New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-07-22
ENJOYING COUNTRY LIFE.
.,c,,rc FOR CITY CHILDREN,

NEY. A. or;et comm
c,vpv, n Y, July 2O.-Among the qu'''
.-r homes that are hidden away III ."o -,
,,allevs or perched on the soping Sizes " '"s
,onned hills in the northern pai' " t;,,,rr
"rut, ,h,rtv.two of the fory-four 'ltS c",.ui'"
Cou"'s .o,,,, morning by The TRIBUNE Fresh
I'll ara now ENJOYING to tn" full the uel'guVs u,
a." 49,, oon,trv life. The journey was long anu
ou. lasting from o'clock IN the moIh-
an bolCpast 7 in the evening anu '
~, vera thoroughly tired out WIZ"
.hav reached this village. Soho VI
90 were sick and presented S"'iS sa4 a,,I
.i,b their wan little faces streaNcu WI" - 80
49, Rut tn V are playing Oh '"o .i
- rds swinging under the tree WIN y, -
ao;s,o. in their buitonholes ortum '''"s - Wv ,t
s'o,vD bay. all as happy as IaIA> ny %" 49,
Ipests of the following peopl III 'u1 49,.
-, aron,d II: H. NJ. Dixon. Robert movies
country V"o,sos Joseph Knowles, L. b. Collins.
- S,seot Lewis hilI, Chester tecoX, Miss huth
Sid L. Bennett, Mrs. ;. l.. Faulkner MI
u,,o,d Mrs Nelson Cole, Mrs 5 But s. Mrs. D
= Morgon. Mrs. n Ferris, and Mrs G N VIII
cox A., t,,
All the children except one came from the rive
POINTS Mission aud were in charge OF the heN' =
Ferguson and his son. Nearly all OF them had poon
In the country before the Fresh Air una = az
couCt and many of them were gong to persons VINO
had entertained them before. The few VINO hau
ovor been ont of the city before were chiefly al
,r,c,ed by the sky an seemed lost In WONDER 81 nc
GmTe nine dome which they had always sen IL
.trsaks and patches only. WITH the parry In"Ie
were four from one famll ~ mother Hei po
eighteen years I'D and two Young 'hlluISn. my
srere gonu out by special invitations ana we're ~
Met Ibc rest of the .aniy, little H. VINO nad
Scen at SMYRNA since last fall, ana h''Io ooS VIM
had been there since the early slhlus. - .
I'VE at the mission with my iho,lieI anu NV
two .Ister, said a bught-looklng boy Vi seNon vi
al
oo In, TO work awful hard, sewing Iur caps
and other things. J go TO the HIs,'oh s0I"ui, gu"
like 10 learn too, cause wnen l sct ps va"
into a store or somewhere. II KNOW enough auu
chen mofher won't have TO work any more"
AT one of the stations some DAISIES were plcked
and given TO the children One llttle fellow with
crooked nose assumed a comical position and
tapped the boy next him with a Hover, as lie
Pm Otncar Wilde, am and I'll stwlke you
"Wno's q, near Wilde I" asked his companion.
'Why," he replied, with the utmost contempt for
his questioners lgnorance, - hear Is me crazy
duck as goes round pokln sImiiowers at 1oiAS he
mad at. .,,, =,
Y. was made over the NewYork. SnSquehAnna aud
Western Railroad, and the swaymg OF the cars
made the lew CHI dren who had never been out OF
the CITY before very sick. The others sang their
fayorite hymns and a number OF roIhching cml,
dTcns songs AMI honcked about the car OF SAT ana
watched the varied landscape that tiew past them.
From MlddletOwn the route lay over
the New-lOTk. On ,arlo and Western RAILROAD mo
tram climbed to The top OF lofty ndg's,
ran swiftly down into The valleys beyond, wound
through deep gorges ny the side of ioanng nuun-
tam streams. ANA Stopped at queer niue stations
where the only sound was that OF he steam escap-
lug from the locomotive. Inrce tunnels We
greeted by the children with vOiIeys of Ohs ana
Abs" As tue afternoon wore Oh the young iIdN-
elleTs began 10 grow weary. Ihey SAT quietly ia
their seats singing their songs or urealhlly WaleA-
ing the cOuds.
