Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1854-09-08

NEW YORK, Aug. "a, 1885,
Would it not little remarkable that the
City Of Brooklyn i. little heard Of throughout the
country. Here is City of nearly 100000 inhnb-
tants, twenty or thirty thousand more than New
Orleans, and nearly many as Baltimore but what
| weight does it have in the nation Who, out Of
Brooklyn ever reads Brooklyn paper There are
only half dozen or so published there, while New
orlcan. has over twenty. No ever goe. over to
Brooklyn to trade. Iii a seaport, and many ship,
lie along its docks, but heard of shin
hailing from Brooklyn, or being built there. Itha
no individual existence a. City. and th. i. right
enough, and by no mean. casts any imputaton upon
it, inhabitants. 1t is mere suburb Of New York,
place where Now York business, men live, where
New York ship. land good, to store for New
York merchants and all the trade and bushes, of
its 100000 poop soc, to swell the importance Of
New York. There i, in fact very little bushes.
done in Brooklyn, very few store, and warehouses
there except such az are necessary for the supply of
the families who live there, while New York sup.
plies the families of the whole nation, even Of Brook
Ign in great measure. Brooklyn men take New
York papers, and go to the New FORK Post Office for
their letters. The Brooklyn Post Office is little
larger than yours in Burlington, and doubt if it
| does any more business. Tho time will some before
| very long think, when the two will make but
City in name, as they are already but one in fact
1t is singular to see how totally different every
thing seems to who has crossed the ferry from
| New York. One is struck at with the appar-
ent quiet, with the absence Of that rush and hustle
| which pervade New York, to the gates Of the
ferries, and impress every one with sense Of how
much there is done in the world and of the nece.s-
ty Of his applying all hi, encrgie. at to help
| do It, But cross the ferry and every one take.
things more cooly, and he say. to himself "What
is the after all ~ Even the ncvsboys at the
fcrrie. have none of that impcrati,cnc.s in their
cry with which tho New York newsboy. seem 10 re-
qure you to purchase. Their cry is melancholy. a.
if they did not think they should sell anything be-
cause. coming from New York no one would care
about such little thing Brooklyn paper, and
if they had not any great confidence in the de-
servingness Of what they offer Still around the
ferries is of course the busiest place. The atmo.
sphere Of Now York seems to extend little around
them still. But walk up little way, and the diff
ference is yet more perceptiblc you into quiet
streets at once where hardly any one i. to be seen
and it is not often that you hear the rattle Of cart
and you realize at once that you have escaped from
| New York.
potwccn the Fulton and South Ferries the land
rise. some 20 feet above the river and this part Of
| Brooklyn is we'll known as 1.-The Heights" Thi, Il,
wholly occupied by private residences, and i, on
many accounts pleasaner than any place in or about
| New York. The high ground give. good, pure air
and fresh breeze if there is one anywhere around
The streets are wide aud clean, and almost univer-
sally shaded by fine trees, which meet over head
The houses, too, not built universally Of brick
stone, and in solid blocks. Quite often you NAV
| perceive some little white wooden cottages. ,ur-
rounded with foliage, which looks a. If it had come
| in from the country visiting. Very many Of the
! houses have gardens around them, and everywhere
there is profusion Of flowers, ,hrubbery and 70.
liago, or the City, that i,) in which the birds sin
very sre.tly in Spring, and all through the Sum.
mer nghs the crckets ohirp continuously, and the
katydds wrangle and dispute. To ono who passes
the day among the hustle Of New York, il is almost
like going into the country to 90 over there. The
stiffness and quiet, the green leaves and the insects
chirp will least suggest tho country to him, and
if he dreams Of it, his awakening ia not so abrupt
transition,
This is the older part of Brooklyn. The city
stretches south and for several miles and is new
OF and moro citihed One misses tho trees aud find.
| the house, all built in blocks. They .ero built BY
those who wished to sell while many OF The houses
the Heights wen built Tor their owners to live in
and thc uniformity 10 not so distressing.
| II the Crn,on water was carried upon tho
! Heights it would ia fine thing, aud when the
cities united II probably will be, unless some
ether plan l.. al pied first. 1t has becu proposed t.
bring in water frun ponds on Long Island, but
hitn,tp place lat, med feasible, and tho poo
pie rely upon the pump which very frequent ia
the st,cets, eoco "u' With tin dippcr attached by
AL i'm chain, Lonc,o l,ut but yet careful.