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Ye Olde Mill Inn, Mattituck, is one of the popular Ona. of the delights of Ye Olde Mill Inn is dancing above
pleasure .hostelries on Long Island. It has been renovated the waiter. Tom O'Toole's excellent orchestra furnishes the
and made ready in fine style for the opening on Saturday, music. Ye Olde Mill Inn is 107 years old. It is situated on
A new management is in charge with Victor Riedi, manager.I Mattituck Creek.
Southold Hotel, Reconstructed Many Times During
.Past 100 fears, 'Worn ®own teaMake Way for Bang;
Was Dace Venter of Business and Social Activities
(Special to The. Coinly Bedew) here. Mrs. Salmon can recall the time ing the lintel mange started on Its
By Helen Tholulmoll drat Lho cotirrniinity was Shocked to trips to the bay, where the Pavilion
hear that the doctor had been found now is. Those who wished Cn, hired
'this past your there has bega a dead, ,just as he had driven in from private rigs front the livery which
creat deal of attention given to the cite of his calls. was run to connection with Chc hotel.
odd Southold Hotel. The hotel .had Next after William Wells in the list There were several both houses aC
been here for no maty years that most of proprietors comes his son, .Albert' the beach, for the accommodation of',
Southoldcrs had gotten into the habit, Wells. Under his.management the lin the hotel guests.
of using it for It sort of gauge—ages tail's Story is it continuance of that un- It is interesting to note that Mr.
Of buildings wire compared with that elm• his father's management. During Judd,planted all the trees which now
rtf the hotel, distanceB were ,!added by this Limn, Oliver Sharlocic, a person- malic the property sit beautiful, and
G; it was always shown to visitors age of hutch importance in connection that he also planted the rows of su-
ss being the only thing of its typo with the Long Island railroad, was perb trees along MaPlc avenue. 1-Ie
that we boasted within our village often it guest at the hotel. had these trees imported from Con-
Mulls, and every change that took (,mount Jobb Wicltliam was the next necticut that thev might be larger
place there wits note(] with universal eau Lu nttunt�e the Iio Cel, and he wttfi null sturdier than those that grew
untcresk. All Southold felt that the 6
hotel was ,!list about good forever, succeedert by Ilenry Wickham. ..Cap- hero. The long porches extending
null everyone was sorry when the news Iain Benjamin Cole followed the sec• along the east and south fronts of the
urate out that the property had been and Mr. Wickham, 'and greatly en- hotel, were also bulli by Mr. Judd, IIo
sold, surd the building was to be teen larged the list of the hotel's patrons. also added the north kitchen, to make
Sauna People whom we had hardly 11. was about this time that the Sons. it easier to Prepare locals for his
(I nwil. ted to be the least sentimental of Temperaneo gave a dinner at the boarders. Mr. Judd was a most pro-
wcre to be seen about the place when hotel for the late Hubbard Cleveland, gressive man and certainly innproved
Lhc goods were Being sold, null wilco no Che occasion of his slid Mrs. Cleve Lhc hotel a great deal during his stay
tlm wrecking' had started, engin• to laud's return from their Honeymoon. here, He was an ardent sportsman,
ace
"got, some little thing to rrmmnlier Che necLeduwlith the I cole was �oniofor n House coil.
ut track PHo ownedn of h ao string oaf mine
hotel by" <;reerport,. colts, which often run at the track.
Mrs. Susan Salmon, a Southold moo- He is remembered as an honest, up-
In 1.876, the hotel wits sold to Ir. L.
mail who is now over ninety year's old, .1 uIn whose daughter,o•, Mrs. Samuel right, intelligent and relined man,
renmobees well .many facts concern- Bennett, is still ]lung ill Southokh with a ready smile and pleasant word
ing the early days pP the hotel. Ln Mrs. Bennett came Ln tine town us a for his hosts of friends. In 1881 Mr.
her ,Younger days Che hotel was just young woinun, when her Luther par Iadd decided to sell out. The hotel
about the cettgr of the town's activi- chaser) the home now owned by Ar- and the barns which Mr. .Judd had
I,ios. William Wells, the first propel !bur JonsC, Later site was with her. nnoved away from the street, were ae-
oLor, was as Mas. Salmon remembers fathee after he had. purchased and, co•dingly sold Co a Mr. Goodale, iirom
bion, a genialmailvery well '1!Iced was managing tho hotel, and remain- Peconic.
and esteemed in Southold... In add!- iters many thins about Mr. Judd',
Lion to the hotel the building then in- g ' Isaac Bollard, familiarly known as
eluded the gelieral store, Postoffce, l'"i,itc. Whit he purchased the ho- circ" was the seventh of e the mann-
tailo' shop acid barber shop, and had i.eH Its most important est, ipart was the tams of Chc Southold hotel. Mw Bill
•t livery business connected with it. P%u•t to. Chc west, which faced Main lard was a ,lolly man, "hail fellow well
front of the shore-postoffice section street with the pillared Porch. The met," and was most popular in South-
Inthe•e was a long row of hitching posts eastern end was occupied by the store, old Ile topic a keen, almost personal
retching well past Chg length of the pusto(tiar„ etc. This section Mi.. Judd interest in every one of his guests and
building. Iell the tiler hitched their hall converted into a large and beauti- himself did most, of the buying to in-
horses, while they en hitt to buy fill ballr•omn, extending along the en- are for his guests- the clean, fresh,
fire east side. Many. dances were country food that his table, always
goods aC the store, m•meetingto .
gossip at the held, %villch not only the guests but bnastccl. His Sunday morning .fish
stoop Coll meeting. When ahso many persons front near-by
nue wished to go into the store he, or ,,, breakfasts were Sound , for it-NIr. - to
worse, she, trust. bravo a passage towns attended. In stages" and box lard was he the Sound at A io m. Co
down this lino,with horses on one side miles s they came, some front muny cot the from tile best selection as it
;,lid interested observers on the other. utiles away, e dance.hexa Mr. Judd (came from the net. Janos lyn, with a
Tho live•., %vas a most important also bulk the lad dining room at well-known dent v Brooklyn, with
Y I Ing north and had the rooms pepar•-�,�his family, spent several summers at
adjunct of the hotel nm these days. aced by a series:of hallsextend»t6 Lhe: the hotel while Mr. Hillard was there.
Pinny.porsers cattle for the summer, rittiro jell tit
of the building They John Stephens tonic over the man-
and hired rigs for long drives through Po•iod under Pir. Judd was a most agement of the hotel after Mr. Bit-
the country Both the barber •nodi you risking one for the hotel. At Cimgsl lord. While he was hoc the lintel
I tiler shop were the only ones of their there wore, store tlfan 160 guests. Mr. been burned to the ground and was
kind in town. The proximity of these iodrl had then all served at the hotel, later rebuilt, Mr. Stephens' stay here
stares and the feet:that. tiro general but had rooms hired for them in many wits narked by the fano, of the ex-
s lore wits ht the building, made a_ _
much strougor and ]letter social in- Privato banes, and, while bu •,Lill kgpt'�, cellenb table that wax set. Ise guests
lercou so between'.. summer .visitors it, roomed some of then at his MsPlg; aced no discontent tumnng his guesft ts
and residents that' ono BOOS now. avenue home,. Whole fanillics, with anlie potilleel to01)o'lcbc�c nose cessionone�',
Ute of the best known of .the Per' their maids, came, scant after ,year to yogreat)
was sons wlin stayril at thg' hotel mobile Stat' for' Still-
tile notice summer at Chc young lady of Chem rcinar lad It Sune
1yilliam.Wells owned ib wasDr. Van.. Hotel• Swimming was the favorite. day dinner that rho meat tasted "like
MnCo-, so well loved by the. People'sport ;it Ila L;nu•• Early lir Lh. morn- horse; or boat, m• somefhma• its bad.,,
Mr. Stephens took such disparaginglittle things about the hotel that are ler bought one section, and have hoof
ronnu•ks as evidence of smallness of missed. The absence of a group of it moved to the North road.
character, for he well knew and people was tit first noticeable. How The bungalows and cottages have
worked to maintain the excellence of many Southolders,leaving some friend I;aken a heavy toll of summer hoard-
the food he served. IIe was much in- at the corner, have leaned against or ars, and the hotel had to sufrer. It
forested in racing and was of familar sat on that pipe fence for a last chat? had served its day, and a full-to-OIL-
figure at the Oak Lawn rare truck. How, at 'first, we missed seeing Mr. hrim day it was, too. A newer and
d Mrs. IIoinkis, taking
From herd Mr. Stephens went to anan evening bigger building will take its place,
stroll on the long porches and Chose
Northport and died Abram after. Mrs, and we are glad, for it is lest for a
white rabbits—how many children
SLcyhens' brother, Abram R.eiC, man- town to progress, and what is Vest fir
have looked at them on the hotel lawn
aged Lhn hotel during this lima lie � the Umvn is scot for every individual
and wondered how long it would be
was succeeded s l Charles in IIregon. in it. So, ed long as the hotel, which
Before they were old enough to dare
bury, who is now living in Oregon. has it so north happiness in its
After a few ,years, Mrs, Stephens, to go bis a the lawn and see if Chose (lay had to go, we arc glad that its
rabbits were really and truly alive.
who in the meantime had married a place is to be taken by a new savings
As the grasses grew fang, and its
I or Sands, returned I n take charge smile that will reflect credit on
g i more and more of the building went,
of the, hotel. They continued to own Southold in the Years to come.
ve
it. until it was sold to Theodore I-lo!n- we ere the
hardly belhad that this was -
where the old hotel her stood so Tong.
>t I kis, the last Po'oprictor' R is still "hotel corner," though, and
Under Mr. Itoillhis many changes it probably will be until this genera-I tt n
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and iml,rnvemcats were made the tion has passed on. An Old house Near The Landing
hotel. New windows were added to The funny happenings•s CUcrc have �` l? , 1;,.l
make the rooms lighter, and.to give y. Pt 6 As a kietorfc old house Is soon to be
furnished. umly an evening's entm�
them better ventilation. Mr. Hoinkis moved from its present site on the
Inough t to those who were who
lnew
had the roofs repaired, and Che proems. enough to hear some one who Imew North Road to one facing Peconic Bey,i
rodccoraLed. The old heating system them intimately when he was "wound near the spot where the Bret settlers
I gave way to in nioolern; steam-heat- up" Oscar Wells knows, even Corday, landed in 3outhold,a few Pacts relating
pro plant. The pawns were greatly fir- C1mu .f
gh of them ' m• a book ....A. to its history will be of interest to our
proved and the "hotel barge" put out. Sleepy Proprietor, a late hour, and a
Miss and til Better was installed lI sud(Icn inspiration! Then one man readers.
cool: and Che fame of the Southold was locked in for the night. Or the The house.was built first by Benja-
hoCcl dinners was uphclr' barroom tap was mysteriously turned min and Nathaniel Boisaeau on the lot
Many persons who now own bunga- on, and not a soul knew who did R. now owned by Geo. A, Maier on Main
lows and summer homes here were Horses were hitched to-someone else's St. It was moved to.its present site in
given their first taste of Southold wagon, and loads were exchanged, 1829, by forty yokwof oxen. In 1846, a
whom Lhey c(:mc as boarders. Of substituted, or entirely created. One halbetor was added. In 1892, Henry
roe roc as the number of home own- man who had left his rig outside, Y
en grow, the number of boarders ole- came out to find that it was gone.. Carpenter Prince, whose father, and
creased. The Southold hotel, like so When he arrived home the horse was grandfather lived in the house before
faulty others, felt this. Mr. and, Mrs. there, but,the wagon—was not. Next him, remodelled the dwelling as it is
TIoinlria gave tip the active manage- moPnmg as the freight.was about to today in its general lines, with the ex-
ment of the, hotel, and built, their pull west, the wagon was found in an
pretty bungalow all the part of the.,box car. Of course, the fairies put caption of a gable that hue been eltmi-
property that faced Railroad avenue, it theio, Another ...an had rather a nated from the center of the roof. In
A part of the Int, building was fixed a
habit of finding his wagon roosting 1910, the house with farm was pur-
as an apartment and rented, and a peacefully in an apple Crcc when he, chased by Thames J. Phillipe of Brook-
few rooms were kept ready for the came out: That of course,flew thm'e. 1 n, the. resent owner. Mr: Phillipe
regular guests who had stayed at the,Several then young holies who now Y P
hotel, winter and sem mer, for many are probably raving about the young- has added.many improvements to this
m• generation are Positively ignorant, old home and made it the centre of
oyears, But tile place. was no longer of who it was that made a mei of beautiful grounds on the Nortb
pen to boarders, and when the South- corn stalks, and pushed him into the
old Savings Bank wished Co buy the Road. He will continue to occupy
p si Cc fm• their new building, Mr. Iloin- livery stable "hangout" f the rear
kis sold it to them, of the hotel propertye If the hotel b as his residence after ii has
could have talked, there isn't, a doubt been moved to its new efts fronting on
The bank wisher) to clear the land, but that it great deal of local parental Peconic Bay.
so almost immediately took steps to authority would be forever lost. Only a house built as they built"'in
get, the building out of the way. Thr! Every pant of the building has been those days" could stand two trips f
furniture was first sold at auction,' utilized in some way. Ono, suction
one of the biggest sales, as far asi was taken by Mover Charles Gordon across-the Nortb Fork of the Island.
quantity is concerned, that there hasto the Int east of Heavy Van Wyck's„ We congratulate Me, Phillips on his
ever been in Southold. In the course where it is being made into it home good taste and good courage in pre-
of the wrecking, one thing was found for renting or for sale fly Con.Craetor serving the old house and in bringing it
that would certainly seen to Prove Coorge Smith. Another part was
thamoved Co Cottage pIFIL`L' and was con-
t what we hear about the 'low back to whet seems more its native at-
I
prices in the old (lays" may not be ex- vurted by J. L. Thompson into a house MOO
phre—amid surroundings .not fare
actly true. A slip of paper was tacked for John P. Carroll. Much of: the. from the landing place of the first set-
to an,old partition, and on it were the building was sold by Fred P. Booth, tlers who carve to Southold in I640. It
words "Oilcloth-72 cents a yard." wino bought it to wreck, to his son, will be a home-coming to the house, eel
New we can buy two ,yards for the willlam Booth. The material hex
J auune price, and it is sold in better been used by hurry Goldsmith to well as—some day—to its.occupants,
variety and as good a quality as it build it rharaning bonito for the lathe ,
was then. Other little things.of in- h1r. Booth on Cottage place.. A small
terest were being uncovered tontine- part of the building was sold to Muss,
ally while the wrecking was going on. Miry Purcell, and has been mole into
There are so many simple, intimate (I_garage. Thomas and Edward But-_
Soug,T old Hotel
Described 'i•hh hotel 5was0t; a partner:hlb dur'-
SN 1(4,x' L+ t1 0. A �9 �rule lila early 50';. William Albortsmn.
-,&a p r.,7G1[. 1:'and William Rython owned shares. At
_3o,19z,4By First Proprietor's he end of three yeays they sold out.
d"" to Wells, who Contimmd to be sole
-- owner for about 15 yeays.
?-`hear-Old Brooklynite Gives'Vivid Picture of Life at Old Amon;; the distinguished ,meet,
Whose name.= appear on the records
E taltlpal3nT�eclt— �1`Illltam7 Wells Trantiacted Business for arc Olivor Charlic6_, an owner of tine
fEntirc Yown--44any Noted Persons Were Guests Long Island Railroad from 1860 to
IS70; result L. Judd, Nathaniel Hub-
haul, John '[ '. Moore, 16tilli:un
lvw pertim. (mamba 1,11P South against liquor. Ile, would neve ,ell
BIC(1, New Titp; merchants; J Wick-
old It tel u, rl.unatciv .as Walter A. mtaxi( alit(, (116111 flow much lura ham Care, e vuunty elevk of Suf.-
\Yrll .12, a ulcuf. ol. Lliooklyn I:titltin Caused may a uli]y hr. xcn In doth Neile Dew, famous temperance
Ill-
was Mx. Wells lal.hcr who kept Uv 101ose dans lic.er old at a proht .tl- advocate and ltctmer in the 40's;
Iatnous old hrstchy until 1$08. De-;though 110 Act lilted the [incl 1)r. Arbon AT. Sweet, Dr. Wil-
:pate the 1'u.t that he tallied 'boat prim. Ilam Il'. Van Miter, Dr. T. L. Ire-
occtutouxs of 80 years ago, his ran The tniukecpen took gnaun tit �x heat ]and, and Jacob A. Applcv, of Now
versation had brilliance and eollr;'Change- 7{,. rr,pl grocerI fit sNuge
torc•.hes. ur bath y lir .tit til( ho LOI was � huge � 7IIot .john DI onee eovernor of the
Talking with this gentleman wa;,storshou c. where ha lvuI 1Sn'.un until ht le was <nh rt.lined at Lhe hotel,
7ilee viiitint tic hotel itself, Seated at the pia( rvenu up. Iartle,s would
the window of hi daughter's s aPntb'
drive to the stove with foods,excha°g •as were Ptanl. Nash, a MUST( teacher,
inert, 2216 t Tamer place, he le Ing than Wc11s t.odea Goad Lhc New WI'Lant Banning, noted utiaU, and
called funny things that took place. Yot'Ic mat7cet. Sde one else in easter" t. ur11031011,- ge11031011, the builder.
Ti sense of humor. Long Island kept in elosrr touch with
t'. Wells his a keen
The same c•Ita rxeteristic is sfarmers earned the
shown in quotations anal snlli"g conditions. The
ir living frmn
his poem'. Oil his UOLh bivthd'Y he wheat, anal baC k, ; potaLoos and i A 100-Ion schooner was built at
wrote ' I've 17ad My Share;' a rlc- uli(lewer I . "till r:tic. Southold in 18A6 The live oak for keel
rightful satire ultun John ] ca
Barleycorn Bee2u Sout.hoM 'row mo L of its 'and timbers was cut In tonally woods.
till(] Um prohibition anxtablient.
Ilutil he ullerud from lanmll"s l�nereeslL r Irtpn Lh reul.ral store, The vessel was launched in 1881, towed
few veru•:: ago I:hc. formol pal of Ben- gtent Ie pnnIihi]il e ar plaved upon
Ile sIjIIful nm r_hml who w tail as to Greeepurt, and rigged in he ehip-
1,unm tive. n tux] e floury go 1 iutce:middlenr w to"wocn .xnthold ed die-�, yard of Capt. Benjamin Wells by Buse
was active. NOty he muse go '(nand tant counmuiUes. Nathan Kendrick. The vessel was
on crutches. Itis mind is very alert.' ` ht nrldil.ioo to being a hist-ekes named she "Swallow," and was used
Ile proised an article in Tar'
COUNTY RPv1IDw, written by Helen i l or I till tidally Ile laut"Iu•ing Linco I as l'd� as a packet, carrying whale oil, brought
Thompson. Then he told additional] I 1 y
unutistr11iun he was n'med pIll's os- 'tt b Greenport whale ships, from
ter. ➢Ieanwhile the halal served as x Greenport to New 1 oak merkeCe.
tailor shop. Wort: was let ouC annong After many years' service the "swsl-
housewives, eager• tO obtain extra low" was sold, dismantled and con-
ntoney shoring the lean ,yr•at : ni' the! vinto a barge, %3-(�
Civil War. Thele was n b'rber shop _eefted __. _
in tile hofcl.
Discus ion:,, both vaned and anus-
• rug, i aged ben( d.h the watchful
y5, guidanceV1,111 of [Or. 11Is 'n`he btnghCrst
light; Lilco euloyed ( a."c Proal whale
oil. li.croscnu• was Unknown fur
leunps.
Mesmm•iam rad spi eil;uaHum tool:
the nation by storm nhout 1850. South-
old Hotel hccann• the uceue or warm
f debates. Liam time to Cine a
stratgm. arrived to tle-mn❑ tt tic his
shirt. Rnlun, wcyV sure to he cxpuscd
when Unc "gate q" utspecled how tvicks
worked. Before long everyone in the
village—whorc Imputation totalled 8oi
or 1,000—hirew the stunt, making it
Ihv1LT1';'ll A. 11I necessary for .the hypnoCiat to go
: elsewhere.
f m 1's--for the most pate regarding I People ti avelhnl front (utchoguc
life at the hotel under' Itis father•, to fdlceup(tt uscrl she hotel. For bills
'William 11 Wells. reason marry stopper] overnight. In
Nowt that; the old landmark had 7891 the train from Now York ,rout'-I
gone brought disappoinUncng to Mr. �no•ye-d not to Greenport, One trip
Wells, but the sorrowful lnolc vanished cath day in uuu direction vr.:m all it
. elogiffel
when happenings o1' long ago Came to could
sttl I ndiling, piloted his allocomotive
nu n<I
At lust till' hotel was t Lore leo btead tot lr�ual.Yarl
1Thc LlW rod wauldserve(Iil stop�
11 18.6 utp nf, rouhlbe,patch au rl
'Train foul.elvapeshLO i,tll dross." Wll aur of(ling to to MI.1 17ell air]" ( tow Islip,
Ikon It. Wnlh r11fole d One rule
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Events
g ® �J While nature's ills destroy—like moth,
Southold Events ®! Q® Years Ago The 'human frame that God sup-
Narrated R a Former Resident
plied.
ByNo more he sees God's beauteous way,
'Gaze on his beauties ever more
How the Wells FamilyBuilt a Schooner Which Made Strange When vision fails him, day in day,
>� No hope for him, is then in store,
Voyages in 1851—Told by a Ninety-One-Year-Old Why should he mariner, when God
Brooklyn Man. / �) 2 calls,
And speaks in gentle, loving tone,
(Special to the Count Review returned to New York. Thee he "Abide-in me; lie says to all,
1 Y � . 'readily disposed of it, retaining about When man forsakes, his earthly
By Walter A. Wella three barrels of sweet IIavana oranges, home.
Id 1845 on a lot adjacent to the —loose—in an improvised eompart-1
eastern :shore of Town Creel., John C. ment on (leek. The writer sampledl
Wells, it merchant of Southold, began them and found them excellent in Two presidents—Harding and Coal-
the construction of u' schooner of sweetness, flavor, size and condition. idge—have written to Mr. Wells
about one hundred tons capacity. The The fruit that remained was readily thanking him for tributes the latter
Limber was oak cut in his own and sold to merchants fn New York. paid them. As a writer of acrostics
yhis brother Abner Wells' woods and In the following, November lie re- Southold's former resident lilts quite
not until nearly two years later was calved all order from a wholesale a reputation. We are glad to publish
the keel laid, in September, 1.848. fruit dealer to go to IIavanafor a the following poem, addressed to
Work progressed slowly that au- load of assorted tropical fruit,-for the President Coolidge:
tumn on account of the scarcity of appiroaching holiday trade. life To-
ship carpenters. The latter were turned. to Nev York early in De- ACROSTIC
busy ort whaleships at Greenport, pre- cember, iC—alvin? our Nation's hope, look
purring them for their voyages to ' Early in 1859 he left New York with hard it science rules,
Southern seas. The only carpenters alight,load.of northern produce, and A—int at that knowledge, .taught in
available were George Booth and general merchandise for Charleston, higher schools,
James Winters, the former a mechanic S.'C. 'Ile never returned. trend your attention to our Nation's
of exceptional ability. When the keel The mate and crew came back late cause,
was finished it looked as if it had 'in February, with the schooner and V—irtuc, an asset to all our human
been made smooth with a plane. Iu- 'reported Mr. Wells' death. Jaws,
stead, it was chopped into shape by "While we were unloading cargo," I—n life's short journey, procure a
"Uncle" George with his broadaxe., they said, Captain Wells was taken lifelong lease,
Mr. Booth was associated for ninny ill. We called a physician. He said,,N—ote every day a vow, fo•.everlast-
•years with J. Harvey Smith, a furor- the captain had malarial fever. Cap ing peace.
tura maker. tain Wells ordered us to finish unload.
Mr. Wells contracted a severe cold ing. and sail for New York. On the, C—ool courage in your ever daily
which led to pneanonia and death on second day of our voyage our leader I life,
December 28, 1850, William I-I. Wells, was delirious much of the time. That',0—n all occasions 'exert your every
a brother, also a merchant, was up. night he evaded our watchful care strife,
Nonrated administrate• of the estate, land leaped overboard. The schooner 0—ur Vation, needs your wisdom
ill ,continued the construction. -was 'hove to',a boat was launched and every hour,
The troll work was forged by Robort every effort made to recover him— L-e et not vain glory be your ruling
Noreutt in his shop ml IIarbor lane, without success." power;
a short distance front the main.road. The owners sold the vessel to New I—n daily prayers our blessings go
The schooner was launched fn May, Yorkers. She was dismantled and to you,
1851, Lowed to Greenport by the sloop converted into a coal'barge. D—o justice to all mankind—not a l
"Swallow," Captain Benjamin Wells, few—
and rigged by Boss Nathan ICendrick. G—od in 'his wisdom, rewards the
The ship'spennant was made by Mrs. Mr. Walter A. Wells, author of the just,
Roxanne Merrill with "Wells" in the above article, was 'born in Southold:1's
—act one receives his portion—a
center. On her maiden voyage she He is a nephew of the William I1. lifelong trust.
set out.from Greenport with a load Wells mentioned. At the gage of nine-
of
ine of whale- oil, lin command of Captain ty-one years the author now resides
W. Watson Overton and consigned to in Brooklyn:
Daniel T. Willets and company of Recently Mr. Wells sent the follow-
New York City. ing poen, to Mrs. Susan Sulmon,
The newly launched craft remained wheat he used to know when he lived
in the coasting trade for several years •in Southold.
under Captains Overton,Thomas, Ben-nett and others. In 1858 J. Calvin -
Wells, nephew of the first builder, t. DESTINY OF MAN
took command. His first freight from
New York was a mixed cargo of gen- 13Y W kLTma A. Weems
oral merchandise, including fifty can- (Age 91, formm•ly of Southold)
vas bags of "Uncle Sam's 4cppper Mans early days, fly swiftly past,
pennies from the sub-treasury in New As Ile unrolls,the chart of life.
York to the United States mint in }yhile months and years—that can-
Philadelphia, to be recoined into our not last—
present one-cent pieces. They were
stowed on each sills of the keel, nolo- ;Records the span of human strife,
ing good ballast. Time with its scythe, cuts.:wide its
After. leaving Philadelphia lie pro- swathe.
ceeded to Havana, Cuba, where Ire As •a o creeps inn, with stealthy
procured a cargo of tropical fruit and j stag
g",
and library buildings—not a village is C
Cahoon Memoritil Library New ts
with pride ato the three.nd is Southold wtill It ith
its New England nneestry and tastes,
r
r
has not expressed itself fully in regard
to the last.
Would the day ever come, when we
should see in our historic village, a lit-
tle back, a little up (as Libraries are
placed), out of the noise and rush, a
Sire-proof building of classic lines, suit-
ad in every way to books and reading,
study and research? We aro to Bee
just this. The dream has, or is to,
t ' come true l Judge then of the joy and
t I �- . `�� gratitude of our people an we write
,..r..�.. this. No site in all Southold. Town
could be better suited for a library,and
no building, if specialty designed, could
q satisfy tastes or needs better than the��
a tine, well built structure that crowns
thin site, Bud to which we have always
pointed with pride.
The daughter of 1118 father and
mother who, when here, cheered us
by their presence bud helped us by
Southold hoe worked hard far every
their means along every rough road
-- that led to better bhinge, saw the
improvement that has marked its slow moment had come when
but sure progress, but now it is the a
psychological
recipient of a gift—and such a giftIIt r the Savings Sank property was offered
is as if the clouds had parted and "out' for sale, to continue their good work.
In bestowing this ideal site and build-
of the clear blue," the blessing most " " ing upon the village, Mrs. B:ioth bas
desired had descended upon a people done an ideal act. She has perpetu•.
whose tastes are always exceeding their ated the memory of her parents in a
means. Great was the,joy that went d manner that would he as. pleasing to
through our village late last Thursday
h Ehem se it is to us, because of
afternoon, when It was rumored that r."° %� the imperishable good that, throughout
the building that has hauseB the South- �?, the years to come, moat result from
old Savings Bank for thirty-four it ,tip a,.,,
the beautiful structure that will be
years—with its splendid Bite—bed been � �'' �i` �' � � � known ae the Cahoon Memorial Libra-
purchased for library purposes by Mre,
Edna Caieon Booth as a memorial to -1,--- _.. p -
her`i'iihcr and mother, Mr. and Mrs.. i I Southold Sad,*
EdwarUFebruary-ll. Cahoon, The rumor, now, Ble of 19th
line been confirmed as a fact. I
The Brooklyn E¢
Me, Cahoon at the time of hie death l bad a very comprehensive end finely
was president of the Board of Trusteeswritten article on the Southold Savings
of the Southold Public Library. This I Bank, by the East End repre-
was an institution in which be w ill needs; and then how this tan N core- Il eentatiYe, L. C. Austin, of Riverhead,
much interested. In Pact, if we will rpyyppp p. CAN.00_N We take pleasure In quoting facts as
turn to the Foreword of the "276th An P
niversery Celebration Book," we may I binalion and
also, in fact, never made follows;
learn that it was the need of funds for p strong appeal to those most
interest' A little group of individuals held n
the littla Library that first drew a ad in the Library. meeting at the Southold Academy on
group of people together in 1916, under The dream oP these latter—a far- Nov, 4th, 1867, to take into considers
present president of the Board, Dr. , off, extravagant, unexpressed heart's tion the propriety of establishing a
J. W. Stokes, and then led Mr. Cahoon' desire—hae been that some day, even savings bank in the Town of Southold.
to act as chairman of the Celebration.I Southold might
have a building set The question was fully discussed end
We all recall, however, as we all work- apart,—dedicated solely to Library resulted in a unanimous resolution that
ed under Mr, Cahoon'a inspiring leader- purposes. The atmosphere of a Library it was expedient to establish the land
and of a Town Hail have nothing in There was not a bank on Long Isis the
intohow the original purpose faded common, They will not, cannot, mix outside of Brooklyn at that time,
to Lha larger plan, to raise footle For in the real sense of the word. The Hall men of Southold were pioneers in the
a new 13411 that should house, Possibly, we must have, but a Library build banking field. To establish a savings
a library, as well as meet other village bank is 1867 s epoctal,act of the Legis_
- - ing=did we need it? Church, school, -
future wan needed. This was done end I I none of the deposits put ID by the true and the last to leave. He is as "spry
the act of incorporation of the South•
to
could be withdrown until the as a cricket"and as keen an they make
old Savings Bank' became a law on time. It was not until January, 1861 'em, Every bit of the bank's big buei-
April 7, 1868. The then Superintendent that the bank felt that it visa sufflcl Daae today is at his finger tips. He
of Banks opposed the giving of the ontly on its feet to pay back to thq personally travels all over Long Island
charter, as he said in effect "that it I trustees their loans of$12 each. inspecting property on which the bank
would be impossible to make a bank go 'During the first six months the bank Imakes loans, and in between times he
in an agricultural section." took in 77 deposits, aggregating $9,'l has the time also to be one of the fore-
The first committee appointed to 1671.27, with$2,400.63 withdrawn. The most citizens in the village, engaging
boost the plan of organizing the bank 1 earnings were sufficient to pay interest,iD all of its pursuits, and providing lib-1
consisted of John S. Howell, Albert at 6 per cent, and leave a surplus of orally for charity. He is hulled asone
Albertson and William H. Wella, The $8.68, No salaries were paid until Jan-'of the remarkable men, and one of the
original incorporators were Joseph Al- uary, 1860, when it was voted to pay most honored and esteemed In IhIa aec-
bertson, Hutchinson H. Case, dioses C. Henry Huntting, the hard working tion. He has been a trusteeof the
Cleveland, Thomas J. Conklin, Nathan- treasurer, $60 for his services for the i bank for 41 years, longer than any oth-.
iel Corwin, P zra L. Goldsmith Jere• year of 1869, he also having furnished
er person in the history of the inetitu-
miah Goldsmith, Joseph H. Goldsmith,The room, rent, heat, furniture and tion. In quite a sense the bank is Mr.
Rensselaer T. Goldsmith, David L,Hor. such things. The bank's expense,for Huntting's bank, He watched it grow'
tfia, looter E. Horton, John S. Howell, the first six months were$86.37. in his father'shouse from .swaddling
Henry Huntting, Alvah S. Mulford Following 1860 the bank began to
clothes to no Institution on sturdy lege,'
Franklin H, Overton, Israel Peck,Hen- grow more rapidly, and on April 12th, and he has been a big part of it ever)
ry Pike, Ira B. Tuthill, William H, 1861, the treasurer moved to the resi• since.
Wells, Theron B. Worth, Henry H. dence of Jonathan W. Huntting,anoth. The president of the institution is
Terry. er brother, taking the bank with him. Henry W. Prince, He he
the fifth
On May 4th, 1868, the Bank was for. Fiore life rooms were on the ground since the bank started and has nerved
orally organized at a meeting hold at floor and much better located. In 1890 since 1914. The other presidents were
the residence of William H. Wella: the bank purchased a lot and began the R, T. Goldsmith, Barnahoe H. Booth,
j Rensselaer T. Goklamith,a retired New erection of a home of its own; Be dur• Jonathan B. Terry and Silas F. Over.
York morchant, the wealthiest man in ing all of its history It has occupied ton.
these parte, was made president, and only three homes. In the early days — -
Lawyer Joseph H. Goldsmith,attorney- people deposited their money with the THE RIVERHEAD � ,
I>fLVQs
Lawyer Goldsmith wa@ given the honor bank by simply handing it to the tress- RIVDIRHEAD,_ N. Y„
MAR. 28 in.,,
of: opening account No. 1 in the bank. urer wherever he might he, even out in SECRETARY
Be put in$60. Account No. 2 went to farming field—tbey bad explicit confi.
Jesse G. Case, who put in $100, The dence in him as to his integrity, ability
OF
bank had thirteen accounts on the and honesty. In those d*s, too, sub- SAVINGS BANK
opening day—a total of $264. Not a staniially all banking had to be done in y Q
very big beginning, but apparently a person—the mail was seldom used, To.
ffiRESIGNS AT U
most sufficient one, for that$264 has day the bank has over 8,400 depositors e a
grown so steadily that the total re- In every state of the Union, and nearly
all the business in done by mail.
sources now exceed$8,100,000. I
The opening day of the institution The treasurer of the bank Is the, H, Howard HanttiD• of Southold to
was on July 6th, 1868. The banking ranking official. This bank has had but, 6
house was the little second story back two during all of Its history, Henry'. Be Succeeded April 1 by Fred.
room occupied by the man selected to Huntting, and H, Howard Huntting, a''. crick R. Terry
act as treasurer, Henry Huntting, in nephew of the former. H. Howard)
the home of his brother, Edward Hunt- ;Huntting has been connected with the! H. Howard Iluntting, secretary.
ting. On June 8th the trustees had 'bank since 1881. He was a depot meet-', treasurer of the old and well known
signed an agreement to put in each$12 er, getting $66 per month, when hie! Southold Savings Bank for the past
as a fund for the purchase of a safe Uncle Henry carve to him. , "Howard, thirty-three years, has resigned, his
and books and all other expenses. No I've got to have help In the banlf,". resignation to take street on Mer. 31,
any salary. in fact, was his brief way of stating hie errand. This information came as a sur-
ono was tthe bank o o have e a of just one man, ,I was getting $66 per month and Un- prise to the people of Eastern Long
Henry Huntting, the treasurer, who cle Henry offered me only$60 to go to Island, among whom Mr. Iluntting is
opened the institution from 1 to 8; work In the bank,but finally I accepted'. so well and favorably known as a
o'clock each Saturday. It was he who I it, more to help him out than anything', banker and good citizen. No one,
as
tside of the. bank ft�
worked en candle light in making the months behind in his bankse, for I discovered he
work reI self, had)any uI deo that Mr. Huntting
proper entries, , loaning the money, straightened it out finally, but I didn't was contemplating laying down the
who built the fire,e, swept out, washed i
don
the windows,and so forth, And neither observe union hours g It," active government of that -big insti-
were the trustees to have'any Interest Mr. Huntting became the treasurer l tution—an institution of which he has
on their own money until theearnings in 1891, and although now 80 years old!been a most important Part for such
a Ion period.
of the bank were sufficient to pay first he is still most active, physically s'i'n. Altglough the Southold Savings
P Y y
and mentally. He is the first at the tr
all depositors et least 6 per cent„ ..__. ,Bank is an old Institution it neva has!
i
"7
cighly years of age, feels that it in I SOUTHOLD SAVINGS BANK
had but two secretaries or treasurers'
time for, someone else Co direct the
in all of its history, the present Mr. !affairs of the institution, hence his Southold, N. Y., March 20, 1924
Huntting and his undo, whom he sue- „esignation, wMch will go into effect, H. Howard Hunttin who has been
ceeded. nt to quite n large degree March n:,t. Mr. Knotting will: how- � connected with this Savings Bank for
the present Mr, Huntting• has helped l'"
the Dank to grow from very small he-!,e4i4i' re"-'"in with the .P,anh as Trus- forty-three years—as a Trustee, As-
gimnings to its present high position I lecat d m`tuber of the Fiance Com- sistant Treasurer, Secretary-Treas-
Iui the banking world. In one sense Duting ,he forty threr, yea:s mer (33 years), and Vice President
,it has been "his bank." I or ;.,iicc lilac hr has vis n lo the (10 years), and who has reached the
His place will now be taken by n'i Ct of h has aided it to rot"I age of 80 years, feeling himself no
taken b Frederick B. Teri likewise Lito r the bcjt known ar g; longer able to perform the duties con-
a most by
anti efficient banker,�banl`� m ;.bc State. I nected with the offices of Vice Presi-
who has been with the bank for nine To 1 l '�i . pos tons las n vlt +a-I dent and Secretary-Treasurer to his
teen years. G Miles, M D. satisfaction, today resigned both
Mr. Tinntting has reached his 80th, r ,utl n Si of Vioffices ce " r ate. these oces and his resignation was
year. He feels that it is now time for `li ' i.' 1 .: had held iur r i of ,e accepted by the Board of Trustees at
someone else to take over the active, ` i ` t ' } a of his eon m o,� their regular meeting, to take effect
government of the �banl:—hence his i t'' "" _ ' T i% c,^ 1"i!,,
j at the close of business March 31,
resignation. He has also resigned as vb Ti„ ,u--r,l;. lion rn ,rpb Ft1!-; 1924. Mr. Hmrtting will remain with
vice president but retains his posi 10d'lc ^"1"' has been a Trustee fort the Bank as a Trustee and as a mem-
tion as trustee. Iie ltas been con i tt'�'"i =a-, ordain - .Yj her of its Finance Committee,
nected with the bauk for forty-three t.; L ,..i. b.n,; Co,umit,ee for eb..,.a To fill the positions thus made va-
years, thirty-three of which in an of-1 yell teras eleeCed as Second 'Vire cant, Clarence C. Miles, M. D., was
ficial capacity. A:r :idl ,� r r dot Ii, 'n:,i,� i t ,I promoted from Second Vice Presi-
During the 43 years of service that ba, 00611on octal villi the F f ,pr! dent, which office lie had held for ten
he has given to the institution he has an 1 ,s*,-
,; of the thirty-two years of his eonnee-
seen the amount due depositors grow Tr a.11;Ate1: for tliirs::en years and n tion with the Bank as a Trustee, to
from $899,836.39 to $6,762,066.39, an I Trustee for ten years, was ehated f'ir'st Vice President.
increase of $5,862,230; the surplus Israel P 7 - ' Ron. Joseph N. Hallock, who has
has grown from $109,772,63 to $1 I_vlio h•i been con ct J with the i n k been a Trustee for twenty-four years,
337,944.66, an increase of $1,228,172.. for t:i y iii t 5 elected a„ A tt❑i, slid a member of its Examining Com-
13; the number of open accounts has Treasr .e mitcee fcr eleven years, was elected
increased 6,025; the mortgages held, .. ----- - --- ns uecrnd Vice President.
by the bank have increased $4,753,-; I Frederick K. Terry, who has been
766. During, 1880 the total deposits;' connected with the Bank for nine-
were $124,674,19, while during last' THP COUNTY REVIEW, PRIDAY, teen years—as tun Assistant Tress-!
year they were $1,117,83860. ------ __._.__. urer for thirteen years and a Trustee
Very small salaries were paid MARCH 28 ]924, - for ten years, .was elected Sedn•etary-
when Mr. Iinatting first became the ------ Treasurer.
head of the institution; the year's to- SOUTHOLD BANKER'RETIRES Israel P. Terry, who has been con-
tal back in 1880 was only $1,250 and nected --with the Bank for six years,
the other expenses that year were; AFTER 43 YEARS' SERVICE was elected an Assistant Treasurer.
$1,613.23, while for the year 1923 the; Commencing April 1, 1924, the of-
$1,sed61 es paid le for th to $20,070 and' Henry II, Huntting, who has ten- Iflcei•s of the Bank will be:
tiered his resignation as first vice- l HenryW. Prince, President.
the other expenses to $23,162.30.
During the 43 years Mr. Hpnttin,g president and secretary-treasurer of Clarence C, Miles, M. D„ First Vice
has managed the bank there was to. the Southold Savings Bank, after be. President.
delved from depositors the total slim ing actively identified with that in. Her. Joseph N. Hallock, Second
of $22,633,839.20; wait] to depositors,�I stltutlon for 43 years, has long been Vice President.
$22,132,799.21; and during the same recognized as one of the leading bank- I Frederick K. Terry, Secretary-
period the depositors were credited ers and most substantial business Treasurer.
with interest reaching a total of $6, men and citizens in Suffolk county. Rensselaer G. Terry, Assistant
358,883.26, Mr, Huntting's resignation takes elf. Treasurer.
Dr. Clarence C. Miles of Greenport, feet on March 31, !He will be sue- Israel P. Terry, Assistant Tress-
connected with the bank for 32 years, ceeded as secretary-treasurer by urer,
has been elected first vice president 'Fred K. Terry, who has-been his able Henry W. Prince, President.
to succred Mr, hiunttingg former assistant for many years, Dr, Clar- I
Assemblyman Joseph N. BIallock, ence.G. Miles, of •Greenport, who has
connected with the bank for 24 years, been connected with the ba;* for 32 Corn r•Stone of fll h School
becomes second vice president; and years, has been elected as first vice- , > �, f y
P. Terry, connected with the Pi'esidelit to succeed )It-. Huntting, TheCorner•Stona of tnOnew add!-
Israelba k for six years, has been promot- and former Assemblyman Joseph N. tion to the High School building was
ell ,to become ,in assistant treasurer, Hallock, who has been connected with
another the institution for 24 years, has been
11nid with appropriate ceremonies on
meats SUFFOLK TIMES inade second vice-resident. Israel P. I Wednesday afternoon. The program
f x0: reau- I
Terry has been promoted er the posi•
FRID7�-Y;-MARCH 28t 924• tion of assistant treasurer, was given in the open, on n temporary
:During• tine 43 years Mr. Huntting• Platform, erected near the atone to be
p i t^' lt° n has been connected with the bank the laid, Frederick K. Teri resident of
HUNT INN RESIGNS AS amount due depositors has grown the Board of Education, presided. Her-
I L IEAD OF SOUTHOLD BANK front.$899,836.39 to $6,762,066,39. The bert W. Wells led in the singing of
_ total received :from depositors during-
that
patriotic songs. Rev. Abram Conklin
! H. Iioward Huntting of Southold, that Period has been t$22,638,839.20,f of the Universalist church o(£ored
and the total amount paid to deposit-
•who has been connected with tine ors, 1$222132,7M.21. A total of $5,- a brief prayer. It embodied ideals in
Soathold Savings Bank for with. 1368 883,25 in interest has been cred- character-building -that made us give
three years, serving as Trustee, As-lited to depositors during the 43 parse and think of. the obligations we
' sista it Treasurer, Secretary-Treasur-.year.g. Sir. Huntting, who is 80 years
er and Vice President; resigned his old,has Consented to Continue to serve i were under in maintaining the school,
office last week. PIr, Iiinrttiug, who is ns a trustee of the bank. _ _William H. Terry, for a quarter of o
C;
the L. I. R. R., the latter entirelyi
century connected with the Board of I first floor contains two class rooms, through the efforts of the Ladies' Vil-.
ICducation as secretary, made the open. 2208; supply room, 10x12, and Princi- logo Improvement Society; the exec
ing address. His statements were pal's office, 12x14. The second floor ,tion of the stone gateway by the same
brief, very much to the point, and very contains four class rooms, 28x22; and, Society; the long period of waiting for
interosting. There was much of hu- teachers' room, 12x14. The auditorium improvements, until the catastrophe of
mor in the incidents recalled. Old-I and gymnasium are 66x38, with atnge, the burning of the old wharf house,led
timers know Mr. Terry's love of com-II 19x11, and bleacher space, 14x66. The to an awakening that resulted in the.
edy and were not surprised to hear him', auditorium will seat 400 people, and it building of the new park house.] The
read solemnly at the close the funny I is hoped to make it a community cen-I Commissioner's words were heard with
poem on Freddie's finished education. ter. The entire school building will be�much interest.
.Joseph N. Hallock, another old.tim heated and ventilated by a new °teat". Dr. R. J. Kant of Orient., with his
or, who hod served on the Board for heating plant. The addition, equipment;lnspiring presence and words, made
twenty-four year's and about half of and furnishings will cost approximately)Southold foal it was good to be in the.
that time as president, gave a ten- $76,000. front line and have a house dedicated
minute address. He glanced backward The members of the Board of Educa- in thin day and age to the noble cause
over the history of the school since his tion are: Frederick K, Terry, Presi-hof recreation. Right joyfully he put
connection with the Board and forward, door; Wm.L.Williams,Secretary; Geo.;the emphasis strongly on just that
Into the possibilities of the future with: 11. Dickerson, Thomas C. Fox, J. Leo;point—on which President Coolidge has
all the advantages to be offered with Thompson, Albert W. Albertson, and labored to place it—the absolute need
enlarged building and increased facil• Wm. A. Wells. Tooker& Marsh of N. of recreation and therefore the fitness
ities for education. Y. City are the architects. 0.L.Weid-.of having a house by the bay, opening
The conclusion left an the minds of man of N. Y. City is the contractor. J.,on three of its aides toward the water,
hearers who stood in the cold and lie- L. Stryker of Bridgeport, Ct„ is the where the townspeople are free to come
toned to the program, Brant have been'. superintendent. J. E. Corey of South-,and re-create and enjoy themselves,
that a $76,000 addition to the old school old is Clerk of the Works. The speaker did not forget the Insured
'building will pay, if from its doors got significance of Memorial Day and paid,
out upright, well trained men and worn- I Opening Day !
. , e' q t f ,grateful tribute to those who fell in
an and loyal American citizens. I " Opening Day" has had hot^one tho Natfon'n atruggles that we might[
The president of the Board gave an meaning of late to Southolders. I .,-enjoy what is our inheritance to-day,
Interesting statement of facts and fig• erybo(Iy here has known that on Mn Another note of joy wan shuck in
tires (given below and invited all cor• ythe Mnrionotte.lorformnnro of the af-
dially to inspect the building, under the 180th, the new community park house,tornoon and evening, especially with
guidance of J. E. Corey, Clerk of the "Feunlars' Landing," would be open.the children. Their dolls tied come to
Works. He then proceeded to the for- ed to the public. The weatherman life,—Little Red Riding lIead and the
reality of "laying the stone." Prophesied "rain on Friday," but wolf, the King'° Daughter and the
Rev. J. T. Langlois pronounced the neither Friday nor hie prophecy could Frog Prince were, after all, real. One
benediction, and the dedication of the 1C°BP nature from smiling on the event•child wept, but the laughter of the
new building to its important work ful day-8 cool, fitful smile, neverthe.children, if nothing else, was n delight
was completed. less, n amflo—and thin being granted, to all and made us feel We Marionettes
The Parent-Teachers' Association did the good time followed that deserves',paid for the pleasure they gave the
the graceful act at the close in Serving to go clown in the urinals of Southold children. Many grown-ups had long,
hot coffee. A delightful few minutes as one of her great gala days. wanted to see the manipulation of I
was passed in social chatin Mia
a Deale's The fact that the spot where the these puppets, that, worked in vnrious,
and Mies Kramer's rooms, both of founders loaded in 1640 in honored now ways, have been in existence as far!
which were charmingly decorated for not only by n beautiful stone gateway, back as history extends. 'Their little
the season,
but by a community building to which plays were all legendary and therefore The nathe gateway °pens, should cause a a little out of touch with inodarn life,
are: Nammeess of members of the Board of the Corner-Stone box thrill of pride m the hearts of South• but the child's mind loved them all the
o
of Education of 1923 and those retiring oIclAr•°' Anil it tines, judging'fCost the better for that very fact, and any one
this year; names of Advisory Commit- crowd that gathered in the little park intercnted in children or the drmmn,anw
tee, Wm. R, Newbold and•J. E. Corey; at the old WhntP, on Decoration Day, much to admire in the artistic pr°son.
names oP architect, contractor, super- The program was carried out to the talions—the lighting, simple sittings,
intendant, and clerk of the works;
letter, Mezzo's Band of Sag Harbor and ingenious devices for Rgoating
.Southold High School racalty; Gratin- were there on time, and, stationed be. reality fn what was exceedingly unreal
sting Claes, 1928; Close Book, 1023; tween Lha house and the water, their to most of as. Certainly Bufano's
Senior Class,to graduate in 1924; Boys'
p1°Y10$delighted the hearers and drove Marionettes were presents(] with skill
and Girls' Basket Ball teams; copied oP like n magnet down the roadways and ;and taste by the three artfats back (or
LONG ISLAND TRAVELER, one Going the lanea an audience that grew swiftly ht beneath) them.
size' 'I hen came the glad rush of the cliff-
276th Anniversary Number; Brooklyn P. W Korn, Chairman of the Park (Iron for the fish ponds that )led been
Eagle; Current Events Magazine; cam Commissioners, in hie usual cheerful stocked as endo were never before,
plea of work er school Pupils; program,mgnner, welcomed the crowd cordially, under the supervision of Mrs. Rich and
of laying cornerstone. 'referred briefly to the hfntor
The new addition to the satinet Is y and the 'Mrs. Moffat, Before Simple Simon in
Purchase 17 years ago, of•the park from full regalia could appear with life magic
60x00, with addition in the roar. Thal
v - ---
'fish.polq (ioatead of{yen), the fish, like the Rest Room and Pavilion; the Tues-.
"the whole,",' had been caught, and or more bright spoons with a makle /
day Club, under the direction of Mrs.
Which-
again he must go back to "hie moth- tray, either as a Iran or a gift. Which-
Cosden, purchased and made the dra- over it woe, the Spoons came at a me
erT pail." paries, cushions, etc.; the Southold
The only fault-finding herd was ho- meat when nothing was needed en much
Players donated the funds for building
cause the "eats" gave out. Not all in the fireplace and chimney. Donntions as spoons.
the commissary department would be- in the form of money and articles have Many of our generous people have
lieve that five hundred must be fed, been received sufficient thus far to reminded us that they were not called
Therefore, long before the Dance came meet all demands. A beginning leas upon for food for the Opening. To such
on, there was a shortage of provisions, been made now on furnishing the Mich_ we would say, "the end is not yet—
and there Seemed no way of restocking en, for a need was felt keenly on last your turn will come." It was hoped
easily. There was plenty of chowder, Friday, for dishes, knives, forks, and that only a small portion of our friends
beans and salads and candy, but danc-I Somme for special use at' the park would need to be asked on this occa-
ers demanded ice cream, cake, and house. Let a few critics say what they Sion.
sandwiches and these three latter had I will, the hearts of the people seem St- Once in a while somebody says South-
vanished.before dark. tuned.to the equipping of this play-
The dancing did not begin as early ¢e pe has too many societies,ea. Let that
house far the village qL Southold. It person attempt to issue a call for n
it usually dote in the country, but the
hour
will not be surprising if game society
hour lost at the beginning was doubled P g general get-together ea soma issue,
fi-
at the letter end. It was a fine, large; or individual sends word before next then ly will know.haw easily and ,the
we'll, "the furnishing of the dishes is ciantly he will gat the voice of the
orderly crowd that danced at the Open- townspeople by an appool to the lead-
ing Dull nt the new Pavilion until 3 a. to be our teak." Then "Founders'
m., and it is hoped tont every one to Landing" will be ready to maintain ing officers of every Society. Every
follow will he se
on and as well itself and to help in any civic Project (group becomes a unit for work.
managed. Ken O'Brion Is orchestra gave without inconvenience and unnecessary „Those claire I" 'those despised
splendid Satiafaetion, as it is said they wont, rat°fol Belmont HSI( choirs—their day of trf-
have the reputation of doing. Tlia is Ap concerned were deeply g "'ph has come—the much sought-af-
saying much, for the demand's of pies-I to Charles F. Kramer for his advirn and ter, longed-for, and even admired 1
ant day dancer,are beyond the under- cleft work in decorating the buildingth What a breach they filled on Opening.
standing of their• fothers and mothers, for the Opening. This was done with Day, when seats wore at a premium
S, ¢Iso may he Che demands for this, shill and n dainty touch, peculiarly his anonly standing-room was loft, Those
park house. However much the taste own. Sturdy old chairs, without a quaver in
of our young people may sometimes It was through the efforts of Wm `y
. ' thein, j,+iota, polished tvil.h ya¢re'
"act our tooth on edge," this is their Gagen, that Mazza's Band, so greatly wear—h•iw good,even beautifulin their
day and a mighty interesting one, too. enjoyed, was encored for the afternoon' linea they looked, as the truckload came
Let us live with ilei young people — up just in time 1 The new hall trustees
enough to lav°faith in them, to see ,file decorative lights on the parch, hove n hearty vote of thanks for the
things from their viewpoint, help them the very unique rustic brackets in the loan of Chain.
meet their needs, and convince [item Rs,t Room, and other interesting fall, ---
just now that
this new Park (louse in tares in the lighting of the new build- Somebody from out of town, we are
theirs for enjoyment. All that's asked lag were dse to the ingenuity, and we told, our live Eagle reporter, again a
in return, for the labor expended on it, might add, to the dogged pxtiencc,. of few days before the Opening, secured
is enough appreciation for a united 1 Mr. storey. _; the Itep attar mach trouble, opened the
effort t, maintsin'it in Ice present or heavy ehuCters himself, Snapped afront
tier and beauty and koep its fame as Fred Mannwoiler and his staff of and rear view of the park hcuse, and
g." Piromen-policemen gave perfect satie-
hefits its nam[, "Founders' Lpndin we all had the pleasure of seeing and
faction with their traffic regulations reading in the Brooklyn Batyla a very
and there were no accidents to our the interesting account of Southold', New
OF INTEREST TO ALL pleasure of the occasion, Community Park Hangs.
Now that the park house is virtually -----"—"—
`completed, and romplimonts are heard On the morning of tht Opening we Ought not a pleasant feeling to lin-
Inn all aides for its general attractive- were held up at every Step by news of ger long within this building?
none, it will be of interest to know who the kindness of this one and that one.
has done the work. Joe Gomez left the varnishing of auto-
mobiles THE RI �ADpWs
J. Leo Thompson las had charge of and painted the big road signs
for us;his wife hearing we wonted two RIVERHEAD, N. Y., JULY 30, 1026
the carpenter work;' Harry Vail, and black candlesticks, came and brought
latterly, James Furey, of the painting .= —
us two hand-carved once o4 wood; a
Harry Adams, of the building of the y ed anon CONCERNING SOUT14OLD TREES
fireplace and chimney; Win. H. Ra f- bill of twont dollars dropped or
measly into the treasury to be used for The human mind is a peculiar piece
ford, of the plumbing; Thomas A. St s• necessary expenses of the day; four
cy,of the electric lighting. A cam• bushels of.lard clams were opened gra- of mechanism; it sometimes moves in
mitten of ladies represented by the tis b Capt. Wines. Did you ever open a mysterious way. Especially is this
o[lleet•a, Mrs. Albertson, Mrs. Dicker- a do en T Thinly of opening about 12001 true in the case of what may well be
son, and Mrs. Hallock, raised the
_. ,.. Somebody Shoved on the table a doze¢,.termed mass psychology.,_.
money and selected the furniture for_ __. - _ __
Jp'athel• Sherman's subject was Our
Here is an illustration frmn our mental trees, he planted many of hist Library." After speaking eloquently
neighboring village of Southold, the favorites in Southold's streets; Nvhere l of the part that America took in the
battle of those who dared and strug- ..adjoining property owners would do World War, the speaker paid warm
Bled in the early days to establish the work he donated the trees; in tribute to Mrs. );dna Cahoon Booth for
English civilization on alien soil—a some cases where he found so ItCCle her generous gift of the present build-
village that ever since that time has,: public spirit extant that the owners ing of the Southold Savings Bank to
on the whole kept pace with its rivals would not even supply the labor re the people of Southold for a Public
in things that tend to make a town quired in public tree planting he nodi, Library. He also spoke of the duly of
desirable as a place of residence, only contributed the trees £tram his the Trustees of the Library to have
Just now Southold is engaged in a well stocked nurseries but also made only clean and wholesome books on tha
laudable endeavor to secure its 99017- them a present of the digging and. Library shelves.
ions crown of stately shade trees planting. - . Rev. Abram Conklin spoke of the
front the ravages of insects that if let The result appears (and we hope valuable work that had been done by
alone to work: their will would in a will continue forever) in the lordly the Ladies' Village Improvement So.
short time destroy the beauty and elms and other favorites that send ciety in originating and furthering im•
solid advantages that have required out their sturdy branches and meet provements for the lasting benefit of
years for their full development. high over Southold's streets, provid- our village. A resume of that work
Contrast the worthy aunbition of ing numerous stretches of sylvan appears elsewhere. The speaker de-
the nnmnent with what occurred there beauty without which no village or clared the presentation of this Memor-�
n year or two ago, when a public city is attractive in the full sense of nal Gateway wee a fitting close to thodr
spirited feminine property owner had the term. great civic work.
the temerity to protest against thel Some have said that Israel Peck Rev G. S. Belden spoke on "Our
ruthless injury of shade trees in the I ought to have a•monument erected in Trees." He told of the good work
highway adjoining her home at the I his bettor at Southold, If the writer that the late Israel Peck did in furnish•
hands of a public service corporation may be permitted to express a ing many of the beautiful trees on out
that cared little for Nature's charms llhumble opinion, however, we beg to main highway, that are the pride of
that engage the eye and rest the soul, say that the monument is there; the the village, and emphasized the fin-
desiring only the narrow advantug•e trees themselves supply n manorial Portends of 'freos to our national lite
that follows pursuits strictly utilitar-Ithat never could be equalled by shaft and prosperity. The speaker hailed
of granite
bearing the most eulogistic with joy the movement now on foot to
inn.
Then in a public assembly this lady words that the masave our splendid elms by spraying.ind of
mt could Rev. 'Wm, H. Lloyd spoke of the
was subjected to ridicule in the ren-!conceive. Irare good fortune of Southold in hav-
dition of a so-called poetical efrosioni All honor to the memory of Israelis three Parks—Creekeida Park,
parodying a popular song of the per-IPeclr, and all honor to the broad-1 g
Founders' handing Park, and South
nod because she had the spirit to I minded individuals who when the sun Harbor Park, in all of which the POD-
stand well nigh alone and say that of commendation is shining or when pie take great interest and pride, ad.
her property should have a decent the clouds of criticism lower have the ding, as they do, to the pleasure of the
measure of protection from vandal wisdom and the courage to perpetuate people and to the charm of our village,
hands reaching out for its undoing. in all proper ways what he so nobly The Memorial Gateway, as it was
Then the thoughtless tittered, sidling.conceived and produced :for the home unveiled by the two children,Cunstmnce
with the crowd and caring nothing as town's unencling welfare! _ I Terry,and Terry Jennings, was greatly
to whose feelingspass Memorwere hurt if a (ai Gateway OaVON �admired. It was procured through the
ing laugh could be achieved and en-ISI at South efforts of the L. V. I. S., Mrs. Gew-R,
joyedl. Now it is realized that this '.. The Memorial Gateway s Harrison be.
brave lady always had the right on I'Harbor Park, Southold, was unveiled Jennings and Mrs. Mary
her side; right and justice have little" with fitting ceremonies last Sunday ling the committee in direct charge of
afternoon. 1111 .,.,.,.,,.,,. / 9�.., � the erection of the Gateway and of the
cancer,, with the mere consideration I 'J" f Dedication Services. Harry Adams of
of nunbers; they male their abode' L. W. Korn, chairman of the South-
old Park Commissioners, resided.:Ad- IGreenport was the builder. Tho two
with the minority sometimes, ignor- p illars of the 6atewa aro of brick,
ing the nnajority; they are not co-dresses were made by the pastors of p y
the village Father Sbormae, with cement tops. On an inserted hdh-
speed by the puissant forces of wealth g kat oP recite in the weal pillar are the
and social prestige; they take their Rev. Abram Conklin, Rev, E. S. g
foundations in the realities of. life; Belden and Rev. Wm: H. Lloyd. The words: S 0 U T H
for then the passing fancies and company sang patriotic songs, under FPA R B 0 It
prejudices of the moment have no al-. the able leadership of Russell Davison, PARK
lure. with Mr, R. G. Terry at the organ. 19 21
In passing we pause to title'* a'I The unveiling was done by Constance p
On the east pillar, are tile words:
word of tribute to the nnemory of ferry and 'Terry Jennings. Mr. Korn
Israel Pecl: of another generation. made the speech of acceptance, on be- IN MEMORY OR
IIs ]l P ago f snotcame a resident of half of the Southold Park District and W. H. GRISWOLD
Southold to Southold's permanent a I !the people of Southold. Tape were M. R. TERRY
sounded by Florintino Do Jesus of the G. F. GLOVER
vantage A successful grower and
G. T. G. Poet. 1917-1919
consistent lover of shade and m•na- - - - - - -
i�
g South Harbor Park is u triangular pxrk atl,
Landing, making an,� mentioned, among them, "Fashion' of 11
2-acre piece of ground, east side of attractive entrance to thio interesting 1846, revived last winter in New York,
South Harbor Road, with a eburs nrd hl;,toric spot. 'Pile first oiling o4 and used recently us the opening play
Ifrontage of 260 feet. It ie beautifully the Main Street was due to the energy of the new Player:' Theatre in Ban m
wooded with large oak trees. It was of the L. V. I. S. It has cared for our ['rancisco. The interest in literature v
presented to the people of Southold in street shade trees and provided street of that period and in the fetching now-
1921 by pr. Haven Pmerson, AS u me:.,crossings, Pilo broad an walk in adays of old gift books, bound mage-
.1921
to the three Southold boys who front uP the Poet Office is to its credit. zioes and engravings from the attic m
died in camp id the World War—Wil- It stimulated a greater interest in the I was mentioned, until quite a feeling Of m
Ilion`
H. Griswold, Milton R. Terry, 'care of our cemeteries through the l I the antique was in the air. Then. fol-
and Graham P. Glover, niter. whom
careful supervision for many years of (lowed the interesting elimax,aor coin• a,
our American Legion Poet is named, an L. V. I. S..Committee. It furnished cidence,—At least.to the boat nd host- y
Not only the people now living, but the the Memorial and Tablet which bear call. "
gcneratione, to come, have and will'the names of those who served in theAt the close of the meeting, they H
have lasting cause for gratitude to Ur, 4Vut•k] War. 'Phare In eternal granite wont to the home of their relative, two w
Emerson for his gift of a wooded park and bronze in the Roll of Honor, a doors away. There on a table were
on Peconic Bay to the people of South- tribute to their horoisnr and an inspir- Spread outfor examination, papers and `?
old, It has been placed in the care of ation to future generations. Finally, it other•relies of the past. The owner
the Southold Park District, and this ban erected this Gateway to the en- handed a neatly folded paper, yellow
will insure its perpetual care. More- trance of this park, given through the with age, to the callors, allying, "1
over, no finer memorial could have magnificeut'generoeity of Dr. Cmorson thought tills would interest you." IC m
been given to our soldier and sailor to the people of Southold for their use surely did. It was a program that was a A
boys who made the supreme sacrifice and enjoyment forever. 'Phis Gatow,ty a continuation of the spirit of the even- f.,
for their country, bears the names of the three yuung Ing and one that would interest all
mer, who died while in the emvice of Southold. We wish we could print it rn
their country, William H. Griswold, just as it appeared on the yellow Shoat, ;U o
t -' of the Memorial Milton R. Terry and Graham F.Glover. The famous old Southold Lyceum Amu- ❑N
At
unveiling
last clarion was to given "public entertain- "4
Gateway-at South Harbor paOonklinI who have tire honored
theirl1ePostu of a the meant" at the Universalist Church, on a
Sunday afternoon, Rev. Abragr
American I,egion after them. They Thursday and Friday evenings, Feb- la
was Asked to speuk of the Ladies' Vii" ruary 13 and 14, 1873. "Particular .A
loge Improvement Society. As trills are honored by this park and getaway notice was given first in case of i o y'
was its Lust work before disbanding, which bear their names. They are storm on-Thursday evening. The em Iv H
address was in the nature of a valclose honored.in the hearts
Impr Improvement
us alb tertainment would "commence with t7 is
tory. He Auld that this Would close The Village Improvement BocletY he ) alo Drama in two eats, ontitlad.. "—
lis twonty-Iwo years of splendid ser" has stirred up others to works oP public ROnPRT MACAIRlu, and conclude with
-arcs to the community. some of our welfaro. It has tnught'ue a lesson of U 1
certain sod citizenship. It has made this a the very laughable Musical Farce in o4
oarneet Southold women saw g r two nets, FAMILY dARB." Tho'Greon-.w d
public needs and set themselves to[Peet better town for us to live
in and Yoe port Cornet Band was to furnish the X n
thole. lie first meeting was at lila pointed out the way for. 'tea to make it 1
Ira facet president was of service. It hoe disbanded, .not be- music; the performance, to begin at
home of Mre, J. M. Hartranft in Jon• better still- It now cool teres ale c cls muss7 1-2 o'c; admission, 26 ate; no frees m
unty, 1903 list except the press. (L. F. 'Perry, H
Mrs.-Sarah Wheeler, a daughter of the cause rho work of public improvement Southold, was the fortunate ,printer,) °
late Isreal Peck, who did-so much for Is finished, but because the faithful�Tlran cemo'the thrill—the ,seeing. of tm A
:Orlthold in former days, Its first big women who compose it feel that thcY named on a program, of persona now v.�
undertaking was to secure Il;btiog for have earned an honorable diwork on to 0scharge,It'living in quiet, dignified ratiremmt,'4 d
our public streets. Through e¢t its
Proves wley paes ill be tapes up by the Home there
and of others who have pureed anally
we have enjoyed this g P all as actor: In
merit for more than twenty years. It is to be the work of us all. In aur from the Stage of Iifo,—• m
one of the best playa of that period.'0
�i Several years later, it di over ewhalrP tole dtake.upividual c npourselvesacities e tiles enterprises ll Talk about reviving—what wouidn'tlm o
i piece of worst, front by
as'a desirable Spot for a public park, which call for our action or our gifts.I we give to see the original? Tho es ,E.
