The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1881-07-02


The Lager Beer Isrewers' Strike Note
About Town, ETC., Etc.
New YORK, June rs, 1881.
EDITOR CHIEF:
The season Of excursions is upon lis
and the excursion is to the genuine New
Yorker what sanr kraut and lager are t,
a Dutel,man or whiskey to Il son Of TIN
e Emerald Isle.
New York is situated between two no
BILE rivers. The blue waves of the oce;,l
are only seven or eight miles away
Within two hours ride by steamboat ar,
more delightful hooks and romantic
places than can be found in any othel
city in the world.
The excursion business is not preca
rious, but employs Il regular fleet of boats
ut a cost of many hundreds OF thousands
Of dollars. 1t is divided into several
classes. One class attends exclusively
to Sunday school and church picnics
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associations, and gathers up the sick, the
lame, the halt, and the blind, and the
little dirty, ragged waits of the streets,
and gives them day OF healthful recre-
alton, by the sea Or in the woods and
fields, without money and without price.
But there is still another class which
figures quite largely Oh the excursion
list not connected With either churches
or charitable associations; perhaps it
would be much better for them if they
were. OF this class are "Black and Tan
Rangers" the Is Terrance Dooley Coterie," "
the "Mulligan Guard Associations" and
the EEL SINNERS Battalion" The
names furnished are sufficient indication
that tho parties are not actively engaged
in the Young Mems Christian Associ;.-
ton, though would not be willing to
make all affidavit that the majority of
them have not served term in the pen
itentiary. On Wednesday last the Ter
lance Doolty Cotcrie chartered a steamer
for Sullivans grove where they expected
to have a delightful picnic. Now, the
Tcrrance Dooley Coterie was originally
known as the Michael McCarty Associa
ton, all organization which had been
formed in Mr.. McCarty's interest when
he ran for alderman of the ward. Mr..
Dooley, however, disputed McCarty's
supremacy, and the result was any thing
but promising to the peace of the ward,
The affair eliminated on Wednesday,
when the Dooleys had their picnic. AT
Christopher street, where the steamer
stopped to take on passengers, she was
boarded by delegation Of McCartys,
who were spelling for fight. The boat
had hardly got in the stream when the
circus commenced, and from that point
to Sullivall's Grove vas Il series of drawn
battles; laser-beer mugs and camp-stools
were considered Legitimate weapons of
war, and in several instances, /. number
of the fair sex went for bonnet strings
and cliignons in Il manner that was more
instructive than edifying. At one time
they fought and tore each other like
wild beasts, and the battle WAS finally
ended from the thorough exhaustion of
the parties.
Another source of danger lies in the
cupidity of our steamboat owners, who
overload their boats to IL frighttul extent.
1t is no uncommon thing to see steam
boat whose utmost capacity is a thou
sand, crowded with two or three thou
sand people. The fcrryboats towards
evening are crammed to suffocation, and
as this is the time when the great New
port, Providence and Stonington steam
crs are making their way through the
East River, it is almost II miracle that
that would have left the city in mourn
ing. On Monday a crowded ferry yboat
was run into by one of the small river
tugs, and though the damage was not
great, the panic became so general that
it was with difficulty that a number of
ladies were prevented from jumping
overheard. If the same collision had
taken place with one of the large river
steamers, the frrryboat would have been
crushed like an eggshcll and hundreds
Of lives would have been lost. Notwitll-
standing all these drawbacks, if you
want /. really delightful excursion ut a
merely nominal price, come to New York.
For four hours in the day you can ride
the whole length of Manhattan Island,
between eight and nine miles in an ele-
CANT car, for five cents. For ten cents
yo, can take 4 seven mile excursion to |
Staten Island, with a band of music |
thrown in; and for fifty cents you can
get IL ride to Coney Island or Rockaway
by steamer, with the attractions of sea-
air, ocean beach, elevators, hobby horses,
lager, pretzels, clam bakes, etc, etc, and
the finest music OH the continent. There
are single hotels that pay for music
alone three hundred dollars u day all
this can be enjoyed for fifty cents, and
if that does not suit you, you can take Il
ride on the beautiful Hudson river, one
hundred and twenty miles for dollar,
visiting West Point, Newyurgh, and
many other places we'll worth the atten-
ton of the traveller. In consequence of
the extreme cold weather, we have not
been doing rushing excursion business