SEA I8LE PIOjYEER. PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY, f • - \ .- SEA ISLE CITY, N. J.; I — rr tux— » ^ Pioneer Publishing Company. Taivi — One dollar and » half * jror, payabi© In adrancr. Und*r no drcunutanccs will w© j»ubh*h c»imm imitations trJilrh corno lo u» without tho trnlcr'» njwc. FIIIDAY, SKl*7\ IS, JSS'J, ttaX" 'Hi* power to'do groat thing* genrrally ariw* Troxn Uio wllliutjn©** lo do small thing*. p V > — - Iriy*Tb© Russian Jowi, hoar VinoLjiju, liavo named their colony New Jerusalem. Wo hare alwi\>* stuck lo It thai Jerny wu the promlx-d land. ■ ftjr Tho Utosl fwriuro of tho sum-' muHxotd builricos is lb bring tho guest* down with typhoid fever from defective drainage and then charge ibero SiriOO each for permlulon to remain and get weil/l-^" * ^ * •. v.^ — ; ■ » ? -'A- 4: An editor,. in re*ponH.tp,* iubacriber, who gruxnbli*l UuU bis paper was Intolerably damp* *• *>♦*• .. " caoaCJth?to Is oo much due" on* It".* Wiharol^o of'thniMS subscribers, and It I* a* wonder l)ic{ftjti»cr lr not . Making weU : - * ; '-'• * * • ' '-'* ***• *' * ",i — • pgr .A Western editor offered n priio of fifty dollart and a y®*f'» subscription furl bo bwl wHtUn proposal ofrarriage from a fadjr! Ho picked oul a wc© prol>oial from a , beautiful and wealthy widow, wpiworod It, accepting tho - pro po*alr and, with tho threat of a breach of protplaowuil, actually captured hor. Edison may not aoqulro weallb by writing 1* opt y-ihreVi boora * day, but* w booth cir gonitis take* tho right shoot they " pKK^^fthrJpOialmmonf . * , * * • .■ .. Tbc Limit-Kiln Club . j . . . »>• • • Detroit Free Fires. ...... , 8o<n« thtee. moulha ago, owing to -various and repeated altei&pU.tft.'ity •Iroy Paradise Hall by flt-ndi In' human ih ap«/ fiattnel Slilnn o«kcd Heave In opeiftnoellng to protect tho hall by an Invention of bts own. Leave waa granted and tho result waa_*veu M ill* Janitor bycoed'tfi© place 'Daturilal^ -afternoon lo mako ready tfor tho usual weekly meeting at night. Mr. Shlnnje invention cODilvied of a pound of pow: dtr Innocently atored away^ in.' an xtfd m'd VpR* anJtTi©" fcog pUced%bcror a •Iranger would u*o it Jo: Jbok through the transom. A pressure ol two pounds cnjh'e head of the keg would ©cfaKh a malebaild explode tfie ponde r* 8t>ra© im an would have grown weary of waiting, but Bsmual knew that if ho flihed •"*. long' Enough ho waa certain to catch a * whale* Sometime during ThurwUy nlgld a pcraon (whoae name will never be known) unfookvl the.vtrtet doorwiUi tho crank of itxjfTc«-mfll and alld ' up ataira with m^der in hU l?t0VSku. .Pcrh*p* he expected Lo find Elder Toota aaleep up there, and waa rrepaml to dl»j»atch him wllhtml m«reyt or h* may haro •Inydy. Intende«l in 'damage tho . hall about |I8,DOO worth and then go away to aecfetly cliuoklo orer ltii dailardly work. Bo that M, It may ho readied the anto-rnom and pauacd for a moment to caal a glance of rontrmptat .thoatulTc«l b]"b€*tim over tho door leading. Into the lodge.' There flood lint, lunooent nail keg, and the tranaom wm oj>en, ' Tbp hpman hyena, prolxably cacklod with' delight a« bo aaw the ruij way propared for him, 4h/1 It tdu hit tail cackle on oarth. A^ho "moanlcd Ihe keg there waa a dull ctplotion, which waa heanl by miny people on lha itreel and iup* paved lo here been cauaed^hy