The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-08-01
A LITTLE SEA FR0TH
BLOWN UP FROM M0REHEA0 CITY BY
TIE SEA.
DR.. RIacknaIps Whistiers--The Goat and the
Young Man Who Firts With
the mermaids.

1DuliS WuU VIM III 10 "ip'
the mermads.
Morehead City, Y. c., July 29.-Staff
Correspondencel-The is fun and
frolic going on at the Atlantic
Hotel all the time, there is
perfectly appearant vein of humor ana
fun in the very atmosphere, and the
greatest of all the fun makers is our
genial host DR. BlacknaG.
The Doctor don't like whistling, he has
never vet been able 10 detect the least
music. melody or rhythm in whistler.
Early in the season he put up placards
hearing the inscription mo whistling al
lowed about the hotel. If you must
whistle get boat and sail over TO
.Sbacklefords banks where there are
no nervous people TO disturb The no
tices had very good effect and with few
exception the whistling ceased. a few,
however kept whistling and finally ne put
M another sign This had on it "Atten-
ton. guests All the whistlers in the
Hotel have stopped whistling except one
or two crazy men. Please bear with
these. they are not going to be here long
and. while they are ordinarily perfectly
harmless. it is a little risky to say any
thing to them about whistling for fear
of stirring up their poor demented minds
and causing trouble, so please excuse
them"
There has not been whistle heard
since this last sign was put up.
=
The other day when the Bankers first
came down. it is said, that one of them
came to the office and made complaint
to the Doctor about the dining room
closing before he could get his breakfast.
what time did you get down. my
friend said the Doctor.
at was just ten minutes after ele-
ven" he replied, "and | think man
running a hotel ought 10 open the din
ing room at 6 O'Clock in the morning and
keep it open till bed time, so that the
guests can get their meals any minute. "
MY kind friend. what is your bust
ness:" asked the Doctor
II am a banker" replied the gentle
man.
"Wen. sir, why don't you open your
bank each morning by day break so
that the people who 60 to the market
can get in if they wish to and then why
don't you keep it open until IL O'Clock
that night so that your customers can
get in it any hour
ooh. we have regular banking hours,
replied the Banker.
$50 do we." said the Doctor, "and we
have to meet the requirements of about
GOO white folks, most all of them crazy
on some subject and about 80 colored
walters almost as bad"
The gentleman has taken his breakfast
by 8 o'clock every morning since.
That's one of our summers boys"
said the Doctor, pointing to one of the
beaux of the Atlantic Hotel. ''He
is one of the best on the
beach, continued the Doctor.
'.He keeps in thorough training. He
comes down early. before the guests be-
gin TO arrive and there is lot of mer-
maids mile or two mp the beach. He
goes up there every day early in the
season and makes love to the mermaids.
He loves to make love to the mermalds
because they can't talk and he can do
all the talking. Then when the young
ladies begin to arrive he is in thorough
training and he is valuable acquisition,
we couldn't do without him.
"Now my friend we've got q kicking
park right out yonder behind the hotell,
Won lust go out there and do all the
| kicking YOU want. it wont hurt a thing,
lust go out there and the boy will tie YOU
to the kicking post and you can kick
away until you get tired. L know # Is
mighty gratifying sometimes to kicks SO
we had that post put up there and every
body SAYS that is a grand idea
| The gentleman has not had word TO
say about the hotel since the aboves was
said to him by Dr. Blacknall over; two
! three days ago
THAT'S one Of the freak changes Of ma
lture that takes place down here hearly
every summer" remarked the doctor as
! a fellow came through the dining room
bleating ike a goat. ''That fellow is
turning to goat; he makes Nose now
lust like a goat and | noticed TO-DAY thai
/ he has two little horns coming sout one
on each side of his head. No, / cont say
ANYTHING to him. You will make linn mad
and you know a goat smells awful wher
he is mad. That fellow will be full
fedged goat before another season"
"Talk about kicking" said the doctor
we had fellow here the other day wht
was n kicker sure enough. He was reg
ular professional Nothing suited him
The first night ne was here he said h'
could not sleep at all, and the next nigh
he said he slept too good. lie declared
that the terrapin soup tasted terrapin1
and that the soft shell crabs were too
soft, and that the Spanish: mackere
melt right fshy. He said one day that h
was afraid the wind would blow hin
away, and the next day he declared tina
he did not believe there ever: had been ;
breeze at Morehead; but he broke thu
,camers back in the dining room few
days ago He ordered some eggs, fried OF
one side, and when the waiter brough
them he cursed out the waiter becaus
he had let the cook fry the eggs on tn
wrong side. Oh, yes, he left and the last
heard of him he was cursing the conduc
or because the railroad had a curve in j
just above Newport.
at takes all sorts of folks to make
summer resort" added the doctor, IAN,
we get enough sorts down here to max
two or three first class resorts"
F. B. ARENDELL.
JOhnSOn'S