The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1893-08-11
OCEAN SPRAY.
NEWPORT. Aug. s, 1898.

| booming aS much this season as usual.
The reasons are too apparent to need
mention. Financial stringency affects
the hotels SO that at no time are there
many steady boarders. Corners and
goers are somewhat frequent anI a
few days of outirg must answer for
weeks at other seasons. Yet there are
more people in cottages and tents
than there ever >have been before in
the first week in August. The cheap
Sunday excursions often bring large
numbers down to the seaside for day
of recreation and rest.
Bathing is popular and quite a
number indulge in II salt dip. On
Wednesday we counted l25 on North
Beach.
The past few days have brought
several prominent individuals to this
resort. Prot. Shaw, of the Agric ul-
tural college, Prof Condor, of the
State university, Prof SLillman, of the
State Normal school, at Monmouth,
with their families are all here. Teach
ers from several of our public schools
are cooling off and washing off at this
ocean beach. Ministers by the dozen
are here initiating Demosthenes of old,
standing by the roaring sea, with peb
bles i'll their mouths trying to become
eloquent. Physicians are stopping a
few days 20 recruit and give their p,-
tients rest and All opportunity to re-
cover. Lawyers are fewer in number
perhaps than other professional gen
tlemen, as these hard times give them
plenty to do at home. Ladies' and
children predominant, land the scriptual
number of seven women to one man
is very noticeable. And yet there are
quite number of sets after all. Old
married people, young married people
and to-be-marred people are very COM
mon. By the way, there is one of
the finest spoon factories here at New
port that can be found on the Pacific
slope. All kinds and all sizes of
spoons are on exhibition daily. This
institution is located for the most part
on the beaches. Spoons large and
spoons small. Spoons short and
! spoons tall. Spoons carved and
spoons uncarved in every conceivable
style, and ali Of them have the most
modern attachments. No art is car
ried to greater perfection here than
making spoons and spooning We
have even seen ministers spoouing,
especially if recently married. Re
artfully arranged and artistcally carved
than others.
Another amusement that attracts
much attention is the daily dog fight
which occurs at the time the boat ar
rives at night. 1t is SO managed that
1t affords IL welcome to visitors on
their arrival. There is nothing
meaner and more unmuslcal than a
dog fight. Men yell, women shrek
and children cry, making a perform
ance similar to first class nuisance.
The Bay View house is as popular
as ever and is having the best run of
patronage of any of the hotels so far.
Mr.. Abbey, the genial proprietor, just
wishes the folks in the valley would
begin a "run" on him. He thinks
that he would not have to suspend for
some time.
F. M. johnson, Esq, had the mis-
fortune to lose a valuable colt, this
morning. By some means it was
badly gored and died soon after.
Rev. w. C. Kantner and family are
safely here after the many trials and
tribalations that assailed them Oh their
journey.
Quite a colony from Monmouth |
came in on Monday and are nicely To-
Gated near Nye creek. The arrival of
Hon. Geo. H. Williams, of Portland |
and Rev. j. r. N Bell, of Independ-
ence last evening, has considerably in
the avolrdupois of Newport.
Bro. Bell was on the beach this morn
ing watching the bathers and he be-
came so paraly at the scene that he
turned his back to the ocean once.
Just to think OF DR.. Brown of Port
land, and Rev. DR.. Hill of Portland,
too, and Rev. E. r. Prichard of Al
bany, and their wives, dressing up as
circus fellows do! Why, it frightens
me" said Bro Bell. Il shall 60 right
home; l don't wonder they shiver when
they come out of the water,-they
ought to, and no mistake.
1t is proper to state that Bro. Bell is
here looking for his wife who has gone
to sea, and whom he hopes to see soon.
The ladies of the Presbyterian church
gave fine entertainment at the opera
house on Tuesday which Was literally
and a great success fnan-
,ially. But my letter is already too
ong, and 1 will only say that it is
grand time to come to the Bay now.
The weather is fine, the tides are just
light, and the beach is in splendid con-
iition. Croquet, base ball, foot ball,
avn tennis, and foot races are few
If the sports which we all see on the
,each at present. T. E.J.