Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-05-31
MADE IT A HOLIDAY.
How Memorial Day Was OBJ
served This Year in Pitts
burg and Vicinity.
MANY GRAVES DECORATED
And Grand Army Posts Turn Out to
Honor Dead Comrades.
THE EXCURSION SEASON OPENED.
Perfect Weather and Low Rates Fill Steam
boats and Trains.
MANY GRAVES DECORATED
THE EXCURSION SEASON OPENED.
Perfect Weather and Low Rates Fill Steam
boats and Trains.
SOME OTHER FEATURES OF THE DAY

The country, so to speak, took Pittsburl
by the nape of the neck yesterday. Fol
once the charms of the bucolIc breezes anC
the trees, the grass and the flowers were TOT
much for the denizens of the city, and they
turned themselves loose to gambol by the
babbling brooks and to seek pleasure in the
shady glades. The city, however, doesn't
care to be at the top of the heap for more
than $50 days in the year, and if familiar
faces were absent from the streets yesterday
there were some unfamiliar ones to take theil
places. The city poured into the
country, but whether this is critical period
on the farm or not, it is certain that the
contribution of humanity from the rural
districts was not equal to the city's generous
donation.
Early In the morning the thoroughfares
were crowded with women, and their pretty
white dresses were an attractive sight The
1iege lord and the lover wandered behind
loaded down with the family market basket
containing good things to eat.
HURRIED OUT OF TOWN.
The throngs wended their way to the
various depots, and got out OF town, to enjoy
one day, at least, of the purest air under the
sun. This is how many o. the people spent
and honored Decoration Day. There were
picnics and cheap rates to groves and noun
tains to attract them.
Yesterday, in short, was the opening day
of the excursion season, and more beauti-
full one could not have been selected. 1t
was one of those days that the dear
girls pronounce perfect, a lovely, hazy at
mosphere in the morning with \ clear sun
in the afternoon. Fishermen know whether
the trout like to snap at the fly on such days
or not. There were cheap excursions on
most OF the roads, The Baltimore and Ohio
ran a special train to Ohio Pyle. About
800 people from Pittsburg took advantage
of the low rates. The Lake Erie had q
picnic at Allequippa, and the devotees of
the Pennsylvania reveIed at Idlewild.
All the lot holders at Valley Camp went
up there Yesterday over the Allegheny Val
ley and spent the day. A special train took
big picnic party to Rock Point, and both
the groves at Castle Shannon were occupied.
The excursion boats on the rivers also did a
humming business.
A LABOR DEMONSTRATION.
One Of the objective points was the labor
demonstration and picnic at Connellsville
That town was jammed with visiting work
men from this city and tine coke regions
The Baltimore and Ohio returns show that
the road carried over 200 people into the
town from points along its line. The Penn
sylvania road also did its share of bust
ness
But Pittsburg itself was not entirely de-
serted. The day reminded those who stayed
at home as a rather lively Sunday. There
were not many people to be seen on the
streets in the afternoon, though it was most
too hot for promenading, and the absence of
parades kept the young folks at home. The
city itself was beautifully decorated with
flags, bunting and other patriotic emblems.
Everywhere from window and house top
along the streets the red, white and blue
greeted the eye. There was no general
parade of old veterans, but the members of
the G. A. r. with their wives, in small
squads, placed the vine and the flower over
the green turf on the graves of their dead
comrades.