The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-08-05
sUNDAY Ar LONG BRANCH.
Where the Dny IL Not Exactly broken, hut
Just QuIetIy Ignored.

spread over nearly two days. from Saturday
afternoon until Monday morning. and Is con-
sequently so thin as TO be hardly recognizable
The mutitudes come for pleasure, and. al
though there is little OF the eagerness and
hurry sccn at the Coney Island resorts. the So
briefly docs not in general reach the pitch OF
observing Sunday rcligiously. Yesterdays in
llux WINS fully MS great ms on any previous Sat
urday this season. not only here, hut Mt Ashury
Park and Ocean Grove. further down. Trains
arrived in sections. each section making II
lengthy train by itself. To lodge and feed tho
guests strained the capacities OF tho hotels.
Indeed, the season is turning out TO be- pros
porous MS seasons go OF late. Economy rules.
There Is mono Of the glitter OF the Fisk Helm
bold times Comparatively little wine is sold.
Closer bargaining is dono over board rates.
Folks wait for the ten-cent stages. Everything
goes slower. There is money enough spent to
make the mare go. but her risky gallop has
become n steady trot
Tho disregard Of Sunday began last night In
more than one hotel the dancing was not
stopped ut exactly midnight The eaycty was
not ut It's height until after 10 O'Clock but ut ~
II had gained too much Roadway TO prevent run
ming into the Christians Sabbath. A novelty
WIS evening bathing. Tar barrels were kept
burning on the beach Mt ono point and In tho
ruddy light the bathers looked like gnomcs-
excessively hideous enomes. some OF them.
The balls Mt the West End. the Ocean and tho
Mansion. brought together large. good-looking
and interchangeable assemblies. The girl who
doesn't Ounce at every Saturday evening ball
on the beach does not think she s conscien-
tiously doing her duty. That idea is good
thing for the hackmen who do the carrying be-
tween tho hotels. The horses concerned in this
business grow leaner and slower M the season
progresses. Some Of them look MS though like
~ To- 90 tn pieces very soon. unless they got
freshly hooped, MS Is done with shaky barrels
\ hackman was told last evening to drive ~
last us Nc could from tho Ocean 10 the West
End. III go like n streak Of lightning" hc
said. and he urged his horses into n stumbling
indcse rihable pace. hetwepn walk and trot.
The ride really was like streak OF lightning In
ono rcspnf-tt zigzaggcd in most crratic
course. Moreover, II WIS n race for another
driver started simultaneously with similar
purpose Of initiating streak Of lightning. This
other drivers team won by a final burst OF
speed amounting TO real troL Distance. one
Ohm reasonable average. tho getting out Of
bed this morning wis at o'clock. The rooms.
except those close under the roofs, had boon
comfortably cool, and tho ocean air had made
slrrp exceedingly refreshing. The BREAKFAST
tables were pretty fully occupied at 10. Fish is
TIE iRRyorl,e food at this meal especially for
city. The hill Of fare in one hotel bore the
names OF nine, sorts. WITH the variety increased
by; and this very morning,
To say the least OF i. religion Ia not Qbtrusive
for forenoon servicrs Int they did moi hurry
many from thoir break fasts. nor pcrceptibly
"sscn the number Of loungers on the verandas.
surely TINS Is not a church going people. Yet
IA" sabbath was not very rudcly broken. IL was
simply set inside. The weather was nno. and
those who kept quiet kept cool. The roads
were IN excellent con'lition, and those rode who
could get horses. Even tho hackmen's equ-
gases v usually hired ioT Convenience only were
Long Branch protects her hackmrn by charging
them only sl5 each for licenses, while non-resi-
dents must pay 800. The water was Just wight
Tor bathing. and none Of tho wicked bathers got
drowned because II was sunday.
An excursion train arrived from New York at
III =. ringing perhaps n thousand persons.
few OF these were excursionists OF the lunch
in-a-basket kind. and no doubt soon formed tho
place.. They found nc. pavllions In which to
spread ineir rtpasts. Not = barroom $ open
i hard TO buy an alcoholic drink here ON sun.
day. Shade was scarce except on the hotel
yer1nins. where they were not welcomed.
Under surh conditions Long Branch Is hot.
cigri TX, dreary place; Will. To the occupant II
front room. who is famed by the breeze ~ no
nothing but read or look across the green grass
OF tho lawn and the blum To the expansc OF
| ocean. no place could be more lazily comforta-
| bio
Dinner is served on week days in most Of the
| hotels from four to ogtt F. NJ, and owing TO
the varied habits OF the boarders. the tables are
! rarely mora than One-fOurth in use at any one
| time. On Sunday the dluner hours hegin ut
/ luff', ana nearly eNeryhO iy PUSHES into tho
| dining room immediately on the opening Of the
| doors, To-day the number Of guests in the
| prncipnl estnhlishments ranged from $50 TO
l.olO. To provide so many with good fare. and
serve them satisfactorily all ut once is not easy
| yet i Is accomplishing IN the main. Tho Liiii-
season. II Is like starting new hotel every
! yenr.
Aiogether, the day, went. by in uncyentful
! serenity. Not 80 Tor Mrs. Widmar's Spit2 dog.
! however, The Indy is "a boarder in a cottage
near ~ West End. The log was deeply be-
| loved by her. His long. white hair WIS always
| carefully combed He usually snt in the car
| rage 10y thc side Of his mistress when She went
or our r,d.ne ,PamperIng made him exclusive in
| On "Wednesday, John Hampton. from Farming
| dale, was wal King on the beach. Mrs. Wdmar's
! dQs came along. HAMPTON said. Nice ittlo
! fellow ana snapped his fingers. Instantly tho
dog put his teeth into Iiamptons leg, making
! a deep wound. The bitten man hurried to a
physician and had the wound burned Next. he
went before Justice Lans and demanded tho
punishment Of the dog, Long Branch law. says
Incorporated district and il shall be- the duty Of
every marshal. To Kill every SplH dog found
issued warrant for Officer Slocum TO seize
| the Sptz dog that had bitten Hampton; little
detective work fixed the crime on Mrs. Wid-
| mars pct. and yesterday he WAS taken into GUS
! tody. She did MI she could To- save his life. She
| argued that he showed no symptoms OF hydro
! phohia, and she offered Hampton SIS. s25. and
! finally $50 To spare the culprit Hampton
| wouldn't Justice Lane decided yesterday that
| the dog must die Officer SlOcum was appointed
| eXecutioner, and IN his charge the dog pissed
| his last II ght on notwithstanding well. and seem
INK not to realize his dreadful doom. He ate a
| hearty breakfast Of beet and milk this morn
ing. His mistress had hidden him farewell
Yesterday. Al o'clock he WAS lnd by II string
ton. On the way he tried to go Tor a eat. lust
! as though he was not already within the
shadow of death. At9;0s the eXecptioncr drew
him up by the string. 50 that only his mind feet
rested on me GROUND put revolver to his
The comparatively few excurslonsts went
away at : O'Clock and this evening Long Branch
| is ~ unlike the Coney Island resorts as though
| both were not on the shores of the Same Ocotn.
! The utter lack OF animation here max ~
tho difference. The riding and bathing nrc
out Of doors until Il heavy shower. that came
| up at 1870 drove them within. The usual Sun
| day evening concert 10y tn" orchestra Is going on
| at the Ocean. in hearing OF II worry large
audience.
Greed Poor Coal.