�'Phia was the landing place of the first In this way can we chow our gratitude vival is too often a satire or a farce, Pi 0
Who of our modern players have they a
settlors and none but Southoldere must to the Ladles' Village, Improvement floe sense to enter Into the spirit o£�N C
own it. It was the work of nearly a Society, to those whose names ora the peat and really draw the curtafa
pg
year before a
low was passed that ee- borne on the monuments that have been on those scenes of fiftpone years ago 7� ,%
tablished the Southold Park District erected, to Dc Emerson, to Edna Our young player:maY think it incred-':j °o
and title for the property was secured have c Bowie, and to all others who this that The Lyceum players had a;. 9
from the Long Island Railroad. It im- have cont'ibuted so mucl;to our puhlm genius Por acting to which no othergroup a
proved and beautified the little park de 1 Back to the 4U s
/�y�' hoe yet attained. It would be a seance '
the bead of Town Creek, and made I d,.{�• ""��••
available for the public this bit of shore One of the topics that came to tKe that we would all attend and pay high"
front, which otherwise was being de• surface several times for discussion at oet modern ase o old actors could
the
slladowB�,
dowB
voted to private and exclusive use, 1E the meeting of the Dramatic Society on „Robert Mncaire" and "Family%
had built the
Memorial at the Monday evening, was the revival of p '( y, )
_ 111 Rob return for doe night one to
plays of the 1840 period. Several were the footlights. They were as printed :�
iJ'•` In Southold, on the other .hand, from the very
r I XIV ^^g�' p a
fret, Lilly itsve insister] that each of their plays
1N ,4 W��rp��ya e'�'��e IV should Ue a well rounded. vtile1e, witheffect,
rectory to -
;VUBLInaOD 6.T ing an .in.ncrtant part ill the whole effect. They
YORK I&PJliRIihAL, NNVYORKhave taien minute care with detail, they have been
Partfouhnr that no anachronism should creep
they have Pressed artists and. costumers into
Phe COUllty Seat of Suffolk County
AD\ r I'rl SfNa RATES ON APPLICATION service They hnve not been content with "cood-
_ _ exieriga ' but ]lave tirelessly striven for perfectioi.
::nonerll;erP edten cin!>ging addresses should glue And ill ,,y 'have prove$ their Point. No
ex
Tnrmu:• atJ droes, as welt as new. of. .;h:e unimportance-of-scenery theory but must
acknowledge, after Peeing 'YStrongheart" that
'yFlntcred ae. Seconn-i:Insa =+ratter, September, ene na'
is, Southold is right. The setting righfor t,while the
1003, sit'tile I'na[Omce at fnverhead, N. R., undor and j;re55ed the audience as being' just
nee oI cu mtresu of atarcti, a, r879. C:ns;ng y.aon interior in the third and fourth acts,
breath-taking in its loveliness, let at no time.
•14ARP.3' 1.,Lt:- -N-• - - - - Indio
r and Proprietor, did the seelicr•y ?ntr•pde, it was there, contributing'
Aacletsrtt Lrdttor
J. EI113IL; I7Rl�AT"N - - - - ' ' J_I aL3 Tuet ipal t, toward the gracious whole.
E cuhtunn this f<vsecv /p6o _ Another mooted question among amateur players
that of the valve of the Intl, Theatre move-
t.,
^ k t and partieuiarl�• of the place of the one act
mea
( THURSDAY, MARCH 19, 1925 •,`` play. This question too seems to have been solved
I by "Strongheart"
•......;�::..-, ��^. Southold has takell an initiative in the Little)
�, ,.}lt1J lr I13Y'i 1} rf
Theatre anoaement on eastern Long Island, and has�
i .. �a most faithfully to its ideals and standards.
dh
'0 �,,,. ov lk upon I Strnighelrt is not a one act play, it is a more
.n .ui... :.mr !ininiatic }erformnnco from another ih n Iically good American drama of regulation
prefer,incited, and them are no reservations ;,.,� ,Th e r licnt perkormance bangs clearly I -
lh" txac +rarietion of
is tlu� ;lowing accoui,Ls of Southold's Play, _.
tilt. .o„�p,u.f on ni
'n,r Lr It t.t� Niru}r hh;rt tlr; 1 rlicr piny
This play rally wall be considered the cuhninfttton umty for sustained Plot,
.neuter c4port
Of yours ca dramatic effort on the Part of the r,t t
'Southold Players. It more thiiii justifies all ilio deeper spspenne more-cmnphcated stoic,has a far
devoted time, the painstaking, effort, the insistence stronger; aPpc,af to most of. the audience. It is
upon high standards, that from the first have m;or-; iuterestinf,'• let by the very toeless of
ntculiariaad the Southold dramatic wo9k, "SCrungheart;' tile.value of, the one•act'play has
Is'
proved'. As Southold has given one-act Plays,
Such ex does not conte by chalice; it is the haie each been a Perfect thing. The players
not attninable, by the town Which gives one play have trained themselves in getting everything pos-
it long irte-tvals. It is the logical result of, talking, Bible rut of the short scenes, in character relinea-
n^ g } g sacrificing lot or chir-
at lc•, thinking- pia's, actin Plays, Yes, tion, in development the
o£ situation or p
for PL^yu,—for let uo one imagine that work such
as this has been done without foregoing other artcr, .and in setting. ,Their training, their facilityclear-cut,
titin,^'o. Coubmrt rehearsing denuinds the sacrifice for making each character individual and eleapha e
their abiliy for making the most of every
phase
of all other engagements, o£ ihr• drama was clearly evident in this, illicit
To it worth it? Is it not? Khat things more greatest triumph.
Worthy could have been done with the time and the This i„ perhaps,not the ]dace to speak of single
effort? Certainly nothing ,lore telling; nothing' plap,eas, N;reln. one contributed his indispensable
part toward the perfect whole. If any one detail
v,hick could have brought greater
So appreciation and
reflected greater honor upon Southold, The in- may be chosen, it is not exaggeration 6n say that
dividual players hate certainly gained something. Ila-old Goldsmith in the scene where front the
evesl things have been proved by the Produc- dressing room, lie watches the progress of, tine
pain,,did a piece of super's acting. But there were
tion of i utile host" and one et• nge most out• otlier'Players slid other scenes of a standard seldom
standing is tilt imp.orCance of setting'been
scenery., attained on the amateur stage anywhere.
For the "lost Wart local directors have been content outhold may well Ue1pi•oud of her playors, Other,
with ns little scenery its possible to give the Proper r
towns are proud of their neighbor, _ If there is a
idea. They have argued, not without reason, Chat' tinge of envy mingled with their praise as they
e;:rcllenee of acting should ,take much setting ruefully y look at their own faded laurels,they never-
ors that the attention of the audience theles freely acknowledge that Southold is-reaping
sho»kl 'he riveted to the Player's, rather than di-
'v-,Aed to their background. That' have recalled lino just reward for faithful n of and for adios
'.:h:,kcsntnrenn Performances in. support of their
once to the highest conception of dramatic excel-
si'guilimits,
=r ! Shall It 'Be Preservea commana. Tae home was bunt in the
•i midst of this busy career. The late Dr.
Epher Whitaker related that when he
came to Southold the house was stand-
.; ing in its original condition, The two
ends were similar, the north part being
devoted to the living room and the
+ south to the parlor, When the late
Richard L. Peters became owner of the
property the north part was removed
t and the house changed to its present
form, as better suited to the needs of
Is ler times."
l IMay the present owner have for
many years all the happiness she so
well deserves for her public service in
_— not only restoring the old home, but in
y, adding thereto unobtrasively the eom-
6^ .•-1, ��_ - /�4e THE OLD YOUNGS HOUSE forte and conveniancesof modernliving.
After waiting only two years, the tried to reproduce. The same sound old PICTURESQUE
i
flooring of wide boards is now painted I° ICTURESQUE LOG
question asked in the above
TRAVELER oP g J CABIN T O OLD
end seems as cod se if rust laid. The
Sept. 28, 1621, in the above caption, living-room with its many quaint _
has been answered. It has been pre- old pieces of furniture,one of the kitch. I ' r ' • ``-'— 1 "? _ J I
served, The Colonel John Youngs house, ens with all its closets and"cubbies"and House 200 Feet bong Being
the oldest house now in Southold, built furnishings of the past, converted now Built of Log's rrori the
in about 1656, was purchased recently Into a breakfast room, the little back Achronclaclo
by Mise Emma Rutzler of Brooklyn,for stairway, as well as the little front bell
both leading to five attractive sleoping-
a private residence,nnd is now restored . ,�,acing the Pceons Ray,near South.
in a manner that makes glad the roams,—are some of the features that Told; I:here is in course of construction
heart of every Southolder. We have stake the visitor as gleeful and grate- a unique &m'nn;-dr done, or in fact a
the old house with us—the same lines, ful as a child with a new piny-house. year-aloucci which cont-
the same interesting features, only in a And the hostess sitting Be straight bines both the ::ry old and the newe<;t
perfect state of repair. Surely theeay.-I and smiling In one of the prim old in erchi'rcrtoa'e. a ]ionic designed to
ing is true, that "he laughs best wbol chairs looked glad and happy also. For give-the appe;zAace of centur-
laughl last." IIere ie the last historic bar sake that she mny have included in res old a d yet gjLpprd with. all 1)1
all
home, over which a few of us worn this description of her good work, the 'r u co;:✓un e m i nus c•ianhue is
so distressed, lest it, like the still older' history of tier present home, we add a h lop• utbm r inirh n being erectee
ror Ale::Order ::ill ams, ou the Bay,
homes, vanish from the earth, re-I paragraph from,the article in the Tnnv- „ear Paradise fount. R']ren eomplet-
stored from the past as if by a touch ELER published nearly two years ago— ed the log• cabin will so thoroughly
of magic, without money-or price or when the battle seemed to be a losing blend vrith the !a..dscape that it `till
.hake;.-work on our part. one: . seen to be a p::vt-of the very woods
and will give An an,earance of Age.
.That which was declared im- "The Youngs house (the oddosthouse The house is modeled after the lot.
pracsicable, if not. impossible, in. Southal'll ie located on Youngs cabins of years ago and was designer)
by people who thsught they Avenue, near the head of Town Creek, 'ny B. A. Aillocil of Paul Smith'S, New
knew, has been accomplished by an en- It was built probably in about 1656,and York,and who for many years has (Is.si;•nod a-.d britt tog cabins And sum
thusiastic purchaser, and a carpenter was the home of Colonel John Youngs, 0101 Camps for millionaires. Mr, '
who must have added to his skill as a It is of.interest to recall that this was Maned brought froin the Adiroldac'cs
workman an unusual interest and sym- the original home of the most proni- twenty-live well. all whom are skilled
t pathy in the work of restoration. Too nent man of the second generation of In the construction of log cabins, at
are r,�perfereed stoine cutters. The
much, prnise cannot be given Leslie settlers on all Long Island, Colonel i building i. 266 feet long and is so (to-
theEldredgo for the thoroughness with John Youngs, eldest Son:of Pastor Signed that the low structure wirds
which the work,has been done and the John Youngs. fie was one of Ilia Me- hetween the trees so that when fin
ingenuity displayed in utilizing profits- jesty's Counsellors in the. Province of fished, several of the lnug'a, tall trees
r bly every inch of specs in the rambling New York; one of the Judges that con- will project through the eaves of the
hoof, giving an Appearance of age to
t old house, so that it is now a joy to the demand Leisler for treason; Command- the structure.
modern housekeeper, as well as to the er-in-Chief of the Navy of the New "Ilio wall, of the cabu: are of huge
I antiquarian. It does one good to see England Colonies—a Navy thatpatrolled !spruce logs, brought from the Ali.
t the old fireplaces.rebuilt or opened up, the shores of Long Island Sound to pro- !roudack forestal Over 14 carloads of
lovs will lie used in the construction of
E the mantels retained; also the window- vent the lending of unfriendly Indiana !the buildir;g. Tl,c logs are rlavo-
a sills showing marks of age, and the in canoes. Colonel' Youngs became ailed at the corners and the floor
of nnfir,-
c penes of glees with here and there Commander of the Military Force of beans and afters are also
.� logs io:e-failed toeetber The
quavering lines, that Tiffany even has :Long Island taking,his title from ,that crew it•a1s br-iw•een the foes
ciods:ed ,:;:d rc:A)2 ti_l,t With a pate'rt I members of the enurcu societies will' Rev. John McKenna, 1869-1877.
,iack filler. Tlie oe ate part or the actively participate in the event. I ..Rev, Richard Foley, 1877-1891.
lieu se, will he t ve torn The roof?. The
-u roveren with �I rFS of s;.ruce tun-� The present church Is the oldest' Rev. James F, Crowley, 1891-1894
de- ever i !ch will he laid a fire building in the diocese in use as a Cath Rev. Miles O'Reilly, 1894-1899, i
proof roofing. Tire floors; will be. of otic church. ' Rev, James Lynch, 1899-1901.
'ra l� bosarls, frmn 1S to 20 inches in From 1864 to •1869, the Rev. John Rev, Peter Matthews, 1901-1906,
jur.h and :,n laid as to glee the im-
I,messlotA of age and exposure to the McCarty and the Rev, Michael O'Neil Rev, Edward Holley, 1906-1912.
moai:i,r. 'i:he floors and the iuted,a, administered tothe spiritual needs of :,Bev. Francis Disco, 1912-1916,
or the lof, v:aP,s will be. rubbed mid the people. The present church build-' Rev. Martin O'Malley, 1916-1916.
,mlished with wax. Ing was formerly an academy. In. Rev. Edward McGrath, 1916-1924,
in roan of the honse is a ai-
g-mitic tireplace made of tinge boulder:. 1863, the Rev. Joseph Brunemann, 0.. All but two of the former pastors
i man the Sound shore. The large rocks 8. F„ purchased it for a Catholic have gone to their eternal reward.
of which these I fireplaces are built, are church. He then lived at Sag Harbor On Feb. 1, 1924, the Rev, George D.laid so as to farm mantels and stoic d anwas pastor of all that ',Section o1 Sherman was appointed pastor. A
salts, m
waere one ay sit ani watch
thp• 'lames roar up the big chiumeys. Long island that extended from Orient new church was an imperative need.
In some et' the RM
ecret Biding places. Log stairs lead P there are Point westward to Patchogue. The ravages of time had left their] -
stones sun'- mu heavy iron hiupes.It was not, however, until the ap• mark on the old building, but the great'
which may be swung open, disclosingointment of the Rev. John McKenna, difficulty was to secure m suitable plot
s
to the second fluor, where.on a.bread as pastor, that the People were able of ground for the new pariah buildings.
log balcony. one has an excellent view: to remodel the building so us to make Many difficulties were encountered,
l of the sparkling waters of Peeonfe it suitable for church services, al-. but success at last crowned the efforts,
Baty. I'thnd h mass had beau celebrated in it and on March 6, 1926, the pariah put.
Tho kitchen is of particular inter- g
est, for here is beim built a gigantic en the first Sunday of each month chased from Jacques Zerket of Brook-
eld•iashinnerl fire place for cewkiup. -since its purchase. Father McKenna lyn, a most desirable plot, equal In
There will be baking ovens with heavy was appointed pastor of Southold in area to seventy city lots.
Stone doors, cranes-and other anriont I,.
cookiutr apPlla.nces. The house will 6e Y'IMay, 1868. He continued to live at. Plane for a new church and rectory
heated h} a steam vapor systeln and II Sag Harbor until the following Nevem-j were immediately drawn up by A. F.
all the Zel.de wiring will be em: bar, when pastor was appointed at Meissner of Jamaica. They were up•
cealed between the logs. All the Se Harbor and he then took up his proved by the Rt. Rev. Bishop and the
clears and inside trim will Ue of Pine
hawl-titled and showing platillthe residence at Southold. Board of Coneultore. Ground woo !
y
marks if the ads.. The foundation is The present church was dedicated on broken on the first Friday of August, t
Alf ideas, with a cellar under the entire St. Patrick's Day, 1869. The celebrant It Is expected that the new church
house. Sone distance from the house of the solemn high mass was the Rev. will be ready for dedication on. March 1
is a large leg garage and an electric Jeremiah Crawley of Huntington; Fa- 17, 1927, the feast of the patron of the
;Ater s3'stem will furnish water at
high pressure. In the construction of ther McKenna was deacon, and the church, the 68th anniversary of deities.
t.•,is old mouse, all modern appliance`, Rev. James IMcEuroe of Glen Cove was .tion, and the 73rd anniversary of the
are being used, such as powerful der-i sub•deacon. The dedication sermon coming of the first priest to these
-;clot, corapre.ssed an• stone cutting
umchitery and there is also a con- was preached by the Rev. D. Friel of parte.
uletely equipped blacksmith shop win Brooklyn. In the corner atone will he placed a
the Pn•emiscs to take care of the neces- It is a remarkable fact that the copper box, hermetically sealed, con•
ca•y iron work. About five months preeeat St, Patrick's Church stands taining the names of all the pariehion-
will he necessary to complete tlue
btnilding, which, when finished, will upon the spot where once stood are, the names of the officers and mem-
pon very P
combine the past and present lin a the first Puritan church ever erected bare of the different societies, the
Practical mower. in New York State, Settlers from honor roll, together with a short his.
r New England built their church in the tory of the pariah.
TheMew S� Patrick's Church spring of 1641, 'there are now, on Long Island, 261
s So rapiil has ben,the work done by On the 6th day of July, 1870, Father Catholic Churches, 1 'Diocesan Send.
i William Maccabee, l,be able espresso- .'.McKenna purchased four acres of land wary, 1 Preparatory Seminary, 3 Cal•
tative of the Howes Construction Co, on the Hog Neck Read for a cemetery, leges for Boys, 11 Academisa for
and their superintendent In charge of In those days there were only two .Young Ladies, 3 Commercial High
the construction of the new St, Pat. Catholic churches on Long Island In Schools, 24 High Schools, 123 Pardchlul
rick's Church, that it will be possible the entire territory east of Smithtown Schools, 12 Orphan Asylums, 10 Hoc-
to bless and place in position the corner -one at Southold, and the other being pitals, 4 Homes for Aged Poor,
i atone on October 12th. ' St, Andrew's Church at Sag Harbor, Seven thousand four hundred attend
The ceremonies will begin with a That the people might have the con- the Catholic High Schools, 76,498 are
solemn high mase of thanksgiving at 10 solation of assisting at the Holy Sacrb enrolled in the Parochial Schools, end
o'clock, The Rev. Geo, D. Sherman flee, mase was occasionally said on ;the Catholic,population of Long Island
will be celebrant, assisted by the Rev, week days in the house of John Con. is 891,738. At present, 63 applications
Francis Connelly as deacon and the nolly of Arehamomcque, and later on, .are on file for the establishment of new
Rev. James ',Sullivan as sub-deacon. at the homes of Joseph Farrell of Green- parishes.
The Rev. James S. Reilly of Bridge- port, John Thompson of Southold, and :The above buildings, with a value In
hampton will deliver the sermon. James Magee, near Riverhead. .excess of $100,000,000, were erected
The children-of the pariah and the The following priests were.paetors of and are supported by the voluntary
- -• - St, Patrick's Church: - contributions of the.Catholics of Long
`IR,
,in the measlog of the four founds. Southold village. So far it is a club
[eland, and they stand and will stand tton walls. The ceremonies concluded that is little known, but which seems
as a monument to their generosity and with the sin in of the hymn, "Hol
as an expression of their faith, and tn, g g Y Y certainly f them to become noted
cidently save millions of dollars for the God, We Prniee Thy Name." After because of the natural resources in-.
taxpayers of New York State. returning to the church, the proces. corporated in the golf course, the
t - - - Bion disbanded. tennis courts, and in the club house
Laying of St,PatriCh s Cornerstone The entire musical program was un- itself.
Promptly -aE' IO 9- all the organ der the direction of the organist,J. Leo The Reydon Club is the name of this
Thompson. new em. In the
pealed forth the first notes of. the Pro- The trustees, Than. C. Fox and Will. institutions that have done i
done much to
cession el, that marked the beginning J. Grattan, acted as guard of honor to make Lon
of ilio ceremonies in connection with g Island known all over the
the laying of the corner stone of Clio the officiating prelate. world, and that this particular gem is
new St. Patrick's Church, Jae. J. Gagen and hie committee as. likely to outshine many of the others
When the choir began the Kyrie of sisted the State Trooper in regulating is the enthusiastic prediction now made
Mentzel's mass, in honor of Our Lady traffic. for it,
of Loretto, every seat in the church The committee, headed by Win. T. The club has been established quietly,
had been taken and standing room was Gagen, had charge of the decorations, but confidently. No attempt has been
Daniel R. Grattan and his committee made to exploit it, for it is far from
ata premium, looked after the formation of tile pe ro- beim g a stock-selling scheme; in fact,
giving was sungg by the Rev. Geo. D.
The Solemn High Mase of Thanks-. cession and the line of march, it positively is not. Rather, it is the
y
Sherman, assisted by the Rev. Joseph The beautiful altar and sanctuary quiet, refined playground of a com-
Offermanno of Ozone Park, ss deacon, decorations were the work of the pany of people who love the great
and the Rev, James Sullivan of Cut- Isacristan, Catherine Grattan. outdoors and who have time to enjoy
chogue as Bub-deacon. The Be" J. Ideal weather conditions, committees themselves in it. But that the links at
Ratigan of Greenport wee Master of I that functioned with military-like pre. Reydon are to be eagerly sought after
Ceremonies. Icieton and without a single break Is by the ardent golfer, and that they
The Rev, James Reilly of Bridge- Ithe prearranged plans, made the day may be selected for championship
hampton delivered a sermon that was e I one long to be remembered by. the matches there is good reason to believe.
masterpiece, and in the development of
members of St, Patrick's Pariah. The club property is located in a
his theme, showed the progress of the It begins a now chapter in the Ilia- quiet, secluded spot, just the right sort
Church, from the day when the coo• torp of the pariah and makes past of a spot for a golf course. . These un-
mond was given by Christ to Hie Apoe- events pale into insignificance, acquainted with that particular part of
ties to go forth and preach the gospel, - Ir® don Club Long Island almost need a guide. to
to this present day. It will ' long I �-w.�- � � find it, but finding it is like finding a
linger in the memory of those whorare gem. It seems impossible that
were fortunate enough to hear It. Golf- Grounds / /'2b-
- any spot could be afore suitable Por
The altar decorations were of sm•- UAn intepestimg illustrated article on such a. purpose. A homey, clfgnified
passing beauty, antumn colgre pre- then I don Club Golf Grounds, icle on old farm house of real Colonist design
dominating. Y has been easily and gracefully cen-
Immediately after the mase, the Rt, by Lewis C. Austin, appeared last varied into a club house without in
Rev. George Kaupert gave Solemn October in the Brooklyn Daily Bogle, the least disturbing its originality or
Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament. When the opportune moment came, we the immense, stately, century-old tree,l
Over 600 children and adults then be. ,have intended to republish it in the; surrounding it. Bach of thfa lied ill(),
broad expanse of genuinely tolling)
gen the procession to the now church,
-TRAVELER, That time may be just country, now converted into the golf I
One of the State Troopers regulated t th
now, at opening of the season and traffic. The procession was led by a � p course, from many of the holds ofI
member of the American Legion, car- of the Boyden Club House. Many oil which one geta charming views, both
rying a large Bilk American flag. Every our readers,.both away and at home, nearand far, of the niagmlfcant buy,
child of the parish was provided with did not see this article, and many of to say nothing of the views of forest,
an American flag, end on reaching the those who are away are still asking, farm lands and green lawns. Here are
grounds the choir led in the aingddg of "What and Where is Reydon?" So Pictures that must delight artists,
"The Star Spangled Banner." we know it will not be amiss to publish especially, for all others, even CIlougt1
Mr. William Maccabee, in charge of a portion, at least, of Mr. Austin's well they cane to play golf, have lingered
the construction of the church, had written article in TRE TRAVELER. The on nearly every bole to drink them in.
everything.in readiness for the laying title names the Golf Grounds as a It was Edwin H. Brown, well known,
of the corner atone. The Rt. Rev. ,.Spot of Beauty" and Reydon as the at the St. Albans links, who discovered
George Kaupert, assisted by the offiel• "Latest of Long Island Playground, this spot and who doefded that there
ating and visiting clergymen, chanted for Society." The writer proceeds as must be a golf course there. So he
Psalm 83. At the conclusion of the follows: - interested Edwin Mills,John S. Jsnkftls,
above Psalm, the corner atone was Southold, L. L, Oct. 6—One of the John B. Coleman, Prank G. Carter,
blessed and placed In position. This ,moat beautiful of the many country Charles B, Bryon, Charles W. Ebner,
was followed by the blessing of a crone �cluhs on Long Island is the one tucked, Dr. E. L'H. McGinnis and Silas A. H.
erected where the altar will stand, away close to the shores of the splendid Dayton, and they bought the property
Then followed the Litany of the Sainte Ipeconia, Bay at Bay View, back of and erected a golf course for them.I
- - ------ selves and their friends,
Tho Little Gray Schoolhouse items
have 'it
raotea
can
attention
ut from our older residents. One must he
careful in stating as final any historic
facts relating to Southold. There are
too many good critics in the old town
who can add authentically to such
er x
i I y statements,
Is d i '1gg �
Mrs. J. B. Terry, a young lady who
gl qr9 has passed her ninety-first birthday,
was born in Bay View and wag able to
Mill *� ,���t,•; 1 add in an interesting.manner to our
" s / J record of last week.
Little Martha June Corey went to
a school when she was three years old—
it was not it kindergarten, either, in
those days. Miss erusha Case, after-
-----u wards the wife of Col. John Wickham,
and aunt to Albertson Case, was her
REYDON CLUlg HOUSE (Imtteacher. Thisinfantof threewas
lr'late loaned by the Cram Press] put to sleep often by this teacher and
They went Be quietly ahead withf clubhouse. waked away under her desk or in some
their plans and their work that even I That the club is to mean much in.the other comfortable (?) place out of the
the people in Southold hardly knew devethpment of Southold and its sure- way. Under the administration of
what was being done. The club was mottling attractiveness is the opinion "Aunt hIattie," named last week nsl
formally opened on July 4, 1924. Since of many. Even in its first season it Henrietta Horton, the little pupil didl
tha': date it has been the home of was found to fill a long-felt want in patchwork at school. Mre. Terry's last
inumerous smart functions—dinners, this community, teacher was her brother, John Corey.
1 luncheons, dances and bridge have been One may wonder how the club came Under him, she said oho "graduated."
the indoor pastimes chiefly, while out- 'to be named eydon." The answer Other teachers named.by Mrs. Terry
doors, golf and tennis have been played ie easy and full"Rof historical interest, were: "Mary Libby,"later Mrs.Stuart t
with zest. The village of Southold is named from P. Terry, sister of Miss Henrietta Hoo-
Only recently the natural beauty of, Southwold, England, It was from that too; Wag Hottie Guldsmith; Mies Mar-�
the links line been added to artificially� town in England that came the Rev. too Perking, afterward Mrs. Pettit, a t
by the erection on a high hill of a% John Youngs, the first pastor of the sister of Mrs, Timothy M. Grilling of
charming pergola, where afternoonHist Presbyterian Church in Southold, Riverhead; Miss Patience Corwin of
teas can be served or small dances en- over 275 years ago, when the village Mattituck, afterward married to the
joyed, or where one may sit and view here was established. Just outside of Rev, Mr. Hamlin, who preached a long
substantially the entire course. It is a Soutbwold, England, is the hamlet of time in Mattituck;and Oscar Case of
unique but very attractive addition to Reydon, and in that hamlet the first Peeoule, who was a son of Hutchinson
the landscape, even though it is hot Battler of Southold was interested. Case and married Fannie Horton, sister
yet quite finished. Later, too, flowerB !Hence the selection of the name of of Benjamin Horton.
and shrubbery will be planted to gat•- Reydon for this club, which name, we Other Interesting addenda from Mrs.
round it. I 'underatand, was suggested by M(sa rarry were, that probably Benjamin -
It is said that practically every shot .Whitaker, daughter of Dr. Eph Horton and Mrs. Mary-Horton Dayton
on the golf course must be a real golf- Whitaker, Southold's historian. - are_her only surviving schoolmates,
J ing shot. One of the holes, the fifth, f An interesting bit of historical lore and—it must be published, though no
is claimed to be particularly tough, runs deeper still, for the house that one believes it—that "Mary was a little
and it has been a terror for many of line been converted into the clubhouseI witch in school." What about "Little
woo t '
the amateurs. itself he first farm homestead Martha Jane"7 i 42.-$..E B. tl.
Later It is planned to add further to ob the Neck and was owned by
the club's attractiveness by building, Joseph Hallock,the great,great grand•
an outdoor swimming pool across the father of the editor of Txc TRAVELER.
street from the clubhouse itself. This Thus Mr. Brown, the discoverer, chief
can easily be done, because an arm of promoter and planner of everything
the bay puts in to almost the club that has beendone to make this ex-
house itself. ceptional golf course,_has linked a very
The club property Is on a neck of modern amusement with the dim but
land almost surrounded by water. It i interesting past of Southold in a most
is almost as easy of access by water as attractive way.
by land. In fact, already hydroplanes
r•0.ve landed people almost on the links,
- ''!+_e�mlght enjoy a dance at the
re ® ester ay 'energetic efforts of the pastor, D.he W
Howell.
The first camp meeting was held at
A °HistoricalSketch
Jamesport in CThe original paper
for a Southol1I d tent was signed by 96.
contributors, m amounts ranging from
12 cents to one dollar.
'was unceiled and without pews, nor On June 10, 1000, the present church
Paper Delivered at Home was it seated except with chairs and was dedicated, ander the pastorate h
Coming S@YV1Ce� benches which were carried in. Tile Henry E. Hiler. On the previous Sat-
urday q first seats were made of slabs. The
often crowded services made a new urday night, every dollar for its exec-
By J, N. HALLOCK tion and furnishing, amounting to
church h the
and fu 1850, the lot $7627 had been paid. The church was
In June, 1794 the first minister e, on which the Lawyer
now stands was not only dedicated free of debt, but
the Wesley Methodist Yaith,Wilson Lee, purchased of Lawyer Goldsmith for the sum of $2,600 was raised on Ded-
arrived in Southold. Three women $130, and he donated $30. The par- ication Sunday for the purchase of a
were together, praying for some Meth- sonage lot was purchased in 1853 for parsonage. J. E. Corey was the build-
odist itinerant to visit Southold, and $175. The church was dedicated in er, and the church stands as a fine
one of the three, Mrs. Abigal Ledyard ].851. It cost $2500, all of which, except specimen of his workmanship. During
Moore, prayed until she felt that God $200 was raised at that time. In 1855 the blizzard of 1898, the steeple of the
had answered her prayers. A short a committee was appointed to attend old church was carried away and that
time after, a stranger approached her to the erection of a parsonage. The was one of the causes that hastened
house—she recognized him as a Meth- parsonage was enlarged and improved the building of the new church.
odist preacher, and opening her door, from time to time, and some time ago Bishop John P. Hurst preached the
said, "Thou blessed of the Lord, cone it was exchanged with Wm. H. Terry dedicatory sermon. Bishop Hurst not
in." A few persons soon gathered, and for the present parsonage, and South- only ranked as the greatest scholar in
Mr. Lee preached from these approprf- old Methodists now have a splendid Methodism, but as one of the intellect-
ate words, "These that have turned the property. In 1866, under the pastorate ual giants of the age. The Bishop in
world upside down are come hither of C. S. Williams, an offering of $3500 his address said that in all his exper-
also." was applied to the improvement of the ience lie had never known a like case,
Thus began Methodism in Southold, church building. Later more land was where a new church and its furnish'
135 years ago and It has had a long purchased and horse sheds erected, ings were all paid for before the Ded-
and honorable history. Improvements were made to t h e ication Sunday. On the platform with
In 1784, Long Island was set off as church property from time to time. the speaker were Presiding Elder James
a c cult, and on the entire Island Under B. T. Abbott stained glass win- Montgomery, Rev. Dr. Whitaker, Rev.
there were but 24 members of the dows were put in and under William George Taylor,Rev. Wm. H. Lloyd, and
Methodist faith. In 1795, Southold was M. Carr, contributions were made for the pastor, Rev, H. E. Hiler, Sunday
entered in the list of preaching places a pipe organ, and it was installed tin-
was followed by a five-day celebration.
for the Long Island Circuit. In Sep- der the pastorate of D. W. Howell. On ]Friday..evening; Dr. Charles F. Sit-
tember, 1795, John Clark and Jacob Fruitful revivals were held in 1795, terly of Drew Seminary, who spoke so
Rickhow were appointed on the Long in 1826 and 127, under Cyrus Foss, In eloquently this morning, gave his lee
Island Circuit.
It was Just 30 years 1837-8 under Theoron Osborn and lure on "A Summer Night's Trip in
after Philip Embury enrolled the mem- Eben S. Hebberd, in 1847 under Marvin Europe." Rev, D. W. Howell was the
hers of the first Methodist class IllR. Lent, in 1853 under Nicholas- Or- speaker on Epworth League evening.)
America that the Southold class was chard, in 1855 wider Edwin Oldrin, in Former pastors spoke at other.services,
formed. The original roll contained 12 1862 under Samuel Hammond, in 1869 and there was a picnic at Oak Lawn.I
names. In 1807 there were 21 members. ander Wm. H, Russell in 1873 under The Building Committee consisted of
Their meetings were held in the homes Edwin Wuriner, and later under the S B Corey, B• L. Prince, B. T. Payne,.,
of Peter Vail, Mrs. Moore, and Mrs, pastorate of Theodore Beach and of S G. Gardiner, and L. W. Korn. Too'
Peters. It was not until 1856 that George Taylor, and many were added much credit cannot be given to Rev.
Southold had its own resident pastor, to the church roll. H, E. Hiler for his hard and efficient
Rev. Thomas Stephenson. From the 'In June, 1894, Southold Methodists work in the building of the church.
time Methodism was establlshed in held a five days' centennial celebration In 1823 a Sunday School was organ-
this village in 1794 to 1856, Southold under the pastorate of D, W. Howell, ized, but it was not permanent. In
was supplied by traveling circuit Addresses were made by the former 1845, there was one superintendent,!
preachers. In 1856, the church had 87 pastors—M. R. Lent, E. Watrfner, and three teachers and ten scholars. The,
members. Until 1818, the people had O. S. Williams, and letters were Mead school survived through the winter ford,
held services iu their homes. That from a number of others who had filled the first time in 1851. It is now one of'i
year the great revival made a church this pulpit. Addresses of felicitation the most flourishing institutions of the•
building necessary. A lot, six rods were made by neighboring pastors and church.
square, corner Main Street and BOis- Rev. George D. Miller, pastor of the The Ladies' Aid Society has been for
seau Avenue, was purchased, and a Presbyterial) Church, and Rev. , Dr. all time a power not only in building
building, 25 by 35 feet, erected. It Whitaker: The success of the celebra- lup the church, but also for its aid in
tion was due in large measure to the flnanclal matters. The Epworth League
church here. It is a glorious history,
also deserves great credit for its up- The first Trustees of the Church a historyof
privations, need, umph.
wm•e elected in 1850. They a+err, Ezra crated service, work well done, trium h.
lifting work. - p
During the 135 years of Methodism Boisseau, Laurens Horton, Benj R.I Tlie past is secure. The future is big
I in Southold, 125 preachers have been prince, flezeklah Jennings, Franklin N. i ith m•omise.
7 )appointed here. The salary of the first Terry, William Albertson and William BRI
�' HISTORY O�
settled pastor here, Rev. Thomas E. Horton. Aside from those still living SBH®
Stephenson, was $300 per year, but they the following have also served on the ""0"' fSbiTHOi 0A BAND
had donations in those days and a Board: S. B. Corey, S. A. Beckwith, 110 'L1l.J 9�S ffia1Y 9b
minister never made a pastoral call Eli W. Howell, Will. C. Albertson, E. When a person begins to write an
but that he carried )ionic with him an Lucky Boisseau,Lewis H. Tuthill, Bald- historic book on a Town or Village Asi
abundance for the table that lasted win T. Payne, Benjamin L. Prince, old as Southold, he starts more than,
,several days. The first pastor of whom Jonathan H. Boisseau,Henry W. Prince one thing and causes more than one
!I have any recollection is Moses Lyon, Will. R. Newbold and Gilbert H. Terry. individual to wake up and try to re-I
and that is very indistinct. But I well Fond memories are busy to-night as member. Just an inquiry as to the
remember those who followed: Wm. we recall the names of those who have forming of the Southold Cornet Band
niH. Russell, Edwin Wa•rine•, J. W. served the Methodist Church of South- fu the 80's, as to when it was formed,)
Siinpson, T. C. Beach, John Pilkington, old as ministers and ,officials of the precipitated a little controversy ever,
i
E. Watt, John Brien, Albert S. Graves, church. The great majority have the exact date,then over the personnel
L George Taylor, William L. Douglass,
passed over to the Great Beyond. They of the Band, until 1t was declared by i
Joseph H. 0111, Bennett T. Abbott, A. laid the foundation of the Methodist one of the cid members that the
C. Bowdish, Wm. M. Carr, D. W. How- '.Church of to-day, and they laid that (Southold Cornet Band was one of they
ell, E. K. Creed. H. W. Byrnes, Henry 'foundation well. They have passed on, finest things ever started in Southold
E. Hiler, A. S. Hagarty, I. T. Stafford; but they live in the work they did, and and should be written tip. To this'
Wm. W. Gillies, J. A. Swann, Win. H. no one can measure their influence for the musical editor of The Traveler
Lawrence, H. E. Mau:sland,E. W. Shrill- good in the community. How well we agreed.
ley,
ley, J. T. Langlois, E. S. Belden, and remember them, those stalwart men of Our friend, H. H. Htmtting, the cus-
our present popular pastor, D. S. Lac- ',God. And the women of the church todian of valuable scrap-books and
quement. '!who now rest from their labors. Equal- Traveler files, that reach farther back
We remember Theodore Beach as ly with the men, they worked for the than the 80's was again appealed to.
the most eloquent man who ever 'upbuilding of the church. Three The result was two pages of tabulated
preached here, George Taylor as the women, praying together, were the nu- data that told briefly certain important
most profound thinker, W. C. Blake- clans of Methodism in Southold, and facts as to dates and personnel. It is
man as the most literary, D. W. Howell ,front that eventful day, 135 years ago,
as the best all-round man,Edwin War- to the present, the influence of woman the unwritten stories, however, between
river for his fine Sunday School work, on the life of the church has been deep the lines that charm the reader. Those
B. T. Abbott and A. S. Hagerty for and wide, I old names and social events—what
their lovable qualities. Other who 1 I find it was some task to go over the visions they conjure up of strawberry
stand out in our mind for their ability wealth of material in the history of festivals, free concerts, ]awn partly,
as preaches are Wm. R. Russell, Al- the Methodist Church of Southold) and other great gatherings of friendly,
Bert S. Graves, Wm. W. GflBes and from its humble beginnings in 1794' smiling faces, that were real com-
J. T. Langlois. Much of the success of and condense it into a 15-minute ad-I muntty affairs, though never called by
the latter was due to his daughter Ruth (dress. Of course what I have given such a name. They were spontaneous,
the finest organist on the Island, who you fs '01
skeleton of facts. the "genuine thing," that we to
thrilled Its by her organ recital this Statistics, they say, are dry, and yet are laboring to recover. Will we sue-
�afternoon, Iceed?
are not the facts I have given you to-
n The names of the class leaders of night eloquent of the growth of ourHere is the valuable material as it
the early times are Pete Vail, Ezra church? The Methodist Church was came from the pen—no, the type-
Boisseau, Benj. R. Prince. Joshua R. founded by John Wesley in 1729, in writer— of H. H. Huntting, and it tells
Goldsmith, Laurens Iiorton, Albert England. Its members were despised, more vividly than any "write-up" can,
Prince, Washington Clark, Alvah Icor- suffered persecution, and were looked tine true story of the Southold Cornet
ton, Halsey Dickinson, Chas. H.Payne, down upon. To-day it is the greatest Band. We can bear the notes again
i Wnn. C.,Snlmat, John o. Corey, F. G. Protestant denomination on the globe,) and see the uniforms of the players as
Wells, A. Corwin, Samuel Weeks, S. ,and its influence is world-wide. they came on an evening in early June
A. Beckwith, Andrew I-Iorrtmn, Hezekiah The Methodist Church of Southold in the long ago to celebrate the home-
Jennings, S.B.Corey, and H.W.Prince, has filled a place, and a big place, in' coining of the new editor of the Trav-
The following sewed as Supero.- the history of our village. It has been, eler with his new Uride.
tendents of tine Sunday School in past and 1t is to-day, a power for good in 1880,Dec. 8,A Cornet Band was organ-
yeas: Wm. C. Salmon, John O. Corey, the community. From its pulpit, from ized here.
Ezra Boisseau, Benj. R. Prince, S, B. the earliest days, consecrated men 1881, Jan. 12, At the last meeting of
Corey, S. A. Beckwith, Rev.S.M.Ham- pointed the way to God. Southold is • tine Southold Cornet Band, Prof. J.
mond, H. W. Prince, J. II. Boisseau, a better place to live in because 135 R, Robinson was elected Leader;Wm.
M. B. Van Dusen, B. T. Payne, T. B. years ago a handful of devoted men H. van, President; and Geo. R. Jet-
Skidmore, W. A. Clark, E. L. Bcissemt' and women founded a Methodist rings, Secretary and Treasurer.
^•. II. T. Bly, and S. G. Gardiner. ,- - - -
E
Y�
ie
` In oincers: Pres., Rev. J. H. Ballou; Prince, Dr. J. N. Hllock; t, Wm. A. c
1881, Jin, 26, The Cornet Band rented g prince, and J; N. Hillock; Sec.,H. G.
the upper room in S. B. Corey's Sec., Wallace A. Clark; Tress., Dr. J. Howell; Treas., T. Baumann; Trus-
building. M. Hartranft. .
tees, Will. C. Albertson, G, F. Hom-
1881, Oct. 26, The Cornet Band moved 1887, Aug. 30, A\Cornet Band Associs- mel, and O. V. Penny.
into the basement of G. Hahn's tion was organized with the follow- 1892, Apr. 13, The Southold Cornet
house. huff officers: Pres., Samuel Dicker-
1882,
ele Jan. 16, The following were son; Vice Pres., Mrs. D.Mrs.
T. Conklin, Leader, D. H. Jackson; Asst. Leader,
elected officers of.the Southold Cor- Miss May Horton, Mrs. Albertson I Louis Baumann; Sec., L. P. Wilkin-
net Band: Pres., Will. H. Vail; Sec. Case, Mrs. M. B. Van Dusen, Muss'. son; Tress., H. M. Hawkins; Janitor,
and Treas., F. D. Schaumburg; Lead- Susie B. &mining; Sec., H. G. How- Harry Vail.
er, J. E. Corey. ell; Tress., G. F. Hommel; Trustees, 1892, June 29, The Southold Comet
1882, Feb. 22, The Southold Cornet Geo. C. Wells, J. H. Cochran and J. Band elected the following officers:
Band participated in the Washing- E. Corey. Leader, J. E. Corey; Asst. Leader,
ton's Birthday Parade in Greenport. 1804 Sept. 6, Dr. Sackett was in the Geo. E. Horton; Sec. and Tress., D.
1882, May 24, The Southold Cornet City purchasing new instrumentsfot H..Jackson.
Band was making arrangements for the Cornet Band. 1896, Oct. 7, The Southold Cornet
a Strawberry Festival. 1887„ Sept. 13, A Cornet Band was Band was reorganized with Geo. H.
1882, June 28, The Cornet Band em- formed with Dr. C. A. Sackett as Wells, Leaden;. Arthur T. Downs, As-�
ployed Edw.S. Havens, leader of the Leader. The new instruments cost St. Leader; M. B. Van Dusen, Seel
Greenport Band, to give lmsolls• $225. and Tress.
1882, Aug. 9, D. P. Horton and family 1887, Sept.. 27, Edward S. Havens of 1897. July 21, The Southold Cornet)
received a hearty serenade from the Greenport was engaged to teach the Band gave an open all, concert on
Comet Band. Southold Band. Dr. Hartranft's lawn.
1883, Jan. 3, The Southold Cornet Band 1987, Dec. 13, A fine entertalnnnent was 1897. Aug. 25, The Southold Cornet
elected the following Officers: Pres.,
See. and Tress., F. given in Belmont Hall for the benefit Band gave an excursion to New Lon-
Wnt. H. Vail; SeGomez; Leader, e. n A. Sackett; of the Southold Cornet Band Assn. don on the. Steamer Long Island.
18II8, PeU. 21, The Band Association 1897, Oct. 6, The Southold Corney;
Asst. Leader, J. Edward Corey. .i
1884, Feb. 28, The following were gave n largely Bind gave an entertainment ht Bel-
attended entertain- Mont Hall for the benefit of Joseph
elected officers of the Southold Cor• Ment in Belmont Hall. A. Fisher, who was to leave for the
net Band: Leader, J. E. Corey; As 1888, May i6, Ih'as Concerts were being Klondike. (The above was taken
sistant Leader, F. D. Schaumburg;. given every Saturday evening bythe from The Traveler of 25 years later
Pres., Will. A. Cochran; Sec., James Southold Cornet Band. dates)
M. Magee; Tress., Julius B. Young; 1888, June 20, The Band Association
Executive Com., Dr. Hartranft, C. was to give an excursion to Fishers he of The T0. Ca Band was c with
11. Ho=nmel, J. M. Magee. Island via Steamer Shelter Island. Posed of Albert G. Case, Leader, with
Fiddle and Clarinet; John Vail, Billy
1884, Pell. 19, The Southold Cornet 1888, Sept. 12, The Band Association' andJohn Cochran, violins; Elam P.
Band was reorganized. held an .entertainment In Delmont
Horton, flute; Vohtey and Charles
1884, May 21, The Southold Cornet Hall, Horton, viols.
Band was making arrattgements for 1888, Sept. 26, The Southold Cornet n 4 . ,
a Strawberry Festival. Band hired W. H. Terry's new Hall.
The preceding array of facts goes a
1884, June 18, The proceeds of the Cor- 1808, Oct. 5,The Southold Cornet Bnnd long Way to prove that the, old member
net Band Festival were about $100. was engaged to play at the County was right when he said: ,The Southold
1884, July 9, The Cornet Band engaged Fair at Riverhead. .Cornet Band was one of the best things
the services of E. S.Havens of Green- 1888, Dec. 6, On Thanksgiving Day Brooks
port as instructor. Wm. L. Elmer four firemen paraded our streets es- saY t in iter bank Southold."
o n1 Southo ds that the
was elected Leader in place of J. E. costed by the Cornet Band. '80's was an awakening period in the.
Corey, resigned. The Band headed 1889, May 28,The Southold Cornet Band Smtttt-'
passing, notice phow
In s
the 4th of July Parade, went to PecOhic one evening and nisi re'.anion.. Inacted a this awakening:how
1884, Oct. 15, J. E. Corey was elected played for the people of that place. Int 1880, the Band was formed; iu
Leader and James M. Magee Asst.l 1869, June. 5,_ The Southold Cornet. 1881, tine first Harvest Home Festival)
l Leader of the Southold Band. Band serenaded Mr. and Mrs. J. N. was held;
:n 1884, Belmont Hall was,
1804, Oct. 29, The Southold Cornet
Bullock' bu' t; in 1.886, Vile Hook & Ladder and'
Band.gave a pleasant social in Bel- 1880, June a The Southold Cornet Protection Engine Companies were m'-I
moat H011, Band,gave a dress Parade.
1892, Mar. 2, The Southold Cornet „'in! eo;
In 1886, thr. Lyceum Library
1884, Nov. 26, The Southold Cornet Band Association elected the follow- 'had a room in the rear of.Howell's,
Band disbanded. Ing officers: Pres., Samuel Dicker-
Dritg ay,in 1807
Store; on Decoration D
1880, May 12, A CarnetBand Associa- son; Vice Presidents, Mrs, D. T. the Ladies Monumental Union unveiled
. I the Soldiers' Monument; in 1888, a
tion was organized with. the follow- I -Conklin, Mrs. Wm. C. Albertson,
Mrs. J. N. Hallock, Mrs, Will. A. nev; Dramatic Satiety was formed.
With all these activities,,it was logics.
'2_ f
that a new bank building &hould fol-
low. in bountiful
the contract was given a Deposits i Villages for the beautiful structure now known ,�ffi1 �i?,9®
as the Cahoon Memorial Library. What
!a record fortenYears Can any later
�period compare with it? Let no young- er 500 Per Capital
ster of to-day think times were "slow" _ I
in father's and mother's day. �C,r
R B. H.
Tho following is 14printed Crum O 'a aunts of 1:1500 dcpo dors, to Nvhon i
CALLS
������ •Mm u it 1 issue of the A at e r i c a u!r pays nnLo est at hit r n,! of 5 per
PHONE )- , ,, 5 4 Ihako of Ntnh rttan, one of the! ent on au.ounts up to $�00, •uxl. 'I
'Capita
e ndi n: • publications in the U n 1 t e d per cent en accounts nr excess of that
OCEAN CAN NOW HE MADE 'Capita 'Riverhead I,. I Has Per m„ The Itrymd,end 8avr1, a Idnrnlr
Ui ntn Doposits of $4,52416" was (,stabhshed fifty Inc yours ago.
pp��,pql��,�f•y��g g p,FOLK
COUNTY
...rwo recent items in the American It is n mutual bank quad rrpo-t.,a, sur-
ry gq ppM ➢g�8^�gt49 gq g-@y®{� B 9 [milker mentioned the h e a v}- Per plus lit market value of $2,,"M,027.
pp �A9&.�@FM SIJ tl 9 OLK 0973111`d N S capita deposits carried by the bmrka °Suffolk County embraces I:hc c,as1:•I
of Los Angeles, Cal., and of Sbrcve- ern portion of Lon;; blilnd and in-
,�I r.... —..—. port, Ln. The Los Angelus avprag'o eludes a ronrrr•kabl,y rich nKriculLn r:11
'I',ana All:unLir. telephone service was $870 and ,Sherevelurt came nem- section, par•tienhrrly devoted to h•uck
horunur n ul nblc I ht. vicek not llly'� this total with $7151. These tire, proud �I:n•minK and the cultrveti on i
in New Ja rle r, New ',ort city Wcs records considering- that both cities world famous Long Island pI, to.l
•he.lcr Iv! 1 Iand county and Subur have a large, population Eat when Eastern Long Island is also a ainuurev
ban I,o;lg L,I.uxi, which had thr•, serv- it comes to narking records quite liPlayground for the entire•. New• York
ice since its inauguuve
ration January 7 number (if in
£ other communities will metropolitan area ;md is the ]join(, Of
but also iu the rest of New York haa word to say. manNev,y NeYork People,[)" wealth."
Stale, "The village of Riverhead. L. 1, The figures of the four ltiv-erhend
This extension of London service to with a population not Exceeding 4; banks were for Jnnuary 1, 1027. 'Tlu
tclephmres t:hrou hoot the territory it 000, shows n per capita bank dojrosit combined resam•ees of these banks
serves has been garranged for by the total that is exceptional and po•baps iteral about $'3'3000,000.
New York Telephone conrpalry in sets a recoil for the. entire country The villuKe o[ Southold mal:" (,.ren
cooperation with the-American Tele..In the.village of Riverhead there oe a better per capita ooll it, slrroving!
1 ' than Riverhead Southold nntwo
Phone and Telegraph company and lf.+pur bails with deposits r follies,
the, British post office. Riverhead Savings Sank $9 r'da i0o.t0 hanks, the Southold Ravings 'Bank,'
The enlarged area to and from Suffolk County Trust Ln, 3,247,u93.27) which had total deposits of $8,42f,-
which London calls may be made, con- Suffolk Go. Nail hand; 8,009,985.815 701-04 oil January I, and the Bank
t:riue allpt,osinrately two and one-half Long Island State flank 2,011,12323 Of Southold, which had deposits or
million telephones and any ore of, ___— $543,242.6'3 oil that date, making n
Olein err be rnnnu led with .ray unci 03
I S18,096 511 grand total so), the two I n il,s of
pop
(If Lhe 000.000 telephones ill the Met-1 'Sines the total is 7,000 I$bing OIs 66 The 700, `tic of t1mL
t population ivdla„E ne about. 1,700 winch wnultL
t opolitan 1.nudou area. this vrakos it pen et pita dr pn LI; ever- make the .per capita dNpasit nverag:•1
;IlIii ni for fill, London
Distance" andel tiry say of that Riverhead is mily dr,nv ool`f R5,'b1 S The n plus of they
S I oulhold Savings leak at uuul eta
ing the nrstraCtioua in the usual way a population outsmlo Clio lau icipalivaluo on January 1 was 41 (1113 f40 17.
The charge for n, three-minute con boundary. In fact, felt Rivencatid Sar land the naunher of drpmilo,s ori IJurt�
versation other with a clesi Miller ings Badnh has oil its .books the ac Nate was 0,:,61.
party or a designated telephone is $75:- A Uetl0 lle meansand $26, It minute for each addition q g .11
Please, who inventeddollars slid
uriuute or fraction thereof. There is •a—' 2' "Head of the Bay" cents?
It report charge of $.lo. it, case the yy� - - Ans,—It was Thomas Jefferson, to
l,ordmr telephone is reached but not The name Aquebogue originally be- whom our young Republic owed
the designated party. longed to land and meadows on the more, perhaps, than to any other
maaroirville once Called north side of Peeonle bay. The satire, statesman. In 1784, as chairman of
, name was later bestowed on meadows a committee of the Continental Con-
ac,PHnl 'r Hole at Flanders in Southampton town. It gross, lie Proposed a decimal system
had a great many variations from of currency, to be based on the
At one tittle ,1Vlanorville was called 11656 to 1651, including Occobock, Oc- .Spanish dollar, then in general cir-
"]vunhs Hole." Punic was_ a name lcobank, Agabake, Aucquobouke, Han- culation in the United States. Seffer-
f!;iven Uy the Indians to a fungous quebang, and Qccaquabauk. With all son proposed to mane four coins; a
;growth found on old oak trees and these •variations it resolves itself into silver dollar to equal in velue tiro
Slnnrps, and used by their for fuel, an original 'Ucque-bang,' meaning Spanish dollar; a ten-dollar ptacn in
the significance being that "punk" in "the end of the water place," or gold, n loth of dollar in silver and
the Delaware tongue meant ashes, "Head of the bay." .. a tooth of a doll lar to copper. Thos
Linder or g1inPEwda1'• Wireless Telegraphy I was laid the foundation of our cur-
traditional origin of the un- rency In centa, dimes, dollars and
n acinus name of Punk's Hole is hall ahn•cani first succeeded in telegraph- oast(,(,. Based ae it was mr the
g•` decimal syatem, 8 was a'great im-
all early settler became lost in the Ing eprtnln signals across the Atlantic i Cavement mn the currency of other
woods, and was able to locate himself i,. imp 7;101 nail Tho Oral complete uressage
only by these growths oar some old wassent In1-003• 'lrnnsoceonlcteleph' countries. Most nations have now
trees in a hollow. ' On being asked' ony w•as first nccongplisbed in 1015 adopted decimal syatems of. their
where 'he had beeny 'he replied, At wl speech Nuns tr•nnsmltiod from own,.
Punk's IIole." ! _. 1l'nshl ngton to Paris epi; U Ilonolulu
-- _ the letter distance being almost 5,000
miles. ylS✓-
fl
A8
E
�bars of motorists in this county have
NOVEL LTHREE-WHEELED MACHINE OF 000 grow".
The type of car that he ]lark
drove wopld today be hardly recog-
nized As a motorcar, the change in
style has been so rapid let twenty-
four years ago that nrarh,ne avas al-
mostone of the wonders of the earth.•
Surely our development in things me-
chanical is marvelous.
Steered First Car with A "Tiller"
The first car that Dor. Smith drove
was -Stanley steamermade by the
Loconobile concern in Bridgeport. It
steered with a tiller instead of a
' w'hecl. Ih carred two people mils and
they sat ox it bigfi seat, like the seat
• of an old, fashioned carriage, and the
wheels were 'high, like carriage
wheels.
�T ',t. Then it was a little doubtful wheth.
er the motorist was going to get
" I where he started for, for tile. cars
were a long way from being as fool
proof as Chey ore todayOne needed
considerable Of
ail ongineer to
operate them successfully. And when
,� ` �. .s ; °„ •y?t;± . one encountered a hill, ih was likely
to be a case of get out and help 'push
•� the machine over the crest.
From that type of car, which was
a wonder in its dray, Mr. Snaith has
progressed to the twin-six Packard
This is the latest addition to the Smithsonian institution, Washington, tine and the 1025 Master Six Buick, which
ded anio
Knox three-wheeler of 1000. It Is One Of the earliest commercial motor vehicles cars,x Andnxiinubetween'nlie hhas]driven
and is of a style known as a "trap." The gas engine is aono-cylinder, air- nearly every type of car nxanufac-
cooled. The Power Application is controlled by the lever at the driver's left. tared. Generally speaking 'he has
In 1000 tilts machine was driven in a Parade at the Hudson-Fulton celebra- purchased a new car for his own
tion in New York city and was awarded $25 for the oldest machine to Com-
plete the line of march under Its own Power. Paul E. Garber of the Smith- pleasure every year. The Master Six
sonlan stalt Is shown In the machine. _ .__-_.___ Buick is the only car of that type yet
m fire county. At one time in his
One Car in Suffolk in 1900 career leve, At
a nerd, lie said,
and he believes that was the first Ford
5[Ak z ry.L t.�x owned in the county, too.
[Jas G3'oLll11 t0 25,( 00 in 1924 Stale Siad Only 85 Cars in !sod
On the ocensio, of his becoming the
first car owner in the cortntythere were
The celebrated bemxsCAlh of child-
'like figurative wild lire. And tine gold only 85 motorcars owned in the entire
that they represent far eclipses the State, according to an official list of
hood memories that was grown fora fanciful tale of Jack and g
file Beset-
certain Jack to climb, and down which stalk and his celebrated hen. Fiction the owners issued by the Secretary of
loo later brought the golden harp and and Fairy tales are being, fairly ont- State, a copy of which lie had in his
the lien that laidi the golden eggs, was Clone in our everyday existence. pocket. Mr. Smith was No. X10 on that
At 70 Mr. Smith is Still Motoring list. No. 1 was G. F. Chamberlain mf
'hardly more ambitious in its upward 'Harrison, N. Y. On that list, Goo,
climb than has been the motorcar in- Mr, Smith cane to !overhead this there were entered only two Brooh-
dustry in Suffolk Comity, week to tape out his operator's li-
t.
i- lynnites a5 owning cars, E. I-I. Smith
This is brought most intm•esting'ly cense. Stoppping• for a 'Lima. to chat of 79 Pierrepont street aid William
with his old fx•iend, I-Iudsen V. Griffin, Spencer of 232 Lincoln Place. Now
to mind through a chat with Cora D. At the Gritlin Hopse, he was Suter- there are over 1,000,000 pleasure carts
Smith of Smithtown Branch, the Alan viewer! by the newspaper oxen. They registered in this State. In those,
who is credited with having owned the Ifoun'd the celebrated and genial rest- days there were no automobile laws,
first motorcar in all of. Suffolk County, dent of Si nithtown Branch fall of the no good roads, no road maps, no road
And he purchased his first car only a entlmsiasnx of bugant;life, still eager signs, substantially no garages, and
And lie xpurch Pew yeas ago—toren- to go on and or in motoring, even if the cars required no number plates.
