The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1884-08-02
Things in the Quaker City,

4 hN WYNN AAbNo AAhh H1NNl w pt us ll-
dustrious as he has been in years gone by
in destroying foliage on our shade trees.
Some summers ago Ladies' could scarcely
60 on the streets without being covered
by this nauseating insect. Now you
scarcely see tree with one on, although
scores Of naples show the effect Of cru
SADIE at one time or another in their
growth. Many devices were gotten up to
keep the caterpillar from crawling up
the trunks but without avail. Cotton
W taken in layers and eDtwined around
the tree just below the first branches, tar
was smeared on the bark, aud poisonous
Ingredients used to either kill or catch
the pest. But all was failure, for the
worm would get up your tree, and smile
at your vain attempts, and finally end in
dropping himself down on your back and
try to measure the green" parts of your
make up. But VIC are thankful that we
have escaped this far in the season these
abomnable seourges.
! made n flying visit to one of the plea
sure resorts which this city boasts, the
other day. Ridgeway Park is perhaps
the most thickly-populated island on the
face of the globe, for its size, at this sea-
son of the year, 1t covers. an area of
perhaps two Or three acres, and at times
there are congregated some five thou
sands and more people on it. If there is
breeze blowing here you can catch it,
although it is tempered with the oder of
everescent beer mug. The sale Of beer
at this resort is enormous, and it is said
that the ground is saturated to the depth
of two or three feet from the patrons Of
the island blowing the frouth off their
beer mugs before pressing them to their
lips. Ridgeway Park is just opposite to
Chestnut street wharf, in the middle of
the channel of the Delaware river, be-
tween this city and Camden, and it
lous sections of this large town that it is
SO patronized. 1t las a very fine band
composed of Austrians which give music
pretty freely. The moral aspect of Ride
way is not of the best. If it was not
from what you see about you while there
and from which you can't get away from
on account of the smallness of the place,
this would indeed be lovely spot to pass
an afternoon away with your family. AS
it is, many respectable parties 60 there,
and many mother brings her children
there whose only thought is the fresh all
which she CAM get without going miles
away to the park. She can reach this il
five OF ten minutes. But otherwise there
is some of the worst wrecks Of humanity
and others who are just launching out
sitting about the tables and drinking til
they can't hold any more. Women'i
voices are heard in the land, vacant laugl
of semi-drunkness and men are pressing
each other in confidential style in tellini
some great achievement which stimu
Tents conjures up in their brains.
takes twenty-six policemen to keep til
island in order on Sundays, and eve
then there is always some broken head
which so TOR nothing, so long as the OF
cupants quiet down. Middle aged me
go over there to fish, and can be seen si
J ting at a table on the bank of the islam
with pole in one hand and beer mug
the other The regular catch for a
afternoon is those small fish about tw
inches and a half long and one eel and
Goldfish. A bath is connected wit
0 accommodations of the island, whic
many boys avail themselves of as well
men. Years ago it was a free institution
i but now you have to pay for the privilci
}. of bathing in the waters of the Del
h ware. Ridgeway Park was original
# Smiths island and Smiths island W
. formerly known as Longstreth's pose
= sion some fifty years ago,
The United States Government is no
II engaged in dredging channel fC
d rods away from the pleasure part of tn
rs sand bar, so that the ferry boats G
Is make quicker trips 1t would be go
~ idea to move the dredging machine up
the animated humanity that gather he
- :, and lift the state of original depray
III and Injured cussedness which lie on
H. surface, so that this beautiful little pa
disc may blossom as the rose.
POINTS IN FINANCE AND TRADE.
e- Money rather tight, so muck so, Il
" many cashiers arc staggering under
We Intoxicating influence all over the count
- When depositot asks for money a
bank, it is customary to hear the CT.
II "Ho cashier r'-The cashier had
Ln seconded.
=. Stocks are rather low. saw an
man the other day, who looked as tho
he there wasn't drop of perspiration
his whole body, watering the stock ali
his neck 50 that there wasn't any sta
in it. Hot weather is bad on stocks.
al The dry goods trade is rather dry,
base ball is on the pickup"
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