New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-08-28
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4 DISMAL AUGUST DAY.

When the sun arose yesterday morning he peeped
between his curtains at the world below, saw what
a fearful. melancholy, bedTaggcd sort of day it
was and went back to bed. The hours went slowly
away because they were wet and heavy, and hui
manity wondered IN n daZcd way where the rain all
came from, and stayed at home. The tramps were
discontinued and wrung themselves out; the COney
Island hotclkeepers footed up their liabilities, and
one of the few things in the city that enjoyed
Itself was md-eyed duck IN MOtt-st. that
swan sercnely III mud-puddle and then
ilapped wIugs against the windows
OF a Chinese JoSs-house. With few exceptions the
excursion boats did not make their regular trlps
yesterday, aud fewer passengers, is thought tray
el!ed on the elevated railroads than on any other
Sunday of the sumner. The bay almost hdoc
from view al the Battery by depsc veil of mist,
and some slight accidents happened 10 incoming YES
srsin the haTbOT Owing To the log. he snip Caravan
from Lily Tpool grounded on the sand-flats opposite
Bay Ridge but with the rising oi the tlue she uated
off. fleet of vessels was detained al anchor off
staten Island yesterday by the siOrm but they Will
Sall this morning.
I'm the city the rain was both welcome and I'M
welcome The working people, whose only leisure
Is Oh sunday, aud wnO had arranged wcll-iilied
baskets for family plcrics TO ROckaway, COney
Island, Glen lsiand Fort Lee, High Bridge and in
the parks tOun IL necessary to fOrego the pleasures
ANTICIPATED and eat Their picnic dinners at home
Ii really the first rainy Sunday in the metropO
lis since befUie the Fourth of Juy
and hundreds who bad prepared Their bait and
hshing-tacke for DAYS SPORT on the fishing
ter. Inc lew churcngOers who remain IN the city
made tier way to the g0s Eel tents and 10 the
churches thai are open, III waterproOts. rub er
shoes, ana under the shelter OF umDlcilas. IL was
noticeable ihat though the temperature was more
agreeable than Tor several sundays previous, the
attendance at rell iOus services nCt large rs
on the sunday before. There was also a L. OF the
checuulncss among chuIchgoers usually observed
on pleasant days 1hs was partially
accountable for III the TACT that the streets
were IN such "a condition mat clothing dld not
escape beng sOlled. Rain began falling before
daylight ana continued throughout the day IN iiful
ana hight showers. soon the streets were covered
with mucllallnOus paste which was both deceit
iu ana treacheTOus To pedestrians. 10 TINS class
the ram wa, unwe come fOr no one was sure OF ms
footing in crossing the streets. he rain, however,
was "a weicOne reiIci to the mOnOtOny OF so long
dry spell 1t purned the a,nOspncra or
the vie odors rising III Yaporous clouds from the
streets. The change of VIVA was also unweicOmo
relle, TO those living near tine watertrOnC IN tine
nclghUOrhOOd OF FOrue,h ana tlitlctn-stS., VINO,
upon tho D.OWiug of "A nOrtAwlnd receive tine bcne-
fit OF the 1Oul and unhcaitniul OdOrs from the
saughtcrhOuscs and bOne-bOnIng establishments ut
hunters Point In ram also Ircshcncd tnc grass
IN the parks, where 1t nad become brown and dead
from the long drOuth, IL also added "a fire. ,nacss TO
the snrubbeTy ana trees winch mad begun 20 put on
th, ir autumn Tonnage. Truck -gdTdcners at the III
per end of cay also welcomed the ram, as tnclr
vegetables had been threatened with destruction
At the Unltcd states Sl8nal service buIcau'lH tue
Equitable Building on broadway, the lail OF ram
yes erday pronounced 30 De tue heaviest that
has occurred TINS month. 1t was recorded at II oil
an inch. lhc Thermometer showed the maximum
temperature to be 731. The VIVA was northeast,
ana was travelling 10 miles III hour. There was
steady rain at only three other cities IN the country,
AT Albany, Il OF an ihch; 1T NcW-lldNen, Conn ",
ana at IN Annapolis, Ind, - The Thermometer, al
record OF the cOuhTy was: Albany 81 Alpena,
Mich, 7Go; Buffalo, 10; Burlington, VI, 10;
Cairo, Ill.,, So che, ennc Wy, TO- Chicago, H.,
-, Cincinnati, so Cleveland. ONO, 10 De
lroli, Mich, ~; Dodgc CITY, Kan, go Duulh,
Mimi. Go'; Enc, Penn. 76'; Huron, ID. l., 81
Indianapolis, lnd., 7o1; Milwaukee,, Wis. ~ Os-
wego. y. T., IT. : Sandu,ky, ONO, 7s0; ST. Louis,
Mo 20, II. Paul, Mimi. go 81. Vincent. Miss,
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