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Dunstan Times, Issue 418, 22 April 1870, Page 2

The following is an extract from one of Josh Billings’s letters, written at the sea side in the Autumn. lie says, “Tliare iz az little nonsense here gmerally az the same number ov visitors are capable ov. Femails predominate hare, as everywhere olso this season.” Our philosopher observes:—“lt iz porfekly harte-renting tew sec the femails here in search of natural prbtektors. I kounted 10 yesterday in one pile, they all sighed az I past by them, and with downcast eyes. I felt sorry for them, but couldn’t help them, for i am thurrowly man-id, and intend to rcinano so-.” Dinner at Long Branch “iz served at 2 o’clck ; opens with soup, and 'shuts up with blackberries.” The am usements are crabbing and bathing. Of the first, Mr. Billings observes: “Yesterday I went out krabbing and ketched a peck ov them ; they bite sideways, and hang on like a dead boss shoe ; they make good wittles enuff, but they ain’t profitable tew eat, if you kount yoiir time worth ennything. ” As to bathing: “It iz luxurious, and the bathers resemble mermades, half men and half wimmin ; they awl dross in the Ohowtaw koetom, and when they emerge from the water, yu can’t tell which iz who, unless yu ask thenu”