Comparatively
iv be exact—yet since that he is 70 years old. His looks belie his The motorcar has in a certain sense
,years, though, for no one would take revolutionized the world within twen-
dine the number of cars owned by res- him to be As old as he says lie is. ty-five yeas. It has been responsible,
idents of Suffolk County has grown Even if he has been plloting cars for goodu roads as no other agency;
to the nmazmg numUer of over 25,000. steadily and'almost contlnuoasly year it Iles moved cities nearer togetiire• by
It seems almost incredible to find in ant year out, winter And summer, wfirng• out distances.
the inhabitants of this one rural coun- .ever since a motorcar of ally type was 1•. Smith, who is axe of the pren-
ty branching out so extensively fn any I1 baby, ire is still as enthusiastic n inert retired residents of Smithtown
one means of conveyance. But the ` • e CBranch, A descend'Ant of the Ari
final
are at hand to prove that they l'IlDunng•0 As nhis t�hxneiutofatlYivingehe has Snilth settlers, spends his winters rill
have. The spread of the motorcar seen the type and style of the cars Florida. Several years ago he decided
"contagion" has been, it is indicated, 'change -almost as rapidly as the num- to drive his car. all the way through
front New Xork to the Southernmost he wts advised dial. f.11e condition of .The radiator is kept10011 warmed on
Store Some had tried it and failed, his hent made if, advisnblu for him to top of the engine. One day it caused
but lie stuck to it until Tampa was i etc n home' a sensation ah,the old Brighton Beach,
reached, being• the firsC machete, he rust it eel: ]te sulfer0d an nitae.k of when it ambled a mile do three and n.
understands, to accomplish the long of 04.1, Ilrdtgcrilion, but he apparently half minutes.
�jOurney. T3IIt it took hint four weeks, wilhslOOd 1110 e.I'foels anis was on the, II to 1915 Dr. Overton took out its
lIle found only an apology for roads "Ond to recovery when a relapse oe- licese for it, After that until he
in many sections, but he kept bravely purred. turned it over to Josh, it reposed in
on, evenfording streams at times Op July ,I, I8a4, Elwood IIaynes, his barn. In all that time, one of its
with Ills fnitliful car. He got lost time 111011 the Yount; tmntager of it gas coni- tires stayed alive, and, held air. Josh
,quit again, 'because there were no ])any at Kokomo, took It queer froggy won't sell] it.
toad maps and no road signs, but ivltlt out a longuo or shafts on Lbo.
eventually located the tight roads anil slleuf, for a httl .People in ,iearby Oldest Twins on Long Island
kept going He blared the trail fol houses i.nrnzed 1.1. flit. peci liar mach- �.t,,,r on L
the great swarm of motorists who now nae r tisheai 0111 and 4ulrennded the The'oldeet twine 911 Long Island,Mrs.
male the tun to r fen dogs. "hon seItu caariagc'." Maria Halsey Osborne of 148 Marion
In the,Suffolk e0r days of the motor- Mr. Haynes neared it would ho un.
car in Snftnll; one met many horses safe Lo al.tmupl to start hi Lhe crowd, St., Brooklyn and Mrs. Mary .Hoxton
and carriages, Of course, on the high- rind had the macliln!; lowed out on a Raekett of Southold, celebrated their
ways, and the car was such a hideous Oouu Cry road. Then Ile drovn it tri- eighty-second birthday on Thursday,
monster to the aninials that the lot- uun1)hn ol.ly back into RoIfO"10 at its Nov. 22. They were born in Southold
ter naturally became badly fright- mashnnnt .spend of eight ntilos all
meed; runaways of the horses and holo'. 11 was filo day 0t btcycoug fad,! In 1841, Mrs. Raclrett is spending the
smash-ups of carriages were fie- turd girle on bk+yelos win, sine Haynes' winter with her niece, Mrs. Slaterbeek,
fluent. Today it i:: a strange horse, machine, hnrriodly pedaled into side at 1487 E. 14th St„ Flutbush, where
indeed., that beeone- frightened at. a ;l,ry is followed by gapnng popple, four generations congregated to cal•
ip s;1.ig• motorcan drnmg their hoses who acre not tool ebratethener birthday—Mrs. Raekett,.
Owners of Hoses Asked When He sue tllul: the conhapl.lol was not
III intention of the elOVII. 1 Mrs. Slaterbecle, Mrs. Clara R. Strong
Was Going t0 Use Rood This nulomobile was the resnit of and little Maria Strong. The parents
Speaking pt' those days of Ilor£ea 1`vo yearn, exporinnlit. It now is in of these twine were also born at South
and h0rseless carriages, as the motor inol0SalliInne Miall ore Lilt to at M ash old snit came of long-lived ancestry.
cars wore called, Mr. Smith recalls. S ynes too]:I •Phe Grandmother Horton, re
that ho frequeutly used to receive let it into Chicago and of.t0mpted to drive great-great.
tears from residents fiving between iu.Miehigan n.v0nno he was ordt:red by great grandmother of Maria Strong,
Sntitlttown and Port Jefferson, asking nrfr"Collinto to Set that cmnlrapl.lo❑ j bad her picture taken when 90 years of
I'll', on what days of the week he ! age. Another of the "greats" grand•
expected to be oft of the read with his 'I li' ul.00iobile was the result of fathers lived to be.
car, the writers adding' that their All. c
Ilrines' d 1111:. 1t. over n. wide 85 and another
wives woe anxious to go out for a Icrillov in lets duties as manager grandmother 90, and a cousin; Mdss�
drive with their horses but feared to root' quickly Than 110 could pith a Clara Haines of Bridgehampton, lived'
do so it he intendacl being on the hor6u. \ year after its first success- to be 96, Mrs. Osborne is following in
road with his strange nnonster, lel frill he o•ga.11kOd a c,Ornpany to the footsteps of her ancestors, who
"At times," Mr. Smith acl;ded, "I nritual'a,clum the cars. fI0 has been
have turned around and gone the Iloliblout of the, Haynes Automobile were active members of the oldest
Other way whet I saw horses ap- f'on4nury since 1898. 1 Presbyterian church in the United
proaching for fear of frightening Mr. 1:Ia.ynOe ivas born at Portland, 'States, the church at Southold, built in
,them and causing accidents." .frill., October 14, 1857, attended 1110
Although Mr, Smith has driven over publin schools there, fund was giaduaf. 1690. Mrs. Osborne now atteada frog.
100,000 utiles—"and probably twice I'll fmill Lhe Worr.,este• Pelytecluilc hr- ularly the. prayer meetings, Ladies'
that," he says—and has toured here, ^titulo ;If NhOPCOSn"I, Mass. Later Ire Aid and Sunday services of the Greeho
there and everywhere in all makes and sludied s.1. ;fohns 1Iopkins, Ile ivas Ave. Presbyterian church, and her
types of cars, he has yet to meet with tueaa•ied in .1,087 to Miss Llortha Lan- table is'always laden with rell lous
his first accident oaf any sort. And l,ovinan, 0f Portland, Ind. Their two , g
during fill of the time, 'Coo, that lie phlhhrnn, a daughter a.nd a son, often papers and magazines. She can inform
has owned and operated motorcars he °'ssn"rod Nil'. Haynes to lets krboretory you of anything of a religious nature
never has received a summons for fast word; ill Kolio''"' going on to Brookyn. Mrs. ]teakettle
or reckless driving, "'Ill" titin"' 01 Iht automobile vias
o I+. ruler r of cell fire In th. East In- chief recreation, too, is reading good
FIRST
'i' pgI`1'/1 BUILDER,
diolln Nomat School amen Ire left literature. And thus the milestones
4 119!, A AU O BU111sI ER, "Johns 1109Lins. Chen lie was made, are passed.
h�IO�D AY�G�, DEADjtatnIlei Portland Natural Gas --
�? � ford with Nngine No. 00 is Patch- Two Older Twins
y;...e j •? ague Novelty f ?_S In last week's TunvcLga mention
Thr, a,ulnurobile world was d-WtIly was made of two women, now livingin
interp5ted Lhis week 1t. kern of Iltn The elder brother of all except 59 Brooklyn,
of Henry's ten million flivve• children Y as the '•oldest twine on
pri;nelnf; away of 1:1AVO011 Haynes at is owned by. Joshua, 'Budd in Patch- Long Island"—Mrs. Maria Osborn and
li.okouro, lnd., 'Alouday, following a, oguo. It in a real old stem winder, !Mrs. Mary Rockett. Both are known
brier illuer.s. Mr.Tlaynps is lmnwn ns of 1904, and was the first motorcar to to the writer, who went to school with
1110 buildur of the nrst uatoniobile. appPear in that section.
'Por many years Dr. Prank Overton, them', at "Hermitage," their birth-
'1'wo woeks ago Mr. Haynoe returned editor of the State Medical Journal, place, "three-score and ten" years
from a. Southern 11.11) lvith his who, drove around in it, One enters from ago, But he also knows two men,
�turing which he, had ondenvm•ed Lo 1.0-la 'high door in the rear, between the,born in Cutchogue, three, e
gain hie strength front an.attack of seats, The engine is tucked under these "Haloes years before
:the floor boards and the ggas tank and girls," the' not school-
inflaenza tierim•ul dmi•iug 1110 winter,tool,box hold the fort undenthe'hood. mates of hie—Ira Brewster and Isaac
`A 1'ew days baor0 len ahu•ted NOVOI - - Tuthill Moore, the firat li Vino at South.
orm. Tile
l stones
its services.
ampyton and the second at Patcogue,_ hwit tf ofr toosfiveeycars ago tile mill ul sizefrom pills tolnaibles tslid ethen µ
_.
may celebrate their 86th birthdaynext became the: property qrsof. ago Cornelia losing all semblance to roundness, bl-
September 13th. Both these mon are liorsford. It-is today in a splendid creased in size until tough
trgl£cllhf from
in good physical and mental condition, ;;tate of repair, due to receiving' the �of ice, as bigas hens' eggs,
and enjoy living. The Brooklyn Eagle necessary consideration looking to-
it mail t
has made mention of these twine mor a words its preservation. above, t that
n the setter of tile gathered a.
than once. After passing sixty it large quantity and tools it home and
seems easier to hang on to life than to LONG ISLAND STORMS put in the ice box.
let go, Years cease to count, and if I There have been many severe
one retains mental and physical ability, /nci(�., -r-f �() storms through the years, but the
Special to THc COUNTY RRvtR'w most terrible of recent date was the
there is even ¢ chance of being useful. By Mas. L. M. JouaNCAY hurricane and flood which struck Glen
000, H. TERRY I Cove in August of this year, (1926).
'Phe great snowstorm of February It seemed like a big water spout slid
Shelter Island's Old Dutch ! 1717, was doubtless the most remark- tornado, Many freakish things liap-
able fall of snow that has ever oc- pened. Branches were taken off large
Windmill 1VIOyed to IVCW Site
`� curred in this country since the set- trees; garages floated away; second
F
C9elk. L. --- )d-bdement. Houses in Orient were bur- story taken out of a house, and LoP
'phe old Butch windmill is being I lied to the second-story windows and story set down on first floor; one side
m•.rvcd very carefully to nine of the one on Plum Island was entirely cov- was taken off a house and other side
highe;;t points on Sylvester Manor, eyed. Cotton Mather states that the left; and a Pierce-Arrow car with
Shelter Island, and will be set LIP in snow in Boston was 20 feet in depth, two occupants wits lifted over a fence
:11-11 condition that it may be used The winter was remarkably cold, and to the Other side, unhurt.
again in ease o1' necessity, Its it was I the ice so thick that Noah Terry rode In the years to come this storm will
,luring the late World War. on horseback from Orient harbor to pl.obably be chronicled among the
'Chis obt mill, dating buck to 1840 Shelter Island. other severe storms on Long Island.
,•n Shcdter Island, has stood mit the On the afternoon of December 24,
wino, lot next to the library, mid 1811., occurred a remarkable storm. Famous "September Gale"
way between the two ferries }mown I At noon the air was calm with a sprin- D of Century Ago Described
as North 1I::ven forty, and Greenport' fele of rain, but at 1 o'clock it coin-i '1 �2�7
I'cr ry, on the State mail runnmgl menced blowing a gale with snow e,dlJl- 5ii'
Lh ro'201 the he:v3 of the Island, quit and intense cold. A more violent and 1 Editor COUNTY RBVIEW;
is a well-known Iamhmrt•1'c to the sun- clestrnctive storm has not been known In the last issue of Tlrta COUNTY
mer cOloty as well as tourists who I for the last hundred years. Many PT:vrcw Tisbe asks some. of the pres-
lincl their way here flvour all parts of young cattle froze to death in the ort generation to rile our grandpar-
Lhe globe. fields, Two vessels bound to New cats about "the September gale," IC
Originally, this mill was Purchased York were lost and crews -perished. is very doubtful that anyone living
in tine •year l8�jo pv Joseph Congdon On September 23, 1815, occurred inmembers it and probably those who
1 of ;;2!10 slit stood in Southold Front one of the severest storms of rain and remember hearing it told about would
thi .Girt t it was taken clown anti e t,h haver different story to tell. The
moved in sections mi flouts across the wind ever known. About 11 a.un the
wind blew so violently as to unroof ,rllnwing extracts ,are from letters
lot:; Lo what is known as Wecks or houses, blow down barns and uproot writLer after the gale. The time of
le rei;h pond on Shelter Island, which trees. The tide rose to•a wonderful the gale was between 8 and 12 o'clock
that time teas a ferry terminal: height, and families living near the i;al,nday morning, September 23,
During' its ,iourney over the water. wharf of the cast end of Long Island 1816. The. place wan Long Island and
Ow main cog-wheel supporting the went from one house to another in a New England coasts.
wings. wins Inst overboarcd, which de-. boat. The Atlantic coast was strewn LeL lire quote from a letter listed
Laved the w011: of reconstruction sev- with wrecks as a result of the "Sep- Slit, Ilarhor, Sunday evening, Septem-
cr:rl months. A man named Talmage tember gale." 'tor 24, 1815:
nuperiiitended the words of removalThe ,year 1816 was remarkable its "yesterday we experienced one of
and be,caran its first miller on Shelte having a frost every month. ton most tremendous gales eve• ex-
Island, and was assisted in reassert-, Oil August 10, 1826, there was a neriece(vi in Chis climate„ It blew a
Ming -still Uy 14artin Prince and great wind and flood, and part of the Iu,I icann, Trees are strewed in
le W Paine, thefather of "our" , lasdome mill, on the shore of Man- ?very direction about our streets. Mr.
Mavens Pride. This w'orlc continued basset bay, was carried awatihdghl":; rope-walk entirely blown
through the peal of 1840-1541 be- y East Ilampton suffered greatly in down. The Iddo rose six feel; higher
:fore itas rectdj' to,,, operation, 1.fl73 from nn August gale, the worst �r,h:m it, was evo• seen. All Cite cat-
About the yeru• 1S55 Congdon sold storm since 1811. Chimneys, trees, lot l ;;lid many houses in the lower
Lhc nntll to Cant, Smith Baldwin, a windmills and Che frame for a new parts were full of water. The lighL-
reCimd sen captain, and hired Rem- house were blown down.� Boats I Itnw;e nn 1\1ouCxuk was so injured that
ington havers as nu!ler, who cortin- wreeked and fruit and corn crop de- ue light 1.m be keph in iC until the
ucd r until his death, when Cant. stroyad. !anl.nrn be ropa.ired.
ll;.tldwin tools charge and ran it until l- The winter of 1866-57 was known "Rail; Orion, Seth 'pulbaC, master,
lac ill tozn sold it in 1870 to Capt. as the "season that tried men's souls," Errol SL. Petersburg for Provideu'e,
lit. , ,uill Cartwright, father of Mrs. The Long Island railroad trains did with a ,.argo of hemp and iron, was
lin Painc, who with Nathaniel ;tot get through to eastern Long IsL !i ,���.,,r.,ked yesterday III Mon tank—hemp
I niultnv as miller, still operated the Ind from December 23, to second week .,t,� iron piu•tially saved, to the
mill. of February, 1857. :mount of 2011 tons; the crew escaped.
;;lime forty-seven years ago Cal?t On March 12; 1888, occurred it ter- "Much damage is sustained all
(Cartwright sold it to ➢'Ins. Lillian cible snowstorm known as the'"Bliz- ,long the Oastern rnrl of Long Island.
1�':u9uw, olid 1'or a long time tine will Y Milb; are destroyed, and Orchard and
Gar-
(10:110d business until daring the world zard of '88," No traffic of all kind
Cot, many days—snow many feet deep. iOrrsC tress overthrown.
Mr. Gar-
V.'ai it was renovated and put into Tem Years later occurred an other ';liner, rig Gardine•'s Island, is a con-
ruunittg Order by Clarence Cai•t severe snowstorm on same date, called siderable sufferer by the loss of his
wrU;ht, With Timothy Griot as "Anniversary of the Blizzard.' wharf, orchard, and large quantities
millet, it resunt d business in the In the summer of 1925, a thunder tr valuable tlmIm•. CilPl. Spencer's
sunlyno• soasols of 1317-1'918 fon tile.l storm struck the Island,together,with
wcs.sel ,tl Patchbgoc, is totally lost." since, when. a considerable nivad ec• ofBible as September 3, 1921,. so think)
Prm ar,U
F1.0111 I .nr dated at Providence Indians perished." I `his is the correct date..
Sunday limning: _ And now my dear Tisbe, I should Please print £or information of any,
'The elements are now quiet, but like to hear from you personally. I interested. It. 11.
yantcrday about 8 o',clock, a most tre Very truly yours, —
u,etdous gale free the southeast coin- Ralph Ifewlett Tuttle, Jr., MORE FACTS ABOUT
mew.""' and coatinued to increase till. Eastport, L. h "SEPTEMBER GALE"
12 o'c lode. Front 111 to I'2 there wac
nor• ceiutin"c(l ,rr:n; of horror. '.Ila ,r
;treat bridge was carried away by One Editor, County Review: Editor, &)UNmy IREvisw:
Sr two vessels driving aginst it. And Reading the "Communication"
it.crall•y speaking, all vessels in the signed "Tisbe;' in last week's County In the paper of September 29 was
harbor broke their fasts, and (hove, Review concerning "the September a communication, signed Tisbe, asking
with the rupidiLy Of lightning, up the gale," an occurrence years ago, has about the sto•et called the "South-
•.nve, whence they now lie; some of,led one to believe the following in- ampton Gale."
-.hent from five to six feet above call'-�formation may prove an answer to It occurred on September 20, 1915..
.noni high water nuu•h. The member the inquiry regarding the. correct The wind blew litre a hltrricauc. The
it vessels lip Ute cove, which can date, sea rose so high that it swept down
never be. got off, exceeds 30, 'rhe When a lad of fifteen years of age, almost every bmdt the length of lite
waters rose from to to 12 feet higher my grandfather, Robert. Nelson Island.
than ever was known. All the build- Mount, lived in New York City with Nlerox bay at Water Mill ruse so
Ings and stores, or nearly all, on the his uncle, Micah Hawkins, woe art high it ran into the Mill Pont], IC
wharves, are washed away. I pre- that Cime was proprietor of ai bete!, blew the sand into the panels and
.;one. Lhe buildings destroyed, inchtd- and. conducted a grocery store %it the creeks, slid buried nwcb valuable tool
htg L11, meeting house, exceeds one Catherine street ferry. Front x boob and meadow. fences and trees were
nunrlred and fifty which my grandfather then used as a blown down, trees in the woods blew
"All Lhe :•hips, (only h or 5) below 'diat•y in which to record unusual Curl'dowil'in the carried fields was ruined.
buildings.
where Lhe. bridge was, titre on the Lops 'evenCs, soil copies of IeCCers 1 acrdI NIRS. D. H, Hine.. Y,
of tile wharves. The distress is Past the following exU•aets: Southampton.
:tit rlcscripl,ion. 'rhe water in Wybos- "New Ym•]t City, N. Y.—Monday,
iet stared and Westminster street, was 3rd September, 1821. A tremendous Editor, COUNTY tRcwsw:
1'ren fi to 8 feet above the Pavement. gale eesompanled with rain, snob as:
hve.r.v person was obliged to quit the in abort, is not within the recollection There were evidently two gales of
lower sLories of buildings there. All 111 the oldest in'habitau Cs, visited tor, "tore than el century ago known as the
the colnme-cial part of the place I city of New York. The tide, a1. low "September gale." Not strange,tri as
think is ruined, water, rose nine feet(up mid down). we know mm•O of the science of meta-
"The loss caenoL be in Illy Ofam n Its devastations were dreadful! otology, slid understand better the
less than yni,000,000. Many people It was considered a •perfneC hum- conditions that cause then- to develop
have lost all their property and a cane. In New York the damage was at Utis season of the year. Not the
number have lost their lives. We tut- great among the shipping, the sloop mere fact of the sun's "erosshlg the
derstaund that the distillery in Bar- Antelope, Capt. Edwards of Brook line," as was formerly the prevalent
ringlet owned by a company of gen-t !raven was sunk and all hand:; lost, idea.
Ucomm in Providence, was totally de- and many others were much damaged 'fire gale known in Now England as
'troyed.' "From all I can hear it was the the "September gale" was that of
Prom a letter dated New Bedford, most dreadful storm that his been September, 1.816, beginning alt the
September 24: far. a number of years, on probably mornhig of the 22nd. It was felt as
Yesterday at I''airhaven, I was ever'hereabouts. The tide rose sO fast far south as Delaware, and inland
witness to the most shocking scene my we had to make the hest of our way for a considerable distance. The force
eyes ever beheld. When I rose in the out of the store, though it was low of the gale was principally felt in
morning the wind was southeast,blow- water at the time.' Narragansett Bay. At Dorchester,
ing very hard; but about 0 o'clock it ,,.My brother Shepard writes its near Boston, seventeen houses and
shifted to south and remained there from New Haven that. the new Meth- forty barns were enroofed,sixty chint-
two hours, blowing a tremendous gale, odist church in that place, teas blown nays were blown down, and mere than
which sent the tide in ten feet higher down, anti much damage done to the .five thousand fruit and other trees
Lhan the oldest person ever knew it to place during the gale.' were torn tip by the roots. The best
be. It carried everything before i;. Copy of a letter slated from Mor- ,account of this storm is in Sidney
The sloop Attempt was thrown across- ristown, N. J., September 5th, 1.821, Pe•leys,,"Historic Storms of New
the sheet close to J. H. Trees were states, ."-;here is such a scarcity of Englund; publiehad in Salem fn 1891.
blown ay by the roots, fences and news—nothing talked of new, but a «The September Gale" was the sub-
walls lay flat, these disasters, with camp-„,acting which continued durii,g eat of one of Oliver Wendell Holmes'
the loss of four persons, were what all the storm and how many trees 1 -
Look place ono this side of the river. At blew down in the, gale mi Mmulay eve- well known short poems. He was six
Bedford a number of small houses ning I hear there was much in.im,Y Years old at the time, and the princi•
were. seen floating about. pal impressio,matte upon him,lie tells
"AbouL 1.2 O'clock the wind was done in the city—thaF• the Battery is its, was the loss of his "Sunday
almost destroyed, etc.” breeches" from the clothes line. The
southwest and continued w the re- Very truly' first three stanzas are as follows:
mainder "f the clay, )!owing very Clara Brewster Mount, "I'm not a chicken; I have seen
I hard, with heavy rain tine greater East Setauket, N. Y. . Pull many a chill September,
part ed the time. The windows were And though I was a youngster the-,
covered with stilt water. The trees,
----- That gale I well remember;
are all rs fro black. Editor COUNTY Rrvte:w:
Letters Eton Newbu rypm•t, New- The day before, my kite string snap-
Part, New London, Bridgeport, Ston- I read in your paper last week :t Anel, my kite Pursuing'Norwich, Boston, and in request for car•rert, date of the Sep-
toe, relate similar disaster, The tember gale. I had a great:uncle who The wind. whisked air my palm-leaf
from New London states there is was drowned in this gale al Rork- hat;—
tradition among the natives that away Botch, ;is were litany Oil'ets For lite, two storms were brewing!
h a storm occurred.about 200 veers )lis death is Vece•rled rn the family i _.
7
i
s.
It came as quarrels sometimes do, a 9e 9 ,yg yy Followed
y®�
When married folk get clashing; Big Blizzard Soon H ollo Ned
There was a heavy sigh or two
Before the fire was flashing;—
A little stir among the-clonds by Freak Thunder Storm. to
Before they rent asunder,
A little rocking of the trees,
And then came on the thunder. pAy blockade
{ �+
Lord! how the. ponds and rivers - Help,,Break Snow .bloc a e
boiled, - �.tr ri 9 yy
And how tile shinglea vat!.led! •� ��' 1 �'
And onka were scattered on the A real, ol&faslnioned blizzard, with Tip to Thursd�a'y the'railroad, bythe
ground dl of its accompanying features of constant 696--of-the, rotary snow plow
As if the Titans battled; docked highways, stalled railroad had been able to keep trains moving
And all above was in a howl, rains and other annoyances, being in some sort of fashion,but by Thuns-
And all below a clatter; :loosely chased by a freak thunder day might the entire service between
The earth was like a frying pan ' :torn of good old summer time in- Manorville and Greenport was com-
Or some such hissing matter!" ensity, gave Eastern Long Island pletely crippled not it wheel could be.,
Thanks to "Tisbe" for atarting w me of the most hectic weeks nn its turned.
on Lhis reverie,! ,istory. The trouble started in the middle j
Very truly ,yours, .The combination served to again of Thursday afternoon when the
En[Tx D. RomNsoN. •ennind one of the extremevagaiesof "'Scoot" shortly followed by the noon,
Quogue. he weather served in this usually mail, left Rnverbead in two separate'
- - }cite favored part of the universe. trains behind the rotary. At Matti-
it doesn't seem possible that there tuck the going became so bad that
BOTTLE'S QUICK TRIP, mn be ,any other spot where the the two trains doubled up as one,
•hang•es cone so suddenly; where one with two locomotives and one car,and
MATTITUCK TO CONEY axtremo follows another so closely— started ears. They gat only its far as
. and that's one more trait of Long Isl- Cutchogue where the outfit became
and that you can boast about, if you stalled—and there it refrained until
drink it's worth while. soaie time early Saturday morning—
Threads Maze of Currents and Covers The thunder sterol snapped out of most of Thursday afternoon, all of
the Long Distance in Just the 'blue, as the saying is, early Sun that night, all clay Fria d part of
clay owning. It was unheralded un 1 the night—but duringhiclay most of
Two Weeksrec�teflmr it came ftonowhere ap-I the passengers were taken off in bob
1 arently and seen was mf its way m sleds and conveyed to henries, board-
All the strange wanderings of he name direction While it lasted, ug houses or hotels.
bottles bearing messages is believed rlacket and the lightning for nearly Then the Railroad Bangles
to be outdone by an incident in the au ,hour was so vivid) and "swishy" Then, according to some of the dis-
life of Master Terry R. Tuthill of that it brought fright to the timid. grtuntled passengers, the railroad of-
Mattituck, the young son of Terry W. Jost what it means seems to be.a ficials bungled. Although trains were
Tuthill, cashier of the Suffolk County problem. Some of the old folk say stuck at (C.utchogue the company al.
Trust Co., at Riverhead. that if it bad come a month later loved the express train to passRiver-
In the story that .he .has to tell it they'd be certain it meant the break- head shortly before S o'clock Thurs-
er, bat they are a little clay night, and this train soot got
appears that a bottle made the long i°tg up of winter
distance from Deep Hole Creek, east loath to prophesy the end of whiter stuck cit Laurel, with
n net rl lion were
,of Mattituck, to Coney Island, in just in the noddle of February, women and children.y
two weeks. Followed Our Biggest Snow Fall This train, it is claimed, should
While at the creek recently the lad,
"just for the fun of the thing," wrote This smnnmer•ltime storm followed never have been allowed to pass Riv-
a note, placed it in a bottle gad then only a few days after the ,heaviest erhead�, where the passengers could
tossedi the bottle intobhe creek. In snow fall of this or any other year in have been better taken care of than
effect the note asked the finder of the ,,rtecent times in this section a bliz- they could, stuck do a drift, at Laurel.
bottle to notify the writer. !zard that stalled the 'trains worse It was a bitter cold night, and as
A¢lay or two ago the lad received a than in any other year shire at least soon 'as the stalled train at Laurel
letter from B. Bond of Jamaica, stat- 1017, say these who claim to have' was discovered farmers hastened to it
ing he hall picked up the'bottle that good off-hand memories. with sandwiches and coffee. Their
clay at Coney Island. 'Snow plows were shill being' run oil warm-hearted and timely services
Deep Hole Creek empties into Pe-,Monday of thins week,-and up to Tues- were lavishly praised. All miglit long
conic Bay. It was thus necessary for lay or Wednesday, a fall week after the farmers worked to baring comfort
the bottle to travel about 80 miles to blocked'first of the snow came,, many to the passengers and -train crew.
Montauk Point, and thence westward,t'oadts in the ontlyin, sections still The roads were so blocked with snow
in the ocean to Coney Island, a dis- where almost impassable. that not even bob sleds and horses
tance of more than 100 miles. Before Last week the News ghve a few de- cold do much toward removing the
leaving the various 'bays to round tails of kliecomforts bronght by the passengers to towns farther east.
Montauk the bottle was forced to big snow, but they were urs nothing 'Mary, however, were taken, off and
travel a most intricate maze of cross computed to the list that happened made comfortable in nearby hones,
currents, leading in all sorts of direct the day after the ,News was printed. The families of C, J. McNulty,
g Harry Fleischman, ,John McNulty,
tions, This battle incident is regard- Passengers Spend Nights in Drifts John T. Young R'. C Twthill, the
ed as ono of the most remarkable .Chief anon the sufferers were Stelzer, Conlrlm, Boutcher and Mc-
Eastern Long Island people ever g
dneatxl of. passengers on the L. I. R. R., many ghee,the
andotleers did much to I
of when spent all night and a part help the snow board people.
of ,two days in trains stuck in snow .Some of those taleen front therms",
drifts in Calverton, Laurel and Cutch- alad nd entertained
k t Schae seg, Dr .
ogue. •t-� i( Frank Schaumburg, Mrs. Morrison G.
l� BLOCKSSTORM
lyines, P0.iss ls'dna Ward, her sister; tan.
1Vhies May Reeve of Mattittick, Miss Raymond Nugent of R}veahead
Dorothy FIantl of Cutchogue. .The went to Calverton during Friday Co,
Misses; Flclen and Mildred McNulty bring some of the marooned travel-
also were on the train that stuck near ers to comfortable hotels sand homes
their home. here, and although he drove ac2`oss
ROADS AS "GALE
Two ,,".Sore in Calverton Drift lots much of the time to skirt the mf-
sleigh
drifts in the roads, ire upset
Then, as if this wasn't enough the sleigh nine times between Cal-i
trouble for one railroad ill one night, verton And Riverbead, clumping the SWEEPS COUNTY
two more passenger trnins became passengers into the snow. .They
stuck at Calverton file drift that was pulled themselves out each kine,
said to be 1G,foet high and 400 feet righted the sled and started on, only �nL7Stli11 Tide C�tL15e5 �9j��i'
long. The 7 0, mail went into it to again repeat the performance
lefe and all foo DatnagC 81, Sa1tP�tYe,•--••
first and later Conductor Milleand�aof O'I{eef.'cwereover again. Mt and)oe taf khis Miss
Riverhead local came along, A young man whose name could
course, was unable to get by. Greeri'port Shipyards Vis-
Engineer Beach, one of the great- not be learned
d was making Itis first I iced by Flood. try
est engine drivers, an the road, tried trip to Lon ' Island and was bound
to liberate the train ahead by taking for Shelter Island. el
off cars at tine rear. Finally he had After the train was stuck at LaurWORST IN MANY
YEARS
removed a.11 but the baggage car, into he started to walk the balance of the
which the passengers had been lerd- distance, a good 20 miles, tle Woof
ed, the idea being to have one loco-- waist high snow, although lie paten i;'— "I
motive pull and the other push, in al thinly clad slippersandno. rubbers.
The storm on Sundae wse tilts most
effort to force through the drift, 'leather s]iPP
seveacon Lou- is+'Ynit' ,tad along Lhr.
But without waiting for Mr. Beach Charles L. Ilfallock, station agent at. Jersey coasC in many.years. Damage
the engine ahead darted off with its Aquebogue, left his comfortable fire
women Passengers standing in the when the train came along, got by the extrtordinary high 611U.'I wn::
baggage car, along with coffins, aboard and started for F IrOle criofl COs mil ilelmelheto :It allit, gn l
quarters of been and N,varied AaRart-rods station Jwhere he amesForte passed only
ten spent ,1, m., ❑cin ding• Co an uuheator aU the
fent of baggage,
further ony tluough, the train became the night dm a draP.t' hl onduak
llJ fauns Const (e "tat
ion,
aLnon.
stalled, and there it remained until The mext morning he started At, Snit:nn c t summer resort. on the
during Friday evening. Thus in all across lots, back to his job. W. W
there :veru five trains and a half.- Conklin hailed' him, called him in to occult troll cel )slip town, the prop-
!dozen �or ),tone loconmtives, sante, of 'breakfast and then.Mn Hallo6k again Sitycotllgis wero is e Idestt oye4 fl(cd At 1.hern hv
which went dead for lack of fuel and set out for AqueUogue.
water; stuck. between 4alverbon and Miss 11clen Case of the County I:he wind and surf. aupo'intefill ,
Clerk's office and other young women Woodward of the Coast Guard do-
Greenport. employes here, left the office Thurs- r,fares that the storms was the. most.
Only Minor Discomforts day afternoon to :take .the train to severe in Lite ;11 Yeaus 1.1111, he has
Fortunately the snow 'bound tray- .'their homes in Greenport, and, like peon familial with fileuvenlher con•
tilers escaped with only .manor d!is- the oChers,.weee forced to spend the dltons on the ocean bcueh In If
comforts; there were no accidents night in the drift. Miss Ilelen Terry, x(lean.s
nor neat tragedies. Sleeplessness, a� daughter of Frederick K. Terry, of l Coast( u u•dsmen all along Ih.:Lone•,
scarcity of Toad nidi water, befng'� Southold, was on the same train, re I Island most reputed IhaL the surf
somewhat chilly and the tediousness kurnung from college. She later had not been "Agitated" to finch m1,
of a long echill were their chief mess crawled from the tram, through :the extent. u1 so e"al }e u s The, damage.
fortunes, and most of them accepted) snow, and accepted the 'hospitality of �nlO°l uliln +lupi?inndeavh l'fist,1L photo m`as
their "Pose" with cheerfulness.Riverhead,
a Polish fanny. nghgible.
Miss Claire O'I{stiffs of Riverhead,. Relief Crews Dig 'Eau Out Tile. tide in Riverhead ad+eut ': I
returning from Calvetbon, slid her Working :all day long from Green- o'clock Sunday afternoon was the.
father, Frank D. O'Keeffe, were two ort toward the train stuck at Cutcb- highest in nvuly years. The PecNnie
of the. passenggers; Mrs, Joseph L. P
Townsend of GreeIOVort, a wealthy ogee the rotary was able to make but chem• bein Flowed into Pe font �tehue,
woman and noted civic worker, was
little headway, so-deep was the snow. there hem(, novo ih u1 a foot 1,l water
another. IA Miss Woods also was But the 'blockade was raised by a 111sssthat nlaec�lnand deevilirgs ell :111" re'".
waving to Riverhead. Stanley R. relief crew working from west•warcl. t
Terry of Riverhead, ill charge of the 0. V. Good, trainimi:ea o came out the bank of fhb river waiill l. Hooded
baggage car, made his visitors as with a battery of three of the most The floors nd c of 1lautamoblleg wore eshtwla mis
comfortable -as possible, stacking the powerful locomotives hitched to-
coffins and quarters -of beef and such gether, pushing •a steel-wosed plow a.nd gunF ex were coveredit with ser-
�khings
up against the side to keep a combined .power that the snow (Of"'a'Fred It.
sfm�es�mrll res.Ihinlnseh cet
could not resist,. Mr. Good also was t short red t.Jo " from she rum was
out the wend ms much gas possible. accompanied by 06 hard shovelers
He squired his santdwiches find apples This outfit by 7 o'clock Friday mirrounded by water •-ad to a depth oP
��with the passengers, and, someone right had dug out the Calverton three feet in the real.
;produced candies and sweet crackers, g Washington atolue and Holu
basins, and alter nesting in River shvet 1116 two puux iPnl 'hig•Imaes at
whole others produced a harmonica head for a few hours it proceeded gnu.L11 Jnmesport wets.eovercd. with
and a kazoo to provide a bit of lively east lifting the blockade -there water to 1 depth of Inur feet tlhrn
music shmtlytafter midnight. - 1 the dike of a creek gave way undo
Maty Conical Incidents During the hard work Friday En- Che gloat pressor and traJbt had to
In spite of their discomforts the guest Be,ch's locomotive at Calver- l e h1i Funded on pnI Cv 1,f those toads
passengers of the stalled trains sou blew out a cylinder head, and .until the tide receded Escallop boats
some of the train mews had worked rut(South .iaulespor.t were damaged.
found much to :amuse them. One hard for more than 48 hours without The g•rcatesl: doings. in the eastern
young-mace walked all t1te way from a bit of sleep. part of the county was ;sustained al,
Patellog'ue to Medford to catch one of - - - Greenport where beats_were smile :ft
the .tr, that got stuck at Calver- -- - - - -
ti
nnc nl' Lhc silo rynrils,and Cbe bulhheao Wr "See the sig•hts,., maintained they were delicate in flavor +
I tSmlthold Manch tlnnago was dopa land rapid of fishy tasta-
m rho fmav slip wns dnalaged. Tho Trapping but birds was forbidden eby
n
L( unbonC dock lit the foot ofMnin by.Cho extra hi1,1t Ltde. Iinth hooses
were Shifted •Jon(, filo bsElch. Quite
e,tattrte, but the law was openly broken
-.ire oC was flooded and.also a part of an eastern Long Island. There were
that street was inundated. sante d"Ll-liction tools place. nt: rho
In churches in it number of vilingns Fmnulers' Lnml'img doll(. Tho tido no game wardens or agents of it Con-
do service was held on account of the rose so high tient about nnc-ball mile serve;tion Commission to see that the
of new content mad nand the nloadows ban was enforced. Partridge, quail
nmk.
s and file IDud condition of tato of
covered with water. The railroad and rabbit were brought in by trap.
(;].out brill tela and pot-hunters fund Openly dis-
Crcat drnrngc was done. to i.hi. Iolc- ge fit ➢Lill (.tit I: [lie mo tinge•_ i p P- Y
nhmw lint�. A mm�ho• nL'polar mere "us int tains niter Lhc water land Played for sale in local mEtrkats, Some-
Idow,Itilor rld, :Jong Roanoke avenge,
Washed lilt, rondbc¢I front under the times suirrels, a much prized dainty,
Riccnc�nd, and herr was it tangle of rails. Lnromnlivr.c rvorw ling'getl and swelled `he bag:
wires t s across th rond if took lnseph Proceeded over Lev Inn idgr at a. very wild ducks raised broods of young
McKay, who resides lit Ro.uutke IVa low ch(c. at Pheli r Iaand and Gaidiner's Ila
duh north of Itn•e+htf,d village lir P'Inndots.---.Ilcrmst, of Lilo savage and (find stil! (Io), and the beautifully
hour and a h:,ll In n tch. his home u. c"RIVS winds slid tidS, several bonts phuiaged wool duel: was not then ex-
his uutolooh,lc late S,tuda'y lidgid. were Lnitpn corildm•able disl'snce 'islet, fund nests of the pretty,birds
last. Iluuon—'rho worst: gale sine, front their homes. were found, in season, lin Long Island.
1.113 arrived Llan Saturday and Sun East, Sr Lauka was narlIv enve•ed 'rwenty five yetis ago a land with
dxry. water Inom the boy wnsherl nit., wJh the. high Lille whd•h cunni from a gun could )act it bag of yellow-leg
Marion Lake, Mon were kept bas; setnuk,t IInv, floored the shwa rear) :gape, English snipe of other beach
l:mtd;,y morning :it ilii-'h lido rescninl slid ram•hod several hnntos. At Ilood and shore birds at Itmn Island shoal::
bonts and nth,, nn•nprrly The. bin Lil(% it was many feet shove the high lir Nnpsigue meadows or the ponds
�nn the beach of ➢Ira ( cmgc 'rhulrn kvfttor Inark and made ia•avelbng illand mail-11'eJotoq the south Shore of
ger and the l ldintr s Ely Irstate Arun( puts r nth" dilliault ter fn'st"'' Loin, Island The binds were, in Sea-
w•a�• w ,she:d way several foci. Ina P•I''t nl the day son plentiful alter scvote easterly 'ifInco, cute upumLed Wavex reuchn Annatimsell,—Cin arronat I boa .rou.;heasLerly mins. Black-breasted
the raid hvtwern LSV. Movie, as wenlhet vvorli on the new rond has 11111:1 upland plover and gulden-nerlf
Oriont. Many pooido visitor Ihe'heaa booll.postponed. i plover have almost chnnppenrad from
Birds Now Scarce
on Long stand �Lheit,Alontk. caile buildingehe of a sctllefanL
u9 r, Island i thee. hes e used Lh,, buds to Cake
Fla
hQ Used
to �oam ah migtnty routes. It was nothing
_Where I
uIjjl,oI a Cw Vends ago for the keep-
01tf ,1'lcnt.rel Point lighthouse to
picic up siva +1 v trictres of ducks and
(Special to Tim COUNTY Itrvinw) I -There is It beautiful hike within the l oth-.r bnd+ flat t i Lotm art-the foot
corporate bounds of Sag Hither. of ter light tower. rhe birds would
By II. D. S. dash ngaunst the thiel:, glass of the
Years ago it was converted e u snY light casing find drop (lead to the fool.
Gunners are more plentiful than I water tidal cove am has aver sicca r
game to-clay. It was naturally just:bean a habitat of spawning striped o1' the Cower, 1L1n fent bcluw.
the reverse in early years of Long bEus. Before aha ennnce.ting channel Ti apphnf, has always liten n pas-
Island's settlement; and lap to 6p' with tidewater was dug, this like I time and often n pt yo to the .hong i
I•yeais ago the nnendows, uttand and went b uanre of Otter and, The Lal:uuler. Until Last Naar a man Eat
g.. 1 Y r P� Montauk was making' it gaud !wing
thick woods offSred shelter and food last animas of this species, hnweve,•,
.. (rapping'and Shooting fur-boring Eur-
rol g•nmc. Leen twenty-five years wm'e exCcrminaCcel many Neons no.
Ince great flocks of Partridge, quail, This bass pond is now a part of tic' mink, hprices, foxes, Ilan lento
s eta. 'file high Price of ipollsthis s lel to
wood each in season, snipe and wild Ivlusn to Sag I park and pluygrroImd n revival of the occupation this season,
Cowl wore found. Deer overran Crock given Co Sag fIarbor village by Lhu]ate _. . - -
patches and were an annoyance to Mrs Ru ell Sags. The capon•e of ......__ . . .:
tanners. There ata deer yet to Suf watts now Incus Lhc name M a hash-
folk county. The partridge lifts about unuet meaning lit the place of the ONE OF FIRST STEAM LINES :
disappeared. (wail are said to be great 8131 mngs"
mole plentiful this year. The black Soverity-five years ago Montauk E
duck still breeds on Long Island. wild Pfomontony was.almost as wild it spot Long Island Railroad Was In-
duck of nanny varieties still migrate its wbeu first peopled by the Montauk corporated in 1$34,
to this, locality finding feed in the Indians. It was it paradise for sports- The Long Island Railroad Company— f
bays find along the ocean shore; but met Who came from all Parts of Lunt. one of the first steam railroads of the i
cney no larger are seen in the great Island and New England, Parties oI , United states—was hncorporated In April,
"rafts" of years ago. The honk of hunters shot fur-bearialt animals, 1834, to build a line from the village of +
the wild goose may,
ay be heard, in his i-geese, ducks,plover, snipe. Deer were oreenpart to the water's edge, fn the vu
flight. Since the Montauk Beach & killed fit Gardincr's Is'and, Shelter loge of Brooklyn, to connect with status-
Development Company has started im-I ls'.aend, and to the denser woods of boats to make a through line from Now
proveinents at Montauk, the gooze Long Island. Geese, in animal ani- k Ymdt to Boston. The first line buffywas
passes by Goose Pond a: Great pond or g'ratloln, made Montauk a Posting and from Brooltlyn to Jamaica, In ISH; Long
Lake Wyandanch, or Lalco 14lontnulc, feeding place. Island city to Jamaica; In 1860; Lang Isl-
as now called. FIundreds of geese Great .flocks of galls, of ninny dif- t and Cit, and New York and Flushing
were once shot in this pond. 'thous furent species, raised their young at 1 Junction, 1884; tvhitcstone and White-
alone Jemction, 1868; R°ekawa, Junction
ands of geese made the pond a feed- Plans Island, the Gull Islands, fund t mid gar Ro I'swav, 18 3, and creat Neck
roil ground. Geese are shot :dill on Gardner's Island. The skins of these r and Port waehington, 1898.
Long r Island, but a banter is very pretty terns were much:prized fol• Lt 1812 It operof which 69 milated 39D miles of tracks,as Is in tae Borough of
proud when lie comes hone with it hoad ornainentations for women, Tax- Recurs—some two tracks, others four and
bag of one or more of the birds. iderntistu bought all Itinds of bird six tracks.
The old town re(s)AIS show boun(.iea skills, for there was then no protec- ^------ -------- - --
paid for killing wolves, Poxes and tion for birds, Gull eggs were Picked
other voracious animals that commit- rip and brought from these Islands.
Led depredations on the colorist's They were bought by .epicures,\vho-
stock.
L ..l
OR
First Grossing Accident ®n PRESTON RAYN IN SAW
FIRST TRAIN IN 1844
the L. I. R. _R. had Woman Victim, -1
�1 ��- 11 Man, 93, Tells of It in Personally and
v/�G )is d '. aynor'.� Recollection Well Written Letter to
d W e� the News
A woman who was known as Aunt dent of the road "was kept in a ter. I Henry A. Brown of Wyandanch and
This Cuff was the victim of the first ment" I Wading River is net the only man'
railroad crossing accident on the Bridge Palls In living who saw the first train go by
Main Line of the L. I• R. R., Preston "Dutch Dick told me die had a pre- on the Main Line of the L. I. R. R.
Raynor of St. Cloud, Fla., writes in in•
If he claimed that ]ron , as Preston
sentiment that some time the Pecorde
furtlier interesting recollections of 'Raynor of St.Cloud, Fla., formerly of
River -bridge would be cut away. I Manorville and South Jamesport,
the early days of the railroad in this think, though, that lits presentiment thinks he does, he is mistaken, for,
section, was by word of mouth, for one clay a Mr. Raynor not only saw the fust',
Mr. Raynor, who is now a venerable spell later as lie went to Riverhead drain but Ire helped builds the railroad
noun, but whose mind is remarkably with James Homan on the tender with that made this train possible.
agile, was one of those who helped his double-barrelled shotgun across Mr. Raynor, to set history straight
build the road in the '40's, and shortly
his knees, with orders to shoot any- in this matter, has written Personally,
one lie saw tearing up the tracks, lie in his own handwriting, to the News
after it. was built it encountered all suddenly slowed up and came to a to tell its all about it—and for a man
kinds of trouble from the residents stop when he saw that the bridge had who is now 93 years young the hand-
because of the ]tilling of cattle be- been cut. writing is mighty goody agree those
longing to those living near the "As it was, though, the tendier I who have seenit. There's a lot of ns
tracks.' Some of these trials and trib- went down with the bridge—the lo- who can't write as good, say some,
nlations have been printed in the comotive was backing up—and the even though we are nowhere near Mr.
News from the pen of Mr. Raynor.. breaking of the coupling is all that Raynor's age.
It is interesting now to have him jot saved Dutch Dick from taking a bath Mr. Raynor is apparently still en-
dmvn some incidents concerning the NAth'the rest, o do all of his faculflies, physical
'historical facts regard!ing the first "Mr. Boman was the father of and mental, which is a source of great
crossing occident. George P. Homan, who still dives in satisfaction to his friends on Long
Riverhead. Island.
Dutch Dick Did It "This was enough for fie president
An engineer who went by the name of the road, apparently, for lie said it Depot-on Father's Farm
of Dutch Dick, and whose locomotivewas time to stop the trouble, and that Writing to the News Mr. Raynor
also bore his name, was responsible he ways randy for a conference with says: "I saw the name of Mr. Henry
for the first crossing accident, the people. Accordingly he said he'd A. Brown, who thinks he is the only
It was the job of Dutch Dick, after' meet them at Manorville on Jockey person npw livin who saw the first
the residents began tearing up the Day. train go throngs Lo;g Island. I
rails because the railroad failed toGreat Crowd Assembles reckon I can go Mr. Bruvnr one h
pay attention to et-
' 'their claims for ter. I have met Mr. Brown many
damages for cattle killed and fires "That day brought' a sigbt to be- times since the first County Pair at
started, to run'his locomotive or hand- hold—a sight long to be remembered, Riverhead; I'h.•tve been to every Fair
car—sonetinies one, sometimes the and it is still fresh in my mind. Peo- when I was in reach of Long' Island.
other—up and down the tracks, ahead ple.began arriving in great numbers. "MY father owned the Harm at
of the trains watching out for "train They cane in farm wagons drawn by Manorville and all of the ralroad
wreckers." four horses; they came on horseback, buildingswere put on his farm. The
While engaged in this occupation and they cameon the train and on two sections of the road met at,that
one day lie smashed into the wagon foot. People represented places from place. f was old enough to drive a
owned by Aunt This Cuff, about a Oakdale to Canoe Place; from Stony team and inelp grade the road to
mile west of Manorville. About the Brook to Riverhead. Some brought Chostaut Island west.
only damage done was the smashing their guns along, and 'all had rations "President I3sk sent word lie would
of the whiffletrees and Partly wreck- for themselves and their horses. It is send a train free to Greenport on the
ing• the wagon, The nice team and said that more than 2,000 people were Fourth of July, but he could not get
Aunt Thin escaped injuries, but a in the crowd. the rails so tine trip had to be post-
young wonnai with her was uncere- "There were no policeman nor poned.
nroniously tossed over a fence; yet armed railroad men. In fact the Flat Iron for Rails
this girl, although somewhat bruised, president again failed to show up; in-
escaped serious injuries. stead he sent.a man to represent him. They used 8-inch square limbs on
Mr. Raynor says this was the first Finally this man and some of the the ties and spiked flat bats of iron OR
slid only crossing accident there iron leading citizens of the county went the timbers for nearly two miles west.
that time to the advent of the motor- into my father's house and signed an "On the 20th of July, 1844, the
car, agreement by which the railroad train cane, loaded to the steps. My
After thisaccident the presideliti agreed to pay half of any damage it brother, Edgar, with others, crowded
of the road thought it was time to did. That settled those troublesome in and got�blrcvr free ride. The third
meet the people and have a confer-I times, train came, as reported, but did not
Once wlbh them, Mr. Raynor says, sol Mr. Webber had a hotel and store stop. I, with others, got left. 'flint
lie announced he would meet the Peo- at Manorville and on that day many a was the first sand only time a train
-ple or a certain date. But he did not keg-of New England ruin was used to .did not stop there going east for the
cone. Dutch Dick continued to run quench the thirst of the crowd, which next fourteen years. IOW whereof
ahead of the trains, and while no.broke up late in the day with the us- I speak.
more trains were ditchedi the prezi-:nal games:" "I well remember the depredations
ei on the railroad; and the trach being
torn up and trains ditched.
lead the followim soon changed to the present "tee"
"Time has sped an, but I 7nave ]cn t g:
e
G P P rail—the flat rails often becoming
pace with Long Island ever sine. POrmer Justice Henry A. Brown, loose at the end, '°carling tip" and
I was 12 years old on the 4th day was in Babylon today to view the forming what was termed. a "snake-
Alf August, 1844." electrification celebration. Ile ds the head" which passed through the floor
BROWN SAW FIRST TRAIN only person probably now living who of the car and did much damage. I
Is the first train go through on the ;recall how the old model introduced
2)—r `% <- `,� main line to Greenport. This ryas ill, an element of danger.
1844. The ,judge was then nine years The station "Hermitage" was so
Wading River Man Remembers Great I oldand he had the honor of flagging trained from a gentleman living ill a
Event in 1844 Ithe train to permit the president of cottage there as a hermit, before the
the road, George B. Fisk, to board it railroad massed through his property,
Speaking sof Henry A. Brown, now ,as it went west. Tho president; had and shunning all society except his
a resident of Winding River, find an stopped at his father's farm that day. clog'• The none "Peconic" was sub,
uncle of Ralph C. Brown of River- The Judge was 90 last April mid stituted in 1847.
ilnead, the Babylon Leader of lastweek drove fromWading River in This Porn j
sedan. LIGHT HOUSES IN
First Railroad T'hraa Island Had SUFFOLK COUNTY
No Attractions of Modern Train ,wit was not
It until the close of the I
Says Man Who Recalls Its Opening seventeept, century that the federal!
government, to which our constitution
entrusts exclusive jurisdiction over
By WALTER A. WELLS injured, several mortally, two cars the coastwise commerce and nnvi-
(Ninety-two Years of Age, Former telescoped, two locomotives con- ,ation of the cotmiry, began to pro-
Southold Resident. The Material pletely wrecked, one engineer scolded vide light houses, beacons, and buoys
is Written from Memory and Datn to death and a fireman and several for lighting and marking the coasts
Kept by the Writer) trainmen badly injured. and channels of Suffolk,Comrty. Pre-
The accident was caused by the ex- Abusly mariners were obliged to.de-
The Brooklyn and Jamaica Railroad cm:sion train's effort to make up lost rend upon their keen eye and mem-
company was incorporated on April time—about twenty minutes— on its ion'. Daniel Webster once remarked.
26, 1832, to build a road between the way to Greenport. The only witness•.n substance, that Long Island sound
waterfront in Brooklyn and Jamaica, of the crash, G. Price Salmon, was at ought to be lighted as brilliantly as
This line was constructed during the work in a neighboring Reld. W. Vol- it ball room. Although that brilliancy
next three or four years and the first ney Horton, Austin Haynes and other has not been attained yet, and never
train operated April 18, 1830, farmers hastened to relieve the suffer- will hs, yet much has been dune to
Meanwhile the Long Island Rail- ing and opened their homes for the aid navigation.
road company secured a charter to lay injured. The first light house within the
track from some point on the East Drs. Ira Corwin and Tuthill re- limits of Suffolk county was at Mon-
River in Brooklyn to Greenport.About sponded to the call for help. There tauk, lighted for the first time in
the year 1835 they made arrangements was no telegraph office nearer than 1796. This was followed by tine fol-
with the Brooklyn and Jamafes. Rail- Greenport. A hand-car with four men lowing light houses and light vessels:
road company to lease and use its was dispatched there to inform the illatons Neck, 1708; Little Gull Island,)
route. Brooklyn office about thetragedy and 1906; Old rield Point, 1823; Pile i
The Long Island track was coal- to send relief; also a man. on horse- ;Island, 1826, one of the highest light
pleted at Greenport in August, 1844, back was sent to$I'ormitage, (now Pe- houses on Long Island; Plum Island,I
As one who attended the event, I re- conic) to signal D.passenger train then 1.827, marlring entrance to Pit")) Cut;'.
member how everybody in the village nearly due. Cedar Island, 1839, North Dumpling,,,
celebrated and made the occasion a Aid came that evening.from Brook- fisher's Island sound, 1848; Gardiner's i
gala day,for at that time fifteen whal- lyn with doctors and nurses, going Island, 1855, on north point of Gar-
ing ships sailed from the harbor to back with the injured to.a hospital. diner's Island: Lloyd's Harbor, Hunt-
various parts of the world. No Tickets ington Bay. 1857; Horton's Point light,I
Wood as Peel The Southold station was at,Hor- Horton's Point, north of Southold,
During the first ,year wood was em- ten's lane—a condemned passenger 1857: also, in 1867, appeared Shinne
ployed to generate steam. Brush fires car serving• as a station building, and cock light, on Ponquogue point.
resulting- from sparks caused many located a few feet away from the A bell at the entrance to Orient and
lawsuits for damage to woodland, track, where one could "come in out Greenport harbors and Pecouc bay
Wood stations were located at Mid-.II of the rain" if he wished as•the hitch was set no in 1871. A trunmet and
dle Island (Islip) and Riverhead. En-1 string:was always hung, out. A year bell on Stratford shoal, in 1877. In
gines were named,instead of num- later another 'building replaced it on 1878, off fisher's Island point, mark-
bered, bearing such titles as."Derby" the site the present one. ing north side entrance to Long Island
"Fisk," "Little" and "Turner." There were no tickets to buy, no sound, appeared Race Rock light.
Telegraph. through the Island was agent in attendance. Passengers paid Since then, other light houses have
installed in 1846, later opened up at their fare to the conductor. .The first appeared.
various stations en route. agent at Southold was, William H.
An Early.Mishap Wells, assisted by the clerk in his
One of the most serious accidents)store, William Y. 'Fithian.
the railroad ever had tool: Place on i 011,Style Rails Dangerous
August 10, 1840, about a mile west of ,Rails on the system were tial bars
the station at Southold. An excursion of iron, about fifteen feet inlength,
id
train from Brooklyn endeavored to one inch thick andthree we, spiked
pass -ou the same track a passenger to a fasten er which was attached to
train going fn the opposite direction. ,the_crtoss-ties, _.That type of rail was
Pour were IdIled,_more than twenty - - -.
��--- 11 StOIES O 0lBx001�l�7 Salary was $2,099 A feaYearMr. .Flsk wa,s elected president of
Brooklyn the Long .island Raliroad It the
-' — meeting of the Board of Directors on I
- 7pp ��July 9, 1039, when this resolution j
!t yne s `p was adopted:
4� V 9.:i Resolved that the satalp of theOld :
�°'�'
41 Pd president be $2,000 and fm that
p will he is expected to pelfoun the
�( ° � 6� �,�"�g� $?��B q'� pyo 7t duties of a general agent"
r an' di '�rgC.�l7 1, Mr.Flsk'.s salary was ineressed ml
Feb. 1, 1441, t0 $2,fiUo per annum,
payable quarte IY. Durmg Ills ad-
&4
ministradal the extol,shill of the
railroad front Airksvllle. to Green-
Partontracts verergly nskitanr grading'.
At S,meeting of the directors on'
April 4, 1842, commutation rst"s
•i' 'vet's established. A six mon Chs' tic-
'.il - kat o Jmnnita cost,$50 slid a year)"
a card cost $85. To Ihcksville and
'x a. Hrmpstead ill(! rats was $00 for six
mouths and $8o for the yrm,
j Engine Named for also
R..qI On IlTarch 20, 1844, the presided:
I j wRs authorized to pctltiou the Unit-
's,- 111011 council of .B10011-1yo fra. pe•-
mislon to build a band, Of archway
under Atlantic Ave. between Clolum-
bta St, and Boerunl Ill. This was
later built, and opened n•ith special
ceremonies.
I All tilts happened under the presi-
dency 0f Mr. Fisk, who also enjoyed
the distinction of having One. of the
Wood-burning engines of the nail-
road nomad after him.
as
�j CONGRESS AND THE FLAG,
Old Fisk homestead at Park Place and Nostrand Ave, re- To tho'Editor of The Tribune.
moved LO make, way for apartments. I EWot G fiiso fn hlsn cal municationof Jose 11 `inilref.
cranes to our flag, eskerholle three questions,
�7C'.Pi t9�:1�1' �1A,T1G,1 qil of .17 .Rooms Stood it), 1�rPC�fOi'f� ' I Our Ileo answer t{vo of them,
g was adopted June 14, 1777, by the
1 T Continental.Congress, on the recommenda-
il111pn,C—'-O[zw"ek' � RS President: of Long tion of R committee of which Washhunon
Wand Railroad at $2,000 a Year was.tion;Chairman, by the following resolu-
"Resolved,.That the flag ofthe thirteen
.By MATIRICle E, McLOUGHLIN .United States be thirteen stripes, alternate
feat's a.go, 111) 111 the Old Village Of Bed'f0rd, about; the, stars, whitred and wiet in altblue tatn0eld, reepresenttingea
CONler of Park Place and Nostrand Ave., as it appears on the ""w constellation."
! ]naps Of today, SCOOd 11110 O]d Flsk n]anS1017, which Was 1110 The first flag was made by Mrs. Betsy
hole Of George, B, Fisk, fourth President of the I,Ong' Island ( mads.by Philadelphia,
do under his porn
I7 T sad. Park Place was k00w91 as Baltic St, 001141 supervision, between May 23 and
The how'e, a large fl•allle The property on the air] maps rant dune 7, 1777. It was first used by the army
structure, was SIIl•1oUnded by 332 feet on the old Clove Road with within the borders of the State of New
a depth of 495 feel;, It had been York on August 0. 1777, being run up by
well-kept; grounds, It was a bought Fran various persons m Captain Slephan white over captured Brio-
genhleman's estate In eves app sesmall parcels, between 1936 and) bell colors after the battle of Oriskany, at
Of Idle word and at the gatewS3, 1842. Fort Stanwlk, commonly known us Port
there was R porter's lodge n cozy I when the house was built It wall Schuyler, a military post near the city of
little cottage that Served Rs R rest- of lathe• Irregular Shape, being! Rome. The flag so used was made from ae•
Chou t.50 fseU by 47 feet IC had 17: soldier's white shirt, an omc 's blue over-
dence for Che gardaer• rooms slid was built by days' work,i coat and a woman's red flannel petticoat.
Tile big house gave A'Ry to the 111 Che best planner ],nowt' 1,0 the j The flag was first hoisted in the nuvy by
march of progress In 1887 to ]links carpenters of the day, who used oak Captain.John Paul Jones, ,Old Glory was
and chestnut beams for the frame,! first under are be the bottle of Brandy-'
1'OQlll for apartment houses, but the wine, on September 11, 1777. On March 24,
WInthrOP Eaton Bowen, to whom 1818, by an act of Congress. IC was decreed
lodge tins moved to,a new location the Eagle is Indebted for use of the
Olt Llte Fisk pl•Ope'ty, where It leas above picture,Is the g'Rndsoll of the that lila flag should be of thh•teeu stripes,
late Qeorge B. Fisk, and has famil alternate red and white, the blue field to
a landmark until recelty Y have twenty stars, and on the admission
accordsustomed
showing that Mr, Fink was of every new state one star to be added.
Why uL Used accustomed to ride dally to his office
nak.l err Flat, was built 1,x11 hOfnebac)t Brooklyn, Juno 12, 191E g, !vy,
i
i ------• —'--'—"'—' Two Big Stores Theie
rS,) � During its ported of greatest pros-
- parity. Atlantic Ave boasted two cf
�tories of Old Brooklyn
Brooklyn's leading drygoods stores,
a ���"kee p Journey & Burnham's was on one
-� N ,��� ��p ,. �-+''�app g�pp side of the street and the throttler.
�', g &tWW�i tf`i
Of Joseph O'Brien was an the other.
/ ,t Journey & Burnhani's had a
• ,lof.j"+ Z- South
[x`11 9 white mnrbte front and was con-
A
Hopes' O p(p o p t Ferry
/' Imagd in the most dignified ers al-
ways
6� f�j W� W -•tl Cr , ,i a tl' � Imaginable. The floorwalkers al-
ways were Prince Albert roars, and
_ ----_�--�— �- I they greeted each customer as if
1U — she were n duchess who had rmr-
- -_ — descended to honor the store with
�`— --�— a vielt The state had a large '•rar-
' � slag^ trade, and the pr olvletm•s
aimed to please this ,.r istorratic c1i-
t' _ _ entele, by carrying silks and dr
R--
ossi
_ __ _ _, goods equal to the merchancttse sold
— — across one river.
Male clerks Only were nnlployucl.