ii»e. blowing. op of a tug boat down low^rda Lkko :: . • . " WhRn.the hall waa opened on Sunday evening Mr. flhlnn had all of the ro* malnt aprc*) out on lop of WaydoWn ' Bobee'a plug hati There waa a butlon, aeren hafrt^ tVie heel of a eock, a linger- ■ ^ nail, and a part of a document beginning with t Tb the Hon. the Common Coun— 2 A bole in the roof through i^whrciTtwenly-eeron atfra looked placidly How a on the Koar-Trap Indicated tbo' ulterior. direction taken by the balance . of "the- remain t. Tho foroo of ' Uie '»■. cxplpalort knocked °lhe tafo • over *• and. bN>ke one hinge, and tho picture* emribo walla were m^ro or loaadam'agod, but Cailaver flrnllh came forward to make goo*t tho damage out of hit own pbek el. .J: ' * • ' -A f /aVv-- •--< L'— - -- — * >n v .V V' 'i;f 7119 UMon* M . _ 'j - ^"Let rib be aararnln' lo do wlckod lo pouee," aaid Brotb'ear Oardtier aa.the meeting hpened. MI#et It bo a fimllfr . warrjV to do good not tQ beeomo wickkL" Wlekodnaea doanv 'pay.' If you turn gambler you may bide do joker op yer aleevo add win a few dollara, but do fott thing yo know aomo rpan will hide dm Co' bow are la hie hoi And akoop yo • blind. If y(*A tern robber you may atop aomi idhmber on de highway. an! make a haul of throe hundred dollar*, but "de XQ* *•? •. v. •

nex' fing you know yuu bet on a hoaa race an1 lore do pile. Wo Lavo do jn-oofa befu' u* dat while de yrlcked am cbucklin' i^n.' grinnin' an* grovm* fat, death am wailin' at delr elbow to llf* 'cm higher por a kite. De Coinmiltco on FrltilegeeW RejKwe will »«m to de • repairs of d« hall, an* wo will now ambulalo to*ra do reg'lar order of bline**/' XULCTIO.V. The following candldatca wrro elected in (ho enter turned i Tearful Smith, Up Stairi White, Bio*K>m Joncv; Khedive Andrrtcn, Bob Jackson, Elder Tarkcr ' and Judge rottigrew llonoblue. tuKina. . . . . The co mm it loo op ihe rick, reported (hat lirolhar (J en era] Jockaon Cox had •cnl for them on the previous evening, and tliey had arrived at bis cabin lu a onc'Uorso* wagon to find hi in out of hie ml ml, and ; evidently-, drawing near death'adoor. They, rccomraonded thai he be allowed flro dollar^ fromftho relief fund, and that two members bo detailed to rit up with him. . . ."BrudderCox didn't aend fur xx," observed the Presidential bo placed iho/cpoftpn tbo wlndoif-aU], where It woul^l tfLarv opt iotolhe slreet, J'but 1 went over dxrijlst do aanie. 1 arrovo dsri 'bout half ah boiir arter de committer left,' an1 1 fourf do gincral Uckln* rie chlll'en Aritl otic limn1 an'.eaion" cold oo'n beef wid do odder. His JhihU hail got hack, 'ah1 ao liad bli olo woman, an' de Way ahn was raVln* him down ma'do me weak' In. do' knees, Doorin' .do VrJcrnoon i de %glneml had . eaten two quart* of huckle berries, a cherry pic, ,a loaf of broad, fy\ blled/aJge 'an1. dUD quantity of aasaagc", an' dc ^tndn on Jiu coniiiusbun vrw». nv lectio loo much. Ho wuu't git any relief lieab, an' de nex1 timo he shows up Iri' dla hril Irj» gwlno to talk lo him lu n way dat wjjl mako him lose six pounds or fat in Gto miuiu." . , . f ♦ • SOTtflSOMr. Th^Commlttco on Astronomy reported that ltvhad used ctciy jossjble efTurt to disCQver.wholhar the moon was Inhabited or not, but ha^l been unable to satisfy ihrrnirlvr* that. It wu. Col. Jerujalcm To^d, of tbo commlltco, uat