Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1875-07-24

New YoRk, July Is. 1875.

manage to enjoy themselves. We're
New Workers not strictly q busi-
ness people, / should say that they
make time pass pleasantly. How
ever, they accomplish this latter
end in the majority of cases, for
business is to them d pleasure. Not
/ being a business man, 1 cannot
state this as positive fact; but /
/ am led to this opinion by reason
of men conversing on business to-
pies ever and everywhere. Be this
as It may, New Workers, In the
midst of business, do not forget to
amuse themselves.
In summertime, especially, is
this the case Those who can we'll
afford it, and whose business al
| lows them leave the town for
some rural retreat or fashionable
watering place. Those who stay
at home are at no loss for enjoy
ment. To-be-sure, the theatres are
closed; but pic-nics, open-air con-
certs, pleasure excursions, fishing
parties, swimming, boating, &C.,
afford an agreeable substitute for
| them.
In New Yok city, 1.-THE upper
part,) there are nearly a dozen
pleasure groves, which are occu-
pied nearly every day by pleasure
seekers. A Society or Club organ
ICES the affair, hires a grove, a
band of music, and sets up a bar,
shooting galleries, swings, and va
rious other sources Of amusement
for theii patrons 4 regular pro-
| gramme of dances is arranged,
and everything is done to ensure
enjoyment. OF open-air concerts,
Theodore Thomas is the first; be.
sides this, for the benefit of the
poorer classes, there are five bands
| of musicians stationed one night
every week in the different Pub
lie Parks in the city: Battery,
Washington, Tompkins, Union
, Square, Madison Square, Gram
berry, Reservoir Square, Mount
Morris park, are the principal
ones, excluding, of course, Central
Park, which is the park Of the city.
| On Saturdays, a fine band of over
sixty performers is stationed at
their stand in the Mall Of Central
Park, and furnishes a programme,
replete not only with the popular
music (real music) of the day, but
also with the shorter COIL positions
of the great masters. Mozart.
Buck, Handel, Gluck, Haydn,
Rossini, &c.
Pleasure excursions are organ
lied aud conducted on the same
plan as pic-nics one or two steam
ers, with from two to six barges
for dancing, are hired, and they
proceed up the Hudson, or the
Jersey coast, to one Of the beanti-
full groves engaged for the occa-
sion.
Fishing excursions are sources
of great amusement to some
and quite otherwise to many
others. OF these / hope to give
you full account in another let
ter, the subject is fertile one.
For boating, there is no place
so we'll adapted as the Harlem
river. To be- sure, it is somewhat
distant, being about eight miles
from the city hall, but the major
! ity Of New York's population lives
up town. The river is as smooth
as any lake. and boats. light and
pretty, can be hired at Harlem
| Bridge for a moderate sum. Pro-
ceeding up the river, after you
have passed the railroad bridge,
the. bank on each side is richly
decked in green foliage, high and
dense, which give to the scene no
small tinge of romance. Still fur
Their up, your eye is met by the
high, solid arches OF High bridge,
and passing through this, you
enter the inner shrine of its beau
ties. Un.ess it be midday, the sun
is hidden from view by the tall
trees rising high on either side, in
! their deep blush green, blending
with the blue of the sky above and
the stream below. Here is scene
for the poet; here all the poetical
instincts of your nature urge you
TO do nothing, but sit and coniem-
pate the beauty around you.
IL is a scene which calls back to
your mind the New York of Ir-
Wings time; here you have passed
Spuytenduyyil, immortalized by
him. You can scarcely rid your
4 mind of the idea that you your
self are not witness of the scenes
which he has depicted with a
masters hand.
] am 10th to leave this part OF
my description, but | must not
linger too long.
\ The poor people here, who are
deprived OF the time aud means