The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-08-21
MONS. X.ON COMFY ISLAND.
DfscOTERIIN NEW roRk WA1ER-
ING PIICE GISTRONOMI

NIGHT anu - ip-N"S "h'''' '''" -
49,. ,of,r,. Along the shell road just ne
y'" 49,. ,,u sntc. where Illegal exactiuus are |
,,,te tire wster FOR quarter OF mie /
tn,, tho wucol huts, and at l. o'clock IN |
.i,y night. / was glad beyond txpre sion |
I'LL bad escaped with wet carpet, splashed |
lima, aud o teri Hoi morse ..
.u lo." said Giorsi. what noise Is thntf
,..,tcs.rcttn ~ lad as n shrank irom
,..-.t tai b,a lnss " gang OF oafers VINO
"a driven d wn Tor a spree, and, taking pos
.r,f the only grass uiot In the vicinity had
,,.d their Lorse loose and were beginning
..,n, .l,ndcrs by their shouts.
,,r.t,,u,l Ai. Nrlther, mustered his hostlcra
..r,.nt.. mi started to put the iutrudcrs
o. r,n,e.line his men In the billiard house
.ted 10 the Oceanic, the piucky Colonel
80 alone among the rouGhs. lie ordered
,,s,, IN. They moved their wagon away some
am, feet ami began again. lie ordered thcm
stu further OF. Again. With curses and inpre-
c1ii.n-. they obeyed, and passed the rest of the
ui.h' at safe distance IN reves, ending in a
feroci0us 1ght.
Meanwhile Giorgi encountered one OF tho
gsng near his house. He had words 0rst then
allow. and IN about two minutes order reigned'
and discounted rough hung In ereai contu'
sion across rail fonce, neither quite ue"u "O'
yet wholly alive.
The day has been superb.
The sun was hot. but the breeze was delicious
And such a crowd.
Tie Hrst train arrived this morning atv o'clock
packed.
with II came the ncwsboys.
"How many papers 10 you bring down, DaveS'
"Three thousand altogether"
"Nhat are they p
"sixteen hundred SUNS three hundred Her.
dli,, one hundred Tim,s,s. and the rest are Mtr-
70 Ilr,, III Ion L. Ia
DO the other fellows bring as manyf'
mo. do a great deal OF regular trade for
borders. We don't have SO much car trade
here or hotel trade MS you'd think. Blamed
n I've sold zoo papers on the beach In all my
life You zee II the bathing's good, the folks
don't want to read and II IT'S rainy, they don't
come down. l don't take any stock In this
perhaps kind o. trade"
what do you mean by perhaps kind o
trade 2"
"why, trade as perhaps 1t comes, and equally
a. perhaps 1t doesn't"
Since my last letter from the charming place
Of salt, clans, heer, and sand ants. a very brisk
discussion has risen as to the merits OF the sew
sIal hotels here.
Hotels so called.
To-day l took 'em all in
And have been specially interested in the
animated talk heard in relation to the "wine
cellars" Of the several houses.
Wine eelLirsl
why. nearly every house here is built on the
sand. A dive OF two feet would bring the dis
comhted explorer to the safest OF water. home
OF the festive clam. roost Of the retiring crab,
hole Of the elastic eel.
fame as the hes. eel-frier OF his day and genera
non mas grown. thsre might perhaps be a wine
cellar, but there i-n'.. As matter of-fact, the
on place on the entire ISLAND which may not be
flooded out. and nosted nwSY; Is lhe Famous ola
house formerly Kept by snea.rof' men o~nsS
ana Of late years conducted by Col. G.orgl, and
dubbed the Oceanic. In front OF tins olace
are magnificent trees, a century old; In tbs re"r
lawn and garden. and underneath a cellar.
But even that cellar we'll stocked us u Is. can't
he more than six or seven feet deep. TIE fact IS
We are not dealing win Massachusetts or Con
necticut, but with n island OF sand, cOncrr-
lion IL atoms, holding together Heaven only
knows how. with the ocean rolling In front Of IL,
It's waters sucking far under H. while all about
1t are creeks anc arms and inlets. an eel beds
and crab roosts and porsie pnts-a very honey
cO hD u DissOlving posi- Otlitles.
some day Coney Island will either D,st away
Blu, for the present here Il Is.
