Pleasantville weekly press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1890-1911, 1897-07-07
A Letter FROM THE
CITY BY THE SEA.
The Be1ated hot Weather
Comes at last.
PHILOSOPHY OF Grabbing aid FISHING.
PLEAsANTv1LLE REAL EaCATE AS VIEWED
FROM ACROSS THE BAY-POLITNAL
NOTES AND COMMENTS - REPORTED
OFFER OF NEW YORK CAPITALISTS.

0V0ryUOuy IL Ou Uu0 Juups LIE lOu&
cold spell had the effect of keeping peo.
pie away but the warm weather brings
them along and from present indications
the city will be full as usual By the 10th
which will be in keeping with previous
years. Everybody seems to be here for
good rest and at the same time enjoy
the sights and pleasures, of which there
are plenty. Large numbers take to sail
ing and fishing and seem to take delight
in having their face and hands burned a
beautiful red by the rays of Old Sol.
The fish are biting better than usual
and great strings of them are being
paraded along the avenues by the de-
lighted anglers. Grabbing too has be-
come very fashionable with the Summer
Girl and her best fellow. They hire a
boat that is provided with crab nets
buy five cents worth of CLAIMS and away
they go to some quiet nook in some of
the many thoroughfares where they
crab and spoon to their hearts content.
A girl shows off to better advantage
fishing or grabbing than at any other
pastime. All shyness Is thrown of,
and the natural graces of the dear little
creature are brought out in natural
way which make them quite irresistible.
Many girl has captured her fellow who
was adamant to all other of her little
schemes said to bepracticed by the sex to
bring the game down. tits said that Lille
Langtry captured the Prince of Wales
through the natural graces displayed
in landing a crab. If any girl should
read this who is troubled with long
winded fellow who either lacks the
courage to propose or for any other
reason has failed to come to time, take
him out on a grabbing EXPEDITION and
if he don't melt give him up at once for
he is no good.
The sixteen trains day from here to
your beautiful town am told are run
. ming well filed and inquiries for pro.
perty at Pleasantville has added pounds
of flesh to your real estate agents over
there. Brother Shaner, Squire Abott
and Frank Reinar and in fact all oi
them are kept busy showing their choice
sites to the hundreds of anxious in
quirers after farms and lots. Daniel L.
Risley the pioneer Prince of real estate
agents has provided q splendid horse
and carriage to show the bargains that
he still has in reserve. Captain Hezekiah
Ireland is in charge of the rig, and he
meets every train ready to take any one
free of charge all overthe ground.
Had money to invest | would put it
down in Pleasantville to-day without
fear. l know of several purchases
that was made their last week by men
who have lived all their lives in what is
now the Borough of Pleasantville. |
regard this as very significant for it
shows their faith in the future of the
town. To oil who can, l advise an
early visit. Go slow. study the con-
ditions, make up your mind from actual
observation and locate accordingly.
You can make no mistake if you follow
these instructions. / know a poor
woman who purchased few acres, 7
believe, three years ago for seven hundred
dollars-she refused from the writer. last
week, eighteen hundred dollars for the
same. She lives right here in Atlantic
City.
The hot weather has had melting
effect on the Politicians this last week
and most of them have provided them
selves with palm leaf fan and can be
seen at all hours in front of some place,
where ice water is kept on tap, patient
ly waiting for some fellow to come
along and invite them in. The Bump
masters are holding a council preparatory
to the return of Congressman Gardner
from Washington when they expect to
indicate to him who they want pro-
vided with a place that will yield
"pork." Desertion and disease have so
thined their ranks that they see the
necessity Of getting a move on them.
They have decided to stand up for one
more grand battle after which they will
20 out of business-unlese they should
win which seems improbable at this
time.
The Chosen Freeholders are holding
sessions on the corners with closed
doors-considering, the Terrapin Turn-
pike matter and whether it will be
profitable for them to put the Italians at
work on the same before the next elec.
ton for verify word has been conveyed
to them that the taxpayers may have
something to say about their return for
another Turnpike term. Therefore seeing
their constitutional right to remain
Freeholders forever being endangered,
they have concluded to 60 slow. Capt.
Fifield says that Menhaden fishing was
never better, which he understands to
presage his appointment as Collector oi
Port sure. His smile is something
wonderful to behold in consequence.
There is no longer any Combine" or
"Anti-Combine" here judging from the
brotherly way that Councils are now
acting. That trip to Asbury Park was
settler of all differences and even the
City Hall Commissioners are happy.
They have decided to hold series oi
prayer meetings out of pure gratitude.
The people who want all foolishness
stopped in order that the new Hall may
appear, are not 80 happy, and unless
something like business shows up in the
near future, trouble may be looked for.
City father Long had dream in which
it was conveyed to him by signs on the
wall that unless the Combine" got a
move on them pretty soon that the
posteriors of somelother fellow would
be likely to warm the bottom of some oi
the Councilmanic chairs after the next
spring election.
1t 40 disturbed his mind that he took
Council with "Lew" Scott, who went to
q noted SOoth Sayer-who on beholdine
him exclaimed "Great Scottp' After
time spent in serious consideration ol
the matter at hand this mysterious man
advised that "Lew" order his pork
gatherers to get move on 'em, and
that right soon--for the people had
their eyes on the splinters and darb
clouds was beginning to dot the horizon
OF the future of the 'sCombine'-that the
Review had been struck dumb and that
the broadside let of at the Union ofict