Ive.n at the glove counter there was
it dapper You Lliwho gave the buries
i of Brooklyn mauv a thrill, by press-
' Ing their dainty little hands into
glover,a size, ,,nialler than nature In-
tended they should wear. lie is now
a benevolent-looking bachelor, but
he still likes to tell of the fads and
fancies of the damsels who patron-
- _ 1 Il5 ly e lead his department in the good
old days, wilen buying a new pair,
of kid gloves was not a mere iuci-
'� dent but a big event,
O'Brien's Mme Demncra Lic
O'Brien's was le more democratic
i .rust" store, but It also carried a full line
of staple goods, Neither store, of
course, sold anything but wearing
apparel, or material for looking It,
v
ns the modern department store Idea
__-I, was alien only In its y.
thef
r - The section Hent the ferry was
.__..-- - a very busy place In the old days,
Old South Ferry House at the foot of Atlantic Ave., which I and hundreds of husky Irish long-
i shor•eloen found plenty of work on
was opened for traffic in May, lUu�. the docks. If they met with a minor
--- '— •8 accident they momlly Ionic the drug
'l'llor017eyllfure 011e.e 11Iade Bid for 'Main Drag store at 33, where the kindly Mrs,!
Thayer, who was the only womau
druggist In that part of .Brooklyn,
Aplrellation But Was Forced to Give UP would provide them with soothing'.
A.fier Brooklyn Bridge Was Built goodnmedta ents aaeic intheand .
The South Perry was opened for
By MAURICE 1?, McLOUORLIN traffic oil May 16, 1836. Its pro-
IL seems to he a rather well-s:il:l0d fact that the wider motets were Inman setts. Conklin
a si,reet Is the less chance it has of becoming t.h.6.
principal I Brush Charles hetset, Joseph A.I
Lhoroughfahe of a city, DO matter how good it start It play Perry, Clarence D. Sackett and Al- 1
L pheus Sherman.
g'et when the. tCNll is laid 011t Atlantic Ave.. by the WDY is
Atlantic Ave, is a case in' Carlen with goods made ha BronA- pa'long up;' Intl. after its long
�.point. When the City Fathers'I lyn" were transported by this feuv Period ofrest, is showang Binns of
taking its place among the leading i
i of old Brooklyn mapped it, to Little Old New York, the sltp on I buclness thorm:ghfaics of Brooklyn.�
there Was every indication the otherside being near the Bat-
tery and-directly ad,toining the slip)
HIM, it. wonlJ take the place of Pur- a[ the Hamilton Perry.
tori. St. as tly city:s "main stem," The best-laid plans of mice and
or at, least rival coat twisting high- even alclermen, however, often go
way as all artery on which impor- "Morey." and so Atlantic Ave., after
making a strong bid for supremacy,
tont business ivould he transacted, gt•adually had to yield the palm to
Peng Did GOed Business her old rival, especially after the j
At she foot of the street was the Brooklyn Bridge was opened, and
imposing ferry house With its cupula the big stores rushed to the uppnr
stretelles of Fulton St.
and tower and hundreds of h•ucl.e r. _
Pirates Used Long Island Shore Shipwrecks on the
As RtErf>&ige in Their Days of Glory Long Island ('oast)
Special to Trip COUNTY RCy1Ety found the $3400. Twelve years later (By Mrs. L. M. JourNEAY)
By Mas. L. M. Jour.NLAY res severe storm uncovered the $1600• Long Island coast has its dangers
Tales of piracy in connection with I Some men walking on the shore, filled as well as its beauties. Several Inn,-
LongIsland were plentiful in Ch
their pockets and boots with the dred feet from.the bench, the depth of
e days coins. For a day or two business was I I water rarely exceeds two feet. Pa•tic
Of long ago. Coney Island and Rock-
suspended at Gravesend, every man 1 ularly during tine winter there .are
away were hotbeds of pirates. On going to Pelican Beach. But another jnortheastergales and thiel:, heav
Y
November 0, 1530, the brig "Vine- storm tool: the "fid" beyond their '. weather. Slymall cause for wonder
yard," cleared from New Orleans for search. then, that the shores are strewn with
Philadelphia with a cargo of cotton, Capt, William I{idd is said to have the relic of ships, imbedded in the
sugar slid molasses and $54,000 in buried treasures at Kidd's Rock, Man- sands,
Mexican dollars. The officers and haslet, and in this vicinity, caroused As early as 1657 the ship Prins
crew were William Thornbv, captain; with his crew. Ile often anchored in Mauritz was wrecked on Fire Islami
Mr. Roberts, mate; Charles Gibbs, Gardiner's bay and visited Gardiner's shore. During a storm on the night
Aaron Church, James Talbot, John and Shelter Island. In 1600 lie visited of January 22, 1781, the British fri-
Browm•igg and Henry Atwell, sea- the ]ionic of Lyon Gardiner, stayed gate Culloden," it ninety-gttn ship,,
men; Robert Dawes, cabin boy, and several days, lived on the fat of the a•as wrecked off Montauk and the spot'
Wamsley, colored cook, land, destroyed feather beds, tied the has since been known as "Culloden
When the brig wos offCape Hatter- cold gentleman up to the mulberry tree, Point."
as the cook informed the others of the ;took a lot of fresh provisions and hid The wrecking of the British ship-of.
Molloy and made plans for killing the a chest of gold and precious stones at war, "Sylph," opposite Shlnnecock
Captain and mate and possessing the Cherry Harbor. point, on the night of January 25,
money. .This they did and the bodies He showed young Gardiner where, 1815, was one of the most dreadful
were thrown overboard. As Gibbs was he put it, saying, "If he never return-! disasters that ever occurred on the
the only one understanding navigation ad he could have it, but if he returned American coast.
lie assumed command of the vessel and and the chest was gone, he would take' The ship "Helen" was wrocked off
the course was laid for Long Island. the son's head.' Southampton on,January 17, 1820.
When within fnftemn or twenty miles On one occasion he requested Mrs. Among the Passengers lost was Major
of Southampton light the vessel was •Gardiner to furnish supper for him- Robert Stcrry, U. S. A. His remains
scuttled and fired and the men took self and attendants, and not daring were interred near tine spot where
to the boats. Gibbs, Mansley, Brown- I to refuse, she took great pains, espe- they came ashore, and it monunnent
rigg and Dawes, with $31,000 in one ciapy it' roasting a pig. IIe was so was erected over the grave, The
boat, and Church, Talbot and Atwell Pleased he presented her a cradle blas- wrecking of the "Savannah," on the
with $23,000 in the other boat, The ket of gold cloth. beach opposite Fire Island on October
wind was blowing at gale and attempt- Miss Horsford, the last descendant 22, 1822, was a catastrophe which it-
ing to cross Rockaway bar, one boat of Nathaniel Sylvester, preserved in tracted attention oil both sides of the
upset and the occupants and money, the old Manor house on Shelter Island Atlantic, on account of the history of
were lost. several links of a gold chain• the vessel, She was the first to cross
The occupants of the other boat were One time, as Captain Kidd sailed,he the ocean by means of steann power,
compelled to throw overboard all but. ran out of fresh meat, so landed at having sailed,from Savannah to Liv.
$5,000 of their stealings to lighten, Shelter Island and appropriated two erpool and return.
the boat, and so reached Pelicani pigs from the Sylvester house yard. Rockaway Beach was so prolifne of
Beach,Coney Island. They proceeded: But the pigs made such a rocket that wrecks that the inhabitants of Hemp-
to bury their treasure on the shore a servant girl demanded that the pigs stend set apart in the cemetery be-
and then looked for shelter, which be dropped. Capt. Kidd said they tween Rockville Center and.Pearsalls
they found with Mr, and Mrs. John needed the food and gave her several n plot lonown ae the "Mariners' Lot."
Johnson and his brother, William, links of a gold chain that lie wore. The Sounrl steamer "Lexington"
telling them the story of shipwreck This she gave to her mistress, who was burned in the Souind ona cold.
and buried treasure. After they had i had watched the entire scene with fear winter's eight in January, 1870.. 011)yleft for New York the next day the and trembling from all tipper chamber four escaped out of 122• About 1818
Johnsons slug up the treasure and re- window, Sh'e recognized Kidd and the steamship "Atlantic" was wrecked
moved it to another hiding Place. I would willingly have let himtake all on Fisher's Island,-with a large,loss of
Meanwhile Browririgg had told on the stock if he and his crew departed life.
his companions were yard'hungs" fatetnhen the Johnsor y of tile n o ones tut peaces The ship "Elizabeth was wrecked
"Vine mads" fate, so the guiltyties -- -
off Fire Island on July 10, 1850, all
era made haste to get the money home, passengers lost. The ship "Cireas-
only to have John Johnson and wife sial went to pieces on the beach at
))Inn to get it away from William. So B876gehanpto" the last of December,
they reburied it in two parcels— These and man m g
43400- in one and 1600 in another. Y ore—but tine light-
$3400 with their beacons, whistles
Who, William discovered the loss, and bells, and the coast guard stn
j his indignation was intense and sus- tions, have clone much to lessen the
picioning Ills brother, informed the I number of such disasters.
insurance companies, who brought suit ;
for recovery of the money. But John
I was acquitted for lack of sufficient
evidence. William moved to Canarsie
and John to Brooklyn, and when lie
`went. to look for the money, only
Y
.1 'J
1psliots at Long Island I.-In"Mkory
, Patchogue is recognized as an hie tr oIa ur Oil '1`hq I , d„u
By Mus. L. M. JOURNCAY HmtLutt'Lmt bts born, GkPiet,tbYht l al,
Indian Hunte. :Hittite. tells in that Itoutan colas A
and leveals time were mm�eron and Powerful, ,•hard, crected heic in 771 , w •t`
The beginning of L,nnl; I:dnmI rends more than twelve tribes why in the"' I tet wnuh u.,ed Its a ht"'ra I LV Luo,'..
tilt, Biblical histm•y
uschating chapters of geological in-'� have lett their names mctulibly de th list, soldiers. A bond of Pn,,I tlm tarot
,.erest�for we arc told that To ed on Long Island, they iticlde the
the. Roelcaways, Musa" I,n Se taukuC in LGul.
,anturies ago a €,'Tent ice sheet, origin Canarsies' t Shinnecoeks, li
acing' in Canada moved southeast pequas, I ntchogues, Mineolas, Ain- IIenipsLe;td s-utld i., Ilo L by IW,
w its him Gountttn❑t, h , w 4auv..
ward scrapie r earth and rocky debris Montauks, Manhassets, copal church to which blur to Ano"
Sri nt the mountains- of New York turd agansetts, Ronloo'lRolmts and others' ICopsen Led n' cummmuuu t,vat
d,.puf,tled it along the Atl lltu• border TtilevPu glishtir�I1643k was fomtdc° Lhc.UnCtun Lal1 h cs sb, Luk;Hcmp-
as Lhe, doorstep of the T xi,pn',. SCnte., by g
'SKads p1 O,aum ticc'Ls n, I
ally settled by Peofile fi•otn Oxford- I old.
wlcre it. wu; inter called "Long The ttleold d by o letslip wua tug - Newton, now P.hnhm sf wa s"I"
L shire, England.
Pt eviously been inhubiLal Miller's Place was named after tts Ihd LY Ilro LnbLsh ft nu 7J a Ln:;
bt ,i tiaua this 'fit of Paradise", first settler, Andrew Miller. loin ", IEfi'2
w cb they called "Patunanok", was Dy,til Bad was seL41 ,l m Il { 1>y
„vcrrd by whit, urea in the year Wainseott is an ancient hamlm, set- ,t colony
fled in 1E40, as was );asth onpton. of po oris L ,m udwhdt.
d - M2st., wl-,i, Pnteh4vr•.d a li , t. f land
1 stn, when Hotuy Hudson set foot'on originally named "Maidstone:' Legend from Che M•,Gne,ick alialis.
i
v
it we now call Coney Island, and tells us that Europeans lorded and Ht IG77 L,overno And, ordered
s_tt.lenxents followed. .reconnoitered long' before the Pilgrim
At Oyster Say there in an old oak n nnniber 01 luduuu; 4.n ,Ir u a sh•rrtch
fleet touched Plymouth Rock. In this
village stands n vine-clad shingled of laud through Ll„'tw, Llu oathledd
{;,e mode
famous as the t•endezvons ]rouse, with sloping roof, said to have [sl:uid front IlunLin L; -
ol tho late rheodul e. Rol, welt—and _ and Sc uthamPtoo }ur n lop hw ,l.
1 lieve.d to be tnoru
than m 100 years been the birthplace of .John Howard lit lE$0 eastern Lot; Island )';it tn-
d. It towers 9b feet nt the air, its al� Payne and where he
cSweet Home.” Tv his
ttv hal shepbcId, tend do a tions w
l i;nb, hove 13 ri feet
00�u,cLttxin and mortal song, hors of the , ttzium, canunons ,I MunLu'c.
tl,i,tig'h measuunti One of the early Pts the g'c" ; hl Leuilw
Rodger Lrle and .fell,,
t t,teuce, the tt to is Pet lr ttly sound. Easthampton Presbvttrot church wns the sheep and it was u u need that
Ii, the old Cow" of Southold (limn- Rev. Lyman Beecher, father , Henry
they be relieved oil ,Wm b.bu,ath evu:v
iv called HurCoui's Poihouse which Stowe. Mrs. Beerhur is said to hive ,tther week,so Lhcy c."old utl,eud divine
oven the first carpet used on the Is-
lily the okb t atnndiug w tnyne." r ";lei tlr.
land. In the quaint cemetery tit the service, in
,s t, built. b. the Rev. .I ole, Ymutl _ oil IShelta Itiluntl and
, tt.,i1, 20o years' a1*o wast" to 1•,sChampfuu t the 6uhm
Lyon Gardiner bou U'hL 330 Lslent of of es nLio, C ardiner,vot"er, o£tlthe the
I tot il'.ighway", all old tittle t., ,d Ioulule
f Cardintn 1'.laud n carved knight 'ill uuun ,.:
U, Montauk, 'Phe w ac, I Down Ins
At£'hl" a4 ht ,allad d, from the Hers. A In Uhe village Lha. «ata gwee, the places "'a,.
Indians in 1649ler "10 ,loathe cuats recenbent beneath a ge t ,uhrd Mushumacic" u place, ver-re they
t black clog, I F,un, Had .one Ulmtkets, canopy.
I:allo Dutch windmills, with guano went hY coni, or 0.00std by butt
e ' Hilal ly Lhr, aide t arms, giving to the landscape n loud,
Manhasset. i. 1 Queens Village 1s all
of Llur uldevt
s"Lticments in hong Izl uul, lot in
le
of tlenx•.nt un the north hore of I Glc of Holland; n sunken pool, wt,,it. the lb8o Dove ill
Thmmt Uougun
,Ikd its hauuC, and 1n arrcienL xuC nl' uteri "The Mann. of Qao a Vtllt,,uul
,land, heated o! ahtLb hdi eve,ice k- will-o'-the-wisp is said Co still twe,
lip' Munhu. et lay (to"nrrly Clinton nendernv lt,roug'b
Caw
Bay"). Tradition says that learning, y quit rent of four lint,,is 1 1 ' L
winter whr Ott", stipul ,Ltd L, he p rid
I Minted•itulufisll ll n>', Iffixni„ maned lowswhosAeOUla- ePeOld-fashioned
cr tcuriuusly tooi' doim , u'w
by itbulb n,:il,!. Lynbrook, in carte days, c Ih"t
11 reit, who becarae c"l�twhue�tictuut���inll;asthamngutb slaves�� 'llh, unt,l „n Lady U�e wns t,narnul by
a.” ttU+udiVe Iltdian Iiand female, white and negro w.r+ i , Pearsall
e ° ,,is lov,, although •,h, wa; loved or to worh
Uv ,i Young brays, o1, the v,llall employed as house rte ltttlus mote Llan I syllables residents,
roolclp it e dfr est the
t total '11iuw� . the fields. Only a was Feltldl
Lavas was shut bV 1.00 Years unto�bhey were freed and act' Janutica, m o d e x n i z e d from the
,vhicb the girl Phil Il•mn the heart ;tilled' bV Pioneers from New linglauul, who,
.I n,;r lever, and Luul her own ht,. apart in a little hamlet of poo quid Indian mune 'Jamcco
RV land, north of the villa6t, £orally
g,oLh wets balled Whore they loll A „L'reetown", on the way Cn Three Milt stderabl with ofltttoar Cor., a cot
I;- rge velsto ' m uks then Vail Place. on a Porch tse puce const i
e x'tC Flatbm o• the "II 2 t b u r of agreeing ons, 1 coat and .,oma. Pow-
,t�nl when Icrvrns ul Ludny utI P a UIa ag flat ono. of Ie f,lund thief ling of 2 g
ysCinI plan of Lht poli they 1 Sag c4 td
Stage",
n
the anetent stw.V with hushed toots I , the `;r"tth_
Southampton, once nn old wt,rhnf, whaling ports—us many n 711 ve ser der and lead.
town, dames buck n 16xl when I hric' sailed from its docks. Il, It,,. old East Moriches, f e r m e r l y
Purchased a Plmttll,oll frog cemetery there is a fine lithe p1 ,•,
is a rnannntm,t ,tectal f.o iMo•iches, was settled Y
Halsey P the memory Ioutd at flit ptod-
,P'arretL, agend', of Lord Stirling, Mr. of whalers who luta Lhr•," in 1607Pile old "]tell Mill",
sk;ll sL'was
HolseY's 'wife wns the first: and only fives in acchlents while oil the lilw; also old burial g'
tsland by nn log by the Toad id, l the nand,
woman killed oil Tong voyages to Arctic t<gion4 uh,.a+'LIu IcrtY• them, sone tout after nil is
Indian in pioneer d'tys. Pursued thea occupation
"Job's Lunee n ftys. : ill Soul.h- ]luntiugtol, pas ettled m Lt.E bi built by t tie e„ The pia-
people'front Now I llrbit l whin ilov now 'fast falling o 1
ampton,was opened to .I(ib3, An old- tiller scttkt a of I'int l;lion 1 were
gator )late purchased 't ttV, ci
r a crew of handicapped bV no ,b5tnet tit' dorfns.
time her and whaler was Mercator The first ph.neUni tC cotton, Long
CooPe1', who by reLurnut6 land from the Indians. It w't; bn
that Nuthah Hale, the A w r. r i c+, °. Iift sland was Dr. Nathaniel Wade, who
ship-wrecked Jul)" I.-' su'thu•s Co their martyr, was captured by the British. located at lit.Brihamptor, ill 1E98.
native home, first invited the friend- lin regretted Lhat. he had but oil";�ivr• Lnke Ronkotkoua, Indian Cransla-
ahi of Japan. to give for his ,ouutr>
Westbury was settled around 1Eh0
hudcertl, boulder locate 7 her, renunds uitc ul' Lion for "glittering_ white sand' , is
by a band of G, . .
� Y
Lh re;re 1 pauc u€ fresh water loca- his Original gove•urneut• hewn by hand and joined together by
Lui Ili 111v w.udei of the Island: It is Captain Kidd is said to have buried wooden pegs, .Each joint numbered
r.hrcr, oiih•v. in chriunnfere ce and was bags of 'treasure on the Montauk with a Roman numeral, The (loons
formed by it lenge chunk of ice break- Plains, aro three-ply in thickness,divided into
Ir I,hr large glacier and their At Aquebogue is the old Steeple tipper and lower halves and secured
I.t�ly mellint in one place, throwing church The first half of the name from within by wooden bars. This
111. rrahunknents M: the edges. A and Che general contour of the land house was the scene of a thrilling
has it that :t phantom canoe ate suggestive of Runnymede, where romance during Revolutionary days, Il,
now :incl al;'ain glides noiselessly over file barons wrested the magna charts when Hezelcinh TI.,,;. -- - ,,•_.
the waters bearing° :nn Indian girl,, from Xing John. ington's stair officers, was imprisoned
lovo-lora fend iu :;earc•h of the young At Mattituck is the "Old Mill", an in the homestead by the British. A
iwilvv to whom •,he has given her historic and picturesque resort; also young lady in the Schenck 'family, by
hu:ut. With tile, dawn her birch-bark bake MarraLuoka, so named by the the name of Anne, became enamoured
boat. skims away into the ether, mrd Indians. of the involuntary visitor. Her 'If-
th0 sun looks down into the mirror A tradition comes down to the fection was returned by Davis, who I
! fare of RmIlconlmma. I present day, from. the Indians, that held the rant: of lieutenant in certi-
Irl 1700, Ilfarf.ba Tunstall Smith Great South Bay was once a It-rishnental forces, said to be one of the
Quilled it whaling 'kation at Smith's water swamp, "so little wet at times bravest soldiers in the American
f`oinl,. ILdialw euuru:d the whale it could be passed over dryslmd" to army. Anne accepted his Proposal
:aid m +- r,a c of 20 whales the ocean. I of marriage, but lie" parents thought
t I . I:iII 4 t,r -e•, and winters. Hl Jerieho is an old Quaker meet- that his home in Cermaatowm, Pa.
,pooch r 111:6111, old village, set- ten house, where Elias Hicks expound- (four days' lourneY), wa Lou feu 1
!Ill in 1710. ed doctrines and from which place he away, So the young couple took mal-
1PI'ore 17!,0 horr,e riwint;' was a traveled more than 10,000 miles on ters into their own hands, escaped the
;r".0, m I,,n pt Iv.k-d. ']'racks were foot preaching against negro slavery. Schencics and Red Coats surd tied to
I...;lbd :,I Il+:w!r.t,.:!d nu,.l Jamaica. At rhalfing also, there is all old Germantown, where they wore. mar'.
1 :::in , +L +1.,:: nu•.d stir annong' Quaker meeting house; though in an vied in October, 1780.
q, 171,11 uh mod 'G.omnecoek Indians earlier and still ruder building, George Canoe Place is so umnel be ❑n e
„+ 1706 by Rev. Sa,nl:+stm Ocounn, ler p'ox is said to have preached and the Indians used to carrY theil canoes
i In,liaa +:Ieri;yucot foundett the Quaxer SCOL. A carved across a narrow neck of land 6.01a1
ivlilio i 611h.), Yryant, the Anleri- boulder now marks the spot .whore Peconle Bay to IShinneeock Bay. At I
I , ,u lock Ill n-LLm., r of nnanv veers tine great preacher's words caused .this place, in 1659, John Ogden par
+1 t.oslyo uh=re be fill ranch literary such intense excitement. chased a piece of land from tba
will(: Many years ago old Dutch wind- Shinnecock Indians and erected oil it
Lr i'7' I l.n opha t A.vev Lermn2 mills were prevalent et eastern Long' "the only house in the wilderness be-
! ear Ll+y , ,I .p,,;iut el an aStata in Island, but ,the only,one believed to Lween Riverhead and Southampton."
Iirovl:h:voou La,am:h q, nr:ar Patchogue' be standing on its original site was This building was destroyed by fire I
b,v lot.tery, bl:: u,tuaa ger^: having ob- built by General Abraham Rose in in 1921, Near the bridge is the color-, I
f.aim+d llwi;.::lion r;0 to du from the t802 at I-lay Ground near Water Mill, sal wooden figurehead of the old +
Covernur ad O'linril. alma had cloth sails and United States warship Ohio, a bust
The long
AL 1�9urduing; i>; the old Bowie cot- worked with the wind. Here wheat of Hercules ornamenting the highway.]
rage., built: in 1761, :.aril :;Lill preserves was ground into hour and grist for Nearby is the grave of Rev. Paul
ill n•it mal ,pinIar nice, both to ex- the stock, Paying the miller a toll out Coffee, the last of the Indian missive-
lt.rto :Ind ildf.rhw. of each bag. a the short, wintry aries.
Nein• U.utl t.ton f.he. Vitt' WYck. days, the ancient millers used old .On Che roadway between Qtmgue 6
,. tf,Lv war, held in t luocL line 'from tallow dips for light. I and Westhampton, one may look north
n ;r,rcrtl:-t;leu C-c,+enl-g utudl:'ather' who Cedar Island, of about 1% acres, to "Fairy Bell," once a haunt of that.
rtecuived is 11om Ueorge [II as a and lying between Shelter Island and fisherman writer, Henry Ver Dyke,
$;Pant• East Point; was bought by the Gov- also Daniel Webster, who wrote the
Lt 1'7G9 the. Inst ost route, called' '
the "Circuli:", wM;` established oil ernment in 1839 for a lighthouse sta- dictionary.
List,, When the fine stone dwelling On a picturesque knoll of land, €er
Lung• ]:(luno. Mail was carried on I house and light tower were built,there several generations in ,tile Rogcrs' `
horseback once in t.wu weeks, east-! was a grove of 100 cedar trees on the family at Westhampton, there is a bit
ward 1.Ipo
• ngh the north part of the l Island, which have all been swept of the old country lit a cement castle,
Island, .4 riling .10119 the south side, away by the encroachment of the sea. pottery buildings, and much statuarY I
('old Spring Harbor was once int Shelter Island, so called when a on the lawn. The pottery good:; are
old wl sling porL. Smithtown is the company of Quakers exiled by the known as the finest iu Amet•ica,
site e1' the Iwrnest.ead of Theodore Puritans of. Massachusetts, wandered of Brooklyn. Its beauty of architect- r
Bruith of anti-re.vulutionary f ann e. here in the early days in search of. a, ural design, decoration and perfection
During, file itcVolluti0naly War, John refitgo, found it "a rock in a weary of equipment are remarkable, and
Pmt] fond e: had a ship filled out at I land and a shelter in time of stolon" ,place the allow house fn a class above
Port Jefferson t,hiu yard!,. When the Sylvesters, the first set- any of Mr, Glyunc's other amusement
At Maet.lc the British horses were tiers, had built their house and laid centers, which are noted for their Sri. t,
stabled in it cubble-stoned kitchen of out their plantation, they attended pe•im•ity.
one of the fiat homes of that quiet worship at Southold. The passage was The new Bay Shoe Thcad,re ir; nor
place, when Lhe soldiers Look pos- made by burrgo with canopy above it excelled by any playhouse in New
�:essi0n, (.hiring- Revolutionary days. . fund rowed by six sturdy negroes' fork It is already evident that the
Daring this time Gvorg•v Washington Later Shelter Island was for many money spent on its construction hue
visited Patchogue while uu a stage erns a camp-pleating ground.•One of been given with a lavish disregard tc
coach frill oul. on the island. He also the early divines said of Divinity Hill, expense in order to male the theatre
vmrshippod in the+ Rpisc<ga1 church of „Omnipotence might have nada n ,lie crowning achievement of Milcc
Iklndu S'l t. it, riga ail I:he act that more beautiful view than that frmrt alyune's career, and a matter of pride
,made Sag 1L•u•boy al port of euLry in Divinity Hill, but it never did." ' to guy city or community,
1790. Tile Srl,etck homestead in Generale
,telae eonstructim, oP the local Plny
Proprietors of Mottauk sold Turtle is supposed to be the second oldest. house conforms to the latest practice
,fill at ]vbmt:mk Point to the United ,f the most advanced theatrical a•
State; 1'nr x light.hmn:+e site .in 1795, house still standing f Long island,
erected in 1659, now fast falling to
r ct ivinp. $'250 for the land, On the nieces. The original tenants eine Co :hi Leets The ventilation of the build
point: the famous old thiel' of. tine Mon- l n hig, whieh includes the latest haven
l.ruhs. Wyandance', had the seat of this country from I3c.,and in 1G5M1. g, .
All the beans in the,01d house were two`, in cooling devices, embraces all
if
i" innovations of the best ventilation en- e.. a, e
.•moors, and insures comfortable
to the Patrons ofHistoric Churches, and Burial
the. theatre n cmnfortable auditorium; _ ���....,✓✓✓o
no matter what the character of the _ -
matof any it in has The auditor- rounds on. o Island
nun ul the building has been so well
proportioned that, although it coin-
fnrt.ably seats 2,500 people, it has the
y�pearanee of coziness and there fr -scribe 40 shillings towards minister's
not what may be called a poor seat in (Special to The County Review) salary, shall be seated at the table.
I.bo building. - By L. M. Journeay No wonnan permuted to sit there ex-
A feature of this theatre will be the Int 1640 a new plantation, whose except "Col. Smith's Lady;'
Moller argon, installed at an expense "Pew No. 1 to ail perso,cs subscrib-
:,f :825,000, which will be operated in design was religion," enure into ex-..ing• 20 shillings.
ron.junctfon with a symplioty orches. istenec at Yeunicock, the peninsular 'Pew No. 2 to all persons subscrib-
!.ra tinder the direction of Ben Nelson, extension of the present village of ing• 10 shillings," etc.
,f the Patchogue Theatre and the Southold. The planters came from' Lt an old burial ground neof
wlMrribra. leans ahasefit atn�uncedlthat the Connecticut, and under the leadership atntl nster Bthe sgr great
Ofgranite
George rox,a:
iu ility of amusement offered at this of their pastor, Rev. John Youngs, the great preacher to the "Friends' in
thrah•e will be in keeping with its church was "gathered anew," October 1672. IIe prenched under ga•cat oaks.
Iur h standard of construction. This 21, 1640, and a meeting house built livster Bay was settled shortly after
it; ,videnced by the early booku,g of said to be the oldest oil Long Island 1007 and once in six weeds thev drove
super photo plays, "The Big Parade" The house was 'built for a place of20 miles across the "Plains". to the i
,))d "Ben Hur." Only the latest re defence as well as of worship—sur-I Dutch church at Jamnica.
!e:r;ec of the silver screen and the rounded by it stockade; while under- In 173.2 they built their own meet-
best ofhigh class vaudeville will be ]'cath wasit dungeon, the site offing house in a grove of hickory trues
u f'r•red. which is marked by a depression in 11L Wolver's Hollow. In this. church
tdte ground. which stood 100 years, the men's sit-
sical conductor and orchestra of tweu' The first meeting house fn South- thugs were rented at 25 shillings the
ty pieces, publicity representatives, anipton was built in 1041. There are year, while the women sat in chairs
advance agent, company manager, a number of old burial grounds, brought from their homes.
two motion picture operator, full The first church in Henpstead was A meeting house was built at
stage crew and carload Of stage set- aril Independent Meeting house built Jericho in 1680, The first Presby-
tingsaul complete prgiection equip in 1647,.near Burlv.Pond, The build- terian church in Hempstead was built
meat. �ing'was 24 feet square and used for ill 17,00; said to be the oldest: existing,
This unde•Lakfug by Metro-Gold- 'all public assemblies, civic or re- edifice of the.name in America. The
wyn-Mayer is by for the largest mill Iigious, fox, 30 years, stone church was built fn 1690 Grace
most complete road-show enterprise Another building•,was added to it i church in,1739. The Episcopal,church
of the so-called "two-dollar" pictures in 1673, 34 feet by 22 feet, goofed �wa!s presented, a. continua hal sc vice
ever made, When one considers the with cedar shingles, clapboarded with by Queen Anne.
vast amount of labor involved fn rout- mak and -;coiled with, pine. A new R]heu Philip Cox, first circuitrider
ing 20 shows, equipping then with house was built in 1762 onneirly-the- ori Lung Island, b:•;;an his work; in
full orchestra and mechanical effects, site of the present Presbyterian 1784, lie found two Methodist societies,
and touring then throughout the ria- church, During the Revolution it was one at Newtownand one at Comae.
tion, the undertaking is indeed color- used as barracks for a division of the "annah Se"lington, an. aged and re-
nal. British army quartered fn Hempsteadspectabl. widow lady opened her
Assembled in the staffs of the pub- and 'suffered much from reckless house for preaching near Ilempstcad I
licity representatives and managers abuse. It was burned fn 1803, About harbor. BishopAsbury fu.his Jour-
.with each company, the names of the the church is the old village grave- nal of March 22, 1787, says: 'Rude
best know,, altownnan are to be found, Yard, fn which were the earliest town 20 miles on L. I. and Preached with
Included fu the list are such well- burials. Mary of the stones were sane liberty fn the evening at Scaring-
known men as Randolph Hartley, R. torn up for hearth stones or, used fn tun."-
A. Mitchell, Howard Herrick, George construction of the soldiers' rude That.house, the oldest Methodist.
Bowles, Lester Thompson, Alfred ovens. church on Long Island,'a not
bclfrfcd
Lederer, Ton Kane, Augustus Me- The first meeting- house was built building with cedar-shingled sides,
Ouse, Arthur Ryan, Michael Manton, In East Hampton lit 1652, It was stands today fn the beautiful chant-
John Powers, A. E. Morgan, William 27 by 30- feet and thatched with paign where the plains bread: into the
M, Roddy, John Stout, Thomas Hodge- straw, It was replaced. ill 1717 by a undulating ground of the north side.
man, GA. Florida, Lied Meek, Matt structure called the finest building on, Itev. George Keith held,Episcopal.ser-
A.Ilen, Robert 1". Irwin, R. N. Har- Long Island. Those were the days of vices in Hempstead in 1702 and
is, Johu L. Peltret, Janes Troup, long pastorates and the founder of.the, writes: "There was Such,a multitude
" is
F. G. Wallace, P. W.Mack
Rev. Thomas James,remained of people that the building could not
ire
cRiley,R Mack Whiting, Leon Victor, in ofice until his death in 1606, The ,hold them and many stood outside lit.
1 E. .James, John Marring, 1h N. first church at Newtown, now Mas- doors 'and windows to hear:"
c.rrar, }3en,janiu von Ottbnger, Lew Peth, was an Independent Meeting The first Episcopal church on Long'
Need, IIeny A. Beason and Joseph house, built In 1670, and rebuilt in laden. teas built. at Set oket, in 1.710.
"hear 1.716. .Services had earlier been held It &011 stands on the vdla„'c hr]ghl.
The "Big Pan:ade" is booker to ap- fn abarn by Rev. John.Moore. ove•Ioodcnn;' tho hnb,t. C u tliiac.
The first meeting• house at Brook church— No nobler mento;hal Jias
pear at Glynne's Bay Shure theatre, haven was built in 1671. Rev, Na- tyu•olinr. of 'Ihnnd^nburach Llan this
August 15 to 18, at Patchogue Aug- thaniol Brewster, ]nephew of Elder little chapel, to which the Quevn sent
ret. 19 to 22. "Ben-Hur" will be Brewster of the Mayflower, was pas- sih•c1, patens, c•h:dice books and lin:•]
how] at Glynne'e Bay Shore Theatre tor lot- 20 years, Since there had 1'm• alar simple, a1L 1 which 1w r,
4ugusL 23 to 2G, at Patchogue Aug- been several rude actions fn the ,taken b sm•.u•auden from Oc nn cti-
art 26 to 28. church by reason of people not being ''(tit during, the 1 evelut,itm, the
seated, at a town meeting in 1703 it ,,birch has round a h d to nulow 110
was ordered that all freeholders that file weather t no i tile E,1111liall fh'!!o.
have. or &ball within the month, sob Although-tln4-ehur'h watt-!ni,muu' in
1 Li II it still rc,LI ill, rLr ori incl fcza- I I ----
4 Aqucbn uo is til old Stc plc �! Lori Threatened
,hutch. In tilt qu•imt c mctor at
Island 4.8 � �'Q � q'��t� ��]
Ila ))(.,act (0 til- old! t wn aen I at Pns•l I as
11 nipton , the Cmnb dl r,. tl ta� Mountains of Drifting Sand,
flroa t setWnis Lyon Gardiner, It �n p �D���
rut rl Lao rs nt arniz t s n ra n b,nl / ,a5 Yr+ �G n ,{g�'[� au
ht.neath a Gothic xnrhad !..l ll�n (//�� ��e Gone--Beauty Remains
ry>,sI
A oras the macrih!d b-oihlon al �y �1'46ll86h
Bustin-tial nennnds (110 of the Liz ie (Special to Tipp COUNTY REVIEW) mark, and then as the cure reecnea,
dcalh of Nathan llfl- the Aln.rleao By IL D. S. and the uind becomes ne
markyr. George Wnrhingt".n nv, No one living• now h:xs ..... stand. like snow by Che wind inLotnu is�erous
ship'ted in the oid kpisz•.np;il chord: ing of the constant aF1'orC of the early hillocks and banks, some of. which
aE Elmhurst, For many years a roar eusCcrn Long. Island xettlers to pre- roar their heads twenty or thirty Peet
medlar was held on 81"Iter Island vent drifting sand from engulfing above the level of the adjacent waters.
r.nd the place wa; called "Divinity their farms and pactur'u lands. The 'These hillocks are kept accentblowing
Hill." curly records of the Hampton Covens aiwaY by numerous Cuffs of ori p
In tilt' old burying araunrls !her0. tell of measures taken to keep otf the g'a'uss, which, as the sand accumulates,l
are many curious e moaplinrtuary
and quaint bund which in tun, of storm was gradually grows upward, and by in-
colvedens of nusquar,V scolpturc blown from the beaches forntin g•
carved with t;rutesriuc symbols n[ great windrows
Litton Wie more fertile e•saain mobs confines the spud. No,
skull and rrrnse.bones, hnurglars. ur bands. There nrcmnn is the drifting of sand confined to tilt'
blinking cherubim. the peculiar fe•nta Won hof eChectet:xto beziches. You occusionAllY anent with
In tilt' ' ,a Barber Piesbyteriwn - .ft in the iields that were once cul-
at East Ham nine; Je icho, Sag Hair- tivated, but ora: now entirely desld-
graveyard there is the following ru- be•, Shinnecook Pulls and other places
as•iption on stone in nnenory of Capt. made by earl• travel
a who observed tote of aft vegetation from being eov-
David Band and his five wives: conditios and noted in Mattirede•ial.e1 In the town 1nP East ITamp�
Behold ve livime, mortals passing by impressions, Nlere than xa1e•huntl cid
Iluw thirlc I.he jtetrtaaers "r eau' III).,- toll there are now hug•u bills of sand
band lie, Years ago uses were attempting I.e on the veru site of came of the sand
steep sant) from blowing upon tilt' rich lings reared by the firt settlers of the
Vast curl unscart habil, urr. Chu ways Montauk grazing' fields. The peopic. town. The beach, ins some places, i
of God, - of Jericho, a small settlement of Dust! entirely separated 'from bile places, I,
lust but neveq is fHn chxs(:uringi .HssmPfon town, were obliged to ,ban-� ZY Ponds and bays,
' rod!° don their first plantations and seep
In tine Orient barial ground is the more shelter spots furtltur avert from 1Tmnpto�e11 Wainscott and Nast
Ifollowin'g: the occult shore. Jericho derives its ryuite ti pretty valfay hus
I"Here lyes Elizabeth, eine Samuel name frons "walled in,"or surrounded 'been fort t'thc winds front drifted
beach.
I 1;celne's wife, rand protected b zt wall of woods. Tile, n b
Who once was made n living soul but's Man Y 1'hb banks, which enclose the valley,
now deprived of fife. u Y Years ago sag, Harborlocated , now are, perils ns,
s of
Yet firmly did believe that at he• HamptotVean o�Sou thamptuill both Ea,stownet centuries, 1A faneneruxtellslximo that
Lord's return was but a bed of send. Vision <lar 1 severe gales of wind, he has
She should be "tilde •t living soul in spot in 1809, Prof. ltimoth ll e'ht aeon huge sheets of Chis sand blow.
hen own Shupe and form in )tis ' Ravels," sa .; Y .over his lural, and deposited! in minie-
Lned 9 and 30 years xu wife, Nus Before it crone foie NIS "Silk-
Ilarhol.
tore bllnlCb on several places of ilia
aged 57." 1'arm 111
Wilda! the best eunment is brier in with drifting sand a SUCCeSSion of 'In 1700 highways are constructed
st•rnptimn on a simple salvia xhil us, disagreeable band hills. ' The ptot'es-I ' and ditches dug at certain parts of
l g xox• notes than.the had "is unfriendly I"ast;HaraPton town to keep the drift-
On spents, encuniams axe but vainly to every.kind of vegeta Lb a,"and tial._ line, sand fens smothering
1 vele that man has done so
A virtuous life is the bust mowipen C." much i. the sand, threatens to make bhelnhoute
Such LI beauty about his hone under
R p p} p�p�d��
Such mipromising' conditions. teal' David E<hvards xuul 'Phomas Dib-
,� MOUNT-UN
� IlId pfi�pnpp� I''urthe• the Professor says of the bfe unhabitable."
rq� prIe-e�p i &. 2t L coientiy generally on eastern Long Isl- Heartt had relatives at Wainscott..
1 �fR tl� ��� ever,and that the action n the to sand, how- Ile spelt vacations thee. I ado not
!Atilt ' ONCE. Inedl te.nat wholly confined ed the iia-. thirlc his sketches of the loealit ' were,
y wd t� win iste Shore line, but aided by the ever Published 71 bookie
lie did�
lands AS Bate as IfS•/s in ,e cases Eur in- sows ruxte ne.in 187I to The G'orroctor, rz
The amount of trafifc' which has tilt the l Bayles writes 1 I then published b
passed over tilt' Bear Mountain bridge necock, r,foiming'a.n cnpdssubfe ShiInia.'
Brinfey D. Sleight,
prescrved YinII! ad
.a anti• gilt• A few of these
since, its Yom I opening• last week Tier whack divides the untercouxse oil• des oP ib be
Thrix aav hie dLeer, a surprise to all civilization, exerting, no little mryu- I lilts. In id a
Tt, was predicted khat the motorists once fn keeping the can•ly settlements notes
OeSdne der credit on,�y °ns11of f6lIa:utf.;
weak! holy aloe r dation of the here isolated." In 1887 a years
.roan, hitt it taus not eI lion which Cho given the source
a traveler y enanate• The ofaI
supposed, that. crossing Shinnecock lIills wrote "our
the artpreciation tvoukl he allow" iu Corrector, after the Watchman Mover!I
!exit-through them might have been front Sag' Harbor to
sthe conteu at ills time of the year. tiv!.Jnjles an hour."
the cis built a t_,,t the structure, the only newspaper CLreenpoft, was
tvlifch is bunt across the Hudson from J0h1i ,1;,. I-Iea is n .-welter of the SOptheastern fluke ofpl Published °n t°°
Anthony's Nose to Port Moutg•onnery, seventies, tlnai this Co say: was established in 182 Ong Island. It
would supply amuck needed artery fox•! Onu 6f t�!C const peculiar feature, published Bail 2 and at time:;
motordsts going to and from New! of Long.Island, 44 it" great sand beach Week. Iii Tho con i�eca so twice each
England has been well proved. which forms its ,4outhern barrier 'cies of East Ham ton," Chron.a
against the fury of t:"e,pce'anI It is were first published the latolnppear
composed entirely of fine whitae land, ed in a'bindfng,
driver up by the sea to 111 c �te•'. When Hearl't was at
ton he wroEast IIxunP_
. __ .•,._`" to:. "Wt' love East Ilanue-
�f 1.
IS �
Toni we love its people. -.gi :ora,.sortFence-Building Was Gay Event
of Che solid, quiet,.steadyy-going t,,
such as you would naturally cotton to, ° g Island
Last Hampton is one of those places ®'n Old-Time Long &Bland arms
which has not, as ,yet, been visited by )
Clio bloating influence of -Mammon. „ � I � U
Thy; steam whistle has not yet been Special to The County Review wall was completed and all hands,
hc:u•d in this dear old spot, and we were eager for hearty supper.
.:ince rely hope it never will lie." By Mas. L. M. Jouuxcax The long table, which was made o£
Thi!; is told of Northwest: With the advance of time, styles boards, covered with sheets and set'
"About throe miles Yrnm Plast have changed with regards to fences on sawhorses, was laid in the orchard
I iatnptou I,, a region termod North- or farm inclosures, In the early days and heaped with food. A great iron
went. It is a small collection of stonewalls divided Pro Perties followed pot babbling over ie forowh ch�a
houses situated in the midst of a vas': by wooden fences at slats or pickets, fire, yielded,a flaky pa p
orest, With the exception of Men-' while today many lawns' have no half dozen chickens had been Snarl—
tack there is no other portion of the fences, but are bordered by flowers or fice t• Moo served s of bvith read unit hot his
cuiisland where an individual eau so privet hedges.
solace himself from his Fellowman. A In the early 50's, when a farmer lams,snowy balls of pot-cheese, grape
pedestrian is seldom seen bet's.I r,;;eded a state wall oil his propoty, and current jelly, flanked by cold-
he ciir not s'er.d for u stonemason, but slaw, apples stewed in cider, apple
(Northwest is as remote todayas id
was 55 veers ago—the farm houses in invited his friends and neighbors to a lad custard pies, crisp cookies and
I the forest have decayed xnd fallen int, "!;tone-frolic." Those Lucky enough to fresh doughnuts. Coffee was made in
been burned or razed, and the school receive invitations left their owr, af- a large boiler and served with plenty
house of 140 years ago has long since fairs to the hircil man on that day of rich cream. Large earthenware
passed.-1sd.) fair arrived at the scene of the fes- pitchers at each end of the table held
"The Springs is another hamlet of tivitics by sun-up, ill numbers rang. cider and buttermilk. talks folks or-
i,east IAunpion town—a retired spot, Ing from a dozen husky sons of the After su Per,
prob-
it near Iain to Northwest, and if North- ��aoil to twenty or thirty and of ages :bled and the local fiddler, who tonewest is the northwest corner, probably from 18 to 60. All wore overalls and aiil ltunefllteat) a°tilerldarce, which
Springs Is the southeast corner of no- started work at once.
There was no lack of material for aster until it was time. to go home
where. We have been informer by
Lill inhabitant of this lonely spot, this the wall, as most farms were cluttered and milk the cows.
boundless
en mans o lis solitude,
al that she her was takenith at n0011 when doughnuts n ose stones. A "eccss Although
vicinity,caatnumber tmay still
[arm in lis months. Where are your I and huge jugs of cider were passed ae seen on the western end of hong
anchorites? Here is the place just around. Late in the afternoon the Island.
Suite(] for them." altos of _ aim Use
Northwest incl the Springs are
eonting into their own in 1026. Lands
are being assembled, and await vast n
development :nil subdivision Plans. I. Budding reen• oq t s
"The Rev. Lyman Beecher," says
Iriearrt, "succeeded Dr. Buell," and •p
:,f his wit's it is said, "Nara. Beecher 1rst a�,c ®,r•p•l9 Data
Shows ws
•.love the first carpet that was used g• a9 P� R,® �.d LL"44�La'6/1/
.)n the Ishi nl."
. By MORTON PENNYPACKER. &c,.
Greenport should soon have a birthday celebration. The 100th
anniversary, whilst other east end communities have already cele-
brated their 275th and are preparing for the 300th year. But, al-
though young in years, Greenport has an interesting history that
still,remains for some one of her ward of the first pair tree standing,
n the heage, Then and there to re-
citizens to put in type. Her school !main for a stool and other publick
history began long before the youses and not to be removed nor In
Proved for any other youses.
town itself. The original petition "Ar. 2. That the houje be earn.
for a schoolhouse is preserved in posed of 40 rites or more and if thane
dosnot 40 a Gres to thews artlealo
the collection at Kew Gardens. it shall not be binding on the rest.
"Ar. 9. TIS a griead that five men
It contains the autographs of all be chosen out of the siners'as a com-
those interested at the time and mitten to form and model the house
booth as to bigniss and to finish the
is so unusual in autography that same and to provide all ntaterlls and
worckmen to compleat the same,
an exact copy of it is here given: "Ar. 4. And we the liners clew
Gr'eopport's First Schoolhouse, Dreams to pay Into the hands of tine
"Articles for Buildinga School committee m• caused to be pade our
eaqual proposon of money according
Nouse Made May 2th 1797. Ar. 1. to our rites that wee have a sined
That the house shall stand a few when soled for on falour there to be
rods to the eastward of the line be- recovered be fore any testes of the
tpeso with the hrtrlst of the same
ween David Weebe and Esqr.Youngs
0111 pade,
on a !lite!l using ground to the West- "Ar, 6. That the committee art the
finnishing of the house shall render
a trew account unto the sitters of Temporarily "Farms" was adopted houses completed, and several others
thar money." and a- postofltce established under in progress, five stores, a warehouse
The '•Mens Nams" and their "Rits": that name, with J. Moore as post- and numerous mechanic shops•
are in three columns but for con- master. For the first quarter end- There are now fitting out for Green
ventence that order is not followed' ing March 31, 1926, $19.13 was Te-; Hort two whaling ships, one of 350
here: Thos. Youngs, 3; John Yongs,. ceived, $12.01 of which went to the and the other of 370 tons; and a
1; David Wiggins, 2; Thos, Moore, 1; Government and thebalance to the number of smaller vessels employed
David Fanning, 2; Austin Booth, 1; Postmaster. Ten years later the all, ht the fishing and coasting trade.
Calvin Moore, 1; William Booth, 1;I nual receipts were still less than $100, They have a wharf at which ships
John Young, 1h; James Horton, 4a; of` which $32.80 went to the post- lay or are hove out, and two sets
Thos Cohkling, 1; Joint, Tuthill, l;!.master, A paragraph ht an early of ways for hauling UP vessels. The
Bony Moore, 1; David Webb, 1; Will- Sag Harbor Paper tells the story (if : land upon which the village is sit-
lican Wiggins. 2; Frank W. Clark, 1; the change in name. noted and In the neighborhood is of
Thomas Coon, 1; Join) Wiggins, 1; Sterling Becomes Greenport an excellent quality, the prospect
Jonathan Racket, 1; James Grilling, y and, in
Jim., I; Daniel H. Racket, Jtul., 1; At a meeting held at the Inn of ver fine and commanding;
William Roger, 1; Shadreclt Moore, Capt. J. Clark, on the 23d day of `hart, Green Port is a very eligible,
1; James Brown, 2; Joint Moore, 1; June, 1831, by the inhabitants of the Rode ing and beautiful place:'
The Whale Fleet continued to glow
Dante] More, 1; Bent.King,
1;Icing, 1;
Jo-
seph Moore,1; Joel , 1; Abra- place formerly known by .the name for the next 16 years until, at its
of Greenhill, or Stelling, for the par- height in 1846, there were 11 ships in
ham Racket, 1; Stephen Vail, 1;.
Nathaniel Whey, 1; Daniel Harris, 1: pose of designating a none for the the service. AnnCCaptaixt Brown.
Benjamin Beebe, 1; Nathaniel village, Benjamin Goldsmith being
Racket, 1; Amos Rymt, I. chairman and B. S. Wiggins scale- Roanoke, Captain Balwitn, and Wash-
Started Wort: Promptly. tary,it was "Resolved,that the village ington, Captain Corwin, were owned
Wolk Hurst have been started at hereafter be called Green Port. 'Ibis by Wiggins ev Parsons. Corwin 8c
once for early ht 1793 int itemlmd village was commenced in the spring Howell had the, Bayard, Captain
bill was Presented, the original copy of 1828, and Is now a place of con- Fordhmn, and the Triad, Captain
siderable.and htereas ng.business. It 3Iorton. and
Wells Carpenter the
of which Is now at Kew Gardens, It ,las a ver fine and safe harbor and Delta, Captain Weeks, Neva, Captain
shows that the total cost of the school y Case, Nile, Captain Case, Philip 1st,
was £249: the
2. Samuel Moor's bill Is well situated for carrying oil the Captain Case, Sarah and Father,
was far 67!5 days work at 6 shillings whaling or other commercial buss- Captains Bennet and Corwin,
Pat, day, 520: 5: 0., and another man ress.__ There are now _35 •dwelling l
with helper charges for 161 day's NEW RDAT SHELTER ISLAND, NEARLY
work, £12 1w & Calvin Moore'sIts, bhl
is for 12?a weeks board, at Its, per
week. Dea ll"' Homan hills for 5 READY FOR REGULAR SERVICE ON ROUTE'S
gallons of taut, £3.; is C Wiggins
worked 7 days, Francis Clark fur-
niched brads, £1: o: 9.; S.Vail worked
?� day, there was a bill for lath and
masons bill, £6:, and a 5: 6. fat• New Boat a Great Addition to Company s Equipment—Also a
Point, locks, hinges and work oilO" p y p
tables. In all 3e men worked oil
the school hoose and rendered sun Short Sketch of Ferry Company and Its Development
dry accounts Included in the above
total. At the time tills bill was ren- fag conditions were very poor.
tiered 8 shillings had a value of $1 In The new ferry boat Shelter Island, The real history of the present Ter-
New Yorlc money. one dollar would P Yard and which the H. W. Sweet Ship pay a week's board bill. ry system starts in 1840 when Elisha
The Preceptor's Wages" in 1805: Machine Works have just completed drithng Beebe, the father of Capt.
had been increased to $40 a quarter for the Shelter Island and Greenport Fred C. Beebe, was the owner of a
and the scholars at that time were small sailboat with which he made
Perry Company, will soon be placed regular trips when weather conditions
William Austin Booth, Elisabeth in commission. This new boat is a 8
Booth, William Booth, Henry Beebe, .permitted and travelers to and frmn.
Benjamin Beebe, Widow Abigail Bee- credit to her builders and in collate- the Island wished to be ferried across.
be, W. Francis Clark, Thomas Conk- tion with the present boat the Poggat- Capt. William Ross of Greetnport, was
ling, David Fanning, James Grif- ticut,wlll result in much more efficient also one of those who in the earlier
ling Jr., Moses Griffing, James HOT- ferry service. The new boat is about days conducted a ferry across the bay.
ton, Denies Harris, Jeremiah Moore, 64feet long and differs in cotstrue-
Daniel Moore, Shadrach Moore, Cal- The first charter for the purpose of
vin Moore, D. Havens Racket, Abra- tient from the Poggntssen r having a regular ferry system between Sltel-
ham Racket, David Rogers, William the cabins for the Passengers on the ter Island and Greenport,was granted
Rogers, Harriett Rogers, Jonathan sides and the driveway for automo- April 9th, 1859, to Jonathan Preston,
Tuthill, 'Phomas Terry, Betsey Vail, biles in the center, This design offers
David Webb, David Wiggins, Phebemore protection to automobiles dnr-
of Greenport, and to his heirs, and
Webb, Phebe Wiggins, Jehia Whedon, assignees for 10 years after the pass-I
Thomas Youngs, , Ing stormy weather. ing
g Just at this time when the ferry I Ca . Preston
On they 13th, 1868,to
Postoffice hi 1824. company has added this new boat to Capt. Preston sokl the business to
Following the school came the post- their fleet it might be interesting• to I Charles Costa, also of Greenport. Mr,
office. A petition was circulated lit i Costa conducted the ferry for about
give a short description of the ferry two ears. On A ril 1st 1865, Capt.
1824 addressed to the Postmaster service between Shelter Island and I y P '
General praying that an office be es- Greenport from the earliest records,Costa sold out his interest to Charles
tablislied at Sterling. Had this not H. Harlow mud Samuel S. Clark of
-. a to the resent time, The first men-
been turned down Greenport might; n P Shelter Island, In the old papist
re-
still be known by that name, but the aon of a ferny of any sort is found gar
this sale we find the ferry
postmaster objected on the ground in one of the ancient histories of Shel- onsisted of the catboats, Mary ] liza
that there was already all office Lt a ter Islmtd when a man named Botts-I and Brother Jonathan, one cattle
town called Sterling, in Cayuga scan, rowed a snow across from
County. George S, Phillips from Stearn's Point to the narrow neck of scow two row boats and one wbatf
Smithtown, on Sept. 1, 1824, notified 186 feet in length.
those at Sterling to that effect, and land just opposite. At this time them After concdncting the business for a
suggested Rocky Point for the name.. was no wharf of any kind.and travel-I few vtars Harlow and Clari, sold out
J '
to Capt. Benjamin Sission, a retired Yrestit It; Letmnual Burroughs, dhmer, pails wore Icep[, below the i
whaling captain, who in a short time Treasurer, Capt. Reeve aeted'as sec- shelves coats and hats were hung on
tired of the business and ml October retary and superintendent of the conn `vendee ilegs. We entered the school
24th, 1871 sold out to Fred C. Beebe, pally. 1'omli trout the lobby and walked down
of Greenport. During the latter part The new company recognizing the the center aisle to our respective,seats.
of the same year Capt. Beebe sold need of improved ferry facilities, hall A.t the exUrnie east end or the room
was the deacller's desk, and it was it
one-half Interest of the business to the large side-wheel steam ferry Me- wide and long affair, elevated about.
the Shelter Island Camp Meeting As- naptic built, and for many years this it foot or more above the floor, stiff''
sociation. The next year the company Iboat was operated during the summer looked very tench ince Our graudnio 11-I
chartered the steamer Emily for sev_ season. During the winter months or's cupboard, as if.had cuphonrd douls
coal months during the summer sea: the launches Neptune and Prospect and shelves.
were used. After some time it became However, in this desk m• eunboaid
•� 'l' Utq teacher held all.the.school belong.
In 1873 they purchased the stLel,er'i evident that smaller ferries propelled rags, one Of I:he wmnxrLm epts boin-
Cambria from Oliver and Sidney'by gasoline motors were more eco- g
large enough to hold a wayward boy
Downs of Riverhead. The steamer was.)nolnical to operate so on June 4t]l, at times, and which it did ml numri'-
o='ed during the summer months and 1020, the Greenport Basin and Con- Otis occasions. It being rather u
during the fall and spring. Capt.lArpction Company launched the gloomy place for a boy, he world
Beebe made regular trips to New Lon-'d cubic end ferry boat Pog'gatticut annlso himself with the al•i Of his .jaelt
don• 'Phe sailboats being used during which has been in service since that imife, by gouging holes, through which '
that time for ferry service. date. As the companyhad no further)lie coal(] get a clear view of tile school
Capt. Beebe in 1S7f1 sold out his in-.use for the Menxntic, she was sold the room Those peels holes were not offs.p covered by the teacher for quile some
terest to the late Isaac Reeve of next spring. The Shelter Island ie time, the work on thein or [he cutting,
Greenport, who operated the ferry nn- now the latest addition to the com- being done while the teacher was nU
til 11390, when the business was in_- patty's fleet of boats. Just what the sent from his desk. 'These Nolen could
,most efficient type of ferry boat will hardly be noticed from file Outside,
corporated as the Shelter Island and be in the future, time will tell. Bati as all the gouging or cutting was done
Greenport Ferry Company, which whatever changes are found necessary'from the inside and thy, sEze OL' the
name the company still bears. The' hole decreased to almost the size oG;
first officers of the incorporated coal- the Shelter Island and Greenport Fer., n )lin head.
parry were: Ex-l4layor F. A. Schroe- ry Company will no doubt do all in; The walls and ceiling of tilt, school
clef, President; Thomas H. Wood, Vice their power to give the best possible room were boarded with four inch
.. service to its.patrons, wide tongue and groove beaded pine
-- i boards about 7-8Inchthlcic and pafut
r• ed %medium grey color.
� A map of the United States and a l
y ; <va cleated blasts board about 4x6 feet
aW� I deThe. seatsltor bendese east llas Ulny w•ei•c,
�t2 '" �� § =3•:e, ` F {; i -� had no back rests to them. 'they wm•C
about eight feet hl length, made of a
to inch line board, supporl.ed by three
_.
legs or suppt-I Iti, one In the middle
till one at r.ac II call. Tilt )+ore made
or the sallle l+ldlh hon I AAMI ,I. V
tillih the Lower poll.
S R lilt desks or book tlld hId1C reo LN,
.here the same length as Ute benches,
,
S' one end of prem nedled last to the ++all
ted here made of it 10 fuel) pine
a.. board, with it cleatnailed al, the hot-
.. t.om to prevent the books and slates
F t "
front slipping off. This heard +ves ell
all angle of about 45 degrees and oil
lop of this board was it Pialfour hmh
sf.rlp, wlUl f.wo inch ballidol. fin
this flat surface w'as Ieopl. ,tile hili
Hicksville's First School bottle, slate rag• slate peuciis +Lod
pens, and a small bottle of wafer for
cleaning the :hates In case the paplls
-_— Was-as
fall out of spittle.
HICKSVILLE HAD ITS ]t was ns you notice, a onF tstory onal
Plano structure, rgnf.ahihl one room Where hes, x oil of these desks
Q❑ p�+ SCHOOL
k loud benches, s b titch side o% the
LITTLE RED SCHOOL lvldh a none fool calling,clapboard
? shingle.rens I aisle whirl) was about five reel wide.
and a Trough 101uc11 elapboeud siding There were also lou nlallor sets Of
pallltod red. (lesion loud bl uehes U the east enol
�.y,V„•, ._. of the roout pluerl Ir iltlh+li a of ilio.
The size of Lilt,, building wls 20x2X room about five feel In leurlb, Iwo
Some Highly, Interesting History
s feet it Omrl.ainod seven windows three on each soh of Ihn Le w.hcl a deslc.
WflttCli by the I30Y5 OI Fifty on the soui.h side, Ihi ce on file north these four sets wtye. used by file
slily and role on tile west: side triple sarticr.aLielilanLs.
Tears Ago. were DO windows on Urn Calif. side. i 'Pile Ilomlag was single boarded
'Phis building Avon loclated on Lilo The building facod tha west. One with Len inch )vide league and groove
entered through a porch or lobby .plus about one inch thlcic and Lived
south side of Cast Nichohd street, mabout A feetsduarci from Ute south l crosswise of (lie room, Knots flat]
.
about tho canter of lite plot oil which side,othis-being the.only entrance. I dropper) out in some parts of the floor
[ho presonl school house no'w sLmds.; Them were no wbrdovvs In this lobbyI thus affording
all
opo rtallity fish
with to
11 loris to
on the your 1853 ,_ori Iwo sides wero shelves.ml_ which I _. rin
,(lC
it piece of string and Pius baited with, - Twice daily went the clot wooden
Soule loft over Iuuch• furulshed from home, fresh ,and clean,
Oh lily! ]tow I.hv girls would se.ream but .they became highly perfumed [gall Carried on a no be
pole to
when a llloc.n was caught, and If till) things at school, 11111088 I:he. mothers Sovtns`Well" there Ln Uo filled with
would Insist on taking clean slate rags crystal pure wator, drawn 111) In an old
club ralvPt Leo much exinLwtnmt, wn g oalkcu bucket, ant limn Lanund hu•loor,
would hawe to IeU go tie line, ball. and rvpi other morning:
all. tit Order to clear outselves ss it Che. slate ponoils were of Ute hard r moss covered bucket, Isom Lhe s0
-
all.
agailed I.he Oder of filings to substance and often very scratchy, foot well.,
fish for mire during, school hours. '1`Ite to possess a white soapstoun slate Carl]. I. Smnetimos tile, rope would slip Ute
mice. surely had at right of w;ny in Lhe ell was sortie Insury. The mothers wheel or it link would flat', in l.hn
1,11.10 red school house, Its there was covered file school books with bright, cllahl. Often the boys would try and
nothing to odes[. [hwn sudor tho fleet. shall [figured calico or gingham and make the bucket lose Its connections
n
between I.ho walls and lie, ceiling was the names were written in the books, and remala it Cho, bottom and then in
their pkaygrounrl. 'I`heso ndoe were The boys carved names on the wood high glee get the grappling iron and
well rod, the (1111110,,1 pails usually mm. rim of the slate, and on the benches l fish for it.
l.ainhlg ouch ,more IVan was consumed and desks if they got (tall' It show. 1 Llusually (we of the strong armed
and 1116 radon would died for ]off overs All the boys possessed at jack ludt'o' boys would be delegated 1.0 this ,lob
sooawhere about. Lhe plane. in fact, they had to have one in.ardor", of getting the water, and they would
Lunch hour was, always it very en, to sharpon their sl Ito pencils, and have to bo very cute if they intended
�joYable time. Lm the coil days soon, they always took great pride in keep- killing timer as the t.otacher was Auto
would sit on the oil wood box,. onilte Ing heir Jack knives sharp, When all the tricks. As the view was Lot
soul.lt side of file building, laugh, 8311", sharp, it was very little trouble for, obstructed from the school house to
and exchange, purl of each ol,hor= [IAm to male a popgun from all ell "Sevlu's Well very little turdittes:;
lunch. dol•berry stick or a whistle front a could be displayed by Ute boys, ars
"swapping" Innch was II cosmic willow branch. Sento of the boys own file teacher kept his eyes ou, them as
practicr, bullfight nboul. by ;in ulna ed two knives or ."toad stickers" as well as on the class room, still woe
they called them, usually (lie pooron to the Cloy that did not walk the
Idol. Ili" ol.htl follows l much
cape. knife was used to play 'mumblo-pog" .s(raighl curl narrow path a[ all
I,imeu
Ute. and ll Scots lest ort much betdo m• theywouldbe swapped for marbles trial, rule uppCei to and out of school.
than rlid his own, They wed Lai
t bull's eye marble would comand a
ji LIL when IheY happened W huvr `. Y ll. was ❑al. ::a uuasual thing for a boy
])cited eggs La part. of t.livir pinch, by fairly good jack knife. to be called up and held to account.
