Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-08-18
THE FLORAL PARADE.
One of the Coming Events at Long
Branch.

Correspondence OF The Evening Star.
LONG BRANCH. y. J.. August IL, 1894
Society was on the qui vive when 1t was
announced positively that President Cleve-
land was expected last Saturday. A small
crowd collected at the station, but the ruler
of the nation did not appear. We have.
however. exPresident Harrison with us.
He occupies "a cottage az Monmouth Beach.
and expects to remain until the middle of
September, if not longer. He is frequently
seen on Ocean avenue, in company with
Mrs. Mckee Baby Mckee and others.
Last week and this were the gayest of
the season, which promises 20 be long
one.
The floral parade is an event that is ex-
citing much interest. Participants in il
will this season be obliged to decorate
their own carriages. as the awards in
former years were not considered quite fair,
owing to the fact that many carriages en-
tered for the parade were decorated by New
York florists. This will not be allowed this
season 1t is expected that over one hun
dred carriages Will drive in the floral
parade down Ocean avenue, and il is quite
likely that ex-PI esident Harrison will be in
it.
Other events to take place in the near
future ere the proprietor ball at the How
lani House. the children's ball at West
End, the bicycle road race. the New Jersey
state fair, and the celebration on American
day. The bicycle road race t3kes place
August - the thirty-sixth New Jersey
state fair at Naverly Park September 1
to .
American day will be celebrated with
pcmp and ceremony at Asbury Park on
Thursday.
The fishing here is very fine 1t is not
unusual for an amateur to get twenty
pounds Of fish in morning, fish weighing
all the way from CNYe TO ten pounds. The
finest weak fish that ever went to market
fave been caught BY the millions during
ihe Ta7-t -Ee<A-. Sontr9IS 70 the reports
made by several New J Ork dGilieS laS 4
,pring-@.--. Sspat"r- BEadley.,s fish bill was
being discussed. that next season no fish
would be caught at all. the catch for June
and UP to date has been the largest On
record in this vicinity. The number of
pounds Of weak fish taken from nets belong
ing to pound fishermen between Elberon
and Ssabri-ht in one day Is roughly esti-
ma tel at &p'asi, and even this figure is
snail. &s mary pounds caught several
thousand pounds Of blue fish. The weak
FISH caught are of excellent quality and size.
The pounds managed by the Henessey Bros
at Tallahassee lake. in which L. II. Painter
OF W Washington i principal owner. were IN
Usually lucky. Five thousand pounds of
weak n>h were caught in a few days, the
finest caught in this vicinity. There are
nearly twenty pounds between Elberon and
Seabright. and for this alone II requires the
CGltluS GOWN OF Low trees. Ih1S means an
outlay 81 mary thousand dollars Henry
Green and George Van Norton. young fish
eimen from Belmar. caught, about ten days
ago. "a sea turtle weighing 2tD pounds The
monster was landed by hooks baited for sea
hess
A few days since a merry party from
Ce1tral Cottage went Grabbing in the
ShreN s6yEy,- The party consisted of six
three ladies' ard three gentlemen. In few
hours two hundred crabs were caught In
the evening the boarders, seventy-five
strong. gathered in the Kitchen where the
oolJrei walters had prepared the crabs
No crabs ever tasted quite so good as these
Mrs. George Pullman and her son, Geo
NJ, j., and daughter left West End Friday
TO ,aSe passage on the steamer Normandie
Mr. Pullman will remain here for the re-
snainder Of the season. Elberon has been
us home for twenty years.
Mr.. Amos kimball Of the United States
army is at the West End. His wife and
daughter are with him.
Claude NJ johnson. superintendent of the
bureau OF engraving and printing is a
guest at West End. He is accompanied by
his family.
Prof. W. b. Ireland has recently visited
relatives here.
T =. Mcdonald Is at Long Branch
Mrs. ". :. Lindsey is a guest at an Ell
heron cottage.