Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1906-09-12

we are ENJOYING the most delightful
weather in that prince of months, Sep
tember. What pity that to the great
er number September proclaims the
end of vacation, when the weather is
so well adapted for the beginning.
There are some whose vacation begins
when that of others ends, who had to
wait for their turn till the others came
back. Fortunate mortals Real enjoy
ment, the kind that recuperates and
strengthens, can be met now much more
than in the preceding two months
True it is, that there is not the whirl of
excitement and the noise and hustle OF
the crowds, but is that really the en-
joyable part of vacation? ? The poets
may sing the praises of Spring and the
month of May, but give us the solid
prose of Autumn, or as we used to call
it, the Fall, and give us the months of
September and October. Why don't
the poets sing of that instead of doling
out solemn dirge of the passing away
and the decay of the year? Autumn
in this latitude has charm and a
beauty peculiarly its own, for, mind
ye, in this country particularly, the
Fall is superior in being enjoyable to
that on the other side of the ocean.
There the poets may sing praises of
Spring and dirges of Autumn, (and for
that reason probably some of our poets
sing out for Spring) but there the Fall
is soon dreary and solemn, instead of
being like ours with an atmos-
phere and color indescribably charm
ing and beautiful.
The yacht that was relieved by the
life.saving crew on Labor Day was the
Thomas Martindale. 1t sustained con-
siderable damage by the accident.
Wednesday, while little boy was
fishing from the pier, with his mother
near conversing with acquaintances,
lost his balance and fell into the water.
Fortunately, a gentleman, without hes
itation, jumped in after him and
brought him safely out of the sea be-
fore his mother was aware of the mis-
hap.
The Lennig family, on 4th street,
near Surf avenue, after having spent a
delightful summer here, have departed
for their home in Philadelphia.
The trolley cars still run up and
down the island well filled with visit
ors and residents, giving good service
to all concerned.
| The railroad service, too, Is better
be said of the street lighting service.
We have at least four bakeries sup
plying the wants in that line, daily
making visits to our places. There is
our genial friend Fred Meyer, of Holly
Beach; then Chas. f. Seibers; the
Coombs' bakery, and the Cape May
bakery, all with bread, cakes and pies.
Well, we get hungry, too, and need
their assistance daily.
Plans have been submitted TO the
Anglesea Board of Education for a
brick school building but the COM
mission is engaged in revising the plans
as they fear that the building outlined
will not be large enough. The public
schools have been developing at such
rate that each of the resorts are cramp-
ed for room and the High school is the
only practical outcome that the people
can see.
Curiosity is inherent in human
beings. On the beach, between 7th
and Sth, is a bare-topped sand hill.
No one in the beginning of July was
seen on or near it until someone plant
ed there tall post and adorned it with a
piece of muslin like flag Very few pass
it now without noticing it, and many
are compelled to climb and mount the
hill and see what the post and flag
mean. Every day groups of visitors
can be seen there resting. One gets
fine view along the beach and a clear
and far-extended view out on the ocean.
Now is the time when parties are
visiting the Life Saving station in the
morning when the genial Captain Lud
lam shows and explains the purpose
of the apparatus. Toward evening
quite number visit the light house
where from its lofty balcony good
view can be had of the surrounding
country.
The Francis Smith on Tuesday
brought in over 50 barrels of fish, most
ly porgies.
Station Agent o. 7. Bivins is back TO
his desk again after an illness of sever
al days. He has become very popular
with the summer throng of visitors