. Asbury Park & Ocean Grove. intosh, standing on a seat and looking stead-fastly out to sea. Apropos of this deceptive statue a story is told of an Englishman who was visitingAsbury Park for the first time, in company with an .-Vmerican thoroughly familiar with the place. JohnBull had been holding forth upon the hackneyed subject of American nerves, and had just asserted;that not an American could be found who would not jump at a sudden unexpected noise. Do yousee that man there? said Jonathan, jwinting to the bronze figure some hundreds of yards away. Yes. Well, Ill wager that I can steal up
. Asbury Park & Ocean Grove. intosh, standing on a seat and looking stead-fastly out to sea. Apropos of this deceptive statue a story is told of an Englishman who was visitingAsbury Park for the first time, in company with an .-Vmerican thoroughly familiar with the place. JohnBull had been holding forth upon the hackneyed subject of American nerves, and had just asserted;that not an American could be found who would not jump at a sudden unexpected noise. Do yousee that man there? said Jonathan, jwinting to the bronze figure some hundreds of yards away. Yes. Well, Ill wager that I can steal up within a yard of him, fire my revolver, and he wont move an inch. Done. So the American crept forward while the Englishman stayed behind so as to avoid all unneces-sary noise. It was just about sunrise ; the streets were deserted and almost perfect silence prevailed. Bang ! went the pistol. The bronze figure didnt move a muscle. We lia\-e reached the end of our walk, for the soldier is situated very near \\esley Lake, beyond. A GOOD CATCH. ASBCKV PARK AXD ITS JOIXTS OF IXIJiKJiST. 13 which is Ocean Grove, but before we separate let us read this inoilcsi-appcai ing sign, (or it tells tiic storyof Asburys development in very few words : In 1869 Asbury Paris was a wilderness without house or inhabitant. It was assessed at $15, 18S5 it contained more than 800 houses and was assessed at more than $2,000,000. To wliich wemay adtl that it now contains nearly 1,000 houses and is assessed at more than $2,500,000.
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