pretty wall aat it flrd that ho had seen goaU moving about up there, and Elder lligginbottom was 'dead' euro that ho could nSaVntJU^ a troop of yellow dogi aniKa patch of blackberry bushce, but they had squinted In vain for a sight of human life. _ •. the ricxtc. • • • . ■ The Committee on tha Picnic and^ Annuel flection slatevl. .thak .tho had been poetponed ono .week on .account of the weather, and at the . car"hes t request or tho 10,000 colored people 'lo Mlclilgan^ who drrired 'lb cclobralo -Eiuaiiclj»alion ,T>*J, * ihe affair wnutd come olT- on tho' 12th, .rain or ' shine, ami without * reference ■' as to whfthorJ?ongrcss had adjournal or not. • • fOMWDISlCATibxa.' ;4 . U^der this head ihe Secretary anhoanccd n letter. fw>ln the lion. FenV\ broko ' jO ibr^k' o,' of N aslijril to , ' asking the club to take up * collection to help htm purchase* 10JXK) - tract* (o 1h» dlatrihu ted among lire colored pooplo of that city. * • \ MI has no -dlycckatiuna to »celn* do hat gtf'reuztdi'.'. <replled. the President, and'lt Was jenstfd. Thoeum total waa an did red 'cent which had been run over by a slrect.car, and M he held It up to vlow Brother (Janiner remarkodx • ^'lf dat hat had bin passed fitr money to buy shoes far a liar' futad fam'ly I. shouldn't have looked fur less lh an ten .dollars in change. We seem ; to be - a club which down1 bcllova dat ; a "po^ man kin satisfy his htmger uf clotho fils fam'Jy w Id prin t«l ma i tcr."^ % ' • • ' ; .. .• • -.-I-. • iY Yr -u Y*. » t * 'Y- . A letter from the Iter, Tnhager Jones, of Mdbtle, asked If It waa truo that the IJme-Kiln Clubhad jriued a resolution asking Congrew U> mb lire Ireaiurj and divide up tho money- between thstn and go ho^ie and. haro drron wlt^i'.lt. Tire President tnid' that tuch * .'reaolutlon wu now on his drik and might l*o prorented ii the npxt meeting. .rr,\ ' ' dot IT -sassy. . • At this juncture JfoYntrel fihinn, who' had been eating herrings' all the evening1 started forth* vretnr- pail to quench his thirst.' On his way ho stumbled ornr Lo'rd PI ug Dan forth'* No* I4'a, Toll against. tho stove, and tho recall waa th* fall: ofj feortcon llnk» br,«WfO'pI|*e.; rickleX lBmHK .Wi iVn'oekcd * !down, JudgetCi^avc^ wounded oil' tho deck and v^flra* b(lrer)u embers wore' Bung Into corner^.- A* soon as.lho oonfadon had 'subaldod Satnu'ri waa ordtfied, to oohre forward," anU.^j without "^beating around' Ihe bush( w« flood |i,25dj23, and rente need tb alt on Ore' "flobrOat orery aubreqttent mooting until tbe'fiue was* paid. 1 *'«' » ^ • ul , i •*: '• ' witu - -1- . ^ .1 vil -f-vj . p;U. . I,.:.* , Tho Seorotfry "innouncad. a furlber oomniublcaiiort from Buggy Bottom, F1 a, staling the fact 1 that' the 1 colored peopfa In ' thit tfdnUy'4 h<«l formed a' ".SaVf-Duti Club," and desired lo aflHUle with the Ume-Klln.' . Brother ,'Oardnct ordered the BarreUry to open • correapondence with rW Ink and eorw-oorerrd envalopee/and In due It 'waa found that the <J8aw-I>uiUraH 'were, ©btn pored of sixteen member* and. were prov Ided ; v.v.f< ijiJ tei**a-* J *•»". 11 j 'f a >?s r^u-nt i-r'-'A- \ « \ Jv a : j. ' j J I / \1 ' I (I fx W e-4.1* vt _ . _ . i.«

