the young men happened
to look down the stream and away off,
about 80 yards from where we had left
our clothes, we saw part of his under
clothing floating on the stream.
"Just at this time Will Caplinger hap
pened along and we told him our trouble
so he volunteered to help us. He started
off to the girls and got 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 fool
ish to leave us there all night until they
got aid; the best plan would be to get
some of their clothes. 'We have plenty
of underclOthes and things said pretty
little girl, blushingly. The girls all
went into the old chapel and began to
decide what articles they could best dis
pense with. One young lady contributed
her Overskirt another her underskirt
and third her Immediately white
petticOat. When the girls came out
they handed the things to MastersOn and
he carried them over to us. l hardly
know how we did get them on. had a
petticOat and an underskirt pinned back
after the latest fashion and some rigging
on my shoulder. the name of which l do
know.
"We were hard looking and a com.
ical crowd as we got into the wagon 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 hear
them cheer when the man with the night
gown got off. They fairly hOwled them
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.
Nervous debility, melancholy, catarrh
of the bladder leucOrrhea, etc. are quick
ly cured by Browns Iron Bitters.
To pay called bonds, interest on debt
and pensions in the next two months
will require $41 100000.
Beloit, Wis, reports a shower of mete-
ORIG stones from the size Of hickory
nut to that of a goose egg.
The plan of a union of all Methodist
bodies in British America grows in favor
with the members of the churches.
The name protestant" originated at
Hires Bavaria, in 1929, when protests
were made against the papal dogma
there.