. Rides and rambles on Staten island . Stap:leton is the next stop—another commercial city by the sea. The capital city of thisprovince of King Gambrinus realm is Stapleton, the site of some of Staten Islandsmost famous breweries, established here on account of the purity of the water whichcomes in clear running streams from the hillside. The Teuton who could not behappy here, is no Teuton, or is untrue to his lineage. There are some schooners atStapleton that are not used for the conveyance of the beverage of the town. Those ofthe Seawanhaka Corinthian Yacht Club are anchored near the shore,
. Rides and rambles on Staten island . Stap:leton is the next stop—another commercial city by the sea. The capital city of thisprovince of King Gambrinus realm is Stapleton, the site of some of Staten Islandsmost famous breweries, established here on account of the purity of the water whichcomes in clear running streams from the hillside. The Teuton who could not behappy here, is no Teuton, or is untrue to his lineage. There are some schooners atStapleton that are not used for the conveyance of the beverage of the town. Those ofthe Seawanhaka Corinthian Yacht Club are anchored near the shore, and the sloopsand cutters have their homes here in winter. A street-car line leads out from Stajde-ton to Concord, and the Clove Koad. Up the hill to the right from the station is apretty street, with cozy homes surrounded with flowers and many shade trees ; lead-ing off from this are other streets and lanes with crooks and turns on the hillside. Cliptonis the junction of the road down the South shore with the line to Arrochar. The. At Erastina. 12 RIDES AND RAMBLES little ii is noted historically as a place of business of the great Garibaldi. :i manufactory al Clifton, not of swords, or guns, or cannon, for his wars in Italy. Hedidnt make any of these lie made beer. The citizen of to-day points v itli pride tothe brewery established by the famous general and his partner Meucci, who were inL851 among the first citizens of the place. The main line of the Staten Island RapidTransit R. R. takes a turn to the southward, while the South Beach branch runs di-rectly east, passing through a rolling country where there are some fine old places, andmakes the first Btop at Rosebank, a growing place of suburban residences ; a prettyvillage with a pretty name. Fobi Wadswobth is a more formidable name than Rosebank, but in these piping times of peace thePort is a good place to go to for a summers jaunt, on wheels, by horse, or on foot. The rail-way sta-tion is avery pic- t n
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