The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-10-06
THEY'RE HERE, FROM UP THE STATE
$500 Of Them Como to Soc the roun aud
Netting Will Get By All or Them.

Nothing Will Get By All OF Them.
BY this morning Now York will have $500
pilgrims hore from up tho State, brought hlther
by the Romo. Watcrtown and ogdonsburg Rail.
road over tho New York Central. Eight special
trains were put on TO bring the visitors down.
Four arrived last evening. Tho other four arc
due this morning. From the well. nllcdc condition
Of the trains that arrived last night the pros
poets are that tho present excursion will be q
record breaker In the matter Of numbers.
Every year for twelve years the Rome, Water
town and ogdensburg road has brought an OK
cursion from the northern part Of tho State.
This year the round trip from anywhere on
tho limo is ST, and the tickets are good for
ton days. The good times among tho farm.
ers have brought many Of them down to
spend their spare cash in seeing tho sights,
and most Of them have brought their
wives and a child or two along with them. But
1t must not DO supposed that the excursion Is
made up wholly Of farmers. Every town and
city along the line has sent its quota, and there
will be moro village and county politics talked
in the hotel Hobbies here for the next fow days
than this city has heard for O long time. The
up-the-Staters are clannish, and all those Of ono
town will put up at q certain hotel. while tho
visitors from the next village will choose an
other hostelry. and each will boast. when they
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v~antages they got for their money.
or course they will want to see everything
there Is to BIO seen, and their women folk will
I'LL the shops and confide to each other that
"Snitrem & Quits down on Main street want 10
cents a yard for that very same goods, and here
the less strait sects will help 10 ill the theatres IL
the scandal of having TO pay So a seat does not
drive them horror-stricken from tho box oitice.
Those who do pay that will have something to
boast Of through the winter. That the visitors
do not intend 10 let anything pass them by is
indicated by this sample of conversation over
first train Yesterday evening. between . pros.
perous-looking middle-aged oxcursionist In light
blue trousers and his wife. who wore a topaz
Now. Amanda" said he, Two mays we'll
tart right IN; Hop Just tell what you want to
It'll DO terrible expensive. Ira.' said the
Never you mind thai" he replied. feeling in
his pockes. I've got a hundred dollars to
|Iral" she Easped. you Amt going to spend
That's what ! DO thrmlyl. and only ten days
afford to have u good time ourselves. So don't
be scared to speak out, Amanda"
WELL said his wife after a moments re-
Election. 81 want to SEQ the Statue of Liberty,
and Mayor Strong, and Central Park. and
Coney Island. and ia like to go to a theatre:
twas only q sandwich. and to ride in one Of
them auto-bicycle carriages without = horse.
only I'd be scared. and ride across Brooklyn
Bridge. and go to one OF them roof gardens, II 1t
don't cost too much. some Sunday night when
the hussies with short dresses Amt there. and
they have a sacred concert with hymns and a
collection, I persume, and to sec all the big
shops and walk on Fifth avenue. and I'm all
out of breath now. but III think of some more
Write EN- down. Amanda" said the good
man valiantly, land we'll do EN- ali IL have to
write homo and borrow money OF the bank"