Litchfield enquirer., 1854-09-07
Correuporaeues or ,he Ruuu,rcr.

AOnevDaOOB-HGuLiRg iR SGiL-Itenas NEW YORK, Sept. 2, 1854. Recreations for the million There are recreatiOns even for that tOiIing million, whose busy hands keep up the eternal humming Hymn of Labor. !" and with whom summer and the country are not synonymous terms. People who are ac. \ custcmed to watch, day by day, the I changing of the seasons, from the plant- ing and springing. and budding and blos- soming, to the brown of harvest, cannot even disiantly appreciate the joy and re- freshment which the breath of flowers and the song of bids bring to the city l artizan, when he snatches a few hours l from the weary din of the Great Work> shop, and seeks the green fields with his wife and babies. IL is fact which many ! of our fashionab!es are probably unac. I quainted with, that there is country, real unmtigated rurali'y." within six penny ride of the city. The lsboring people know it, however, and appropri- ate many thousands of sixpences in such excursions. There is Staten Island down the harbor, a few miles. Paying six> pence you go on board boat near the Battery, and half an hour. sail brings you to the woods, hills, dales and for- est streams" Hither the Germans go up, above all others. They are plea> sure-loving people, and know how to enjoy life while it lasts, no matter how poor they may be. While they have feet left they can dance, as long as their breath lasts they can sing; and boiled eggs, brown bread and beer complete their earthly felicity. There is generally a wandering player on some discordant instrument on board the boat, who will play a waltz or polka for love and small amount of money, and so the sail to Staten Island is often enliyened with merry dance of Germans. They have beautiful way of enjoying the dance in families. A grave old man filings tiny l child through the Schot,ish, while his oddly dressed son escorts gallantly the corpulent mother of the promising tribe. Their mirth is not boisterous. Their en- l joyment is quiet, but must be heartfelt, ! for it Goss not seem to manifest itself on the surface.
 Ccney Island is another place of resort l of different kind. The Island is a sand bank at the end of tue Nan ows, and the attraction there is the sea- bathing. You take boat near tfe Battery. fare one shilling, and enjoy an hours sail, which J gives full view of our magnificent har- Dor. The Island is mere pile of scrub
 ping sand i; of the very finest quality, | however; white and beautiful to behold, The owner of the Island, if owner there be, might take contract for scrubbing all tEe floors in Christendom. On the side which looks towards tue ocean the I waves break on an alm ost illimitable 1 white beach. firm AS need be. and soft to tbe bathel's foot as Turkish carpet. If ! one is not disposed to battle in the surf an hour orfwo he can amuse himself 10 snf1iciency by standing on the beach and watching the bathel's. The queer dresses used in the water make laughable meta morphoses in the persons of your friends. A gentleman of infaite dignity while sheltered behind white linen and irre> proachable brosdclolh, comes out of the dressing g-house clad in blue shirt and trowsers of brevity too fr;ghtful to be stated he'e. an unrecognz.ble unit of the human race. One needs only visit Coney Island to become convinced of the truth of Cayle's Theory of Clothes. Here distinctions vanish. Man is but biped without feathers. The ladies it is im> possible to describe. A corpalent lady rolled around. notens ootens, by the great waves as they dash over her formlvss form, is comical sight. The younger fair, in sca'let and green, are sometimes quite enchanting.
 There are many complaints made by our stage-d'ivers and other dealers in small change, that they lose the quarter and half cents. on account of tLe use of the American currency in payment. The complaint ought 10 come from the other side. The paying public are accustomed to be shaved, regularly, of four cents on dollar by the impudence of dealers who talk about shillings and sixpences. If this money were driven out of the coun> try. we should have much less trouble.
 Many of the small dealers here insist on l Ialincs Q x...n.f.,. 1,E .l lla.. O