The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-07-20

Saunders, DR.. and Mrs Taylor, General F. s. Heron
aud family. John McLlchan aud fsmiiy, Is. w. Ris'ey
end wife g. c. Hastings and family A. Rober t,nn and
family, j. yanderpoel and wie, Mrs. DR. Bayles, Hoa.
Aigernon sullivan. vile aud SOP, aud A. D ThuIosr
and family all Of New York. at The Grand Union.
The cottages attached TO the Grand MON are oc-
cupied by the following people,
Samuel Adams and family. New York.
J. L. Melcher and family, New YORK.
Ii. Victor Newcomb and family. Louisville Ky.
r. Huntington and family New Jersey
G. l.. Lorilard and servants New York
H. O. Bernard and family New YORK.
Mrs A. q. hillyer ana family, New YORK.
Charles Faulkner and family, Boston.
Mr.. J. d. Wendell and family, New York.
Besides these there are at the Grand Union Colonel
r. D. l.. wickes. OF Texas; Mr. and Mrs Dyason, Of
H. Thompson, OF ST. Louis; Hon. b. l.. Glidersieeve,
oil Baltimore; Professor A. 4. Gill wife, Prince
leans; General aud Mrs. L. p. Granam, United states
Army; Writ Dexter and family. Chicago, and
Se~ as
Pennsylvania Central Railroad; Colonel u Adams
and niece lMiss Calhoun) OF Memphis, Tenn; c. P.
ana Mrs. Kennett, OF ST. Louis, aud Major Jonu Il.
simpson, general manager OF The Yanaaiia Railroad,
st. LOUIS, are among the guests at Congress Hall
sURFEir OF MUSIC.
or music there u surieit at Saratoga Tho three
principal hotels have each band o twenty thirty
performers engaged for the play bv day and
by night; and at Congress Spring Park ID. G. Hall's
famous B0stsu band gives daily morning. afternoon
and evening concert. Pianos are so numerous as
fairly TO litter the parlors OF The biggest
and boarding house IL thought To be complete with
out one Street minstrels are discouraged by
however,
Suppression OF amateur musicians AS OF old whole
neichborhoods distracted by the shreks OF tor
lncnted voins and tho waiting Of flutes winch, albeit
not cracked themselves. are played upon with vehe-
mcnce at most uuhoiy hours by crack
nomaniacs The flute Gend OF the winter board.
ing house In town comes torh JOIN the female
timcnt tai song lcnd oil the summer boarding house IN
the country and conspirc with her for hideous
cophony.
MUSICAL AMENITIES.
At the hotels the music Is lar better rendered than
usually Is at summer watering places, and the
Af q q In
and singular class TO whom music az all times
bore. Not every man can all ord his musician
orchestrion 10 play Tor him when ne lists and
the luxury OF living IN music from morning
tho majority 10 pail in day in a
week. II Is rather enervating, perhaps, to be
wakeued by music. to make ones toilet to
continually to the time OF waltzes, To have music
woven into ones conversation or reading, to hear It
breakfast at dinner ana at supper, 10 be drencned
with narmonies all day and to lie down night intox
icated by OF meod,ous pleasures, but there
are many worse forms oil lotus eating. Occasionally
the stimulus OF martial strain breaks In with q
ringing buge blast, and IN Tho long run hore, as
every where, music clears he mind for action.
Besides, incidents are not hacking OF character to
Interrupt the harmoni,s. For example, two OF the
hotels near each other that their respective
bands clash in upon each others tunes once IN u
while In manner quite confusing. The other night
..ccno piece" was being performed by one oil the
ing themselves behind some distant foliage in order
TO give echo IL was beautifully doDe audi
ence asscm Dled aud every body was pleased But
lust at the climax OF the performance, when the
scene was hushed preparatory to the entranc
effect OF the echo, the opposite band struck up with
certed the musicians and completely drowned the In
tended notes.