'Phe wooden rhnnled a1a(09 aur] the for misconduct a•[Cnr school hours. The
bu Ltilig onds" as the eayiug went„ unit sharpening of the scratchy slain pen- [lather surely knew how to fisc I,he
Ute other fellow would have to come ON made quite a clatter, bound edged whalebone rod at the right. (.tail(? and to
sernss it his ogg did ,not stand the slates being unknown at that. (lino. the right place, and (.here was all such
Lost. The school house boll was it large thing as looking for sympathy at home
Ronne trues vNio, lunch was over, brass hand bell, such as Cho butcher either. It Avila always decided advi8-
Ido, pupil; Inoktug for amusement and baker would use when making ;this never to enter it comphdu' in
would play drop Lhc haudkercldel" their deliveries. When It wa.s lame 1..0 Chat respect as the parents looker) *l)
and Idea In the ring" with the girls, open aehool, III, teacher nr non of rho the teacher as to capablo person, quali-
pcoviding that boys promised not. to be boys on glria.would sppo.rr and ring [fell to conduct a school and command
too rough. Aller assuung them or; file bell, respect at all times.
th l polo., all 1 oulrl go well, 'f.tl sono They hold no LI'UanL officer, bill woe _
fool fellow happened to do something to the lad AvI10 playod hockey, anq, MR.
F@�Y9�BTi9.9111� S DIED
displeasing and "ILL the whole thlng'Ihere was no compulsory education 19ya'1 @N181.Y9Cf�SV)! ADIEU
"orb the p'rllZ." law, "sorry"to ally." Ther, will; II. vett' �® �l�r' glt�'avrs�a, �npt't��stc
Then fila boys would larva sits, a.tteadonme aL school during the S {� FI �J�1�CE
I to resort In it game o1', their year with the exception of t.hn mid- I
'Owl), such as "Goal, the whip„ or "bull winter months. Many chlld"011 were I `-$Ie..e. ! �—�—�L 5`._.
lIn tho ring," amt how some of Chose kept: at. home to help about. Cho place
t Corn fell "bull," weld try Co geL cul. during the spring, summer and fall of Tlmuls Riverhead Man and WOrten
of Lhc ring. Itho. year, and after all harvesting was I Employes anti Writes Reeve'Phe Vetting plant consisted or a done In the fall, school wits n
s the ext
combination weed anll coal burner consideration until, lite following first) P,artlett Biography
stove, 11, got, away with very rnthch o1' March or April. I
morn wood than coal.This stove spot Vacation came the month of August The following, which exp1whis it
fn the middle or the room, I,lro stove land it was nothing much Lo look for- 'i self, has been sett to the faithful nlen,
pipe running to file exremr+ east end ward to, as they had vacation more mrd women employes of the old Reeve
- Lo it ohimney leeated behind Che, I.ejirlr or less jilt the time. 1 cry Bartlett trin in Riverhead: i
or's desk. The sl.ovo pipe: was sus- To send children to school late, cu' '•Co the Men and Women in the River
poinded it(),,, the rolling by wares• only one or two clays each week was ]lead office:
'1'11ore; wus an Geller under the bulli-i a general eccur•alnce., 1,11115 causing K you know,.As
!fig. The Juhall amplify r nusipted mf hardship for both tire, Leacher and themploy of the Title Guarantee &e' I� y You are now ml t I
coni wood •std very lith Goat The pupll. I
sawed wood was kept whit the coal, q`he water system consisted of ar Trust Co., which company has pill--)
in a loulurtl box on ills outh 'Alto of wooden pull and a long handled lin I chased our property in Riverhead. In
the bullding, the saw bur lc, Nuel: 'atw flipped. 'Chis combination sl.00d m1 closing our. business relations with
find ax AVON! also facto In Ute. hos. ,t bQx In the north west cornu or 1110 each of you, we wish to express: our
The conk wood was on Lhe oul.si(h; I'ct lobby still ova all drank from the combo warm appreciation of your faithful
tho, boys to Cakn their ro.gular morndipper service, in several instances extend-
ing roLl.ing tip ronsfdtufional• If the pupils did not consu no till of Ing through many years. Also it
the. Janitor work was dofiu by tlir' the water the dipper conrthtrd back May be permissible to give you an,
h 'th, each l,duna (heir ......
rn outline of the history of our firm.
school hours, when Lire brooms ivm5, and lfwent byf chap a IthRi idem of, it fly; The firm was organized in 1889,
o "" new nVI's were
nequlred, Ch chose.to Late it dlinik, there were no clearly 40 years ago, by the late
trustees would cull a splcutl nx+elfin restrictions oil them. II' Lire wane.' Comity Judge Benjamin Reeve. Ile,
and mlanianamly vote lO anew sl)[ then took into artnershi the. ]ate
ply Tho school 'bookx, etc., we• pull ever had a cover, i was unknown John J. Bartlett,who had been living
to ns• — with Mr. Reeve and working for him.
bouglll 1, tin 'I ilrlu'eu,blanc rage.uv4_,__.. ,-.-
!Business an the Carty days was smallpany Mr. Fordham invited over two I Press Club and the address at the
•indi (lid not become large until the II{{ years ago to purchase his property at Minnesota Society dinner were broad-
period of great activity Sn 1906 toI Riverhead and to take over Itis force cast. During the evening forty-six
1.907, after Mr. Reeve's death. Both there, as has now been done. stations were linked in the record-
men were active in politics, Mr.Reeve While at present we are not exam- breaking chain. Broadcasting officials
beian_• elected County Judge sone, fining,titles, we are still in the tittle estimate that over 30,000,000 radio
years prion' to his death in 1902, and I business. We intend to utilize our listeners in the United States reach-
Rr. Bartlett later being, made a mem knowledge of 'titles, of real,estate an Ing the West Coast heard the pro-
bur of the State Committee of the Re- 'Long Island and of real estate law in``
publican Polity. assisting applicants to obtain title in- grams.
When Judge Reeve died 24 years 'su'ance, to getting rid of objections Microphones were placed along the
ago next mouth, Mr. Bartlett invited, to titles and in conducting suits af- line of march enabling annomicers to
Herbert. Fovdijain, who had lived in felting titles to real propperty. Wil- describe the events. Listeners were
Greenport as a boy and for several ham IC. Hammond, Jr., who hila ,been able to hear the cheering of the
'years had been praudeing, low sue-, Mr. Fordham's assistant for over a throngs, the music of the bands and
cessfrlly in New York City and in j quarter of a century and knows in the I the voice of President Coolidge in his
(,Queens and Nassau Counties, to suc title business scores of lawyers and presentation of the Distinguished
coed Judge Reeve as head of bhp firm j real property owners who never knew Flying Cross to Colonel Liudborgh and
4aau+4, to spend his entire time in Green-' either of the founders, will covtiuue I the reply of the first to conquer the
' port. The latter Mr. Fordham de-j the excellent service which he is so' Atlantic.
c.lined to do,insisting that lie continue well qualified to render.
to spend most of his time in the city ! t9ith gall best wishes, we are Broadcasting company officials point
and at the west end of the Island, and Sincerely yours, I out this fa the largest number of sta-
tha.t the 'business be expanded, some Reeve & Bartlett. j tions ever connected in chain In the
of it being (lone in his name and some --- history of broadcasting, The Memo-
ir the greed of RCeve'& 13oficett, This gn Coo Day broapoke to when President
was agreed to. pert•Bartlett-
were / Coolidge spots as the audiences of
ntiaintauted, those forttterly of Mr. p forty-two stations, was the next
Fordham Biu New York and Oyster largest.
Bay and those formerly of Reeve & o The day was proclaimed as "Lind-
AlsBartlett in Riverhead and pr
osperous
o t. ®e}r ` •p ��S bergh Radio Day" by the National
mor fm' soniloan biceyeaa aintained Hear "Lind A� Broadcasting Company and was the
mortgagee loan office was maintained
in Jantare'a. o p� most complete in the history of radio
Business Grew Rapidly CCH e broadenatafne _•_____
After the rapid growth of the bus- �,
iness in 1905 to 1907, (hiring, which ° /.92�11E COULDN'T FOOL 'EM/�,
,years as theretofore Mr. Bartlett was Fifty Mations Linked in.
very active and worked beyond !his A publicity note sent out by the
strength, the large force at Riverhead Yesterday's Nation-Wide 1 New York Telephone Co. calls atten-
was under the direction of Mr. Hou- 1 tion to the fact that more than 50
sol, the brilliant lawyer. Ise was ably Broadcast in Honor Of years ago a man was arrested for
assisted by Mr. Burnside and oLhers, this Return to the U. S, ' selling stock in the telephone, as the
In time itbecameimpractleaiti0 to Water Light Beacon relates it:
maintain so many offices, so it are atProgram
gg '— "A man about 46 years of age, giv-
ing.9°®qqyygg c`tYll.3 '�1�Y4t From ing� the name of Joshua Coppersmith,
Jamaica and Oyster Bay were closed g has been arrested in New York for st-
and latterly the one in Greenport. tempting to extort funds from ignor-
e Subsequent to 1907 Mr. Bartlett, Washington by Wire ant and superstitious people by ex-
i whose health had begun to fail, was hibiting a device which lie says will
seldom in Riverhead, but for some convey the human voice any distance
j years lie continued active at Green- WEAF �llriOnrieers Talk over metallic wires so that it will be
licit, particularly in liudlding up and r heard by listeners at the other end,
conducting the mortgage loan branch Through M1C1'Ot)llOries He calls the, instrument a 'tele-
of the business, He was widely phonee which is obviously intended to
]mown as a man of much charm, very Placed U11.R.ltte Of March imitate the word 'telegraph' and will
successful in getting business and - the confidence of those who know of
possessing unusual knowledge and Fifty broadcasting statiane ware the success of the latter instrument
judgment of real estate values, linked in chain yesterday in honor without understanding the principles
Iti 1913 Mr. Bartlett sold his inter of the return of Colonel Charles on which it is based. Well-informed
People ]mow that it is impossible to
est to Mt'. Fordham, except the insur- Lindbergh to the Presidential pier at transmit the human voice over the
��anee business lilt Greenport; but as Washington on the Memphis with an wires as may be done with clots and
long as his healith permitted, he as- escort of the Los Angeles, sixteen dashes and signals of the Morse code,
slated at the Greenport office especi. torpedo planes and six destroyers, and that, were it possible to do so,the
ally in the mortgage iloan business. Merlin R. Aylesworth, thing would be of no
President of g practical value.
Praise for Mr, Dugan the National Broadcasting Company, "The authorities who apprehended
The later growth of the'title busi- declared that it was the largest chain the criminal are to be congratulated,
Hess is well ]mown, as is the nnustt- of stations in history. and it is hoped that his punishmentwill be prompt and fitting thin it may
ally rapid development in capacity Lindbergh programs, in addition to serve as an example to other C?l
and efficiency of Clarence E. Dugan, the o�tcial ceremonies in which the scienceless schemers who enrich 1
the manager at Riverhead. His levo- flyer participated in Washington, were themselves at the expense of their
tion and self sacrifice and ability to arranged for broadcast. The maximum fellow creatures."
gget results have made it possible for total of fifty stations .was reached --
ihini to obtain his present position of between 12;96 and s
Power and responsibility in the Title ion at rho Washington
m., when the
Guarantee & Trust 'Co., rhe largest recepthington. Momi-
title company in the world, its ass anent, the address at the National
being some $30,000,00. This com-
9 2-_
'ALK ON POISON IVY
Buying of LL Potatoes �� GIVEN 'OY PHYSICIAN
By Cham Stores Helps 'fells Now to Recognize It, to
Prevent Eruption and to
t} t ���� Marketing Alleviate InRarnination.
Wfays of recognizin poison iv,y'
the best methods of preventing the
eruption after exposure and how to
Up to la Years Ago the Crop Was Sold Haphazardly slid alleviate the inflammation after poi-I
soning occurs were all discussed le-
the Prices Fluctuated; Today the Prices Are Generally dently'in a health talk broadcast from
Station WILY by B. R. Rickards, di-I
Firm and Larger Sales at Stated Times Are bade, rector Health of the iolDn inion State L bliL De-1
partment of Bealt'h.
By JOHN J. O'N>;ILL. "As summer begins to wane," said
Ma. Rickards, 'there are three plants
The chain stores in New York City have brought. about a re- that herald the approach of cooler
markable change in the marketing of potatoes grown in' Suffolit `veatllel' quicker than all other vege-
County, Long Island. Up to ten ears a o tation native to New York State.
Y g potatoes were sold Sumach, woodbine and poison ivy
through single station loaders and the average consignment wasleaves are usually the first to change.
from one to five carloads. Prices« color—sometimes as early as the mid-
were likely to fluctuate and tofile of August.
the potatoes are grown and the vatic-. "Probably everyone recognizes the
Fluctuate quite violently at times, ties help to make the finest quality of tall sumach with its spreadingNow the farmers sell direct to eating potato. I
I branches and maraca .flower which
chain stores in lots of 25 to 50 car- L. Y, Farmers Have Advantage.. looks like a tufted plume, but many
loads, delivered at stated times and "Fourth, the potatoes as shipped to people to their ultimate sorrow car-
at a price that does not change market are well graded, The high not tell the difference between com-i
quickly. These facts were presented eating quality, well grown, well men woodbine (Virginia,Creeper) and
by H. R. Talmage of Riverhead yes-I graded potatoes that can be delivered! Poison ivy—at least until after they
terday before the Potato Association] quickly, with a minimum of danger; have gathered some of the latter Port
of America at its meeting, held In of lose from rot or frost give out,, decorative purposes.
Columbia University inconnection Long Island potato growers such ad-'. "Woodbine and poison ivy are very
with the annual meeting of theI vantages and prices as to enable them easily distinguished for woodbine has
American Association, for the Ad- to grow potatoes at a profit in coal- I've leaves-while ivy -had but three—
vancement of Science. petition with potatoes grown at much I the same number as there are letters
Favorable Sail and Location, less expense In other sections, in the word. Two of the leaves are
"The Potatoes referred to ht this " in sores
years ago, before the advent opposite and short stalked while the
Papel," sail Mr. Talmage, "are grown oP chatores as a factor in the third or, terminal leaflet is ton
on the eastern end of Long Island, Long Island potato deal, all potatoes. stalked,
about 75 miles from New York City were sold to brokers and wholesalers, "Poison ivy leaves are shiny or wax
It has a very favorable soil, climate and almost exclusively in bulk. The' like, except in fie early spring, while
slid location for potato growing. country buyers were all single sta-, woodbine leaves are dull. The berries
"It is also favorably located as to tion loaders. The poEatoes wets sold of the woodbine quickly turn to a
time of marketing its crop, coming in frau one to flue-car lots. Price deep blue, the ivy bears smooth,
in between the truck crop of the fluctuations were common and lnauy greenish berries which change later
South and the late crop of the times violent, to a yellowish white, at, ivory color.
North. Direct Sales and Firm Prices. "These berries remain on the plant
These natural advantages are "Since the advent of thechain until late in the winter and are about
what enable the Long Island. potato stores as lig factors In tine city atm•- a fourth of an inch indiameter. At
grower to grow potatoes on these ket the brokers and wholesalers first they are globular, but nlay be-
farms, where the land sells for a handle much less of the crop. Sales come flattened or lopsided. Later in
thousand dollars per acre, and grow are now made by the country buyers the season they 'have a tendency to
them at a profit, The Long Island direct to the chain stores, usually in dryor wrinkle,
potatoes top the New York market. 25 to 50-car lots for specified dally "Poison ivy, as well as woodbine.
Tbls is due to several reasons, shipments, and at a firm price. Huy. tends to trail the ground, or climb
"First, close proximity to the New Ing In large blocks by the chain stores over brush or fences. Both often
York market. This enables thecity Is forcing the country buying into grow on trees. But don't forget that
buyer to gut his supplies of potatoes larger units, so that at the present, ivy, under favorable conditions, can
very quickly after they are ordered, time tile,Inally station leader is ship-I grow as n shrub three,or four feet
many threes within 24 to 40 hours. ping the greater part of the potatoes.• high or even assume the proportions
"Second, the favorable growing Now the local buyer sells direct to the ', of a young tree,
conditions make It possible to have chain and retails the Potatoes. There
good quality potatoes from the stand. does not seen to be much chance cu `Despite many statements to
Point of looks, reduce this method of marketing i the contrary, the only principle
"Third, the conditions tinder which Long Island potatoes," of the ivy. which gives it its
--- --- - Poisonous properties is not volatile
except when the plant is burned. Thus
poisoning usually occults as a resulC
Of actual contact with scone part of
Origin
the plant, It is possible however, said leveled it was necessary fa of Yuulis IIole (now called:
that a person can be poisoned by the prevent a.horse or an ox front breaking Mal m'ville)—Pnnlc was a name given'
leaf hairs or pollen of the plant if Its Hack. Of,course, Char Iver¢ nut. by Indians to afungus growth found.
only a short distance from it, 5 am aid onli trees and stumps, and used
"The susceptibility of different . straight, If a chu„p of trees stood in by them for fuel, the significance be-
Persons varies but it has been cstab- the course of the road, it was easier ing that "Punk" in the Delaware
lisl,ed that there is apparently no to go around than to cut tiom down, fatigue, meant allies, tinder or gunpow
such thing as absolute insusceptibil- dor. The traditional origin of the um
The road w:ie soft ill many enols and gracious name, f'uH
nk's ole, is that
Try, ou
,,if you have cone in contact with : the inevitable gullies were filled with ma early settler became fest in the
Poison ivy one of the surest and best branches. III summer the growth of woods and able to locate himselfonly
!ways to prevent the eruption is the a weeds and ferns prevented it frau, by those growths on some old trees in
Ilse of soap and hot water for the becoming a bad of sand; in other sen. `t III, being asked where lie
poison requires some time to pene- had been he replied, "At Panics Halle."
trate the skin. A stiff brush should sena It was n,ud. Should a loaded +va- Tho (branny Road was laid out, in
not be used as this might tend to goo get stuck it would have to remain 1796, three rods wide. This road be.
drive the poisonous material further fast until a doyen o• so men could give gins at the "yelling Mil I" in Yaphanl:
Into the skin. Use a heavy lather and it n fresh Start. There were no stages and converges into III Ifprseblock
on these roads and the stolid traveler ]toad in Plast rarmfngville. One day
continue the washing for about 4 or passed along with rifle ready should while driving inn the Cranny Ron([
a wild animal cross his path m' an it" with Mrs. Jeno
5 min etas with several pledgets of y Gordon, a genealin-
cloth �or gauze—discarding each in gry Indian hide in the [hieliet gist and it descendant of one of our,
turn. Change the water frequently Gradually rands became more nom ()](test families, she told life that old'
or use ha running water and don't let orous untf] in 1704 the Legislature Cranny Penny who always wore a red
the lather or water touch unexposed passed a lane appointing tln•ee conunis- dollman, used to ride oil horsobaok
sinners In each county to lny out it evo. this road attending
areas of skin. Repeat the process to hiighway front Brooldyn Ferry to Last One of her remedies was si[oi treatilul
4 to 5 hours, Alcohol diluted about gonptnn. It was to be four rods wide
one-half, is also of value in washing Hafin "m be mid continue furore"." Be. tonal with the burned wool of a sheep'
exposed skin as it exerts a Solvent —burned black wool being by far the,
action on the poison, ginning at "low winter marc" at Fulton most beneficial.
Ferry it finally ,reached Past. IlaurPton The Norse Dlocli Road Is
"Die irritation from eruption n the perhaps
many be allayed by immersing the in-
and.lt was known as the "King's high- one of the oldest trolls o
flamed surface in hot water for sev- way"—th¢ first of the fnninus high- It begins at C'h'epluce ;cul talus •,
oral minutes, gradually increasing the ways m, Long Island. Wille the road northwesterly Course passing through
temperature until the water is as hot Iron, Fulton Ferry to Last Hamilton the villages of Medford and C'o'ming-I
teas officially called King's Highway,
as can be borne. If the eruption r on rifle; in at the Yliddle Country
the face a Ill the hot water b ❑, had local Hones such an -Fish Ro:ril in Cuntm•euch (formerly New
means of towels. Cooking soda or Mond," "Old Country Road" .led "(l x-I villager Tho name of this road was
borax on bnndag•es (a teaspoon ton Mond Road." given to it because Imrseblocks for
cup of water) are of value but the with the growth of the villages loountiug horses when popple rode j
bandages should not be tight and along the south share, what is now I hosuback, were placed at intervals
should be frequently changed. A ten Inun+vn as the. Synth Country Road be along its course.
percent solution of changed. A n crone more and more used. This 'Pia 1'0100¢ Road begins fn b'arm-j
soda t(photographers hof fixing liquid)I broached oft, the King's highway lit or ingvflle just west of file chm•ch, and i
nem• the prosect village of nroolihav-
applied as a wet dressing gives bene- on, Built, Carman's River, Ross' His. extends irf o Westerly. 11direction to Ron•
MST results. Ointments should not konlcomV Pool. gea240,state of Long
be used in the early stages. toy Of Long Island, vol. 2,-mop oppO' (Oland, Vol. 2, page 24(1, slates Lh:R in
rite page 2:38, illustrates where this
"A bad case of ivy poisoning al- 1830, .incohHnwliins who lived neon
rood branches off the King's 131ghway,
ways requires the attention of a ply-!AIsO see maps herewith., As the South Sutathat testified in a d was tau•
severe In anis case if there is fever,' snit, tont "Ute Pordim Road was 6).
Country Ruud became more and more ,;d about seventy.severe pain or headache, it is much y }'em's ago" (y Pe
sn£o• to call n physician at once." thud, travel of gradually decreased on. A road so M ton Ylooney Pond
ULD INDIAN TRAILS at p17 of the high Highway
.v Mans is also mentioned in do same
]lY 1733,. three hfghw:tyy h•aversed'_ law suit. This rand connects the Por-
the Islnnd—Mirth South and Middle tion Road slid file hm•so Block Road,
Country Road, fund 1)), 1735 probablyin West P'arnningville. In October,
ON LONG ISLAND; riling" was conected btroad l 1425, m tdrathOverton
cjjxr The aloe roads gradually nrquiredl chased ame bract of land lit the function
importance as the rano Over which, Ill' a.io Portion Road and the Mooney
Interesting Data by Miss H. Ros- Lha mail was trinnsportecl find the III- Pond Road. Aero my fattier was born
monthly mail fame on horseback fad TO this house he Coote my mother
etta Terry and Mrs. George gave just cause for general htLerest a ;is a bride., You can, 1 think, nuclei,-
N. 1 etta West, Collaborators, n poli-tux for public roads. But hl' stand why, when I pass this spot, "Ali
r , forost was slow for they were not nlagaunce of what. 1s passed, "Broads
rnnrh given to the use of the pen ;cul 1 !ileo a ghost around the place, and
as Given Before a Recent As-
1 ranldin's first Post Road did..
wnoti dreams Lint brick and straw untlam,
semblage at the Historiagl So flourish. int peering in each otic s Inca:" Moo.
�'w •tt,.w 1'b¢ records all begin III this stately - - - - ,
ciety House. manner: "We, the Commissioners or ay Pond is an Indian name signifying
Highways for the Town or FSraokha v- the number and shape of the pomisl
In scouring through musty old books Hi tin, Islip, as the ease may ho) do by the side of the road.
for Information about ora' early "cads, hay Out a Bond," then they dolicHbo A story is told to the effect that the
I found tunny of the records to be as ftp boundaries. give name, date, etc last wolf on Long Island was killed
much as a rend odd out III is00 through about three-quarters or a mile to the
long and dull as some of the trails g
"facer s' Manner," Illy Haat of Shutt- west of the Mooney Pond and for that!
themselves undoubtedly were, water street", leading to the Smith- "realm, the Plate Is called "Wall'-Hole:'
'Phe eorliest roofs were mere wagon n.InPton Ione; and another fu 1798, be Bore 111 1336 lived the family of Wil
eloarings—node from old Indian trails ginning on the Wading Rlvcr Road' liam Tooker"
Widened to pemrit a wagon to pass and running to St. George's Manor and 3vllliam Tooker testifled that Daniel
ea-st to Punkslrole. enll¢d ':vow Raad."'.Wheeler, now. dead, Who if living
ills. Betty's daughter Ifved at the subneirged in it; but about the, year
would be more than one hundred heel. WolfdIole while sbe lived smne itis- 1903 a channel was cut across the
old, told him the history qt the Wheel- taller to the oast—past where the Snf- �I, h thus allowing the salt wales
el, Rood which rtes from near Cont folic County Sanato'i,,m now stands. to enter snit Flax Pond was�no longer
marl. on tto west to one of tiv^ necks. The Pond Road was blazed by coil'- _used for the rotting of flax.
of land near Dlue Point. The Wheel.i mmv for Lhe Pnrpoac of cortin mead- After our
ors lived neat the FIopPog (Hall)- g Quaker friends had rested
l my hay' from (lie vicinityof Brich-Kiht by the water's edge and he hod told
pecks had I lillieu ase on on¢ of do N¢cI(, near Nicoll's Point ou the Great her again the sweetest story ever told
nems of land near Blue Point and South Dny, to their fu'nr In tilt re- the
Lieu cot this road to get their hay. y strolled ImmewaI'd over the Qua-
Names often expressed the nu•lose 91011 around Ronkonlconin Pond. ker Path in the moonlight which be,
i'or which reads were used, 1Fm� in- Island first cmuPleted Lilo 1344oad �n lilts cause of the char�nlunt at thdreaamf mal es
stance, a tool 011011911 the Mains, as In and Love's g
l was LulM through the middle of the the Path, to them, a veritable gateway
the middle of the Island is commonly Island and stage routes for the Lou. to Heaven on earth.
call.-A, was known as the I'Islr Roud• peso of carrying the mail its 'well ns While the years have done much in
As mentioned before, this road was passongo's, worn soon estnbli::hed Lot
the way of lmpr¢vhn the surface of
really n port el the ]tongs IIlgh way. Lhe north and south sides of the Ise.' the roadbed of Lhe Qual(er Path, en-
Benjamin ]vellums, a fish dealer din•-
ing tile I2evolntlona'y \Oenr, neon be. and, Sonet of the roads traveled by 01191, of the natural beauty remains to
'lies0 ata es wm'o Lakeland Avenue male this a6 delightful a ride as the
ing aslred how he escaped the British, 1 g is quaint, especially if You are
from Lal(elaml Station to Sayville; once.
replied he had a road called the Fish Waverly Av'enle and Medford Avenue laking the trip in the month of Ally
Road, traveled mostly f fishermen Lam Patchogue to the stations of when the dog-wood ]sees are in ides.
an(I lerill 0e aOCOon Of the British Wave'ly and Medford, re5peetvely. 0:1 50111,po Coral(leing eV¢IT ole oil Che Snit11 tiro north nide Of file island Lire cross 'Flannpson's FI18L01'Y Of Long island
llOf
Read. This Toad is also spol(- country Loads from Port Jefferson to Lets Its that Major Benjamin Tall-
th of at the ox-Head Road because of Waverly Station and Gam Stony Brunt, madge who was barn in Seuulket, land-
]Lhe fact that site' crossing the Con- and Setaullet to Lakeland station, ell an awry of eighty men frons Conn-
uotgnot. River the road passed "ort ox were doubtless the my a
nycticut at old Man's (flow Mt. Shl-
,hood which hung there many year'sScenes of nu
." long sad dreary ride through the fa) In 19$0, in answer to nn appeal
A road of mach Importance was the storms and cold of whiter or the heat front Gen. John Sntitb to recapture
'Cowl] Path. It was the custom Tony and dost of a sunrmor day; and the frons the Tories, Fort St, George,
the rhea of the township to meet at In. ralthfnl stage drivers slid mail car- (NOW Smith's Point.) 1-115 11,11`3' left
torvals on the. Village Green st Setan. tiers of those early clays (reserve fuel,,,, a path from the beacll that, since that
het for "General (o• Ylllitary) 'Frail.; than Passing' mention. (lay, has been kIIOIfII as "Pipe Slave
ing•" and it was necessary to have: Once the Comalisstoners of High- Hollow Road." It derives Its name
roads loading In as direct a route as I Ways were called to alto• a Certain from Dee fact Chat years ago wood to
Possible. Sone pats of the. 7`on'n , road that turned oil of the Town make staves to] wine barrels (called
Path Limn Cm'nuu to Setauket are still Path hl aPillor's place, anti ran north pipes in those days) here cut and load-
much Isnvcled while 61 other places and roost to the beach, ht)d r n itFIs e l on boats than anchored in Lire
it la much overgrown. Tills l)a•timda' Path." They made the ser -IH Sod at the foot of file road.
road after le.Ivhlg' Cm•am passes [hillular Major Tallnmdgo's army was sue-
s settlement called Pennygnid, then changes reserving the Ur1vil¢go to ce•' cess,ful In capturing the fort as well
Oil lin a nofthlvemorly dhactlon thru talo people to cart hay ave• it subject its Home vessels nn(1 n considerable
the southern part of 'Perryville, till,,, toI u1i1700 a rattlag oadgates.
laid oat ❑I. Toole- quantity of stores from the British. on
Norwood and nl to the Village Green o•; their return to Old Man's they mad¢
In Setauket. s Neck. (Tuelc¢r's) now Bin¢ Point n Ofr re to Cto OlIII where they burned
Far many Years the annual Tonin -liven ty feet wide, from the Bay to 900 tons of hay which the Ari Lich had
Mon taut. Highway (South Country store(] there for the wlater's nae.
Meetfuga were held lin Coram at tlee! Road), probably tills road to-day its (There is a family tradition that this
house of Lester Ii. Davis, Esq., floe'I known as Atlantic Avenue.,
Lhay was set on fire by Nehmiah Ovor-
he home of Mrs. Daniel Davis, ]oust .The PaLchogue-Coram Road Was ]sill ton. Nehmlale `vats a brother to my
Vice Regent of our Chapter). '1'he'out three rads wide, 1l] 1812,
Town Path was also mach used by the gn"-abgreat-grmrtil'athe'•) This expedi-
fueu going Lo slid .from the Town Craven's History say's Brookhaven I Lion Was so successful that Congress
Meettuga, s¢t2arient was made at Setauket in I acknowledged the services of all col-
Befo'e the Town Path Crosses the 1866 and the"Se Laeut" Rend was prob. earned and Gen. Washington wrote
\Ilddlu Country Roars in Coram, al ably opened soon after i aIHJm' Tallntadge, "I have receivcd
rose] branches from it in a westerly] "Friend Jane, will the¢ sill) off thy` with much pleasure the report of your
direction. This road continues ell past l apron and tie of thy bonnet and talo! successful enterprise at Fort St.
the Suffolk County Sanatorium nnll;a walls with thy Friend, along. Lhe; George and vessels an(1 stares in the
..last before Laking a Heatherly course, Quaker Path?" might have been asked Y and was Da•Liculnrly well pleased
H¢ttY's Path which we hill mention'a blushing Quaker maiden by bel, with the destuclion of [hr, hay at
later, continues on to Life \Voll-]-Line, Quaker love', in the days Preceeding Cortin."
Some unusual names for roads were
Gradually telling n ing southerly coarse Che Revolution. Sorting for a walls coned among the old records, for In-
LIQ Stentorian' Road crosses the from It thatch roofed cottage oil file Istance: "Whiskey Road fit
in brook.
fn Middle Isl-
licuse Black (toad into] a short distance north side of the North Country road 11411d; "IIeaver Dam" rod
Below, tin Portion flood fn Farmhaq, near the Present Stony Drools Stalin ;haven; "Orchard Road" Pasu, Pat
Ville. This rgad Continues south cross and Iesurcly stalling to old Field ¢bogue, and many others.
ing. the Main Line of the Long Islami,Point where tile.lighthouse now stnn(]s It Ile, not until others,
IS1that much pro.
Rnilrnad It short distance west of Way.,perhaps the moon was just arising gross was seen in the building of
uuly station, full inLe•sects the 5`01]1,111 OvCr the waters of Setaull t Bay and roads, Then atter come hostility the
Country. Road at Bnypm•t,.In n•h:It Isj Conscience Bay, Had our Quaker. first Long dslatd Turnpike was laid
now known as Sylvan Avenue. 11¢Vm•a taken a tall to the loft hand out which is now Jericho Tu1ike.
Iletty's Path was. the ,,ane of all instead of following the Quaker Patti urn t
erose country trial blazed by a woman Lo old Ieleld Point, they would have Prime, the Historian, ex Presses
mhosO given name was Iletty, when come to Flax. Pond Day located be: great horror at the width of the road
she went to visit hot' daughter. Shu tween Crane Neck Point ou fie wear in Southampton. He says, "You would
must have hands man and Old Field Pointon the east. This imagine the projectors of such a rand
Y Journeys to ba before 1903; was a body Possessed •themselves of a contluent
Biller sov nty-f n well-worn track that Y' Y of fresh for Che highway Is 16 rods wide far
after seventy-live years it is stil,.vies-�liter which was used foI•_ro[ttng ]'lax some ten miles, Thus, natural fertile
'land is allowed to waste year after .,
year, The same peculiarity exists In cry traveler out to do,Studied the com-.pled this-village. The inn or tavern,
East Hamilton except that the middle fort %till convenience of Your fellow stood near the Present Town Pump
of the Street lilts been devoted to the passeugerS, as well as Your own. but some years later was destroyed
sacred purpose or receiving the. ashes
or the dead." ,Shortly ni atter sunset yet would stop by Uro. Vvasllugton also stopped le I
In 1772 it was advertised that a stage for lila night, Ute second of your jeer- rho Mount Ilouso in Stony Rrook. 'Phe
would run from Brooklyn to Sag Hal- nay, at a place called Qlipgrle, Tile house occupied by Capt.-Roe. iu Setae
week. Set-vicece was mise•- L'ollowing morning you would 'brealt- 1cet still stands on the North Country
bot once a
able and weelf. pool• at first I'm• fast at Southampton after Passing road at the corner of Day View avenue.'
ab
of the Madness on Long Island through it Oine forest, in a portion of If tiny of our anteaters or others
rtawith bunts, and Ute east end which front the early hour and the,'who traveled over the, old Uafls in ox
was done w
people preleib to deal with New blindness OL' the road, You would pro- carts or on horse back, could roll
England, Even their mail came by bably require, a guide to go almad oil', along in one of our modern palaces
boat from New i ngland Instead of tile, horses will, a lighted lantern. Ymi;on wheels,over the smooth, hard to,
from New Yoili. would also, before reaching Selthalnp- that, reach from one end of the Island
Perhaps you will be interested in the Lon, crass the romains of the first can- to the ocher, they would agree it's n
slueieli of a journey possibly taken by ;it constructed lu the United Slates bc- fat, cry from the ox cart trails of s os-
oil
some or our great grandfathers fare the white setIt011snt by Mongo- terdaY tO,tlle. smooth, hard roads
In about 1335 on the 11,710,1S highway G,cl;sr�e, Chief of tilt; Montauk Indians Today.
Iles, Brooldyn to Easthampton. Fur- and also trtv
crsc a region of hills (Miss) II. ROSET'fA 'CERRY,
mon says: "'Iris lmneltce was to have known as Shilnecock IIills oil which (Mrs) Gl3ORGE N. YETTA
OVEItgON WEST,
1hooklyn about nine o'clock fn ill(- it free ha, not. grown since,, they were
Colaborators.
warning, travel on to Hotknown to man. ilayport, N. Y., Marrh, 1.425.
when they dined and airier tinthatJog Jog Sag Harbor would be reached in ---- - -
on to RnbYlon where they put up 1'0• time for dinner alter which the stage
the night. A .�iontao>c Fishing Village ,
most delightful way, this would travel on to East Hampton at. ,C r
In Lukc a least; Liters was no hurry, hiving just before sunset, thus soon- //•-
0o truss and bustle about if: no one [lying nearly three days to travel a The picturesque fishing village a-
was in a harry to get to its Journey's distance of 110 miles." Montauk is in no danger of being wiped
end. Everything went on sobe�•ly and When Washington was President he off the map by the giant realty develop-
Judiciously, and yet could se� what :must have taken some such a trill as cent there; at least out for rho pre-
was to be seen and hem• all there was this. The following notes ]real his g
sent, according to the word of Carl G,
in be heard. No mode. of travel ever diary tell their own story:
suited our taste better: it araFisher.
e Lhe- "April 22, 1700—AC about S o'clock
very acme of enjoyment. (ht the morning) we left Mr. Thenp. The fishing village, which has grown
,The next morning You lel', Baby- sot's; halted awhile at one Green's, from one or two Shanties during the II
lot ,lust after daylight which in sunt- 1 distance eleven allies, and dined at past 46 or 60 years to a fair
mer was Itself worth living for; jour- Hart's tavern in Broolchaven (townsized
(town- Pact
on the chores of Fort Pond sized
neyed on to Patchogue where you got ship) five miles further. To this place y,
vow• bmalclast hetween nine and ten we traveled on what is called tine means bread and butter to hundreds of
O'clock with a good appetite Vol' it, South Road, but the country through men on eastern Long Island and these
we wao•ant you. You would get no which It passed grew more and more same men, and their families, have
dinner this day nor would You feel the sandy and barren as we traveled east- wondered what disposition need of it after your late and hearty ward. From Bart's we struck p tion the develop.
breadhstbut travel slowly and Piens- across the Island for the north side, Mont company would make of the
antly until you reached the rural Post passing the east ends of bushy plains village While they were, spending
office at Fireplace, standing oa the and Cortin eight allies; thence to Se- Millions I. making Montauk a great
edge of a wood. Here. if you had a rootlet, seven allies ote.to the hse
ou
taste for the beautiful in Nature, you of Capt. Roe, which is tolerably tier. and exclusive Summer resort.
would wall- down the garden to look cut, with Obliging people in it. The In a letter addressed to Mr, Fisher,
St the trout stream filled with f.he first five utiles of the road Is too poor a Montauk workman on the Montauk
specified beauties. to a,clmit Inhabitants or cultivation, development asked the question,
Heel eel give yourself no uneast- being a low scrubby oak not more ,
ness about being left by the stage. In than two feet high and intermixed what will become of the fisherman
this region file middle of the. road IS with small and ill-thriving pines. - - - and their shanties on the beach at
sandy and the driver, like a consider- The read across the Island fres file Montauk 7" Mr. Fisher, in reply,
atemon, gives his horses an upper` south to the north side is level except stated:
,unity to rest so that they may the a small part south of Corann,.bill the
better travel'through this bit of heavy hills are trifling." "We have no thought of moving the
road. Yea might, therefore, walls on Hart's tavern above mentioned, fishermen's village at Montauk, at
Icisurly ahead or the stage and with stood in what is now the Village of least, not for the present time. If the
.note one who is cauvei ,or with the Patchogue. jest to the west of the time comes when we need this lend,
country and its legends, this talk Lace Mill. (He ate oysters prepared we will certainly provide p
would prove by no moans the least by Mrs. Dilernek's father ane] grand Y P v(de some ]Seel
Pleasant part of your excursion, L'm•
father of Mr. Joseph Gould, who at for the fishermen In a vicinity where
many are the tales YOU Would he'll of file present time is passed ninety they will be just as well located as at
the awi'ul Shipwrecks, of pirate and 'years old, and still living.) . the present time, We realize the
their burled wealth, oil• LreasnreS cast. ldrashington was attended by Itis fishermen will be an asset to us in
or) by the. sen, of all those horrors and i staff of officers and ,rode in a coach
wonders o1:'which tine scene Is the Pro- drawn by four bays, with outriders. furnishing our hotels with wonderful
t11'ie parent. At the Inns, people collected for a sea food. We don't know why this
"Art.e• walldllg some two or throe. sight of him and Ise good natured- rumor started, as we have repeatedly
miles, guthe-tng and eating berries as ly Look a few turns on the stoop with, told the fishermen we have no thought
yon strolled along, you would (Ind the ills lmt�off while the people cheered
stage a short distance behind you, the him, of moving their Village, Our only
driver complacent, Cor you have eased Washington stopped at the inn ret. reqs eat is that they co-opeYal t with us
Ills horses In their Journey through Coram which was owned by lease In-cleaning their place up and making
tile+ 'heavy sand, and tile.passengers.; SIVIOL It is said that lie insisted tip- It attractive to visiting tourists and
are pleased Lo see you back in Yeur on eating In the room which had been g
those who will build
,seat, that is if you have (lone as ev used by the British when they seen-
e. homes at Mon.i
teak."
years ago there was a rush for Mon- west of a line drawn through the
Nearly 60 years ago the first fisher: tauk by fishermen from the north fork naitldle of Fort Pond, is known as
men came to Montauk; . the Vail of Long Island. It is these men who Hither 'Woods. It is a part of thin
brothers from Orient and Capt. "Ed" tract that has been taken by the
have built up the present fishing village State of New York for a park. It is
'Tuthill from East Marion. With the and made it the important base of about four and a half miles ht length,
coming of the railroad to Montauk 36 supply for the New York markets.. I by a mile and three-quarters, or les,.
What
Fisher
'�}�7py,tg 1g� Ag j in breadth. It covers about 4,500
What N isher Has I ought' ; acres of haul, beside 1:50 acres of
_
water. There are in this tract 700
acres of sand beach and salt meadow;
n Way of Lands an Ponds •100 acres barren rock, 1,500 acres
i ;
9. �af wood4nnd and, 1,000 acres aE,
cleared land. The timber is mainly
r e oak, although there are some scatter
n1.@. 8 �yy�pry� Told
,�7yT gyy p t7 'pg�N " scatter-
ing
pines.
�A.0 Montauk 14 b.h'�4,g. N9 [e�e� 9. d+1 Then there is the "Nine Serve
Acre" tract Of about 3,000 aercr,, of
Now that the. deeds have actual) tine PoiiHis-quite deep, others over- Which 650 ere covered b watov. It
L Y' is level land.
passer) conveying to the Fishesinter- age a depth of from six to seven feet, Excluding water and beach th�re
ests the vast peninsula of Montauk, and are never dry in times of most are in all Montauk about 8,650 ac,:,,
I prolonged snds a.
an net which of itself is expected by These pools are: FreshiAmul-50 The first record of n hauso built at i
everybody '.o give the lively real es- acres, in Hither Woods, not deep; Montauk is in 1704 for whaling pur-�
tate inaikot ill Eastern Suffolk Gotm- level, woody shores. Fort: Poses. Before this time the herds-
Pond—ty inexu•r:• cl nnpetus, the public will half a' mile m length, varies greatly area had shelter at 'Montaul-.
be mtereste.0 to learn just what sort in width, 150 acres; deep; bold, The well brown Harnrtcu fanlllic�;i
of a place ML. Fisher and Ilia coal- 'hilly shores. Great Pond—two miles Wlro owned most of the shares of I
panbors have bought for close to w3,- in length, three quarters of a anis Montauk when it vas sold by uarti-
000,000, end where they are expected wide, 1,200 acres; not deep; shore �Bei in Can are: Baker, Barnes,i
to spend al. least $''0 000,000 in de.• low and sandy. Oyster Pond-20 Bennett, Candy, Canhhng Cnxuit' s,
velopment work ,.Chas information lacres shore partly ]iil'ly, partly level; Dayton, Deaniuy, Lee,c I dwar s,
is contaiund n+ a new and interesting partly a salt water pond, as tide ebbs Fithian, Gardiner, 11 Isay, Bald,
paper to {the News from the peal of land flows there. Mone Pond—noth- Hedges, IIikl'x•eC'h, Hmrttina, Jean-!
rings, Miller, Mulford', Rarkett, &i_
Harry 19. Sleight Sag Harbor} tiro l Poi but a marsh now, near Montauk born, Osborne, Parsons, Pierson,
well larthe historian.--Ed. News,] 'Point. The two Reedy Ponds, post, Rose, Sandford, Scheller ,er,
"To the eastward is 'Fi�nmpona- swamps in dry weather, ponds in the Sherman, Sherrill, Sherry, Taplin--
mon," It is th,o name of the eastern- wet season, they are small. and Talmage.
most proiuontory of Long Islami, In addition there are a number of _. -.
r'acin'g easLward, like worshipers of smaller ponds and cattle licks seat• IM
Multurnmed, the realty investors and tered about. ������ ����� OVER
epportnnists vision a Mecca in Mer- Aside from these fresh water tt�pr
try.,, Indeed it is "God's own coum bodies,00there are at Montauk about ggoltlrll lLL�Jda
try." 9,000 acres of land. MOR
To reach Montauk, one crosses the Localities at Montauk.are: The so-
"hot sands of Napeagne, the "w rte, called gea.cral fields of the Ivlontauk
land." It is a land of water an.1'tribe of Indjeais, a tract of land west "Wizard"
meadows; drifting and) dunes and.of Great Pond and' known as I �iZe36'a. Obtains Absolute
white ocean beaches, lagofras, Neck also a tract of ]incl east of Title to A h o u 10,091)
pools, sunken meadows—but Sher.. is Great Pond and known ass well as Acres —Deeds Are Filed fresh water on Napeag•ue, At.North Neck; and a tract of land east'.
'Time's Hoye;' names) for an ancient 'of Great Pond known as inriianl in County clet'6['s O:'gtCC.
squaw of the Montauk tribe, may he Field, The first of these tracts has
found a pool of brackish water. Tbis'not been occupied by Indians for 197 Final action was taken hint Tburs-
is'only a rain water pool, For miles years. day in the transfer of 11Ip000 acres at
east of Amagansett the windy bar'- Ones rho Site n` Mighty Indians Montauk Point to Car] fisher. The
rens of Napeague, stretches of sedge deal came to a happy ending- after
grass and razor grass, intervene be- The nwue of the mighty chiof' careful title searching by the Title
'tween the "sottlements" and Mon- Wyendaanch, who ruled when the Guar•ar•t.ee and Trust Company. At.
tack. English came to Long Islami, means last the Fisher interests have a clear
The menhaden rendering plant at "wise in counsel ' It has been ha. l- title to their property. Thus they
"Promised Land" takes its water ed down free tone to time Tile, o4 set It rest rnmms that there were
supply from Fresh Pend, in IHther records of the [Montauk Tinstoes telt clouds oil the title and that the Fisher
Woods, miles from the {reaches, for:of a WYandsuch in 1709, fifty year: interests could not glo ahead with Cie-
no fresh water is obtained at Prem- after the death of the old ssrbem, velo meat in the eastern district of
ised Land or Hick's Island,. of good'who asked for "certain interest ;vol- p
quality, by sinking wells. !eys due him for Montau6:" And a Long Island.
Wyandanch claimed ehioftainohip in •Altogether the traot cost $2„555,-
Many Fresh Wat6r Lakes 1910 when the Montauk: ',trihe was 13V 392.3Q,, it is slnewn by internal revauu^
The water supply at Montauk is tine courts declared no longe• tc exist. stamps. To this will Ire added 'a few
abundant. Natur•st spring's Mush ,The premises of Mertank, a= sold smaller $<10,000 and $50;000 tracts al-
forth from the clay strata of cliffs intact in 1879, consisted of a largo so bought: by Pishe•.
.and, by drilling, a forceful and cop- ppeninsula, forming a single conp:net Mr. Fisher's nacre does rot appear
ions supply of cola, pure water rnay, body of 'aad� nimc or tau miles iu in the papers. 'title is taken in 'thc
be obtained. Oaro-tentln of the whale) ,]engtlr varying in width iron a, iii?.lt name of the Montauk Beach and Dc
aren of Montauk from I�rc''rka u� p to flares miles. hnclualinng land nn,.er velopment Corporation.
Montauk Poiret, where Is the U. water, about 11,500 acres. The principal decd is given by
-Government Lighthouse Reservation,'il 'Phe greater p'ar't of Mensaal lnriri Thryza Bvnson Flagg, through
is surfaced by fresh water. ponds: - _ Gcorgc E. Hite,.d}�.,_of Rreal.lyn, her
attorney, duly designated by her in Workmen at Montauk
Discover
1f122, together with. R. IStuyvasant , ��� p / tl.E 66.. sVa 9.
Pierrepont and the Brooklyn Trust ��'.%✓'r [5�/11-1J e fico` o� ��'���1�]'Q ��l�j��y'7,��'go�j
Company as trustees under the will
Of Mary Benson. The consideration
-for this tract, which, is referred to ?ate— —
,qln! extreme Southeastern extrelt- Special to Tlin COUNTY REVIEW oration.
ity of Long Islzn.d, known as Mon- By.H. D.S. More than 1715 yen's ago the hast
tauk," isdeed is given by the Mon-1,S�i5;89'2,8p, Bampton white settlers and the In-
t' Ci vii otgineers and surveyors who
Another brans cut a channel through a narrow
taulc Company, the consideration for
are, developing•, land at Montauk fn, bench between {:neat Pond and the
the property transferred by this is blast Hampton Town find many I Sound. They opened UP a "seapoose"
$.1,000,,0 strange reminders of .a very ancient �,r wnterwa Just such a channel-
00; •uu1 the third deed is: Y•
ocenpancy. The outline of the pall- way is now being cut through the
;giver by Flenry W. dePoresC and; -tided felt and town site of W anFla-
othcrs of Oyster Bay, the eonsidera: clench, last great Sachem of the Mon-� make tie h, or fork yachts engineers
eonio-
tion being $19'7,500• t:auk Indiums, may still be traced on
With the purchase of the property mercial bottoms at the Great Pond.
already ]mown to be more than $2,- the kith land at the east side of Port In the woods of. iMontauk laity be seen
already, plus the title searching, the 'Pond. Stone walls of more modern deep excavations. They are the pits
revenue tax, tile, legal fees, survey- construction are to be found in the of charcoal burners whose Scillas were
North Neck, at the Port Pond beach lined a century or more ago. Quan-
in**, maUPin, and work already start y
4 Y and at the Indian field. "Phew walls
eel at Mer me it is estimated that illy , of pine wood were used d Was
the Fisher interests already have ob- are built of native stone, are three;my these kilns. This wood was
ligated. themselves for it total of more feet wide at the base and about two it ;found at the western part of the west-
than $i3O�00,(b00, the top and fully four feet high-1 e,,a part of Montauk, near the Neu-
The Fisher purchases include •a When thev were constructed great peague Beach.
half dozen or more lakes. One of herds of cattle, horses and sheep were Close by at the eastern shore of
them, Creat Pond, takes.ns e of annually driven from the Hampton Nalm gue Harbor there are ruins of
acres. Lest fall n ditch contains1 the settlements to Montauk, there to menhaden factories, or "Pot works;
beach, contesting that with through file graze int the lash pasture lands. sell at ope time, about '75 years ago,
Ili the woods are mounds and
'Island Sound, was cut by the fisher) lopped trees shaped more that a bun- tlrm•e were Yong or five factories ed
workmen, but an easterly storm has sated there. They were maintained
dre<6 years Ego to keep cattle out of
closed it. The plat is to eventually the wood lots. Thousands of cattle until the eighties, when Vetter Jaen-
dredge a deep canal there, protecting tions were clrosmt, leased or acquired
maned the Montauk plateaus, and
it with ietties, perillitti,ng' yachts to Py purchase d Il This Island or the
use Great Pond as, a safe harbor. hundredstSupply
of coeds of wood were cut [Promised Land. This fishing enter-
Harry I). 'Sleight, a historian, notes to supply feel for New York and prise gave employment to many men.
other large cities. At Shepherd's The present road that leads to Mon-
that in 1084 it was "voted at Town Neck, where the Montauk Beach Ra is
Meeting that SO men be,appointed to Development Gonpany is now build- tiers about fifteeconstructed
years esince.f The
help the Indian-,open the Great Fm)d ing a modern workmen's village, the add Indian Trail did not follow its
at the north end." 'load has been worked and cultivated.
coarse. The trail or "Indian high
-
T T P Luqu1'he stone wall, at the south end of er &ors to Montauk Port Pond, was erected to prevent the wage Passed over the AyiThree
Mil Neex-
deach Dev. Corp., 30 A on trent 'cane out at head of Three Mile.IIar-:
ocean breaking into the pond, At one
povd ctrl the oceat, Montauk, bar, anti then on to the Indian Well at
time the entire peninsula of 'Montauk
Tax $840. Amagnnsett, across the beaches of
Manton ld Beach Dev Cor to h W was threatened with severance from the water lard;' and through the
P the atnin of Long Island. Ilad the. Hither Woods to`Port Pond. At one
deforest, several tracts on Montauk, oceat :been permitted to break through time there. was an Indian fort at the
I vtt,a.,. -b^f $118,000. at this naroty beach the promontory .tvest end of the Highlands, as well as
Same to "L' B Flagg Cors, tracts on would have been converted into an the Fort 'Pand.
Montauk, /)kI� $1,205,O00. island. The red mar no longer occupies
Same to ottaaL• Co., tracts on At Montauk Point the land owners.Montauk. The last renmant of the
wolitauk, r'r'0G $700,000. cultivated beach grass to prevent the tribe (two families) were removed in
Montauk Beach I1ev. Corp to. T T ;drifting sands Iron encroaching upon 1884, one may see where the Indians
' Luquer S}.nl's, ;19 A on ocean and the fertile uasture lands. At one end, once lived. The holes left by the In-
�renL Pond, Montauk,Tracy $15,000, of Montauk, near the highlands and dian burns or granaries RTO to be
Same to I0 B Mulford i lots f8, 19, Napeague Beach, a fence stretched) avoided by a than on horseback. A
tither Mills, $3,750. From shore to shore of Block Island broken down horse might result from
Sound on the north, to the Atlantic)stepping in these "barns." Montauk,)
,Ocean on the south,and the only pas- since the building of the cinder road;
sagewav through this barrier was I .across the 'Napeague Beach, is easily
gate wide enough for a man to ride .Intl quiekly reached frorn the term!-
through oil horseback. In midsmmlter vi atiot.of the Montauk highway, at
the sheep were driven from Montauk Amagansett. All was very different
:to "town," there to be washed and 1a quarter century ago. It was con-
sheared. IIa the broad main street at siderable of an undertaking to make
Amagausett when the cattle were l:he trip to Montauk Point by horse-
x•omided up and driven to home in the [bawl, vehicle. It was well worth the
fall,was constructed a corral]. There effort. It repaid all trouble and iu-
the owners of the cattle picked out convenience. Usually a start was
the various beasts that they owned, made before sunset. The progress
identifying them by their respective was slow and by way of deep-rutted,
"ear marks" or insignias placed upon sandy roads. After leaving- Amagan-
the ears of the cattle. These "ear- sett, to the eastward was almost a
marks" were registered, in the town trackless wilderness. One journeyed
clerk's office. They descended from for miles and miles without seeing a
rather to soma,From_generation to gen- human ,beinv.or a house.
Napoague Beach was one of the ousel for Workmen at Montauk .
most striking• features of the excur-
sion. 11: eomnectsMontauk with the Were Introduced Before 1788;
n.•dn part of Long Island. 'Napeagno r
is five miles long, and will average �'A.,, �?2
Laborers' Task Harder L ep
three-quarters of a utile in breadth, Y -16
- � [ ar ill 1792, and preparing the tan for
It abounds with beach plums and % %.�,' "improvement," in the locality now
cranberries ill their season, and pro- (2f e i ,l to Trit7 COUNTY RDYIEW) taken over by New York for a State
duces a ver,, good quality of meadow V ' t
hay, This sand beach, so .Heartt ob- Dy I.I. D. S. Park. Abraham Sherrill agreed to
.served in 18'70, has been formed by An item published this month says for eighslid his t months at the Shep-
some convulsion of nature, for many that tho first workmen's house was herd's
alcmmnth, Onech compensation
annd
'believe that ab one time Montauk was built in the Shepherd's Neck section $
an island entireiv uncomnected with of Montauk, where an employee's vii- sleut d ll by years
gbtsshiglings,lwas �atgrreat
the manlaurl. After leaving- Na-inge. is being laid out by the Montauk deal 0£ money
peag•ue ih, old road na-ssed through Beach and Development Company.
some pit•t urc+tlue nook,, charming Applying to the"first" the mforma- Workme now Monget tauk,
$8i to various'
valleys ;1nd gave eight. of Pretty time is misleading. There were three day board. At the time the Mon
pu•n,ds nu,1 dishanC vistas of ocean. ]nooses occupied by workmen or ]seep- Y
(Tile new road follows the ocean sideen's at Montauk 11tthnone bull- liuulstank ,n roaflteerthe blight oft
B i ishlnoc-
cliffs.n fired and 'fifty Yearsago.
There were tbree houses occupiedby houses stood: One at the Port Pond, cupation during the revolutionary
keepers on Montauk a generation ago,trot far distant frim the e*,"present
!other Ter tile ts tilelaid townf 62ph cents a day,
and the oil-• other habitation was the of the "workmen's village" and uo payment if too intoxicated to 1
lighthouse keeper's place at the ex-at tine "furCher field;' or Stratton's n•o ell ierfornt duties assigned;',
breme point of Montauk, The "first ho�nsc: as now called. Both these V•tancjm'g, wood sold for from 26 cents
house" stood at the hither end, OT housas stank The third was known j 50 cents a cord, crooked or straight,
nart of Montauk, nearest the Ilannp-as the "house at the hither end," and III
ton settlements. It was nearby the was the first house found, five miles marketable
wase paid 1`21A cents lfortsery ng
Mulford look-out stage, where fteast of Annagansett, after crossing ,c smmnons; the magistrate or justice
watch for whales was kept in season'I Napeagne sands and meadows and of the peace received 37% cents for
The keeper of the "first house" was,;its location was on the rising land at writing a warrant; the man who
like �St. Peter, the gatekeeper. He'weatern part of Montauk ]mown as cared for the-town clock was paid
kept ml account in writing of all and "ldighlands. x$0.60 a year; the bell ringer '$6; the
n
every that passed oor off the land' Not very far removed from Shop- woman who swept the meeting house
,at Montauk, At Port Pond was "011herd's Neclt also stood another house $8 76 a year; the singing master drew
born s" or the "seconl. house" And before 7788. .That year the men who the muni.ficmtt salary of 60c each night
three miles further on still stands the owned Montauk and who sent great of "skule;' and also had a good din
"further house," many years the hos- flocks of sheep to the pasture lands, nor on the Sabbath for leading the.
pitable home of;Mr, and Mrs, Samuelagreed with Nathan Hand to live at psalmody; the man who drove the
T. Stratton. Mr. Stratton's duties!the Flaggy Bole in the Hither Woods, great flocks of sheep back to Montauk.
were to care for the "fatting fields;']at the west side of Port Pond bay, His after being brought to town, each
pdkeep fences in repair. The ride'!duties were to attend daily daring the year for shearing, in June or July,
tYvnn the further orlast 'house" *o season the sheep, kill all dogs that was paid for the long trip and frk-
Montatilc PoinC follows today the worried the flocks and prevent boat- ,,is task four or five shillings, and
same rutted road of a-score years ago, men from stealing sheep. This Hand one time when money was "tight"
The viewa are superb, 'On the right ulso cultivated land on which was three shillings six pence, less than
the boundless ocean constantly is in raised rye, flax and winter grains. 9Gc -
sight;on the left the waters of the His associate workmen employed by living was by no means luxurious.
Sound, with .Connecticut shore in the the proprietors of the Land of Mon- The town, however, took good care of
distance. tank, at that time were Benjamin its widowed and poor. Wood was sup-
Montauk is a graveyard for ships. Ile.(Iges at the "hither end," Christo- plied fit plenty to give warmth it,will-
From the tall lighthouse tower, built )Vier Hedges at the "fort pond house, ter land certain quantities of wheat,
in 1706, nnay be seen the hulks and niear the ocean beach, and Jacob Hand rye and corn (not ground) and some-
boilers of vessels that [have been lost at the "further house." Shepherd's times a part of a hog or meat beast,
along• the rock Point shore, Some Neek was under cultivation and Capt. Down at Three Mile. HarUor where)
of the worst shipwrecks were the Osborn had twenty acres of wheat .water front lands now bring '$l00 a
"Triumph," a schooner; the whale there. Jacob Hand cultivated ,the foot front,Jeremiah Bennett paid 40i
ship "Forrester;" the bark "Algae," 'gong field" on Montauk and also,shillings or '$6, for his ]ands bought,
and the shin "John Miltou•" 'worked" land in tine ocean hollow. m 1788,and a Mr. Havens, of Hog
The hunting and 'fishing at Mon There were building activities at[Neck, bought the house at Flaggy
tank are still good. At the island in Montauk in 1786 for the house at the Hole; Montauk, for 1$760, after va-
Crest 'Pond, soon to.be used for the. bither end and the house at the fort,,atecl by the shepherd, in 1703,
site of a yacht club rendezvous, and 'ynmd were repaired and enlarged„ Indian hogs did much damage to
where. Riplev '& Robbins, of New chimneys built, tfireplaces constructed i the lands of"tile white men at Mon-
York, are now constructing a 700- and a well dug'. Maple and walnut.tauk in 1770-80, and the proprietors
footbridge to connect the island with 'woo<1 were cut in the Hither woods'cif the fields assessed damages against
the main of Montauk, there are many I for East Hampton cabinet and clock the Indians and ordered then to "ring
I foxes and a great colmty of muskrats. nnake•s, who shaped the old grand- their hogs." This condition shows
rather clocks and made the wooden boy,, filings had changed since the ori-
wheels and cogs that cotrisen the! final coming of the white man to the
mp
cluck "works." Jacob Hated cut off ud'i'mn lands in 1660. Miantonomah,
the wood at the large island in Great;a wily chieftain of New England,
Pond, where Fisher and hisdevelop anode a journey to Long Island and
anent corporation aro to locate a club.,;,,tight to incite the Long Island In-
house, and is were clearing away ,iians to arise against the white in-
`the laurel at Rocky_Point, Montauk, y_,ders life speech has been pro-
t-1
F
-o i ved. It was prophetic. He said: (Babylon). One of them, Thomas H, v
Pheir cows and horses eat up the Deverell, had done duty on board the ort Hill, vies about 0112 h).dud Ifl"I
glass and their hogs spoil out- clam 13ndyndon. For this ship lie deserted I (Ilore, r,ud sn u. re lla n are:dril is-�
beds and we shall be starved. Our and landed on Montauk. The story ble The rampart and pi ipct herr
fathers had plenty; we must be one, he told was this: One evening, in the of epi h with n flitch it Ill, foot of
otherwise we shall all shortly be commander's cabin, the officers were theU iris and liol.ibly peliYadsl «Y,.
bone." playing• cards and drinking wine. A he trunks of 1 llrn C c A,. < icl•
A century after this utterance the dispute, such as frequently .arises off angle there was opparendy a unur
Indians owned no land, and were fined such occasions, occurred;and Deverell, .ower of c.n lh and sl„nc, :cul „h::
for permitting their own hogs to rein losing control of his temper, struck: I whole would probahly hare field from
on Montauk. They complained to the his commander. To avoid serious pun- I three hundred to live hundred num.
