The New York herald., 1867-04-30
THE FIRST OF MAY.

Tromentery SymptoWs Of the Moving Mania
fononcw wall bs the initial footstop Of the month Of
winch romancists have from time unremembered,
oeea accustomed TO babble q q rosy damsel wading
knee deep IN newgrown grass and sowing volets and
putercups with delicious prodgaty by the handful,
and In which. BY some freak OF sympathy with the
creative throes Of nature poets have been supposed to
% auec'ea with unusual pus Of the lyrical imitation
an sposaeosis WHICH, however haowsd By mossy Gus
tom mas no application 70 this latitude June being in
reality the ideal May Of New York and the eastern I'D.
acent Saes Only by culture By hot house appliances
or In little nscks On the landscape here and there Is
possible 70 Hing Nay up to that ideal standard which
has won for the month In Italy the ephst Of Allegro
Aa0so and has made IL throughout Southern Europe
the season OF grace and beauty and generally the cags
OF the CatskilIs and the hills OF New England are q
bleak and bare on tho t Of May a they are in the
drearier month Of December Trees Of several species
begin to put forth their leaves, though only in an
experimental way. : few nowen break into beauty
in yards and on terraces, sporadic blades Of rrass
shoot up like fairy ianoes in warm and pro.
tected hooks but the great winter sleep and
dream Of Naturs b still upon her, and Danas.
Earth only wakes up about the 6rst Of June.
with great yawn q which the few viosss and butter.
bursts forth into eorescence scarlet blue aolden and
profuss with the tingle Of the warm blood burning IL
her venR This bursting Into rroprossibIo bloom and
beauty essential element Of toe old poetic dcaI or
May-an in the progress Of the year which, ia this
sc pests Of the latitude should recognize ss %
sented fact some few Of the subtlef sort have
However this may be, the recognition OF tho 1ss a.
May has an antique odor about IL II has been beauti
fed with Legend with ceremonial and with song OF
every order OF merit and every order or mood-of
which old English literature presents copous examples
without further delving in the Golconda Of rhyme with
n ocoy,
the DREAMER aud more moody days Of the English Sep
tsmber interpreted. Spenser has contributed his
who has followed has added bis norceau to the
days traditional glory. There Celtic legends OF the
thore are Provenca ballads OF May night ssrenades and
last, though by no means least. there IS Tennysons
s'May Queen:' which, appealing Immediately 70 the
than the fnicaI beauty and fsuitess faultiness OF
stMaud' and the passionate intensity OF ssLocksley
halo OF literary romance and not likely that any
wisere except in America, the manifold scarlet aud
golden glores Of June will bc duly apotheozised.
baskets Of fanciful design Of the first day OF month";
bat scarce are flowers IT which them on
that day that resort is generally had to colored paper
Tho traditional May Day Of queens and woodland pro-
sesson nss n .act never been imported to this ooun
ance 10 which catter OF hAmmers breaking OF crock
cry oaths Of cartmen and sheks Of housckeepers play
around the Nay poie Once year New York is trans
mogrided into sort Of bediam in which everybody
psnsiy shiverng ookinggIassss efaciSg desks Of
antique Eiizabethan or Parsan pattern and turning
everything topsy turvy Up % the last day Of April
everybody 10 quiet calm subdaed and collected every
body knows the number OF everybody else, and per-
fectiy aware who Is his nearest neighbor The morning
dnzzling, dank and disagreeabie-and the hurry
burly begins Household goods are hustled into the
sops nsS san ss ss
obsequious and humble Of Helps, suddenly seized
with symptoms Of psrversny and Independence, and
or and nobody can iel what has become Of him
and landlords. birds Of prey-to pun upon the title
like tho dey in the Book Il JoS 70 b. sure thSi tbs
right gets i the right house. right iunatic in
the cell Appropriated % hm II the weather drissy,
unacy BE- trlfe exaggerated and oartmen are
trc surlisF than Oh course they are willing 70
only tor the work done, but for the weather Very
happy 70 serve you under the provision that you pay
more than your nezs neghbor for tho service business
interests and 20 the poor mover pays dollar
exceedingly gaa 70 be able 70 seci reconciliation be.
and bis regard for his pscunary interest Thus the
opportunity for playing the 0r Of prey happening but
once year the c;rtman makes tho most of * New
York has lost its VITA and nobody can be cupsbe for
turning an honest penny By the unacy though 1t
but 1s. 0.os yssf 'a. and last = % only week :. THAI
officials and the Police Commission there likely bc
far mors nAsglns than usual. and oartmen and hack.
AsASA KrocQD6Ck8
than before OF the mania for moving and ts
concomitant necessities though nobody ought 20 b.
.xtortsd nom those poverty stricken 70 aord it
Ihen too the cartman rs responsible for eli damage and
but Tor he responsibility IN tSs mater '0' n's
Even yesterday, notwithstanding the drixzls Of the
rain from wheels and horses and dummies aod Indian
The mania, and some few dlsconsoate husbands west
down Town y tho morning mot knowing whore they
mpulss 70 look in the drecoey dossa times durtnr The
day. - 70 ascertain precisey whore they lived yet
the afternoon and ma that they didn't live sSsrs
To-day, Of course there will be cases with general
Of breaking in the whole social system
at It's height and general sysuvness win nave sue
cseded the order and repose Of the winter -
70 tear up carpets and hang them On ;Ss Ss
Ience IN the back yard IN tho pervee gathering OF
Iso va u ss s1a 0r of sm
10 be at homo when their iusimate friends called:
and working internally like The plague, IL has progresaed
~ ymptoms Later in the week more obsrusive svmp.
Ions will begin 70 manifest themselves Sounds Is
% ,ssue from long rows q tenant hous.s buresus
stands 0edseads boxes trunks stoves ana every poss
bic implements Of housekeeping wi make their appear
hurryng 70 and fro with laden With The sposls or
> family. Then win come the rudging from place 70
pace Of women with babies, followed By itlc bows with
vaises; and every separate husband win return AZ ak
n and ind the wife Of somebody else snu0ly seted
n the domlcl where he LETT his In the mornlng- And
thus udicrous Viii be the efocts tho mama for =
whole week, until the unacy has exhausted Itself and
people have settled into somethog like stationary ex
stenc0
II computed that not less than ty thousand per-
sons in this Of them OF the Highest re
specssbliity -have their yearly ne Of Gypsyng ana
wake up from them the week after from "a attack or
TO learn that in their Temporary mad
they have wandered into quarters OF which be-
lore they wot not and thus from DAY day the mania
WAKES nercer and nercsr and movers hurry and FRO
moro busy TILL at The end Of the May day week nobody
sure OF the whereabouts Of anybody or even OF
his own. rt ~
Then follows lull in which every body sets about the
business Of accommodating himself he convenences
oi the new abode Carpets are put down, furniture
adjusted and rsadjusted, abrasons OF mahogany
ars carefully sAndpapered and painted over, some
what ~ dramatic ortisfe paints over . pmple |
with suphate OF bismuth; and people In general /
NE 90 overjoyed TO mad that they live somewhere
hat they forget 20 BE- pssvsh, and tho best Of
he new-ths old being unattainabie. Cards are issued
'tatlng ME-. will be At homo at No -; and /
the course Of week everybody has asccransd where
Everybody ease lives and METROPOLITAN society curdlos
INTO circles and sets for the summer, only 10 be dis
urbed BY the season of going ouk OF town
In one respect members Of hosa ton and moving day /