The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1878-07-25
The Hot Day IN New York.

The \. y. sun thus speaks OF the Me
tropoliS under the intense heat OF Thurs
day;
The only hope Of Immediate relief lay
in the possibility that the intense heat
might breed a thunder shower and thus
destroy itself Rain, however, had fallen
in Maine, and weather prophets were not
wanting who predicted that counterhal-
ancing wave Of cold would bring comfort
down along the New England coast.
The heat had afflicted the Western cities
for four or five days before much relief
was discovered. 1t was viewed as I'M
probable that New York in her proximity
TO the ocean could be afflicted 50 long
Nevertheless. the sun rays We're pouring
down from a clear Sky, and whatever
might be the hope for The future, safety
for the present rested in cessation from
all active eXertOn out OF doors All
through the city employers recognized
this fact. and men We're Kept al work only
in cases of extreme necessity.
The large ship Emerald Isle lay at the
South Street pier with nearly all her sails
tapping laZlY in the hot brcathS Of air
that came up from the harbor. Her Cap
tain could not get sailors to take them
down. Her own crew had abandoned the
ship. The tar melted and slistened on
the shrouds of all the shipping along the
river front. The pitch fried out ot the
Georgia pine masts in bubbles
Little business was done. The men
employed in loading the packets and
coastwlsc schoonerS that were not requr-
ed to sail on schedule time We're allowed
to cease work if they desired, and most
Of them awaited themselves OF the priv
lege. The men on the river and Sound
steamboats, that had to start on regular
time We're the chief sufferers, and many
Of them entirely succumbed to the heat.
A big brawnY 'longshoreman, clad in a
red flannel shirt, was rolling a barrel
along South street under the broilng sun.
Suddenly he put his hands to his head
and reeled like drunken man. A knot
Of men gathered around him, and in his
craze he tancled that they We're ridicul-
ing him, and he threatened to strike them
Some Of his fellow workmen got him into
the shade, and after stimulants had been
given him he was able to walk home with
a friend.
1tlltldI l ul ldu lew NlSllOTS. ne
officers at the entrances explained that
the heat was too severe. Mothers very
generally kept their babes at home, and
very few baby carriages were visible. In
the menageries the lions lay stretched on
their cage floors, with their tongues lolling
from their mouths. The tiger snarled at
his visitors and the leopards Kissed and
showed their teeth. The hyenas lay flat
on their sides and would not be reused.
The sea lions rolled and plunged in their
salt bath. Every time their heads APP
peared above the water, the menagerie
echoed with their hoarse barking. The
only animals that took the day good-na-
turedly were the four baby lions, which
paved their mothers nose in vain efforts
to wake her to playfulness.
The women came out of the popular east
side tenements, and almost crowded the
sidewalks wherever shade could be found.
Keepers of bar rooms of all grades drove
thriving business.
The Herald says that during the past week gen
tlemen while looking about the shell heaps on
Dea Metcalfs farm at Damarscotta came upon
what appeared to be a stone wall deeply covered
over. Subsequently DR.. X. &. Chapman removed
the shells and found there on the river side of the
highest mound, wall carefully laid up, running
parallel with the river. some nine or ten feet in
length while at one end there is right angle and
the wall runs toward the river. the other end not
turning Snuara1V but rather onrvipu az II now an