British, who then held all Long Isl- ishment, perhaps death, by the advice The pond en the ::ouch afforded ki safe
and, and who had official headquart- of his fellow officers; Deverell deter- and convenient harbor for canoes
ers at Jamaica. Nothing much ever mined to escape. By the aid of a under the inmcdintc proiretion of
came of it, friend he managed to leave the ship he fort, L . a Iqufly r) l � pont;
During the revolutionary war the in it small boat, and landed on Long molded dso on abund cita 'ply o,
British ships on blockade, and some of Island. IIe married, and spent the Irc sh water, m it .rine ulv , e•mwncn-
them anchored in Port Pond bay, greater part of his life at Patchogue, cation w,is sandy k.,p up by t.ie
drew from the East Hampton people's and died at Port Jefferson about 1860. :ility of protrctiou.
cattle at Montauk. There are ac- He was it man of education, and his The lavation :v:.n; unr ulademnl.afcc
counts extant of raids and "plunder- mamrers and conversation were those I 'or defense and ens , Ilav: boon rat-
ers;" but also may be found accounts of• a gentleman. Respecting- his per-i h---fent against any al tui 1. which In
where the British paid for the cattle social history he was usually remark- '4111 tartfcx could had:, brcughC ie
they tools to supply fresh meat for ably reticent. It is said, however, that I )car it it
their fleet, and where complaint fs to a very intimate friend, not long be Throughout this territory arc ncv..
made that compensation was too lit- fore his death, he stated he was the .rat of tha lai Bost hnryialr p'aree
tie. In the war of 1812 the record natural sof of a Duke." sown on the 1•-Iaiul, v.helc handre•dr
shows that the British admiral, Sir Thomas Deverell taught the pub-1 uml perhapa Ihouean•.Ls cd the-roc poor
Thomas Hardy, paid for cattle taken lie school at Babylon, 1816-1818. ! Imightcd pagal)s wee,. committed I,
from Montauk and at Orient. Another deserter from a British j ;heir nrnthcr dearth amid the, lanienta.
Montauk is still the habitat of many •war ship who lived many years in'I .loin; and hmvlinga of ilrcfr surviving
foxes. They were there in great nun- Babylon was a man who called him- 'riends. The renuiirs of Poggittacut
hers a hundred years ago. The herds- self William Ingraham. He con- (elde), brother or Wyandcurcli) were
men and Indians received a bounty ifessed that in a clash with officers he wrought IYou Shelter Island in 1651,
for killing foxes and the white men accidentally,can an officer's death., au' greater part of the wpy nn urn's
supplied the Indian with powder and IThe Americans received and treated) houldos to I) deposited with the
shot with which to hunt and kill deserters kindly, at first keeping close ny l ftunily at tho ciladsl of Che rim-I
foxes; the white man also hunted and surveillance of thea, fearing that _nle,
killed the Indians' clogs that were they night be spies, sent on shore in
.known to kill sheet)• masquerade to gain information.
Deserters from the Brtish ships in Two white men, who were living
the revolutionary war, and from the among the Indians on Montauk, were
army of occupation on Long Island, brought off fn 1782, by order of the
found domicile among the Indians at East Hampton town trustees.
Montauk; and subsequently deserters Sir William Johnson was at Mor-
front British ships landed at Montauk tarok fn 1773 at a time when arrange-
in the war of 1812 and were taken by worts were made to permit the In-
Indians to the main land of New dians to have a certain part of Mori-
England by canoe; or they made their taulc,to themselves known as the "I1-
way to the westward and to New dian-Fields."
York. Such men were Thomas II. g� p
Deverell and William Ingraham. A p���tn,��gf �•
i letter written by Congressmen Rhone- 10. OR, ONO SERVED
c. Sage, M.D., July 24, 1814, says:
"Yesterday two deserters from the
British ship Superb were at Sag Har- A LD :iR:
torr. They tools s boat from one of 19�� e�lfl�� �� �
the ship's tenders and landed abort .
twenty miles from Montauk and trav-
eled nearly all the distance without t Jl ti
entering' a house, having been told rc S)ccia! to 19Comrt Rc;iiciu
that the American government would 1 If
I send back till deserters .to be hang. By Mai. L. M. JnnIUMAY
I One was a Frenchman, by birth,; q'he MonLaul: Indian:: were the nu::'(
brought. up fn Ireland; the other a, uurerous and pnwei•fuI mi the L:1:uuL.
Prussian, both young and intelligent, ntul Chafe• Sadtcli was I:Oil the
a dc,
and they spy they were impressed. iio,] their
d as the Lks p. vachcm of
The people furnished' these poor tars Pained e.ckc.
with some money and they have Icor many years saxo, Montnulc
started for New York:' bo'c mortes of heia- the scat of royal
Tracing the story of the deserters, ere infty find the citadel of puwc•.
or their way to New York, a histori Here were the l:lf,lst 1110 best forti-
cal article by Cooper informs us that) Mention'. of purely Lidi:nl coistnic-
"Deserters from British war vessels .ion that call 1) round fit ;m piiii, of
cruising along the coast were not m aux extended con nl.iv
frequent, Several of the deserter (Phe fort at the north sed of For:
became residents of this I calit Pond erce(ad oil_q,hi is now iAird
nnora 'stuff' than that to buy East
1 :npton in this Anno Domini.
8, Vinuiet nit Sachem of Narra an-
1 e �« �a Was Secured f'r® Indians g
1C ramc cothe rt sten and warmer]
Isla71���9.�a* n ,(®r, Whites' Protection llh Mont utl tts in hist on Block:
R'2 / C�� fl I 1 md, a pot: mode hahm•ie by the
tt,it of the Huntington prates in
:'.y., • f> -` - IM,2. Wyandanch, himself, was
II. D. S. _ ( tent Fi!diu are being to Montauk.
,.
(by 1 leY Carl 1-k.:hue's orders at Montauk p'�'i1°ed m YGu3 hestoly dues not
11loutanl: is tui old and long'-occupied ]tdd- fully 150 to 200 years ago there tate whether by strychnine, arsenic
1 rad. A.boit 1640, Montauk near Port wa- aaivity ono Montauk. There are 'i bre-water,
1 end wan the wigwanned village of thou ads Of wm ds written m East e y✓vamlanch lett a widow,called the
6Vyandailc, to wban after 1631, when Hampton Trustees' Journals 'about ;naw Sachem nail an infant son,
L'og;;atacutt, his brother (lied, Ile sue- this land Of Montauk. True there i',yoncmnbone. Old Ninnicra'ft was
led to tha chieftainshi of the four w.me few habitations there then r"o much for them. They fled to East
lidera ted tubssend all Long Island of
laid surprised and slain 11'tmpton to the noble white man for
acknowledged his supremacy the itow,�r nP the Indian tribe. Wynn
itribute.
� ilk mciu,ttmd1easo lac deidt fromo maitthem
d paid him t•ibute. flank th c wi:- counselor and great f,i Ma,tand and all rho remaining
Montauk, it the Algonquin,. means
chieftain, friend o£ the English, had
,,the fot,afted lace." It was well died in 1659 or 1.660. Smallpox, the I tad ui the vicinity, all of course for
I 1 int orlon.' '
n fuer]. 'd rj Indian fort on Fat bane in the Incban further de97 yon- d
the renindmt of the MonCauks W,yon 1L East Ilanpten this carrespon-
im1P' aoo, uran the site of oilhe big eonnbone, W indank., son and ,heir, taut tickled the risibihties of some
Loll not,, being built by the pan. It y •md ra.:ed the ire of others by chrai-
B rh an : Dwelopment company. It diel uple reaching' lies purchay c- uhng-
r t 1.Nki rot quare. This was Wynn- the white men m Uhrce poi rha.0% ae Tho name Originally given to the
:wh ; :hnnn7lold and lmowu as the quued lee of Gun l:md of Mont•tnk a IUsnient weal M.aidstono. After
l,cw fort," in 1662. How old or tenu:ts m common. 16112 it was known as Past Hampton.
r bun brilt, nobody could say about 1 'u ire buried at Montauk.count There wree Ilg}tY-n uu sN.Wers who]
the "Old 'fort,'+ at Nomick Hills, the 1•;:,s nua-b-rs of Indians Poggaha -
,t,ternwost ]:art of Montauk prom- Ott, the Mallhansett sachem, was squatted around the Town pond, in
oratory, where the land abruptly rises i_alcen .here for burial it time of.his 1 order to obtain water. Some of the
are Nunea—ve beach terminates to ::cath in 1651. . Montauk is a land of (present inhabitants are not as eager
Ole dead, a:; well as tha living. for water as their ancestors. They
c i braid. -
Tho-Indiana also had another, name N+tojj u: much now remains to,show came from Lynn, Massachusetts. The
, :for Montauk. They called it lever- JUS(i where the royal,line of chieftains 'descendants of the sainted •thirty-nine
rn Lly the "land of the Good•Spirit.', iti, buti'crl Time his obliterated all form,the 'first families' of the town
Thr. was* due to a story coming,down uulrl s, if any were placed above the at the present day. It has been stated
by'vn:n•d of mouth from days when the ]'raves, by.a cynical local historian that the
world was, new, and repeated from When Last. IIampton stock raisers original settlars mrd their descendants
fathsr to sem, throllg•hcountless gen- user] Maitst;l; for grazing, there were have intermarried to such an extent,
orations, so the. legend goes. The flivae Ice hers houses built, one'.near as to effect their posterity with a
( nod Spirit and the Bad Spirit fought Nonliok Hills One close by the site disease of the eyes called. the 'East
i mi;;hty battle. The Good:.Spirit of. the adrniiii.Aration seven-story Hampton twitch,' but so far as lily
a ani the Bail Spirit off the Tand of hlo is tile- Montauk corporation has observation goes, this is a slander
uzctcd ,it the south side of Port upon the eyes of East Hampton, Great
Spick" kc. The last semi of the Bad Pond, an(l one the "further house,"be- deference was pard to the clergy in
spirit h de uppc:u•ed in the f this i,15Ldn .Port Pond and the lighthouse, East iEpamptoil in the olden time. It
id never rad today As proof of this Lhc li hthouse -built in 1.2 5. At was soloannly resolved in 1605 that
Irilukl legend today may be seen foot- g' `�
lu int:. Of Che Bad Spirit oil great !{hc-Herds Neelc, site of the work- the Rev.Mr. James shall have prefer.
boulcba•h tit Three Mile Harbor and erten yell n+,e of today, fertile fields ince in the grinding.of his corn at the
ht ont;unL•. 'These are supposed to have WUO cultivated and there stood a mill on the second day of every weep, '
been burnccl into the living rock, as house. There was a house at the west and shall be preferred to any other
.tile fi•cv feet of the Bad'Spirit were °!till of Port fond Bay 150 years ago. person, unless his grain shall be in
imprinted there. To support, this Woods were cut Off kind lands broken the hopper.' The mills in those days
I;:gend the racks may be seen, and kill and grains sowed in the Hither were worked by oxen. The salary of
tit(. too:; hi' the foot point eastward, Woods, where the big tractors ofthe the minister was paid in whale oil.
Oki heel west, showing tlic course Vkh r Company are now laying out That justice was administered ill
L sk:nk by the Bad Spirit in his fight, iondv. East.IIampton in former days appears
One of Owse rocks, weighing'.: Over A Long Island newspaper, in 1883,1 from the record of 1727, un which year
tnvi. fouv, t prrscrvcdlln rooms of tie. published a communication (I think ane Dick Syme was elected as Coun-
Lmig l �lrnd Historical society at 'Pedal th' poll of "Hell" Platt of Huat_ mon Whippep, and his fees for whlp-
L'rnoldpu Ye who ire credulous scop initoll) delightfully humorous about Ping were fixed at three shillings.
in and view it. nfaitauk and. Hampton: Copies Liquor clealors were license(] and
'i'hat (larl fk'isher should 'heat- ,f it are rare mail treasiu•ed by col- Llne size of the drink regulated to
Lt acted by Mort irk is nothing letters. In part the correspondent half a pint among- four men.'
k. alga I oi. years the, Indians called wrote: "In 1666 a woman was sentenced to
Lh: conn n.y. 'n ufup,i," n a3fety "Thi, (plaint old tonin leas settled stand one hour with a cleft stick upon
ot."-in Lunc of peril. The latter day lin 1G49, Before that date, Wyan- her tongue for saying that her bus-
whites 111 rceiated the salubrious and danuh, Grand Sachem of Paumamcice,. band had brought leer to a place where
plca:;uraLle ent7eminentn and aijoy- 'inks the machine.' Hill successor at there was neither gospel or magis-
rucut.s Of Montauk. They called it the present time, is Nat D. .. Wynn- trac,Y,
own country." The wonder is Linch pilellecl his tent slid had his "One Saturday night lin 1780, Dion-
that nnh four of. mein, Sulci• than hendg �.o
nurters n Montauk, between ezer Dayton cane fr•oul Connecticut
he.rdsmanand fisherman, discovered tho two big ponds, .l{onkhoug-anok to East IIampton with 'a stock of
the chiu•nl Or Montauk. For 275 years •nnul quannotowenk-. Nat had his fancy goods for sale. Ile wns slighLly
Chis magnificent tract of ]ant], wit 111,hcaclgnaiters in the cedars on Na- indisposed, Eke appeared at church
7110 voiles of it city, has Been given Teague Beach. Wyandanch sold East the next day and circulated among
over to pasture for cattle, Intl habits- Hamilton, f
or twenty-four hatchets, the people. Now the innocent
tion fp care hardy fishermen. twenty-four lines, knives and looking Ebenezer find the measles• When .
----- ---- �• r;hngses. It would.,take considerablemeeting• was over, the people heard
�.�
I of it, and manifested such intense in- . seclusion azul solitude under its sheid t,1
dignation, that they made it hot for oaks and elms. Its isolation has shade years.later, when descendants of the
the visitor, who departed early Mon- It .famous. it is. old-£a n has ilantiq, de ndiais set up claim to pr•ivileges.un-
day morning-. The. incensed East nothing- It prides itself on coned itat der the old agreements. The courts
Hannptonians pursued him, overtook Its customs cure ancient• Its one street (round there was no tribe of Montauk
him vi the road, brought him bndc to is. 1, mit.wide and grass grows Indians..then existing.
the village, rode him on a rail, iu the mi(idle of it. The dwelling The Indians had for about 170 years
dragged hien into the town pond, cut .houses are •built close to the road, cenced the land of Montauk and a few
off has bait, and Chen allowed him to and dooryards are at a discount. The eamilies lived there.
depart. The injured Winn afterward general appearance of the exterior. of When Montauk was sold in 1870,
procured the legal. services of Aaron the buildings is weather-beaten. Paint the edict was "it must be sold sub-
Burr, sued the perpetrators of the as-.I�is considered extravagant. The town lect to the right and privileges of
saint upon him, and obtained a verdict house is a small dilapidated structure, loch (Indian) tribe."
Of $1,000 damages. used as a barber shop in summer and The descendants of Montauk In-
"In more modern times fast Hamp closed in winter. diens; and there is a.f Moaim nude by
In-
tell has been, and now is a favorite "A be r.
country :hem that the number several score,
artists, resort forEngland
tired preachers, Y lies here Y
artists, New En Sand blue-stockings (1882) undevclopcd, destined at ns :and do keep up tribal customs and
end other cultivated Yolks, scelc ng distant (l 1 I a are a tribe in fact as well as name,
distant (lay to be both to ndous and
still have hopes:of some day gaining
° some power under• ancient .liens e
eateaxkaS G`lear..7'ttle,_Won A Iter leases, but best legal minds think such
Long Fi ht ainst "Indian Deed'" anticipations, in view of court judg-
tinµ ty p ments,,must be ephemeral.
One clause of the ancient agree-
(Special W 'Pete COUNTS Revtgw) Montauk was not considered to be ment between original purchasers of
of much value 75 years ago. .Much Montauk and the Indians, endo in
By II. D. S. 1769, was:
of i was appraised as land unfit for "And it was further agreed that all
At December term of SAPrene agriculture, rough, barren, and the trustees or mulattos that have, In-
court, before ,justice and jury, the entire tract worth only from $60,000 dian squaws to their mothers, natives
suit of Benson hairs vs. the,Long Isl- to $80,000. - rf Montauk, should be forever debar-
and State Park Commission in Suf- After the lawsuit of 1850-h1,.and red uid..excluded of the said lard of
d-oll, county is ml the calendar, ,It re- clearance of title to the Proprietors MOntank; that in any case any us-
-Ora to taking of land known as a of .Montauk, as "tenants in coutmon;' live squaw of the said Montauk tribe
part of Montauk peninsula and the the status of the Indian right was de- -hould marry any strange Indian or
hither woods by the State for.park fined by the court to be: foreigner, they should forfeit and
lrurposes. "An incumbrance or lien superior Iuit ali right, title or claim to the
While real estate men say Montauk to the rights and interest of the said, Aaid laird, and that both the •r-
has to-day a better title than any tenants in connrou." This condition prietors of Montauk, and the tribe
other section of the country, this clew was again recognized at time of suitif Indians, in case of any mustee, mu-
title has not, been obtainer] without for partition in 1877, and the court latto, or stronger, or foreign Indian
much litigation, and costly„disputes meld: should venture to come and live or
l'ollowed by appeals to colgnial gov- "That the Montauk tribe of Indians improve on said land, should have
ernors, arbitrations, suits at law and by writings and,verbal .agueements. free annd full liberty,and full power to
in the ,yearn long past, agreements entered`into contract with proprietors jnrosecute all such offenders as tres-
nr ith, the Montauk Indians, of Montauk,” and the "Indians are to Passers and send them off of said
It is easy to ascertain now, since fence a general field, either to the west land." -
funding of fact and lav have,,been de. of Great.Pond known as Norl.lt Neck, Judge Dyknnan rendered the decis-
cided, how the great promontory of or certain land to the east;of Great ion oil fact.
Montauk with its more that 10,0,00 Pond, known as Indian'Field, but not ' The law suits of Wyandauk,. do-
acres, located within 120 miles'lef New t
both ' t once, and have right to ex- -Cendant-of Indians, who by special
Turk city, is held in fee simplo,by its change one tract for the other legislative act, was permitted to bring
present owners. and keep.enclosed.not exceeding,thirty action, Judge Blackmer• decided the
Such was not the case 76 ,years acres for winter wheat or grass; keep Montauk tribe to be no longer exis-
ugo. Individual proprietors, i, e., par-, oil their land 250 swine, slid horses pant by reason of intermarriage out
chasers, asserted ownership. of Mon-I and neat cattle not exceeding_ fifty in aide the tribe and that its mass had
lark by Indian deed so-called; Rip 'all:' and other regulating;agreements., been commingled with the general
Van Dam, and other land grabbers of I The existence of the tribe of In- oopulation•
colonial times, sought to set }}p part diens as a .tribal organization was ' The action of Benson heirs against
'Ownership by bargain,with Ilidians recognized in 1870, at the time.Arthur the State ParkCommissionwill not
and right granted by the colonial gov- W Benson bought all of Montauk for hijtge upon any question of title, but
error to acquire Hxlinn fan s; 'the $161,000: ml the legality of the State taking the
-
,town of East Hampton, through a The sale and partition of Montauk land Eby condemnation and. the ques-
Board of Trustees, in 1860, defended was brought about by action of Rob- tion of the valuation and considers-
freeholder or town ownership of all ert M. Grinnell and wife, tenants in tint
of Montauk, and were compelled to.i common of Montauk, who sought and - - - _-
renounce, such claim after a• memor- were given an order for partition of(
able law action; the Indians based all the land of Montauk. E• A. Car-
right under ancient .agreements and pente•, the'referee decided that Mail-
leases to live at Montauk and to Oita- tank should be sold in bulk. It was so
prove," that.is to say, cultivate cer- gold, And about 1881, agents of Ben-
tain areas of land; and in, recent ion bought such rights as had been
years descendants of freelioldei's of recognised as belonging to :the Mon-
:Cast Hampton tried to maintain a tauk Indians, and such Indians as oc-
vague privilege to hunt and fish in the :copied the land of Montauk removed
ponds and on the land of Montauk elsewhere•
without,trespass. .Litigation again cants up some 30
imade Indhan wampum m• "shell- had po religion. Is it the sacred altar
MANY
gg pp�� money." "Lha Ditch called our Isl-Iof a a•nce w.ho flourishcd before
MAN 1t INDIANRELICS and, Sewanhasky; but this appellation Ithem7'"
FOUND
Ap1�gp®q�, Yg�gg is not found in the English deeds re- The locality of Riverhead town is
1 ODND IN X69 U E�l6BEAD lating to the eastern +part of the isl- held by some authorities to be the
and., .Sewall was one of the names earliest spot where rude manufacture
for shell-money. It was manufae-rwss carried Int by the Indiana, It is
tured mal abundantly all along the known that Iroquois and Indiana of
Earliest Spot Where Rude Long Island seacoast where material( inland cane to Long, Island to trade
Manufacture Was Carriedwas Plentiful. This accounts for the flint implements To,, wampum. In
fact that in Indian shell heaps it is fact, it is asserted, there was no bet-
on by the Red Men—Made unusual to Tend a whole shell of clam ter wampum: made anvwhere than on
Best Wainpntn in This or periwirkle. Long-Island. 5o we IFa'n that before
S. 'Terry Hudson gives additional the coning of the white man the isl-
Section. • facts in relation to this wonderful and Posaeraed great value as a treas.
discovery. He personally investigated ury, for at ,haul and ready for chap.
the spot. Ife says: "The graves, of Ing' into shell-money ryas nn accepted
(II. D. S.) which 30 or 40 have been opened"
ap- mediunn of exchange valued more by
-If Riverhead had retained its abor-; Pear to have been small pits about 3 the aborigines than the gold sought
iginal name it would Ibe known as feet across, into which the dead were by the white man,"
Peconic, instead of the little settle- Placed in a sitting position, with ;y , Indian Skele9on found/q
Inert of that name in Southold town• knees to chin. �
Peconic, or Peaconeck, as it appears The body was then surrounded by 1.b_es;eleton of an Indian was on.
in the deed. of 11640 when James Par- a liberal supply of choice oysters, earthed here on Thursday morning by
rete conveyed to Edward Rowell and clams,welks, meat and vegetables and Bennett De Beixedon, p
associates, ifust i'ettlers of Southam�p_ in 'orpa instances a burial urn and proprietor of,
tons lands, is the name of the river im:plomenh+, before abandoned to the Arshamomuque Inn, and Nat.E. Booth,'
that now separates the towns of Riv- other world, The graves are discov For 300 years or more the remains of
erhead and ,Southampton, a river or enable only asa dark-colored Shelly this Indian have been sleeping only
arm of the sea, confluent with Great spot of soil in the native yellow sand. three feet below the surface of the
Peconic Bay. The literal translation Numbers of thorn were carted into the tilled field on the Arshamomoque Inn
is a "small Indian village.° Paucamp, meadow before their true character ro
an old 'Indian, told how the spot had was discovered. Fragments of al- P pert
Y, just across the road from
been "an ancient place of sacbemship niost every part of the human skele- Miss Addie Asten's; Many rare and
for time out of mind," (466'7), ton are abundant, and indicative of interesting Indian relics were taken
R. M. Bayles devoted eorsiderable .� powerful race, from the tomb in addition to the
time to Hndian research. He notes.: The teeth and jaws are thoge of a skeleton itself. An Indian pipe, nicely
"A remarkable discovery of Indian very low. type. The pottery is,com-
remains was made near the village in posed evidently of clay mingled with carved, an immense bowl of clay with
1870. In ploughing and preparing a (burned and [pounded, oyster shells, carvings on It, and an awl, probably
piece of law ground for a cranberry 'hardened by e low heat. They seem made from the bone of a deer, were
marsh, Nathan A. Downs found by, to have been made by digging a hole found in the same hole. The awl, Mr,
the frequent appearance of Indian a•- in the ground randplastering the sides De Boixedon says, is the beet one he
rows and some specimens of rude' and bottem with.the prepared mortar,
pottery that he was on the site of am which in time hardened and .was ever saw in any collection. The pottery
ancient Indian village• taken out, burned and put to use, bowl covered the hand and cheat of the
One of the first innpleunents, to- Indian. The potinverted over the
Investigation discovered curiosities gether with the largest pieces of spot- head marls a burial type not hereto.
that attracted the attention of arche- tery, was taken from a grave sup- fore found on Lon Island. In fact,
ologists and the .public, far and near, posed to be that of a chief. It is a g
A great number of graves were found, .perforated spent, or arrowhead, near- the presence of a pot at all is rare in
the bong, within them, being so for }v 3 inches on each angle, with a true I Indian burials on Long Island.
decayed its to fall to dust almost as hole drilled from point to bate; the' The skeleton found Thursda was
soon as they were exposed to the air, edges are notched regularly like saw i that of a man who e y
The site of'this village was upon teethy and the sides smoothly polished, PParontly was
the bank of the Meeting House creek, "A-broken bone from the kitchen' little short of a giant. The skull and
ons the south side of the country road, .heap was found, which bore marks Iran do seem to be unusually large, It
and about one-eighth of a mile from, of having been sawn off for some pur- is apparent, too, that be probably was
it. The creek runs into Peconic Bay, pose by a rude and slow process; prob a Young man, for the teeth are re-
about one and a half. miles distaint, ably the tool used was the edge of a markabl perfect, There were some
front this point. * * * Shells and .shell; various •gashes were started, y
refuse abound in the vicinity, and it the cuts being on four sides and Indications, Mr. De Beixedon believed,
has long been supposed that the In- when -partly weakened by the sur that the Indian was either murdered or
than inhabitants were once numerous. rounding notches the bone was impa killed in a fight, for the skull is
Arefuse head 50 yards long contained tiently (broken by the operator. Bird fractured In three places. The bon
yp
hundreds of loads of shells, chips of arrows, hunting arrows and a variety too, was not laid out in an orderly way,
flint, bones and broken implements, of chips andflakes and stone tools
Oyster shells had been placed where havebeen Picked a but senor to have been tossed in e
p p in this vicinity, pinto the grave, end on to
they were while the oysters were in- but the anoat interestingrelic of all hes p.of the
tact." - io the square clay wallof a.temple head, more than covering the bead and
EverythinV exhumed indicated that or other structure, which was found chest, was an immense pottery bowl,
the spot was most ancient. Not only beneath 3 feet or more 'of solid soil." The grave was covered in the orderly
remainn of.oyster shells, but of clams Of this clay structure Mr, Terry way with many layers of oyster shells.
and periwinkle were turned up, It is interrogates: "What is it,vit is too The field where the Indian war found,
safe to conjecture that at one time far from the main village Tor a dwel-
Riverhead town was one of the. prim- �lmg, and. it would be useless.to our known an "Oldfield" in the early days,
cipnl places on Long`Island wherewasl later:Indians,who, as far as we know, is a part of the Arahamomeque Inn
property, It was the first field taken
fl
over by the whites when they settled ry+ ] v
Southold in 1640. It extends to the�q �o It � .�gy.���9 'i �yy�p'l��j,��s. Told
bay, and running through it is a fresh, o R g A`
water stream. It had every advantage In Book About Revolutionary War
necessary for an Indian settlement, ( _
And there is no question butthat it f �t I'`l" --�
y to p"een"s accounts of the vessels car-
was, because the entire field or the end (Special'to Till,, CourvTx Rsvtrw) Tying refugees front Long Island. In
of it that in now being carefully By H. D. S. 1.786 he was one of the members of
explored by Mr. De Beixedon Is a mass', Act old account book of the Revolu- the Cmnmission to raise specie
to
a
of shells and has already yielded several timtary "'lar time, kept by some of the deem bills emitted,
hundred Indian relies of various sorts.ILung Island refugees, who fled to ales)" of the Member1ofaAssem-
Qrlg[tl of the Phr8EE IJcw England soon after the British venbly 11o77785i7Speaker of the body
et�UC�lAIl SUl11IYlEC"tool( sit of Long Island, and who es- b1V c
! talw' h°imp tile(iRiver," is extant. In P°$tntnxnf�t1702-3F U10 Council
from the
i By 'FI. D. S. the 4Gs it was used as a sera r book. Southu;n District 1791 9, 1708, 1802;
1 delegate
The fall weather that hCOI-
as prevailed 'file scraPs, some of thein are of in- Canal C(ttnnt t•(r°st1788. si,rrogate of
tluriug October and November oftot tsresC. Tut the value of. the book, ets to U.
elicits: the remark, "'Phis is Indian is OlOften
pn tile upon rests hicht is s inscribed leeLr of itil- ltleoPort of NewOY�ork(11801-I
summer." "lie tueslien arises,"When the recd(h of11776-1783, not covered off Ile was a son of 1)eacon Gelston,
i, Indian summer'." of BI'idgeltainpt(pt, and the old Gel-
Tt is a Cra(ITCion 11,111 ell Clown by by lie clippings. ston hose still stands aC Butter lane,
Ithe weather wise of this locality and Tho bool( sliows that the Southanp Bridgeh:uuPt°n• David had many,
cerilied by experience, that our Indian ton, East Hampton and Sag Harbor .,irons in-the. fire:'
summer till follows the first freez- patriots, whose trade with West In, A.n CoAry of 1772 shows that Daniel
ing weather, and this me y come any dies had been interrupted by war,
time from , ptCIO Or to December. still all vessels through the. blockade, Fordham, who sailed vessels, and also
Tf freezing westho• comes in Septem-. bringi1W ram, sugar, mahogany. etc. late• kept hotel at Sag Harbor, m'
be and is followed by a warm spell,,from ports to the south, where the stover",; supplied "recruits" to the
that is fndinn snnvner. The same if' of Southampton, is paid for a
Brit.is>h were put in control, or where sloop 'Mchitable;' cul Thomas Halit occurs for the IirsC time in the.vigilance of the custom authorities ecy,
season,'in October or November, or wait lax. It is also recorded how the ar-
lead of hay shipped as part of 'ethe
even later. The writer remembers Long [stand men, associating with go." 'Phe rest of the cargo of the
very distinctly, not many Years ago, other Auterican patriots, in New Gng- 1773 voyage cosisaed of army Flints,
a very open fall. It was the latter
1mrd, outfiCUed ]>r'ivatenring vessels, b0gslends beef and Poats, etc.
ork, Indian
part of November when several Clays which proved such a source of annoy- corn,
1i0i9. •'(Mehitt role"� also made a�
of freezing weather set in. After this, once to British trade, voyage to New Yorlr in 1772. Sone
in the early part of December, a re-i An entry in the year 1771, before of the items of cargo arc "Hay from
markable warm spell occurred. livery- tile. war sliows that the account book I oats from Elias
body said: "'Phis is our Indian sun(-I was-then I.ept at Sag Harbor. It tells libe,ezer White;
mer" and it was. p „ Cool:; hogsheads, Daniel IInaY
nheep rood. barrels of. swokud ayle-
But ueC us turn. Co the •tle([, ile� of the outfits of. the slop t the new wives bought from sundry Persons.
if a question n y be settled. 'Phe then discharging cargo at the new tapir Wiggins commanded the sloop
Century llietionary, n lexicon of in- wharf brill: in the. Last FIhe year
formation, says; town parC of Sag Harbor, in the Year „Mehitable" in 1772, and all item
"Indian snmmer in the U n i I;e d 1770. There is an item; August 'loth, shows Chat Joseph Cmalding was then
Stakes is a period in Outman charas- for wharfage 1 Pquntl, 12 shillings, 6 living at Sag•I-Iaubor, for he is paid
terized by calm kind absence of "at". pence. Leonel Howell, Benjamin taker on board the sloop.
In the );astern States any Period of Sayre, John I''osCer, Samuel L'FIonn- for 1(ecping cattle, which Ore to to
unusual quiet, dry, lazy weather, even medico, and others have charges Plias Per-
if it lasts only O few days, may be against Che vessel L'Henmedicu one In 177;the avails of a fishAtagallai l
designated as Indian sonans(, Pr°- I time had a rope walk at Sag IIarhori age78 to sl are divided a1110ng Benoni
vided it occurs at any time betweeY Ahr the»1(Mi11ci�, JofiitFoste,Thomas Schelle»germDalii 1°Tlol Topping,erg,
Che middle of Scptrmbcr and the soli tient tool: fish worth 348,
port of lleof SeP •" Wicl(hauli and David Colston. Abra-omas Mulford and Harmon `iamPs°u• Tile
J. W. Poster, in his history of the ham Miller was a son of Ti Mil= fishing
Mississippi Valley, speaks of t h a L ler, "the Assemblyman," of EasC InU;Phcsaloop America also made nfish-!
"delicious season known as Indian Flatrrpton; John foster wns one y,the ont of. Sag
Harbor iia
^uuimcr, often prolonged into Decom- first house owners at Sag Harbor, be- ,'7ivoyaheBrncroni. ScheBenger was
ber.^ "fore the Revolutionary war' (there master.
Webster's International Dictionary, , wevo three there about 1760, foster) Ateoant:; oP the sloop Revenge, a
w h I ell is everywhere accepted as Daniel Fordltann and James FIowell) Privateer of the Revolutionary war
authority upon which it speaks, says: Capt. Thomas Wickham was a 1Dagwnld nriQu the book, but so covered uP
"Indian sununor in North America trato of East Hampton town;
is a period of warm weOthe• late in Gelston was a merchant of Southanp- with pasted clippings it is hlrune
the autumn. The n a m e is deived to», and he owned in 1773 shares i❑ give her story. This may be gleaned,
from tine custom of the Indians of the "Creat Wharf and Storehouses" that at one time Joseph Cork in sag
❑sing this Lime. in preparation for the at Sag harbor, David Colston was East IIenpton town, living
winter, by laying fu stores of food:' born .ruly 7, 1744, diel August 21, Harbor, before the outbreak of the
These acknowledged facts ought.to 1828 FIB was one of, the petitioners Revolutionary war, had command.
establish what and when is
Indian }; - •'Sam" BOOmen, a Montauk Indian,
summer. There is no fixsd month or for n wharf at pug Hnrbo• in 1770; ) also rated one year as "ConunOlr-
iaCe except that it occurs fn Antmnn,. aigned the .articles of association, tier. There is.an account ' ven-
1775; was a member of the 2nC1, 3rd true schooner 'Adven-
liter freezing weather, ally time from ,anti 4th Provincial Congresses, 1775-7, verge in Ye 1
September to December as climate tore'." Thu schooner and cargo were
^bgditions maty deLermino. the !atter being empowered to estnb- , claimed by Y'
fish a new fora of government; ,a master." I-IerR•lcargo was°rum, Those
—T member o1 the Cpminittee of Safety
- " - - who seemed.to have owned in the" e-
J - eeptions, most Souther»pton'town men
r,award,;;iinil Joseph Colliding all- had also signed for the new govern-
pear to be confounded in the matter nfe.nt in embryo. Thus many, in fact
' and to have shared in size p evi. ippost all, Long Island men hid jeop.
vengq' prize de commanding privateers. They gee ur[lired life and property. Reprisal,.,
onto)) were San'1 Broome a Co., IImr, dently were both mariners. Hedges 1 p 1
ry B, Livingston, Abraham Miller, "prob- ware visited upon thou some who
John McCurdy, Nathaniel Shaw, John qualifies his statement that ably Edward" was the Capt. Conk- quicldy embraced the Tory cause, is
IIudsou, John and Samuel Poster, in who in 1779 commanded the soon 'ts the enemy held control. Many
Hurlbert .L Celston, Thomas Wick- ;loop "Beaver" and withother vessels patriots fled to the .American lines.
ham. '.isle "Revenge" took many took a British privateer brig from It was a trying time. Men hardly
knew what to do. At this far dis-
prizes among them ship "Amherst" gag Harbor wharf, and again tools
and the prize money shared in this ;w brigs from Cork via New York, tent (lay no one should question the.
vessel alone was 0,247 Pounds star- outs then done by the Long Islanders.
P is s rum, wine, and 12,000 bushels of Take the oath slid live; deny the King I
ling. Another prize was the brig Wil- nuts for the troops on the east end nl' and die—that was a choice, and an I
lino. Both of Chase vessels arc noted Lon6 island. oath administered nuclei, violence does
as 'Conlaing prizes;' meaning that However
r it may be, Edward or'Jo-
Capt. Edward or .Joseph Coikling had sephy an Fast Hampton Conkling not amount to ]luneh.
command of the "Revenge" when the commanded the, "Revenge" and the Thomas Wickham, a member of the
captures were made. old account book shows that he slated Provincial Congress, attempted tr
The schooner "Halifax" was also handsomely in the prizes taken. The bring a boat expedition from Ston
taken a prize. There are items in the book also tells of the sale of cargoes ington, Conn., to Long Island. The
old accountboots toiling where David .if mahogany. rural oats, etc., and ))lull was to enter Shelter Islane
Colston and his associates drew money Suns are sold, sails, iron work, junk, Sound, surprise the British, then in
Trour file "balance of the schooner ate. The book is bound with parch- possession-of Sag Harbor. It failed.
'IInhhu '." 'Phe. "Halifax" was arm. ment, the leaves are linen which have The British were on the alert. Wick
ed, for her glins were sold. ,withstood the ravages of 175 years, ham did little damage.
lon:u.h:m Douglas and Samuel rad the penship of the accountant is But not so Col. Return Jonathan ,t
L'Ho iniedieu aided in fitting out the r credit to the cleric keeping the ac- Meigs, He was more successful in: ,c
"Revenge" in 17'18; -- - ounts. In the old book are copies of has expedition of May 21, 1777, bl
In 1779 3/32ds of tine stoop "Re-I letters exchanged between John Hurt- whaleboat from Guilford, Conn. Hr
venge" were sold for 000 pounds; and burt and David Gelston all during the surprised the British garrison.at Sag I
Abraham Miller sold 1/42d of the oeriod of the seven years' war info"- Harbor. lie tool: iniuety odd Prison
brig Middletown for 187 pounds, mative of what was going on at east- urs; lie killed six British soldiers; hr
The "Revenge" was one of the fam- 'rn Long Island and in Connecticut. Ilestroyed great quontitics of store:
ons and successful privateers of the The Long Islanders certainly did collected for shipment by the enemy
war, and it veritable wasp annoying '.heir )out in tine war of the Revolu- at Long Wharf, designed for delivery
tion. in Nov York, and he lost not a single
the enemy. _. - - an of his volunteer militia.
Eastern
Suffolk
j ] �1 �+ g. This Meigs' expedition was one of
�.iastern S�gf folk .H- eople Forced to the most brilliant events of the revs
littionary wan on Long Island.
Take Oath of Allegiance to .gritish ; mion, Cochrane, enraged at insult
p�
War
ollered him by Pcleg Russell, one of
Monarch During Revolutionary Y{e`ar the first sottlers at or near Sag IIar.
During ✓ i Innr, had Russell strung tip and till.
moeifallt beaten. He was not so
snei.esnful ntCnnrpting to punish Jede
Hampton Chapter, D.A,R., has dis- coiumanded the second reginnent o11 dConklin,Conlin of Amagcosett. The
covered sone ver interesting things I ... jor thnoa"a, Con lain with lir
y g 6 $u fie county' sword. Conklin stood off the initial
happening d Sag- Hamilton, Bridge- Brooklyn
the Battle of Long Ts Gene at with his ox goad. It was a draw, bat
hanrpton •roil Sag Harbor rluun� the ]ii ooldyn Heiy his, and when Genual tle with adda bit the best fon Conic-
nevolutioiany war and the war of Washington r-etrentrd to New York I ]m who over after was left undis-
181'2, Tlicre were East Ilampton, and Harlem, all Lmig Island was at .forbad by the British. d
B idgehmnpton and Southampton conn tine mercy of the British. Hundred '['he story that Malor Andre was
))allies forming a regiment- fn tfie rpt ier"g,cs took vessel from Sag Han it East. I-Iampton seems to be [hs M
earliest year of thri revolution. They bo to New England. Tine people, ))trove( by records; but Lord Percy
puotected the cattle at Montauk, and coinlidled Co remain
behind wo'e Was there. pi
in the war of 181'1. prevented any dis- forced, when the British arrived fn Capt. John Harlburt's letter file Nl.
turlianees by Mon(auk Hxlimat, and Sufl'olh county; Cn tutee (with meatal has .Hist been found. IIs guarded
by ruses both in the war of indepen- reservations) an oath of allegiance to when war was first approaching, 0000 m,
do:fpce, artd Sobscilucnt 1812 war foiled lClag George. head of cattle at ➢Montauk, before the
some of the atteuipta of the British to �•�
.Cal. Abram Gardiner, of Fast arrival of the British.
(INtgrb and seize the great herds of Hampton, who appear' to have pur'-I lining Island suffered a loss of u))- in
cattle grazing on the 14lmntaak. sued •t somewhat vaceilating course„
plateawards of $500,000Bin the revolution.
u. nel, FasC IIslnptoi:: t°s
then by farce of arms achniniatei ul Dr. Samuel
.Col; Guy Johnson, who succeeded tine oath to the people of the towns third minister, hobnobbed with the de
his father as British In dian 1901”, where he had been appointedby the British, rand with the Gardiners' of
visite.( Montauk fn 1777, acid"cndeav- enonny to do this work. The Tories.Gardiner's Island, was wined and ,
fired to incite such remnants of the were in the ascendancy, dined on board H. B. M. fleet of war
Montauk 'tribe as then remained to At tills time eastern Long Islandvessols at anchor fin Gardiner's Bay.
serve on .the side of the Crown; was in sore distress. Lord Frskinc Yet these characters of the revolu-
C.ijptains or the militia of the onunnnnded the British. IIis hcadation were considyred rood patriots by
Southampton companies were Zephan- cgnarters were the old Pelletreau housethe, Long Islanders. (Dr. Buel's Cou-
i;u, Rogers, David Howell, Josiah in Southaanptmn. The cruel and avar•necticut relatives branded him a r
Howell lr., Stephen IIovell Sag nefous Major Cochrane find headgear Tony). On his gravestone appear,I at
llarlml• connpany, Samuel L'11 c.- tors at Sagaponack, Every FlIs the words "An honest muff, slat i' co
dice; Bridgehannpton cmmpslnios,Dan- Hampton ratan capable of bearinigoocl patriot.,, s}-
Rd I[edgos, John Sandford. ;LColonul Duals, had signed in support of th An historical authority of note says j
David Mulford; of East FContinental Congress; with minor ex of the Long Islanders who remained! `
behind after the refugees fled "For'
g Commodore Hardy was evidently per. It is indicated, too, that
.seven years they took good British content to let well enough alone and prou-
gold for produce." If they did- they leave the shore people unmolested at 'ably the psoric did not visit the post
also gave up much requisitioned goods first arrival• hater; aroused by tor- 'office three or four times a day, as
which were never accounted or Paid.pedo attacks, oil his fleet, lie lannctl now, for there.is an unusually long
P list of advertised letters' nearly 100
fO1'• reprisals and (lid .attack Sag Harbor, of them,
In the war of 1812, Drigadief Gen-.but wasrepelled, militia having been
e'ul Rose wrote H. P. Dering, of Sag' ;rationed there by that time, the stint- G. Hill & Co. Among the Advertisers
flasher: "It seems the British left mer of 1814. Not a single Long Isl- Silas H. Clark was a "boot and shoe
pay for what they took, which I con- and man lost his life;on Long Island, manufacturer" in Mattituek; J.
ler n bad thing as it has a tendency in the war of 1812, Douglas & Sells of Sag Harbor had a
f.,. ronl our patriotism." There were two Sag IIarbor •young. quantity of winter strained sperm
little has been written about men who fought with Capt, Paul whale oil for sale; G. Hill & Co, of
1 ',•''tad - part in the war of Jolles, on board the ship Ranger 'Ii Riverhead guaranteed to please all
1 i (' editions appeal to have been this war. They were Reubin Ricker who wanted "monuments, tablets,
SO li huf difl'°renh at that time than mid John Ricker. tomb stones, gravestones, or any
at Ow tiow of the revolution. When, In the Tompkins Papers, vol, 1, .p, other style of work;" Wells & Grif-
il,nwn„dna• Sir Violas, Ila rdy. 474, is given a list of the rima dc- fine of Riverhead were selling '"Long
(brought his sect to anchor in Gar tached front the East Hamilton regi- Island Balsam, a new and valuable
diner's Bay in June, 1813, to blockade 'rent commanded by Lt. Col. Isaac medicine for coughs, colds, whooping
Che eastern enhance ofLong`Island 14'icl:hanr, who aided in the defense of cough,(bleeding £rani the lungs, etc.;"
Sound and shut off the cmerce of Sag Harbor. They were Henry Top- for 65 dollars” you could buy a Ca-
New York, New London andSa Har- Ping, sorgt., Jonathan Cood, sergt., harts Patent Melodeon, which, "as a
hot,, he offered to pay all requisitions William Corwithe, L•„ and privates us Parlor instrument has a decided pref-
of .cattle needed to feed the nnaiiof his 'ollows: Charles Lester, Charles erence to any in the world."
cmnmmnd. Mr. Daring. appealed for. Lopping,' Luther Sayre, Pc-ecr Payn; Packets were advertised to run
aid and stated the Americans'were iii Henry Parker; Judah Smith, Stephen weekly fra:a Sag Harbor to New
such desperate ;traits they "could not tagger, Phineas M. Cooper, DaYork, with no particular clays for
Prevent the meaty front obtainingJennings, John Farming, jr., John sailing. The railroad was not then
Goodale, in operation to Sag IIarbor, Its near-
take."es, for they Pay foo what tic+ Dayton, Josiahre, ChJohn I, Jag-The Rose-Devin coi•res of Ser, Francis Sayre, Christopher Jag•- est depot was at Greenport, and th r,
g p steamer Statesman made an extra:
dente is most interesting. Derhng 3et', George Banbr, Isaac Sayre, Petrip "to meet the 4 o'clock train from
writes: There is scarcely a family in eg Rogers, John Fordhar% Miller Brooklyn every Saturday," "The
Sag Harbor, but have removed. their fling, Stephen Colliding, Nathani,! favorite and fast steamer Cricket"
"lost valuable effects," and ,,,gas that dliller, Jeremiah Talmage, John was running from Hartford to Sag
itlllitary stores (there was all aasellai 3ann., ,jr., all good old Long Island Harbor; Congdon & Co. advertised
built at Sag Harbor in 1810,), "should `a'l'es• slid many of them forbears of that "whalemen would do well to give
not remain here unprotected who n pri- families living at eastern Long Isl- us a call for segars;" they had 30,000
vote property is thought insecure.". and today. of them, the advertisements reads-
an e - an apparatus to make daguerreotypes
lim se of Riverhead and (Photographs) is for sale.
Spicer Dayton dins. a taw office Op-
"Yvwi-c h. , / 7 2.t. ,- / ?,-� posite the Court House in Riverhead
IF VrK� �y • --but the Court House then was on
Sag arbor 73 ears Ago is Main street, where Perkins & Co.'s
store now is. Samuel D. Craig,
Given by Suffolk Gazette Quogue, sawyer, "attends .to Pion in
sional business of every description in
said county or elsewhere;" S. Kissam -
provides an interesting word pie- was practicing law at 130 Atlantic
That Riverhead had a newspaper ture of Riverhead and other Eastern street, Brooklyn, and Abrabam W.
three-quarters of a century ago and Long Island 'places as they existed Floyd at Setauket. The Clinton Ho-
that a copy of it dated in 1561—:73 nearly three-quarters of a century tel and oyster saloon, Thomas Ketch-
beck. For instance, the pa er in- �+ Proprietor, was doing business at
years ago—(then published in Sag No. 4 Atlantic street, Brookl n, next
Porins us that Sag Harbor .tae day yy
Harbor) is still in existence, was a before the issue of the Gazette sip- door to L. I. R. R. depot', and he made
special mention of the fact that he
discovery made a few days ago by neared had a most remarkable cele- also had "liquors and wines''by the
Harry D. Sleight of Sag Harbor, a ration of the 4th of July, a very cask or gallon."
well known local historian. 'largely attended affair, too— and
much to its credit may it be said that John Martin Drove the Stage
This paper was the Suffolk Gazette; not a sunirle instance of drunkenness The Suffolk Hotel of Riverhead,
and John Hancock was the editor. It or rowdyism is to be found on rec. _Jolm Cotnvin, proprietor, was doing
is learned that this paper was found- Ord," yet one of the advertisers in the P' 1 ' g
ed .In Riverhead, and after having ,paper informed tile public that he had business on the site where the present
wet goods" even to 'Sbarrels and Savings Bank Building in Riverhead
been published here for a year m' bwO half-barrels of a superior quality of stands, and Stir. Corwin announced
it moved to Sag Harbor,,later return-. of ale, also porter, bottled or barrels that John Martin will be in readiness
in to Riverhead "to die." Probabl - + ;eith n es on the arrival of cars to
g k any quantity at the lowest mar- `lug
e5
many residents here now veto 1 let price." convey passengers n the house or Co
the early paper—the first one pprinted The Gazette seemed to be the gen- any part of the Island:'
in this town, it is believed. If they oral paper for the entire East End of G. & C. Brown of Sag Harbor were
do, or if they knew Mr. Hancock,who the county, and, carried advertisingcalling special attention to their red
William-
he was outside of (being editor of the front nearly all sections. George Halhomespun flannel;' -Smith & W5Helen
Gazette, the News would be glad to;Bey was then Postmaster at gag Har- sen had josh received by sloop Helen
hear from them. •bor, and apparently the postmasters Smith a Mone ed shootings
he of goods, in-
hear
The Vapor that found its way to throughout the county were very kind eluding bleached sh ati yard,
at from
Mr, Sleight—dated, as noted, in 1861 to the Gazette, for nearly all of them 6 eta to 1 shilling per yard, prints
are listed as being agents for the pa- l from 4d to 11 els per yanl, bed tick-
1 y/ {1 1t@�/ g.
ing from 8d to I shilling per yard:' n �g 'NBq�opf g �p� for nothing. He got the ,lab of the
The New York letter to the Ga- A ! HIS 72E Y regular• to collector. 110 noon ,Clio
zette, signed by `Alfred," said in rg.�yy�� p� gy g pp1, ("i's let
I ills position lane~ were pod;
part: 9,9,9.6SIN.,.Of RIVER,A EAD � is nadto be—bu+ money wr alto
A rumor is afloat clown town to- A ZZZ!!!G1���tltltl 11199H9. �a XaIIL��YYY...::99dD 'tig•ht and t curious cu rn;v. r crr-
day that Mr. Phalan, the owner of ettlation required that n collector have
the celebrated Broadway Hair Dress- -- special knowledge to know the real
ing Saloon, has got the start of the :. Act Passel ill 1792 to Provide pe,umic r.,r. l po k w t r
Hydropathists, and purchased Bar- a as a medium of e ehinge. -
nnm's villa near Bridgeport, Conn., for the Care u$ lane Old aYlai
Jttst het the flirt town a nihrs' `-
naidely known by the name of Iranis- lT1CllgCllt •— They Were ' ivas held in F;iceirhead, is tioubsful. '""
tan. What Mr. Phalon can want of u n ee
. .such a .piece of property I cannot harmed Put." ,Atter rt house,
t of the tongs}' heal),
imagine; but one thing is certain he of `� or uaue't horse, town meetings there
never ventures into any sneculatior in looking up the history of River convened. A new court house •a a=
that is not likely to pay enormously- head one is impressed by early pro. built and the old then used as it public
and it is quite possible that he anj vision made for the old and indigent. hall. John Downs hiilt a brick bl,-(4
Barnum are working, together in this The town, as a town, did not fiuletion in 1813 and then toren ureetinti rs n<•vrc
matter for the purpose of making a until 143 years after original held in that buildir The old cl ton
big haul out of somebody. I also on. Southold purchase of lands. One of of ')per nnP tmvn n
re, es b, reale;
derstand that Barnum is preparing to the earliest acts of the People as- or;�eiding a cl:ai>tei• of Scr•inture ,rz-
make a tour of Europe with his fam. '.Seuddod in town meeting on April 3, va. -d us Tato P% 1869.
have heard it
;The site of Riverliead village, cen-
ilyAnd "Alfred" also speaks about a Lave, was to "farm fsaid file' the Poor. I trap m station, vary o.: access 0r; roe:.
Pfile un£mtrmates
new dress for women: "A large genu- in the colonial seP.11emeit:; were efien��, or water, despite ?re mise-raiile cor-
1 ber of ladies favorable .to the new "Little better than white zl oyes." 7 ha: clition of, filo roadr the I1tLit,t.e
costume convened at Hoe Chapel one than trail in T some to calif , . 'o
P P may have been so in some ]ocalitr ,
day last week to discuss the question, but it will not apply in rile Cast i i 'ion ct ii ch lice as hr. slur c for-n.
of its immediate ado ion, Several Lang Island plantation There were The cue r L we her t Riverhead fo
resole new cos- til t t '27, 1'saves anIndian slaves, ''Jath
Thel
tume were passed after spirited de- the act of the .State doing away wits : ?'.n ct haus year a snnail frame team
bate. Several of the officers of the slavery, soon after 1800. The object, : ]House had been erected. It was alll
meeting were dressed in the new cos- of charity, in Southold town, and ui1'couth structure of tine plainest arch-I
tume and I was given to understand , Riverhead tonna, waif provided with. itectural ddsign and co,,birlerd cheek
by n young lady present, who, by the 'homes in "good families.". double purpose of meeting room and:
way, wore an exceedingly well cut ,Riverhead held a Public vendue jai 1.
gpair of pantaloons, that quite a num- In a sl, 'e
er of ladies have ordered mew suits," down,April 17, 1792. The bidding was Hor. Georgee Me•illone)lealearns., Thal
instead of up. The process was
And Butter Was 12 Cents Per Pound somewhat similar to the practice now coveter Dower of the village had been i
Aceordin to the official aces prevailing-of bidding for lauds sold a' Irtilized fur n saw mill, the propricto
g p county tax sales, The lowest bidden. having' as early as 1069 granted tel
printed in the Gazette on the day of at the Riverhead vendue of 1792 John Tooker and Joshua Morton the
its issue you could buy -butter at re agreed. to sign a contract to care for; Privilege of establishing such n mill,)
1and 14 cents per pound;. eggs were s• g with h snmll y
12Vs cents per dozen; English hay, individual persons, who by sicloress,, quantity of ]and adjoin-;
$9 and $10 per ton; oat straw, $5 and misfortune or "acts of God" wave on- ing.,
$6; salt pork was 8 cents per pound; able to care for themselves. So we Opening- of this mill and iniproye-,
hams, 1.0 cents; and you could buy a find that the town.decided to pay each men of ]ands, necessity of procuring)
.cor,l shellac for $7 or $8, but on the week: for the keep df li niy hii;g, by or' builds 9 Sips fo carry away sawed
I other hand wheat wee $1'per bushel; John Corwin 7 shillings a w eck : Abl brains len to dael:enin of the Peconic
rye, 75 cents; corn, 76 cents; geese Bail Terry to Ambrose Horten, 9.shilli er. '"loops of con.nderable harden.
feathers were 44 cents per pound, and lings, 10d; Bethiah Reeve to licitly v rebuilt at convenient Place close
wool was 25 cents and 40 cents. Corwin, 2 shilling, 9d., of,. o fairly deer water. To IIs. Mr.
l After the Gazette had moved back .The practice of `farming out' the, filler, the historian is obhgetei fa•
to Riverhead from Sag Harbor and poor was not entirely sate factor .'information regarding the fir,_t con-
suspended publication, . Washington About 1830 it was proposed [o burp, +eyance of real estate nn Piiencad.
VanZandt established the Suffolk a county almshouse. The llivei-hood Here are some items:
Union in Riverhead in 1859; its pub- supervisor was instructed by vote to 1711—John Parker bnul,h� fun
lication continued to 1862-3 when its oppose it. In 1832 the town nnect'ag John Tooker, 400 acree, boumled ensu
office was destroyed by fire and the resolved that the supervisor and "110 by Pail is lard, south by Pccm�ic
taper's career was ended. In 1866 overseers of the poor buy a poor r"arm' river, west by \hi idow Cooper's land,.
uell G. Davis established the Suffolk The sum of $800 was made available, north b,i the Sourd. (Parker aso
County Monitor in Riverhead, but its all to be raised by tax that year. .9 owned lane?s on the south side of Pe-1
life was shout, for it quit the follow- House and lands wore bought at Lower
ing year. Then James B. Slade in Ayuehogue. The purchase was err °nlc 1720-Deed of Pito John Pa i cr W
1868 established the Riverhead News, 1),o.r.ed fn 1833 and the town neotmc Jo e ih Wickbann •gad Abigail Wie-'
jwhicil is still going strong, appointed a committee to visit the ?,
Palma and attend to 'Gila needs of :I ham, his daughter all hi Ind gmPo�
sof Peconic rhen• to said Joseph o'
poor. Visits were to be made at least life and then to 1»s daughter and her
mice a month' heirs; her husband died .1743;
Collection of taxes for support of widow' died 1780, and her oldest sen,
the Boor occasioned keen political,Par1cr, inherited her estate, ndhich
rivalry. It was a custonn to give ll was confiscated after the war mid''
non the lob who would collect tic.ev`purehased by General Floyd, who sold
for the lowest comunission. Prom 3 to
6 percent were the rates of cmnthe proPet• y to Mr. Jagger.missi"n' 1753—Thomas Panning sok(" his
prevailing. Personal differences be- hotel y, 13o acres, with. .the
twee, individuals at nnh time caa"ddal as for as the saw grill, to John
it roan to..offer to collect the.poor taxa= Grifning for 1,0oo pounds cterinr;'..
