The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1892-07-30
ON HIS
Interesting letter From Frni. II. g.
Norton.
NEW YORK, July 10th 1892.

Editor D.m0crdt:
We are aboard the steamer 10
=. Concy Island. New York Bay j
alive with the craft of many nation
: and OF every description. Business
| should say 50. The Bay is just boil
ing with it, but our immense excurs
ion steamer with perhaps 2,0C0 OF
board, sails toward the Narrows. II
our left is Fort Hamilton. to II RICH
j. Fort Wordsworth. beautiful in thei
dresses OF white and green, but tit
huge sUllcn cannon trowuing through
their embra>urcs or behind Tn
paraget> warn the enemy. if >ucl
there be. not % venture near 10 tLt
lett. on "a little island. are the water
batteries Of Eart 81 Faycttc. massive
ard-cV"r ready Ter action. TcTpcdC
boats steam around. ali peaceful. but
VINO can contemplate the mighty
power o. our GI,cG0.go people should
j: be exercised, We pass out OF She
Earrows, pass great monster steamers
bearing the flags of 81. George, and
for the first time we see the Atlantic.
Ii is dotted with many sails both out
going and incoming. Presently we
land at Conev Island. Hundreds of
men, women and children are bathing
in the surf. We 80 down TO the
beach aud gather a few shells, some
sea algae and see the beautiful jelly
fish with its graceful and highly
colored t~cntaclcs. We next walk TO
itockaway Beach and back and al
three of Us sit down to a table 10 cat
raw oysters and CLAIMS, and boiled
soft shell crabs and HOLSTERS. DR..
Cheney and | do finely, bat a single
raw clam completely satisfies the
appetite of Prof. McNccly. Cape
turkey suits him better. Next we 90
the paviIiOnS. If there i any device
tor fuss or making money other than
by hard labor not known or practiccd
at Concy Island the people here GER
tainly have not heard of it. There is
surely but one Concy Island and here
the New Workers come by the tens of
thousands. 1t is constant gala day
here, and the nights" Still every
thing is probably under strict police
regulations. No one can doubt how
ever, that tuu"lls are there by the
hundred. il Is night and such illumi-
nation. and every form of attraction.
Great wealth ana refinement and
thousands of the best of people, out
for pure air AMI recreation. Others
are calling and play at games, etc.
al jgfnttWla. Teachers from all over
the nation are enjoying such of the
sights rs please them. The heavens
are star Ii, the earth is brilliant with
gas and electricity. Wcaricd with
sightseeing we board the steamer for
New York. If the Bay and forts
were beautiful in day light they are
glorious at night. The shipping on
the waters and the varicgatcd and
brilliantly illuminated shores, far sur
pas ANYTHING tha; my fancy has ever
suggested. Fire works arc seen IN
different parts OF the cities and several !
huge balloons burn high in the cir. I!
The Statue OF Liberty holding aluft
It's electric light is beautiful, the ship
ping with lis different coiorcl lights
is more beautiful. bat the immense 9!
story hotel at Fort Hamilton, with
every window fairly glowing with
electricity and gas in globes of dit
fcrcnt color, is the finest spectacular
exhibition | ever bchcld. | can not
describe this trip. You must 90 TO
Concy Island if you would realize
New Works happy watering place.
Wcaried VIC sleep till ate.
In the afternoon VIC visit Blackwells
Island. There are many large build
and the insane are classified ac-
cording to their condition. Some are
and violent and are kept be-
hind iron bars, some are stupid and
simple, and some are apparently
rational. There are now 1851 on the
list. just think of it, 1891
crazy women. Everything is kept
scrupu!oTsly peat and clean, and no
harshness TO the inmates is allowed.
As DIR. Cheney took us through some
of the wards. some of the women
were playing on fine pianos, some
were reading. some CRYING, some
laughing and others sitting quietly.
There were many at church, and
others going to church. | went to
the Catholic, the Methodist and Epis-
copal chcapcls, the latter two being
together. Every means to please and
help the poor Gnfortunatcs is used.
Some of them do very nice work.
making mats, baskets, rugs, brushes,
etc. DIR. Cheney, a before stated, has
advanced by repeated promotions
until he is now 3rd in rank, and the
apparatus, etc, in his room shows him
20 be the scientist of the institution.
We step into a big skill and recross
East River and come to the Metropol-
itan Museum OF fine Aat. Here are
collected the finest art of all times
and all nations. Ancient oriental
skill from the hicroglypics, paintings,
and cmbalmcd mummics of Egypt to
highest decorative art of India, China,
Greece and Rome. Sculpture by the
old masters and paintings of Phidias,
Raphael, etc. These immense halls of