The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1884-10-01

of fare that would have done credit TO
Delmonico's, was handed TO US, and o!
course-for there is a law in these
things. even the law of fashion we be.
gan with Little Neck clans. These are
considered specially delicious, and are a
revelation to any one who knows only
the ordinary clam-not larger than a
fifty cent piece, tender. highly favored,
and only little bitter. they speedily
convert you to a sense of their merits.
Lunch dispatched, we rose and walked
up hill, round long sloping lawn.
past cottages and arbors, and finally an
aviary became apparent with all manner
OF feathered fowl and birds. Some
macaws and English pheasants were to
me the prettiest. Then we saw a wild
beast or two, and finally an African lion
in all his Gagged majesty was before US.
Truly fine looking beast-tall, sinewy
aud active, with enormous head aud
name, and ferocious looking mouth that
looked quite able to carry off a COW or
a man.
Presently. as we walked, / heard a
sound. sort of compromise between a
below and a roar. My escort said,
The lion is roaring - ''Indeed,'
replied, ~'if he can do no better than
that, he had better hush, for he sounds
very much like bull with the quinsy." "
The sound is neither ma jestic nor awful,
and truly, if that was the best lion
can do in the matter OF a roar, he
better quit the business. or the lion hum
tiers had better revise their descriptions
Of his voice, for there is flagrant dis
crepancy between the two.
The attractions of Glen Island are rs
varied as the tastes of the crowd Tor
whom they are provided. A very good
geological garden, fine music, merry 60
rounds, dancing halls. piling, boating,
batting, billiards, bowling, etc, lovely
walks, quiet retreats in sight and sound
of the soft tapping of the waves, and a
lovely prospect stretching out as far as
the eye can reach.
There were crowds Of people, for the
steamers leave three piers every hour,
from a. m. till 5 p. m. making in all
about thirty boats that come, and all oi
them are black with people.
But the crowd is quiet, leisurely. and
very well behaved, made up of all the
incOngruous elements of a crowd, with
a liberal proportion of babies thrown in,
and dozen or more "heathen Chimes"
for good measure. And everybody
seemed to be satisfied. Indeed, the in.
fluence of the place is very tranquil.
don't know what is the charm, or if il
be many combined, but it seemed to me
that lovely, golden, perfect day, as if no
one could be very unhappy OH Glen Is
land.
We left at $3.50 p. M, and If one hap
py day could be dissected into happier
parts perhaps the return trip was the
better portion, perfection Ct sky. sea,
and temperature. lovely landscape to
look at across the shining sea and river,
thoroughly congenial company, and a
sail long enough to satisfy without In
the least fatiguing, and SO. up the shin.
ing river, past Blackwell's Island, and
all its dreary prism, asylum, and hos
pital sights, all the oppressive thought
of the aggregation of human wickedness
and wretchedness that there abounds
and the spires and masts of great New
York are sharply outlined against tht
luminous of the atmosphere, and then
a creak and jar, and we are at 33t
street pier, and Glen Island is only {
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