171b John. Grilling to Nathalne.HISTORY if r[`9jE the 'portion of this patent lying be-
Frrlinq, his con, his land south of ilio J tween the Manor line and Pecouic
mEh of t with the grist mill and !d: ToFI� �1 ����� �� river was touted to c Lhe town of
1- �
of till, stream, consid,ratimn, 500 Southold by the earlic t legislative di-
pound st tltng (John Grilling,', vision of the towns, and th t people)
ate ot, c,as It refugee who went to i /, 7 5 of Southold purchased o£ Judge Si Lith
C onneeti nt when the British oerupecL, ✓ ^'- the land north of Pecans rivet and
II of Long Island He took his ivnily This is the First Instaliillent. OLt allotted is
uityh him, I-II: died in Connecticut in
I/ tiinUc ate. All his e state deseetd-c a Series Of Interesting Ar Theeeeoisnno it)]Ic it, �theerecord s of
,d to 'his eldest sen, John, who oc i tides Relative to the Coun- the town et Southold to show that
tprcd thr property until he Gt o
old it
t Seat and �7icinity Which that l ownecvcrstnade11 ea recorded ealloot
t> Lenjanun tirewster
ews about 1800.) Y
etUoat 1810.—Brewster conveyed to Will Be Pub@isb Yil The
menC of`thcu•.dnnd^ »out within the
( u " 1; C uf{m g', I;h, your est-so» �eVieW. town a£ Rivc.nccad, 13nt most of the
o loliuGri not , the Ode he, within proprietor took t lands severally
t c n, coilcya d to his btolic W'il (]I S•) allotted to then without entering thy ,
Len Grifli tg sato, on record. It appears that mI
SSIA—( many family ronveyca `n At the Conte vuil n. Gir:than lulY Tooker and Joshua llorton the p oh
John P. Tutt. in 1864 4, 1876, the Irate Ilan story c vlitile 1059 the dJoshua prion t to John
I have on .o,;d uutho it;✓ that Gen- contributed a brief 11 of tie lag, of builifil L I ,.aw 111111 on Pe- I
town of Riveihooill. It Was teal by
al P,o, d nog. only owned proPt n.fhc the late 1Ion Ttneothy M. Gxif(•ng. conic rive with a little ]and. Tooker
Lot t acres of kind
iverhr ad Int it c nnpany With lie crednL to the anise from in
John Parker,conveyed
east by Par
th Non. 11 oe Sas Jcf orsOn and Hon• which taken, the (lot'," Published bre Peconic river,
Jan:'s Muarsot paid t visit to Pi✓ey_ low is added to the lustoueei paper;. tea's land, south by
read and st peed at the "old lloLcl ni' alrealy printed in lar GeuN,rr Pee- west by widow., Cooper's land, and
tavcru." 'L'his was in •January, 1791, The Millet paper of 18'76, Borth by the Sound. Parker owned
yr iter Jefferson, i4Gadi '31 and Floyd view.
t printed in leaflet form, is rare and the laud on the south side of
visiCed the Pusspa'tueic Indian sett.,- 1 '
naent in P,rookUaven town and there valuable. A Ecru copies, for private
Paicer eonvoyedlr Coll seph eed of iWicichax»
distribution, were struck off,
obtained a vocabulary of the Tndian all his lore) north of Peconic rive• to
lann.uage canestingj of 162 v✓orris and proof sheets are printed today. Theile and AUigail Wickham, his daughter,
leaflets tell how: the said Joseph for life and then to
numerals. The party also went to the Riverhead Town Bounds.
sottlenient of the Montauk Indian„ The town of Riverhead embraces illi his daughter and her heirs. Her died
at that time brown a Ashawach, near of that Part of the town of Santhuid, band di ,acid hes9iildestss ne,l Parker �
Three Mile Harbor in Last Hannnt;l n easterly .by the east line of the Al- inherited her estate, which was colt'
own, and there secured a ocabuluy Uet L.,mn talon ' ra callod, extending
of the 'dvlonCank Ltc'reun This vocal)-
from the fiend to the boy,and chding discated after the war and purchased
uht •v was subsequently lost by a` belonging to the lite Israel Panning: by Ger Floyd, who sold the property c
cideyrt atria, Petmmftc river, southerly by Peainm bay and Pecos, to Mr. iaSold t Hotel Property
Whether General -P✓ashingtet eves river, and westerly by,the town of
stop9ed in Riverhead is questionable. Br.eoldinve». The Original east. lin. In 1773 Thoons Panning sold the
It is possible he did, as it is claimed its of that town 6tendcd from a pePpm• hotel property;the acres, with the,
at one time stoPned at Yo Clarl:- idge tree standing "at the head of , dam. as fax as the saw still, to John
P rv,rn in Gre aPn e I an sa is1 eel ! small .brook that, rupneth into the Grilling Sot ya,000. Bi 17cd his land So John
that tviiu. Washington wass-on hon^,' crock called P nngtiacunsuck," (WhichL thc theGrihighway,with the grist Millhand
Island ho n:^ver visited Sag •H'arbor, a is Wading River creelQ,
land. It h.. went fano the east eel tree stood neatly Opposite the house Griffing, his con, tri 1,2'Whi John
place of embarkation For New �Bng'- Sound and uo11tr to the occur. The 3iis ,Part of th, stn vin, to Nat ane
of Lou.. Island in New. England by late of Gabriel Mills;. deceased, it wentito ng was a Patriotic Whig and
!vonid nhavc"�alcholntndi ate sthe no - ai8id6 has evethe r U enof c regarded'ert III Casbthe when the war camee cn with
there
,.lents" who .'ic-pt journals of the most bound between the two towns. The in 1480, intestate, and all his esWho
tate
� trivible
,aIndail Lacllnrlocaletvalleela�' r ws� anrlrrnnst of cChewot fWle said a ling.Rivetthcreek occupied descended the co le 1),Olerty,loot to hie sold
8
,aper-
Its c;;.had
u, 1791, and both and cast
to tie Won en, but the town it to Ber,7amin..Brewster about t is
within tea years, conveyed it .n
Southn Its and usual.Hampton'Town ceded it to R1Ve1'11cad, on condition beginning of .the nineteenth cell
i�
Pauper that lived thane. Bartlett Ca IIfmg, the conveyed
eco of
T4s aural; often make tole a incidents that the litter Lowen should supporta IIe,
aside frmtr the router work o_ th:: p 1
tr wn :nretvt a'.a mid clerk's duties, The pataiiL of the town o1' Southold John Guffng the'tlder, mrd be,wit un
was bounded ap 'thy south hyalin. 'r veer, convkyed it Ui his anvlyeit
Wl err Jetfo.�son, Maclison and Floyd r.imniugg'' from the bead of Red Creels William Gr ifl'iug, in whose f•
etopi:ed while in East I-Ia Ilton town to the head'of the said brook at NVad- ever after Tera, in until conveyed
Perhaps someone nxay tell. As one Ing, River. it crcosed the Peconic to John P. 'ferry, in 1864. The main
)elves mt ash forgotten history of river rat Riverhead. in the neighUor. building of this hotel was erected by
Eastern Tong' Island is brcught to hood of the waste gate, and front the Moses Grilling: The Long 161-
Eastern
the sort toe... and House still oreupies a Pait of the
thence westward. It has always been botel owned the
a ]mown lmc,.,aad at huld�murk be- until t�tlwas bought shy John P.rTer y
tween the Atv isiohs of lardlying
north and south of it. The land oillandlot'd7
Henryffin
Gri 's Hotelthe south wns grunted ,bY theColon- Henry L. Gri(lin owned a L•irgc
ill .Governor to Che S
ief .Tmstinaith
by a Patent Oil" Got on the west by hotel
of tile e Gn iflin railroad
builttill 1862
the Brookhaven line; on bhe north- 1 John
cast,by the Manor line to a eline eex. Corwinsrwasl•built eon laParty or tore
thence southeasterly by
ter•ding from the Red creek to the same property in the year 182:1, firs-
head of 5eatmck._:It_s hot evod. that is gaedwnnde oi:eneerwardsn'gyelP ill 1934.
its for thirty years. He commenced d ram and looking the adioiniriv
'file village of Riverhead for nearly oractice very early in Che nineteenth
Thirty yeas after the ncvolution re Pots ar.d gardens, cellars earl via ver
n aun d .,tatiml try. with but four century and died un 1340, Dr. Joseph nose comfortable and valuable.
houses, viz, the Crifiing Hotel, Joseph Doane •practiced in the village twelve I f filer
Osborn,!; house on Terry and Wells' years and died in 1847, Dr. Conklin. HISTORY
�� � �
,comer. David dmq'ger's hoose, and %vas the first physician in the town. OR BBB...DDD
the mill hou:;e built by ihriuse, Al- He lived and practiced at Lower �sp�p+ppp
benLmill ne owner of ilii trust mill Agxiebogue.. If OWN OF RIVE HEAD
David Hort(en lived in the Court Savings Panic 1872. ie 89
'ho; .c ❑ul 1:epU the jail 'Stephen The Riverhead Savings Bank was -
Cxithnq• occupied the place of D: 'rgattized ut 1872 Richard H. Belll w r
Thomas Osborn. arain then was president. There Agicilltnre and Business Of
In 1815, Nathaniel Gvillhc;r, ,i a'., - re twerty trustees whose services Every Kind at Y.,O'8V Ebb at
.built The hou"n oceu,pied in ILti7G byl;vcre gratuitous. In 1876 there was Y
Mr, Miller, on premises ids fathern vested $200,000. Close of Revolutionary War
had purchased forty years before, live The centennial year Riverhead had
Built McDonough After War.ar. fire engine companies. Red Bird, First Court House in l�.iVe9'-
The same year. Hubbard and Wells organized m SR38. In 1876 it had head Built in a727�8.
n tariffing .built the sloop McDauoig,h, two hand pumping engines and forty f
Che forst vessel built in Riverheai pembers. Gilbert H. Ketcham was II
after the won. They ran her until foreman. The second, Washm tv;,
vac organized it 1862. It had mm gutfolk county School histories give
i 1825 at (I Uhr_u ,cid het' and built the and engine, and a steant ploopind
but meagre information concerning
sloop Paci;ic, Afterwards Capt. mneme purchased in 1875; inciah n- Ute early yews ek Riverhead town and
is continued a valuable
Names Horton booght the McDonough, ship was thirty-six, and Oliver A. village. Here
rebuilt-her, and run het• many Years Terry was foreman, historical address written by .the late
and sold her. The McDonough wart Au early individual enterprise was,Judge Miller for a centennial, ob-
still �tilont. in 1876, plyin • Lou-- Isl- servance, in 1876, and read by the late
g pertained by the late Isaac a canal'Don Tinbothy M. Griffng, of River-
and Sound as a freight packet. At, sr., Uy which in 15348 he du-g• a canal'Don
Aside from editing the old
that time the vessel, iu ;rood condi over eighty rods long, and moved his Script and making some changes �of
tion, here nut the quality of Long Isl-'I gist n¢Il trent the daur on Little: P
and live oak and honest labor of Long river to the village at the verge of tease and sequence, the paper, now
Islard shipwrights in vessels they Great river. valuable Ili collections of bibliophiles,
shaped. Charles Hallett contributed much i is published almost verbatim, to round
Mills •wd luauaricc to the growth ar-d material prosperity out historical facts concerning River-
Mills
aurin Brewst:or bnughC the head already printed in THE COUNTY
J of Riverhead village. In 1856 he Revmew:
_;gist mill of William Albertson and ;carted a planing mill, n,ait 9 to soma Agriculture at Low Ebb
:•urn it some ;cars after the war of extent both steam and water power, At the close of the Revolution agri-
1812. During that tittle it was burnt, ,y.hich finally passed into other hands. culture was at a .low ebb in River-
11r. Brewster got his insurance and !n 1866 he built. a steam ,planing mill head, as well as business of every
rebuilt the still, setting it on an a n;n the north side of the river, which other kind, The cultivated lands had
bow of the clan, which he carried a lid a large business—the first year
_onsiderable distance northeast frmm o the amount of $22,000, and in tlw been worked down and. become without
poor,
`he former site. When he sold hie and ilii people were Ins hwa fel-
the 1373 and ]874 the business tilisers, Manuring' with fish was then
hotel, about 1.308, he built the better a,nourted to $125,000- a ,year, and his unknown and the people of this
:ate of Hubbard Grifiing', deceased. uyroll was $32;000 in 18733 and $84: branch of the Island went to Corson
which he occupied until he sold the '10 in 1874. He then rented h;.-,, Stearn and Middle Island with their horse
rill to Ezra Hallocic. In 1824 the claiming mill to Weeks & Millard. carts to bay rye to live on. People
;rist mill was overhauled. and greatly The Paper MiIL were deeply lin debt according to their
improved with new, water wheels. In In 1870 Mr. Hallett starter] a paper means of payment, As an illustration
:hat sunxnter the water was drawn hill for snaking board paper of straw.
ml£ the mill rand, causing, as it was of this, it appears from the records
1 '.n 18'72 he ^tasted a flourin;;• mill that more than 100 writs were return-
tupposed, considerable sicknces, still fitted for making 41oui' by a new pro- able to the Court of Common Pleas
souse deaths. :css. He ran the mill with much site of this county during' the first year
In 1825 Riverhead had considerably :ess, commanding-,patronage, by the after the war. Before, or soon after
idvanced and increased. Moses ;aih.oad, from• Queens county. Ili, the. beginning of the nineteenth ccn-
.,levelancd hall set up a shoe shop, caper mill was much improved by 'Itury, bunker fishing for manure was
Ind Jecdediah Conklin a blacksmith new inventions, adopted to the Pres- begun by the farmers, This soon int-
;hop, both of whom were active was'' tare of the times. Very sures proved their circumstances, enabled
ass men. There were three stores- it
board was tanned out and sol( them to raise good crops, and produce
:c•)t by Elijah Terry, William Jag- it a PIotft. manure from other sources so as to
°m• and William Grilling, jr. Bum. The Channel Deepene:I. nuke their land permanently good,
was and population had greatly in- The village of Riverhead receive" and the condition of the people very
rc tzed by 1876. 'There were then great be
from the iun.provements much improved. Buying fertilizer from
went.y stares, three drug shops, foe if Rhe channel of the river. Coir abroad was not then practiced, John
'elitists, real botcher shops, five ph.v� ,rens made three npprnpriation s, be Woodhull was the first man of River;icians, six lawyers, five churchee Fare 1876, anoumting in the aggregate head town to buy ashes for fertilizing
Intl a large Union school. 10 $25,000, The State appx•opriatec' the land, arid it enabled him to make
A large bride store on Bridpc ;5 000, all of which was carefully ex hay superior to that of his neighbors.
;Lreet was built Ili 18o4 by David I'• eacled in deepening the river cwanla TUC lie owned the only .steel spring
Jail, John Vail built his brick block el by a steam excavator. The result carriage
in Clne town, and about that
at the corner of Main street and ,:as.not only very favorable to nevi' time it twas thought quite all improve
Mill g. avenue, in 1871-1872. The ration, but it capsed the water .to ren- intent for the hotel it Riverhead to
'4essrc. Hill built their three-stow ,,T at Low tide nearly a foot lower, have. a sulky .with wooden springs
Double brick store on -lain •street if, while it very.unexpectedly pr•eventel and thorough-braces,
374• it high tide a rise of water as fon First Trains in 1844.
Dr. Thomas Osborn was the fi;st I irly prevailed vdth an east wind, ren' The Long Island railroad com-
hysician in Riverhead and the only �_lcring great advantage ,,,a
tug mil'_ located rmining the hist day pt July,
1814. The passenger train rain three i - Perkins' Mills
times a weelrand so continued Ir
throlt ' Woolenmoved into Suffolk County and pro(-
he ensuing, winter and prubal y: In 1828 John Perkins. became o ticed law a number of years; and!Silas
the
e•. In 1825 the mail was brought; PrOP'ietnr in the water power tar' Wood of Huntington Blind alet
ata
oblislied a woolen factor can-
to Riverhead once a week by a one- factory, o1 Jamaica, a man of high
horse wagon, and if one went to New I timed up to 1876 (and later.) It was standing, practiced law in the county
York by stooge, .me must cross over.,ever regarded as very valuable to the many years. These are all the ntenn-
to C)uogue and reach the city by thQ people on botlSsides of the Island, bens of the Bar who had ceased to
mail stage through on the middh!facilitated the transition from spin' practice in the county her Ove 1825.
country road. Passengers would offer ring• and weaving cloth at home to When Judge Mille• was admitted to
•hurt at Riverhead at noon, stay a' carrying wool to the factory and talc- the Bar the practicing- lawyers in
Thomas IIallocics at the Branch thr ing' manufactured cloth }u return. !A. were: Abraham SlunnW Charles
'first night, and arrive at Brooklyn The factory was running during the, iA Floyd, 5elah B. Strong, William I'.
'tad-
oward evoninir the next day. Afte life of Mr. Pealcins, who died Ili 1800, BCtffett, Abraham T. Rose, Hugh hese.
-;orae years there were two trails a after his death Uy his sons, merchants sey and Daniel Robert. All these.,
a'eck, Fdity years neo Riverhead liar of Riverhead. b A Digger and better I together with every officer who then
`.he mail to and from New Yorl woolen factory was built by tine late attended the Covlr6, had (lied before
'twice a day, and three trains a day it Mr. Perkins in 1845. 1870, except Mr. Robert, then living.
':he snnuner. Law art New Iltrech C. He attended all
No part, of the Lown of Rivenc�ai The first Courthouse was built at Com•ts and was on of the leading
had increased so much, by 1870, so Riverhead in 1728. The Court was advocates until 1831.
rapidly in agricultural wealth, as first held on the last Tuesday it! The first judges uveae Scion Strong,
Nm•Cltville. 'flint village', and the September, 1728. the elder; Abraham Woodhull,Thomas
whole extent of the north t»:ad to An order was tittered that all S Strong, Joshua Smith, Jonathan
Wading River, proved that the early Process should be returnable at the Conklin, Hugh Hulsey, Abraham T.
historinns of the town niisconceivccl County Hall, and that is what it was Rose, William P. Buffett, J. Lawrence
Che chartncher of n large pant of the called. Before that the Courts Vf- Smith, George Miller, Henry P.
lands in the town not then brought pear to have been held alternately in pledges mrd Joint R. Reid.
.uuler cultivation. 7'Ilev are, in fac•.t th'e towns o£ Southold and southaup- Lardy members of Assembly of
valuable for that purpose and lin] Con. The fit•st term of the Common 2ive•hcad Lown arc: Capt, Jelin
been much in']that . Pleas was hold after the war on rhr. Wells. Usher 111. Nlooie, who was also
vessel; Built at Wading River last Tuesday of 'March, 1784. F::ra, Inn member of the Constitutional con-
Wadtng River, before 1526, had a L'Honumedieu and Abraham Skinner vection in 1821; Capt. Noah Youngs,
,-(led deal of eiterprisd in the coast- were both then admitted to practice as i John Terry, David Warner, George
ing basilicas, and built sonic valuable attorneys nod there arrears on the i Howell, Sohn C. Davis, James Hub
. T
vessels for• the trade and launched records no other lawyers. Mr. hill, John S. Marcy and Nathan D.
Chem into the Sound. The railroad, L'Hmmn'edicu was Clerk of the Petty.
which has done so .much for tine pros- county, which office he held twenty- The Clerk's office was built at
pe•ity of other parts of tile as
e tot, join, six years, during which time he was Riverhead in 1846. A new Court
rather tended to retard the growth of for one tern a Member of Congress House was built in 1850. In 1875 the
Wading River (1870.) mrd many years a State Senator, be- first (pork's office was sold and a
The village of James Dort came into sides having a very large practice as rev, building erected ['or the Clerk
being, with the last half of the Cen- attorney, having over eighty writs and Surra rte's offices.
tennial period.' It is built on Min- returnable in the Common Pleas in B Religion
mog•ue Point. The wharf was built in one year. At the time of the Revolution it is
1,833 and the hotel in 1830. It had (Ed. note—In length and variety of believed that the only places of-wor-
grown to be a considerable village, by public service in Suffolk County, the ship in Riverhead town were at Lower
1876; is very pleasantly Situated f&r record of Ezra L'pionmedieu, late of Aquebogue, Upper Aquebogue and
a sununer resort, enjoying great ail• (Southold, outrivals all other occupants Wading River, the fust BPresbyterion
vantages for the navigation of the of. official position. IIe was ,delegate and the other two Congregational. At
bay to the four successive Provincial Con- Baiting 'hollow a Ceng'regatletlal
The Forge gresses, the first being held in 1775. house of worship was erected in 1802 ',
About, 1707 Jeremiah Petty.built i For six years, from 1777, he repre- and built anew about 1839. In 181s
forge for making bar iron, on Poe.onic seated the county in Assembly. Ile separate worshtip was set uP 'by'I
river, at .the Forge pond, where h( was a member of the first Board of Swedenborgians and in 1839 a house
did business until his death, afts' Regents of. the University in 1784. of worship was erected by them. In; i
which, in 1799, the Property was Pur For.twenty-four years he was a "nem- Wading Rival, the first house was
chased by Solman Townsend, of New ber of the State Senate, between hniltahuut 1750 and a new house }vas
York, who did business there for e 1784 and 1809, with exception of the erected in 1837. In Lower Aquebogue
while, and after his death and it year 1792-1793. IIe was a member of the fat
first house was built in 1734; '
187.8 .the Property was sold by bill the Council of Appointment i" 1784 was repaired in 1830 and rebuilt in
administrators to Bartholomew Col- and .1789. IIe was County Clerk for 1862 The church sonic years ago
'fins, since that time little business twenty-six •years,\Troll' 1704 to 1812,. became -Congregational. At Upper
has been done with the large ware with. exception of 1811. His tern of Aquebogue a house of worship.was
Power of the mill pond except as r public service stretched over thirty- erected n' the forepart of the eight-
reservoir for the mills below. About seven years.) tie th century, In 1707 a new church
1870-1876 the water had been drawl, Daniel Osbe'n, the father of the was built. In 1833 it was remodelled
off dwning the summer far the Par- late -Hull Osborn and of Dr. Thomas and rebuilC. Anew church edifice was
nose of cultivating cranberries on the Osborn, was a member of the Bar acrd built in 1862, This society became in
bed of the pond. Ln 1876 the same, a member of Assembly in 1787; lie died a "'caure the mother of two other
use was made of the pond above on in 18014 (lull Osborn was a Practio- congregations. There was a sepan•a-
the same str•ca i by draining it ane ing, lawyer in Riverhead for many tion of the congregation in 1820 and
yet using the water of the river-above ..years until 1817,and was for one year the seceders built a house two miles
meas of a noel, The lin^c cleric of the county in 1810 (-11), He east of Riverhead. In 1834 this mew
Mills, so-rolled, ore mile above River- died, in 1834, very highly respected congregution harmoniously divided,
4cad village, on Peconic river, war as a man and a lawyer. and one portion took the meeting
the site of. a grist mdlh fulling mil' The other practicing lawyers in house and "loved it to Northville; the
and saw mill, all owned Uy Richard early times were George South of other portion removed to Riverhead,
AlUertsmr, the father and then th' Smithtown (he moved to Connecticut), receiving compensation for their in-
son, and built late in the eighteenth Joscph Strong of Orange.,Couaty,who terest in the building, and worshipped
century. .. - - -_ - - in_.the lower room..of the Seminary
l �
Building until 1841, when a Congre- sufferers from their troops and frori homes of descendants. The subiects
gational church was 'built, which was 'marauders (plunderers, they used to were often classical, ,such as "Ilce-
enlarged in the year 1866. lbs called), who carte from New Eng- tar's Parting with Andromache", a
The Methodist(Society in Riverhead land, so that the opportunities for tapestry shown at the 276th a che",it
organized do 1833 and their first se Lesevere small; and.then came or toobservance lain exhibit in Eat
ar ,
meeting house was built in 1834. A a generation during the war whose I'ra•npton in 1924. The stitches of
noble edifice was built in 1870. edneation wasevery limited, and no vm•hms colored sills rive the effect of
The Swedenborgian Society as or- considerable public provision was
ganized in 1839. Their house of wor- made for education until ding after raintira on black at, white satin. The
ship was built in 1866. Before the .tile war. In the early part of the da:�-, tenth thenanue and age of war!;-
erection of their church they occupied cirhteenth century there were two or, pi'•'aerved railer cola's, in a frame
a comfortable room as a place of war- senOolc taught by native teachers that. a.. antique device, add to the interest
ship, which was also used as a school were very connnnendable for those `° Phew treasured heirlooms. I14 c;,
room. times, and many young- men received B^^clncr nrantorl miniature:;. She wa:;
The Episcopalians commenced stated aneducation there which well fitted lade of suaeriar mind and a;racer..
worship in Riverhead in 1870, and in .then' for active life. We allude to t' An acco„nt. of fbis school is given it,
1873 they erected a neat chapel. 'schools kept at 'Upper and Lower th_e au(abiog'r,npliY Of Pr, hymen
The Ronan Catholic society held Aquebogue, the former by Josiah Beecher, London, 1863, chap. 22, vol
services for several years in the old Reeve, afterwards sheriff of the i.)"
Courthouse and in a house on East county, Ind the latter b'v Judge David .Girls' Opportunities Limited
street. In 1870 a handsome church Warner. No special efforts for extra The opportunities of girls in the
and parsonage were erected. education were made until the Frank- two academies of East Hampton and
At Jannesport a building was linville Academy was erected in the Huntington were in those days very
erected in 1839 and has been occulpied year 1832. That soon became a pros- secondary. Indeed academies at-
as a place of worship for the Meth- perous a'd efficient institution and forded inferior opportunities for
odist society since, and sometimes asmany young men were educated there. thorough education. They were gen-
a school house. �It continued to flourish for m:2nv coolly taught by young men who had
The village of Riverhead was in years and constituted
18 a new era in little primary education, but had de-
`o, aril always had been, a part ofeducation in tbirs part of the county voted their efforts to the classic„ and
the Coug•regational soceity of Upper and drew many pupils front, Other mathematics sufficiently to puss
Aquebogue. Mr. Swezey, the minister, towns. through college, and (luring their
statedly preached in the Courthouse The standard of female education progress to a profession taught aca-
every Other Friday afternoon or eve- op this branch of the Island was very, der,das and high schools, imparting
ling, and was entertained at Dr. Os- lew at this time. Indeed it had been chiefly
barn's. In March, 1827, a stated d such ]earning a they had been
weekly prayer"acting'was established co throughout nr. B parts e the oohed. Female education luno been
and ever afterward maintained.In county. When Dr. Beecher preached overlooked, or neglected, and thorough
June following a Sunday school with int East Hampton his wife. taught primary instruction nearly as oriel.
nearly 100 scholars was established in quite a class of female scholars from Riverhead. Female Seminary
the Courthouse and kept up except different parts of the county. The In.view of thio state of things Dr.
that it was not held in the winter, influence of those ceholars told very Joshua Fanning and Judge Miller
In 1828 at, 1829 meetings were held 'favorably upon the communities undertook to organize a Female Sem-
and a sermon read do the Courthouse (where they were afterwards located. tarry, and in the year 1834 erected
at 11 o'clock or the Sabbath and kept
With that exception we know of nno, the resent (1876) seminary building
Lit) for several years. At some time schools in the county for the special in the village of Riverhead. In the
ifterwards meetings were troll stead- education of females. spring of 1836 the school was began
(Ecol. Note:—Frothinghann's L. I. with good success. Its object was to
ily in the Courthouse air Sunday
evening, at which the Congregational IIerald of Jure 7, 1791, contains this give thorough instruction in all the
and Methodist ministers , preached advertisement — Young Lady's primary branches of in English edu-
altenately. So the two societies grew School. Will be opened on 'Monday, cation, with Latin and mathematics.
up together as the population in. May 23, at the Halt in this place (Sag•. The effect' o1' the school was almost
creased. Harbor.) A four o'clock school for nlag'tcal upon the community. The
Judge Miller observes that "We the reception of young holies, where idea:; of people in regard to fennala
thought then and we think still (in will be taught Reading, Writing, education were raised more than one
1876) that there was much more morale Arithmetic, English Grammar, Book hundred per cent. in a short time,
and religious influence for good exer- Reaping, still Elocution. All the and the difference in the estimate of
cised than if only one denomination above branches of Education will b2.. ccople in regard to thorough primary
had occupied the whole ground," taught in the Common School at the education soon 'became great and toll
HISTORY �� THE snore place, which will o Opened to 8 and the amination of the county,
r�, f�:
o'clock A. K. •uncl e der e at 4 o'clock and the examination were day ea the close
P M, at which tiro the Lady's School. of the terms were for years anion;
RIVER
�ry Z,I3�. will lin called in. Those. Gentlemen, the proudest days of Riverhead.
TOWN �� H6 C.4S®9 17 who please send their children to be At the beginning it was supposed
gEf Educated here, may depend on their that young ladies must be educated in
having their .Morals and Manners exclusive schools, but their, was after
-- carefully .inspected- by their ,humble a while found to be a ',»stake (in
(II. D. S.) servant Asa Partridge. �Sagg Har- Riverhead), and it is generally con-
This is the linal paper of the edited 'boar, May 10." :eded that schools of both sexes can
historical address prepared. by Judge (Ecol. Note:—Mrs. Lynn Beecher. be best governed aril instructed.
Miller and read. at to Centennial cele- themother of Henry Ward Beecher This seminary and nearly all other
bratiou, in 1876. The words are and Harriet Beecher Stowe had a schools in Riverhead.have been super-
Judge Miller's, arranged .and some- boarding school for your-- Indies in I ceded by the Union school, established
times revised within parenthesis, to East Iiam•pton, N. Y.,the fust decade in 1871, which has been a great site-
bring the data more lucidly to the of the nineteenth century. They were cess. A school of this kind sets under
reader of today: taught the accthe sanction of the law and is annen-
Edmration fashionable, and in painting soil eu- I able to.the judgment and good sense
There have. been .great advances (in broidery it degree of excellence was I of the whole comnurity, and has ad-
Riverhead) in the cause of education attained quite equal to that of H)e vantages fur discipline and good gov.
since the. Revolution. During that pre,ent daym
. Samples of exquisite °rnment which can never be enjoyed
war the Island was in possession of needlework lore by some of the girls by a private school.
the British, and the people were great are occitionally to be seen in the Health
gp�' ��7g PLACE
Riverhead h believed to be reef it �A E A9EA 9�
able for the lnealthfuhness of it Some of late seamen impressed were
Iainrate. There had been no prevail [ppy �gtrSq� Joshua Penny, a native of Southold;
n c: climatic diseases in the village nl IN EARL II A,2�L9 A oRy Lewis Osborne, of East Hampton;
to 1876, in fifty-two ,years (anti non, John Strong, of Wainscott; Reuben
since). The make of•the earth is sued IIedges, John Gann and Benjamin
that there caul Ile ro stagnant will �1'an.a.3. / (r• i 2 t Miller: The Long Island Fiera a of
shove Or below the ground,-and wntenf< er y+ April 19, 1707, prints this news:
fcr use is drawn from pure white Battle of Riverhead" Fought The schooner Peggy, Stephen-Hall,
Sand, which makes it perfect in quay In the 4�IaT o� 1812—Other master, on Passage from Curacoa to
itY, while it is as cool as desired.Sum: Sag'Harbor, was boarded by a British
n:er diseases, `�� Interesting Historical Facts. armee] brig hick at times prevail g belonging to Jamaica and
in almost every village, have neve,� had three men pressed. Capt. Hull
been prevalent in Riverhead. (II. D. S.) was sick at the time, and was under,
Salubrious Pine BarrensRiverhead folks must look to the 'the necessity of putting into Gape'
AC the south of Riverhead there isrecords of Southold Town for patriotic Nicola iMole, as he could not navigate
e pitch pun barren seven miles in exw.deeds of their ancestors Burin the his vessel for want of hands "
Curt, oven wh.eb the ocean UreeLes. S Riverhead men were working as
Ales, otter lorded at the start wit!;Revolutionary war. The town, as a shipwrights at (Sag I3nrbor before
folk• and dam�proc�s, which -aro all.town, remained Southold territory un- 1800 and Riverhead seamen were sail-
sorbed by the dry country over which til some years after declaration of ing on board whale ships and coast-�i
they pass. Fogs are very connnon on peace. Butrthe Riverhead and Brook- will vessels.
She son!th side, but rare at Riverhead:'haven fund Southampton and Southold ,The"Life mrd Adventures of Joshua
`n the spring the aroma from the pine liberty-loving offspring of the original Penny" may be found in the archives
"Orth is often perceived in tiff planters, did their Ta•t. They suf- of the Long Island Historical Society,
southerly breeze by strangers. fill,' fered great privation and loss of Occasionally a copy of this rare-book
dry pine tour try is probablg worldly goods when the British took is found. Mr. Pennypacker, the col-
little. inferior to the pine barren,. possession of all of Long Island. Many lector of Long Island imprints, found
at the South. which are often of them went to Connecticut as re- such a book, last winter. It is a
emght by invalids. It un if cabled lv fugees. A few were denouncedas
'Pas a favorable effect upon the ]malth,Tories and their lands declared forfeit -ronnnntic narrative and tells among
'If Riverhead. 'rhe sane causes, we po the new government at the con- other things lnow Percy attempted to
think-, render Jrnnespolf equal if not.elusion of hostilities, blow up Admiral -FIardy's flagship, on
snperfo• to ally watering piece on tin. Riverhead people will find their blockade in Gardiner's flay fn 1813,
rorth side cr Pell bay forebears no less patriotic than other and how the first submarine torpedo
In his concluding paragraph Judge section of Eastern Long Island. Those was then unsuccessfully used.
Miller says: "Our advantages for who seek affiliation with the D. of R., The people of Riverhead town were
education and the trainirg of chit- or the D. A. R„ who trace their sires particularly exasperated in the War
dren are vastly greater than they back to the strain of English pro- of 1.812' because vessels owned by
were, but do we improve them as wepprietors,have little difficulty,in estab- thenv had been captured by the enemy
should? Are children and. boys, just dishing a right.to join. If one goes and either burned or held for redemp-
passing• to manhood, restrained as further back it will be found- that the tion by their owners at exorbitant
they shoed be? The foundation and earlier militia assembled from the prices. They determined upon repri-
cornerstone of good government is settlements in 1673 to fight off the sals.
that boys should never :be suffered to Dutch, who held the west end of the Tine newspapers of the period speak
run at large in the streets in the Island, The first settlers of the'Sun ,of "The Battle of Riverhead." John
night time. Laxness in this matter rice County were English in allegiance Wells, a captain of infantry, writes
is preparing children for the slaal tied independence. They remain Eng- to Lieut-Colonel Jeremiah Moore, un-
ter. Above all things, if possible, 4;'
lish until circumstance combined to der date "Riverhead, June 1, 181
make your f.hnily a .happy halite for make them fight for a commonwealth saying: '
your children. In no paint of view of their own. And records tell of "A battle was Sought here yester-
have I 'fo• thirty-five years looked up- petitions for right of assembly and
on the young ladies educated fit. Riv- protest against taxation without re- day, about eleven o'clock fn the fore-
erhead Seminary with so much in presentation fully four score years noon, between afew of the militia
forest as with the hope that they., before the great conflict tool: place. of your. regiment and double their
would acquire knowledge and train- Vessels were built at Riverhead soon number of the enemy, which termin
m: -
ing that would the better tit theto after the Revolutionary War and per- aced inn the total defeat o- tine latter.
mule their homes happy, with the.. haps before, although there is no About ten o'clock in the forenoon, an
more skill to control children and Custom (House record before that alarm was given that two large barges
youth tinder their care. We loot:with time, That vessels were owned at were stranding for oar shore from the
great hope for the good influence of Riverhead, Thompson, in his first 'his.. British squadron, then lying six o•
Riverhead Union School in this mat- tory published in 1830, mentions. The seven miles out fn the Sound. About
ter. We could not well say leas in re- book I have in my possession is espe- thirty militia of Captain Terry's,
gard to moral questions which have cially valuable, because of annotations 'Reeve's and ray company, collected be-
effected us so deeply in time past and made by a paternal grandshe, whol fore they reached the shore. The
must for time to come. We enter upon was a lieutenant of the Home Guard enemy advanced with two large
the second (1876) century. of our or Exempts of the War of 1812. barges, containing about twenty-five
national existence under very•auspici- Impressment of American seamen or thirty men each, within musket
ous eircumctarces and in nothing so had been particularly galling to Long shot of the shore; when they saluted
much as the feeling that has arisen Islanders,who were.in many instances us with their cannon and a volley of
annong• thoughtful and true men of all seafaring men. Some of the mea im- musketry, and then gave three cheers
parties, that the standard of morals ]dressed,auto had escaped and returned n- and Proceeded to the sloop Nancy, ]y-
Ill politics, find in the conducting of home, were very bitter against'Eng_ ing on file beach.
our National find State governments, ]and, War was declared June 10, As they were on the eve of boarding
must be greatly elevated. 1, 12, by.the same Madison, wile with her, Ave opened a destructive and well
Thomas'Jefferson, had visited Eastern directed fire upon bath the barges,
Long Island ill company with General which silenced their fire, and stopped
Floyd, in 1191, It lasted until :the their oars in an instant. They were
24th of December, two ,years later, so slow in wearing the barges and
row]n off, .that we had several fire �ggry'���ng river Peconic, and that the Shfnne-�
Pe-
into them before they could get out o. JOHN RUM PP tN� cock bounds went to the river Ye-
musket-shot. I am happy to say the conic."
the men fought well and without r The controversywas long and much
symptom of fear; neither was a mar SETTLER HERE bitter feeling waengendered. Rin-
womuied among us. But from what JARST ally the care was taken to the New
we saw, we have reason to believe .wv.--� --� }-- 1 York assizes in November, 1667. It
that many of the enemy was killed Jodiah G.ondale and Elias was decidedin favor of Southamp-
and wounded. the made immediate ton, Capt, John Youngs, as leader of
preparation for another engagement, Squires Were fAllrtong the the Southold proprietors, appealed to
thinking they might send a large Early Settlers of Flanders— equity. A hearing was set for Octo-
reinforcement, which we should have Mode l�callG in Early Days. ber, 1663, and the nmgi�:�trates reconr
Veen happy to have met, is we re- J Y mended "they should agree among
calved it reinforcement shortly after.' themselves."
the engagement, who found they were (H. D. S.) Then Southold town and Southamp-
too late to take part fn the affair. The An early view of Riverhead was ten town appointed committees ;.o
officers present were Capt.Jahn Terry, published from a wood cut about confer and try and reach an equit-
myself, Usher H. Moore and Ensign 1842, It ehows the south approach able agreement. Southold was repre-
James Panning." from Southampton town and the sented by Capt. John Yonnl,,s, CaPt.
Much of the shipping of 'Eastern bridge crosses the Peconic river. The Charles Glover, Constable 'Phomas
Long Island• was hidden in Long Is- old court house, built about 1727-28, Mapes, Lieut. Richard "ferry, and
land cracks and inlets and the larger. stands on an eninence. Grouped' John Conklirfg, Jr. For Southanup-
ves.sels were taken over to Connecticut about it are neat £rime stores, and ton appeared Capt. John Rowell,
and 1p.;d up during the War of 1812. dwelling-%. In the foreground bulk- henry Pierson and John Jessup. By
Nancy wrs a favorite name for ves- heads along the river bank are seen them, Southampton was alloted "all
sols, The brig Nancy, 129 tons her-. and two small sloops ride at anchor the extent of the territory they
den,:was built at Sag Harbor in 1800 in the stream. bought of Capt. Topping, the north
and was owned by Thomas Beebee, Although the first grant of River- boundary of which was to rum from
Stephen Howell, Silas Howell and bead territory, aside £ram the pur- Seatuck to the head of the river or
Lewis_ I-Iowelt There was a smaller chase from Indians, i,;) to John Tucker bay called Peconnet, but certain por-
vessel, the sloop Nancy (probably al- and Joseph Horton, about 1650, nvail- tions of the niendow were to belong to
luded to ]n Capt. Wells' official com- able records accredit John Gri Hing• as .Southold men as individuals."
mmnication.) Our information is the the first settle•. There was a dispute .In reading the above it must be
boat was plantation built,which would, as to ownership of territory and lora- borne in mind that Riverhead town,
mean built of native woods and evi- tion of bounds between Southold and as a town, was not established until
dently by Long (Island shipwrights.' Sontiramptmi. many y years later in 1792. In the Ali-
The assumed proportions. The town of Southold set up a dros and Dongan patents to the towns
requh•ing employment of many score' cla:,m for certain tracts of meadow of Southold and Southampton, the tie-
of men before 1800, bordering the bay and near the set,, cis]on of the boundary commission is
The whaleship Abigail, (called the, tlenent of Flanders. The documents .alluded to, and in the Southampton
school house of Eastern Long Island, relating to this dispute are curiosi- atent there is the saying: that their
whalenen), 1800-1822, and .the new ties. Both Nov Haven mud later Gov- p
I ship Argonaut, were early]n the sunt- ernor Andros accepted the Indian north bound a Peconic rive-, not con-
i mer of 1812 taken over to the Con- tween thi the agreement anode be-
me.,,,
river for safety, where they 'boundaries. These as expressed ]n theto this town (Southampton) anal
the white man's terms were often the townof Safter their trial
remained in� Chester Creek, till the vague. While an Indian "deed" has at the court off assassizizesP
•t^_rmrination of hostilities. They were no value in e. Different
law, as defining bounds, it
moved over to Long Island again and was valuabltribes or So one findo that it is Southenp-
there repaired and fitted for voyages branches l 'Long• dsland Indian ton town that voted to ,John Parker
to the coast of Brazil, returning to tribes occupied different localities.• the stream at Riverhead and all the
port in Argonaut
fairly successful. There is an affidavit made by Richard land between the two rivers, he to
The Argonaut was a Sag Harbor 'build a fulling-mill, ]n 1695.
Howell rid Joseph Raynor. Prom. it.
built vessel i f 254 tons, on which may be learned that in May, 1697, Flanders, once claimed as Southold-
was launched
ed in the worked. She Capt• John Young's, of Southold, as- Riverhead territory, is a locality
Southold-
was launched in the year 1812, Dc- senbled. certain of the chiefs of the about two miles from Riverhead. It
signed for the whaling industry she 7ndiar3, A hearing on disputed points was first settled about 1770. At that
was the first Long Island _vessel to was held at Southampton. Thomas time there lived Josiah 'Goodale and
venture around Cape Horn for spear Stanton, of ,Southampton, acted as 'Eliau Squires. Flanders is mentioned
whales ]n 1817, commanded by Capt. ,interpreter. Thomn,o James, the first as early Be 1793 in the deed of the
Eliphalet Halsey. Her owners were minister of the East Hampton settle- Sachem Wyandanclh to John Ogden,
Silas Rowell and Levis Howell. meet, could speak the Indian ]an- of Seuthmnptel; 'and n tract on
The Eastern Long, Island Custom guage. He made it journey_ to Mon- north side near Flanders, not included
District embracing Riverhead, Brook- tauk and there interviewed certain in the Quogue purchase.
haven, Southold, Shelter Island, East aboriginees high in the Montauk The locality ho referred to in the
Hampton and Southampton towns, Be- cou'cil. The Indians hold a grent records as the Accabog meadows, ly-
c.ording• to the census of 1810 had ,pow wow. The Engliah disputed and ing between Red Crook and Flanders,
1,185 sof registered, and 3,223 of en- debated. laid out for division in 1686. The
rolled and licensed vessels, and manypnwcatatnc, Indian councilor, said postol]]ce was established at Flanders
of these vessels -were built LLong, he knew the tribal bounds. The South- in May, 1834. A Congregational
Island men in Long Island shipyards. ampton Emrlish accepted his state- church was built: there in the early
ment which was "the bounds of the forties; a Al. E. church was built
Shinnecock Indians did reach to athere in 1860. Flanders, most likely,
Hol-
river where we. used to catch at takes its name from Plnuders in Ho]-
wives, (the Peconic river".) Other In_ land. Great Peconic baywas at one
dians of the Akabouk tribe teakified time called the North Sea. Plandcm
that in ancient times the hounds of in the old country is on low-lying
their tribe "came eastward to the ground near the North Sea.
In 1713 John Parker built a Mosel Hampton people, he became sati&lied
that Nasseconset's claim was merl-
on the south side of the Peconic torious and lie hastened home and set-
river. It faced Bridge street. It was tied with hi-in."
owned and until recently occupied by •Enloe the Southold-Southampton
Sylvester Woodhull. Riverhead
There were other land divisions and (Riverhead) controversy, Smith ae-
anda
buulnry settlements. Indian grants town the Indian boundary. • The
. town records bear out that although
Frequently overlapped. The line : horses were •plentiful "bulla often
which separated Southold town from s„pplied the place of horses.” '
the Smith, or "St. George's minor" i ppp y9 UCIS®�
grant, appeared to cross the Peconic Noted
Essay ®f Terry u.
river in vicinity of Bridge street in 1�' G�.L LJ t7 J@,.L A ay
the present village of Riverhead. No
owe ham determined just when the ,yr �f 1. 12 battles 011
present all, and dinnensicns o£ the o
western part of Southold town was
allocated. o ° y ggJ9
° 1°�yg�ff��ff eJ
The territory southwest of the Riverhead 1s Again Timely
Ce
"nmmnot• line" was bought, ld There C V ® ®C _
by the proprietors of Southold. There
was a survey and division among ✓ G1T'd�-+sof I i "� •'""` '��" '`
in-
dividual owners in March, 1742. Di-
vision was made by commission. The
en,,,,,,is;,:o„er•s were: William Nicoll, Local Chapter of the Daughters of the Revolution Plan
rt
DanRobiel Welljisels andel Flijahi Hutchkinson�
The tract.ns triangular, wide at the to Raise Funds to Have Sites Along the Sound
west tenMd and running to a Point at Shore Permanently Marked
the east end made
by running• Allotments
tnnorth and south
across the lands.
A slfight change has been made in
the bounds near Wading River. following d y did not and does not owrn us Stell.
By what mercy, and by what provi-
Brookhaven town conveyed170tr let
oa tilerhlate S. Terry Htt Isonwof tRive I deMce it was that her schemes with
land to Southold in May, trs wore brought to failure, is in part
consideration of 4 pounds otoliag head, and (Petting with nn. interevt-
cash, and the town of Southold to as- ing and importamh historical episode 111101 thing'im, tonal lnntthivg iii Lructiice now and ve, and
sunle,"the care of a certain indigent it, the Town of Riverhead, was pre- a Chin , o£ iia thi to all who have
person by the name Of John Rogers. gg
fore Cutirers null a country to be proud
By this Transfer the channel of Wad smnte(I by him at n meeting of the of, ,quit who have one dro i of patriotic
ing river through its entire length be- Snffi11; Comn4y His'toricnl Society, 4 .
came tine dividing line between South.•i and;is now Pnblishtul by the News, by blood flowing 1.hnang'h LUmr venins.
old and Brookhaven towns, and of request, in the hope that it wild aid Farm Titles Based on British
course subsequently the d.ivisdon be- Chapter, Patents
tweet Riverhead and Brookhaven tile Daughters tllre R vnalution, n then I have said that rng'land owned itis,
of Y
towns. and any lawyer will tell you that
Pour divisions of land were made praivewonthy efforts to raise foods to
properly mark the spats described in every farm on this end of Long
B o section lying west of the east y
Boo o£ the present town of River- i,h,e test of the aa•t was accredited
Newited it ishl 'how
patclA9,i'givens out by the
Brit-
]Head. Ronin in her day was acctedite(1 in British king more than two hundred
Richard Smythe, who settled Smith- .histuq,v with the mastery of t7ie ,Pats ago.
town, also had a dispute concerning world. Wherever ancient commerce y'England owned, this country from
bounds of his "patent” He origin- ,vent, there the Roman eagle soared,) 1497 to 1783, and at that, date by
ally located in Southampton,, There and wherever tribute was collected some strange break in her conquer-
he and the magistrates failed to le there the Roman tax gatherer was ing• fortune. she lost ns ami loosed
agree. The pFoprictors and people .found• us, mid we set up in the business of
sustained the magistrates. Things
'England, in modern times, has pert- ovetmmen•C for ourselves.
were made so hot for Smythe he was _tinned much after the methods of g Those of. yen w'ho'have read the in-
conpelled to leave Southampton. tine ;a„eient and autocratic empire. side history of the Revolution, as
Smythe riding his bounds
astride a The vast Sway of the British rule and ,.that long' and bitter war has came to
Gardiner of Gan+diner'e Island and the British flog and the British busi- be called, blow somethin-g of the dn-
from Indians, Smithtown lands. His- ,,cuss mol is now well ]mown to every tensity of Uhe strug• ie, of. the Per-
from
disagree about the story of school boy. It is stamped on every sistency of the sacci nee, of tine long'-
he slid pnWished in every news- drawn courage agaiMst fearful adds,
Smythe riding his bounds "tribe a paper. Webter, I thinlc it was, who �of the intrepid >atri�otlsm,half freed,
bull ,which gives this branch of the
Snaith family the designation of
phrased it thus: "The rising' sun is j and barefoot, t is would not be do-
"Bull-Smiths!" But in Gaining a greeted by the British fling• and the
clear title it may, be found that "the Brtttsh drum beats gaite around the tied, of the statesmanship that Flung
.convmissionet•s did not decide the worldi" Iber arms and her Ships are sleep and the health and fkl't1n`esP to the
(Smithtown) controversy. They ren- everywhere.
r .foe freight estimated
stim t d t every be freevice. You known ns every Amcrt-
onnnended Smith to buy up Pay
than claim. So he mounted his Com- your, _sone two hundred millions of can should' knobove our w, that the quiehouse
t flag
ourq bull and hurried off to Montauk your, we having no ships adequate now,any and floats bloody en of that 1SP'lrtu-
to investigate the Sagamore s. claim, t d Our,carrying business and move now, was born then of n mother ag-
'In the presence of several Bast 'Pliers was a time when England -even, would be proud of. Does his-
'In us, anal the wonder Ila that she story streak of patriots? There .ure
611
none finer than those t'rom Lexing- ships into the Sound and into Garch. they were on the eve of boarding her
toil to Yorktown. Does the Bible ner's Day-to soundly cuff our eats for we opened a destructive and well di-
connnend She worship of the saints? our temerity. rected fire upon both the barges,
There are enough Immortals writ ,. which silenced their fire and stop ed
Northville in Spunky Fight in 1814
high slid gendered there to grace.'. their rowing in an instant. T ley
every pane of every window in our It is with thispparticular fleet of were so slow in turning their long
mightiest churches. We believe iiiheavily armed, double decked, 74 gun barges and rowing off, that we had
God, but let us not make the awful 11 frigates that the grandfathers of several fires into them before th'eyl
misltake of therebly belittling the he- Northville had to deaf in that alto- could get beyond musket shot. I am
roic part and portion of that heroic I gether spunky fight of 1814. These happy to say the men fought well,I
and foundation struggle for liberty great, bulky and imposing ships were without a symptom of fear, neither
oil the side of our ancestors. So far in the habit of cruising up and clown was there a man wounded among us.
as I have read history, God has never the Sound, capturing our locally But from what we saw we have rea-
pi•ogressed a sleepy, cowardly or a owned and industriously managed son to believe that many of the enemy
,selfish-hearted nation. wood sloops. Coal was then unheard were killed and wounded. We made
By having such ancestors as we did, (,' and New York City depended immediate preparations for another
we achieved such liberties as we now largely on as for her daily supply of engagement, thinking they' might
enjoy. Whoever has sung "America" firewood and kiudlings. To supply send a large reenforcement, which
frons a full heart, m• has thanked God this urgent and continuous need our we should have been glad to have
on the Fourth of July from the stand- home ownedsloops were running andmet, as we, too, received reenforce-
point of a full pocketbook, should not loading continuously, lying, on the ment shortly after the engagement,
forget to bow down to hisancestors of 'beach to get their weekly leads. It who found they were too late to take
1776. It is their ancient due. It was fun to the crews of bile great part in the affair.
should be his conspicuous duty, in the British ships to swoop down on these "The officers •present were Captain
presence of all the children born, and same little vessels and setthem on fire, John Ten•y, myself, Usher H. Moore
for the benefit of all the children yet to see them burr, or to haul them off and Ensign James Panning.
to he born. Patriotism conies to us and sell to other places slid divide tip "JohnWells, Captain:'
in that way and by that road. I't is the pocket-money. Thins they were "Yours respectfully,
something bred in Ube blood, and paying off the tow-headed Yankees in neer Hunters Repelled Brifish At
comes of ancestors. their own coin. Again, they regarded
England Could Not Conquer Us themselves as playing a safe, shrewd Penny's Landing
game. It was apparently safe in To those who care to visit the place)
Englund could not conquer us in most places, but in three conspicuous where this British set-back occurred
the War of 1776, but she was not instances, on the shote front of Riv I would suggest a consulting of Mr.1
averse to going at the job again in erhead Town,the Red Coutts met their Penny, whose knowledge of the lo-
1812, as you know who have inter. match. At Wading River they were cli ity is complete. Tire gi+oumis, hi
ested yourselves with histol Be- shot at and seriously handled. The the in
of generations yet to
coming, jealous of the rapid rise, and details of this engagement I hays not come, should be patriotically con-I
the tremendous, activity of our as yet succeeded in gathering up.
merchant marine which was plbugh- At Penny's Landing we have the incinerated and strongly marked.
ing the ocean between every profit- date, the number engaged, and the Once there it will be seen why the
able port, and competing in all sorts officers' names participating, together l British did not return. Atthis par-
of merchandise, the British Govern- with the name of the rescued sloop, titular landing the bluff is Brite low
ment began to put the screws on by the Nancy. ThompsoWs History of and near the shore. Closely fitted
claiming to stop and to search our Long Island,in relating this battle on behinds the cliff itsvif is a long,, con-
ships, by an admiralty right, for sea- the -beach, speaks very handsomely of venient valley, into which the militia
men deserberz. The secret was, she the Riverhead bravery, as follows: filed mrd threw themselves against
had a navy of one thousand ships "In the summer of 1814 an occur- the rise of sand, and, pointing their
scattered all over the world, and to rence took place that reflects much guns over the top of the bluff, per-
nab our sailors was deemed a good credit upon the courage of the inhab .feetly entrenched, were ready to pour
and safe game wherever our mer- ibants, .and their activity under the a close and murderous fire into the
chantanen were met with, knowing marauding and destroying efforts of l mass of soldiers standing in the mid-
that we had a wavy of twelve, only a the British forces, and he quotes an, die of the approaching baits. There
beggerly twelve, ships than could instructive letter from the militia carrot be the slightest doubt as to
shoot. What show had we to call captain who was in command on the' British killed and,womrded at Penny's
England down? bluffs at the time. Here it is; I Landing. Old men have told; me that
Again we had ancestors, thank God "Riverhead, June 1st, 1814, Sir: I some of the best (leer hunters in Riv-
above, who dared death by cannon's have the honor to inform you that erhead Town were there on that oc-
mon'th, by shipwreck, by ptdson ships ,a battle was fought hare yesterday -casion, aid they took especial and
by disease and by starvation if. need 'about 11 o'clock in the for be- 'deadly care to see to it that no ore
be, to set this thing• right. Ancestors �tween a few of the militia of your should fire too soon and scare the
of ours with those twelve ships shot 'regiment and double their number of game. So the barges came on,
more British 'hul'ls and cannon into the enemy, which terminated in the ,their occupants shouting and wasting
kindling wood, to their amazement, total defeat of the latter. About ten good powder 01 our deer hunters
than. equal force had ever done since o'clock in the forenoon, an alarm was could see their eyes, so the old men
the world 1.•ul been policed by guns, given thnt two large barges were said, and then on a sudden a stream
Those ancestors of ours also went to standing for our shore from the Brit- of fire ran,al'ong that fateful ridge of
building and arming ships at an ish squadron, then lyingg some six or sand and the shouting died, the oars
alat•ming rate. The sea was soon seven miles out in the Sound. About were paralyzed, the standing soldiers
swarming with privateers, wicked, thirty militia of Captain Terry's, topuled over, some into the bottoms
swift-footed and relentless privateers. Reeve's and my company collected be- 'of the boats, some over the sides, and
Ithat could outchase their merchant fore they reached the shore. The en- were polled in by the legs by .their
shlps and outrun the war ships sent only advanced with two large barges, wards ions. Officers last tn,
aainet them. The aooi hal Brit- containing about twenty-five or thirty swords in the water, aul their hats
They were floating about, ands so the piti-
i;n commerce on the run. Our ports ,nen each, within musket shot.of the less hail of bullets slid screaming
were filled with rich prizes, our mar- shore. They then saluted us with buckshot anoto those astonished
kets with captured) goods. Britain their cannon, (boat howitzers, prob- barges, till the moments seamed ages
was maddened and furious at the out. ably are meant by this) and a volley until they could gather themselves to_
look, and in 1813-14 sent her war of musketry and proceeded to the gether•'and get back to the shins nod
boat_Nancy tying on the,beach. As bury their dead and assuage their
(-,-
deer shot wonmas• tion, then another and another. Home I I our rorelitner< we ehcndcl temper the,
They did' trot come talc,rig'httlnere struck them and it looked a if the, l tale with cone respect for the nation
The situation and the onitrench I'Yankees were to got off without rap-1. � from which we Oame. and which in a
menti, and the deadly aim and the tune But the end was not yet e,a c at le ct made us what we are.
deadly dexterity of .the farmers with I Irritlitcd no doubt by their exleri-I I -With thisbriefest of crhical inter-
their deer guns and old fli-ntlock mus- Inc
v,nth tri. Nancy previously de 'lir let u r fun to t',- object lad
kets made the Nancy aneattractive• scribed thr Baht., of nervi were beat,, Ito be picture before us On the ship
But as I gather it frown tradition, out bijilghic.l this new prize to book,l ' the crew were fwarilling aloft to furl
our folk were so nmeh worked over and V,,hotheT the fact that the craft� I and Lie up the sails while the high-
tile prospects of it hrgg•er fight to come was fill alvned cutter of the Dmitod r,rded hull opened its double rows-of j
that they sent to the opposite shore States navy'had yet dis�clnsecl itself to f port holes, mnittously thrusting. :forth;
for help, to New Haven, where some them is not certain, but the next move the blackened amzr-les of more than
forces were stationed. At all events, on the fri;;ate was the o•derim a•srgrseventy wicked looking cannon. And
we know that for scone such reason Of ]ren balgc,, filile,l with mon to'fill- '1 iunder the light breeze, with a topsail
there started southward m the night low n p ah ]al.!'.a u,I_ and lo v arum;• Or ten yet drawing, casting the lead
a small armed vessel toward this dvm t n r,mil he :o There t ,quem lir eivals the ponderous
shore. By one account there were on heist, no far) 1 el , timhop vas being Heated lir close Co the
hoard several students of the College Hoz jc6 1nol.el easy a ]e Alip. 1 hire to >ive the Yankees a lesson in
of Yale, willing to see scone fighting But before the b rSe,, had (11111,0 hr st class war.
overta]at and closed iu cat thell sure lileanwhile our forefathers hall not
lel their
country's 1 crust• Bclm prey h,Lha miltierhal to be Vol, red been idle, for profiting by the experi-
the} la ui quite (ya'sn l the Sound Zl with it snnlh CICCIC can,ori 'y thecut- eace behind the Nancy at Penny's
he ivy tog, set in, and wi ll the fog .- ter had beon wheeled lima the bow'. Landing, they had oilstriking the
pct fuel logit as often h app ns en the ,tinct could now be Plainly m fide out urn he rch dispatched a man on horseback
4nnnel. They lolled anal, d0 cd about .the barges, pointing over the stern in to alarm the neighborhood. This man,
the leeks for daybreak little lvowmg It way their call Rets cxilrl naa r lin-pe I have been told, was a Halbach, a
that they were drifting c lstward ih to cope with. Thev could collo hot 1ein,tive of Mr. Halsey IDallock. By
the 'tide and tyllight into trouble, nod, tno rear, cost fo RYIV they th(l as 11in direction, wNle galloping- east,
hiehiu;t Cazssa at 1,11ce's Landinf, hounds Jose after the Gla .urn fo.c,lanother rider was dispatched west,'
, until Long' Island slime.; were )tell,* at! "'Al a third one to the forth, the lot-
Surprised timid. Hmrc they were nnet ami wl-I ter to notify Major Terry, who wns
The 'cone naw Mlifts on that surto anneal and helped to the fullest ex- the father of the late.Hampton Terry,
morninf" to 'rho farm houses omnl;os- tent by the, v✓ilt'itle fishermen, your to collie up Rill maintain, the coming
in-- Ihey eat half ee the rid parish of arcs toys, (;W I ice�� Leading, ,Ask- battle.
Non thville 1 -n m:unp 1 e o-�: it ],III'. mg' ri 1'laore wo. any Place the otter While flus ryas going, on the fisher-
h en the ally xtic. custom of fly could pet into, our folk di ected an .ten had lifted out the anchors of the
f-r'yners Of th at part lit the Paris" to etfolf fan 1tfutt fuel, Oreek is the only cuter, find hall bedded them high up
,vo mircil i -tiLonli.,l co the duties 01 hop Qur pr, ple had pnv o led ori the beach. The crew and the Yale
thea r vn Ras and efforts inn 'with
f'iahmg -nap, n, :it I aec s Isan,hn i boys were flinging thinpa out on the
v here Lbe pier now -.lands A long w,If ponrinp, down their f u muse
'cmc ova: ihut, hon fir un its ,rci rook an, gond p slue. eraL ✓til,! when sand, muskets, eutla�ses anuuumtimr,
and lustily one of the small cannon
That nrovu n(_. 6y n ;t eenaent h to then du�.runy, th knurl sp r un' -rum the deck., aud taw th;a enitue
I ,,,ncrs wuc u, ity e mdlc light doing' ' still the creat 'iricale :vith all saa-s qm ce like t strean'i of loaded amts
more- in t hmav to pet e,u•1y at 'th filled Coyle bO.umg do m up a holt° to gered 'into the. wnoli n� gully,
ch ire to e apt,*r,c bunk e I ant tol,,. 7 a;n lir Ic yet r,moille,i ti M ri tl 1= hn_Ang up to fortify the crest of
l hey had n u h „ot -,e bag' sum t.ha.t plucky hill slid s live the curler,
t n•Crd int r Ihr be-
b"std before the harp 1 Creel and they could Rol: m d r t1, be- fis, they saved the Nancy. The came
heard bh tomo of n h v) cannon. � Care Ihey ourdd bo •,aril;. by the .•hila''` ,oft ,the cutter was bre Nathan Hale
aril. 11101, ,nattier III,(! -mother. the �luur 'nn . lit least sr tradition lift- it, 1110:I hope
lar wry:. liffing. i a cmung it was t.h , r,ulIor Beachod al, Nara Gaily to tyane this fiwt mit .onetime when
',uti:.li ship hnuncra -onnI I .'n Wash nA, from minIt tfc rel
thel- find the lie , el Ili
aloe Aetu, lankly out the advice of thO bird
the beach rowed crnefully out north. fishermen the Yrtter was benched � The frigate now hod gained her
vy a 1. ,end r eine too uv:u he Last Gull This was on m €
y-hat. hid bappoi t ,s th d ,h grandfather's faun meg nry father's Ilnli tubera theedgeel
o .cod outer
bar,
n fir rl nI,n f r. Nn Haven, wIt , :home tead ami the place of my birth for action time approach ug noon.11
the :lady ill u- v, ha ht . t lt!ftc,1 Dhc action that followed foiLhe POs- the tared r mots wnlh then ;urs int
u7, the Br r h Frigate ndlo .d ma ;esvon of that r ntt.er n rs Without hand hal In
up pcsrtrwn behind ,
to tl o Sound Le i. coneeakinr el doubt [ho must prolon„ed and Iersis he hlntt exactly v•hcrc Nr west Inn:
t oi.0 the other. It:enU) Ina ht, and the het m t boa I �� bla Ueape� ” TIath" w facm�
CAJhen ire fol" lift( the cutter, fol baduunt known In my ray, nlvment
1t ra< uu to 1•ru herself within entire e+n Wlrc warn IThe British commanduring der, I awaited facets lneven s, And e !!I(,,,e.,h tic BrrC�l �
euth.r II ole
inn ;loot of the tnv:erin3 man or war. �u1 nrrd at tLe tinging rrpnl;, a1, thh rCh tf,tr ill��el, h� r ,l'.^✓f h nr;rin
Tile iaallm� of the colter was he, Ko. fly -- Land uxl probably know le ty .
0'i h salvation. Her startled crew cop from Lire report of the xehrsnin,, l
hveh. TheS to the cable or the' thPut over the v ha lyes ttrl they lad turpPut one Oi a,lie' Sil•rt 1Jeul. a- i
.-s +tem
ilia ahead tied e lute. nuke. lit t, w,s hound W ho'.a(,
eu�te and Lowell fo deer life. Other,* �h1 r ,h . .ante ,t whillOt r nos For
I (if the crew r'ihged side cars or sweeps the l r,ti h were rt nm<L 11 i:irk I',y,hl I u all the %e 'n
inked ly0m the dell.,and thin slowly pluck v and most pe sisteOL 11 ht,:r. 1 tl ,n n ode lie i ,e �n�llp r.,
buC ,alp nvulcned the gap between .rho w,, true We to say, In all the tad send a .111 w ole: 11)01
�tlaemsch e'. and the anchored frigate earelguncies ,t ora Annexe lir lnstory I i i 1 h, c c elv ria fie oc1
They were barely well at work before have made s safe and cot amendable „, tom I". pt 1i i y e e
n;atell mu thr slap avr, the alarm record lir maWoo d Hfe chiefly vat 1 ❑n lJOYA Ali y well L
e.
CPA quarters; soon frons the booming perhaps nilly because if sun moth"' „l fila sand 11enu ehe for < f c,,
pivot .gut All the upper deck came a blood and EutamtiO parentage. Su i, a,s Ln tor, ,ran n✓ .lin- lacy.
exumou bull plowing the ureter neo while we write and applaud and I 0 rk their ..sriape 'i mi ca 1 nliy
their a h
story, and stimulating their eu-I, should Oever) it, occa urn tell our plough the tl reg days' f licyu ng
t . .
I�dcavor and doubtless ugly Uarspu a-� chilly mr nP the heroic en aeearel s O I The little fore, hall se nccl✓ rtt the
�) ace 1%crchetl nn the conation fling, hill came bellowing westward even 'far-
.angle om iwi ale upon its carriage a kindred Env] fifty feet stbove. their �'thes than this loeatimr. So terrifying
nd ..wont M to command the beaeh he di vm rune unlooked for. They was the experience to the women vrho
efore 00 ship let looae the thunder we c qnuc, lore, mutilated. Soldiers remained at home, for fear the house
of her " canon and ,mate the hill with w u I alki g, upon tihe rowers; rowers would be struck and crushed, that the
it might} broadside. and then anot'her', wine e ae and h,d to be replaced, wife. of Captain Moses Reeves, living
and ;mother. The British artillerists al-anis e, betoie the Nancy they wcn•o at that tfine'.1 Elie procent homest:eadl
wortaed with a will to fairly extermi- pn^ling their commies into the boat .of Mr. Horace Downs, left be• batch
rte and wipe out the handful of .our by the legs and, again they hurried of bread fit the oven of heated brick,I
toll; on the hill; loge shot small incl to the slip many of them food to take Care of itself, and fled son th-
'not, e•mvuster shot and grape shot for .wgemv'knives, sadder and wiser ward deep into the weeds, dragging
uemued and howled into and over, men. her bevy of crying clvldren into a well
I I n,t hill 1 nock n1g•the .tones -to atorns i known hollow which e'an still be seen.
