The Lincoln County leader. [volume] (White Oaks, Lincoln County, N.M.) 1882-189?, 1883-07-21
OUR NEW YORK LETTER.
From our regular correspondent.

mourning Out u ChTclul cSIlIndIe
based upon actual observation can
convey an idea of the e1traordin-
airy extent of the hegira which
takes place every Sunday from the
cramped streets to the breathing
places in and around the city.
The movement begins not long be-
fore noon, and when the weather
is oppressive in midsummer it con-
tinues after night fall. Beginning
a short time after 10 o'clock, the
lines of foot and carriage travel
tend toward a few popular through
fares which are used both as pro-
menades and as the nearest I'VE
nues leading to the resort of differ
ent classes. In the geographical
centre of the city the direction is
toward and up Fifth avenue, which,
on every pleasant Sunday is the
way that thousands take to church
and thousands more to Central
Park. In the lower part of the
city the Bowry exerts a singular
charm and has its multitude OF pro-
menades, though of a different
type from hat of those who adj
mire the architectural esplendors
of Murray Hill, the avenue and the
natural and artificial beauties of
the Park. The avenues on the
west side, especially the Sixth and
Eight, r popular likewise, but
Broadway and nearly all the cross
streets are almost deserted all day.
Travel by the horse-car lines and
the elevated railways is very active,
beginning at about 10 a. m. and
continuing until after midnight;
for besides the church-goers, these
vehicles transport many thousands
of persons to the pleasure resorts
which dot the upper end of Man
haitian Island, and they r the
great feeders to the excursion lines
that in midsummer carry pleasure
seekers to the seaside.
The phases of a New York life
ON a Sunday are full of a special
and peculiar interest. After the
army of small tradesmen, news,
vendors, milk carriers, BARRIERS,
street-car and elevated railway EN-
ployees, house-servants, coachmen
and other classes of necessary and
charitable works have entered up
on their labors, there remain a
great host Of people in the city
who breakfast while bordering
over the problem of where and
how to find rest and recreation dur.
ing the day. Granted the one
condition of pleasant weather, and
ordinarily they find a multitude Of
ways i'll which to pass the hours.
Whether they devote the day to
seeking refreshment for the mind,
and rest for the body OF recreation
for both, or merely make it pand-
-er to vicious apetites, these are ap-
parent in their conduct the results
Of a great variety OF those old race
traditions, religious influences and
variations in training that underlie
the habits of a mixed people like
the inhabitants of New York city.
When Nellie Grant was married
to an English dude with a base
ball head, named Algernon Sartor-
is, nearly everybody in the coun-
try SAID, in view of all that Gen.
Grant had done to save the Union,
that it was a pity that his laughter
couldn't have fastened her affec-
tons upon a thrifty young citizen
of the United States. But the
dear girls all have a fancy for for
cling swells, and so Nellie married
the Sartoris. And now the Sarto-
Tis has turned up as the lover of
the charming Mrs. Bush, who has
an aged husband and who has
large liqued blue eyes and who
dresses her hair in wavelets. Great
is the scandal, because the Grants
are conspicuous people and the lit
the Sartoris, who looks like an En-
plisb ,Jeemes Yellowplush. has