Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1889-08-23
bronpht to shore and resuscitated af.

fer a vigorous course of treatment.
AS he was being carried away young
lady in the crowd just discovered that
| it was her brother who had been in
such peril, and she at once collapsed.
Sunday is the gayest day OF the
week here-indeed you must look at
the calendar to see what day of the
week it really is. On that day vast
! crowds come down from Philadelphia
to spend the day, it only being one
hour and a-half's journey. 1t is not a
very choice assemblage, either, that
comes The people come to have
what they think is a good time, so
they crowd all the enjoyment" posi-
BILE into the brief space. Certain por-
tions of the beach are taken posses
sion of by the excursionists-and ism
it gay there! For instance, party of
four young men amused themselves
bv taking off one stocking each from
four of their female friends, compel
ing the girls to 60 about with one
black limb and one white. Yet the
girls did not seem greatly shocked.
With such mixed crowd, as one
might well suppose almost as much
beer was drank as there was water in
the ocean. The arrests are very few,
however, the officials say.
After dinner here those who have
plenty of time sleep for a couple OF
hours, but there is too much to be
seen here for the casual visitor to
take any maps during the day. So
during the afternoon you can walk
along the board walk or sit in the
paviIions and watch the everchang
ing, ever-interesting throng of people.
Then, too, you can go up to the Inlet
and go out sailing, and get seasick,
when you will lose your dinner and
everything else and wish you were
dead. You can be more miserable at
a smaller cost in sailing vessel than
by any other means known to man
kind. 1t is also very popular to go
grabbing and catch the wriggling
crustaceous, which are very backward
in their HABITS at this place.
At night you hardly know what to
do with yourself The board walk is
the center of attraction, as it is brill
iantly lighted with electric lights and
crowded with countless throng on
pleasure bent. And then the merry
go-rounds. Only five cents to ride
around on giraffe or a lion or an
ostrich or a reindeer or goat or
camel or rhinoceros-all the above
animals are wood-at the same time
feasting the ear on beautiful, embrac
ing calliope music. You can ride also
on the switchback or at the toboggan
slide if you are not afraid Of sudden
death. You would think all the peo
pie in the place were on the board
walk, but when you go to Schauffer's
concert garden you will find couple
of thousand persons there listening
to a really good band and drinking
something that looks like beer. And
while all these amusements are in
full blast there are hops and dances
at the hotels, crowds, on the streets,
big audiences on the iron piers list
ening to concerts-multitudes every
where. Some one says Atlantic City
is like Heaven because there is room
for all. This is the only way, though,
in which it resembles Heaven. But
with all these people, the girls have
the usual summer complaint-that is,
not enough beaux.
We are stopping at the Ocean House,
Reid & Beckwith, proprietors, very
good hotel in sight of the ocean.
Among those persons known in Shep-
herdstown who are here are Mr.. NJ. b.
Baker, Mrs. Baldwin aud Miss Titus
of Philadelphia, Mrs. Snyder and
Louise Anna, We are all having
very pleasant time, and wish that
there were more Shepherdstown folks
here. This is the place for enjoyment,
and each year the number of visitors
grows larger. May we all get here
again. ii. Il. SNYDER.