New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-08-09
,,rv CHILDREN IN THE FIELDS.
o,yppAI. MERRY PARTIES DEPART.

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- on Tuesday for fortnghPs enjoyment OF
10" o,,h,s of rural life. Of which they were all
III, naed. In the morning party OF eleven
sAuS ant by the Albany-day boat bound Tor the
Ovyo &c AGRA. Greene County where they VIII DC
'..,o;ned by Miss Cummings and Miss Ai''hg'
~ m. another party. consisting OF young WORK
A;.,s sailed ON the steamer City OF Springne'u,
nas West shokan, Ulster County, where tney VIII
foi VS. .,I, ,,neft of the Catskill Mountain air
U UY will lie the guests of Mrs. T. II.
1sn.s Mrs John T. Boice, MIS- Lemue'
~. Mrs. P. Harlow. aud Mrs Nj. hVcre''.
-, the Troy boat Saratoga, when iet0 ner "naii
:. o,cock. was q mixed party OF nily ooys anu
- aud mo hers with babes in arms, IN chatse VI
a.. Allen. bound for Moores FORKS IN INC Auiion
49, rag,on. The children were neatly dressed ana
os0N ra,,-;no the girls especially. They were
-. ,,ostlv from the various Industrial schoois IN
~. $50 and the ladies interested In the SCHOOLS
w 49,, thav ware supplied with neat garments.
-, IN hoa soms history. One little party OF
Noa' 80 children of once wealthy English
noront. Int the mother, deserted py ner huSoahu
20 .upport four children, two Oh
nsu in the party There were
&C. mothers with babes IN arms, ana somo WIN Su.
S;,;onol infants in charge. One woman had two Oh
.h..a "exrrasn one with a deformeu manu-. ono
..smed happy to get away. A small part! VI
twslye-four mothers and eight chiidren-a part OF
tbe Bennington party which lett the other oay'
were in the party on the Saratoga
email marty of children left New-York last
.;ah, On the New.Loudon boat under rather inter-
.s,ing circumstances. Early in July The TRIBUNE
Fr.,b. Air Fund received letter from Mrs. NJ IL.
Fo;rhanks of South Cornish, N H.. stating that she
oo,ls find places for twenty or more children
Craxou. to relate, however. this pleasing
;n,sIlirsnce was followed by mourntui
enste to the effect that the residents OF South Cor
nish had proved weak in the faith when the dues
,on of actually quarterng the children arose. DIRE
visions of despoiled orchards, MANNED Chickens anu
General havoc and desolatlon to be wrought
nv the city urchins hardened every heart and
closed nearly every door to the youngst Mrs.
Fairbanks was not discouraged, howeye r, ana she
offered to take four child en- herself and lind hosts
Cor .ix more She also offered to board any respon-
s;bIe person OF one of the parents for nominal sum
The offer was eagerly accepted andi was decided tC
show the South Cornish people what the residents OF
Nev-York tenement houses could do in the way OF
good behavior. Accordingly o little band OF zen
clean and neat boys aud girls natroned oy
Inotherly- looking woman IN black, who held by tht
hand a little fodder who lsped out that she
was III yearth " old but did not seem 10 nave
attained to even that Of fs0 0seS WITCH %a
last night, at the foot of Watt-st Each clasped 2
parcel or bundle desperately to his or her BOSOM anG
"a
being iet A' made for their journey. - whs9 ,
the words stop the Tor mopogs1s as he wa
detailing the route shverof cheerful anticipation
perceptby ran round the knee-hieh group. FINALLY
the bell rang, the children shook hands with the
friends who had gathered to SEQ then
of, promises TO be real good 4
were gwen accompanied by shy as'eye5atlons: and
charges OF to bestow them in the berths assigned To
them. By this morning South Cornish will have
welcomed short dozen of New-iorks paie-iaced
The party of 100 children sent ont two weeks
ago TO Satersvills and Chenango Forks returned
to the the city children Sif have enjoyed
in hospitabls country homes, and when lhey
arrived the city last night they we're inil Oh me ne
life and animation. 1t was twenty minutes AFTER u
when the train rolled INTO the Delaware Lacka-
wanna and Western station at HoboGen. aud before
the engine had ceased painting ana gssp'ng 10
the entire 12O children had tumbl
out upon the platform. There was great tugeing
talked at once, and rushed here and there seekins
brother or sister or friend. The parents OF some
OF the children bad come over to Hoboken 10 mee
them, and they were quickly disinIegrated from I'M
general mass and were whisked on toward tn'
ferry. Those who remained, and they formed tn'
great bulk of the party, gathered themselves ,n's
groups, and finally all moved TO the lefry-nouss,
struggling laughing, chatting throng some ais
lance from the station cd the I %s heaG'
their sweet child voices c0u and vSssers b,
stopDed TO ask each other what il was. AS the clll
orsn moved along toward the ticket ONCE th
echoes that dwell the shadows among the Iaitert
of the satIon-house seemed TO start into liie an'
answer back the prattle OF the throng below
and when the New-York side was reached
O. crowd OF mothers fathers and friends welcomed
the little travellers and carried them home. i ID
ferry-hon.e WAS soon cleared OF them but thel
voices were heard IN the neghborlng street. and on
could scarcely turn q corner Ill the neighborhoo
without running across group OF them waiting u
take a car to their homes and telling To- those W ID
had met them tho story of their visit to TN
beautiful and wonderful country. The party iron
ChenangO Forks was in charge OF the Rev. MI
Dewey of that place, who will take party
Fresh Air children back with him.
RETURN OF ONE HUNDRED CHILDREN.
MERRY PARTY TAKEN BACK TO THEIR HOME
IN The CITY.
Another party of over 100 children sent on
by The TRIBUNE Fresh Air Fund returned from u
Lake Champlan district tchieny from Plattsburg an
the neighborhood) by the way OF Troy and the Nigh
boat 70 NewYOr, arriving in the city yesterday morn
ing. They picked up IN detachments at the var
Gus places where they have been staying Tor tue !"
two weeks ny living in the neighborhood who Ia
kindly volunteered to bring them rs far as Troy whe
they met by the interchangeable Mr. Tappen ana
kindly coadjutor c. f. Green The children occupiC