, 1886-06-25
A PLEASURE CITY BY THE SEA.


Amu>crnents Found mt Brighton.
To-day finds me down Mt Coney island,
this mag cal city of pleasure by the sea.
Here the world seems all holiday time.
A perpetual picnic prevails. and IL Is diff
cult to conceive OF care. In the first place,
it is "A perfect day. Nature never iuttered
n fairer ici from the folds OF her book.
The shulluw- on the sea are us varied as a
Florentrn' mosaic. The purple OF n pansy
away oil ,hese where the sun is clouded,
Will II +, at orr feet the breakers fringe
the golden sands with silver. A CLEAN OF
sapphir', like the bluest break in a
showery SKY, has fallen athwart the main
distance, and through 1t a hit winged
boat, ftii sailed, goes 'courtseying down
the wind A hnze hangs over all, like the
mist that rises from a meadow at dawn,
and the shadowy domes and towers of far
off Rocknway breaks through like a city
in the air.
1t is nconceivable that New York
should have been so slow to appropriate
and use this beautiful island. For years
and years this strip OF a-girt sand might
as well have lain In mid ocean as here. A
few roughs came down now and then and
perpetratcd dark deeds that gave a flavor
OF disrepute to the island. Nobody who
thought anything either of reputation or
pocket-b o ever came here In those days.
Now, half o boats and numerous lines
OF cars bring down all New York. Many
come by private conveyance over the
smooth md beautiful boulevard lead
from the city to the very margin of the
sea.
Brighton at its loveliest, in the full tide
OF the season, can not excel this wonder
land of pleasure. There is. everything OF
which folly ever dreamed OF in the line Of
amusement here. Are you fond OF riding
the fleet footed ostrich, the gentle COW,
the domestic rooster, or The roaring lion
OF the desert, to say nothing OF the stately
giraffe, and the mettlesome swami Here
you have your chance In the "merry-go.
round only : cents, and you can mount
any one of these animals, richly capari.
soned' aud fly around a ring to the inspir-
Ing strains NJ u brass band.
II you want TO spin like a rocket
through The air; II you want TO hold
your hat while your back hair falls off
and In your ears the element OF wine and
fire make merry, ride down the switch.
back Non take a seat at the top OF the
inclined plane you flash down the plane
Tx n + per thr ugh a printing press; you
skim up another like n swallow on the
wing; you Hart down again like a failing
star and up gain like a kerosene-fed
lame, and YOUR ride IA accomplished. For
another . crntr you mount the elephants
back aud indligc in light Refreshments In
different parts OF the body. | believe they
serve lemonade In one OF his ears, and In
the mysterious recesses OF his inside you
can buy carnmels and sweet cakes.
Should you care for milk, several stuffed
cows stand about under gay canopies.
MIX is surreptitiously introduced through
a hole In the back, n little behind the ear,
and "A man draws 1t fresh from the udders
and presents II with a wink OF superhu-
man cunning. Donkeys and horses are on
hire, whereon you can canter over the
sands and into the sea II you like. Little
children are playing all about, thicker
than sand-heas. and the whole scene Is
one of perfectly unalloyed rapture and
content.-"Amber" In Chicago journal