Morning herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1837-1840, 1837-06-16

DRIvE TO RocKAwAY-My ride 70 Kockaway was
delicious excursion. How beautiful the country
looks to rascal who is confined to the bricks dust
dirt, and turmoil of large city for months. -
like changing earth for heaven. The trees shruos'
fields and grass smell of paradise-the country MAJ,
dens gong to church look like SO many hours-a"u
the mint jueps taste like nectar
"What makes your julep SO delicious asAeu %
the tavern keeper.
ave take the mint fresh from the gaIoeh' Ju%' 10
we want IT,"
The Marine Pavilion IS spiendio es'aoiishheh''
lie proximity TO New York, in the present state
of the country will probably en'icc all the company
durng the present season. People have no heart 10
travel now days. The accommodation-the style
The arraneemcnts-the cuisine unrvalled. Blake
& Read know their duty, and manage the kitchen
much better than our old friend Martin Van Buren,
does his :
ran over the whole house-peeped into the var-
Gus rooms, being empty-saw the places where beau
ty and grace have resided for the two past years-and
then went down TO examine the kitchen.
The kitchen of a great establishment is the most
scientific apartment of the whole like dive into
kitchens When / was Jackson man | was as
often in the kitchen as could get like the smell
of clean neat, scientific kitchen. l like TO see
cooks at work-fat, black, hearty, and happy. The
clear Goals in a kitchen fre-the bubbling pot-the
kissing broil-the blowing pasuy-the cutting, slash
ing and mixing of smples, all delicious sights
| whets the appetite and almost stays the stomach.
| The kitchen of Blake & Read is the most splendid
| thing of the kind l have seen at any Of our
watering places. Some day soon shall make a spe-
cia visit TO this famous culinary establishment, IN
order TO show tina: il far superior 10 the kitchen al
Washington.
| was shown around the kitchen apartmehts-here
dining room for the white cooks and servants
there another for the coored-every thing in order
every thing in trim.
/" Come said l. to my friend ale, 60 down TO
the beach, have an old acquaintance down there
that want 10 sec.'
"Are you acquainted with any enc here ~
81 believe there's old friend down there" said !,
| pointing 10 the ocean"
"Where % asked he.
ado you see that big broad boundlcss, blue, beau
teous expanse"
1.-THE sea 2"
| "The same. was born on the sea shore-I ne
yer get its big white pillows but my heart warns
to it like old fiiend-come, let us make morning
call"
We wandered down to the sea shore-shook hands
with the waves as they rolled in foam up the beach
and then returned to dinner
The craggy mountains and the eternal ocean, were
my youthful companions. ! shall never forget old
friends.
The dinner party was smal-only a dozen, but the
dishes, cookery, and wines were very neat and deli
cate. There were few fair ones at Reckaway. Pos
slby one or two-no more. Beautiful Augusta wa:
one of the visitors-bu goddess is quite enough
to begin the fashionable season with
From Rockaway we returned by the way OF ia
maca TO New York The afternoon was delightful
the roads very fine-and the whole excursion deli
cious-perhaps the more so for reasons that canno
be told, though they may be dreamed OF, ana felt