Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1874-07-01
Our New York Letter.

Nw YoRE, June 20, 1874
Msss EdHors The city grows duh as The
summer advances, the bodily relaxation pro-
duced by warm weather apparently extend
ing to business and amuscmcnts SO far the
wcathcr-with few warm days-has been
delightful and rather cool for the season, but
neither so cool or damp as 10 be disagtecable
The picnic season has commenced in fan force,
and daily some school, society OF church seek
a day amusement 10 the woody regions tu-
ate on the Hudson or East rivers, within con.
yenient sailing distance Of New York The
season for strawberry festivals and fairs has
closed. Summer night concerts, at several
places in the metropolis, attract large numbers
Of visitors, The theatrical season is over, and
the theatres that remain open have lost tlcir
star performers for the season. Even religion
begins to anguish and many a worthy minis
ter looks forward 10 the customary cessation of
labor during The summer heats Of July and
August, and his trip to some pleasant Watering
place or, perhaps, to Europe
The rush )l European travel has commenced
in earnest, and all the steamers eastward are
crowded with pleasure seekers. The city, how.
ever, presents no visible dimuniton Of popua.
ton, as those that leave are but drop in the
bucket to those who always stay at home.
The dog war Is al its height, and, daily, scores
of dogs are being executed for the crime of be.
ing found on the streets The law courts arc
holding their last terms prior to vacation, and
sympathizing with the weather, Al the i'm
poriant and unimportont causes that can be got
rid Of, are laid over to await the inyigorating
air of October Real estate remains dull, and
without improvement, and in this fully sympa-
thizes with everything else merchantablc.
Congress has adjourned and the worst i.
known. The political outlook affords a matter
Of hardly any interest, as it is too soon to begin
guessing, the prominent politicians being too
busy at the present with horse-racing and
yatch sailing and pedestrianism. The annual
race meeting at jerome Park, short distance
from the city, in Westchester county hes be.
come, to use an American phrase, an insttu-
ton, and immense crowds resort thither during
the races, which have just been finished.
Day by day the metropolis is losing its
American character and becoming the counter
part Of tho great capitals Of the old world
Rapid transit in the city is still in allegiance
all the numerous schemes which the last legis
lature provided being still in Gov Dix's hands
and he, apparently, cannot make up his mind
which to sign. The work Of lowering the tracks
Of the Hudson River railroad and the New York
& Boston railroad is progressing rapidly, and
in another year the entrance to the city will be
through Gye-mie tunnel, and the cars will
have to be lighted up going in and out The cost
Of this improyement-$6,O 900 ,O0O-is half paid
by the city, and half by the railroad companies
The Centennial show for 1873 in Philadel.
phia is looked on hereas local matter peculiar
to that city, and no interest whatever is mani
Tested in it. Base-ballism, of which the neigh
boring city, Brooklyn can be said to be the birth
place, RACES wildly as usual, though the custom
of regular pool selling for the matches has beer
discontinued on the grounds. The gambling i
now private at the matches.
There are now two public baths in actiy,
operation-one on the North and the other or
the East river. No charge is made, and thithel
thousands OF the great unwashed the rest O.
year, seek an opportunity for cleansing. ThesC
baths are simply immense Enclosures, with
bottom Of Stats, through which the tide can ris,
and fall, and which, floating the whole struc
ture, keeps the. water in the bath at convent
ent but not dangerous depth. There is plontl
OF room for swimming in them, and they are
great boon TO the poor classes Of the population
There are besides, on the rivers, several priyai,
establishments of the same kind, where, for ,
, tritling sum, one can enjoy the luxury Of sal
water swimming, without any danger of get
!, ting beyond depth. Fire-crackers begin 70 b,
heard in the Streets in anticipation of the grea
national holiday, Thieves are commencing CD
erations on the houses left shut up by countr,
seekers, and the police have the hardest wori
of the year, as rascality, like weeds, grows ranl
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