At Livingston Manor the train was boarded by
bevy of coun.r ~ girls VINO brought a hcaIty Iun-
cht of
children. Alter the luncheon the children sang
songs and drew Large crowd OF curious country
folk about the car. The refreshments were iuI-
uisned and served Uy members OF the Met odlst
Church OF winch tue Rev. W. l.. Pattlson Is PASTOR
After speeding along + dye winch OVoIlOOKs tue
fertile Manufacturing Valley, and alter wnHIhg
through maze OF lofty mountains along the East
Branch OF the Delaware, the Tram reached altOh'
Here eleven OF the children were lett The VIZ
lage is situated the West Branch of
the Delaware, in the centre OF wlde
circle of hlgn, dOmcnhe hills, up |
whose ,ides rich ie,ds reach nearly to the wooded |
SUBMITS. Between the hills several large mountain |
brooks dash down INTO the valley, and up these !
streams lun the roads along WHICH I'VE the IdTlnelS
whose guests the eleven city children VIII De. |
There was knot OF Farmers and villagers Al to |
station 20 receive Their yS1ng viSlIols several OF
the CHILDREN had boeu III Walton last summer, ana |
were welcomed most cordially by Their IOIAeT
hosts
know us. They DON'T IL k Mucn ds they dId when
they left us last year. though, 90 they
such were the remarks That greeted the children
Que long, lean young farmer. wearing brown smut
ana "a bTOad-bTlmne.i straw nat. went down on ms |
knees before basnIul " little Johnny ana told |
all about DOiIy,' me horse, -" DAISY " the COW,
and he sheep. The iOiiOWHg persons III /
Walton ana Its neIghborhoOd recelucd chIUren:
Mrs OransbuTy, J. q. Buckley, Mrs. Charles Hare.
Nils. Brown, MIs. BROMLEY, L. y. McCleIn, ana
Mrs. William Hartford.
AT Norwich glr was left. She took an0 her
tram TO SherDuTne where she was to WISH a. IS. !
Biackman. llis glr was the only one " no dld not
go from the Five Points Mission. Sne hau been !
sick all winter and had received u special invita-
ton 10 spend the entire summer at ShefDuIne
just before smyrna was reached the mother who
TO meet her TWO children began mquIring of
her Oldest daughter, Ill excited way, IOr a hand
that needed Wherever size met her little
girl who had been away from her. When the
tram stopped at tine statl Ii here the platform was
crowded with men, women and children; ana IL
looked as II The whO.e village had turned out 10 see
the city children arrive. me little ones who had
been there before we've bounced upon by tuCli OIL
friends pied WIh questions ana filled WIN
Information about every tnIng on the farm.
The new children were also greeted warmly
and many OF them created great amusement by
their quaint saying aud strange costumes. They
were soon distributed among their hosts, and were
Driven OF 10 tnclr summer homes. The mo her
with the i've children had her expectations III re-
gard TO the handkerchief fully realized.
Line htue =, glI who had been me
had Roses in her cheeks AID sunshine IN her eyes
that made her Tar different from her brother
aud sister from the city. Inns family reunion
@-S''0'4i'u |
ebout 800 inhabitants, ana Is situated IN be"d OF
Pleasant Valley just before JOINS the rich valley
Of the ChenangO River. 1 he stillneSs of lis one
street, especially Iii the evening, Is something as
tOnlsug to accustomed the noise OF the Guy.
Tins morning The children IN the village were
awakened by the striking Of the village clock in
one oi the little church towers, while those who had
gone 10 homes back among the mills had Then sluul-
bers broken On.y by the Singing Of birds and The
tawlng OF crows III distant woods.
PARTY STARTING FOR HUDSON.
The steamer Thomas AcSiauus, v hich left its
per at the foot of Franklin-st last evening ar
O'CLOCK 1or hudson. had among It's Passengers fifty
n'e Children vi the Five Point, Ms