, 1877-07-01
The Press Clubs Trip to Peter
Cooper's Land.
A Rural Region with Remarkable
Possibilities.
Some Fresh Statistics Of Emigration
and Immigration.
With lrs nore Favorable to The United Kingdom
than to The United States.

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New YORK, June 2S.-It may be plagiarism
on some writer, or indeed on several writer's tt
say that no city is more thoroughly furnished
with easily accessible and delightful summer re
treats aud excursion poln:s than New York bu
It is . fact, aud fact decidedly agreeable FOL
one to become personally acquainted with. An
hour or two on the water brings the warm and
weary citizen to the ocean beach and breeze, to
the haullcts Of the Sound, or to the highlands
Of the Hudson, at his pleasure. An hour OF
two on the rail brings him, If the right direction
be taken, into country well-nigh as wild, un'
cultivated. and unnhabited as was all the neigh
boring TRAIT to boot when Cooper's
heroes, herolncs, and redskins met for
dramatic action in the unsublued forests.
The right direction is that tracked out by the
Midland Railroad, and such country lies
around Greenwood Lake, much better known
By the casua! settler in those parts as Long
Pond. This sheet Of water, new and fashionably
named in anticipation OF its future, has long
been known and visited by the inquiring sports
man who wished to get out Of civilization for a
time and depend for livelihood on rod and gun.
Its recent gain OF larger notice is due to the
holding Of some small regattas, with the prem
1se OF larger ones, and tie building of the
of SIX miles in length connecting with the Mid
4and line OF these two cluscs- which are
quite out OF proportion as to importance and
cost, The former has proved much the more
successful in drawing attention to the place,
which shows the value OF recattas to capitalists
engaged In opening up new section.
RAsHSEss ALL AROUND.
The officers Of the Montclair d Greenwood
oil. hy-ff 1,nH$ I'm fvf
invite the New York Press Club to an excursion
including tsghtys:x miles Of travel by rail, four
by steamer, and dinner at the Windeunese,
Oyington. Not to he outdone in rashness, al
though possibly contrary to It's usual practice,
thu Club accepted the invitation, and, ONE hay
ing accepted, it is not little strange how large
a portion Of the members resolved to sec the
thing through. The President, indeed, may for
the first have learned how numerous an Or
ganization he is tie head OF, and
how to OBTAIN prompt attendance at roll-call-
What with the invited guests and the addition of
Jersey editors, it was threecat-load company
and jolly one that tasted the country air aud
Greenwood Lake bass on Friday last II some
were sleepy or red-eyed On the way out that
was to be expected of morning newspaper me:
who had been at work all night, and who chose
In the same condition on the way back, which
nobody asserts, that was also to be expected,
though for 'tuzzer an sfishnt reasons.'' Tie
Windermere pudding, it was remarked, had un-
commonly refreshing sauce, which was served
in small glasses and separately, go that neither
might interfere with the other. Then there was
a lunch served on the little steamer, lunch
consisting Of sandwiches and claret punch, with
A. frFx rf.s-
al, and full OF incidents, like some Of the after
dinner speeches.
THE TWO HOURS RIDE
through Jersey is an almost continuous treat In
the wayof scenery. The road climbs the Orange
Mountain BY steep grades, aud, after leaving
Upper Aontclair, makes its way through re-
gion as picturesque as it is unsettled. At the
crossing Of the Passaic is one OF the prctticst
valleys and villages Of Jersey, which can afford
to be laughed at as a foreign land SO long a. it
retains its natural charms After sharp curves
and rises, dashes through narrow cuts in high
rocks and across dizzy trestlcwork, the last
round sweep is made. and Cooper is reached.
Cooper is the present terminus OF the branch,
and the southern landing point on the
lake To describe It is Of little trouble,
since it consists simply Of railroad
depot,-and a trim, freshly-painted little depot
1t fs,-a wharf, and prospects. As critical Eu-
Elishman once said Of Washington, so Of Cooper
it may be sad that it is place Of vast possibli-
ties. At the wharf was In waiting small side
wheel steamer, Just sizcablc cepough to carry the
company without crowding. 4 stiff breeze was
l,!uwing from the north, and a breeze so cold
tliat the demand was for great coats, the rush
1nr the cabn. The rush mar hare been partly
due, also. to the fat that the lunch aforesaid
was served and slipped therein. No question
but the bracing atmosphere produced an
IMMEDIATE CONSCIOUSNESS or APPETITE
and for something Other than the charming view
to be taken shisering On the upper deck. Green
W"od Lake die not merit the rhetoric bestowed
upon it-atter dinner-hy a venerable Trojan
editor WHO prides himself on his libcl
suits and traye1, and who remarked that,
while he had gone from the Gulf to Greenland,
and from Sam Flancisco to Troy. he had never
seen SO lovely and inconparably beautcous
scene as that which he had through tue un-
rfyaled kindness Of the gentlemanly ct eetera
lust seen, and would yainlr call till the stars
ell IRON their heavenly hghucsscs for Nature
70 produce him such another ct cetera- Never
thccss, i is truly pretty little sheet of water
a1tisticaliv SIT in an encirylng chain Of hills
winch almost rise to the dignity OF mountains,
aust rs truly as 1t was circumstance that the
Trojan editor was, as Yeliowp]ush would say,
and as l grieye to say. s Enthusiastically
The Steamer made good time against tie
wind, aud in twenty minutes the '.brainy''
company, as II was Cu0t cd, was landed ut the
WslldeEmcre Pier, at the very north end OF the
lake Arlington is larger place than Cooper
THREE 1T four horses larger 1t embraces
TIE HOTEL, WHERE TIE E1CuRsIoS1srs D1SED.
Two iotcis W.e't: the cxcur>iunists did not
dine but wished they had, a boarding-lor and
l2xl4 cottage set IN a mosQuito-patch, The
settled population Of Arlington is not largc-ou
the contrary extremely slnaIl, ,-unIcss the mos
quitos be reckoned in the census returns. The
doaIing population is-well, perhaps the figures
Of the future may more fairly lie waited for,
The railroad has only been completed year.
and the college boys have not iIai 4 grand
regatta on the pond as vet Ii, whei, they do
come, the hundreds OF summer visitors prove as
hungry as the exeursonists under cons.dcra-
1iou, the owner Of the Windcrmcre Hotel will
have to forage, or move nearer Fulton Market |
The country proved, like thu Dobrudsrha. not !
able to sustain the invaders. That is, as to |
food. There Was plenty to drink, with the lake ]
SO near at hand; and it was noted with pleasure |
that those IN charge had the 1crcthoosht tu bot
tie the water anu have it ready Tor use Noted !
also, as peculiar quality OF
GREENWOOD LIKE WATER. |
that it was strung enough to lift the corks out |
o1 the bottles as neatly as if the best Mumm |
we're BEND them.
II the company was jolly before dinnQr and |
busy during dinner, it was hilarious after din
ncr. The first speaker, after the com pli,ne1,ts