Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1889-08-31

PEACH, OYSTER. CRAB. TERRAPIN.
DUCK AND BIRDS AT HOME.
T he Paradise OF sportsmon and the
Delight of Epicures-A Pen-picture
OF the Peninsula Capital and Ener-
gy Would Bring Marvellous Develop
ment.
A special correspondent Of Wilmington
Erery Eceniag writing from Rchoboth
under date Of August eth says:
Energy, enterprise, railroad facilities
and the proximity to the large centres of
population have combined to dot the New
Jersey coast with n score Of watering
places oi more or less renOwn, until now
there is scarcely an available site an that
coast suitable for starting new resort
Year by year as summer travel has in
creased, these various places have been
built.up and made prosperous. The crowds
have become so great at some Of them,
that demand has arisen for some virgin
resorts To which the modest and retired
pleasure seeker can 20 for rest without
being required TO mingle with the large
and often obnoxious excursion crowds.
This demand has turned the attention
OF capitalists to the coast on the Peninsula
which is MS yet but little known to pleas
ure seekers, and has never been doomed
like its more prosperous but less favored
sisters ON the New Jersey coast. From
Rehoboth 10 Cape Charles, the sea coast
of this Peninsula offers dozen ar more
sites for extensive watering places which
are unriyalled in all the advantages which
go TO make up those resorts and all the
facilities which help 10 realize the dreams
of those seeking either rest or sport. The
boating, fishing, cunning and bathing are
uncxcellcd and mosquitoes are not so
plentiful MS at some Of the New Jersey re-.
sorts.
Mos, of all, this Peninsula is the garden
spot of the United States and can furnish
more good things to tickle the palate Of
the epicurc than any strip Of territory of
equal size in this or any other country
II is the home oi the luscious peach and
other small fruits, the succulcnt sha,l, the
soft .>hcllcd crab, the Juicy oyster, the
royal diamond hacked ,eriapin. the can.
vass backed duck aud The thousand aud
one other good things that make life
worth living Some or all of these deli.
cacics ARE NJ your very doors and il only
needs little capital and pluck To bring
these advantages properly before the
pleasure seeking public aud the result will
speak for itself Not only will il bring
thousands Of people To this Peninsula. who
now annually leave their ducats in our
ncighbnring State hut il will serve To nd
vrrii>c its advantages IL visitors, many of
whom would undoubtedly find il pleasant
rnough fer their permanent abode.
Lewis aud l,chnlnth their loca,i, n AMI pres
pccis. arr tol-rably we'll known. hut outside
of ocean Ciiy. the remainder Of the pcnnsular
scacoast l. unfamiliar except Ia those few who
have discovered its beauties AMI arr quietly
Awaiting themselves ~ them unbcknown Ia
! the majority OF the outside world About one
mite south of Rchohoth. AMI just hack az the
Douglass House. Is u beautiful sheet III water
known ~ Kchohoih hay, which IL II paradise
for spurtsmcn TN its hanks stands the famous
old hosiclric Of Trcdcnick, which figures Ia
Gcorsc Alfred Townscnd's "Eniailc,i Hat
II was n famous resort for sportsmcn In days
gone by. before the present large hotels were
built. Trcdcnick died year or So ago. hut his
widow s,ill lives there. Tits now hut rccol-
! lection. although the long. low building still
shows hospi'ablc looking front. This hay
ahounis In soft.shcllc,l crabs AMI fish during
summer aud ducks AMI other birds during win
ter.
Just below Rchohoih Hay and connected to
| u. Is Indian River hay, another fine body uf
water for sporisincn 4 few miles further
south the cx plorcr will striKc Assawoman hay.
long boiy of water separated from the sea
by anarrow strip Of land on which stands Fem
wlck's Island light 10 warn the mariner OF the
danger Of the shoals on here. which have been
the grave Of So many brave sailors. Assawo-
man hay, further down the coast widcns in,o
the Isle ~ Wight hay. In which is AN Island Of
the same name. \ narrow toly Of water
known n Syncpnxcnt lay connects the Isle
Of Wight hay To Chincotcague Sound. by far
the largest body of water along the Pcnnstiiar
coast. At the upper end Ut Synepuxcnt hay
Is Ocean city. Maryland's famous rcsort.which
Is enjoying one of the most prosperous seasons
in It's existence this summer.
| Chincntcaguc Sound Is body Of water about
"a To- - miles long AMI several miles wide. AZ
Its upper end II Is separated from the sea 10y
Syncpuxcnt Reach. This beach stops just be-
low point about opposite snow Hill. where
Green tun Inlet formerly connected the
sound aud the ocean Ia form Assatcaguc Is
land. which isnow really a Peninsula.
whrrc Green Kun Inlet flowed n man namcl
Scott has erected hig hotel which has become
IA favoritc resort for spnrtsmen. Assatcague
Island fronts on the ocean aud directly be-
hind u, separated only by n narrow body of
water. is Chincoicague Island, the birthplace
AMI home II the famous Chinrotcaguc ponies.
! The pony pcnning. which Is an annual feature
AZ these two islands and which usually draws
hundreds 81 visitors, took place last week.
Chincotcasuc Island. which Is about seven
miles long AMI two ar three wide, is compara-
lively well settled AMI contains several thou-
sand souls. l, has some good hotels but wcw
the features ~ this island ~ summer resort
made known, II would annually attract thou-
sands where II now draws hundreds. The
haihcr ,Tn have quiet. sal, water bathing In
the inlet ar he can cross over Ia Assatcaguc
Island where the hcach slopes out 50 gradually
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three times ~ far as at most other resorts.
The breakers along parts ~ this coast arr
double. breaking first on the shoals nj th" con
! siderable distances frum shnrc AMI then apHin
~ they approach nearer the bach.
| thincoicaguc Inlet separates the island Of
IN" -amc name frlm Walinp's Island which lies
directly Ia the south nf II. This island II hut
little morn than half as hig ~ chincotcaguc.
AMI until last week II was owned by Thomas
Taylor. of Easivillc, and John Hunting, WIN
lives On the isani. For ss0n. they sold II Ia
some New York parties who propose Ia trans
I fnrmii intn a his resort for next summer.
4 They will huld n goo'l-siscd hotel and erect n
nunihcr nf small portable cottages which they
expect To- MI with new visitors fnom New York
AMI other noihcru cities.
congressman W. L.. Scott. ~ Erie. who
| owns most 81 the land around Capc Charles
Ciiy. - nav nrganizing stock company witha
capital stack ~ <s.iLtAD which proposes Ia erect
hlg hotclat Caps Charles city Ia will In ln-
catri IN u beautiful grove facing the oprn has
whcrr the bathing T. ilnr AMI the surroundings
very attractive.
II,lnw this arr Assawoman Island. Gargathy