Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1873-11-20

lures of the upper portion of the city
are A. I. Stewards splendid marble pal
ace, and the new churches, including
the Jewish synagogue and the Roman
Catholic cathedral, which is now being
built. A visit to a Jewish synagogue,
on Saturday, will well repay one. The
interior decorations are truly gorgeous,
and the service is imposing, though it
seems highly ridiculous to see every man
sitting with his hat on, and to behold the
singers singing with their hats on, and
to realize that while you are with the
Jews you are obliged to do as the Jews
do, or else to take your departure.
No one should leave New York with
out visiting Central Park, which is be-
coming every year more attractive, by
reason OF the improvements which are
constantly being made, and the archi-
tectural adornments which are being
added. The statues of Shakespeare,
Scott, Schiller, Morse, and the Indian
Hunter, the superb fountains, and the
graceful bridges, add an exceeding charm
to the natural beauty of the place.
Would you see beauty and fashion,
wealth and gayety, take a stroll down
Broadway some pleasant afternoon, a
little before dark and meet toe tide of
humanity rushing upward. Rest for a
few moments at the point where Broad
way intersects Fifth avenue. From
there you can look up and down Broad
way, up and down Fifth avenue, over
Madison Square, and along Twenty
third street, east and west. Handsome
equipages will be rolling past you from
every quarter, the tide of humanity viii
go surging by. The street cars and
omnibuses will add to the noise and ex-
citement of the scene. 1t is a bewilder-
ing and fascinating sight, far more
charming to me than the promenade on
Fifth avenue, which has considerable Of
the artificial about it, or the stately dis
play of wealth and luxury rolling along
the avenues of Central Park, because
here all is so perfectly natural. 1t is the
leaping pulsation of life, vigorous and
enthusiastic. 1t is a scene to admire, TO
think of, and to moralize upon, for in
an hour or so it is all over, and the hush
of evening has succeeded.
1t will also repay the stranger to visit
Brooklyn, which each year is growing
in beauty as well as in magnitude. The
enormous stone towers or piers of the
new Brooklyn bridge, which, like the
new City Hall of New York, viii doubt
less be old before it is finished, astOnish
one by their height and their colossal
proportions Prospect Park is a truly
charming place, partly by reason of its
locality, by which it commands very
fine water view, and also on account of
the great care that is evidently taken TO
adorn and improve it. in many features
it is inferior to Central Park, ia some it
surpasses It.
Our departure for the metropolis, of
which we have taken sunny view,
(alas that there should be a shady side
also, } was rendered. peculiarly pleasant
by the extraordinary speed of the express
train which carried US from New York
toward Boston. by the charming scenery
and the frequent glimpses of the ocean,
by the autunnal foliage which was in
the prime of its swiftly fading glory,
and by the mildness of the atmosphere
which was like that of the Indian sum
mer. But by far the most enjoyable
and interesting feature of our visit was
the Evangelical Alliance.