Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1902-07-25
A Vermonter In Gotham.

Interesting notes by a Middlebury
resident of experiences in the whirl and
the swim of metropolis. How ANDY
Slapleton Topped the loop and saw the
sights of Greater New York.
/ Many will be pleased to read the fol-
lowing private letter descriptive of a
round OF gayety among the pleasures OF
New York which are accessible to all in
the summer season, written by we'll
known resident who is sUiourning there
temporarily. 1t was not intended for
| publication, but is so graphic as to
deserve IT.
BROOKLYN, n. V, July IS.
My Dear Colonel Chester: 1t is now three
weeks that | have been in a land of liberty
and civilization and very much ain the midst
of things" as it were; and it now occurs to
me that ii is time to write you few lines, as
| promised, even though, as | suspect, you
care not much whether the promise be kept
or broken But "gesprochen lst gesprochen, "
hence this brief epistle.
Know, then, that since my arrival upon
these shores have been enjoying myself with
all Of a boys delight and until today my
round Of pleasure has been interrupted on
only two days, and then by heavy ram. There
being lull in the amusement whirl this fore
noon | am staying at the house, but this alter
noon have planned to see a game of ball be-
tween the Boston and Brooklyn teams, who
have been away in the west since the first of
the month.
In fact, have been on the 60 and in the
swim ever since set foot on the free and
sacreu SUI ol New YORK ana brooklyn, ana
have not even begun to tire yet of the all
Piay-alu-ho-"otk nylh8 days nave seen
pall games ana morse races nave rounded the
retlis M"eei' lUoPeu tlie lOoP' shot inc rapids
ana riuueh III the steeple chase III the "County
ralr nave meandered through the lave oil
me NindS' etc. etc, and IN truth have done
almost everything at Coney Island that every
one else does except having my picture taken
ana my fortune tod l nave Oathed IN the
sur at Drlghton beach ana ConeN not gong
out 100 Iat' however, ana also keeping close
10 the ne lines on account OF lear OF cramps
10 "h'ch am more than normally subject;
nave looted II through Fark Row. the Bowery
anu Iles'er street 10 MulOerry street. also
many sections Oh neil; nave troheyed 1t up
broadway TO central fark and spent hours IN
wandering through that glorious DOMAIN ike
WISE 'iIouSn inc larger Dut less enchanting
PROSPECT Iarh III btooklyn; nave piChlced on
on inc summit OF the falisades on the Jersey
shore Oh inc hudson without seeing one OF
'ne iar-laliled Jersey mosquitoes nave eN-
Ploreu my hainesake town OF StaPieton on
staten lsiaiiu-a miserable NIUE hamlet'
liius' o"H' nave stooG DeslGe tne TOMB Oh
Ni'"u, !" NNetsiue arr ana MS statue before
tne piooNIyh league Nluo mousse nave rs
teneu ~ exquisite music on recreatioh plers'
Iaheh 'le charming TWO hours SAL 10 Nieh
lsiahc' ana indeed nave seen many other IN
pore you win by cataloguing here' particularly
as you must De muCh better acquainted with
lileh YourseiI tnah can nope 10 ne ior a long
time yet Neither have seen the quarter OF
what l intend TO before take my home
"ard ilisnt'
bu' 1t Is Cohey lsiand' as you know, which
Is the Ci'le' magnet ana lodestone Tor the
Gnu'eSS horueS Oh pleasure-seeking idletS'
IleIe see"is % DC 'he mecca Oh all inc Irotn
ana scum Vi OHris'enuorl ana part Oh neatheh-
DOM here gamer by thousands the repre-
Sc"td'Ne oiaCklcSs' mugs cu''hroats' pick
'oThG'S' HluIaererS' pumps ana pahderers OF
nan .le ciVl'l]e' ana many OF the Semi-GVil,
re" nduoIiS oi inc Slooe' ch inc h'Sht Oh
'he glorious seemed as thougl nan the
poPuiauon oi inc earth nau peen poured INTO
INC isl"nu' NJ INQUEST est'i'i"'e nan "
Hlliioh people were there-aS many as 'he
sotal PoPula'lon oil 'he state OF NeTmoht ana
nan as many over, thihN lhat between
ana ciocN tha' evening there were iuiiy
$3.50 PeoP'e III lie sur al A., Cohey aiG
brighton an al the same time lhey we're ola
men n'iuoie-ase9 men, young men ana boys,
young slris' Ola 8nlS' granumothers ana
srahddauSh'erS' II was me 'iSht' ana the
Groves IN the sea ana Oh the peach' with 'fe
iishtS ana coloIS ana fireworks ana music
ihade scenes ana Souhds 'hat cannot De lot-
gotten Inc thieves ana mugs were IN 'heh
element ana IN 'he morning there were many
broken heads ana many empty pockets
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