Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-08-11
OCEAN CITY NOTES.
Interesting Features of Life mt This
Maryland Resort.

Correspondence OF The Evening STAR
OCEAN CITY, Md, August Q, 1904
Situated on the long. narrow island of
Assateague. and washed by the waters of
SineIuxent bay on one side and the waves
OF the Atlantic on the other. this little place
Is becoming dessrvedly more and more pop
ular each year with Washingtonians
The names Of the cities of New York, Phil
adelphia. Chicago, Baltimore. Richmond, Nor
folk. Frederick and Annapolis are all seen
opposite names on the register of the At
lantfc Hotel, where / am sojourning for
one restful week. The bathing here has
often been pronounced equal to Cape Nav
itself, and although 1t is. apparently, a
flrm, gently sloping and very safe beach
there are numerous life lines, and life
guard Is always on the sand during the
bathing hour. ready to plunge in to the
rescue at short notice.
Since my last visit here, in 1892, there
have been at least thirty stores and cottages
built.
A vdy interesting feature of Ocean City
Is the daily putting out to sea of the fleet
or nshins boats through the breakers, and
their return at noon, generally with full
basket, and often In addition there Would
be a bfg turtle. a sturgeon, a shark or some
other odd dslizen of the briny deep. To us
who watch these hardy, jolly, ragged sun
burned and oarefooted men 1t seems dan
gerous experiment every time they breast
the waves Ihre are usually three or four
TO each boat, but one old fellow invariably
ventures forth alone on the heaving pillows
and by great skill and strength he ma
neuvers his little craft. unaided. success
fully to the fishing grounds. from two to
nve miles away.
There Is life saving station in the line
or cottages. end any visitor who will re-
quest the favor is politely initiated into the
workings nd the domestic economy of
these benefoent institutions. Each Is sup
piled with a good many comforts. not the
leaSt OF which is a small but well-selected
library for the Use of TIE men during the
lonely winter. Now there are only few on
duty
In former years the famous. tiny blue
eyed, spotted Chincoteague ponies were a
common sight, either being ridden by visit
ors up and down the beach or quietly brows-
ing on the scanty heritage behind the hotels
and cottages. but / have not come across
any OF these animals this season. Tradition
ing Shetland ponies was wrecked off Chin
colleague Island, and that these are their
posterity.
Another local tale is of a Spanish galleon
which went down, about the time Of the
revolution. some few miles north of Ocean
City. There is a strip known as money
beach. where Spanish coins have been
found quite plentifully. examined one
specimen. said to have been picked I'D there
and II was undoubtedly Spanish. and the
still legtble date proved II to be at least one
hundred and twenty-five years old.
Among Waskingtonians here recently
We're Interstate Commerce Commissioners
j. ID. Yeomans and Clements and their re-
spective families. Mr.. and Mrs. waggaman
and family. d. E. Fox and family. Count
savertss. Senator Blackburn. the wife Of
Senator Jones. r. c. Gwynn and family,
Mr.. and Mrs. Eiseman and family, Mr.
Nordlinger and family. C. r. Newman and
family.