The New York herald., 1874-09-11

Under the upper FORWARD deck the first thing
that seemed noticeable to me were SIX barrels o.
Little Neck clans, some potatoes, kegs Of picked
oysters, several punches OF fish, fresh from Spring
Street Market; q basket OF bread, a big lot o.
onions and other suggestive items OF provender.
AN ANGRY BARKEEPER.
At the side OF the boat there was little bar and
behind 1t stood pale-faced but rugged.looklng
man, who was IN the act OF concoctlng drink. /
said 10 hun In communicative way
6! see the lat men are giving their ladies fest-
seemed US If he could bite the head on tenpenny
nail, his look was dissatisfied. "Why, rd rather
they would spend more money at the bar. These
lat men are pretty wealthy. Is general thing.
take nothing In from tSem.". '
"wns, - snep your complaint" asked Of the
"oh. nave a good deal to complain ot One OF
se M se pysa the nm rSs tina,
hands woudns hsv. and Is ovsrDoasd @ s sSa
Well, he lost his hat and 10 came to and gave
since. and l don't know hts name. / never heard
OF the hat and never got an equivalent Tor It, ana
knowisdsmsus ior the 6aI ! was va just speaking
to Taylor, the man that Veeps the hotel az Pleas.
ant Valley ana hs promised 70 nud the man for
casually remarSed TO the barkssper that he
Ssn mat HI. mt ~
thought Of talking. and he aid not seem to know
% Bn S wnU %ss seS % 70
be stayed. and lett him in his despair ana gloom
time.
The Fat Mems Association, or "Aeavy Wei0htsn
the same body that they were Ave years ago,
when they rrst came into existence. They are
all big hearty looking fellows OF fine build and
handsome personal appearances, with here and
legend. saw ' but % two 's really % ia lat S'sas meS
to-day to-day In the the nS,ng Songsegasuon; ard these
paunch like Fort Lafayette, and W who, it
Is said, eats $50 oysters daily, and man named
McGraw VINO i,a is @ known as "gaOy MeGraw"
personages-or they cannot be called
persons-weign, united, about 7s5 pounds. and are
fine specimens OF stock raising. The rest Of the
association are fine looking men, averaging IN all
abort 30 pounds apiece. The three handsome
Brother Brewster and Brother Ransom. Brother
Weldon Is esteemed to be the most solid man, and
has n, ble PAIR of whlskers while Brother Brews-
ter mas the ar OF y Confederate cavalry general,
and Is an excellent moor manager.
The sail or rather the steaming up the Hudson
was very fine, and the air and sky were all that
could be desired. The bright September morning
was iull oil fragrance aud the air vas laden with
balm In the back part OF the boat there was host
OF pretty women dressed with taste ana cul.
ture.. Here and there might be seen 'solid
But very lew OF the ladies were above the average
women in build or breadth. but now ana then
saw STOUT lelnaIe numbering arOuuu ike llKIter
among heet OF sloop yachts The broad bosom
OF the HUDSON was radiant with beauty, and It's
surface was necked here and there with white
sails; steamers poughing up and down and blow.
lug their Internal Whistles to the terror OF all The
light weight ladies'; tugs conve, ing grain and
cattle barRes; little screaming tugs pulling and
blowing and moving around IN a solid way LOOK
ing for employment; ana here and there might be
seen rowing man. IN blue Jersey shirt and with
bare arms, driving handsome shell along IN spots
where the current did not trou uble nm.
WHERE AXE THE FAT woMENs
AT Pleasant Valley we fouhd u handsome pavil.
ion and Gancing Platform, which was surmounted
by an American nag which huftered spasmodlcally
IN the breeze Half a dozen people VINO were
boarding at tins place came down to see US land,
aud number OF ladies waved their wnie hand
kerchles at some imperceptble objects that no
one could see. Why will ladies wave their hand
kei chiefs at everything at anything or at nothing
when they are on train or IN o steamboat Oh
when they are standing on high nil
Tue proprietor OF the hotel, hard featured and
not unsociaole person, was to-day opening his
clans and oysters and did not seem to bother
himself much about the obesity that was to invade
his premises But every person seemed astonished
at the scarcity OF lat women and one man ex-
planned it thus:
why you don't expect that every fat man
marrles a tat woman or that every tat couple nave
iaL children. Why, It's against nature. Some OF
the biggest men IN the CLUB have very small women
Tor wives. and don't tninK that there Is a woman
on the platform now weighing over las pounds"
THE FAT MEMS cHowpER
~ hau.pHs1 eleven o'clock u was understood