Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1872-10-29
FROM THE EMORY BANNER.
A GLANCE AT CENTRAL PAAK
OR
The Paradise Of New York.

There is in New York City, beau
tiful enclosure, Ornamented bythe un-
erring finger of nature, assisted by art
It's asthetic beauties make it the rendez
vous of thousands of devotees to innO-
cect adjustment Situated near 9th
street and Fifth Avenue, it contains
about eight hundred acres of land,
elegantly and substantially surrounded
by a wall of granite, and the elevation
of its position lying as it does rather
on the the out skirts than in the centre
of the great City gives Central Park
the inestimable advantages of splen-
did view of the circumambient man
haitian for its site is on this island as
also of large portion of the City.
On entering this seat of pleasure.
the first object that strikes the fancy
by presentation to the view, is the
soft spring like sward, closely shOrn
and dotted at irregular intervals with
trees of every size and species, from
the giant oak to the handsome holly.
This is the first and general appear
ance of the whole place. The beauty
of the entrance yields to beauties great
er. as it rccedes behind us and we pass
slowly along the well graded artists
the wide spread bOughs of towering
pOplars and other trees of luster statues
all clad H. their Autumn hahiliments
with hues as varied as the dyes OF ma
lures brush, and as eXtravigaulty beau
tiful as the Imagination of q poet could
desire. Passing level lawns and del
icately oloping hilisides we are soon
ushercd upon scene of a different
nature. and rather surprising, to one
at first observation. At one glance
our vision cemprehends vast plain,
and upon 1t feeding, great numbers of
herbivorOus animals. collected from
all quarters Of the globe and grazing
together III the most tranqeil and COR
dant manner Here may be found spec
linens Of animals from all countries,
from the huge elephant and patient
camel of Africa. to the wild buffalo
OF our West and the timid lama of
South America. On these we feast
our curiosity for n while and then
pass on rapidly. Our course is. soon
checked by some large buildings of
heavy masonry, the contents of which
of course we must know. We enter;
on one lie are chained, in firm apart
ments for each. zebras. eiraffs, ele-
phantS and various other wild ami
mails o. the other side OF the divi-
ding half, in strong iron cages are Sc
cured specimens of carnivorOuS ami
mals-the shaggy lioir, the fierce IT,
ger, the >neaking hyena, the swift
footed wolf and multiplied Others
These we examine without the least
fear, and hurriedly make our exit, on
ly for other curiOsitieS. Immediate
ly in front as we leave this den of
wild beasts is deep pond containing
huge monster that never ceases
swimming around and around and
never bushes its moanfui roar. 1t is
called a sea lion. In neighboring
pond are large aligators, some bask-
inc in the sun on the edges. Near
the banks of these the ostrich stalks
at large in his free domain, equal
ling in height horse With his rider. y
And there too the long -necked peli-
can gobbles the fish from their wate>
ry homes.
On we 60. and the sight is once
more attracted by a large building of
more handsome architecture than the
first We enter, and then lost in won>
der, gaze upon the contents of Central
Park Museum, as they glide before us
in one grand panorama. Here vol
umes could be written and half its |
wonders yet be undescribed. Who
ever has seen the Smithsonian Muse
um at Washington can by magnify |
ing it a hundred times have some con-
ception of this. We passed out. ana
again saw many cages fitled with car
niyorous animals. Near by. perched on
the limbs of large trees were seen.
eagles, hawks, vultures condors, and |
other birds of prey, either picking the |
flesh from half eaten fragments which |
they held in thei. talOns or making |
the dales resound with their hideous |
screams. And now VIC pass from this j