Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1906-10-03

A party was singing vociferously up
near the club house at the pier landing,
when bystander asked whether their
voices had the right pitch; one of the
hearers replied, the pitch is all right,
what they need is coat of tar with q
modicum of feathers added.
Mrs. J. Allsopp has closed her cot
tsge on Spruce avenue and gone to her
home in Philadelphia.
The Anglesea Club House was visited
during the week by some friends,
among them the young champion of
heavy weights, mot pugilistic in his
tastes but piscatoriaD.
If you wish to be reminded of seenes
in "Old Virginny" just go to New York
avenue below First avenue and see the
cabins and farm buildings planted
there. Early in the morning at sunrise
you can see the little picaninnies SUM-
ming themselves and brushing away
the mosquitoes and watching the birds.
Mr.. J. j. File and family have finish
ed the summer sojourn at Columbia
cottage; some of the members of the
family will visit the place during the
coming months. This cottage is de-
lightfully and advantageously situated
for the enjoyment of everything on the
island, only few steps from the trolley
road with an open view of the beach,
~ ALL a.
ment of Anglesea itself right in front
of it, the Ottens tract and North Wild
wood with the boardwalk below it,
every boat passing in and out and every
train and trolley car is in full view
from its spacious porches and nearby
in summer the fields of wild hybiscus,
together with its own garden, it is no
wonder that the family spend the
whole summer here in preference to
even their comfortable home in the
city.
The Thomas Martindale is lying in
the inlet waters for repairs, as she was
run into by an Italian brig on Friday
near the breakwater. Coming up to the
waters here she had difficulty to keep
afoat, the life saving crew Capt. Lud-
lam came to the rescue and she was
brought home safely but are kept busy
pumping to keep her from sinking.
There was considerable excitement on
Friday evening on her account along
the beaches. A severe north easter set
in on Sunday afternoon and continued
all through the night. All the boats
came In safely except the Fannie E.
Moffat which was carried down TO Cape
May and was relieved by the Life
Saving Crew at Cold Spring. All the
afternoon she was struggling to get in.
here but her efforts were unavailjng.
Both the vessel and passengers were
however safe on Monday morning.
The "Queen City," Capt. Samuel
Buck, colided at the drawbridge at
Avalon in coming in, sustaining some
damage but not endangering ally the
folks on her. The storm was strong
one but no damage otherwise was re-
ported on the island.
How little reliance can be placed on
some peoples information is evidenced
by the answers that were received by
an inquirer about the weather on Sun
day morning in Philadelphia. The
first party replied at was raining like
the deuce this morning when [ left.n
The second said "The sun was shining
to beat the band" The third answered
at was cloudy and storm wlnd.o
The inquirer had his choice which to
believe, but it is saying that fishermen
tell big yarns but they don't begin be-
fore fishing but wait till after. Come
one began too soon.