Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-05-22
CAME TO THE CITY
The c. & w. N. and the D., /.
x NJ. Railroads Bring in
ABOUT 1000 ExCURSI0NlSTS
The Aggregation Goes "a All tho
He.orss and 6ces All There II In
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ISetJuoy 80 inc htu1 IN q uay sAas
q nan feels like Recommending u his
friendA IL was spring the kind of
ssring that jim Riley sings about In his
pastoral. when the Green Gits Back In
the Trees 1t wxs one II these days
hen the meat uncha-t1ned son Of he
liai can watch the grass grow and ab-
s0rb the beneficent influence Of expand
ing buds. IL was great day Tor every
body; hut more particularly for the rural
excursioniss and the young man with d
new spring suit.
About 2.OC0 81 the former struck the
city bright and early yesterday morn
ing. Some Of them bore evidence that
they had MIXED the COWS while the
gray light Of morning WAS beginning 10
stream over the far away hill tops. The
Individual that tries a. milk COW when
he cannot So the aperature Of the pail
De- always IA marked man. Six ar-ioads
az the sight secrs came from Lansing
and vicinity principally vicinity. The
tain was packed with the eager cxcur-
slonists. and the platforms and sisles
were nlled. Whether the crowd was
endeayoring To escape tho state legisia-
lures final Sunday. or whether 1t was
imbued with an unrestraincd desire To
see the prettiest city in the west. nobody
knowa Big Rapids sent seven car
loads 81 representatives Ia its big sister.
and another train load was pulled In
from Pentwater.
Grcat Dav for Excursionists.
The excursionist started in To see the
city and they saw it, They didn't care
gol durn il its cost forty cents for street
car fare. they were going 10 See every
thing that the blamed town had worth
seeing.
Part 81 the crowd went out To John
Ball park and ate lunches on the grass.
Another installmcnt inspected the
Soldiers home and went boating on the
river. But the great bulk OF excur-
sionists were at the lake. Many a rural
youngstcr who reveled in three schooners
OF book beer ut one OF the summer gar
dens will awake this morning with the
satisfied feeling that he is a dead game
roundcr. and can't be stopped
Lots or Lovers.
"All the world loves lover" said
Emerson. but as matter Of fact the
world doesn't. There were 5000 lovers at
the three principal resorts yesterday. and
they were enthusiastically guyed by all
the rest Of the sightsccrs That
didn't make any difference to the 400
Romeos and the 1900 Juliets. So far
as the rural section OF the love makes
were concerned. they didn't care three
buckets of SKINNED milk for all the adj
verse criticism between Kalamazoo and
Kamtchatka. They gigglcd like a
laughing hyena at a midnight orgic.
and walked 40 close together that ray
Of summer sunshine had TO be long
itudinaIly sec.ioned before il could pass
between them. The spoony country
maiden and the mashed farmer boy were
a particular feature at the lake. and
hundreds Of sight seers would have en-
joycd themselves less had these faced
deyotees been elsewhere.
As an Offset 10 the lakes aggregation
of rural maiden. North Park offered a
balloon ascension. but the country girls
were 10y far the more pleasing and exci,-
ing spectacle.
Investigated Everything.
There was nothing on the Reeds lake
category that the oxcursionists did not
| investigate. They saw everything that
| was in sight. and viewed with suspicion
everybody that wore city clothes. At
John Ball park the excursionists kept
| the menagcric stirred up all day. and
| the black bear was so tired at o'clock
that he couldn't eat any more
caramcis. The black bear is some
thing of "boozer' in his way. liz
formerly belonged IN dispenser OF
! liquid damnation. None Of the pleas
urc-scekers happened To carry flask 81
"red likker." and the black haired quad
ruped was not invited to take suthin'
! throughout the entire length 81 the
/ warm summer like day.
The rural visitors drove the electric
car men wild on the return from the
different resorts. You want 10 look
out for those boss car fcliers," said a
tangled haired individual. They know
we're from the country. and they u skin
Va il they can. Don't you pay no tive
fares IL no man" ami his fellow sight
seer didn't. All III the cScursionist.
asked for transfers so a. "a bc cure e
get the worth ~ their money. They
had all returned Ia the city 10y o'clock
and after the masculine element hao
I gazcd at the varicgated hosiery and In.
union under garments in the dry goods
store windows. the trains were made u,
and the ZOO tired pleasure 80, kers
| went horne.
Vt least 1900 persons visited TIA
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