The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1869-08-30
COney Island.


The stiffness Of the Sabbath morning is broken
not 30 much by the sound OF the church or Sunday
school bell as the 'root, loot. toot" OF the steam
whistles announcing to the pleasure seeker that
steamers and accommodation trans are waiting IN
every direction TO bear the denizens OF the pent'up
city to "green fields and pastures new.n That Is
pretty good joke on Coney Island, whittier we In
Imagination desire 70 transport tue reDder; Tor IL
there is bleak, barren, unatractive place to ne
found 1t Is C0ley. But before eating your mare
always catch him; and before discussing Ioney ana
Its merits let us get there. The trouble OF sunday
morning Is not 'now shall gos" but ''where shah
] goW Hurryipg tie piers. one meets boat
fed wltL pleasure seekers, und she Is pounu "
the hudson. Another has Just as bi9 crown
Oh board Tor the Soand, aud Gamers are ioau.
ing IN every direction win their living freight
b. unI ior "dOwn tae bay' anu hunufsu olucr
places. rake the Coney island steaner Lnit leaves
several pViuts In New YORK ana Bioo3yn every
honr. II you toe early boat you ges among d
pretty ectaDe Class Of people. Inc ro1gns nave
not YET awas ened from me previous nislps ueoduch
Inc poat snoyes OUT into the stream, anu, as she
passes Castle VILLAIN you LOOK over her stern N
you see NAH dozen olncr steamers coming after
der a.! OF tnein BLACK wltn people Litue saiiDJatS
soua out IRON saore III every dfeeltoa ms oe1asi-
Ia, lct wi.n us select party on uou spIeaus rs
Whine wings the uiuiuhs pieeAe, anu the 'eT}
waves 20 IauSl aud sAp and KISS III elee. as
Tue boat progresses down the Narfo"s ne~ OBJECTS
vi interest open upon the VISION aG every turh GA
your lett, lying quietly &C aneIor Ia GoWanus
bay, Is the little nee; OF the BfooAyl 1acAl
Cub, tn2l IabelJ NtNactSu CroMS VI ~
niIrers their regatta. fur.ner down, Bay
Ridge, having LEFT the quiet slope OF Greenwood
DeAlaI; and here tne 0eausiiul appearance Oh tue
landscape TIE handsome residences OF the lnAaDt-
Tue grassy lawEs ana beautiful groves e.ct
bursts OF admiration. StiI lurtnor along te gooaiy
iurDioding walls VI .'tne Amerieea Daslis,' lort
Laiay ette, recently made more hldeous IN their
historical deormty by beng made tue prison Vi the
patriotic CuDans loom up OUT Oh Tue WAGER, aud on
the shuIe, hanging roW mug over the WnOie are Tue
brlsLiln. ramYarLS Fort Ealnlllon-tne5e latter
niied With visitors that nave gone down "A Inc Lay
iidge boat ana the horse cars There 1naG horse
Car arrangement rather KNOCKS some VI the romance
cut OK that sentence. But 10 proceed. On the oppo-
sic shole on Staten Island lying down ciose to tae
waters eGge, Is the stoae citadel known as VoiS
R.cdniond. and aDoye H. on the Nil, Is Fort
WadsH ortiz. Lei your eye wander around yoa
IN every direction. Behind ana along
side are steamers with their living freight
plun2hlg ana eroanlng amid Tie waves, eacn ed
uea, orDiI 10 show Tue '.ceanest pair or nee!,n to
MAKE use oi turf pariance. Tie crowds on each are
Cheering anu waving their haudkerchle.s, WINE Oh
one they had so lar forgotten the day as To nave
taken on board tie goddess 1erpslchUre, and
salatory Was the oruer The sails at before
studded the bosom Of the water by uozens nave now
Increased W huudfeds anu there Is not point Of
the compass 10 winch reet OF Sail Is not pointed.
Here long ine vi lore anu ait schooners are pro-
ceed,ng Quetly and orderly out to sea. iooln@ as
di.ynined array OF NATIONS III White aprons,
and anon, ike children at play, the saucy
yacht or sanboat, III ITS holiday rig dashes impu-
uentiy across the bows unuer the sterls OF t1er
SAID consorts. AS the approach che Coney
Island pier Is made d general scattering takes
pace ra sons mailing as cfa: Soms H tasn oE 70
karitan Bay, Neversnk aud the quarantine
al ths latter place. having dropped ancnor and all
laes, the Coney Islanders viii leave them ana LOOK
alter tuelr own at1airs u lutte more closely. The
pier is reached, and the crowd begin 10 disembark,
closely scrutniGed 10y nan u dozen police officers,
Who having seen all hands ashore, and being sat.s
heo that they are all iawabiding citizens quickly
pace themselves IN the rear, and the procession
takes up its line OF march ai0Dg road made Of
sand chopped straw and clam shells, the being
the only original thing there. A coupe vi hundred
q
one has teen ratlered Into the belief Ii hotel,
aud so It Is Called around 1t the barren sand mum.
mocks are ly ing the widest CONFUSION Inc aDo-
rly.nal inhabitants OF these nummocks appear to be
the SAND martn, called by The Islanders swallows"
probably from the TACT tnat people are expected to
swallow all they hear but not all they see, for II the
Information gathered from solitary ponce Officer
who appeared nothing loath to communicate his
knowledge Of affairs in tnat LOCALITY be true. IT
would cost pretty penny to sit down TO an 0rdna-
ry meal IN That Same "hosteIie." stripptg mis- IN
narrative shape, ne III effect, said:-"i have been
detailed here neary every Sunday, for many years,
my position being in the Brooklyn courts. add
have seen Concy Island In its best ald Its worst
phases. There was o time wnen IL mad q good
character but that long ago, although beiIeve
II proper nands II would nave again. You see this
port Oi the Island belongs 10 the village OF Crave
send, and It farms out thus portion OF II TO the man
VINO keeps this hotel. lie wonG improve 1t, and lie
has but one idea, and that TO MAKE money, but he
goes 10 work the wrong way. Now, just look ut
all Juggling heavy oasketsY Why, 1t just because
he charges 50 high Tor everything that noDJdy Will
buy from hin, ana they Gil Oring ther dinners with
them. He tried 10 keep people from bringing
their own bathing clothes with them just 80 that
they would have to hire bathlng clothes here OF
thirty cents each; but inspector Folk soon took that
nea OF his ear. There are ton or Us officers sta
toned here every Sunday, and thus season we have
kept things pretty quiet, though have seen things
hot here when Jess Allen and his crowd were here.
have seen that barrOoin crowded with women and
children taking their meals, and have seen that
Allen crowd in with their pistols Qnd clear IL out
In less than o minute. All that ls wanted here
sir, Is proper management" And thus MS tongue
ran
The usual number OF bathers, numbering at this
point not over one hundred were in the SURF with
their uncOuth, awkward dresses on making them
look ike rights, but ali enjoying themselves. In
reference to C0ney Island more word Will
suffice Go early and return early, and You wiii
avoid the rough crowd. Take with you everything
you require the outer and the inner man and yo
Will not be Ieecod. Take either OF the three lines
steamboat Or Cur, and now e. long farewell, Coney.