The Penn's Grove record., 1903-09-04
AN INTERESTING BfsAsHoRE
LETTER.

J AN INTERESTING BEASHORE
LETTER.
[Fisf1 SCARCE, Moaquitos Plentiful,
The YACHT Races Interesting
and Rescne Thrilling.
Sea Bright, Sept. /, 1903.
EDITOR RECoRD:-The summer is end
ed here and the harvest has been small
compared with former seasons. The
yacht races kept many here that would
have otherwise left, and now since the
heavy storm Of the past three days, and
all interest in the races absolutely dead,
the cottagers are leaving and the hotels
closing. Sea Bright and vicinity will
soon take on it's usual autumnal quiet
ness.
The yacht races have not been nearly
y interesting as was expected because
Shamrock III before the races was
thought to have been q much more equal
antagonist than she subsequently proved
to be. The yachts from this point were
visible almost every day they raced,
which brought large numbers of sight
seers from the neighboring towns back
of Sea Bright to view the races.
Blue fishing has been poor and it looks
now as though the season is to be q fail
ure, because it is the general belief among
the fishermen that the heavy northeast
gale we have just had will drive the fish
go far south that they will be well out of
the reach of the fishermen from this
point.
Mosquito determination has been quite
thoroughly discussed and in some cases
practical methods have been tried, but
90 far with little or no success. Prof. j.
/! B. Smith, the State Entomologist, of
/ New Brunswick, has been experimenting
j! nearly all summer, but after y wet spell
and a warm day or two Mr.. "Skeeter'' is
on hand again and more ferocious than
ever. Cottagers at Monmouth Beach,
Sea Bright and Rumson, held a confer
ence at the Cricket Clubs headquarters
one day last week, with q view to adopt
ing the best means of determination. The
general opinion Of all, including Prof. J.
B. Smith, who wa present, was that
crude oil was the only practical remedy
found thus far. The result of the confer
ence was very pleasing 70 the commit
tee, rs it means 20 fight to the finish" to
exterminate the horrible pests from their
haunts.
Sir Thomas Upton was a visitor here
last week. He was entertained by Col
onel J.. J. McCook at his country home
on the Rumson Road, and dined at the
/ Octagon Hotel Pier Casino. Sir Thomas
shook hands with all who presented
themselves from the Casino to his launch
upon which he came here.
Not long since we had a pleasant call
from PENIS Grove friends among whom
were Mr.. and Mrs. Frank D. Munyan,
Misses Edna Barber, and Minnie Baker.
Also q few days later Rev. Samuel A.
Harker and brother John, Miss Alice
| Graham Garrison spent a very enjoyable
week with US here taking in the sights at
the seasons height.
I Unmindful of the rain and a driving
northeastern, for hours Sunday morning
last, thousands Of summer residents at
Long Branch, Monmouth Beach, Sea
Bright, Galilee and Normandy, stood
helplessly gazing across the raging sea to
a tiny black spot a mile off the Galilee
shore. One moment this spot would
| stand out on the horizon on a white crest
| ed wave and then vanish as if overwhelm-
| ed to leave the watchers on shore breath
! less until il reappeared. In the vigil all
else had been forgotten-visits, meals,
newspapers were as nothing, for the tiny
| spot told that nine shipwrecked men and
two ome in q frail yawl. held only by
the slender stake of a isherman's net,
were victors In q seemingly forlorn fight
| against death. After futile attempts by
the life saving crews at Galilee to launch
q boat, it was found impossible in the
/ face of such q storm as was raging and
with such a heavy surf running in on the
/ beach. At about 1890, however, the
watchers beheld the great oceangoing tug
Navigator blowing its way through the
mist towing the lifeboat OF the Sandy
| Hook station. Then q cheer that might
have been heard by the shipwrecked
/ ones arose. Then came stiffness broken
| only by the muttered prayers and words
OF the watching women as the great tug
swung around, nose to the gale, and the
life saving crew could be seen pulling
through the heavy sea. Only the sea it.
| self could be heard when the men APP
preached nearer and nearer, and at last
a line went whizzing through the air
from the life boat to the little yawl. Not
a word was spoken az the life savers turn
ed and the yawl followed, and then as
the great tug, like some plying mother,
gathered in the storm tossed crews,
another cheer like the long volley of an
army line arose.. That the strain had
been great to those on shore, as we'll as
J the others, was quickly seen. Women
tainted, several others became hysterical,
scores wept, while the men cleared their
throats huskily and expressed their sat-
isfaction only as men will.
The three masted schooner Henry P.
Mason, OF Bath, Me, bound from Perth
Amhnv. with eleven hundred toms of
brick clay, sank off Galilee, between II
and II o'clock IN Saturday night, and
for fourteen hours her crew Of eight, two
women and the husband Of n Of the
women, q passenger, were in instant and
constant: DANGER Of death. Dnanchad hu