The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1879-05-12
sTROALING ON STATEN ISLAND.
A sunday Tramp that MD Not Take the
Walkers into New Jersey.

Walkers into New Jersey.
The members of the Westchester Walking |
Club exchanged morning greetings yesterday |
at the Staten Island Ferry landing at the Bat |
tery The earliest member TO arrive was SO |
much too early that he rosorted to having his |
boots blacked rs a desperate way OF killing
time until his comrades should come the last
member to arrive had to jump for the boat The
sun was warm in a cloudless sky and the breeze
blew cool from the bay.
Although tho club was anxious 10 walk from
the first landing into the Interior the President
said that the members might as we'll have their
moneys worth; so they remained on board
untl Clifton. the last landing was reached.
First the club summed itself. sitting on the steps
OF n cobhlcr shop. while one OF the members.
who had not breakiasted, ate half pie In a res
taurant Then. canes In hand and club colors
displayed the pacemaker struck dec
orous Sunday morning gait. for the bells OF
st. Johns Episcopal Church were Ginning.
and belated church -goers were fastening TO
their morning devotons. After a mile OF this
strolng. they came to the entrance 70 the
grounds OF Dr. Nanderpoel. the Health officer ot
the Port. Through them the pedestrians passed
whore reporters for weary weeks awaited the
arrival o. ofthe steamship Franklin. that was to
After scramble over broken bouders down
the beach to Fort Wadsworth. and another
SefNmble 10 tne tOp OF inc edTlnWpTkes- u pItll1
view was spread out belowIFort Hamilton
frOwning opposite, the fort in the Narrows. and
10 the right and the left the upper and lower
Fully warmed to work. the pedestrians turned
their faces southward and passed the Appleton
Soon a wide moor was reached stretching on
ward to the const. The salt air blew in the
lands Of the interior doomed up picturesauely
9n the right The walkers pressed on caring 9
walking at n swinging gait that made the blood
in their veins tingle. A lone fisherman said
that Cedar Grove was Just ahead, and few
minutes walk close by the, resoundlng
the tree most frequently seen on Staten
Island. and then full grown game OF
base ball on the greenest q gree gpeenswards ;vSa as
| dored In a little hostelry that looked toward the
| bay. While dinner was waiting after the mem,
| bers had refreshed themselves with drop oi
| the club beverage for walking seven miles and
| over. the proprietor showed, In an addition 20
| his house. what he called Pompeilanum. on
| tho door was card with the legend Ladies'
room" He had travelled IN Italy. he explained
| and had seen the summer retreat of the old Ro;
| man Sallust in pompeii. He had reproduced
| the ntrium OF Sallusts house, hRli size Hero
| he opened wide the door. and Invited the eluo
| into an apartment without windows, lighted
| from the roof by skylight in the centre Inc
| room was twenty -nyo feet square. and IN The
| nression' into which two steps led extending
around the entire square. Clusters OF fCorlnthean
| columns surrounded the central basin, and held
| the roof. The landlord explained tnat me or
| namentation on the columns was lolyEra-
HFS sSSs sG wers
then entreated TO notice the frisle above
tho cornices that ran around the walls
degenerate times. Tritons and other, dcmt;
gods were disporting on broad gold
| Chilly in the unwarmed atrium. suggested
| that the demigods were dancing because II was
ing frozen ont OF the circle Of listeners To tho
| German landlords talk. The nQorlng was oil
tiles with the Latin word for WELCOME" on
| the threshold. Piled in corner were some
said proudly that the British Consul at Naples
| had sent them to him. 1t was picture oi dog
in four large tiles, with the legend beloW ~
| Latin: Beware the dog" Around the walls ot
| the room were marbe-tOp tables. On these
tables the landlord said ico cream was served 70
ladies'. That was what the card meant on the
Fotiened' mentally as well as physically. tho
| pedestrians ate dinner and held meeting, at
| which new mombers were admitted. ana cigar5
| life and nj a brisk pace they paced the dusty
| mile that led to the Staten Island Railroad. II
was approached through vistas OF apple trees
| shook their white blossoms down ior earpol: t p
An Islander said that me sthtioh Whs NV
| Durrup." which was Interpreted u Ale"n NO"
II TIE walkers soon came to the little cemetery,
| i'm the midst OF which stands the white churHh
| OF the United Brethren. Pacing rapidly
through tho cemetery. a moments paHsey was
made at me GFEG4S abon ot0I i was plain
and unpretentious. the only ornament Delhs 'ne
u-length statue OF GRIEF over the IQiI1 iron u3Ji1
The President led the way up Toad Hlll, when
Is popularly supposed to be full of iron, and for
five miles a brisk pace was kept up. They We're
| then on the highest part Of the island, phe-
nn,nenon was seen. Unusual for New Workers TO
meet near home Clouds dr9pp9Sd TtS l2w RSgsed sed
misfs that extended upward into the heavens
biotted out tho landscape. slted through sdne tne
woods climbed dsor The mSHdEt"ns Sde and oSSP we're
Exceeded P9eee@d d by other clouds in endless
succession AS the western edge ol
the islands backbone was reacheu the inlstH ~,
rolled away for moment, and the Mn Noh
Kun shono out like silver ribbon ana the dis,
tant Orange Mountains loomed up Ike green
,u"'aiit Thence IL was rapid walk OF two miles
down he mountain side 70 West Nay bESeI9n FL eIose
The club marched through me vllluaGo * the h iapd
ine the distance measured by the pedome'er as
Tie length Of the walk sixteen niles .,.os,,re
The Steamboat was crowded WIN t!eusulJ
saaFcrs retirning 10 New York. The Elevated
Railroad stations at the Battery Were l9um ng y
throngod with travellers Afo had Deen 'onA
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