The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1872-08-05

stated for by treacher0us rocks and Shiny hats such
as may be met with between Hunters Point auA
the entrance OF the East River Into Long Isianl
Sound, still has charms for thousands OF excur-
siOnlsts on every succeeding Sunday during the
months OF June, July and August.
Four or FIVE rOOmy and handsome steamboats, arc
employed in making hourly trips on Sundays
during the summer, from the Peck slip, Eighth and
Eleventh street landings, the destination Of these
boats being at Harlem. M0rrisana and Astoria.
From the Harlem Bridge there are two smaller
steamboats, which make connections with the Har-
lem boats, and the passengers on the latter are
taken TO High Bridge by way Of the Harlem River.
The great mass OF the people who participate In
East River Sunday excursions are notably OF Ger
man birth or parentage. There IL q conspicuous
reason for this. For fifteen years past the Excise
laws OF New York city have luctuated very many
times on the alpervading question Of Sunday beer.
Under some OF the municipal governments beor
permitted to be drank by the thirsty
Tcuton, while under other admnstra
tons the Germans have been forced 70
abstain nom their beloved lager or seek
1t In the more favorable District OF westchester
county. Towns and villages have grown out Of
scattered lager beer saloons along the head waters
OF the East and on the borders Of the shallow Har-
lem Rivers, and to these places the countrymen n
Bismarck flock on every seventh day OF the week
Twenty-Five cents per head Will take each man,
woman and child as far az High Bridge, and for .
family OF five persons, Hans, Gretchen and tho
fiaxen-haired kinder five dollars viii be sufficient
to give the entire family good, healthy din
ner, plenty Of lager, and pay their fares
both ways up and down the East River 1t may
safely be calculated that New Workers spend, ON
average, much as $50, 900 each recurring Sun
day In Westminster county In this harmless and
certainly healthy recreation.
The Germans idea OF garden" becomes cx-
banded when he visits Westchester county, or while
dining on the fragrant and spicy clam chowder AZ
High Bridge. German garden" In the crowded
city is generally indicated by the presence
Of three wooden tables, one dozen of thick
bottomed lager beer glasses, lovely flower pot,
with dismal shrub stuck in It's damp clay; twenty
pounds Of Swiss cheese, cheaply-ramed picture
OF Carl Schurz or Franz Sigel, big wooden club
under the counter, and fresc0ed fence with Z
shooting gallery, and cadaverous barkeeper, who
maniests gloomy cheerfulness in numbering tho
English language.
This Is all changed when the thrifty TeutOn goes
to Westchester county. There he finds large gar
dens with real trees, FIVE or six musicians, wha
play Strauss watzes continually, hot soup az
twenty cents plate and reheated roast beef for
fifty cents a dish, with acres OF sliced potatoes,
made by plentiful distribution OF boiled vinel
gar. There he may shout till he is exhausted at fat
holding penny clay pipes in their capacous mouthss
and then he may read the ."Wochcnblatt' or dis
the bad ingredients OF his loved lager, while
the iar-hared frau dispenses sustenance from the
maternal fount to her youngest offspring.
On the upper deck Of one &C.. Of these East River
porter sat Yesterday morning. The boat was
crowded to It's utmost capacity. There were an
Clement had the prepondeTancs The saloons were
filed, and the forward deck held great lam. Boys
OF tender age, but having brassy, countenancss.
cd
which they sold at five cents box TO unsuspccttn4
mothers with small families. In each OF these
drops enough to be valued at one cent perhaps:
Then there is supposed to be git copcgalca
Branch. It is either jewelry or copy Of
street ballad. The iewelry is not valuable and
three cents out of the i've cents which he receives
for the box from the purchaser.
man OF solid frame, sonorous voice ana
nd face te that CLEARLY n be IN n sa
This gentleman Announced ann nee That his name wal
Peabody. He had handsome little lad of about six
years OF age with him. The bras5y boy came along
with his gift candy and his hardened, audacious
pretzels, and Dialogue ensucd:-
BRAssy BOY-lieres yer patent revlving mixed
candies and five cents box and yer Presidential
junbe paste only five cents an ounce. Want anys
candy that so much money and diamonds is given
away In. spose they're like them papers o.
tobacco that yon get thousand dollar bills ana
diamond breastpins In. I'll buy one IL it breaks
me, though the cash is at very low tide to-day"
Here the Brassy Boy handed Mr. Peabody box,
and the latter gave him five cents. The namesak6
OF the great capitalist broke the box and poured
out half OF the full of his open hand Of candy drops
OF the SoN the s thin
1imsy bit OF metal-was concealed. Like stock
in wild cat savings bank. it was below
to stick II in his cap and would not have it at any
price. Mr.. Peabody thereupon moralized In 60
world in general and the artfnI lodges Of bogus
candy box manufacturers In particular.
We were at this time passing Blackwell's Island.
and the large stone buildings that encase SO many
foolish men and women were seen for a moment
and then vanished Crowds OF men in white
cotton suits who had been committed for ten
and thirty days swarmng in the grass near the
rivers bank, and the eager eyes and faces OF the
criminals Of both sexes cleaned nom between tho
iron lattces OF the gloomy Penitentiary fortress.
needy emiiggrants, was passed, and IN a few
dashing foam and spray on either sido
In the ,s channel mi as we swept swiftly By
OF thumb-tying celebrity. And the strains of the
different German bands are waited over the river
as We mass by the Of gardens sacred to Jones
OF people inspecting the onter shell of the Hell Cate
excavations, and tourists from the far of Four-
teenth ward are doing Astoria without guide book
or courier.
Now comes the swash at the confluence Of tins
Harlem and East Rivers, and In another moment
the crowds OF people push and scramble for pre-
cedence at the gang plank as the steamboat rounds
to at the dock on the Westchester side.
The majority OF the passengers are transferred,
at an extra charge OF ten cents, to tho Harlem
river bOat--a nasty pufng little beast OF q boat
which is crowded to its greatest limit. Tho
first bridge opens wide It's iron gate to
let the noisy little monster pass into tho
shallow Harlem River and the boat houses of the
Nautilus. Gramcrcy, Nassau, Sappho, Dauntlcss
and Athletic boating Gibbs in sight their floats
crowded with the members. some in citizens cos
tunes Of everyday wear, and others getting In and
out OF shells, barges gigs and whcrrics
half naked or wearing armlcss Jerscs on tbeir
well-tanned skins. This Harlem River, which h
UNNECESSARILY the best course for rowing I'm tho
vicinity or Manhattan Island, IL to-day made MIC
turcsgue BY numbers OF small boats and nat bot
toned dtngles aud hideous fishing scows. Two
on this river, and now there are hundred boats
belonging to the future Harlem navy. IT will not