The Penn's Grove record., 1885-08-08

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anT slip j. ia e e loosely mariners
beacon dual s,au5 ing iH tho midst Of
& @ vayesaud takes their luIeting, was
d. Bombay Iiooz aid Leipsic
points rounded, and a long stretch Of
salt marsA followed Tlicu IS Che home
oG as blood thirsty q tribe IS wall s or
ag-the earth. porb MaAoa was
reaeheda AS ua Ter a s.jf gale that
dashed The waves i.to q fury. Soon af-
,er5gpse- ID tar ieJ i to- their bunksex-
etpt the ou trpperous "iLe" who ap-
P.artd sometime I'm cur sleep and made
his presence known by throwing "a live
crab uspous us winch was more scared
,hau we we p. TIC wind fell about
IL O'Clock. u was No nj ;ht for Steep
they were after us. How they knew
ue were J=rseyman sitter their fish we
we do rot ialow without it was be-
cause We did Let have the smell Of
Delaware mad about Us. We Eel
knocking them oa5 on every ro.nl bu
there weys too many to be knocked q t
so We lad to take their thanks less
ctuel eites. At $50 Tuesday morning
sail was set fgr ihe Hammock to secure
crabs Ter bait. The Hammock is a
small village situated on a fine white
sandy heaeh about midway between
AIaaoH's aud Bowers which are about
Tlniies dstaaca apart II has two
telul a,aH1eI@ hotels, a few residence Of
ua,r G5l.fm3n, several c5tlyas. ana
Hath hogsas. 1t is a summer resort
tor the inland iahabi ais Camp
meetings are held Oh Il G beach in Au-
gust. a few crabs were purchased IL
a dear price rs thpyare very scarce this
year aal th9 fishing gr1aal5 were
reached about 9o'cloek when all threw
Jheir lines to catch their first fish but
some have not felt it bite yet. Soon
firing Of The poor ishh g man hour and
Il half 81 was set Cor Bowers Beach
/ which vas reached about 12.l5 O'Clock
Bowers is a small Village Ct about Il or
= h5uses principally inhabited by
poor fishermen, situated at tue mouth
/ OF Marderkil creek on IA jit Of high
( g.oaad barely above the salt marshes
/ on each side. Or. Hubbard a retired
bachelor las IL very handsome residence
there. It bats a hotel, two shops or
/ stores, and rath houses. 1t is a sum
1 mgr resort for the inland iuhabitduls
no drive to the beach IL the wagon
loads TO spend a day in fishing, bathing
and recreation. a hop is given every
Wednesdt night at the h,tel. This
las been the Headquarters OF II star
geou fishermen in the early part .. the
season until The tive past years wien
they have ancl ored in the Misspi1fiou
Il miles belGw. The fishing g unjs
begin about u mile SOUTHEAST Of Bow
er7s and extend cut 2 or 3 miles
and scuth some miles below the Miss.
riliion. This is what greedy Delaware
wants all to her-elf.
On arriving 1T Bowers l at once
started Tor Magnolia a cross roads, p.
O.. village about 8 miles distant, to VISIT
an old schoolmate &. y. Wlarcn. II G
roads are good in Delaware and l tTudee
along lelsut9ly, SPARE / on oe3A5i0lai y
by the friendly accompaniment OF ue
too social mosquito. The couatry is
fiat and the soil rather heavy for aboal
2 miles from tie betch when it be-
com slightly undnlati9g, tie sol
Lighter and occasion a.nldy. Tue soil
is very fertile aud gives evidence Of 4
rich subsoil by therank growth Of thl
hedges when iosn nearly all fences
and by the siz4 OF the Old moss covered
peach trees which live to lie from Is to
20 years Old. Tile destination wa
reached about 3 2. N. by making sew
cral mqai les and | was cordially r.
ce!yed and entertaining onmy very 10
expected visit. On "Wednesday 1 drove
10 see Prof, q. ". COnWeli , h live,
smiles lrJher on Having nt.o,dbeu
the ditection5 given / reda iultEer on
and had an extended drjse through
THAI section The view u Nai3a MAS l.its
a curiosity, c3n2ensIting for NOT And
ng jae Piof.at II m. Ia5qol q is about
. miles east OF Wyoming station, the
centre OF tto peach growing district of
Delaware. bcyides wntaG al6 corr,
peaches are the speciality raissa. S3Me
tomatoes track and fruit are raised a.
so. All the farms had peach orchards
some covering from 80 10 100 acres Of
lanG. The peach crop viii be POOR
this year, not more than halt What il
was last, yet fromohe orchard OF ebout
80 acres which, 1 saw, the oWaef cA-
pect to take 10,000 baskets. reache,
lad not gotten ripe, yet | got u good
me OF pramatGrrs and was t2ld by
iucnd Wharton to pix all / could fl ,
Which 1 dis, ami took tAom 10 The boa,
ou luy rethra On Wcduvad y evening
wtlen they We're highly tciiahsd }
''thc boys. Irof. ConNel was at tll
beach that eve iag ad | gat IL SC
hta. On Wednesday The bays
tsied trout fishing nlla poor success
On Thursday a s4 mort east wird
blew in Tine qs3uth OF the cceek iu,9
ing it mpG be TO f,at ne sl4o},
out which ian oHy be oar az. hjs