with a three hooped rrator poll, a ther- 1 mumctrr a and a. store with regular hinge* to tho door, to aay thst the I Linu-KIItk , would stflliate up to tho j twcuty-scvcnth drgrce. ^ I • A }'roof-llc<nlrtJa JIuiit* i ' I Youth'* tYunfiiolOft. , Among the important member* of modvru society are reporteia and proofreader*. Few • peaches are rssd which the yejrirtqr has • not improved, and fewer Usok* arc published. which dwpot owe much to tho culture of the proofreader.' , . i - Ona of tho most scholarly of proof- , readers was tho late Johu Owen, of Cainbridge, Mass.,* who* overlooked the phraseology and cftiondcd tho rhetorlo of "Tho Works of Charlc* Sumner." In Ms tnonugrepli on the poet Longfellow, Mr. W. 8. Kennedy tell* of a long and -winding hunt which Owen hadafter a quotation.- -As U illustrates . the: oihsustivo accuracy, of the tune :it .j»; j worth republishing: ■ \.r. t Sumner, In Ills ♦Trophrtla Viucetil'. had quoted Crtiui Daniul Wchslcr tliosOj lines x ' . , . •• . .. .. . _ .«*.-#-• • ••Jnoihcr lamJi^aotbtr Hrllsltj ^ 4 AuJ ** tliuu art, Atinjlc* sLtiUl bV.™ i i -■ ' " / .-» ; ;■ J". ■ Tl^c question xjai who wrot^ the v;Mlioro did \\ ebster get , tUoxn ? ^ \\ tier quotod* from .onythlng and «vory% ! lhfny,'nnd irsi just ksTlkalj* "lo Vbibcl-"1 ^ ]uh a'speccli'with a svntonro -fVom, a . ipclling-bonk si from any other squp*.' The quotation cKuld not b« ftiund.4T/ ' wru\iublJ«lied in'all tho Hlersry *J«jnfi najtf.it wa» riven oul at dinuerqiartlos,- . HoljneJ/ahd Etncrsdn, ami about ' Olhce Aftlhorof 'poto,- wore enlliletl *ln- J .Iwhalf uf the isolation. "N o one' cophl* findlt/ii "\V * I Ono cliy'Mr." Owelty In verifjibg TanDlh'er; Hpfofence, - t* ad through *• aoci* dent tho prefaced to atr old ' edition- oT llritwofd's^l'cls and I'oelry "of Axho'r-' lea." >T' - : ' • J At tha .very close -what should Loire but the long sough L lines! 'But alas! tho' author's namo was ! xlotj given. * .; ''•* \ Tho ocxl thing was to hunt lip the library of the ileceuedGriswold. The library Was "discovered In Vhila'dclldile, where Grlstvold lived when he died. But in tho meantime -Mr. (hrotulisal written lo tho librarian or the Lenpox IJbrary in New York. This gcnllcmati' sol red tlre'rlddle. • " The lines had novcr been pubHslieil in a V-ook, so far as could he determined, but had beeh written with a diniuon& on a window-pane In London, by Jullau C. Vcrplanck/of Now York." Some one bad »enl thorn lo a jirwili paper, and It win. probably** in. a news* (Wpar thit; Webster aaw .them.' - * f* But the indefatigable (vti!oik.cf Sum^" ucr's works were si HI unsalhficd. "• Perhaps Vcrplanck had at some slma'wrlbtcn them In n book \ If so, perhaps thri ticwspsjx'j* lines were n6t absoluLcly "ax h« had wrltlep them, •JYebster had mode one mistake, substituting Viand*" , 'for l4norldaj" *herr\ might be other*. So the search through* Oris wold 'a library was renewed. But the llrijii have never a* yet been foorul In Took form;/ ' ' , - i — iU-*— — v / . Il\ruiu Huiic, ; #'Y Tempts Bar, .. M ,< ' *' *• t We were once misguided enough tc>. Inquire of some native oIBeiali wlial in•trumanls of murio their town j»orieasx ©<1, an.^ ware waited uj«h nvxt day. In," oonse«t\tenre, by. all Ihe music] axis in liiw' place.