Morning journal and courier., 1881-06-27
Glen Island.

1 Quarter Of a Million Dollars Laid Out 1 Elegant New ImprOvements-Notable ! Additions to this Remarkable Pleasure Grounds.
 | The fine boat John H. Starin steamed away from Starin dock on Saturday morn l ing, making her first excursion of the season
 to Glen Island, having on board large num-
 Der of the members of the High School and others, in all there being about 400 people. A brighter or more beautiful day in June could not have been secured. Those who
 were aware that the weather man was on
 board felt somehow inclined to associate his
 presence with the suspicious day. Happy
 times reigned from one end of the voyage to l the other. The High School people entered into the spirit of the occasion with all zest,
 and joy was unconfned There was music
 in the air. The piano in the main saloon of l the Starin was exercised as it probably had
 not been before in many a day, and school melodies snatches from the old operas and
 new down to "Billee Taylor' and dancing music filled the air, while occasionally solos
 and choruses were sung in imprompbu style. 1 The American string band accompanied the excursion and was heard to good ad- ! vantage, and below on the main deck spent part of the time discoursing fine music to which merry feet kept time A number of | well known citizens were on board and mem- bers of their families, including vice Princi- pal Whitmore of the High School, MT. Jona-.
 than W. Pond, MT. F. Bradley, MT. James ! Adams of the clock shop, Mir. Alex Coburn,
 Mr. Sherman, signal officer, also number of
 teachers in the school and several members | of the press
 Glen Island is more than ever magni6- cent place of resort. People who have not seen the island since last year nor witnessed \ the great improvements made of late upon Y this picturesque gem of the sea can have ! little idea of the improvement except such | as the proverbial enterprise and wonderful | push, sagacity and public spirit of Hon. \ John H. Starin and his son M. Starin would | naturally suggest. As mere deser1p- tion of them cannot give the | impression the actual sight conveys. Figures give some idea and Mir. Starin has
 laid out about $15O,OOO on the island since
 last season. Altogether a quarter of a mil ' lion dollars have been expended by him upon the island, and there is no private pleasure resort that will equal it approach it in America The buildings erected are not merely for use, but are architectually beauti- 1 ful, and the eye is refreshed in viewing them They seem to be a charming invitation to | enjoyment, to throw off the heat and dust of 1 conflict and relax the strain of life, peculiar to Americans more than to the people of any other nation. The island is situated beauti- fully embowered in the Sound nestling
 among islands and with the beautiful main.
 shore in view. The new buildings are im- posing. The palatia1 refreshment building alone by itself is a fine feature so is the
 concert building in another part of the island
 with it's fine galleries and beauti- | full exterior and interior. Both
 have been greatly enlarged since last year,
 and in place of dancing in the concert build
 ing free concerts are given daily by the New l York 7Ist regiment band, in the afternoon
 and early evening. The great refreshment
 building has splendid rooms for private par
 ties, and elegant accommodations and gay
 piazzas encircle the building, tier upon tier,
 whereon the visitors may dine and enjoy the
 sea air. One of the fine rooms looking of
 on the Sound is specially furnished for the
 families who may dine there, even down to
 cribs for the future Presidents and future l wives of Presidents. The wine cellar has
 unlimited accommodations. The product of
 dozen vineyards can be stored therein, and
 it abounds in wines of choice vintage. Then
 worth oticing also are the fish and other sea
 food refrigerators, the great stores of sea food
 that visitors require daily, the brick bot
 toned locality in the area where the delicious
 clam bakes so skillfully prepared, the lawn and the massive sea walls that have | been provided, and the work of filling in and
 adding to the island now going on, though it
 already has 60 acres. It is worthy of remark how the massive rock has been blasted away to give level plateau about the building
 The great clam bake building will seat sever
 al thousand people, and the clam bakes are 8 great feature also. Mir. Murray, the manag-
 CT, is eminently successful. The building is
 fine structure, and reminds one of the vast
 Moody and Sankey tabernacle which we had
 in this city, only it is good deal more stylish. 1 There is beautiful circular building nearly
 finished on the western part of the island, devoted to refreshments for the general pub
 lie, and this is the only place where they can
 be served direct. It is fine building archi- 1 tecturally. Then large conservatory filled with choice plants has been added, a nursery building .also deer park enclosure and oth- CT notable things, while the bathing houses
 are greatly increased in number. large 1 number of round bottom boats have been or 1 dered and steam launches will be in operation | in day or two for carrying parties about | from island to island. A beautiful pagoda has been erected on a little island near the main island in which a chime of bells has l been placed, also cannon for the Fourth of | July These are some of the improvements, l and with beautiful shade trees in abundance, seats along the nice walks and drives, statu- ary on the lawns and beautiful two-story
 covered bridge which is soon to connect the rise of ground with the refreshment building
 and the new and spacious rustic resort, the carousel and other points, with two other islands where Mir. Starin's New York picnic barges land, and which are connected by bridges with Glen Island, and with three of MT. Starin's fleet of steamboats plying hourly
 between Glen Island and the greatest city of America, the public have private pleasure ground unequalled on this continent. MT. Starin has his residence on the island in the fine house formerly occupied by the Prus-
 sian consul. Mir. Egerton, the able general superintendent, assists MT. Starin in manag ing and arranging for the myriads who will visit this great resort this summer. Agent Miller, of New Haven, eaters for the public
 most successfully, and Captain McAlister, of the Starin, made the trip on Saturday most enjoyable. The Starin arrived home at o'clock with party surfeited with happiness Don't Trust Them
 When you feel badly, and have pains here and there in your body that you don't know
 how to account for, it is the most foolish