The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-10-11
NEWsBOYs ON A SAN.
Grief at the Loss OF n Con,rade not Allowed
TO spoil the Day.

At9ocock yesterday morning two bargcs,
with flags flying and "A brass band playing. let
90 their hawsers and slid out into tho North
River around the end Of Pier ~. Mr. john II.
Starin owned them. but had given them up for
the day to the ncwshoys and bootblacks Of New
York. some 500 Of whom wcrc nbout TO enjoy
their Second Annual Grand EycursOn Those
familiar with the processes which prevailed on
the First Annual Grand Excursion were rather
sorry for the brass band above mentioned. in
asmuch IA another brass band. in the course ~
that othcrcXcursion.h had been very rudcly assail-
ed by the boys. whon only pcltcd the members
with hard cookies and largc-sized buns Int
filed the mouths " their trumpcts with masses
Of soddcn bread and partially mastlratcd ham.
and in many other ingenious ways both irritatod
the musicians and interrupted the tunes. The
band that went last year would not 20 again.
hut they might have gone with safety. Tor yes
trrday not trumpet WAS s'oupercd. and not
musician WINS used for q target
Just before tho barge- lrit the pier n barc-
headed woman cnmo on board ia grcHt trouble
about her boy. who Ind run away To tho cxcur-
sion half AN hour before. wearing his best red
shirt. aud taking the whole household supply
q money. $3.50. but he was not 20 be found.
Tho bare headed woman returned in distress.
and the barEcs drawn hy side wheel steamer
and accompanied 10y 4 tug. ran down III" river
ioyfully. Some ~ the cNcursiu uist- were bare
looted. more wcr" confess, AMI AL ol lhoni wore
hats of such low condition that IL soon h"cuue
ono NJ the print pal dWu-"iuCnts NJ Tho boys 10
catch these from the heads OF one another and
cast them into the strrHin. Hats 10y twos and
fours went iuntng huck by the small boat tow
ing along behind the barges; aud that IL tho
reason. perhaps. that when straw hat went
bObhing 10y with the others tho man who sat in
the bout looking out for nccidcnts. lid not
know that there WIS hoy under IT, In mo-
mrnt, however. he saw the ltto fellow slipped
the boats painter. and sprang to his oars. TIL"
Toy then wa a quarter ot "A milo away. His
nano was William Brooks. and he wa, only lu
years old. In trying 10 stop from one barge to
the other he had fallen into the water gust us
the harscs were rounding Governor Island.
The man In the bout pulled Justify. hut the
water waS rough nnd he made but slow pro-
out The tug. which was ahoad. running along
side the steamboat. turned back and bore down
after the rowbout. which was making more lea-
way than Roadway hut IL was no use and no.
fore help came near the hoy had gone down.
lie dli not come NJ again. The tug and "a"
oNcurs ionists who warc crowded about tho rails
awaiting the return pronounced his lost com
said. and with tina, single formalty OF grief the
excursion was continued ~ before.
The bnrges wore run up tho bust livcr AZ inr
rs forticth street and then, turning. rounded
the Battery aud sailed w the North River
nearly to the Palisades, Lunch was u pretty
continuous thing until almost the finish ~ tho
OF sandwiches and milk. discharged his tin cup
at the head OF the man who hui served him.
and been passed w stairs to tho upper deck il.
than lac lot himself down over the forward hulk
| head. and Ia due course of time presented him
N'li lNl II lNtii'l supply. BOON u i'cillll' u
iaNorito Iastlme TO throw milk and dpu.h balls
wrought out II bread. and IN hall an hour the
deck on which the lunch counters stood was
covered an inch deep with sioiao Of peculiar
slpporincss which made tripping easy and
invested II with the greatest attractions.
Toward tn" end ~ tho trip man Httem ptod
TO pnss from the lemonade counter to the sand
witch counter with box oi buns. Midway bc-
tween the two lac wne surrounded. and huu-
| drrd hands reached upward for the box. which
he held high above his heud. N Was tailor
than they. and they might not have reached It
| II hc hal been screwed into the deck, bur aus Il
was the boys had only TO lombard his logs. and
| down hc came. tho buns tumbliug out 90 all
directions over the heads Of the multitude.
That incident whetted IT." taste for forage o. "a
keen point aud from that moment the counters
were doomed. \ charge Ia force wis made
upon Thorn, and in five minutes the mountain
OF sandwiches was levclled and there was not
drop - lemonade ~ 't Ut such n ran IN little
| rlls along tho deck. Every now-boy was nden
down with an ammunition Of bread cookies
and lemon peel. which from THAI time until the
dock WAS reached WAS employed IN an un 'clsiul.
iu~ Illtdr.
Meantime the older fellows got out pipes aud
So. the lemon peel and bread crusts nying in
clouds, the band playing " My Grandtather's
Clock. and great comfort and satisfaction pre-
vailing. the barges ran 20 their mOorings, aud
tho excursion came 10 an end.