The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1896-08-15

Wo arrived all safe and sound at the
! seaside and engaged board with Rev. VIM.
| Green, u member of tho Wilmington Con-
| ference. We found him a perfect gentle
man and very obliging, His wife is calcu-
| lated to oversee II first class boarding
! house. for which the charges are reason.
able; none better for the price. The cot.
tage is on the ocean front, and grand
view can be had of it by sitting on the
front porch. In writing this letter we are
sitting on the porch and away off to our
left we can see the lighthouse, Cape Hen.
lopen, Cape May and where the Break.
water Is situated. We can also see quite
plainly the buoy on the shoal called Hen
and Chicken, which derived its name, they
say, (thorgh no history is given for iD
from hen and chicken getting overheard
in colonial times from vessel, and hence
1t was given the name OF Hen and Chicken
Shoal.
On Sunday goodly number Of people
were here. Ii is a beautiful sight to sit on
the front porch of the Bradford House. of
which Mr.. Green is proprietor, and see the
waves dash up on the beach,
Rehoboth at first was Methodist re-
sort, and also without a bar, but now
all denominations meet here and there are
two hotels where intoxicating drinks are
sold. Why, we know not.
A colorcl camp meeting closed here on
lnufsuhyi anN IL WlllC camp Is now III
session near town.
A large concourse of people can be seen
on I he boardwalk in the evenings.
We took stroll down the beach for
about three miles, and picked up some
very beautiful shells and other relics We
stopped at the Douglass House and saw on
the register list the names of Mrs H f.
Talley, James q. Couk, }. Mctiary Geo.
E. Davis, Geo Bush, Jr, Josiah Marvel,
ft
and family, all of Wiimngton Mrs II.
A. Bispham and family. Mrs Margic
Wilson, Ms, Ro o'aie Wilson, Miss Maulo
Cbestley, Miss Claudia Chcstley, Mrs. Sara
Graft and Mrs Bernard Wilson and family,
all of Claymont. We next took in the
Rehoboth Life Saving Station, and
through the kindness of Elasmus Joseph,
the head keeper we were shown all the
boats aud other apparatus for tho saving
of lives in time of storm.
The life boat is Il self. bailer and if she was
to turn up side down it would right itself
again, and on the side ara a gOodly num-
Der of oars fastened with wooden Knobs
for men to catch hold off. The life car
is for carrying the sailors from the wreck
to the shore We also seen it, also the can
non for firing a rope across the vessel so
that connection can be made with the
shore. Everything was in the best of or
der and the men arc paid sixty dollars
month,
The captain and the head man is paid
5000 a year by the Government. After the
first of October they walk the beach from
dark till morning, changing every few
hours We also saw the table set, with
the men, of which there We're six eating
their supper. The table was well set, and
the food looked in apple pic order, all
done by man that weighs $50 pounds, so
being large man, he ought to be IL big
cook. The ladies, no doubt seme of them,
could get lessons from him in the art of
Cooking. The men spoke very highly Of
their late captain, Mr. Truxton of Loves,
who died only Il few weeks ago. They say
he was very good man and aperfcct gen.
tleman, and they greatly miss him. Also
he never spoke an unkind word to them.
What II grand record for the family Of
the deceased. Good and useful men are
the ones that are missing in the world and
will be greeted in the world to come
On Tuesday morning, after II good
nights rest, we were up with the sun and
took stroll down the beach for some two
miles and then rctraced our steps and
satisfied the inner man. After breakfast
we took walk up to Cape HenlUpen,
which is five miles away.
There we saw the men going through
the drill, which was II grand sight to us.
They also caught an anchor, and brought
IL ashore, which Huu Deell IOSl ABOUT clSnt
years before, also an iron steering wheel.
both of which were greatly eaten by tho
salt water. The two little boys of the pro.
pfietor accompanied us, and the smaller
ono has the best pluck for boy of five
years of ago that VIC ever saw before. We
travelled ten miles ON the beach before we
got home again. Mr.. Green kindly gear
cd up his horse and carriage and took lis
out riding from ono o'clock till nearly six,
sight seeing, and before we got home
we had covered some eighteen miles of
beach and roads.
Conclusion on Monday