New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-08-08
orr OF THE HEATED CITY
IN THE GRELN MOUNTAIN STALE .o
. u,rPY PARTY or CHILDREN TO srhND
. WIGHT AMONG THE MOUNTAINS

,,.rpv pARTY OF CHILDREN TO sFI3O
NIGHT AMONG THE MOUNTAINS.
r,pow A SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT OF M ~ from
powNAI. Vt, Aug. 4.-Ihe morni"s ,.nn+ains
Trov brought into this town OF hiiiS 'uu No nv
80 hapnv children who had been sem -,
r1'n,,,r F.sn Air Fund to the
me who had invited them 10 tneir
SIM England homes Elght oi 'nc
"no,~''"0 lsft at North foWhal
S,i, gil, tha remainder came on 10 fo"h@i
'Ai"eo 49, ~ Mace they were invited TO spehu
proPoi ;n Che country by the following persons
,"o w. Norvood Oscar D. Card, Elliott Niles, ice
VI Van Ness JepsOn. Potter BUSHNELL noiHS
wood Ira Wood. David Bushnell. henry
Stafford John lockwood, Arthur Merchant L. Dc
Gardner Mrs. Sophia Myers, Mrs. L. Sooinons' L.
A Potter. J. l. Mason, Joshua Ladd. IT, L. ~Nol'
A A. Mason, Amasa Thompson Joseph la', "NsD'
Tenrv W Mvers. j. Niles, Paris Niles. A IT, I arAei
and David Jepson. At North Pownal tne cnliDiV"
NV. the CHESTS of Marcus Whippie, {. a. f@duocA'
Alonzo Whpple and David Gardner
The children left New-York last evening on inc
s.eamer Saratoga for Troy. They were III CHARGE
of Mr. Washer and his wife. They mad come Hoi"
the overcrowded tenement houses on the east sue
of the city. but the whole company vas lar ABOVE
the average of Fresh Air parties IN appearance,
,rbe clothes were neater and the different parts OF
heir
than is usual with the children sent out Their races
were all intelligent and int ereslng but all Oh lneh
showed the lack of good air 1t was verY
evident that two weeks in the country
uould do them vast amount of good Many OF
them were the children Of poor widows otneIs
,xera rootherless and had to work hard TO help
fseble father support the rest of the family Gun
others had overworked mothers who struggled naIu
IN earn bread for their children and whlskey lor
their husbands After the children had watched
the sights of the river for some time ana had
greeted the first glimpse of the country with VOL
derful variety of delighted expressions they
gathered together on the deck inside anu edhs
hymns and songs to an in crested group OF passeh-
gers One gentleman, who refused to give ms name
gave each child five-cent piece When the utlie
vovaeers had become thoroughly tired out with
their games and singing they were put TO bed
Not peep was heard from them TIL the BOAT ap-
preached Troy.
There they were met by G. L. Parker OF Pownai'
and by shepard Tappen, who took them to the Tenn
r.rance Rooms and gave them hearty breakfast.
The journey from Troy to Pownal was filed with
delights for the CHI dren. The tram wound up
bronh the picturesque valley Of the iloOsac kiveT
which il dotted with fertile farms ana urlm MUS
villages Everything in the varied landscapr u
t4restrd the CT y-bTed children, from the uistah
blue hills 10 the raj fences
When this village was reached, the children iouhd
Miss Mary Parker, who mad arranged Tor ther com
INC and a few of their hosts waiting for them.
paIt of the young people were apporlOned among
their hosts and the rest were marched TO nan IN
the village, where they were given Pehy oI IutA
and lunch 20 beep them busy until they could be
chosen. The hall was visited by throngs OF
villagers curious TO how the city children
looked. In a short time they were driven III uaPPy
wa0op-loads back among the green hills.
Pownal is the extreme southwestern township III
Vermont and from different houses IN the village
Lob, III ID III,
York and Massachusetts. Directly southwest OF
the village, In New-YOrk, rises a ioity mountain
with steep well wooded sides: AT the summit there
main throughout the summer. AT the north Oh the
VILLAGE cultivated fields slope upward 10 great
height Back of this ridge III little valleys where
,nonntain brooKs hurry through cool glens and
ripple IN sunny shadows. the children WILL epeAd
Their two weeks Of country life.