The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1890-04-28
4 MUDDY, MOIST SUNDAY.
Melancholy Pleasure for
Those Who Tried to
Find 1t Outdoors.

In strong contrast to last Sunday was
yesterday. The rain of the previous W
days made many of the streets impassa-
BILE, which, together with the reprehensi-
BILE conduct of the sun, which seemed to
be unable to make up its mind whether
it wanted to shine or not, did much to
keep people indoors. True, there were
some people on the street. but they all
hurried along as though they had been
sent for.
Half of whatever pleasure could be de-
rived from picking ones way over muuuy
crosswalks and lodging the pools OF wafer
which had accumulated in the uneven
places of Jersey City's superior idewalk
was o-vershadowed by a fear lest the Y
should make up its mind to retire for the
day altogether and the rain get It's nne
work in again.
The difference in the two days was APP
preciated by the proprietors of the saloons
along the road. more than by any one
else perhaps, aud they gave expression TO
Their appreciation in language which. mad
he heard it, would have made General
Greedy shiver as he did when in the polar
regions. The avenues, which last sunday
were crowded with every description OF
with rosy checked, laughing Teutons, TO
the stylish road wagon OF latest design.
were comparatively deserted.
MUD, MUD EVERYWHERE.
Arlington avenue, (which is a favorite
RESORT with those who desire to speed
their horses, was as lonesome as a coun-
try road in the way back district. Mud
Il water covered its usually hard,
smooth surface, and it was a laborious
task for an animal to vac ~through1t.
During OF the sums benetlcent hts,
whenft looked as though it would be a
Il <lA1nL :. - ,fAa, al Ga0rra ONil1in m ann
thy milKman. with a party of friends
sEs8hle up Grand street behind a pair of
N&AHk steppers and turned into Arlington
Y Nerue. The manner in which the horses
sbored through the mire soon convinced
yhe party that there was not much sport
In blowing through that street and they
turned into Ocean avenue.
Z Garfield avenue was in the same con-
dition, and out on Ocean avenue things
were not much better. Mud and water
lay upon the m~acadamized road, except
where newly crushed stone had been
spread over the surface. Neither of these
conditions presented much of IN oppor-
tunity for speeding, yet they did not de-
ter a few from coming out. Ex-Sheriff
Heintze logged along behind his bay.
looking out for a spot in the road where
he could have a brush with someone But
no one came along to brush with him and
it would not have done him much good
it there had.
MR.. BEDLE's BLACK AND WHITE.
When the genial ex-Sheriff had disap-
peared In the distance, j.. ID. Bedle, Jr.,
and a friend, driving g spirited team of a
black and a white, came along carefully
picking their way over h loose stones
nd the mud holes. They looked exceed
ingly lonesome as they passed by with no
one in front or behind them.
A thick mist hung over the bay and
harbor, shutting out the magnificent
view which always attracts large num-
bers of pedestrians to Ocean The
damp, muddy condition of the paths of
the cemetery offered no attractions to
those who desire a melancholy pleasure
from visiting grave yards, n on the
whole it was a most disagreeable Sunday
for those who sought their recreation out
zof doors.