Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1859-07-23


THs Pun iN-BAy EroURsioN--Ye esterday be
ing the day selected for the Union Picnic aht
Excursion from various cities 10 the beautiful har.
Dor Of Put.in-Bay and the adjacent ialands, meny
were the anxious gauoet east the night before At
the ky and the spscuahons ~ 10 Che weather,
aud We may believe that many Of the older and
younger children rose at an early hour with hopes
aud fearsaltcrnatiog Mt tae prospects before them
But the sun shons out clearly, aud The day prom
ised to bo "fsir as the moon| AZ natural con
sequence, when the hour Of came and Lelands
Band Joined with the Oesan's whistle to call All
those who we're willing to join tbo expedition to
rush madly on board, "hero might have been
seen" continuous Gle Of basket laden pedesiri-
ans, all Of whom were going to devote one day to
satables and PUTIN By.
! Al the hour for starting, the Ocean had full
and glad losd Of from four to Eve hundred men,
Wo men and children, bound for the scenes Of Per-
rye victory. Az the boat left tho wharf and push.
cd out into the Lake, Leand's Band poured forth
strains Of that unsurpassed music for which II is
justly celebrated. As the party swept past tho U.
S. steamer Michigan, which had come into port
during tho night, the Band struck up Yankee
Doodle, for which the officers and mariners waved
their Acknowledgements.
The passage was 8 pleasant one, the Lake being
broken by pleasant breeze, just fresh enough to
drive away all sultrinsss and toss in careless free
dom, stray locks, or glossy rngets, and teach the
| gentlemen 10 place their attention on things
above, or in other words to keep their hats on
Muslin dresses and orinoline generally had an uE-
ward tendency, despite the constant efforts of the
wearsr. However, the sound Of The harp, bugle,
And violin in the cabins, soon drew tho crowd in,
side the doors, where, during the whole passage,
light hearts and merry feet kept time to the excl
! ting notes Of the above instruments,
Notwithstanding the roughness Of the lake. we
saw no of Sickness and trust that no lady or
gentlemen felt
-"ThAt nameleHs agonv
The shudder, terror aud the pain"
which is wont to attend landmen on their first sea
voyage.
The Bay Cny from Sandusky, Capt Edwards,
had arrived at the Bay before the Ocean. The
Island Queen, Capt Orr, arrived soon after, from
the same place, and the May Queen, Capt, Yiger,
from Detroit, few minutes after These boats
each took goodly number Of passengers to join
in the festivities of the day and each boat was ac
cOmpaned by a brass band Leland's being on
the Ocean, the Sandusky Band on the Bay City,
the Yagers, Of Sandusky, on the Island Queen, and
the Light Guard Band on the May Queen. The
Bands all played their boats neared the wharf,
as well as many pieces during the time spent at
the Island.
On disembarking each family or individual took
their, his or her own method Of passing the time.
There was no speaking or set order Of exercises.
The occasion was simply Union Picnic, and in
f,w minutes the groves were dotted with groups
gathered round the strange looking baskets that
had been brought on board, from which oil man.
ner OF ediblcs were brought forth, rivalng Blitz
in the variety each one could produce. Dinner
over, the excursonists strayed about picking up
pebbles on the beach, making expeditions to the
"Csve" half a mile distant, which guide board,
nailed upon the Old tree under which the remains
Of the killed on the memorable 10th Of September,
1913, were buried nformCd us was 'Opeu for Wis
itors, lighted admission 10 cents; entrance eu
larged to admit ladies'" In regard to tue first
part Of this annou ucement there might be a query
TO whether the visitors CT the cave were lighted
with "penny dips" or whether tue visitors were
expected 70 be weighed in the balance and found
wanting, before entering As to the enlargement
to admit ladies', no one could deny the propriety
of that
The grounds were well stocked with eating and
drinking stands-too WELL perhaps.
At O'Clock the bell was struck to call the pas
sengers to the boats. Just before getting of the
beautiful and elegant yacht Dream. Of which
IrUus nouce mas been given, arrived at the Bay.
She left Cleveland Thursday night, but owing TO
head wind all the way, she was unable to reach her
destination until this time She gave Two salutes
| as the boats hauled Of as she had done on her
| leaving her Cleveland docks. As the boats were
getting under weigh, the 0;ean, which was inside
the May Queen, got aground and could not with
her load, work on The May Queen and Bay
City came to her assistance, and she was, by their
help, enabled to proceed without longer delay
than twenty minutes
The day could hardly have been improved The
breeze kept the air cool while thin clouds obsCursd
the suns rays during the most OF the day. No
pIeasanter day could be desired.
OF the passage home-the cool breeze; the clear
the tired parent aud child the lorlorn, unprotect.
. female or unaocompauied male the timd girls
aud their courageous lovers on the outer deck
the entrance to Cleveland harbor and dispersal 10
their several homes-Of all these we need not
speak We must, however, say that the thanks aud
good wishes Of all the company gathered together
are due to Captains Pierce and Evans, and Clerk
Carter, for their labOrs to add to the pleasure of
the eIeursionists
As to numbers, there were probably twelve hun.
dred persons on the grounds The Ocean took up
about five hundred-the o.hez boats not so many
We think the above estimate moderate one.
| A visit to the beautiful Islands about Put-in-
Bay will amply repay one for the trouble and
open up new fields Of beauty and delight No
doubt thousands will avail themselves Of the ex-
cursion on the 10th Of September to take the
pleasant trip.
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