-: .FifaVeoxijc a group otnlne wo*; men, i/8o *ang some wild and plaintive atrsint'ln unison In a minor key ; onK of them' kept lime by occasionally ana^ plngli'er.fingers, while another per font i-* ed a rudn aroompnnlrnenl on a smajf^ barrel shspod dnlm, tile ands'of which I ws re covered with goal skin. .The headdress of *ome of thrsa singer* was pecu-' liar, .and consisted of folds of calico lovekC the head and round tlio thront, rather like the xlro]* ^ of some orders ofnii^h 'at)d ^tmllar/b tli'al glt^n by printrt^ tj> Sl Anna and other holy women Bible. ^Tho grouping of tlitko people, they aal close together op the^nqand, Wm rxtremoly'piciure^queyAml listen* Ing lo the sad.irootnsM of thelralr|Una,: one eould easily Mxsgire sucn 4o*-hsvV 1»«en the appearance and.tJie melody of .the dnuy-btera oT^Jerusalem aa they 1amentod by the water* o! Babylon.* Thtr singing enderlj a man was aeett to , rise In background lifting en en'onUnui \lrb>tcn Irumpel nearly as long u himself, on which ha-. Mow <twa.<niOit terrlfln blasts, eicniclallng to EngH'rii ear*. There sounds wer* prolonged, andseemed toVink dowh - through '% long 'trail* lrtg; dJreoW-Hnexproaslhfy psdrifuhtd lislenik^ but -nol unfrequently • to las heanl }» Uxet district,' of* » the Pxn\Jab. The *fThrtof blovtlng thU troinp Is'renriderabl#, and are Were' glad / to -make this an excuse' for hearing no • more Of It, and submitted with Ihe best grace wr rmsM lo a periertnanoe on thotom-lom, white two more, men 'exercised their lungs upon horrid little! trum pits of a smaller rite.* When thos© were dismissed, we bod a kind of duct* alt' on one pole (Wn^'two wen, bne br whom belt a imalT drumr open et bne end, like evWry' deep tatrtbqorine, while tbe other playr<l ujvm something like a- fbat-riringed ' ■ iVid j\x-j vl**iV. ;q.il N,/f. . » * / -* . . *•».«. . .. %. . - it-- . t

; ,'LJL L. g . I . ' The lower }uii -of. this Snstruinept was tnsile of a gnntd, ami 1wu of the strings ucro thrmigh blue glaWlx-odv, while tlio uthrr Two .were rri^Kt l»y cowries of dilTcrrnl vvvs j tho bajyo was further adorned by the green and gold la1>ri from somn English cot-toh-rec) or pieco of calico, stuck on the stem by w*y of ornament. U '*. . . 1 1 Jersc/s Terrapin 'Farm. uow rux ncuriu us ij*» uxowA saoi*Kb aevsroa usxo- . ' * . lvvi'l LS5D." ' " s^nm*;x>ntl«iir« of Fall*. Time*. ,rr Artsxvxc Citt, September 9. Ixarlng tho k«u-li and tlio ssndduurs tq>on which Atlantic City rest*, the eje gtccls tho groat salt tnarshi-s of tbc Jersey coast, whiclj slrolch luck until the

Ityel plain of cosree, sodgy grass mrets the horlion's edge. Dank and Uark the slimy morass, homo of the crawl. ^ ing reptih** and sui-reoding billions of ^ mo*<(uIli>ci, which have rrxuaxne.d uhdlstxarWU through doutlc*s sges of time, ^ linlil.to! hush! soma wide awake Jcr- j at r men ^iavo Jaid tho hand of. industry tlio xnuiljy Waaioand aso-callrd "tc»»jiixiY^nn"b the result." Whilst it has * iAisxx pfoved by actual experiment that | Jcrrapln can he raised on a small scale, ^ Jt remalnk for tho future to disclose •whether tits Jersey farms will bo ablr \loi furnish 'pur great cities wixli this xno»l tUlecLablu'dish as pronounced by the ' .bfghest order of epicurean latent. "For iiaxiy years terrapin haro been found In alyjndance it) this locality, but the increasing demand of the New York 4nd Philadelphia markets has drained the resources of the whole Jersey or>a*t, and it Is only a question of tiu;« near at hand when terrapin in it* native wilds irill become nearly, if