| Show tot schools and fine sights NOTES BY A interesting observations mining litotes from eureka prospects brebne ESQUIBES correspondence on the hudson NEW YORK june 20 among the many things that this city is noted for are the eastman business college with its four hundred students the year round the vassar college for women only and the great iron bridge that spans the hudson at this point T e poet wordsworth asked what is lj l j lier nhsn a day in june nothing would be my answer providing that day be spent on the beautiful hudson river aboard one of the elegant day boats that ply between new york city and albany I 1 availed myself of a trip down to the metropolis last batur day afternoon tho grandeur beauty and experience of those three hours made a most pleasing impression many places of historical note were passed such as headquarters of revolutionary times located at newberg west point ia now located the world known military academy fort washington near the upper boundary f new york island besides the wonderful natural scenery on the banks of this mighty biyer hing sing where stands the prison is to be seen from the steamer this institution has at present 1600 inmates As with opie in utah so with the people here they are advocating home manufactures and talking of manufactures reminds me of my visit to a wheelbarrow factory I 1 asked the foreman how laug it took to make one of those common wooden wheelbarrows oh we turn out one about every five minutes he sid if there is one thing jorj than another that the american youth ia buted for it is the applauding of speakers speak era at various assemblies whether there is point ajr applause or not A few days aeo one of the professors of our colleges was delivering a very interesting and instinctive lecture on the jews he remarked thai not many years since in some parts of europea jew was taxed when pashing arom one political boundary to another with the same tax that was levied on a donkey thunderous applause then followed a silence for one minute the professor proceeded by saying that that was a good point buc he did not know where a majority of his audience would stand if they taxed donkeys now awen ty eight quarts of strawberries will purchase one bushel of potatoes m the city I 1 attended the exercises of childrens day at mount vernon last sunday the gramme pro was a good one but best of all was the practice of the children in bringing a flower of some kind in a pot or a adall sum of money thesa tokens of charity were to be bent to a certain hospital in new york city as gifts to crippled children therein last monday was what is designated in these parts as flag day the stars and stripes were flung on the breeze it being one hundred and fourteen years since the present form of flag wa formally adopted as the national emblem J B K |
