The New York herald., 1877-07-03
The Sunday Morning Herald at
Rural Breakfast Tables.
EIGHT MILES in SEVEN MINUTES.
How New Workers Out of Town
Are Supplied with News.
A FIFTY MILE PONY EXPRESS.

by the arrival OF the first HERALD express train from
New York. Hundreds who came here yesterday went
to sleep uly assured, by immense posters around the
village and along ali the roads approaching IT, thas
they would wake to breakfast aud the HERALD on the
The promise OF the posters carried
out 10 tho minute, and the HERALD arrived
time, and many a breakfast, without which it
would have been incomplete as though coffee was
Animated IRON the bill OF fare, enjoyed. An
hour after the arrival OF the papers the boys
distributed the last OF the fifteen hundred brought
to the place, and single copies were at premium.
One uncon scious OF the fashionable centre into
which he had been whired might have we'll
imagined himself in New York hoteI, for oil
the news OF the town md the latest items
OF interest the bhnks OF the Danube wero being
discussed canvassed the verandahs the hotels
ut time. Handsome ladies, in all the glory Of
wear and stylish galans, in blue and white,
sat chatting the cool reccsses of the pfazzas
over the latest bits of news and ven,uring
Iar-slghtcd gucsses on tho prospects Of the
European struggle and It's effects upon Amer.
eau interests. Tho daughter Of a wealthy
ST. Lous -four merchant who the stoop OF the
Grand Union seemed quito indifferent to the result
of the conflict expressed herself saying in adj
diron that the cablegrams IRON London and Paris
occupied her whole attention. ''The latter more
particularly" said she, with cunning, coquet-
tish nod OF the head. Men interested In
stocks und commerce eagerly read the paper, and
the social student found in the local columns
abundant food Tor thought, The programme IN that
departments, including all sorts OF possible expcr-
human affairs, from tho newest murder to the
most recently emptied POCKET The pony express
carrying the papers arrived at most op.
por.une moment. Tor just as i appeared over
from the churches and the recent worshippers
immediately paid ten cents to ascertain wnat the
world had been doing since they left II for Saratoga
Many OF the unnoy who remained at the great
caravansaries disappointed being unable TO ge
papers and had 10 wait until their more g0dly neigh
pors had finished reaiing before they couia lind out
what the word h"d been doug without thom.
THE LIGHTNING EXPRESS.
The initiation OF all this commotiOn at Sar.
atoga was ut the HERALD office. corner OF Broadway
and Ann street, at about iour A. d.. when wagon
belonging to the Union News company forced ils way
through tho swarm Of vehicles that cucumber that
corner that and backed up front OF Inc
Ann street entrance'to the HERALD press r0om
Shortly hind wheels oil this vehicle struck
tho Curbstone half dozen printers devia
aud lily boys appeared, ladened with bun.
the wagon then descended for more
AS quickly US the bundles we're delivered they wore
arrang d, and shortly after four O'Clock the wagon
Tor the Grand Central oepo where the special
! tram was IN waiting 10 receive the load AT ftecu
m Inutes before Ave O'Clock the wagon arrived
Vanderbilt avenue entrance to the depot yard, where
the .rain In readiness. The train consIsteI 0t
baggage and locomotive, and INTO tho baggage
car the bundles addressed TO different parties along
the line OF the road thrown. The engine attached
BOOu
the fast mail service. When that service wna
first inaugurated No. IS was picked out as an
eng ne most likely TO make the time required
ana stand tho wear aud tear consequent upon tbs
breakneck speed necessary 10 udl the schedule one
morning, When tho fast mail tram was about to start
Burns the engineer, discovered that, owing the
he ght OF the buffer on the mail car he was unable to
couple 1t with the engine, and old IS had TO be
backed the shop in order that her buffer might
be made to 1t that o. the car This altcra-
ton, slight AS It seems, occupied much
lime ana when the start was the tram was more
than hour behind time. Mr.. William f. OBricn, the
couuuc. Lie train, insisted that the terminus Of
the r.u,u auoud ue reach tme and Burns said he
would u pest make up ior tho loss Tho trip to
Albany Wac nuisned about two mnutcj short oil the
schedule ume The run from New York TO Albany hav.
ing been "a. TWO hours anu nfty.f0ur minutes.
