The daily gazette., 1883-09-06
NEWARK.
Fine Weather for the Physlcians-,A New
Era Of Improvement Trip to Cape
May.


middle OF the day just the kind of weather
that the doctors like as it brings plenty of
fall sickness. The improvements of the
town are all progressing toward completion
and new ones just developing. The Rich
Mems Pool Club have gone on a three davs
fishing expedition down the Chesapeake bay
under the command of our venerable friend
Mr.. Silverthorn. He says he will bet high
that he can catch twice as many fish az any
member of the Association. AS commander
OF the party he says he has looked well to
the supply of the locker, he knows what is
essential for the comfort of the party, some
people are so jealous because they are not
one Of the party and, therefore, say it is not
for the tishing they are going, but to have a
high old time where nobody's knows then
their reputation for high standard of moral
ity will not suffer, the members of the as
sociation give character an respectabitlity
to our town, among our surrounding towns.
Last week recorded the departure from the
stays OF action our venerable and respected
citizenss DIR. A. Lowber, as a physician and
man, none stood higher In our community
his loss is one that cannot soon be replaced.
AS stated to you In one of my former com
munications indicated that our town had
started on a new era of improvement and
was bound to go ahead as an indication In
that direction, the sale of building lots last
Saturday by our young and interprising
real estate broker, 8. M. Donnen. showed
that II L was not prophet / at least
might claim to have been the son of one.
1t is said that many of theIpurchasers of lots
soon intend erecting good and substantial
houses on their new purchased lots. 1t also
shows that the lands in proper location
around our town have an intrinsic value in
connection with them.
Quito a number of our citizens went
Monday last on the Christiana PRESBYTERIAN
Church excursion on the Republic to Cape
May and had quite pleasant time. When
they arrived at Cape May point the railroad
to the island was not able, with their entire
rolling stock, to take all on a single trip
but had to return to bring all up. 1t was
amusing to look at our people when proper
ly attired for plunge in the briny surf.
There was the long, slim shot factOry-shaped
individual that reminded me of nv early
days when stopping at country hotel that
had not the modern furniture of the present
time, but when the only article of furniture
consisted of high posted bedsead, you
looked around for place for your attire,
when you doned your hat on top of the post
and the balance around the same until It
was completely attired. There were many
just such looking objects filing out into the
water. Then came the short, little woman
accompanying the former the contrast was
ridiculous, next came the fat, portly man
and woman of between four and i've feet in
height, weighing between 200 and 300,
dressed up in bathing suit calculated for
Nn individual of half the size and they
looked as though they had melted into the
suit with bay window In front and legs
that looked like two six inch stove pipes
with an elbow attached to each Then came
thn ufn 1aug oil f1u..
leaning or hanging on to her beau as
though she was afraid TO go into
the water, which was all puj on
for you. Mr.. Editor, you must know how
pleasant 1t is to make love in the surf: ifyou
don't, do, so it's all the same There are
millions who can appreciate the situation,
and there were lots of girls, maidens and
widows from our town who, from their
smiles, really did enjoy that thing. The
bathing over and all once more attired In their
ordinary suits they wandered around the
town, but soon tired they wended their way
back to Cape May point to take the floating
palace, but were doomed to disappointment,
owing to the rough swell coming in, she
had to be moored out in the bay to keep her
from breaking the pier entirely down. The
disaster of the Baltimore excursion was not
entirely forgotten and none were allowed to
go on the pier until all had arrived, and
then only few at time until all were on
board. The getting on board was what was
the interesting feature of the days enjoy.
ment. Such a-getting up stairs you never
did see. 1t was not exactly a-getting up
stairs, but a-sliding down a cellar-door-the
gang plank was up on the pier one end and
the other on the deck. Owing to the state
of the tide the plank S ood on an angle Of
about 90 degrees, and to see the young girls,
maidens and old fat women sliding down
the plank reminds me of my
boyhood years-slidin down cellar.
doors, one on top of another
while the sliding down WAS going on il
struck me that it was well for those enjoy
ing the sliding that more careful hands had
charge of arranging the plank and who had
given more care to see that all was right
then what the bad boy did when he got the
girls out of the windows of the locked up
church and forgot to look for nails that
were driven through the plank, no such
mistake was made on this occasion OF there
would not have been no such hilarity and
good humor as was displayed on this oc-
casion,
While some were sliding down others were
being lifted up over the railing on to the
upper deck, and such display IF fancy
stockings never before were exhibited, and
as to the articles covered by them, well 1t is
hardly worth my while describing, some
looked like crooked necked squashes, big
end down, others were just splendidly
shaped, the greatest sculptor could not have
chiseled more perfect form. Some were
straight. others crooked, the most fastidious
could have found limbs to suit
his own taste. The embarkation was
perilous undertaking while old Nep-
tune was rolling so heavily. Looking at
the countenance of our skillful captain, it
denoted any hing but pleasure In the situa
ton. All on board,we steamed out into the
bay and all was jolly except those whom
the rolling of the boat had brought to the
casting up of their accounts and there were
many, both of males and females. Such
a whitewashed set you seldom have an op-
portunity to look at Then there was one
passenger who had to be brought On board
oD wheelbarrow and was dumped down
the gang like you no doubt have seen bags
of bran dumped out of high mill windows
into wagon below. He came down helter
skelter and there he lay until q couple of
deck hands, one hold of each leg pulled
him to the forward deck, where he was
allowed to lay and the beer to pass out
of him through the pores, which 1t did pro
fusely and after time he was, with the as
sistance of couple of his friends, able to be
promenaded across the deck. Another pas
senger had just enough of the liquor of life
to make him patriotic, and he was making
political speeches. 1t was disputed point
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