Long Br nch IL ali y for the President and
bis four-in-hdnd.
saratoga naturalls attracts the plethoric poll
uciins ana re mber.
Nr"p =. nors attractions 10 all whose wal
Ie'- are stuffed with greenOscks.
But Coney Isl nj Is tue cheap and sandy re-
tcrt II the millions, the home OF the li'eiS hea
the en- sen Utopia Of ne fraternity OF bugs and
tie ana 4estioued abode Of the succuleut clam.
Inc uiOh to-day mas been immense,
Last sund ". on the $50 +. NJ. train up, there
was fearful row. How 1t has been kept out Of
The p ipers d. MT know, nut rougns 40 pos
Session Of the tram. women were insulted, ana
I've conductor was compelled 10 mash his Tau
teru over one rascal's face to Keep hin quiet.
The alarm whistle was sounded aud when tue
tram reached the depot, the emil yees, en-
forced by police, were on hand prepared 10
take hand IN II necessary.
the let tha, the later trips Of ths cars are min
ialure bells, Ia 80 far as Reckless, half tight
t"e ring men, and not mueh better women Cal
make them. II the Railroad peOpie would EN-.
pioy two policemen to accompany their train
tuey wound add IL the comfort aud secure th'
safety Of the better grace OF their patrons. Al
II Is, all espectabie people make haste 10 taxi
the earlier trans.
Two 81 three weeks ago reported to THE Sus
the excessive smount Of profanity heard dowr
here.
An intelligent policeman being spoken to OF
the subject, says; swearing down h,jef Non
sense. Look at those respectable teople GU tn
h. en-. Does that look IKE swearing. NoLsense
IuL Sun shouldn't PRINT such stuff"
Ana how ABOUT the oeerf
" Bver DO they drink much beer down here
NDu.eIsr. LOOK those respectable De uple al
IT, leach. Does that lOoA Ike d inkingI hi
snr 4 thlng hufts tue regulation OF tue island
WY, haven't seen a drunken man IA NJ ntns
A1Out twenty feet from this guardian OF IA
pee, thus conseryer Of the Cones Ill IA
''r ne. sat at Que OF the tables reserved TO
tets" on the broad upper piazL. OF n SAINT
l-e. MN well known in sporting circles
liz uad two women with nim, aud drunkeunes
c"4i- have been his only excuse for the ride
ou-ue,, 81 Their conduct. In their cheerful
tiephahtne way, ttey alternately fOugul all
seed, and passec the evening hour. undis
iurlvd by police, uuinterierrd with by prODTl
etor or servants A. a rule, tie men who com
L. tuney Island Uenaye win marked GOO
order OF cO-rse the women and children d
the same.
lu all drink the nasty stun sold there a
beef. ami On many u produces bad effects
To-Day uar not been exceptional ia TINT re
Rard. Inc vast pfcponutrsncr are well behave N
but the rougu element, as tue evening We, r
away, assumes gscHtcr PROPORTIONS, and TIA
worst luck can wish any gentleman here 4
tEat vi h ms wife and family he acuumpAnie
tue R4ng that " IA ke the iast trains i'm Al
orgir Of uissipated deyIitry.
OI~ great lack Is shade.
Ou tue long white Ueach the sun ray glAres a
Will. How many suartiug Uartimeu-os ar
started Oh their helpiess way ~ this terribl
glare have no means vi hscsItaiuiug, but ia
effect 10 terrible.
some Of the sand hOuses-so called becaus
they arc built on sand. are surrounded by sane
ana uner no prospect but saDd-hHys sign OF
tree, not even an asparagus busn, near tben.
Imagine yourself ia one Of these little seve
b} uue rooms, With the hot sun pouring IN Tx
d hood II heat.
II YOU don't like TO exert your imaglnatio
come down here aud Try II.
EyerY tree on the Island Is worth 1900 a
least Tue man who would cut down TIRE
befe would deserve the execratlon Of bis race
i"e long latfOrms, CROWDED with tables IL
eatess only," are IKE the place oescrbed IN tn