St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-06-04

ing upon the wealth of short-cropped
grass under the forest trees. The drive
ways were jammed with carriages
passing to and fro. Both the upper and
lower lakes were thickly dotted with
row boats, and the ''Lady of. the Lake,
was unequal to the demand made upon
her for voyages about the lakes.
Light refreshments were served in
the pavilion, and the Second Regiment
band. with thirtytwo pieces. held forth
on the lake front veranda. The re-
freshments and music were both excel
lent, but the terrible jam of people in
side marred the pleasure there to some
extent.
The string OF carriages moving around
the lake on the boulevard was beauti-
full sight. In fact the scene throu ghout
the park was delightful from every
point of view.
1t was the most glorious outing sight
ever seen in st. Paul.
The crowd of people was not confined
to the lake front and near hlllsides. but
extended over to the greenhouse from
the street railway line back to the upper
lake, and the drives and paths on the
west side of the upper lake were also
thronged with people. North of this line
there was break in the crowd until the
picnic grounds were reached, a distance
of nearly half a mile across stretch of
n hoa
seeded with grass and is well covered
with "Keep Off the Grass signs. But
the driveways leading to the picnic
grounds were we'll filled with carriages,
and the broad picnic grounds, we'll
shaded with large forest trees. were COW
cred with another throng of people. On
these grounds a a'merry-go-round," pro-
PEELED by steam engine. was in con-
slant service, and the orchestrion,
sounding in the distance like brass
band, We'd with the Second Regiment
band at the pavilion. The two aggrega-
tions of music were more than a mile
apart, yet each could be heard distinctly
from the others location.
Although there are seven or eight
drinking fountains in the park every
one was throngcd yesterday with peo-
pie waiting for their turn to get posses
sion of the cups.
The floral decorations of the park are
magnificent. The globe that crowns
the treeless hill caste the greenhouse
is charming sight, though the loca-
tions of the continents might be little
more accurate. Flowers of the most
beautiful kinds. and in the most healthy
state of bloom are at every hand,
shaped in fantastic and tasty designs.
St. Paul must be proud of its new re-
sort and regret that it has been SO long
coming.
In the forenoon the street cars ran
five minutes apart, and at 2 O'Clock in
the afternoon it became necessary to
attach traiIers to every motor and run
trains two minutes and half apart.
And even with this remarkably unusual
accommodation the service fell far short
of being equal to the occasion. During
all of the afternoon every outgoing train
was crowded until there was not rail-
ing left for anybody to hang to. Knot
after knot Of people at street corners of
upper Wabasha, Rice street and Como
avenue were passed by train after train
too full to take them on. l. was long
after midnight before the street railway
succeeded in getting the throng of peo-
pie home from the park, though the
trains ran two minutes aud a half apart
all the time.
1t is rarely that such great gathering
of people can pass day without an ac-
cident happening, but, SO far as heard