The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-08-07

very early--I went to the beach by tho sad sea
wave. II was very lonely, very sandy, and very
much covered with sharp aud broken shells.
Here and there a clam. Here and there crab.
Here and there a ridiculous person in search OF
health and salt sea bath. had a bath, dried
myself on a towel about nine inches square, aud
went to breakfast.
Coffee ,............. 80 Raw tomatoes......... 80
Total 80
BY this time the crowds began to arrive.
l bad heard OF the throngs Of well.dressed,
well-behaved, mild-mannered men, gentle look
ing women aud sweet-faced children who flock
TO the island on Sundays, aud l longed to study
them.
Result-beer, profanity aud great unhappi ness.
Beer7
| Ishould say go.
"How many glasses Of lager are sold here on
pleasant sunday, Mr. Parker"
"vell, gand gay as to de holo lslant Put
| zel to-day nod lezz dan vvdeen douzand glazZes
| myzef.'
"well, tho railroad people say there are 10000
people here to-day Cal II 1000. Do you sup
| pose 1000 Of them drink ~ fss OF lager each
"Py. Chorge. Doi7 My tear cir, II dey did 20
Email a. dat, vat vor IL de coot ov my gomin
toun here2 Wy ov eoorze dey do. lv deere bease
dwendy douzAnd uoeoles here, dey drink vivdy
douzsnd glazzes, anu know i'd"
dare say Mr.. Parker is right. lie has sold
lager here for several years past. and Is pleased
to look his customers in the eye when he hands
out the nasty stun ne ret ils at iOJ per cent.
| Al All events every body on the beach. all the
"Ueehles In the shantiss, the great crowds on
the piszzas and the vast multitudes In the long:
ran oh.like Darroonis drink beer. drank beer, aud
then drank beer, tn 10 really seemed as IL some
body mast burst or the Kegs give out.
We used to think tnat only the Germans drank
we don't think so now.
Young men playing On the sand with the part
ners Of their choice pledged frothful vows In
bottled lager Fathers thirsty and hot, accom-.
panied by mo-hers thirstier aud hotter, and
yankine along red-faced little ones. the hottest
ana ihrs lest OF all literally expended relays of
shekels for tho Ne y Jetseiest OF LAYER and tue
poppiest Of Deer Family picnics, all along the
SAND heaps looked at the great, gray sea over
the rims Of their mugs OF lager Ola roun 1ers
occupied tables al day long, their one. TWO,
three consisting Invariably
| /. Loud calls for lager.
. sudden absorption Of lager. and
! 3. Renewed demands tar lager, which, being
| brought in overlooking vessels. made rings Of
di.sip ton on the taOla tops. aud caused grea'.
malty oceans Of pefspirstiJn TO course their red
Blt Of ali peope Tor lager commend me to
the young men Of the ntennal year. Drawing
1t mildly. | should say there at least i've thou.
sand YOUTH here ~ tent leather shoes. striped
suits. blue handkerchief sticking out OF th-il
pockets, switch canes, and standee collars bent
a; the points. Beer Nothing but beer Tho
day OF COB lers seems 10 be gone. Soda lemon.
sdes arc forgotten. iIr ,ndv smashos are onso-
lete, and evsn that modes; upps of Rhine
wine and seltler appears to be totally ignored,
It's nothing but beer.
Two or three peers are As nothing.
Half dozen boysn men approach the coun-
ter. " Whsth you tdkef' SAYS Tom. q" Beers
all round" Beers All round II Is. AT Toms ex-
pense ana tnen, oeins roHnders, Joe, and Dick
and sam, aud Bill, ana Charley follow sult, ana
OF thcv start to the next place, where they beeI
IL aaain. ana al round AGAIN.
mentioned rofsEty as ono OF the features
of toe place. have been at political meetings
from Tie Tree and easy Primary through ever,
grade up TO the disnihed National CONVENTION
WITH cHucu.es l am not unfamiliar | have
known Presidents messdee to come into 4
up. / have seen whole e.es Of type pied at :
O'Clock IN the morning. l saw the Prince Of
was fall on bis ~ne.s and bump his roJa
Was at the side OF William NJ Evarts when
Abraham Lincoln was nominated at Chicago
have participated IN many exciting scenes
, but II ali the pfofane Calculations provoked an
uttered at all these occasions were collected to-
gether aud rolled into one, and multiplied bl
, Barnum's Lightning Calculator till he WAS bliC
, In the face, they would be A. nothing IA the dus
J 10 the balance wnen compared with the con
i slant incsssant cob aud dow Of curse curse
. | curse at Coney Island.
In the cars.
, on the oosis,
a on the beach. and In the waves. here, Their
. and everywhere omnipresent and AWAY
| Astounding all day long, and far into the starr,
D nieht hear the fearful eI preston OF tnat dis
l.. gusiing haoit. Some OF the oaths are miracle
j. OF hlssphemous construction. Others ar
= smgly vulgar. Others again are such ingeniou
;. efforts Of = depraved Imagination as 70 max
T |
n There really was nothing else to note at Cone
r leland all day long Beer and profanity eclip
L. the crowds and oyersnsdowed every huna
}, good and III.
d All Gay long the cars have como and gone
q From early morning until tx this evening the
4 wore literally pacAed with people from Ne'
YORK and Brooklyn, very many Of whom 6rough
v children and baskets with them. There ha
:, been little breeze. In fact during part Of III
L day we have had that most ntdlizing OF dia
t comfoTts-a land breeze. Tue sun has been q
its hottest, mosquitoes are thick as the sand
II and the red faces Of tine multitude presented
V comical comment on the farce Of a mans gOin
I for a days plcasurug to sandy beach, wher
II his wife sure to lie sunburnt, his children in
n constant fret, and his only consolation beer.
!. II one could take a room ana feel at nome
might DC different, but there are not roo a
l. enough for the people, even II they were within
y to pay for them.
e Well tried little dinner, modest It'll
10 dinner.