not quite, extlncl. To ovcicome this fearful foxniiiu a limited number of- Jr;scyincn hare made' •ibis delicious reptile a study, and : the knowledge; scoured resulted in lb* • farm, which bids fair lo rank among Atlantlc City's rarest attrocjion*. So far pot xnurh beauty has been ovolved, but Caj>e May has boon beaten, and this aloji* is suHlclent to bring a profitable return for the mitlajj * .. v xxrujxiva TXt*i.riK'u>M. , ' When Slalo Senator Gardiner begaxi his searching exploralion into terrapin lore he found that scientists had sadly tiagl voted to inform thcrosclvr* about the domestic llfooftho Jtrsny "diamond back." Pro Tr* sor Bain!, of the Smithsonian Sepulture at Washington, wm approached on tbc subject, but he' proudly pointed to his fo*ril remains of the -''diamond backs*' of the Sstirian age am! i proved Uiat the turtles of that slay were abundantly able to grt along without tbe ahl of a prying Jereeytnau. In oriler to dre^oni'w the tack of arirnliflc information a small family of terrapins were collected a fsw years ago, and *ii ha* proved a most Interesting siudj to learn the taste, Inclinations, length ; oflilo, a* well ** the lime It takas to reach its greatest perfection. The "diamond back" terrapin never leaves its homo by tha »ea, while nearly ev«ry , moment of Its life U' spent burrowing In the salt water mud, where It lies torpid far TUore than- six months of the year, losing nothing, hoKeverrin weight, .but apparently drawing sustenance Jronx the mud where • U Is Lurird; -'As , thousands ©f dollars' haro alresdy l»een Invesled'ln this new Industry, th« importanco of the subject u readily (ifoQght%to mind. After Evo years of • existence a weJ|-boh*ved terrapin loaves the bottom of tho muddy salt pond, 'crawl* to tho edg* of the riljalnlng warm sand In the balmy month of Jun*. ^nd deposits from fourteen to. twenty eggs, which she carefully conceals ill Uhe warm sand. After this performance "Madame Terrapin goes • back to her ImUdoIr of mud with all thfi calm indllfcrence or modern motherhoo<!; t A TKkKlM-X ItiK IS TUB CBOW. ^uta foe of tho most r^lentlres Jclnd ,i« at hand in the ahapo of a bird called jiho crow, rrbtch #j»eetlily uneartli* th© terrapin eggs ami tlicy are dxsl<vtched atone wdlury banquet. SenatorGardisiec 1>*l»eye* that th fl crViw lus more to Ho wtth^r extinction of the terrapin than I [tho* hunjeqwiio makes It hla buslnea* to famish mark euc It is known that th© young terrapin sleep during tho first year of existence, never tearing tho •pot where th© egg is depositod, freesHng and thawing within the borom of mother earth and growing like the roots that surround them. It Is believed by some of th© investigatlnA J*noym©n that two years of tcrr«pin life are s}>«nt •In lids torpid stale, without morsmenl 'or scwree any changes. From lh© . *©o« nnd to Its fifth year tho terrapin lead a kind of vagrant life and 1* let stone b«rsus© of no market value, it And* safe? ty faonj voracious crabs ami, fish, b©caut© It continually burrow* lm( the •oft mud, nevnr. venturing any distance out to tea. . lleno© lis natne "terra," which means north, and "|*ln" bereuro ltstlckf *o cIom to IL Jtometime*4ih© IlllU reptile burrows lhre« fetlrinwn In th© ©oft mod. During this period of youthful growth It faeds on th© r©fa*© of clam, Oyaltr and other littl© shelllik© creations w»th which Mil water ©o abundantly abounds i l»ut when |-ermlt^ ► i. . i -'f ol '.•*• . | A >V\ ' -0-^1-.: '•* i^t- ; if Jr.*. i

