Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-07-28
SEA BATHING
IN the Surf at Galveston The Beach
Hotel and It's Attractions.
Fort Worth Enterprise and What Hon.
JAS Britton Would Say About 1t.
Excursion Parties from North Texas t.
the Island City,

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Day 10 your re"uefs co'no M yo WI"
are weary and hot, unto the beach NJ
Galyeeton. for verify there IN GOODNESS,
u..oa .,a ,a., 10 LA to,nJ T,mothy
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What n glorious beach the good peo-
ple of Galveston have and how little
i, a. L,.,, 10 ,Jeo.,ro ...,..r. The
1890 J,,L, ,rnniinv III. Reach
hn,ai .Scands .ny,hing have seen nj
E,.s,.,,n ,.a,ori;a ,,scaa Tha con-
80, ~ rand old oulf.
IT, ha,,i,oni oio.,,,,, ,;gh,s
H.. ,,,s,n ,Ia hmm of merry Voices
H.. h.a"tifui toilet. md tle loveIv
Ill, Iii ,n,,,i,,no ~ n,oL In, n ,icture
S,.hi,,, ,oa .oan mover c,des from
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,,n,i,.,a s,,,,,o AZ . singIa i.itor IN Give
n,'',h,, i,,sa 4, das,rintlo,, nj fhe
na,,ai, ta,o, aud ito a,,rrn,,ndinga and
I can ,,,i 49, a,v will those whn n,e on.
naI,Ie Of ,,,dyiny from their own expe.
,Ianco iGai In nointa of archilectrral
honm,v md In slsgnncn NJ tinIsh The
Reach hnis, has no s,nerior I'm this
cnl,ntry, Froniiny fulIv 90 feet On
tho ,onch with hroad and
s,,hs,a,tiai vernndaa at ench of
The nrsi aacond and third
nnora anI oxt,udjny tho entire
ienyth nT aud folIn,yiny the coutour
NJ ,ba buiIdIng afIordiny annie nrom-
enad.. far ,hn,,annda ~ guests nj
rnc,Iv IN Tho conter Of n heautifuI
lawn fronting the hotel ia mn elegant
oct,yonal u,nsic stanJ where everv
nivLt petitsi orchestra gives N well.
snierted nroyrnmme of nfteen pum-
h.rs th,se ~ ln.t njybt closing with
selections from Uarripnn & Hartts
melodies. The drive on the beach ia
"iust Too lovely. ma the ladies' saw n
smooth. compact and perfeotly ieyel
sandy bench free from ,ock. ar shells
and In one ,,nbroken line for fifteen or
twenty miles. always lust damn
enough 10 prevent dust md
k, II, In constant orde, by old mother
ocean, for no matter how much IL may
he emf nm during the dav and nivht IL
IA alwaya mt In perfect or.er hv Inc
next morning.
The facilities for surt bathing excel
most OF the Eastern watering places.
the beach Inns such "A gradual slone
that accidental drowning very rarely
happens. Immediately fronting the
hotel and not over five hundred feet
from 10 two very Handsome bathing
structures have been erected aud well
supplied with all that IN necessary for
a tumble In the surf Electric lights
flash out into the gloom and light up
the white and foanIing wave.caps M
they follow each other along the vel
vet.like beach, protecting ropes stretch
M far ns II IL safe 20 90. and gentle.
manly assistants advise you that be-
You'd those lines the undcrtow liz dan
gerous, a fact which YOU will very soon
ioolhardy enough TO try. Every com.
fort for the bathers can be found here.
and the rules relating to conduct are
strictly enforce l. 10 one who for the
first time experiences the sensation of
"A sea-bath the enjoyment lssimply i'm.
mense. Ss,ne give vent to their feel.
lngs In n peculiar way-one In
particular, last night, gave vent TO his
In rather unpleasant and noisy shout
that gave me an impression that he
was "A cowboy ut general roundup,
80 loud, long and continuous waa his
yell. After vigorous plunge i'm the
briny deep the proper thing To do Ia n
lounge on the broad vernndas of the
hotel, where almost constantly n cool
and invigoratlng sea-breeze makes the
festive mosquito and the tantaliziny
fly conspicuous by their absence.
Fort Worth aud her citizens arc nj
ways to the front, lust think of II, wa
find ON the hotel bin of fare tho fol.
lowing legend: "The cream used on
the tables TODAY Ia from the Eerris
Model Dairy farm of Fort Worth
Texas, and such wns the case. MOI
only the cream. but the milk md los
cream were sent from Fort Worth and
will be sent constantly. This IL faci
that the Fort Worthites may feel
Justly proud OF and IL speaks Volumes
for the enterprise of her citizens
What do you suppose the Hon. las
state railroad commissioner
would say should he happen to tind
this outc Would he moi sav that ths
Fort WORTHLESS were ubiouitous aud
then would not the Dal,asItes howl
oh, would that we had a jim Britton
There is talk of forming an excursion
party from Dallas, Fort Worth and