The New York herald., 1877-07-02
SUNDAY OUT OF TOWN.
The Crowds that Left the City and
Where They Went.
SEASIDE AND SUBURBAN RESORTS.

ing OF tho frishtfu heat that TO come drove an
unusually large number OF citizens the various
suburban and seaside resorts. Below will be- found
chronclsd the experiences and dougs Of the
who locked to the popular and accessible
resorts
Whoever doubted that such places Of amusement as
museums, art galleries, centennial exhibitions &c.,
should be open TO the public Sundays should
have visited Central Park yesterday. There
he would have seen thousands Of work.
ingmcn and women, with their families, dressed
In their ''best bib and tucker" staring In
open mouthed enjoyment at tho various animals that
torn the Park menagerie. Nothing could have been
more innocent than their pleasure, and they certainly
gave no more offence to their Maker they strolled
under His beneath His than they stayed
the hot city and baked tho back rooms OF tene.
ment houses.
Murray Hill IL not represented at Central Park
Sunday, but the side streets You fat fathers
IN linen busters, gutess OF SHIRT collars perhaps tug
ging an offspring along by either hand, and pae thin
mothers, with babes IN their that probably
enabled to live through trying summer by this
weekly breath of fresh air. Young men out Of
stores, dressed in very plaid suits and
wearing very high collars, sauntor along knocking
the pebbles out OF their path with heavy. and
young with suits tho for wear and with
collars at all, pass your bench and II thcy kicK tho
pebbles out Of their way, they do 1t with the tow
OF their shoe, for they do not aspire canes
Young girls in gay suits '.done up" In the back.
and hats lar Off their heads their hair will allow
file past you hand in hand with occasional glance
over their shoulders at the young men In the plaid
quits. Fat women with the persplration eoursing
down their flaming checks. nnd bonnet strings united
and floating over their backs; fat men, loan mon tall
women, short women and children by the hundreds all
Hooking past you to tho menagere How thoy laughed
at the antics OF ono solitary little monkey in Its great
cage The tired fathers lifted their children on their
broad shoulders that they could the heads
oi tho casor IN 'front.' Then away thoy go to
cages where the panthers lash their tails aud the lions
roar Where the msanchoy black boar tramps. tramps
tramps up and down bis cage, until Its noor IL worn
| smooth glass. Poor deluded creature, ocs
he think that his steps led to liberty? On rges the
crowd out to the enclosure whero the homcly camel
! hits its trembling nose and the timid deer look with
| toit, dark eyes at the admring small boys who put
them, them gently on The neok. on suraes tho
lake. Let sit down n moment and watch
the children riding in the goat carriagea hcarriagc
and up tho path they y tho careful position ru ming
along by their side, with his face red and hair wet
| they also are led by positions Don't tell US that
du ne1 beasts yssrs w0ua kick their %
well to have tho positions after all Here aparty
0r hS axs st ss follow Them S There =
boat with his umbrella; tho sturdy oarsman rows
up to tho steps and they get aboard. First tho mother
hand, delight and fear depicted on her face
looks with admiration AZ her brother who Jumps
in the boat with bound and nearly upsets the whole
party; last comes tho father. proud IN the conscious
ness of giving his family delightful treat The
man pushes of and away they around tho lake. lol-
| lowed by wake OF laughter from the two chidren
Down in the restaurant under the bridge .'nobby''
young fellows with blue ribbons their hats nal,y
young girls with rzzed hair 10 ices tthe young fellow
wants to show that he Is his own master aud knows
the ways OF The world he orders "a beer" while she
pleased. Around other tables whole families OF Ger
nuns Sit and sip the foumng lager and sometimes oh,
unhappy truth American boys just entering their
viii rap the table with their and order
'our beers" with as little concern as thoy would buy
More German than English was beard spoken yes
terday. The Germans know how TO enjoy holiday in
a auiei way with l their families. The Americans are
nothing TO mar The harmony of the day rs far as the
general visitor could tell The foreigners partic
ularly we'll behaved The only rowdylsm was
among the best dressed American boys Some Of these
were lutte annoying on account OF their roughncss
among themselves They would pound each other
the back and shout lttIe but that natural
garity moro than vciousness Tho benches along tho
Ramble were occupied entirely by men and boys.
From the appearance OF the seats one might readily
have imagined himself In tho ladies' cabin OF Jersey
tho rain OF Saturday night made the Park look un.
usually beautiful Tho trees and shrubs looked
the storm that hung over the city ali day
yesterday had the eject Of cooling tho air. Wha. a
Jolly tme tho children would have had II they could
only have rolled on the grass But those little red
boards, with their stern black letters, warned or all
trespassers why not remove those remorsolcss
signs Sundays and let the little gabol on the
grcenY There is very htte fun IN rolling on u hard
walk. thousands Of Dyes looked lone,nsy at those
sweeps OF vevcy green, and thousands OF iito feot
hung wstiuy along tho outskirts OF the paradise they
dare not enter.
Oliver Cotter made no demonstration yesterday at
Coney Island as was expected. and the hot and dusty
or stronger beverages at their own pleasure and
ut Concy Island prices The means OF COM
! muncution between this city and the sand
bar are becoming more and moro plenty as t
becomes evident hut bettor transportation facilities
Brooklyn city and two or three boat lines from New
York These boats yesterday mado hourly trips aud
the railroads as many trips AS the rolling stock would
stand, and still they could not get everybody down
that wanted to Co. Alter the experience ol last
sunday the beer sellers oo the island expected
VISIT from Cotter. but made apparent preparation
Tor II. The bars did thriving trade, and legion OF
walters pushed through the crowd with their arms
| full OF beer glasses They say-that is, the LIQUOR
dealers, and that means the entire population OF tho
island--,hat Sunday Is their best day, and should
Island 'cr /" said Tcuionc proprietor Of several
hundred beer kegs IVA. 'sh Concy Island nou. sun.
! day lager cal" AZ the boats and cars poured thor
loads cf cxcursioniss upon tho sand an inter.
osng sight 10 see them separate into groups and flow
along beach TO the different poiats OF attractlon
There people Of all classes and condition OF life
children, Old men, young men ana maidens gay IN
! element Of an excursion--iather, mother, several
small children--a on pleasure oent
t. Bathing DID not seem TO be very generally induced
would occasionally roll up from tho sea- there were
| humber In nevertheless and they certainly seemed
! to enjoy themselves The with the won
dcriui BIRDS, that knew everything and would
tell fortunes for fcw pennies, wcre out In tul
force and apparently did thriving business There
wcro bands OF music at many OF tho pavilions and
around them the people gathered. CLANS were eaten,
beer drank, salt air inhaed, and whom homo
reached 1t was very doubtful II any could say In
| what most lay tho charm of Coney Island beach.
RocKAwAv BEACH.
| With strcamors hy ng and band discoursng sweet
strains Of music the Plymouth Rock yesterday morn
ing lett the loot OF Twentythird street. North RIVER
at nine O'Clock, for n trip TO Rockaway The number
Of excufsonists aboard, owing 10 tho severe ram
| storm Of tho carly morning, were very lew,
| and not greatly increased 10 number by adj
ditions At pier No l. RoachiDg Rockaway, where her
passengers rapidly dscmbarkcd TO enjoy themselves
tho steamer returned 10 tho city, meeting the new
boat Columbia the way going down. As the Two
boats met salute was 1rcd, and tho band Of the
| plymouth Rock struck up "Haii Columoial" while