New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1866-07-04
G. l. II L r A l. p A II X.
AROUND AND ABOUT NETWORK
a TOUR AROUND zzE TsZATyD.
THE CENTRAL PARK.


Will open Paradise Save the garden of tie
Tulcres with the Champs Eses there has been such
n,ermua geoner since Nebuchaduezzar ordained the won
dcrfu gardens Babylon begue Of her WEAKNESS his
homeSck f-gn bride who, in her splendid palace wep the
hours away onGngs for the Wild loneliness OF her Medan
mountains The flush Of aud the peace sleep nger IN
Persian gardens High vailed with long. straight Of
trees and hidden seats they lie in under the moon
light the lGzurous secusion Of luxurious people But the
keen Yankee oolay finds their unlimited rest ccmpcnsa
tion for the lost Of breadth and motion.
We cannot Bos dc Bologne with It's thysix niles
Of and hundred Of woodland having had royal
ancestry leave its unamed forests behind it for use and
profit when M canonzel bones hcarsed in death Nor
/, Dublin Park two thousand in possible to u.s.
Manhattan Island gold mine but tie ore not buried and
every inch OF surface Is placer How then shall butercups
sued to blossom where brown stone fronts might rSe OF
roses soil which with unborn warehousesf
The London parks also stimulated e vain emulation with
their years cness their cycles of bloom The boueyards
Of Old continental towns, Brussels aud Antwerp and
Ghen and Lelsc forbidden to people who had no
fado remember sees and deenses and strange
barbarous years Of changing fortune. Viennee Praer
which We had no Emperor make ahonablo and neither
dazzling paylopse aromatic ooneeshops to make joya
clearly pocfe thing. Nor the Summer garden, OF
st. Petersburg tho TO necessity There ia held the
famous wife fair where msrfageabe girls adorned with
every nket which the parental purse can fansh stand on
exhibition Tor theif benefit who seek wife The custom OBJ
ans with ~ bat is called by another name and takes place
Ia parors.
SO when NevYork leaned her tanned forehead on her sun
burned hands one day ard said. must have breathing
p,e s spot Of meadow land and the cool soand Of water.
or suocae among burning walls" she looked among all
hcose Oh World pleasure grounds and failed to find examples
f5r her own There were difficulties In the way. for hAe
thrifty Mrs Cpin although pleasure size was bent She had
augal mind Oay spot could she spare to tho butter
ems spot long sacred the pigs waste place, not ut
ff.aanf n
broken By The reservoirs that the Commissioners were dumb
wien il ss proposed to grade through IT, and eagerly
resigned TO the nadmen who prophes ed park therein
Two mag.ciaus came look at IT, Summoned by golden
eagles Given 800 Of boz and rock and scraggy Hill
side Of Celtic pgpeas and reuioac goat pastures Win mere
and there the chatcaus Of TIE landed popeio S'onshodS
eight BY ten with moat and dse and stream and draw
bridge. expressed In encnmamoieh "an'uos a'u "0''e
planIs.
They waved her divininr rods syer,ippsd and there
ftth waier lovely Likes With erraced borders. and
fairy shaop and dark gondolis wherein one nay fancy
masked cavalier barring away the lovely lady whom the an
oen eul between their proud ancestral houseanc from
the claims Of two rival oil wcs-sorblds him openly to we'd
Tho Meei nodded three times toward the East and like
floating cloud there came aock Of white from Ham
burg.
Bu. before t, they had sold their ncantyous over the
land An army Of nomcs borrowed In the earth with magic
shoyes enchanted picks ani saightway the bog became
tho rocks changed vinegrown cliffs and sti cool caves.
AID out sea and the shlncs were Transformed night.
lt1 lovely houses and where the gnmbos Of the
gentle pig had bcsn deer boysd and long tailed priceless
sheep walked stately whore the melancholy goat iie wan
derod.
Then thc Msei walked hand ia hand mp and down the
reclaimed earth and wherever their footsteps FELL broad
,aoy II so green tprang up and flowers bossomed and
ell tie rccs Of the forest and lawn took counsel together and
ene IN svl procession 10 shade hcr venerable heads.
1ltwas the mystery Of being OF the Central Park-plre
magic every atom. And this the result;
Two miles and sng the ayenue ard half mile along
esiree,s retchcS the beiu garden 700aoTes Of wonder
III The ghtencd never
oyebone BY the caboritoness ofar Around h, paTaeo
gan moandeTs the grand drive hard broad road Smiles
In ngih stretching here into long, straight rottnggouad
winding there around a hiock where great bed Of rosy
boom breaks the sight, mounting hight to peep at the
shining river on the cast with beautiful islands; making
circle where far away the grand arches of the Gro
ton Aqueduc and tAe esyen; ws Iiring cliffs and woods
and meadow siBg the graceful sprngng bridges
coming back the stately mall The terraces the lake. the
arches the Casino.
In the cooness Of epry morning the equpaees
and aday long the noisy With wheels But 1t is In
Tia ALBANIAN from three clock till seven that the fishona
bic tide IA at aood Snowy foarnhands dahing tandems
countless spans aud pretty pony teams baouehes piaeion
parkcarriages dog carts nohdesorpt things on wheels.
which seem TO be axle and cushion pursue each other In
endless swim procession. Astounding veres-ast mark OF
In Amegloaus all tho lessons Of whose history,
and Aft the Influences OF whose lives obd the establishment
Of class OF lackeys melancholy groons who contemplate
the back Of the family carriage with vindieVeness or cast
dizzy looks az more pedestrians from their reserved
sats at tho end Of tie drag repeat themselves too Often
There pretty toilets and ugly ones nces when 10 care
has ever marked hard faces which have grown haggard ahu
EAGER the years that amused ihe shining fortune IL Ia SO
easy 70 scatter There are lovely whom no unkind
breath Of Heaven has ever blown uponand alas 80 many
whose dazzling robes cover such dreary hearts, and are
g,oomier than pals TO those who know their price
There ARE not yet many riders the pleasant bride paths
Talestrianlsm had little life al the opening OF the PARK slim
uated It. and faldhoses are less often found In private
stables than the prescribed carriage pair Bold indeed
that woman who mounts an unknown livery horse with his
best gait ruined By driving his strong unsense mouth bis
capacity 10 shy at pebbles and kick at the offending air.
Among the Park riders however Notwithstanding their ais
abilities the women ride better than the none of
whom likely witch tie very narrow world oil fashion,
abro New.Amsterdam with noble Workmanship
Bat Is 70 footpa and the pleasant stretches TO which
ey lead that the real o Of tho great city comes and
anders Tho workers want rest the beauty loving
neoe VII want the who want change
The moor 10 whom hospabe Park stands for all the
country life they know strangers In whose Imagination
the place was lovely in whose memory II supens-these
I'll the Rambe and neer IN the Summer houses and sanner
on the Mall The akeshores not quite the broad single
f Neu but they are very pleasant urban eyes, and tho
cool drinking fountains almost the sparkle Of Saratoga
waters and moro than their pleasanness The tte hS
n, clan er hands for the weaysok who cannot the
solemn mountains and the baseball fields suffice them who
have neither time money for gops in the country and
billiards and bowling soa-shorc. For durnal shilling
one may daily walk in his parkhis and his neigh
boris end his end and feed his swans AID watch bis deer
AMI crtcse the Of his landscape gardener and feel
grateful to the multitude who good enough to come In
carriages TO diversity for him. and Who for the most
part look 80 dreadfuy bored