St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1879-07-18

Harvey. we nau the privilege OF Jalk-
ing with him. He said they did not
work him hard, gave him good food,
but still he had rather be out of it.
He does not seem to feel well towards
Mr.. Bailey whom he assaulted, and
says he will finish up the job when he
gets out.
From this place the party was taken
to the residence of Gen. Baxter and
through his beautiful grounds where
much good taste and wealth is dis
played, from thence to the
HOWE SCALE WORKS,
where they were introduced to the
Superintendent, Col. Geo. A. Merrill,
who took the party through their new
and convenient offices, and from thence
through the workshops of the company,
explaining very fully the different
branches of work necessary for the
building of scale. Their shops are
new and cOmmOdious and the company
was never so well situated as now to
manufacture their wares, and the man.
aging of the business is in the hands of
enterprising men. They now employ
two hundred men and are turning out
more work than ever before since the
manufacture of the Howe Scale was
commenced. We noticed several for
mer residents of st. Johnsbury about
the works. Mr.. Bryant, former Sup't
of the P. & o. r. R., is cashier, Mr..
Sewell, foreman of the foundry, and
Messrs. Kinsman and Dexter, whom
were former employees at the Messrs.
Fairbanks & Co.'S. After looking over
these works the party was taken to
their respective hotels to dinner, after
which they took a
SPECIAL TRAIN
placed at their disposal by Mr.. Frank
White, Superintendent of the Rutland
u Bennington road, who accompanied
the excursion and done much for the
comfort of all, for Troy, at which place
they arrived at o'clock p. III. and
proceeded directly to the Troy House
where they were entertained with
free supper by the proprietor, Mr.. b.
F. Stiles, former VermOnter. The
supper was splendid affair and brought
out hearty concentrations from all,
and resolution of thanks was rendered
Mr.. Stiles by the association. This is
one of the best hotels in the country
and deserves the liberal patronage
which it receives.
AT 8 o'clock took passage on the
steamer "Saratogan down the Hudson
for New York City, which is very en-
joyable trip, the steamer being first
class and the scenery fine. If one is
not in hurry this is by far the prefer
able route from Troy to New York
The scene on the Hudson in the eve
ming was beautiful when the red, white
and blue lights were displayed from
large number of boats and vessels going
up and down the river. The officers
and attendants upon the boat spared |
no pains for the comfort of their passen-
gers. At o'clock in the morning we
arrived at New York, where carriages
were provided which took the party to
the st. Nicholas HGtel for breakfast.
This meal was an elaborate gotten up
affair and as most of the excursionists
had been up since four in the morning,
full justice was done to it. We do not
wonder at the reputation this house
bears, as first-class, for it fully deserves
it. After breakfast a resolution of
thanks was passed by the association
thanking Mr.. Welch, the proprietor, for
the cordial reception and gentlemanly
attentions shown, to which he briefly
The next move was to the station of
the elevated railway where we took
cars for the steamboat pier, then taking
boat for Coney Island. We give an
extract from the Boston Sunday Herald
which will give your readers some idea
of this place:
''At the southwestern corner of Long
Island, ten miles from the lower end of
New York city, lies five-mile stretch |
of white sand, formed into an island by |
a narrow creek. Its width varies from
half to an eigth of a mile, according to |
the height of the tide. This is COney |
Island, the nearest ocean beach to the |
metropolis. Until five years ago, the |
wind drifted its sand at will, and fish
ermen dug its CLAIMS and crabs in soil
tude. 1t was summer resort, to be |
sure, but mainly for disreputable per-
sons, to whom its few bOOth-ilke res
taurants, its shanty bathing houses, its
three-card monte swindlers and its
rutfianism were not Objectionable. Its
name was a by-word with the MINISTRIES
and to go there was something to be
ashamed of. To-day Coney Island is !
the greatest watering place in America,
rating it by number of visitors, of whom
about 100000 are there every Sunday
with half as many every Saturday, and
a third as many every day in the
week. Nor is this multitude a rabble.
In 1874, Andrew II. Culver, a Brook
Ign capitalist, made up his mind that
quick and comfortable transit would
make COney Island popular. A line of
slow steamboats,, and line of street
cars drawn by dummies, had never been
profitable, but that did not deter him.
He built good, double track railroad
from the centre of the island, at point
remote from other means of access, to
the south side of Brooklyn, where it con-
nected with horse cars for the New York
faP N,Il IL, q,
would be his ruin it has made him a
millionaire. His first care was to ex-
cl9de from his part of the island every
haf l. :.