The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1871-07-24
our OF TOWN.
Sunday Excursions-"st Homes" Seeking
Pure Air-How the Germans Spent Yester-
Duplicating Picnic Parties-Fun and
Frolic-Mishaps of Newark Party.


devotion In the first place, ana OF rest and rational
enjoyment In the SECOND, than by the strattaced
extremists, who greet the dawn Of Sunday morn
Ing as the beginning OF day OF
DECoRoUs YAwNINd AND PI0Us AGONY.
There Is scarcely city In the world where Sunday
Is observed SO strictly In accordance with the
motive and the spirit which created that day OF rest
and placed 1t last and highest the summit Of Gre
alton as the Keystone and coping OF the uni
verse. In the morning the working men Of the
great metropolis and their families attend the reli-
gous services Of the day and pay due homage to
their Creator. In the afternoon they follow the
great example set them by the Author ana Founder
OF all labor, and spend some hours in healthy
rest and enjoyment. At least over fifty thou
sand people left the hustle and hoat OF the
metropolis yesterday morning, and the routes were
almost as various as the people who patronzed
them. AL these vOyagers comprised the working
classes OF our population. who avalling themselves
OF the opportunity which Sunday affords, sauntered
or to revel In tho only watering place enjoyments
they may know In the lew hours OF relaxation thus
allotted TO them. As general rule the larger num-
Ter OF excursionists went up the Hudson. That
glorious aquatic highway with Its ever bright and
changing panorama or mountain peaks procipices
valleys, gades and woodlands, Is almost naturally
FAvoR1rE ROAD TO RURAL REGENERATION.
Next probably in point Of public appreciation, Is
the picturesque Harlem River, combining as 1t does
Ws and snas ana aons
verge OF He'll Gate. Then come the many lines or
down the bay to Staten
people probably estimate at It's real hygIenc value
the benefit to be derived from dozen hours anoat
to the hard worked denizens Of crowded city homes
10 eyes that are bent downward oil the week upon
bounded by the dry and unnatural confines Of brick
and stone walls there ts something wonderfully re.
Juvenating In the expanse aud freshness OF rural
IN.
tainted air. tho eyes feel rested by contact with the
vistas OF gorgeous green or the changing tint OF the
waters and the woodlands; the inward nature Is
elevated to q better and purer phase OF existence.
The excursions announced for yesterday werc,
their Character as those progra%%ed on other
similar occasions but are very significant fact
s y FAKE s lies Of S 70 for se past
two or three weeks and large number OF excur.
sions will be found announced each Saturday and
Sunday morning. Yesterday instead OF .'excur-
sions." The same announcements were under the
general headings OF Irregular trips" anu regular
route to which reference Is made has become an In
stitution-an hebdomadal need Of
aSs G by %ch
ali by ''reguar' lines OF railroads and steamboats,
schedule time tables OF the different leading ana
well known lines Of travel. Among them were the
For Staten Island, the regular ferry steamers piled
between their slip at Whitehall and the different
landings on che beautiful island. These were i1l Oh
every trip. and their freights were composed, as
usual. of decently dressed and decently conducted
mechanics and their wives and families.
numerous ana charactorisrlc. The soutSside Rail.
road ran trains yesterday at eight, nine and ten
O'Clock in the morning from the Roosevelt and
For Report and Raritan Bay the steamboat
Rys al ssSt coep and foot Of barclay
street at nine o'clock
The Hudson River resorts cSmprsing, N,ewp1rg;
Yonkers were catered for by the steamer Sleepy
Hollow, which lett Fulton Ferry BROOKLYN, AZ eight
steamer Antelope; which left Harrison street at
| past eight for Yonkers Dopbs' Ferry, Tarrytown,
| Nyack, Sing Sing, Granny Point, Harristown and
For High Bridge Westminster county ana Astoria
ns well known s1 an. generally r9cognlzed stsaes
sylvan 0'n s Saxr 'd cs saH @s wa0l:
PECK slip file" over, lr s1v Wisu
H2ss Sws;ss From PECK sIip s.sq sailed the .er
At e ScSsx s5y.S,
~ Uove, WnIesIone, Great Neck.
e r%oe Rosyu I'D other popular resorts on the
Sound. N,v.-~.-
the majority OF whom are mechanics and laborlng
men, do not spend their Suno.Ns In the ..pent up
Utica" OF their city domciles. ley seek the open
Iren participates. Yesterday they, In Common With
their fellow citizens OF other natiOnalitss epJoyed
the steamboat excursions and other amussmehts OF
the various German societies 0f the city In the usual
way
board the barges Anna and New Baltimore, attached
to the steamer Virginia Seymour, TO Dudleys Grove,
Inc vocal society schillerbund went on an excur.
sion on board the barge Sarah Smith, attached TO
70 the steamer wyoming, to Excelsior Park. on the
The vocal society Yorkvnle Maennerchor had an
excursion up the Hudson River.
board the barge HasKet an excursion on the hud.
Company Hustedt followed suit on board the
The friends and pupils Of popular dancing AGA.
deny made an excursion on board the barge ST. Mich
The Hudson River Club went OH board the steam.
boat L. Boardman up TO West Point and back
The New York Moonshine Club went up Long
Island Sound, touching at College Point.
The German Pilgrim Lodge, No. 4, went on board
the oargcs Walter sands and ". MYERS, attached TO
10 The steamer Joe Johnson, " Myers Grove Staten
The he vocal Society RheInischer saengeround en-.
Joyed themselves at tue Edgewater Park, Clifton,
The Independent Order Of Odd Fellows, Arndt
Lodge No. 2sl went to Silver Lake, Staten Island
Tie Vocal society Meiomanen spent their day of
rest at Bechtels Brewery second landing). Staten
The Social Reformcrs. Fourth division, held a
picnic and summer nights festival ut the Schuetzen
Park OF Astoria, l.. l., In tile new German settle
me Vocal Society IHelvetia Maennerchor made
pleasure trip over the Erie Railway to the German
town Of Carlstadt, N. j., and back.
The Schleswg-Iiostein vereln Society spent IFS
sunday at the East New YORK Grove, Long Island
The vocal society. Henebund, amused themselves
at Munzinger's PARK, I5Oth street, between seventh
and Eighth avenues.
Dancing aud singing on most of and quafang OF
lager beer on oil these occasions was OF course the
order oil the day.
THE MAGENTA's MrsHAPs.
morning for Rockaway on board the steamer Ma.
gcnta Alter arriving at the beach curious charac-
Tor named Bean 0ccas0ned some excitement by his
strange antics, which wound no IN deliberate at
tempt TO drown himself lie tried to sunOcate HIM |
self BY burying his face In the sand, ana then let
the breakers dash over MIN. Mr.. Cummings, one OF
the Maggentas officers, rescued him. He was |
nearly exhausted. On recovering he essayed to re-
be freely admired that he wanted to put period 10
his life. IL was
.woRrHLEss WITHOUT NARY