THE START.
While the papers oesng thrown irto the car
Burns the engineer, oil hand, searching out
all the luorcatng holes IN the complicated machinery
and greasing all the JOINTS ior action He had hardly
baggage car to start. Mr.. OBricn, the conductor
pulled out his watch, and finding that there was yet
minute 10 spare SO informed ne ensmesr; nI,ai wno
bell, O'Brien waved his hand, the engineer jumped
into the tender, and In second the HERALD lightning
express It's way out OF the city. Glorious
morning flooding the CITY with light as the trair
dashed into the tunnel. seeming 10 meet again tn,
night that had just hurried OIL. At speed unknown
TO the travelng puolic the rafting locomotive
and single car emerged from the nortners
of the whistle thundercd along the broad
viaduct to the Harlem River. Tho first delivery
made at Mott Haven, the station just beyond the
BRIDGE where a bundle OF papers Tor Forahan, West
chester county, was thrown or The man 10 whom
they were addressed picked them up aud was on his
way TO Fordham before the men who baa gone TO
town for papers haa arrived, oy the horse car pro-
cess, AZ Fity-ninth street
THE ROAD.
The paper folders and bundle p0rters now had
rest for switched of just above Mott Haven
passed alon, tho upper bank OF the Harlem River
over 10 the Huuson. Small bundles thrown of
all the stations up AS tar Yonkers, where several
Immense packages were dropped Al Psexskin, High
lands Cold spring. Fishkill New Hamburg Milton
Ferry anu Poughkecpsie papers were delivered The
FIRST stoppage made at the last named place at orty
five nutes past In order TO grease the engine and
coo the Journals which, in the rapid run, had become
hot.
As the engine stood upon the track In front Of the
Poughkeepsic station sne seemed thing o life. pant
ing from over-exertion.
-Four minutes were quite sufhcIent to cool tho
journals ana grease the engine, aud, after an inter-
rogatory 'All r,ghts'' IRON the englnocr and
answer from the conductor. the train went
burg Khincbeck, Barry.own, Tlvoli, Germantown.
Livingston, Cssski and HUDSON all received Dundlca
named the nailed by h,sIe crowds gathered
on tne depot platforms. The tram passed Hudson
greatest run Of the "trip maze. Burns being anx
ious show what old 1887 could do the result
past eight the tram arrived at the Albany depot The
party went over TO the Deavan and had coffee while
the cng g.ne was being changed
NEAR TuE
Engine No. $50 was attached 10 the train at Albany,
and at tweptyfour minutes 10 nine start was m1de
for schenectady whore connection ~ be made
with the HERALD pony express 10 Saratoga Springa
In twcnty-Iour schenectady was reaonsd and
five minutes later the pony express, when ID the
meantime hal been loaded with papers,
the muddy road 10 Saratoga, twcntytwo
mites distant ram storm was in progress a. tho
time prospect was drcary, and the possibility
OF reaching Saratoga time very remote The driver,
however, feeling responsibility and apprehensive Tor
the reputation VI his horses which the eetest at
the springs, urged WITH whip and word The roads
were heavy that ut times the horses
were etiocK deep In the mud. but still tho
speed kept up The rain had ccascd
now, the shone out brightly ana the clement OF
heat asdcd to the dlecomlorts OF the long drive
When within lew miles OF saratoga the team seemed
TO coguize the aud oil their will broke into
q urisker trot Hah mile out OF town the wagon was
met oy crowd OF boys and the papers were dis
tributed to them. AT twenty minutes past eleven tho
papers were being sold 10 sin.ie copos, and almost
I'm immediately the edition was exhausted.
ExPREss 0EoRGh
bundle OF papers Irom Saratoga BY
by HERALD pony express 10 Lakc George, twenty
eghi miles DISTANT IN charge Of james Casey who viii