Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1872-07-19
LETTER FROM NEW YORK.
NEw YoRK. July Is, 1872.


DEAR JOURNAL; Central Park, the most
beautiful Park in the United States and one Of
the greatest attractions Of New York city, will
be known to most all of your readers, as its rep-
utaton reaches beyond the shores Of this country;
but 1t may interest some Of them to know what
Is to be seen there on Sunday. The Park yes
torday was thronged with its usual Sabbath
day crowds Of visitors, dressed in their best and
YOU may know then in the height Of fashion.
The burning sun seemed indeed ntolerable in
the city aud fairly baked US between the walls
of tho houses, and we eagerly hurried Of to
wander among the trees and statues, and over
the brilliantly verdant grass and to cate re-
freshing gmpses of the cOel lakelets that here
and there enliven the landscape, Aud we'll in
deed were we rewarded for our jouruey. The
Park is more beautiful than ever. The trees
are clad in their summer foliage, and the mead
ows are fragrant with The fresh scent of flowers.
Nature ey erywhere looks genial, kindly, loving,
and radia ntly smiles peace and good will to all
her creatures and ws, wearied, over.worked
men, who here in this great city battle for our
daily bread, may profta5ly while away an hour
or two amid these soothing influences indeed
it may be doubted whether the sermons to be
read in such hauuts of sylvan loveliness do moi
b ing about a better Sabbath frame of feeling
than the dry commonplace Of the pulpit.
1t is 10 the latter part the afternoon, say frou
four to six, that the attendance Of promenadsrs
s most numerous. A stroll upon the Mall and
T. the lake is then indeed treat. Perhaps al
II mes the crowd is Just little toJ thick but Il
is so good nstured and happy and well dressed
aud saunterS along at such a pleasantly idle
pace, that yon find it impossible to be annoyed
even though you are nov and then lightly iostled
by some careless wayfarer. The sweet, pure
air; the bright sunshine brsaking pl ayrully
through the shadowiug trees; the deeou
melodies of the birds the merry laughter o
children and the exquisite charm Of the scenery
that meets your gasa every sids-these al
WOO you into good hnm1r and force you to be
happy aud to rejpica in the bloom and fresh les
Of Gods creation.
On Sunday, however, the list Of nmussme nj
! at the Park Is somewhat short. No music, NJ
! Il Nse ball, no swings nothing to do but to prom
| ena le and feed the swans md ducks aud paw
| visit ttP The menageris. And, Of course animal
are The great attraction Of all the youthful visi
tors. None of these, not even the most intell
| gent Of lhe monkeys, have apparently the faint
| est conception Of the sacred character of tn
| day. and they 90 through their favorito routn
| of business iuSt as II there were no such things
| "a church bells and Sunday schools. The owls
perhaps, seem In Sabbath frame of mind, bu
then they always have the ssame solemn
air, as though they followed out the advice o
| certain good people, who recommend MS TO eve
bear in mind that each moment NAV be our last
With this exception the specimens OF natura
history are as delightful and amuesing creature
TO visit on Sunday as on a week day, aud yol
have the charming sense of emerging into so
ciety, where catechisms and sermons are Ignored
without personally iucurriag any moral guilt
and OF enjoying all the delights Of Sabbatl
i breaking without tho fear OF having 20 pal
high for II at some future date, which certainll
would be the case, If it should occur in the vii
iage Of Perrysburg. llnman beings Of tende
age naturally, therefore, haunt the cages ant
avarles with singular persistence, and iheJ
probably learn more OF Zoology by personal Ob
servalion on Sunday than during al the rest 0
the week
There are perhaps scarcely so many equip
ages IN the Pack on Sunday as usual; hut iher
were enough yesterday to make tho drives
pleasant lOungng place. Now aud theu, in
deed, you might even see something very like
mild race, but, as a gsneral thing, owners q
fast horse-fesh keep down to a reasonable
pace, as the regulations OF the Park compel then
to do SO. Yours ifplyy @. X. u.