The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1869-07-26

nom Fulton ferry, or by steam rom GreenwQJd
The railway mat Is under steam az has
"dummies'' on it. and it's amusing how You go on
Ts ssa q Y s' e Ss ne
beng conscientious. endeavors to give you the
,S Of your money he COAT enlarge
Island but he can overcome That ai SSns,
an1 mas 80 done by making the railway an tortuoui
dummies. The conductors on it amuse themselyes
by punching noes IN the tickeus OF passengers and
when asked why they do 'thS. thusly" facenousy
reply That 1t Is to make them Ego t6rougnn Con-
ductors are very oblging on this road. Ia cousd.
Grafton OF the twistings Wld stoppages they only
c ch,I eacn PASSENGER aarter Of dollar each
babies ticketsltwice. Whenever q dummy succeeds
IN getting to the apex or very small NIL the en-
larry at New Utrecht. A little further on Is Bath.
IL ls so called becaUse the people who go IN the
the fees OF coropery.
Barney wiaIns lives at Bath. lie enjoys hts
o,su'n and his friends Otard at his villa there bsr-
ney, In the summer months is greatly given 10 me
cultivation OF cabbages, corn AMI good Fellowship
SO 1t Is with ais lady.
Finally yen get TO Coney Island Time In going,
one hour ana forty minutes. Tne table must DC
wrong. II says you should see salt water Id iorty
minutes on each SIDE OF tue ROAD thsss ~ 9He
raising OF corn. There was good deal OF IL III Tue
liquid state on the cars yesterday.
Having taken your batn eaten your CLANS, smoked
your Guar and drank Your lemonade, you can take
yonr onoce rs TO the road. The "other way, py
",
New York, one hour and forty-hv minutes, or py
horse in two hours, less fourteen minutes or by
dummy-weil you can calculate your own Tune Oh
this road when you get 10 Fulton Ferry 1t is too
much 70 ask OF US, view Of the large interest we
have In the clam plantations OF the 'appendancy'"
Tn the Hudsou-An Exciting Race.
abe steamer Sunnyside LETT the foot of Vestry
streer yesterday morning at haifpast seven O'Clock
with goodly number OF excursIonlsts, and touch
ing al the foot OF Thlrty-fourth street received
fresh accession OF people, who, with oated breath
ana hasty toilets had left halfconsumed breakfasts
70 make trip the fine steamer, so suggestive Of
the elegant and polished Irving whose charmed pen
has so splenddy depicted the Immortal glories or
the Hudson. There Was grand rush as the steamer
sheerea the latter landing, aad those whose
herltauce comprised extensive legs, minus top
heavy ranes, found an opportunity 70 display
tner pedal powers while Captain Gibbs sounded
the whistle TO shove on. Bright stars OF the beau
monde. unterrihed by the early morn, were there,
with rural freshness not seen In the salons OF Long
branch and Saratoga; mothers, anxious that their
offspring might guam the crisp breezes OF the river
fathers oanishing the yexauons OF the week; clerks
with their better seyen-eishths; hopeless youths,
stricken with tue loye-look; maidens on the danger
Gus shores OF forty; dreamers and poets, the first
search. perhaps OF such an inspiration as made Swe
denborg saint and Voltaire an infdel-the second
drinking al the well OF the Muses. ambitious write
these were on board, ana All equally it Seemed,
admirers or the matcnleSS beauties OF the
grand landscapes OF the Hudson, upon whose un-
dulating outlines are left the LANDMARKS OF perma-
nent civilization, and where, among hi and dale
mountain and valley the perpetual security of the
American home
The white little cottage, with nest-crowned caves,
Peepins out half the year from a fores, OF leaves
The boat sped on past Yonkers, Sing Sing, larry
town. PeeksKlll ana Haverstraw, the orderly pas
sengers sobered, because ntOxication was not mer.
chandise on BOARD; smoking, reading the morning
papers. amid the artificial clouds, and remarking
with awe ana enthusiasm at first sight
The ripping with drowsy tone.
The .ail elns tow'rIng in their stately pride,
And.serTows typeIishe willow sad and lone,
Touching at Cozzens' landing, about 100 dtsem-
barked, many OF whom went to the hotel TO board
for couple OF hours. she then swung OF, and the
bnrg which good old town, where Washington lived
a. The chief OF the Continental armies afforded the
passengers IN interesting recreation Of three hours.
HE boat again made Cozzens landing at half-past
Two On her retufn. Against the high and wooded
bluff, standing back 100 feet from the water. men,
women and children were planted as II
IN Chesterfield nor touched py the suggestive
pencil u Hogarth. They lay in this promiscuous
profH5top enjoying the cool river airs, when the
whistle produced general scampering for the
gang PLANK. Homeward bound with the sun In Its
declining segment and pleasant trip for all, was
the last fet In The days drama, and one which lit
tlngly ended an excursion In its inception promis-
ing IN its irnition SURPRISING and In Its completion
marked By one OF the most exciting races known on
the Hudson for many years me sleepy Hollow.
Ike The Sunnyslde, q steamer 800 1eet long
and 1000 tons burden, left Newburg fifteen
overtaken by the Sunny Side at Cozzens'. Here
again The Sleepy Hollow started with considerable
advantage but near Hastings the contest Tor the lead
grew warm. The Sunny side was making twenty
four turns with fory-h pounds OF steam on. and
going nineteen miles an hour. Just above YOnKers
we sent our competitor to her sleepy Hollow and
Amid boots and leers from our opponent which were
responded to with dersive cheers by the sunny Side
One thousand dollars were said to have depended on
the result