New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-07-28
Fresh AIR FOR CHILDREN.
nr,Iprs nY RAIL AND WATER.

,,.prIrREs BY RAIL AND WATER.
r,,TvnRrp CHILDREN OFF FOR TRoY-oLD
TRAVELLERS
49,. hatch of half hundred little children
Anos -, their travels by last nights Troy boat
the foot Of Chstopher-st., under
.rsniees OF THE TRIBUNE Fresh-Air
- ", Their destination to be precise, was oneida
ra,,ntv mart of them going to Vernon and part 10
C.,,,on near Utica To the childreh all towns ana
Sn,nf;es outside of New-York were much ailRe'
,Tbev were going TO "the country" that vague Du'
soightful place which lies somewhere up the HUI
0s, vbere IL is all grass and trees and cows
- milk and horses to ride and flowers TO
I'll So much they knew, and were satished
.o ouibble about latitudes and lonsitudes,
. n. oart,cular as to localities and names. Part
-, bovavert-be majority Of the Clinton con-
s:...an,had been there before, AID were TINS year
IN The dignity of going "by invitation" TO their
"a homas This not only made them proud out
Ia pseful TO those in charge one hthe
hahv Girl. for instance, was crying
s,.,sr,v ON the boat. Miss Aiorlcn
al Miss Markham did all thsy could to comfort
bar Int still she wept. At last rose ina'o vi
,,;ostv months who simply remarked: You're
Ill that's what you a,e! First time l went
80 awful. and at the end oil TWO
,ssts cried worse at having 10
come hack. That's what youh no.
This was convincing, and the lesser 'ni'' S'opp0o
Tbs majority Of the children Eowever, hu hnnnv
,bongbt NJ tears They seemed porlecbiy haPPy
and fhev sat ntentedly on their seats uanglus
their little legs and making away WIN tno s 49,
,richss and cakes which were INTENDED loI .h h
nn,,s two bonrs later on As they sat there they
looked like clump of scarlet popples IRON .he
Mar. for the mothers of these wan-fsce1 NUS
tbings seem to delight IN making them look Paiel
than they are by giving them red hats anu rev
ribbons on their dresses lew "a t .ne PPor ne
most part they were content to trust them I" the
care of the teachers and missionaries VINO con-
.iDcted them 10 the boat, LOUIS T. blatz OF CoigsF
Mission; j. Worden. OF berkinan Nh nm MosSnr of
the Five Points Mission. As the boat moved OH
they all did their best to cheer, but their mouths
were too full of sandwiches; and those vlsh1s
which were still uneaten cumoered tnelr nsuu f.
So the waving of haEdkerchiefs was spasmOuc
and Inadequate. But they evidently were Ntrug,
elin to dc their best under the circumstances anu
the party on the pier gesticulated at them III
return till they we're out OF sight.
A PARTY FOR NORTHAMPTON, CONN.
A party of th,rty-eight Fresh Air children
gathered in the Grand Central Depot in the morn
ing and left tho city on the o'clock tram 10 spenu
two weeks with the kind people in and around
Northampton Conn. Some of these CHI dren nave
never been ont of the city and them the country
is a yerItabe wonderland. All were greatly IN
need OF pure air and hoalthful food. The cnHureh
were burdened with the usual Dunuies anu "eIo
provided viii b lunches In such quantities as 10 sug-
eest journey into some barren ana desert region:
Dining the trip they behaved quietly and some oil
the Younger of them dropped aleep. northampton
WAS reached early in the afternoon and the Young
travellers welcomed by those who are 10 enter
tain them during their two weeks vacation