The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-08-04
ASBURY FILLING UP.
Not on Intoxicants but with
the Summer Boarder.
OLD TIME CROWDS ON THE BEACH
How the Hotel keeper Entertains
His Guesls-Ocean Groves
New Poet.
snrcial to me Jerseu citu ve.s,.

$1,000 ~ E~>
week assumed much Of its appearances of
former years and the cry OF the hotel and
boarding hous Ike eper. Help boarders
or we perish" Is not so lond in the land
as it was during the early part of the
season. The demand for cottages has
also increased and the man who has been
rubbing his hands In glee over the nice
large cottage that he was going to get
later In the season for a nice small price
is III active training foe q huge disap-
p~ointmeut. There is a most noticeable
increase in the throngs on the board
walk. and the spirit of the fakir rejoiceth
thereaJ with al exceeding great joy.
The NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. eight
for-five-cents-map, (aud there are about
six OF him) looks rs though he did not
think as much as be did last week, that
| lite Is one huge funeral, willis his neigh
Dor the v~ariegated POD corr man stirs mis-
pot with more enthusiasm and makes
his balls ,e Of the succnl snt
foam on the glass Of the Elusive beach
soda assumes q g greater importance thar
ever and the common sea shell which
you can hnd anywhere along the beach
is now q beautiful marine curiosity" at
twenty-five cents. The condemnation
| VI dHLill4ldLIC LIOulOOuGSd u1 COIuOuNt OT-
rowrul drums aud other instruments of
uncertain identity which in the aggre-
gate is known as the Fifth Regiment
band Of New Jersey, plays with more
spirit IL not understanding and with H.
creased viclousness at~rocious.y assaults
the anvil Chorus 'Ah, l Have Sighed
to Rest Me-" and other gems OF ''1ro-
yAtore."
ALL SORTS OF ENTERTAINMENTS.
There have been all Sorts of eltertain-
ments here and across the Lake in Ocean
Grove for all sorts of people during the
past week. including the BABY parade
and a colored missionary jubilee. The
latter was held in the auditorium at
Ocean Grove, and was presided over by
Bishop Tanner, the energetic prelase who
made a reputation for himself by sitting
down so etfectually upon sthe obstreper-
Gus brother at the conference In New
York last spring. AS the occasion was
the annual meeting of the African Meth
| odist Missionary Society. aud as the good
Bishop had left his gavsi behind him, no
one was squelched this time, and ''de
good bredern and sistern" made he old
grove ring with their b tileiuJals anl
Amens. The entertainments were rs
varied as the people who struggled to be-
lieve they were having a good lime. Hers
at the Park they had hops. The BLACK
Patti, the Brown University Quartette
aud Mandolin CLUB, and D5ckstader's
Miustrels.
Over in the Grove each hotel entertained
its guests with shows aud Spectaciss
which in some cases are hardly IN Keep
ing with the spirit of The place. where
they won't allow tob scco and the Sunday
| papers to be sold. The psripatetic sleight
of hand man, VINO does SUCH time hon
ored tricks that the very babes expose
him, is The most prevalent form OF afl C.
ton, and he generally makes remarks
tvttifh n FL u ary nhnfGrF ri Az ~ II n Ain ~
would resent II there should be any COM
plicatious III The collection which he is
allowed by the troprietors TO lake up. Iu
some hotels aud boarding houses the col
ored COOKS, waters and other hep from
Monmouth and Ocean counties are
dressed i'll the best clothes aud brougnt
into the parlor to entertain the guests
with alleged plantation melodies which
| would driye All Alabama mule to felo ue
Sc. An entertainment with more spice
in it WAS furnished by a young lady in
one of the boarding htuses near
the ocean. and WITHIN the sound
of the laundering ~elequenca of
the speakers in the temperance confer
ence now going on in the auditorium.
The young lady danced q most graceful
skirt dance before a select audieuce ia a
carefully closed parlor, III bills -ful ignor.
ance OF the fact that some one had turned
the blinds of Que of the window In such u
AAC heNH ~ w.
witnessed by n large and appreciativs
| audience on the street. Nor did she
realize how her audiences had increased
until its rapturous applause caused her
TO beat a hasty retreat.
OCEAN GROVE POETRY.
"Originai Proprietor" Bradley, one
| watch Jtis way please. haR purchased the
strip OF land directly sputh OF Ocean
Grove and built up there an
aristocratic looking little hamlet
which he calls BRADLEY Beach"
and which the more prosaic railroad
plaiu .'Brsdleys." A salt water pond
known as Fletcher Lake. separates Brad
leys from the Grove, and two bridges
have been built across its shallow waters.
One of these was formally dedicated the
other evening with music, fireworks and
an ode. The ode was written by Miss
Emma johnson, and was sung to the
tune of When johnny Comes Marching
Home" Although postrrity has nor
done much for The JERSEY CITY NEWS,
H NEWS does NOT propose that il snail
entirely lose the poetic simplicity aud
musical rhythm of Miss Johnson's genius,
hence the ode Is appeuded:-
We meet to dedicate the bridge,
Hurrahi Hurrahi
That links the Grove and Bradley Beach,
Hurrah! Hurrahl
Midway the grand old mother stands,
Stretching to Park and Beach her hands,
And we'll all sing hurrahl hurrahl
AS we go over the bridge.
Though Bradley Beach a bonnie lass,
Hurrahl Hurrah!
In height her mother may surpass,
Hurrahi Hurrah!
She'll always keep the precept true
That honor is to parents due.
And well all slug hurrah! hurrahi
AS we go over the bridge.
See good old DR.. Alba stand,
Hurrahi Hurrah!
The Bradley Beach mail in his hand,
Hurrahl Hurrah!
A modern Esculapius, he,
And a gem OF old-time ministry,
And we'll all sing hurrahl hurrahl
AS W. go over tie bridge.
Deep in the bosom of the pines,
Hurrahi Hurrah!
The 'little church, a sacred shrine,
Hurrahl Hurrahi
Where old and young of all degree
May come alike to bend the knee,
And we'll all sing hurrah! hurrahi
AS we go over the bridge.
Then let us cheer for Ocean Grove,
Hurrahl Hurrahl
And these two children CT her love,
Hurrahi Hurrahi
Long may she thrive to spread the truth
Defended by such blooming voliths