Morning journal and courier., 1880-07-23

Oak BIuns-The Trip to the Vineyard The Arrival-Pastimes on the Island- The Sights of Interest, Visiting, Etc., Etc.
 OAK BLUFFS, Martha's Vineyard, July 21.
 Special Correspondence of the JOURNAL COURIER. The Elm City's excursionists report thus
 far very pleasant trip. The weather has
 been fine, the water smooth and no sea sick
 ness on board, until we reached the Race and felt the swell of old ocean, when some of the
 passengers began to feel uneasy and had to give up. There are about 200 persons on
 board. will give you some of the names.
 Capt. F. J. Peck and lady,-and let me add
 that sense of personal indebtedness is felt
 by the excursionists to Capt. Peck, aside from
 his official relations for his care, pains and
 courtesy;-H c. Butler, the able and accom-
 modating mate, who has sailed for the New
 Haven Steamboat Company as mate on the
 Elm City and Continental for six years, and
 on the c. H. Northam four years; the always popular steward, Miles l.. Peck and lady Capt. Richard Peck, the very able superin-
 tendent of the New Haven Steamboat Co.,, and commodore of the line, and lady; ex- Mayor H. G. Lewis, who always makes it
 pleasant for all his friends and is host in himself; Dr. and Mrs. J. J. Crane, Mir. and Mrs. Stephen Whitney, Mir. Charles L. Mitch ell, Wm. J. Mills, F. R. Bliss, T. c. Ingel- soil, Horace Day and lady, c. B. Bowers and lady, Wooster P. Ensign, David Mitchell, the
 newsletter, and lady, E. A. Hotchkiss, J. Coleman, Royton House, J. D. Bradley, How ard Sherman, George l.. Beach Mrs. A. Foote
 and daughter, M. w. Peck, H. J. Kellogg and others of New Haven; Mir. Emmons, Mir.
 Pixley, C. B. Botsford and family and Dr. Knight Bacon, of New Milford; David Blod- gett, Waterbury MT. B. R. Pease, Bristol ; R. Wood, Ansonia O. c. Ltchfeld, jr., New London; Charles A. Bray, East Haven ;
 James P Smith, Lucius Ludington, Fair Ha-
 ven; J. P. Morse, c. P. Morse, J. I. Butler,
 Meriden; w. G. Mitchell and lady, Milford ;
 Edward Sterling, MT. Smith and Tracy B.
 Warren, Bridgeport; F. P. Cole, F. G Cooper,
 M O. Lee, Wm. Betsworth and many others.
 AS we sped over the waters we were enter
 tained by the fine music of Thomas orches-
 tra Also on board was the genial Major
 Keating, the burden of whose song was ''the
 heart that feels for another'' Arriving off
 the Cuddy Hunk ightship the sailors on
 board her were made happy in receiving the daily papers-late news being a rare luxury to them - which Mate Butler wound around .. a stick of wood and threw to them. The Elm arrived at her dock at Martha's Vineyard at 6:3O p. m., all well. The passengers were much entertained in viewing the beautiful cottages and also visit ing the different places of interest here, among which is the fine hotel, the Sea View House. A number of theparty also went to the skating rink, which is an institution here and affords pleasure for hundreds of skaters day and evening They have a band of music and the place looks very pretty at night lit up with it's many gas jets and many Chinese lan- terms, etc. Some of the party, through the kindness of Captain Richard Peck and ex- Mayor Lewis, went to the pretty residence of Governor J. c. Cary, the ''new governor" of Marthas Vineyard, and were happily enter tained by him. In answer to a few remarks made by the Governor, ex-Mayor Lewis made some of his most happy remarks, which were much appreciated by the company. I must close as I have but five minutes for the mail