Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1873-08-27
From our New York coucsp jndent.
Life Around the City.
Nrm Ynnk. Anrnsl Qn. ls-

Boston claims to be the Hub OF the United
States, and sometimes she writes IL miccrsc.
but she expands the truth, and she knows IT,
New York is the axletrcc, body, wheels, shafts,
harness and horse-Oh mare, pcSiops, as il
takes money to make II 60, 80 the provcrb says.
Perhaps Boston means trains, when she says
club" II Boston is brains, tlcn New York
is body and boots especially the latter, for
what is a man without bis boots Some will
insinuate that brains are better than boots, but
the crop Of boots in the world far exceeds
buins-and in this noble and widespread
tsprcad eagle, mcan) land, the majority rule.
You see am prejudiccd in this matter that's
because believe in the trite saving that where
mans bread and butter is, there his heart
will be also.
But you may want 10 know triflo Of what
is going on in New York It Is the height Of
the summer vacation; the theatres are mostly
closed the courts ditto, and last, bat not least,
many Of our churches Even religion has gone
into the country to rccuperato for while.
But everybody is not out Of town. There no
prcccptiblc dmunition Of people the go.aways
are but a drop in the bucket The stay-at-
homes are the vast majority, and the daily toll
goes on just as ever.
And we don't miss enjoying ourselves, for all
that. Il is easy enough tot 20 in the country.
There is country enough around New York
first quality country, too, judging from the
price 20 brings Whenever it Is sold The great
breathing places Of the stay-at homes on sun
dry Suqd11 mind you IT. may shock some
Of our Puritan friends, but nevertheless ii is
for the interest of law and order 10 getas many
Of the working classes out Of the city on Sun
day as is possible; hence a great many Of our
clergymen--good men. find no fault with
the custom the great breathing places on
Sunday are the parks Central Of New York.
and Prospect Of Brooklyn both places Of seven
hundred acres or SO, arranged with every con-
yeniencc for quiet enjoyment out Of and
shroudod from oil city sights and sounds
Here You may rest, in the midst Of grocner
grass and woods than you will lind in the ma
jority Of country locations, and without the
drawback Of dirt Then there are the museums,
monagerio, (lree) boating and other pleasures
% be enjoyed, and places for relreshment are
never far distant in the parks. Forty thousand
people visited Prospect Park, Brooklyn, last
sunday Next, there are the ocean beaches,
Bockaway aud Coucy leland, delightful sails
both but sea.shore festivities are all pretty
much alike Then the minor excursions mp
the Hudson, to the numerous groves sand points
Of interest. These arc well patronizcd also
similar excursions up the Ei,t River and down
the Bay
But it is not Of these desire particularly to
speak Last, but not least come the cemete-
ries. Il may seem odd but the cemeteries
come in for an immense share Of patronage BY
the Sunday seekers after enilyment and rest
I from their weekly toll The more fashionable
ones as Greenwood. receive small patronage on
that day, except for funerals but the places
Of burial of the great working classes are
throngel all the dag long Let us sally forth
on pleasant Sunday morning and visit the
/ two best known of these rcceptacles of the
/ dcaJo thc working classes Cairary the Irish
cemetery. anl Lutheran, the German burial
place Both are on Long Island and distant
three mile, from each other. IL is bright
morning, and tho streets leading % tho Long
Island ferries are crowded with pleasure seek
ers, each in bis or her best attire and you see
numerous ones carry ing flowers and plants to
| be placed upon the graves Of the loved and lost
I Over the East River in ten minutes, and you
are aboard one Of those open cars, which have
become so popular in the summer mere plat
forms with seats, and q cloth cover 10 keep OF
the sun, letting the fresh air blow through you
if the wind is at oil lively From the ferry
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quiet streets Of Brooklyn, and at last leave the
city limits and have a short ride through the
country-to the cemetery gates You haze
spent an hour on the trip, perhaps, and learn
ed that two horses can pull car and eighty pas
sengers on city railroad, packed standing and
sitting and hanging on 10 the sides, without
killing themselves. But you are at the gate
Of the Calvary cemetery, Of seyenl hundred
acres As it, name would imply, II is Roman
Catholic one, and at present contains about
10000 bodies -dead, dead, dead The dead
are buried close for there is no room TO spare,
and graves are expensive. Like the closed
ranks Of brigade the tombstone. stand You
see but few fine monuments Greenwood is
the place for them Ia TRUTH there is but one
. piece Of work in that line that would attmct
your attention f1r q moment a bronze group.
70 the memory of the Irish patriots who died
in the war-a central SHAFT with figures in
metal, life size, guarding it. representing the
different arms Of the seryce--the infantry, ar
tilery and cavalry.
The whole is well executed, and was erected
. by New York city, under ring rule, at cost
Of S5o,OoO You 60 up to the little chapel
that stands on a hill, in the midst Of the
grounds, and look in-seeing the usual altar
and arrangements Of Roman Catholic chapel.
with the addition Of permanent hers in
front Of the altar, to rest the collins on
You look at the arrangements moment, and adj
dress word TO the sexton standing at the door.
How many funerals do you have a day here2
On ordinary days, dozen on Sundays some
times forty or fifty You no longer wonder
what becomes Of the 800 or 600 dead YOU see
chronicled in the weekly death report The
sexton volunteers the information that one
priest is employed continually, and sometimes
two in reciting the burial service
But funeral has arrived at the door, and
two more appear in waiting in the road; 80 you
reverently step aside, while the chapel is quick.
! ly filed with throng of mourners, and then
turn AWAY after some object Of perhaps greater,
at least Of more pleasing interest You walk
amid the thickly set tombstones Turning
through the paths hither and thither, you stop
suddenly as you see an aged woman knecling
reverenty over a new grave, holding in her
hand a crucix and lighted candle, while she
moves hither and thither over the grave, as If
looking for the departed soul You seek another
way, no. to intrude on her deyotions and after
seeing several Of these sights, you seek the On
trance, satisfied with your view. Passing a
little way from the cemetery gate, you watch
the continuous stream of funerals which pour
along the road.
| short distance from the entrance is a
tavern, where many Of the carriages stop after
they have left the cemetery, that their oocu.
pants may refresh the inner man-not with
mild beverages, for your true lrishman scorns
milk'and-water drink, but plain whiskey-
straight-and they don't sneak oil behind the
| DOORS or in the hack way Ia NOT 1, a;tL.. b..