New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-07-16
A PLEASANT DAY at GLEN ISLAND.

"A STEAMBOAT IN THE MUD.
Fifteen thousand persons earned umbrellas
with them to Glen island yesterday and brought them
home dry and unused When they left the city they
watched the heavy cloud banks gathering In the wes'
with some anxiety before they had passed the bas
lions aud irownng guns Of Davids Island. che skies
came bright aud the shone on the waters oil the
Sound without even shadow 10 marx
passing cloud As tho heavens became
serene 80 did the faces OF the pleasure-seekers.
Glen Island IL of those remarkable resorts that
never change Tho paTilions the piers the enohousc
and bake repeat themselves day after day vita
persistence that would be conmanddblo II IL were not
sIiYntlv mbuotonous As the boats discharged their
passngers at pavilion pier yesterday there were no
Indications that the island woali be left unsramped
Of keep OF the grass hhed their
mission well for far ard wide the turf resting
place for children and lovers.
when foot was first the island nothing was TO
lie heard but the buzzDg Of nsects aud tho nusca muir
mur OF the waters OF the Sound bat soon direful
rumors reached the olrs OF the pleasure
seekers Some said that the members Of the happy
family had become enbroiled In domestic discussion az
the Geological Gardens aud. having broken their cage
were securing the island seeking whoa they might do
YOUR some mat the ferry boat that wins us useful life
he,veen the Glen aud Little Germany By means of au
endless CHAIN had at Last become maddened by The Pc
rnpIa sounds Strauss wazes and had foundered Ia
the mud with all on board. Bat ruiDor haa eAag-
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were whimg the hours OF ther cSpuyiy ny snort
ing their disgust at the p-cuar 1nhnsss OF thns o
twenty Iawn-clad. dainses Water and stinstarcned
lawn are incompatible The antics OF tne sealons Dcxat
shricks and the abrirk, begst rnmors.
There were no accidents by which lives were I'm
rs,,cd hui IN. steamer Jose onine OF che Sunday
wee 20 Glen island In giving her pier TO sister boat
became Undecided in the mud. AMI for nttle unc Tie
music OF tue lnat were scattered WITH reek
lees profusIon over saId cnced By the cou-
bIned ana concentrated Whistles OF sevea.een sieam
Ianuches that making day hideons while lrJing 10
pun the steamer deeper water. Amer the jose
phne was again anoat she left Tor York. having
eonr,ea the breakers OF Long Island eouBd
the leaves OF toe forests The women
lacked the art Of swimming they moe up ID thsii
ABILITY 10 nako n ise the d1a had yery heaSs'o q,
ts Gen Islano, the peculiar ehsrn when
attends snocess was not experienced yesterday
RoCKAwAY INVADED BY THOUSANDS
TIE PLEASURE INTERRUPTED by RAMA STAN
pEDE AND CROWDED STEAMBOATS,
The three connections steamers which ply
between tina city and Hoekaway Beach from early
morning till past yesseria were strained To the
utmost OF tner capacity 10 accommodate the thousands
OF NewYorkers had selected kockaway as tho place
where they proI osed enjoy breeze aud BATH
The number of vitors Rockaway was far Ia excess Of
that on any previous Sunday this season, and ID est
maei 10 have reached nearly $4,000 The decks Of the
Grand Republic, Columbia and Adephi when thry left
the pier at twenty tnrd ST. appeared literally alive with
holiday making humanity and scores o. persons were
ai,appoiuted In their endesvors to get board The
railway cars were equally well palronzed and for BIZ
hours the invasion OF Rockaway by old and young.
mothers vito progeny, tired merchants and
weary clerks dudes and "dudeoos," continued Tho
early part OF tho day delightful with clear sky.
freshng breezes aad mercury at time higher than
100 The bathing house and hotel propret"rs, ard IN
dned avery ono tue necessities pleasures
mn yaifors 10 RocKaway aid brisk business the margin
OF the sea being crowded win bathcrs the payons
with hungry sxcursouiste ana the snows aud booths
win revealing youngsters The din OF rival orchestpns
IA fuIl bast within few yards OF each other. tue yari
ans bands the voices OF tho eeons of children
ana the their TIN pais aud sDovels made, with
tine roar strange accompaniment 10 the
varted se.De lyut at o'clock heavily descending sheets
of rain suddenly changed the aspect, and sent mothers
and ngo running to the shelter Afforded by tie
| navtlOns The ram continuing. stampede was made
Tor the steamers those that made early departures
being possbe more densey PACKED than any ON the
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