The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-09-26
IT'S BIG DAY.
s,uNoAYS, HEoIRA lro THE &C NEW
ISLAND e EACH.

I reporter found tina good ma nyof the chairs
on the piazza were already coupled Staid
old gentlemen. We're reading heir papers and
mothers, witt their youthf al charges. were
walking up and down or gs ling at the craft
+, of all kinds, whose white Ills controstad in n
| pleasing III anner with tb deep blue of the
| ocean. At the pavilion . Il was life and bus-
| tie. Scora of peoI 'le, IN N, women and chill
| dren, dis ported then selves among the
breakers, which ", are none of the s,entIes,
| and the shouts and be dinage of the bathers
| proved that they er : thoroughly enioyinc
| ITEMS lStS. Attic In nhattsn more decorum
| or perhaps stitfne -. among the holiday
makers was notice; H. e, and this feature in
| tens 1ied itself ut I'll Oriental, where every
| thing was suggestive of solidity and eminent
| proprieiy pointed tn way. Sleek merchants
dozed III them chair walked about in the
| grounds, Civ ing to en- Ia other stray bits of
news from the % GnI- lercial world. There
We're forci sncr~ & icic, too, principally Eng
| lishmen, .ho, ut ;ired in unspeilkabIe gar
mentS We re- taking u turn before lunch
soon af ter O'Clock tine real influx of the
! day begs II. Train after train deposited its
HNlnS II light and burial blCl. to the city for
! more The seats IN front of the band stand
| were II pdly filed, ~ were those which com
nninde a good view of the, sea The walters
awoEe were aroused from their lethar,y.
ami ere soon bu>ly engaged in waiting up-
ON u - hungry guest. The whit.-apronrd
bark eepcrs girded themselves for the fray
and drew countless glaSseS of beer which they
plic ell ON ice Ia await the coming OF the ever
thiT sty throng. At $50 o'clock the east end
WI at its best. The grounds of the
Nj -nhattan and Oriental presented the appear
ar cc of u vast panorama, in which all the |
ir sIIruS were thcSc Of wen dressed ladies and |
Gentlemen. Hardly Il table at either cara
''anSs,ry WIS uuoccupi@I, and the rain of !
money int" the cashiers till was uncclsing.
BACK To BRIGHTON
Jumping into one of the car, of what is /
known as the "BonanZa" railroad possibly
from Its excellent paying qualities, the re
! porter WIS rushed back to Brighton not I.,-
! fore lie had undergone thorough ducLiug
however, Iy reason OF the waves washing
over TIL" canvas hreaStworks which are sup
/ posed Ia guard passengers from old NcptIme'S |
| assaults vt the Brighton one might, To t,c !
IA common expression, hive walked ON the
heals of tie assembled multitude - thickly |
We're individuals packed together. \ fair
business WAS being done there, but not nearly
50 large M volume as one might naturally
have expected The railroad takes down its
thousands and lands them right in the hos
telry, where everything that the heart of man
desires, III the way of eating and drinking
may IL found. 1t is a fact however that
about 80 out of every one of these thousands
seem u bc ON the lookout for an unusually
cheap table, and either wander OIL 10 the west
end, after listening for a time IL the strains
OF the band, or return II the city, without |
|
having expended Il cent.
The gentlemen who announce with more or |
less distinctneSs that the ride To the West end
can lie enjoyed by anybody for the ridicu- |
lousy low sum of five cents, were all at their |
posts when the reporter, after stavins in the ,
top OF his hat, succeeded in seating himself in
one or the low-roOfcd vehicles hy courtesy | ,
called stages. During the few minutes ride | !
an opportunity was afforded of watching the ;
crowds of people who dotted the beach or ! .
StrpltpI ntnnrv ha a.g- 81 1
one seemed To be in a hurry and the utmost !
good nature was apparent every side ,
When the West End proper WAS reached it ,
seemed rs If one had l,,cu transported from a !
monastery into the middle OF Il i;tir of the :
most noisy type ON every side cuterpri~in., :
spectators chantcd the praises al their re- !.
spcctivc commodities or institutions and as 4,
sured the passing public that now was "A !
chance OF tasting viands aui beholling curl
ositieS which might possibly not occur again =,
III "a lifetime.
ALL SORTS OF FAKIRS. =
Un one side burly fakir who called | I,
attention TO the characteristics of the pig 4
faced lady" and referred in a casual manner :.
to the gentleman whose only sustcuance was =
broken glass, while ON the other was a shriu :
voiced German who kept on asserting that his =
establishment was the only place xher,. the \
genuine hot sausage could he enjoyed III all =
Its pungent flavor. The air rcsounied with =
the weird shrieks OF the calliope, the extrav- =
a2ai1is OF cornet and trombone artists and =
the popping of the shooting gallery rifles y
Flying horses, cameS, swans and beasts Of -
wondrouS formation all had their riders male q
and female, who lungcd furiously with short ~
swords Mt the Suspended iron rings, and who :,
rarely, 1t ever, bore them of \ man with .,
a club melted two dropscal goats attached To \
u miniature carriage To make some pretens., .,
To sis'ed, much to the delight of a couple OF ~
youngsters seated in the aforesaid vehicle :;
Wiley fonts attached IN t.hn !
ielicS lay in wait for victims and reiterated :,
the announcement that whole family Croup | -
could bc reproduced for quarter of a dollar -
In the so-callcd concert halls men and women | =,
who laborcl under the delusion that they | =
were singing murdered popular melodies for .
the dedication of not over critical beer -
drinking audiences. and youths clad in =,
tawdry tights Sprinklcd sand the stages | J.,
and danced with wild abandon such n i n
seen IN no other place. as
The further west one venturcd the more / -
be regretted his imprudencc. On every side =
he was bcSet. One pirate suggested that lie
should test his lungs another ran ut him with
IA malct such rs Thor might have used and |
besought him To pound peg III the ground
with view Ia testing his strength: another al
whispered that hc had chance % buy seven III
SmuS:sied cigars for quarter while still an u
other took nun l,y the arm and insisted on ey- II
planning the merits Of an article, 10y the use Of y
which an old sock could he easily transformed ne
into a stylish nccktic The number, Of the 10
bandits who ply their trade in this part of the OIL
island Is truly legion, and lucky Is the man on
Who, having vc;turc,l among them. escapes DC
with his money intact or whole skin As a
night came GA and when myriadS Of gaudV 7"
lamps were lat the revrry reiouhleI its lcers III
and scenes enacted which u.Ic canno. N
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