The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1872-08-08


~ fgma,u. ard lady of fashion voult
s s9a a at tbe uashtab q.
walking down Chestnut Stfa a8r 8avs
O. where yoa VIII amar tie samme.
resorts from tbr White Springs g.
Virginia. e. Nj. Desert Island " from
Newport a. the Yosemite. you will fad
Philadelphia bellies, aud beaax. aad Al.
ways permit aso 70 add among the
most beautiful and refined or the gay
thmngs
Bot there arc a few If us len. not
witbstaudiug the hcgjra. 10 pant and
pcuspife as best we may. until tho de.
licious October days bring MS comfort
and coolaess again. in fact the crowds
seem as great and the hustle as active
7 as ever on our streets, and II the absent
ones should lever return, who could
perceive that the city was not as fan
as before A few from among us are
doubtless with YOU aud many more
ought to go, and ioglid If the claims Of
thar sweet valley aud superb scenery
OF grand old Equinox and the silyery
Battcnkili, OF those green meadows
aud wild glens piled with savage rocks
and noisy with leaping water, Of the
fresh unbreathcd air and restiul quiet.
Of the grassy streets overshadowed by
venerable trees and the cleaning walks
stretching beneath, could once be pre-
seuted to them
Bat | forget / am not writing from
the country, and al those scenes are
realities to you, while 20 me they are
but as remembered dreams
My intention at the outset was TO
tell you something of the means of
soitening the hard asperities Of our lot,
who are kept by duty or necessity from
flying of to green fields and breezy
hll-tops. We "stay-at-homes, find |
that after all there is something to be |
said in palliation Of city life, even du-
ring the reign Of Sirins' Not to men
ton the shady side Of the street and .
the grateful hiss Of the soda fountain /
at the corner drug store, or the allur-
ing tinkle Of ice in the glass of ones
iaYorlte beverage, so deity compound
ed at multitudinous saloons, or the
eisnrely siesta at noontide in the
depths Of the office while business is
slack, there are spacious rooms of the
iarkened house all TO ones self and
-he servants-whilc wife and children
ire far away there is the sense Of
mwonted freedom from all social res
RANT, when Office hours are oyer-for
iociety with Mrs. Grundy is at the
Watering place-and you are at liberty
o take your case where and how you
will. Shirt sleeves aud tobacco are in
rider at the parlor windows, and
ard party in the library or an evening
t the club is at your sole election. .
A. r. .oo.eatlons the whole city IS !
eiore you to choose. If the theaters
re shut, the varieties and Ministries
re open. If opera has taken its flight =
be concert gardens and beer resorts
emain. If balls and grand parties are Y
o longer in style. Picnics and moon
ght excursions are all the rage. Or
you can snatch few hours fdav.
ght from toll, there are the steam
oats on the Delaware, and the row {
oats on the Schuylkill at your service |
the horses of the livery, if you have !
ie heart and purse to employ them, or q
le steamcars running out in al direc- +
ons, to take you to the sight Of grass y
nd woods. Your Sunday you may a
bend if you choose at aristocratic i
ape May, orpIebian Atlantic City, or
opular Long Branch, and return in
me for business on Monday morning. -
ut nearest and most varied and best
all is our splendid park, lying at our \
Try doors and embracing wider and
ore diverse attractions than any other h
the old world or new 1t stretches
ample acres for nearly six miles on P
'th sides the Schuylkill, aud then runs Il
narrow belt more than six miles farth- %
along the romantic Wissahickon.
)u can walk for days in its winding
tbs OF across fresh mown fields, I'M a.
If giant trees or through shady glens =.
meath overhanging rocks or over Al
Isty thoroughfares, and fail to see all f.
landscapes or visit all its recesscs. A,
ou can seclude yourself with your
ok aud for hours see no life but the M
uirrel or the bird, and hear no sound ~
We the bubbling brook at your feet,
and this is its peculiar charm jim /.
cw minutes walk you can gaze up
an endless stream of gay cquipages,
d mingIe in the throngs Of your fell N
ymen. You may dine at Belmont
a frescocd and gilded hall, served
til all the style--and expense Of Del
nico's--or you may eat your frugal
ich from log in the depths Of an A. A,
cleared forest, aud gather your own si'