ted to choose Its food, as it is allowed to do whcti undergoing education at the bands of' a Jersey iMsxt, it is known to pus by all it* ohl srs food and fr**l on dried brct'— 4n other words, when Senator Gardiner placed a bill of fare before his tcrriqJfi, oystcj/clsxn ami other delicacies were examined and rejected, whilst dried beef was found to Lo exactly what wm wsnud. Tli© experiioeut . was tried so of lew there can be no mistake about a terrapin's taste. Whan tho reptile is flr© years old it measures nearly tlx Inches across lu diamond armor. It is now ready for the xua^krl, though It has not reached perfect maturity. When it has attained its ©••tenth year iu romantic llavov assumes its highest perfection, and a mom) has been lotind fit for the |alsto of the god*. iKNitok oakoxxxb'S VSKM. i ....

•Senator Gardiner's terrapin farm begins within a lew fret of hi« garden and only a little way from th© rear cottage door. Let the reader imsgixxc a strip of narrow, dry rsrth joining loth© great salt marsh which alretches to th© "Inlei," eoToring aerrs In extent. To the right a largo shallow pond has been excavated, whieh is filled afrash twice a day. by tha salt water pushed in by th* tides. Winding hero and there throuyli tho sedgy plain are the' narrow canals Which l*ad lo the pond and terminal* at th© inlet, and nnty th© winJmilli are urcessary locomjdet©** lloHaml landsca]i©. * At intervals a rod© construction of tinxbor is noticed, which is ploe*-d gorcfjj the inflowing waters m wrll as to war^l otf th© deleterious cons*qua new of froet and ice. A fenea surround* thc |Mtnd, which hsH baen sunk three feet in th© *o1t mud, as ihU depth has been found nacessary to keep thr I terrapin from crawling away. A bril- j liant panorsmma ap|>amrs Iwfnr© th© virion of Atlantic City 'a "terrapin farm- , tr.M In Ma declining year* L* sit© in hi* 'college by tlx© sea. At hi* faat spread out hU fixunclal poMeUions which he has wrosLcd from th© savage morxsa. B*yond II© the' placid waters o! lb© inlet gemmed, with th© fishing yachts which carry b Is diamond-back treasure© beyond "th© saa. ~ JACOB ~ CROUSE, — uirxtca tx~ CARPETINGS, >lo. 68 North Second Street, Below Arch, West Side, PHILADELPHIA. — : — .or Oil Cloths, Mattings, Window Ehadss, nxid ovrry variety ol Carpeting* coxxitantly on hand. 8-10, tf ALBERT b. F8ra/ 77"^ Pionerr Cctfrartar <di d BvHdtf SEA isle" CITY, . Drawings, Specifications, and 'Estimates furnished at short notice. . Bills for materials and work superintended, at reasonable , rates. ' None but ' first class workmen em ployed. Jobbing prompt-, .ly attended to. T-rs.fim ; Railroad Completed TO THE • io: — * Trains leave foot of Market street tipper , for Sea Isle dtp, as follows : . .Excursion train 7 A. ; M., week days ; 7.15 A. M. Sundays, FARE. ONE DOLLAR. , f - • ' % ' u Express,- 9 A. M., and 2.30 P. M. Accommodation, 3.10 P.M. ... , Rctuniing leave Sea Islo City 4.54 p. m." ;/ ;/ Tjot viewers' TICKETS - '•*■'■' >AT "i ■ * Reduced Rates. •1..4 4- T» <•:'» .? v.* ,r .* , t -r ».!/ . .t M - > . v i. ,l_ ...it,,.. ..4 i r t I I

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