The colored American., 1901-07-20

t.Dtic coast almost midway between
DbiIadelnhia and New Y Ork, being IN
Iil 5,re Of line about 66 miles from the
Jormpr and SO from the latter. BY rail-
- 20 sbout So miles from Philadelphia
and II miles from New York. 1t has
q nermsnent population OF 5000 and
noarIv so. 900 in the summer. The tenn
noretnre averages seven degrees warm
- IN y0inter and ABOUT the same num-
Tar of degrees cooler in summer.
Tnon9b when his Satanic Majesty had
bja trav doors open during the recent
heated spell the temperature at As.
80 PARK was 1902 in the shade-ho6
enough TO fry eggs on the side Walk
and the fat out of Senegam bIsn from
gebastOpOol or any other old climate
where they don't use ice.
The ground at Asbury Park is high
and dry and 30 is board and PROVISIONS
and summer cottages. There are no
swamps or marshes or mlsqulGoes(?)
and no discounts for cash. Tne SOIL Is
q sardv gravel and makes excellent
dnst when the wind blow at the rate
of 6O miles an hour, 1t contains also
level SANDY beach, unsurpassed for
snrf bathing. Asbury Park and the
Atlantic Ocean as far as the eye can
see pelongs to piOus politician named
RradIev a member of the New Jersey
Srste Senate who has certain well de-
fined views as to what watering place
should be. There is no liquor to be
had(?) at Asbury Park and sea water
drunks are of frequent occurrence. Some
times a Washing oman or New ok
or or PbiIadeIpDian will strike the vii
Iage with his SKIN full Of calamity juice
aud so sentative are the OlfactOry organs
of the native ''Asburians" that tDey
immediately discover these WretChes
and get glOriOusly drunk by inhala
ton.
No wicked steam cars are allowed tC
disturb the quiet of this Forbidden
Cltyn on the Sabbath day by entering
itg gates, Intertaken Is the nearest
approach by rail on Sunday to AsDury
Park. Ih9 trOlly does the rest unless
the weary pilgrim is rich enough tC
ride into the Holy OF Holes in pri
Vate rig,
Mr. Bradley is a refOrmer with SET
of lads WLOse ridIculOsity Is at once
manifest to a man up tree. My per
sO0alO o JservatiOn at the Park convinced
me that man can get as much l.QuOl
to drink in this local option POCKET
borough on Sunday as he can in tbs
wicked city Of New York which every
BODY knows is the driest(?) town OF
earth on this particular day OF the week
So dry is it on Monday morning tina
the puTveyOrs Of calamity juice anC
Raines law sandwiches have to lay II
new stock to begin the weeks business
with.
One of the most noticeable features
OF the Park IS the number Of beautiful
groves aud trees scattered through the
town. The town is supplied with waite
from artesian wells from q depth o
from five to twelve hundred feet tighteC
In spots with electric lights and encir
Cled by electric cars. Ib has few bank
and stores and cottages enough, gOOC
bad and Indifferent to accommodate sew
eral hundred thousands Of seekers afte
health and good time. Asbury ParI
Is good thing for Mr. Bradley and b
Is making 1t pay. He has begun to fenC
III The ocean and IN few more season
ne will have about succeeded in his at
Tempt TO put timber girdle arOunC
nl'?) wstery territory. Asbury Park i
reached by sll the great trunk line
ana 0y trunk passengers. It's q cut
little place and there's lots of style an(
not air lying around loose within it
social precincts, ah. put in Weel
ana few days there leaving Alban,
G1y steamer June 2)th, going direct t.
Newark, n j., and from thence via
H. K. TO the Park which / reached
al noon June so in tTolly. Armed
" Win Letter OF Introduction to Rev. j
a, a, mite, pastor Of the A. NJ. E. Zi0I