The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1867-06-27

10000 quarts reach the city every day, 90
New Jersey, Staten Island, Delaware, Mzry-
land and Virginia. The Camden and Amboy
Railroad brings over 5000 qsa.ss.wr day.
The crop is magnificent in qusats "A quail
ty. Ii Is now the very point Of the Strawberry
sesson, and tho ripe, luscious berry is deyour-
ed in immense quantities at l2 cents or less
quart. The denizens Of the commercial me-
tropois are now fairly revelins In Strawberries.
The State Of New Jersey is one vast strawber-
ry-bed and they raise them there at the rate
rs bushels to the acre! The soil of the State,
almost as red as a hard burnt brick, is adapted
70 'he fruit. The cost of cultivation froHi plow
ihs 10 picking is about S35 per acre. The men,
women children, aunts, cousins and the whole
famiiy engage IN picking, and some Of them
pick 200 baskets per day. An extra train of
ten cars, bringing some 10000 quarts, comes In
on the Erie Railroad every day. The straw
berry is healthy, delicate and Injurious. In
the general curse that followed on the fruits of
the earth on the disobedience Of our illustrious
bnt weak-kneed prcgenitors Adam and Eve.
the strawberry seems TO have escaped with az
little Of the con taminstion Of sin as possible
This may be owing in part to its extreme mod
esty, nesting in its rosy red down among the
leaves, unknowing and unknown; at any rata,
free qualification of the palate at the present
day is deemed no transgression, and, under all
circumstances, to 60 in for strawberries 10
eommendable, particularly Strawberries and
cream" l'A
Desiring to take snuff of ocean air, we
slipped down to Coney Island on Saturday
n rvIa ba ho1 Of
tel, most of the seven large steamers that left
New York on that day for Europe, could be-
critically examined as they left Sandy Hook
and put their bows oceanward. The Medway.
for Antwerp, had $50 passengers. Six other
large steamers also left for Southern ports.
and the Havana for st. Thomas and Brazil
On board the Manhattan for Charleston, q. c..
was committee OF New York fremsn.
with a new hose carriage valued at $4,000,
which they were taking with them to make q
present to the Southern fremen.
Sandy Hook is the point of all points of In
terest to mariner. Its bold, high head Is
the storms OF old ocean in solitude and deh-
ance 1t stands as guard at the entrance 30
the greatest commercial mart of the Western
world-the last seen as the Eastern traveller
departs for foreign shores, and the first dear
spot to welcome him to home and friends and
kindred. The distance across the mouth or
entrance TO the narrows and harbor from the
low, sandy beach Of Coney Island to Sandy
Hook must be ten miles, more or less. The
ocean view from this spot is magnificent; and
it is no wonder that during the warm term the
.wo railroads running down through Brook
lyn, and the steamer plying regularly from
North River, carry thousands upon thousands
to get view at, and IN inhalation from, the
bounding pillows. r..a5.
A feature of the week has been the arrival
OF President johnson, who was quietly roeeiy-
ed and domioled at the Fifth Avenue Hotel
Very little noise was made about 1.-THE rs-
ception was very quiet and hardly called for
responsive speech. As it was understood this
was to be visit to New England, the descend
ants OF the old Knickerbockers of Manhattan
Island, always over-jealous, concluded to pass
the President over to the excitable Yankees
and let them have time of it on their own 40
count. The latest kilograms from Massachu-
setts rather indicate jubilant season along
Long Island Sound and Boston Bay. Judg-
Ing from the lnlOrlndtlOu recelVeQ, Jno mem
bers of the Presidential party, and even Mr..
| Seward, are having good time on the square.
The city authorities have finally settled the
pavement question by condemning tho Russ,
Belgian, Nicholson, cobble-stens and wooden
pavements, and adopting the granite block
system. The work of re-paving Broadway has
| commenced at Battery-Place, aud ths new
| system is to be put through this great thor
| oushfare The blocks arc to II inches in
length, 5 IL wide, AID deep, to be placed at
right angles with the axis If the street. Tho
granite comes from the Eastern States. The
| lodges in Maine afford fine material for this
| work.
The summer races of the American JOCKEY
| Club closed at Jerome Park Saturday 1t wa
| brilliant race day, and there was great dis
| play of beauty and fashion. The horses Of the
Club now have rest of six weeks to meet Of
the Saratoga races on the 7th OF August
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