' ;rid fillingthe fieA crmen's necks with No l.bville To
Fnddcr for Gan-
It is needless to record that she lost,
and, while the large. halls that went i well 1 ber batch of bread. '
too 'hien landed in t1 uebogue,a mnu o£ ❑ and�1 Invnediatelr there tore forth from 'Plrese wide ranging cannon balls
nue of khvnn so the story ;oes, al- 1,11, es
.hie:, a volley of ensut iso» must have, travelled more than .two
No]:
ri No vdaclung b`landers' nrrnsellec agnibst 1;he sandy hill. 'With miles, .end, I have heard of their be-
lot-. was brat., redoubled Curt thehonnbm rhuent ons ing• found :;outlhwtrd more than three
hep „ole up CI ,units - The mules. in illy boyhood days old-
w
I I mere ll h their dlui gum,; and old kept tit) till the suloke of uhd ent,'m1 frsbioned long, tai led farm gates Vrere
t uv',Ior oou ✓ ning s aur-, as the mootcould be con from the I rrthei E
i nerable OIL! inusl ets were called, �" couuunn cera e was those
bi generally eom-
>ule of lceoune 13,ny, Iilc n pillar of wuu Lr see m�,e of these big canunon�
vele tror,pillg to lie 'Celle un foot, ml ,loud above suunddnrin nr Catory
1 n e-a, art in form % ago ns, re- ! shots bedded, li the lotto of the
m1,lntYall another and Hari runtiuu5 -t for a coturter-weight to mike
c ne!u- o, dunoe ane th bowling. •ah ante with the barges took place, the gate swing easy. The last one I
t iron sI oc Caere: to assist in repel-I mhlly again to be mot with drat sting � en
�remilyer to remain in that service
bill;
4,
at toot then leading town of Suffolk tollon4 adversaries, and the battle
County, for instant aid, describing was over Each receiving set extends twenty-�
the plight of the little cruiser with How uvany .of the British forces three feet in a horizontal •position,
the United States flag against the werh killed and wounded- in this There are thirteen vacnam tubes in
hove-lug' and implacable ship, .vtoutlp contested engagennent and all each set, and they are the things that
Answering, that appeal, Sag Harbor so at the d;efeuse of the Nancy we do the business.
had hurried forth an armed colunm, "nay never know. I have a distinct Communication with the main office
with two more cannon, and a full sup- lin)PI-essi011, however, that the records is carried on by telegraph. The sig-
Ply of pmvder, to march by way of of that Warr, and of those two battles, na'ls •do not terminate at Riverhead
Riverhead to the sceene of action. are still in the London war office, and but are sent to New York and
The roads in that clay were too sandy, I I it may so happen that they can be transcribed there. The Broad,street
and the di Lance too long, and too 'Procured. bt surely would be wortoffice also controls the tram artitters
circuitous to save the cutter. They an eflbr't, m behalf of our paLrictich located at Rocky Point, New Bruns-
had reached conte point in Ac�ilebogue -ancestors, to look this matter up, wick, Tuckerton, N. J., and Marion.
when the cutter was capturecll on the Whythis determined defense f a Mass.
third day of the battle. United States vessel continuing threw A machine, which records the mes-
The British found the fire of the cla3"'"ted occupying two of thee largest sages received by means of a •fine pen
men on the hill was getting, scanty vessels of the British s uailiot, Point that records the dashes and dots,
and feeble. The patriots were con_ Should have escaped your historic men- is attached to trine typewriters of the
Polled to use few and insufficient t1�mr among• the eredi'tahle engage- men in the main efftee. By means of,
char•gos of powder, and finally forced °tents of trite war of Y81?.,'I ani at a; this, n mau can get messages very
their bent quite corder the stern of loss to imagine. Again, from the rapidly and very accurately. Some-,
the grounded vessel and fastened a American records at Washington, here times he takes as many as a hundred
lung cable to-the rudder. A British is soutething• for the future historian j words a minute. There is no pos-
oflicer nvo� 'then ret.: to jump forth to Riverhead ,own u loolk np, and oi, sibility of an error because lie can
into tine water, find to wade aloe • the Icolk into, for the just credit of los jl always refer to the tape to check up
fated cutter's side, all(], then to hack native town. Why nothing has been on ony message received.
off the rentatn'iug' cabPes with his font done, ]ocalll Y, to commemorate this Two unique features of the static,
Coatsls is
�Ilillil° backed tlsafel and
awa
y
tothe
a (Is- ! I - t Of tfotr.is nyWhat1Cin everybodys neutralizeo at s staticta1elocalartificial
inventonto
nine-
tile powerful all cable, eir barges upon and mir hel;Hess !i trevereswa'+;atn,tnarziY'proverbbusiness
shol rvnn� '�udlend nantmrnaetion witlo the�•es tit that of the n
l 1 GVe all wait; for smnooue else to move signal of two times the intensity is
farmers with their empty muskets, in all such cases. And if: shenld act i possible with no increase in static,
and the crit and the flag move off,he se. There is a switchboard at fhe sta-
anrl fall into the trials of their vie- --- � ion which controls the power, and so
forth. Then there are three hundred
lead storage batteries. All power for
the sets is derived from storage bat-
BIGGEST
terics, which float on generators.
Tungar recticurr are used a rectify
alternating- current to charge the
high voltage batteries.
Torn nice are working in the
THE WORLD operating department of the River-
✓y1NM, IS
IN
, , head station, An experimental de-
e I P�rtnnent is also run at 'the station
but no one outside of the people work-
Is Operated at ing there, is permitted to go through
Riverside by the Radio Corpora- it.
tion of America---Messages Are Deceived Fredmiek Johnston is the engineer)
In charge of the receiving station. He
cane to Riverhead when it was first
from Eighteen Different European Countries established here, Later he was cert
to Poland. to establish there one of
_'-Plant Has Most Scientific Equipment. Ili
largest radio transmitting stations
in Europe, Mr. Johnston returned to,
the��.tR`iveppr?head station last spring.
Comparatively few people in Suffolk, A new building was erected at HALLETT"S MILL `O
Count know about the receivin • sta. Riverhead last spring. Everything ruV U 1. �l-;BE 14OR f DOWN
County g about tam construction ling steel r^ ne ee vv sy
tion ofpAmerica,yat nRivverhead Corpora-
has franework which is grounded to order
been in operation since 1021 and is to eliminate the chance of interference old Landmark at Riverhead, Built in
Interesting, not only ,because it+ re- of static. 1695, to be Removed to Make South
ceives fromall over the world, but There are eighteen receiving sets Entrance to Village More Attrac-
also because of some features unique and each one can receive (from one Live. Has Quaint History
to it and because it is the largest of station at a time, Thus it is possible- .—
its kind in the, world, to receive from eighteen differertI A part of the gileer-looking Old
The .main office of thePlace„ simultaneously. Sonic of the I structure at the South Side entrance
corpora- mints are Prance, England, Ger- - to Riverhead„ on Peconic Avenue,
tYork ion is at BG regime Broad street, New 1 ane. Italy, Poland, Buenos Aires,I known as the Hallett Floor Mill, is to
receiving stntToesixty miles from New Arorway, Sweden and Call be I. be torn down by Arch Hallett, the
York is in order to get property, ANR s dispatches and personal ores_ Present owner, m at effort to help
station needs a reat deal of. Land sa •es are the ones most frequently make the gateway to .Riverhead more 1
The wave antennae
at this station are received. Tblit which less for gel attractive.
From one to tine miles in length, Iradio,by cable utay non• be „eat b3 l The part of the mill to he demol-
sent ished has a quainCand interesting his-
tory. It was erected in about 1695. It
was in 169' when th'e '36 thampton
"Towne meeting" by "Major voate"I e
gave John Wick, a serge dresser, per-I (�$vf:3"h$:'ader's Daughter Was Wife of j
mission to erect a fulling mill over
.our part of thename of. Little President Aline.,., Henry) Harrison
River called by thee name of pearon-; ,7�
ruck." But Mr. Brick apparently
failed to carry out his agreement with
Southampton, anti in 1896 the town! Anna Synaenes First flet the Great General at Cincinnati—
took another vote on the proposition Her lather, John C. Skirnrles of Riverhead, Settled Along 1
and gave the. grant to John Parker, Ghia Rivelu After Fighting in Revolution and Became
who, in 1695, as stated, erected they
mill that is now to be demolished. The l), S. District judge for Northwestern Territory.
part to be torn down is the central �—
section, over the little sta•eam itself, —
To lir I till I
where the old water wheels that have grand Ino'ILLI ,aid donning the Sri-
�provided power for a fulling mill,. the ( ninny PIvicv: torn) at -r IiiLish oph-Ler ht re n1-
grist milk planing• rill, electric light INS biwilvarl Inrtollel Tat Iht Pllshmd his perAmn; andcrlahiu Ire
plant, etc., have churned these many oiler 1f rail if till. 1're moil; of Lhelthen hrstelled to join .his own toupu
pears, lrnitfd 5tntes wis the daughter of and nerved with ehsdncLiou kn ng
The grants were originally made on Riverhead Ir ue uta? 1 learn I.hut at I the %van
the provisier that a frilling mill would htit ern Id Yom high school pupil I 'Plc mlluulec of her pious be maintained there forever, but in ue not aware or he tact. 'filly I trumer, who was it ronvurt of Wilit-
later years, because there was no limn of .hili r 4ardimi the wire oN held, and the. preaching of Rev. Sau1-
cloth to be fulled, permieslon was ap- Presulant.Tyler, and tiler Lext books Lied Bic II lit Knot Ilonrptnn, d1 vmlr7�-'
patently given W also use the stream tell a i,rent (]pill about P Ld Revere ed Anna into it worlaw that the ua-
for operating a grist mill and n saw and (Milmnal 1 UMal Sud nwst of Lhr• Lion may well pahiL to with prulo. At
mill. The men to whom the grants New England har•ecA, but nota word uiucteeu..s'he beanie n pioneer. Her
were given to were to full all the about John Cleves S,vnonos oC Itiv-i father, now Judge Synnncs, Inarriod
erheati. in 1794, Susan a dau
cloth for "cheap as a and 0otrthoill ton, d Oovca
towns as "cheap as any other shall Iehtp:; thee are others in you Innr Wrllrnm L,iwin:nLun null Auu.r
Lull it." And a later grunt provided topununrty who du not know than accmnpnned her father and Step
that if the cloth was an all wide the the wife 0,C I resident William Henry "alther to Oliio, whole .1 year previ-i
price should be no more thanid Jd per llur = erns tike daughlm• rel' .Iohu nus Budge Syrn:me, laid Inc•rud a
d,
yarand yard wide at Ghalf rn- deves SVnunes and that whikL her small colony of spLLlpra p
s at oint
TA
ny per yard; and if the anti failedeto Jath•r war, Ph1ng a p,, 0,r 11isl:ory on the Ohiu river, later leunwn as
carry out these agreements with the A a m " r I fiftale as Revere at- :ury North I'(red
(town and keep the falling mill in "Re_ other Now I ret hmd herr Che gild ('aipL un Harrison, hiter Prossidant
[axile and full as aforementioned in
it rrho he ere m 1 tile. will of I u.eided William Ikmy Ilnrrlson, was in ennt.
(the hind given in theorem shall Re- llnrriann was living with hm• gvand •mind rel fort Washurgton, Che, pre.
pa on!% Horn P UDI anwife, in sent site of Cincinnati, whoa. Miss
turn to ye towne againe." Sou Chord, L 1 anti go nig her cdn Sym'me nwt him. They were in"-
In 1700, the old records also show, cation at Clinton Academy in I:istlnod at, Norlh Mend, Ohin, November
,john Parker was given by the town Tla,Q, Bete. is n hrwJ Amin of� T"Aml 1796. Mrs. IlarNsmn died in
.all occur of lam.[ to Sete a house Anna symme ]'resident William her 89th yea, h'ehrum;v "6, IRft I.
uumr." It ars also disclosed that in J4emv Mattoon wife and t:very school „irk m Sit,olle County
1710 All Parker erect.(] what was lheaido ( Iterlenin. Harrison's would profit by studying hot life,
then a mansion, and it s believed to
I Grandmother iiaflrcr 1-ler father, Judge tivnrmha, sou o£
I pile Same so ling l thati Cit t seer 13. [ler father, who nuncio(] Lhe. laugh-� the .4gaebngue. preacher has
Woodhull so long lived r0, at the head Je of 1{rau'V Tuthill of tiouthold, 1- An 7Snvinble Record
of Peceric Avenue on Me south side I hest known ars Ilan. John ClpveM I .ludg'o John C. Rynnnes was it
Athe river, and which is still stand- SYMmes, he was horn at Uppo.rIIcadinR member of Lill, Committee of
AM being a fine appearing residence. Aquc-hnguv, mi .hilae 111, .174'2. His 811JOy, till(] reooiverl the aygiYint-
I''m• the present Mr. Hallet., v;ill riot father, Rov, Liniodiv `+vnune, vans I inept 0,l' Colonel, from Lit(- Pruviuciil
demolish the northern nmL of tiro the pastor 0,1' Lhe ehurch there. Ion .Congrese. Ill, colo nuuuled Lhe Amc•r
queer-looking old building, hat will amt years, Bhd Younger Symms:t ran troop= ire till' skirmish at. "'p0,ing
SSill co dimle to scrod 90st them in ;;0,d his r unity happewd In Y living I field, on the: lick of Deeaubm, 17711,
the farmers, usnrg electric power. near 34angstowu N. .I. when their where the British I rsca pinker the
That part of the baildm was many,1 dant ht.er Air r cera hm•n, on ,July 25 comunrnd of Carer rl Leslie, were
many year., ago the Presbyterian' 1.771 Her mother died soon after most efrectually Chocked in lhen•�
Church at Beaver Dam, Weo amph"tr� her bir•I'h +uul tilt c.1re 0,l thin iutant pm Wait of Wasiiiihockemr, who war,
h=rag torn dawn and moved ti River I fell upon the trlhor, who, ,r i.hc 01m, retrol'Unt,• through New .10 scY
!,out in sections. , z ane urd bin• math hirMthiv derided After th< are• he pnu.hased It travi l
it would he net-snry to place lie, of land yr Ohio ammo twenty miles)
wvith her -maternal grandparen Os :it in length, in which 1,110, pre.sprt. City
SWUL ld. of Cincinn W is located.. He was :qr-
ARhough he runs a Colonel in Ili, 1 pointed by Washington, United Slnl.e;
C'ontineutal nrnly and the British�District lunge Cor the Nnrthaestern
do tont r
were al' do pumnsinn 0,l'. the Lerribry II'.. died at Irlauary JSLI.
I.Inrd he determined to personally 411111'1`04 Pl Nul'Y.ACm"m
pkaeo the child Lir the via 0,t' he 'Kew CardonS L. 1. / q j"'
BOARD OF SUPERVISORS VOTE
GRIFFIN'TO PURCHASE
44- ,- AS SITE__ G
i 92-1 -.__.__..__.-._._. -.$'120,000 D e a I Involved—
Work on New Structure to
Betvin When Details Are
Complete,
i
HOTEL PROLEM GROWS
The 1 elfin Ifnuse ou C rifhng ave-�
nue Ruvm head, a to be
ot u modern
bought b
t1, y�
uffollc County a as Site l
I:outt Ifuu�se, which will cost several
Mildred thousand dollars. At the
nneel:fng of the, Board of Supervisors
inn Riverhead Mondav afternoon, it
resolution was unanimously adopted
authorizing SupervisorAbrilliant L•
Field, of Huntington, as chairman of I DOOiI1GD AFTLR 17:11.t�' UENT URY O(' S73$VICE
the board, to enter into a contract for _ _ ---
the ,,,,-chase of the hotel property zd '—
a figure of $120,000. The resolution In the hotel las norm m:umgmp " Thousands of persons ennir to River
was offered by Supervisor Edward II for opwards of 26 yeafn and hr h.n:l head annually to attend the seseon:
11Smith, of Smithtown worked an average of 111 hog t i't> of the Supreme, County. and horro
• This action on the part of tile, with the exception of a low da' dr'' gates Courts and to transact .bull
Supervisors came as a big surprise ing that long period• Ippon hes ness. it the county offices and therd
to the public, generally.
enerally The board i t'' it front the, hotel busing - pl•t I are also 'thousands of tourists, enol
had been ronsidering several plans to ,t•iffin, who ie familiarly lcniwn ,• moreial men and other visitors. Be
relieve I.he congestion ill the, offices �qf ad", will oc••mpv the (01111-1. rein cause of its lack of Ill
odern lintel or.
of the County Clorlc and the Surre- Bence of Percy L. Housel on Osborn^ commorlations Riverhead has been r
g'z
tie for the plat eight months, but it avenue, which he bought, about heavy losel.
lyes thought that the County Father.. year. ago and which he has In ad cx-
would either erect a new Coiu•t Hoose tensively remodelled. Inc is it
year "f
nn Che site of the present one or build• the wealthiest residents of the vil
an addition to that structure and the: g
building which now houses the offices i la Th- Griffin House was erected in
of the County Cleric and Surrogate 1863 by Henry L. Griffin, father of
It is understood that the board will I Iludson V., and was conducted by til,
have plans and apecificat:ions prepared latter to until his death many vear.s
for a new Court house, which will 14g,o, Wells Griffin, father of lien";
he used Fm' the Supreme, County 'ins I,., who established the Long Island
Surrogate's Court and that the offirns }Iouse in 1.807. owner) Property ex-
of the Surrogate and I)istri.^.0 AI; tending frons Main street to hrynnrl
Corney and the Supreme Court library the ,railroad tracks and the site of
will be located in the now .building tine present. Griffin House was it Par'
'file Griffin House Property, whf:h of lois farmors. The ancestors of the
is directly opposite the present Courf I Gnilfin family were, among the pioneer
house,hats it frontage on tariffing ave-I rattlers of Riverhead.
one of 15 t, kind is aproxiatatoh'I Tile. Proposal to sell the Griffin
.160 feet fn depth. It is well adaplldI Souse hag revived the agitation foil
roc the purpose to which it is to bet a nnorlern new hotel in Riverhead, and
will
,sed. It is said that the Supervise 51 in till probability definite steps
had offered Ilnclson. V Cru lln, w np son bn taken to promote suz,h n pn o'
owns ns a one-half interest 11 thn pr t n ,leen, Phe County seal has needed a
enty (the other half being owned h modern hetet fo some time and there
the ,stat of his broths the. let is lie village in the county that offs
vVililain W. G,i(lin, of Gremnno f a
better apportunrty for investment
b110,000, but he reflzsrd Ln Sr.11 "' inn a betel proposition. It is believed
les than $1'LI)000. Mt Ur i(rn Ir' that n hotel with 100 sleeping n nn'nr
ready to g ve the Co mLv P(`fs^' `', and costing about$260,0110 or $300,010
r n Nnvenllnen 1. Ile clues ref inCrn' would 'be It I ea hon
soIy aker. t tan,
lir
to serve nn^ala ar ft^ Ort:�bo 10. donbhedl.Y d
Hudson V. Griffir, will, was.. ho_n l the village and surrounding terl'Ito•y
7
died 11 his
I huse in MountV01711011,tet11 lr' from acne
Washington Toured Long island Fnan}rLis l f7 µurs of, )go.
R ash-
ngtoa had the ltiributos which nude
I n 1790 With t tach sand Four ff or$es� trTn ;;tr'y e4r°�v phi oust s.„home at i
J•a.C.t ---.� --.---.. Vloul;ti Vernon is visited by thnosaods
lit' Vi, 1,. M.�.7 Ol1RNliA1 ing the anew level up to four rail six oho rover Ills vi tuns end honor' hie
{ce L. Sandier:s, were covered while vlma' ;g@p.. yg�
Snuc on le or
..e, e Washinu to ler thea tents and Pinups like Shoop
being So �Il�L61 17��91�
19'"Lh births rt' lit Gem se Washington , miler tilt now log huts were ming !9
iguilt liar the poor lv clef sokbes were
at it v nfl t, i u W loci n-.s bo ler h weal e tied of sorra-m and salt et nib �������D �� n�����'g
I
Point:; :,I' hi . lila, ll. was bin n en I, front the ,.old. BRITISH
� Ielr i .ry ' 173.1, lir a cumfurttble RlPndhss of the waning . of II
Itrnihnunt rn r Ilo,,v;rad tee �plurta I .W,t lune-^on poultr! was not He fm ry,.wj �, — f Ya-' f
Ition or lb . Links of the lotomnne VS.,� onl s about the clop. T_ wife of
who , h;, lived tar thre Vicerr; until l;u otn alien NVAS v ri al , ver het•I During War of 1812 Jo$htla',
til, hirom burned dome and the frnily lose . raid she "Particularly lar- 1 -Penny Tried to Blow Up..
nu,v,d Lo moth:)• pl and atnon on Lhe monk cl tile, los al e t ett,lin fat Lm' Enemy's Flagship Which,
Lt oto; of the• Rappnhanno,.k, Iv-} Iter solcnut vfmr,od lumband y
� At nine ac ,Iof ill , tur},e ltd ui. quoted to her from hilt book ol'I Was Anchored in Gar-�
, Ilo att,n IS the best ponv rider to Bove hs Merl do )let despise a Chief s
Ili ne4:ldi(i honI Ile Asci became if b ,teal eal to vaLr Iy hit bol nlour aInCC8 Bay.
Ili b 1. ttunut and wte•.tltr, Could he,. i, htina,ry (H. D. S.)
pal h t moor. ,,Inca the tI t and fire But vii the sprin of 1710 the
I rifle held in lie. b ord. Ile liked to soldlel spirits we a brightened by In a previous paper mention base
I t I k ler Che hon Ler, IIIut tan pliers who help from the Fri melt. It Wats \V uh- been made of determination of Long
bi ought. p ltn to the plantation and in{,tons clever strategy find shrewd-I 1,2,It people to retaliate acts of the
Ilen went. down Co tilt tobacco shed.. ness that enabled aur arm}, small nod British in capturing, :burning and ty-
r til pl ntIttue vvh re, to listoia to Poorly equipped to oat-nwuuuvtr Lhel Lu.g�up their shipping.
ills,:' tale of per ate, and still)- British troops find his loyalty which ,The history of Southold is so in-
re'I . ll. v�:mled tub t ssiha and f•rompted him Lo accept tilt Pre uden'l I tertwined with Riverhead (of which
midi i. of our. weak nation the err nu uradon township Riverhead was one time a
\I l he h•Iu•ncd suiveving and taking placo ill New York April )tart)., a .more detailed story of the
a, it; set out, with a trinnd, (corge .174), use' of the most interesting part played byhusband'men and int
7lilirjzls_ I.. as covey L uif estate, I events of hong Island hisloty follow-i riveg
rituals is here even.
!thrid nue. hath of fliv present \Lille, ii>,)_ the Revolution was Iresidenl The Joshua 'Penny, of Southold,
n VirVinii At 38 he was a rima of N ashu ng;Ler's famous tout in Ila heretofore named as a Patriot bent
not than e idnlae,j Physique_ slid- spring, of 1790,with r upon blowing up Commodore Hardy's
rot w=i n 1oef. IC is nerd he wild -I ake nog New York, [.r^n tb�luteal' lisga'hi while anchored in Gardiner's
tk a hnr,e line ill lin hands end' capital, on Tuc sdsy morning, kerf Bay, in 1813, was a native of South
-
tn.d it, ole a sl.r;ul h6 strip ut sera 'tl his antic u; cosh and lbw' old town. When a lad fourteen years
""I vel he. never t w a horstful of )it, vi�I rte ho u:, Ills hast 71ays Journey
m tdilinu iliilities. lie. loved to w dell Ise lurlul 1'rookhm, u
Fialtbn h Now old he was apprentleed to Dr, John
n .taus running r ce• and hoadlig Otiuht Gruvc end and lmen Gardiner, of the Gardiner, family of
life .I:: on the 15rte m ie .Iia e mrvu:- whet he spent lin night at W n n:.': Giard'iner's Island', and went to Sea or
atn.m h, vinic by per lcunc� n b tenon I Tanen clesetibed lit Ills diary w; : one of Gal-diner's ships. This Gar-
i
rather than a tiilki t vet even err Ill 'good nnrl iletent hou a diner, 1f a digression is permissible,
m:e (lie scbd •d for
cos of his char ” a
lou rnoy was n xuaed Lilo st
cut was he first man to solid out front
ii tor•neve a e used to make themselves hit yneed,in'g the nlFht oil IlioIlSnip- Long Lol.and vessels to take whales on
lid L, Thin strength of mind eonpbined' i._n,l il,uns and follne ort, day os- foreign or off shore voyages. Ft was'
with Ihy.{eal sbility mode of R'aash- pndcd l.o Palihut;uq wlu re' tll:y ' in 1983. The vessel was the IFope�
int.';:en (h t,ie.rtest Aniericmt ul. his enchul :rt Il tits 'Pavers Own Over and the commander Capt. Ripley. The
11 u•dc»ivl by Ili,., eagrpail(uswind that ni0it spent at voyage was a failure, but 3ri bills, of
':he counts, of. the Indians; he rz- to Tavern, Selaukct. The nest oil being taken, Dr. Gardiner also)
turnp(I to ho Ibu loruno•rl: soldier of Illy slr•L ly;JS made for tinrithtown, outfitted-a brig for a whaling voyage!
ibe Virginia forces: On Judy T; 1770IunUO., teii tad Ouster Illy, vvherz the same Year. Its result was also
tin Look IOnoo-and or the Con ,tiw
_ental � .c as :atmtuunell Over nq,ht lit thei unfortunate. Not urtil Col. Benja-t
army ill. t:unbridgr, Mals. nne�trad'of (rapt. DaniI Youngs lit' min :Huntting and Capt. .Stephen
In August, 177h, hr was in coal- )vstei tiny Cove. This old house was Howell, of Southampton, bought the
round of t'u; 1'aaafous battle of Lbng' Suilt in IG6!, aild Che b< lrobn it brig •Lucy, built at Middletown, and
Island, hill r uc forced. ten..retreat to ;Ili,h \Vashnt•ton slopt, Loget:hor sent Capt. George All of South-
nv,;. the 111-11,y which Ire Look Orin nn dif creat Po Ccs ' of tut uiiturz impton, on a whaling voyage, in 1786,
New Jreet'. That, wnrber be was vhuh It used ret til ; thile hive hl+.o .be returning with 360 bills. oil May
very ill wits qunr.v sit throat also oft cvitt.ly as they were 117 veare 16,.'1786, was the whiling Industry
had sinillroa, which raged through Igo and tl'ernrcd' as rue sL valuable {9h shll successfully established on
vdinlet i unrl.h: 'fnc little Anrar attics. 'Zohg.Island.
icon army war, quirlc'red upon Ptd:. 1iem Oysli INV, oil SaklydaY ,Atln�ms, the historian, who has a
riolrc pcoPh. of surall hanrlots lir New nmnui Ch• tali 1y4ic on linuvd to summer home at Bridgehampfon, and
iercey and a sin in lnecembet 1770,. Minh I .licit: lid blushing, 1. assints vyhb is prominent as a member of the
Morristown, N. :T. became their will- li out.h Newtown. Fledfotd and
Let, quarter '. Al. thtrstnntss tilt 1:112l it ool hu, the Prt .ident and lits part' Suffolk County (and: other) historical
snmv wen two 1'e,ct deep 'and weather.I toss vl titre lura mail. were. hack in societies, went searchingly into the
record of Penny. IIe says;
etrpnn ly cold. homo of the soldiers Vcw 7mdc by tirLurdity.evcnn k. "Penny's indenture was cancelled
ve.re nehi sly bmefooted \Vushmt,ton sur ucd ldMartha CusLi,. at.the end of the first year and he
',hurlll alter.New It l's began lire I a wilev vGith h n ehildt rn ut 17•,J. then shipped on various voyages to
ulosl. Lienamiious now :(,term ever rp- 11 tet srrvinu, hvn terms n Pt asides l' orts on the Atlantic coast, ,Guada-
membvied 'Plc_'"gre t Sturm bring- .. _ P _ _..:...._ ..
t.
]otipe, and the West Ladies, speeding he has been in Prison unto a xew
14`year also with the Indians in tine weeks since (July 24, 1814), when nag the torpedo attack. Capt. Few-
Interior of Georgia. He then sailed 'he was released by as order froml ler, a priaorer on board.the Ramillies,
front Savannah to Cork, was in Its. Berkley, his crime bang employed as Wrote of Penny's capture, how Tae
141W in 1708, sailed in an African a pilot to A torpedo boat, In conse-I fooled the British and saved his hams.
814Ver to Jamaica and was there im- queace of his being a non-combatant from destruction by coiling to im_
Pressed and forced to serve, with four our Commissary of prisoners confined)aginary patriots concealed in the
Rfver'heaaerica in (one said to be a at Providence by way of retaliation'nearbybushes
mariner), on the Briti+.h the sailing , and how a Sag Har-
frigate Alligator, which took hint. to This Penny is a desperado, RA...
illies„,.bor fonnati n how thad o take e British
in-
t There he was transferred His, adventure,, be, Robinson Cru always to the sixty-four gun frigate Stately, sae. On his return here he swore u- Harbor claimed that one of the Sag
Which formed part of then squadron me that his life would be devoted to a Penn Tories 'sold his country for
Which:sailed to Cape of Good. Hopei,blowing up a British ship, lie went: y„
and captured South Africa from the to New Yorlc and after a week or' Dr. Stege gives a good description
Dutch, two of this early torpedo, It was an en-
No attention was , made his appearance here again fire new construction, cost $1,600, and
Paid to his pro- in company with a Yankee desperado, ,vas Projected construction,on ingenious artist
tee No as at American seaman and It appears that they and about 7 or
with
.was not Ameallrican
to communicate 8 others had conducted torpedo boatace l in New York at the expense of a few
with o American consul. Ile was to within 7 or a p private gentlemen (of whom I ven-
next forced to serve on land, escaped. (Sag Harbor 8 males e this ored'till. to opine one was Dr. Sage), and
and went over to the Dutch, being re-. on account of the windthe'Whileh}h Ali is, I think better calculated to effect
captured at Cape Town and after be were here the wind rose to a tempest its object than .any hitherto at-
ng imprisoned as a deserter, was duringI tempted. It is a bomb-proof thing
again impren:,ed and served on vari-� tempted 'ttlos one of the men at mrd calculated to go boldly up to a
ous British ships of war, in, one of l, rndes �seing h n, Ili daills h gearer oft con, 74 in the daytime and blow liar ftp.
Which :he was flogged'. until 'he i ing cut the able to 'The boat will contain about 10 men,
fainted. Beingill he was sen Cn give him retie£,, a small part of which im above the
hospital at Tble' - t to the but the man drowned and the boat
he again escaped Mountain, whence) drove on shore among, the rocks and water and of the thickness of about
]h. wilds P and lived alone in knocked off her ltoel. This was ie, the 4 or 5 feet of timber and iron bars,
f tb� Mountains for thin-, evening. Tile next site is kept upright by a cast iron
0011 1110#bhm, finally Teaching Capel be of the garriugn started ie,. boats morning amines- keel, weight •1,500 .pounds, is pro_
Town omeased in skins. At lase, atterto assist in getting her off, and about Pelled by a spiral oar at the rate
marry more adventures I
he 0 o'clock I observed the two frfgat.s of say 4 miles an hour. The coatriv-
and a ld after an alxuenco of .]even (which Isy before the harbor) stake once of keeping off boarders and ex-
and a half years, burning with the sail and steer for the place where the plodirg their powder tinder the hot-
desire to wreck vengeance of some torpedo was• tom of a ship is very ingenious and
sort upon his cantors." I thea remarked that smile rascal quite original,
The British fleet appeared in Gal'- had given them infm•mation, which As a commentary, during the World
dlne•'s Bay in 1813. At that time since Proves to be correct; wind and War the Ordnance Bureau of the
Penny was living' at Three Mile Har- 'tide prevented the frigates front ar_ Navy, employing the E. W. Bliss Co.,
bor Gut. He sailed a small, packet riven„ at the place until the after- of Bxwoklyn, had a torpedo proving•
between Long Island and Connecti-
'loan. As soon as they hove in sight ground at Gardiner'o Bay and dirigi-
cut, The anchoring of Commodore the captain of the torpedo, after re- ble gubmarine torpedoes were tested
Hardy's fleet blockaded; commerce. .moving' the apparatus into the woods, in waters where the first known at-
Commodore Decatur, U, S. Navy, was pint a barrel of Powder into the boat tempt to use a submarine torpedo was
shut up in New London harbor,, Pen- and some straw and set dire to it, but !lade a hundred years before. Alm.-
ny crossed at night, avoiding the fleet, the straw being wet it did not explode In 1813, as a century thereafter, by
in a whaleboat. He arranged to pilot under half an hour and not until after World War participan% Commodore
a force of small boats over to Gar- the British hall landed, whe however Hardy protf' ted attempts to torpedo
dinert, Island. Decatur commanded never avert near it. As soon as the his fleet, as "a made of warfare prac-
and the Antericars lay in conceal- ship got within gunshot of the shore tised by individuals from mercenary
men
eat, The plan was to take Cerium- they opened a trendom, 'ire upon motives and more novel than :honor-
dore Hardy and his fleet captain, who the poor beat, and good old Deacon able." Hardy? warned /the inhinbi-
were ie, the habit of going ashore to Mulford's .]louse, who together with. tant, of the towns along the coast of
stretch their legis and visit the Gar- I his family were 3 or 4 utiles off at Long Island that wherever I hear
diners. Hardy was not taken, but church. Under this fire they landed this boat or any other of her descrip-
some British officers were, on the i about 100 sailors and marines who tion has been allowed to remain after
night of July 26, 1813. soon drove about a dozen Militia who this day, I will order every house near
Penn threats to blow up Ilardys had.. been firing at them into the the shore to be destroyed."
Penny's woods and then went to the Deacon's Records show that before the at-
ship made the nava] commander house which stood near the beach and tempted torpedo attack Commodore
nervous. The bottom o the Ramillies was badiy battered with their can- hardy had paid Magistrate Joseph
was �:+wcptevery two hours, night and non balls,and after robbing it of 200 Terry, Esq., of Oyster Pond,
day to atees.,, off' the "dnnac.d Yankee or 300 dollars in clothing, breaking .under. flag of truce thirteen dol-
barnacles." the clock and looking (bars for "indebtedness to bullock+
glasses, de-
Concerning the attempt to torpedo +=-droying the furniture, doors and the persons front whom we re-
the British ship, Dr. Ebenezer Sage, windows,.proceeded to make war up- ceived in Angvst last," 1813.) No
then representative in Congress fon on dais sheep, and pigs, of they attempt to laid and destroy had I
the district, has left a letter; saying .... been made by the fleet. The torpedo
"You will recollect Joshua Penny forma• they carried off about 30 and threats of June changed
man o Y ge procedure
who was lasC,summer taken from his Y f the ]atter, The then went and ]ed to the attack of the Mulford;
bed (at Three Mile Harbor house) by on board and returned to their an- house and further to the aitacI and
the crew of a British barge and car- choraga. Thus ended the Torpedo attempt to burn ships, Aevharves and
rigid on board the Ramillies, put in was••° houses at Sag Harbor, July 1]., 1813,
irons,and upon an allowance of bread I There. is no doubt about Penny's when the enemy was beaten off,
and water, conveyed to Halifax where capture and punishment, Toy plan- I prefer to talce the etatememt of
Dr. Sage that the. torpedo war ended
with the destruction by storm and I British gold for betraying Penny was
burning of "Pennyjs t'orpe'do,"' It always denounced by Penny as a of curious whites, 'lyre few lnumns
.does not .square with the 8wry fn; Fordham, and descendant of one of who remain, and there are now said
Mallnnan's History of Shelter 1,1- the original settlers of the port of to be no pure bloods, continue the
and," -Where i,o narrated: "Hi the war Sag Harbor. custom of their ancestors. The core-
Of 1812 the enemy would come ashore While no Long Island ratan, no Riv- Monies ire religious kind the occa-
ou this island, day or night, and con- erhead man, was killed on Long Isl- slon one of visiting and renewing
fisca'te cattle, sheep, and whatever and during the war of 1812, every acquaintance.
else they wanted. One night the One- man kept his gun and bayonet in his When the English first settled
any went ashore on Gull Island and room where he,slept, carriedit with eastern Long Island to 1040, an
threw the lannps of the lighthouse in. him to meeting and went armed in ancient Indian, then more. than 1.00
to the sea. But they paid dearly for public, It was indeed a time tbat years old, declared to one of the
this act of vandalism, .as one of their tried men's 'souls, and again quoting Easthampton pioneers that within
barges "an ashore on Plmn Island, re- from the .Sage letters one finds; "No his recollection the Indian, were as
sultitig in it3 loss, together will, sew- happy •countenances among us; but many as the spears of grass, when
Oral of its crew. Their bodies were for our clan beds and fish many he was a boy. Ravages of war, pes-
fomnd shortly after by others from would go snpperless•to bed;'owing to tilence, shipwrecks and inability to
the squadron and buried on the east tine blockade, "expecting to be burnt assimilate the customs of the whites
side of the Island. (the villages) and women and chil decimate(] the Indians. The last
Of course such wanton destruction dren sett out of the confla.grition;" pure bloods of the Shinnecock tribe
of our beacon light had to be repaid ` are said to have died in the wreck
and the cause, 'the whlin of n few
y in some way. So the Yankees bought titled scoundrels and human butchers of the ship Circassian, opposite
0 an old square rigged vessel, and fix- -flail incendiaries." _ Bridgehampton, 50 years ago.
ing a magazine in her hold, so con- '. JUNE MEETING OBSERVED id The
herIndians
but n are Polytheists and
ON SH NNL` Y were won over
nected that upon raising the hatches COCK RESERVATION to Christianity, and it is thought
it would explode, sailed her as near. Smxla wa's�Jhinc�'k�eeting Day at the June meeting custom dates from
the Fleet as they dared, and then un- Shinnecock Reservation. The observ-I the timeof the teachings of the
der cover of darkness abandoned her. ance has loug.been maintained by the Rev. Azariah Horton of Southold,
When the enemy noticed the vessel Innlinns• �Orig•iln of the rite is not I who in 7.8.11 was engaged by the
they put off in boats and brought her exactly lcrown. ill times when tine Society for the Propagation of the
aloIndians were more numerous the Oospel Ohrough its New York com-
her of
of the fleet, Tbei1 a mind meeting' was of a social and religious nnittee and who worked exclusively
her of o0icers went a--board sail
nature. Inriinns and colm•ed people as a missionary among the Long Is-
started to raise the hatches, when the land Indians.
uml,.+azine exploded. with terrific force, came from nt miles distant find there
blowing the men into the sea to thein; were present representatives i, of the Of n dune meaning ^ 1?-1re Mi.
destruction and the vessel to the bot- Montauk 'Tribe. nn,.. n,,. �(... IIm•tmn's journal tells: ',Preached
tong of the waters. The Britiieh were • declared to be extinct; the Mannan- at Shinnecock. Many Indians were
so incensed that they sent their' sets, who lived at Shelter Island; the in distressing concern and inquired
barges up the Connecticut the next l Carchaugs, of Southold town, and the what they must do 'to Abe saved.'
Poosepatucks,of,Brookhaven town. The day was observed as a day of
night sail burned every vessel that
I The whole day, in Years past, was public thanksgiving,"
they found as fai• up as Deep River;'
The Mallmann account is from a per- spent in exercise of religious wog- Other preachers among the Long
conal record of 'Lodowick Havens, of i ship. Those who came from a dis- Island Indians at June meetings years
Shelter Island, who said "the sound tante mmude the journey on .the pre- ago have been the Rev, Mr, James of
of that explosion was like an earth- ' viOne' day and returned home in the Easthampton,the first minister of the
quake." succeeding week. Then the char- town, 1851; Sampson Occum, a cml-
While amination is made of burials n actor of the June meeting was vented Mohegan Indian, ordained by
of tailors from the British fleet oil chalgged by participation of the the Presbytery of Suffolk in 1759 and
Plum 'Island by th Bri ishl oil whites, who assembled at the reser- who died at Oneida in 1792; Peter
YHenryY vatiollfrom all parts of the Island. John, a Shinnecock Indian, for many
ing, whose diary Ihave, kept when IIuckstern and fakers made the meet- years a faithful and successful
Gull Island sea wall was built, afterl ing a place to sell merchandise. A preacher, converted in the great re-
the close of the war, he superintend-1• na•itel"of 75 years ago describing, the vival of the Rev. Davenport in 1741-
ing that work for his father, Henry! ,lune meeting says: 44, who lived to a great age and is
Packer Dering, Federal Agent, in i' "The whole country for miles buried at 'Pooscpatuek, and the Rev.
1817, no mention is made of British around exhibits all the confusion of PaulCutfce, a grandson of Peter John.
officers :killed in a magazine explos general training; the holy Sabbath, burn in .Brookhaven, 1757, died
ion, or of a ship blown up. . Dr. Sage from morning until night, is polluted March 7, 1812, whose grave is near
is equally nontnformative, Adams, with the most barefaced Profana_ the Montauk Highway at Canoe
describirg the attack on Sag Har tions. These facts are not stated on Place, not far fromShinnecock Re-
bor, dismiwes the Penny torpedo the grounds of vague rumor, but servation,
story as recited and concludes "nor is from the evidence of sense at the The Shinnecock Reservation is one
there .any thing more of interest to last anniversary. And it will be of the only two Indian reservations in
record in regard to operations during observed that the disgrace of -these New York State. It is located just
the remainder of hostilities. unhallowed proceedings belongs ex- west of the fashionable summer
Penny, out of the way, in Prison at elusively to tine white population. colony settlement at ISonthampton on
Halifax, the torpedo destroyed, aind The conduct of the colored people Shinnecock Neck, and the Jndians
the Ramillies on another station, it is unarked with propriety and cir- have a resident preacher among' them.
would seem the torpedp war was in- cumspection. (But for the annoy-
effectual. ante of those who take no interest
in the religious exercises of the meet.
Living in );:act I3amptmn is Capt.
John Penny, Octogenarian, a nephew rang, it would be both n pleasant and
of the Joshua Penny who conceived profitable season:
I. but failed to conmimnnate the blowing June meeting has 'long since
up'of the Ramillies or Orpheus. The ceased to attract the great throngs
Toy who is said to have taken
W y
f: ®Y,
f
children never undressed at night but
'UldLong ng Island Newspapers lay down with their clothes on,
e.ax through fear of thee foo e in the Uuy
Read iJ Like Comic
Sheets Today oda TUe alarm would be given: "The
ce � British are coming," and the wagons
/ I would be brought to take the women
def '(� and children off in the oak timber, tc
Contained Very Little Mews But Many Literary Works and'' stay until the cannot, bans tram the
Reprints from Magazines —Advertisements Peculiar for and wharf beat off the foe.
'
FD This place, consisting of about 200
Even Mentioned a Wife for Sale. houses :has been built tip since the
Revolution by honest industry in
- catching whale and codfish;' Dr. Sage
As for live local news the old-time
(By H. D. S.) continues. "The people are not very
Lt the old-time newspapers of Long. newspapers were dull. Let us see the rich, except a few, mostly mechanics
Island cure to be found some very pe- estimate of Sag Harbor 120 years ago and laborers with Targe families. The
cullar advertisements and statements as described in an advertisement m Orders in Council Pat an end to all
when compared with present day the Suffolk County Gazette of June our prosperity and war is fast making
standards. A fact known only to 17, 1805: them Poor and wretched. IC is dis-
those interested is that the first print- Abraham Roster advertises his place tressing to see the changes that it few
ing press established on Long Island for sale through Capt. Daniel Ford- years have produced among us, per-
was set tip at Sag Harbor about 17'90, ham (both good old Long Island Eton- haps near 20 of illy neighbors who
The place had been made a federal ily names). 'His description of the were formerly captains, mates, sailors
port of entry and collection as early Principal port of Long Island at that of vessels, carpenters, sail makers,
Lis 1788, and John Colston was the time is unique. Ile says: boat builders, and in g)od civeum-
first named collector of customs un_ It is a village which in a slow pro- stances are now reduced to the neces-
dcr the new government. The writer gress has yet some distance to ad- sity of doing garrison duty to get ra-
has the files of many of the earliest vance before it meets its probable tints to feed, and a little money with
Long Island newspapers, Sonne are point of elevation." And of the Place
complete for the year; some are he offers for sale, lie remarks: Ap- ,which to cloath their families. We
broken; some contain only a Yew pending to a division of Sag Harbor, formerly had 20 or 26 coasting ves-II
copies. which has engaged the attention of Bels employed in southern trade, :nidi
It world surprise the present day persons of repute, whoever will be- in carrying wood, etc., to market. 3`
reader to pick tip his weekly pews- cone the adventurer upon the Present or 4 or them only remain. Some of
paper and read as follows: exposon may be sure of situating' them have been falcon mal sent to
A Wide For Sale—To sold for himselfitiin a neighborhood of the Halifax, others burnt, and others so'
five shillings, lily wife, Jane. She is greatest resinectability." often taken and ransomed that the
stoutly built, stands firm and is sound, Prof. Dwight, president* of Yale owners are unable to keep them in
wind and limb. She can sow and reap, College,visited the port in 1804. Here repair, and sail them, and they are
hold a plow and drive a team and are his impressions; either sunk at the wharf, or laid up
would answer any stoat able man that � "Sagg Harbour;' wrote the doctor, to rot in creeps and inlets. Our young
can hold a tight rein, for she is hard 'is a very pretty village ..situated men have generally gone into the
mouthed and headstrong, but if oil a mere mass of sand. The harbour, Army of Flotilla service at New
properly managed world either lend
which is excellent, and the only good York, or emigrated in search of busi-
one for a great distance on the Hast- ness; nothing be seen but houses
or drive as tame. as a rabbit. Her ern art of the Island, allured the in- stripped of their furniture, and, as
husband parts with her because she pe
is too mach for bion. Inquire of I habitants.to this from
want
ground; the expect to be nflag sent out of the
printer• All her clothes will be given not unpleasant from want napless-pros- reacb of the c etfl r ays a Women
with herd, poet, bt a because it tarnishes sun- who have seen better days are obliged
Evidently the writer of this adver- ant streets and walks, and is un- to wash for and billet soldiers, to
tisement was considerable of a wag. friendly to every kind of vegetation, share with them their rations; no
To the antiquary the old newspapers I The village contained at this time !sappy countenances among its, but
of Long Island Bile a mine of informs- about 120 houses; the principal part I children for want of reflection and
tint. Frothing-ham's Long• Island o£ which are of a winding street ter- soldiers made happy by whiskey; but
Herald was the first pater printed on initiating at the shore; the rest on for our clean beds and fish many would
the Island. The initis number was some other streets of less consequence. go supperless to bed."
the I May Th licit. It bears the Many of the houses, outhouses and In the 1805 issue of the Gazette are
unique motto: "1;ye nahtre's walks, fences are neW and neat; and an ap- advertisements of dry goods,groceries
shoot* folly as it flies,—and catch the pearance of thrift, elsewhere unknown and hardware, Jamaica, Antigua and
manners living as they rise," in this part of the Island is spread St. Croix rum by the hogshead, barrel
Other newspapers published in Suf- over the whole village." IIe gives or less quantity, also molasses by Asa
folic county before 1810 are the Suf- the population as 850, and in 1810 as Partridge groceries, hardware and
folk County Herald, Selleek Osborn,. 1,108. crockery 6y Jesse Hedges. CaUinet
editor, 1802; Suffolk Gazette, Alden Before me as I write is a letter furniture by Samuel L'Hommedieu;'
Spooner, editor, 1804-1810. Spooner ,written on then 14, 1814, by Dr,
rin Con- wool by John Jermain, the grand-
had ]earned the printer's trade with szer Sage, Y' parents of Mrs. Russell Sage and for
his cousin, Samuel,Green, in New Lon- '•ress for Suffolk County. The good whom a splendid memorial building
don. Ile bought out Osborn and lo- IT was tit his Sag Harbor home.i has been erected. Wool by •Henry
cated in Sag, Harbor when lie was IIe addresses a friend living in Peun-' packer Dering, who was the federal
twenty-one years old. His first news- 3yl1 Bin. It is war time and he says: agent and agent of fortifications;
paper iasue is dated February 20, "L almost covet your retreat among sixty sheep and lambs on Shelter Is-
1804. There. are many descendants the glens of Adams county, secure in land for sale by Jonathan Douglas;
When he sold his Gazette, place and plenty, while I an domed salt by Howes Crowell, and even, for
10
of SPomter.May 28, 18 A,I he continued, editing 10 this sand bank in continual alarm; slavery prevailed stil, ' A Negro
and publishing it until it suspended in not a week passes but the guard boat Woman 25 yeo•s old, for sale, apply
February 23, 1811. Alden Spooner lir some of the sentinels see, or thinly to Alder Spooim•," ye editor.
went to brouklyn and bought the Long they see, an societies' barge, and fire; And what news is served to sub-,
Island (Star, and he ]veld control and this alarms the garrison and the drum scribers of this little folio Gazette!1
edited the tar until his death, No- 'beats to arms, and the whole town, Vol, 111, No. 120, folio of 12 volumes,
men women and children are in oro - has 16x10 inches of reading matter.,
vember 27, 1840. 1 tion. Editor's. note—The women and, (Compare it with some of the man-;
rnotir eattmns of Tttr'; COUNTY lee- husband 57 ,years. She was mother nlunerative it.has paid its own way
vtew). It leads oft with It copied ar- of 11 children, 79 grandchildren and and we trust it has not been wholly
Unproductive of good. PO our personal
title from the American Citizen,which 68 great-grandchildren, in all 158" (no and political friends both in Soffulk
is n re. roduction from the Monthly race suicide prevailed in that time), 1
Magazine published in London, in "of whom there are now 128. As near and Queens counties, We return our
which the 'scurrilous prints of fed- as can be ascertained, she has served cordial thanks for many favors re-
evalisnn are considered.' It alludes as widwife at the birth of 3,500 uhil- calved and for generous sympathy and
to the re-election of Jefferson ap- dreg. She was subject to the awaken- support, slid Nye congratndate them
preaching nearly to unanimity, and I ing in 1742." that Long Island is still strong in 1110
says; I The local advertisements consist of Union cause and has rolled up a good
The licentiousness of the presses John White and Jesse Hedges al- cousat•vative majority for 1.111,. Union.
employed in Opposition to the present nouncennont of their carding wool and tho Constitution and Un! haws, and
administration (Jefferson) has been cotton business at Watermill, in though the First A.rscnnbl,v Disl.riet of
carried to such till excess of violence. Bridgehampton. Wool and cotton left Suf'olli is ;joined to itsidols, it is gral-
and malignity, as totally to defeat the at the store of Jesse Hedges (Sag ifying, to know that she, stands :done
designs of those who conducted them." Harbor) will be carried and returned illthe First Congressional District
So we see that there were many free of expense. A similar notice is and that. the Coog]'eliSi01I-;I! and Scus-
muddy sides to politics even in those given by William Albertson, of tovial District Of which we aro a part
early days. 'Today the Period of per- Southold—wool may be left at Asa ;;till stand en tine side of conservatisin
somal journalism and controversy Partridge's store in Sag Harbor. and rill
seems to have passed. Henry P. Dering advertises good, Comm1.11ting on the Daily Corractm'
There is an article on "Man—Polit- clean Sholto• Island wheat, cheaper .the. Sulfoll: flcnlocrat saidill October,
ico—Arithmetically Considered;" and than flour at nine dollars a barrel; '1860: - N�•gj
an account of the murder of a I{en- also wood of superior quality. SaYre 111c,;sra. (Alex) Ilunt k (lirinlcy
1 tacky father by his thirteen-year old & Corwithe (pronounced Qndthy), of I) ) Sleight have commneneed tiro pub-
. daughter. One-third of the paper is Bridgehampton, have just received "a licatioi of a spicy little sheet under
taken up with recounting tile nnelan- very general assortment of Dry Goods Ill,, tithe "Daily,Corrector;" ,aitb the
choly and disastrous occurrences".in &Groceries." Asn Partridge Ill's wool intfnntlo❑ of continuing it daring the
one of the Friendly Islands, the loss for sale. There is for sale at the ,aaIpaigU and soaking it a Perm 11011
of the American ship Duke of: Port- Gazette office, "Zimmerman on Soli- inatitulinn Of Sag lIarber, it their
land, and the murder of whites by the tude," a work very deservedly es-
natives. I teemed wherever it is known," price patronage will warm t such an uu-
A paenl, "The Dying Christian," is !site dollar. 'there are more than two dcrtaking. This evidence of the in-i
published by request, and another columns of legal notices, for the most tcrest the Americans take in I.he Pres-
column is devoted to poetry. part S rrogate's and Foreclosure eat cam paign proves conclusively that
A clipping from the Boston Gazette, sales. Lincohn & Company ]lave been recket:-
re�produced, says: I Other early newspapers of Long ink.' without their host."
The differences which have sub- Island ,published at Sag Harbor winle The Corrector was established in
sisted between-the.United States and Samuel A. 'Seabury's Suffolk County 1822. I'or yeas it was published as
Great Britain are rapidly approaching i Recorder, October 19, 1816, which be- a senni-weekly; after 1359 as a daily
a .happy conclusion." A letter from I came on loc.tober 18, 1817, the "Amer- for it short time; then an a nvecldy till
Gazette of Hayti, speaks of the Gen- ican f agle and Suffolk County Gen-.. til 1018, when sold and-, merged wilii
e1'alisslnlo Mirandi, as "a new Wash- eral Advertiser" and which lasted un-! the News and the Express. Sig Har-
ington," who has cone to re-establish til August 4, 1821, when editor moved )not• has one paper where it had three
the illustrious unfortunates of the to Huntington. in 1918.
Island" in the primitive state of ����� ��� �����
liberty, which the barbarity of the SAG
HARBOR LEADS
Spaniards had ravished from them." �g tnU' Illi&EC14D/� liditAll
A drily of
M the democratic NEW IN 1 Ufio IN NEWSPAPER WORK
majority of the Massachuetts legis- l'�9Mn YYf�iiCC7711''UU@@�'��"" �Q"" 1�
lntion by a Connecticut Federal editor
completes the miscellaneous mutter.
Locally the organization of the 7/� By 11. D. SLEIGHT With announcement that the flat-
P,
Company of Artillerists,re-
cently enlisted in the port is given. The first daily new¢papol of Snilollc chogue Advance will alter Af ril 3
The shipping, news contains the ar- county •vas published in 18E0. A time- ba issued semi-weekly Is coupled the
rival of the ship Abigail, Capt. Top- stained copy of Otho"Daily Corrector" statement fn some exchanges
ping., with 1,300 barrels of oil to Col. of November 9,1860,Prints•; ges th..t the
Benjamin Hmutting; also the ship "The Sag Harbor Daily. Corrector Advance will be the first sent-weekly
Warren, Capt. Folger, with 1,700 will be discontinued after today's is- publication in the county. This is not
barrels, to Stephen Howell & Co., sus For tile; past two months we sl'. Col. IIenry T-funt, who founded tine
and Capt. T. Beebe. This under date .have published the Daily as a Com- Ce•recto•, and who was father of the
June 23, 1806. Pullin pap e•, •laboring zealously for fotnndor of tine Express, published the
.Notice of the mutiny on board the what rvo believed to be riglit—the Corrector for It considernblO tittle as
British armed whaling ship Minerva, Cause of the Union and the Collstitu- a semi-weekly newspaper. After ills
Capt. Cottle, of London,and the mur- tion—for Bell and Everett as the can- (lentil, ht 1857, it was announced that
der of the Captain, who was from t1o"Ts iu every ree;Pect moat worthy Ir resumption oY woodsy publications
Nantucket, is given. of the supper ol'. Che American people would bo adopted.
The marriage at Shelter Island, on _far the Union .Electoral Ticket till The Corrector, under its second MI.
the 14th inst., of Mr. John Tylerthe only ticket opposed to a great and 101' the late Brinley D. Sleight, was
Havens, nlerelnant, of ISag Harbor, to Well disciplined political organisation' published as the first (laity pipe• of
Miss Phebe Havens, daughter of the growing to Ile a dangerous and sec- Suffolk County. This was during the
late Obadiah Havens, is announced. lienal Power inthu coufed0t•:u•..e,. We Civil War. Telegraphic nous was re-
The following notice also occurs: started our enterprise upon one own ceived from New York The publicn-
"Died at Somer, (Mass.) Aprid 27, individual responsibility and have car-tion was not ¢ paying venture. Week.
Mrs. Mnry Sexton. She was born in tied individual
aided only by the kind- Y issues were then resumed.
New London to 1716—wns married 11 i So Sag Harbor not one had the first
at 1S years of age,and lived with her fness ri�nda1el Though N haste oft been ire-'-newspaper of. Long Ish2➢1,l published
2; - had :been in failing health tor• •orate
by David Frothingtmr in 1791, ort the. newspaper and the first weekly news-.time. Ile was president of the Sol-
first printing press; the first magazine paper, but also the first book: printery fol}; Bank during ite whole period of
ever printed oil Long Island on Ute' and boot: bindery.—Sag Hm•Uoi' EX-1 existence, and when the State banks
___ , were driven to abandon their circula-
tion by the National Bank laws 141x.
Adam; cautioned bu�ires i t aZhl �r
puff FAILURE
'fhe gag Harbor Savings Bank was n1d htolcor, retains ill( I'-
q4 /f�R l'+� e�aablished in 1860. Its first officers .folk Count} Bink", hilt i moa n,%
pppp� �p �a were J. Modiset Hnntting, of East bills The. all Safrolk Baal Wil lo.,
A� u�ppppl,rpagplp�,I7fa ���� Hmnpton, president; Jonathan Fith- it cYi,tcrr, ❑Ddu it; St rt court..
IflI NRr IN&161�Idi+'1111097dIlVltlV ion (long• a supervisor of,�5outhamP obtained credit In financial tcls.
_ ton. town); Jer mruah T. Par so)sl and was rote of thn ver tet b`zrlr o
I yZ J (East Hampton's fiduciary officer tl ate that did tot - end
'akl.tC 1$eSSil$va, c' Charles N. Brown one of the Brown 1 -1 m
Lli When Suffolk brothers, Who came over front Con- 1 oynrent in thc rt is op 1857. it it t"
Bankin Sag Harbor WaS necticut and won wealth on Long Is!- only after it ran v' n privato b:i tic,
a and. Alanson. Topping', Joshua B. and then only after tho 70s, that mia-
l.Jnable to Continue BUSir Nickerson, prominent as a former 'fortune was attached to its name.
neSG— No De$fosito4 Suf- and a merchant; John S'herrV, one A Court oY Bankruptcy reported
time Collector of Port and father of.;
f tic crotl be 1 of the Stt(f:±11[ Cntmty
("Cpe(1 �tPay ➢$ug L.�o38. er
John Sherry, Jr., later a County: ^'trld �blr�nmo nth oPl kl�eir indivi�he:.�.l
'Iyeasu}'er, for two Cornu:., vice-Pres i-�rtai!cv:. The failure of the Snfsae
(lI. D. S.) dents; V✓illiant A. Woodbridge, trear .
The people of Long Island got urea; William II. Gleason, attorney. County Lank caused a great sense
The
very well withcnt banks in Tine ,bank: Deemed for business at tion. Ab=ut every bus!nees man„ and
early Years of settlement. When baa- the second floor• of the DeBevoise I many wmnen, of Che village,lost some
ter and tirade was succeeded by ship- building, west side of Main street,. Of money, Some of the sufferers of
'ping ventures, and Sag' Harbor was (now owned by Aaron Jaffe.) Later the failure were:
Lit, principal 1„art for shipping, bills, it had quarters for Years an the Sa,,. Harbor—William Fo George'I
�rgmtd floor of the same Uunlrling, un- 5',4.55; FL 'T. Hedges, $23.14; Goocge
of etvhnnge were drawn, These bills R. F;,
wean negotiable. The port had its EiP 1911, when it moved to its fine 13. Broom & Son, $363.63;
fu•pts of ship owneru and outfitters. new building at Main and Sprints Richar[Is, 1$?.76.52; D. Sandman,
Failures were unknown in; these: streets. $02.61; William R. JlOW Iso Sm81t,
houses, There were occasimrs when Buritting& Co. (lid a private bank- J. G, \/gughn,53.19;: 515.99;
vessels made poor voyages; and, then, I»g business, such busiress as it char- $5N) George .Kiern ii,S4 Maid-
sometimes payments`fere deferred,or to Of a Savings Bank will not Peralit, Phomas H Eldredge $46, Thomas
notes issued—but eventually PsY- before 1.860, 'tone Steant mills, $
meats were made. About 1460 the Suffolk Bank waa )✓nunett, :$100, Samuel 6�•2 Davis,
Everybody was making so much contumcd as a private bn.,mes It $422.65; M. H Gregory $'
money that. losses were only tel"130” ascended payments in January, 1871, J, Ilaurand. '$100•; John n, Ripley,
wry set-backs, The maritime an!1 $3,g1; John h'. Linnmgton, $1f7.2fi;
and was tile fust bunk failure of nn:y J P' D. Lobstein, ';$138.47; Bassett.&
cont5iicrcinl hooses of eastern Long emmequerice Co effect the Hm•bm' and ('o,, ,$184.36; Harris & Co., $193:60;
I stand fill had their agents anis tiro Fham amts, There was a small Oscar 13. Edwards, $100; James Cun-
)n•)kcrs in New York city. These panic when it discontinued honorin"'
aannts sold I.lro whole oil rind other and cashing checks. This notice IP- ninaham, '$200; Rebecca O'Nieit Ford ,
cargoes tlu Long Island strips ±ea?'ed in the villa •e weekly news- William Halsey,'57 cents; Job
it Eliza
1 g B. G. YaYnc, $ '
brought 4n, Many of these agents paper: ham, $200;
r:ho started in a .small way got "United States of America,, Esrterr, A, Havens,'$40; P. R. Johnson, $100;..
riches from whale oil profits. Start- District of New York, ss,: A.t Sag Peter Coogan, $lot, Margaret Early,
ing in ship chandlery shops or imtk Flarbm•, the 21st day of April, A. D. $g. B,.F. Davis, $350; 'John Catherine
shol:�;, at South street, they invested 1371. The undersigned hereby ;gives $150; Phebe Ranger•„ $12;
profits in Manhattan lands. The ml- iiotice of his appoinC»vent ns Assignee .Shaughnessy, $13; Ann Dmnn, $30;
clews of many a "swollen fortune" of of William Adams, of Sag' I-Iarbar, in John Brady, '$200; Bridget d{; Wil,
Wil-
today Was accumulated by this Pro- the County of Suffolk and the State $170. Emmett L. Smith, $Jose Wil.
cess, of New York, within said District, lianr. B. Musgrave, $437; Joseph S.
Sag Harbor Dien; when business who has been adjudged a
Bankrupt i;
Harbor William Gibbons, $18U;
npmn Creditw•s petition Uy the Dis- Margaret Hug'her, x$100; Elizabeth
f_)ew to a matter of handling a mil- RhodY, �$-00; Henry Smith, $400; G.
um or nnore dollars of products each tr.ict Court of Paid District. S. 13. 2 Catherine �Mc-
year, realized that better banking so- i,reach Assignee, &e." H. Gieasou; '$40235;
ocalluodatio»s were desirable. Buts The creditors to.the mm�bcr of six- Dmraugh, 1$50; IDIargaret Gil6rid s
Rag Harbor moved -slowly. They talk- t:9 or .nnore hell a public meeting, and $6o; Charles Early, $70; Thomas
a committee reported that William P.Rely, $150; 1 try 1 a 8amucl3 L.
cd bank from 1300 until one was es .A(lanrs, President oY the bank, was ill I aura Nickel,sou, '$350;
tablished, the Suffolk[ Bank, issuing
Silvers-
bank notes nearly 60 Years later. at his home on Bay street, and that aBC.ardinetI I$fiO4,27; . T. 139;
Things moved slowly with the cost- .tile bat 1' had been closed for two 5,081 estate of J. E Smith,
week The ciedrtm•s, .r(Ir s ntin , Raynor & Glenson, $450.
orders. They waited twenty-five .Claim of upwards- of $1600 tool. Frons Amagmtsett Gardiner's Isl-
Years for oxtension of railroad tracks 111
to their port, after rails had been lu•ehnrnnary steps toward tavme nl and Shelter Island, Greenport, East
laid to Greenport, In 1844, It took roceiver 91) slated. GOLill I lien' Hmnpton, Cutchogne, Good Gronnd,l
twice that time to obtain a banking nrer Stephen B French, of Sn. T-Iar- Moriches, Peconic, Souitham�ePositm�s
house, There was plenty of money bor, was the person nam rl r 'tb.+ Bridgehampton, many
choice cf those present at the rmeeG shared in the heavy losses.
Robberies were unknown. Such Petty mg to act as rbcsivsr. Phe Saf:oli. The Suffolk County Bank brad
peculatiotts as occassionall y occurred rooms on the second floor of the Hunt-
(petty larcepy) was promptly pull. .Bank had one setback: before this,
when it was reported to have been ting block,
built soon after the fire of
ished by the nmgistrates (justices n :robbed in. 1862. The rolvber, or roU-
the pcace) and. there were no tedinis ,hers, were never UrongU) to 7 t +!ec• 18.15, an ornamental brick and brown
.rppe;rls :and deferment of punishment The Adams ilrrnk failu e ?c urrea free stonz structure which stood at
once rot offender was found guiltyii Ja rtrnrY, the foot o£ Main street, }acing south.
,(notice was stern, but salutary.
slid not ion.. afterward; The building: was burned in 187`7.
_ -AIr; Adams die[! in AGril, 1871. IIe _..
7 �
f
at a time a :cu•cus was in town, is of which there are today so .many
In I'eUrvary, 1877, Back & Son sus was opined that a sneak thief beer- prosperous and successful in the Loi
I Qnclec payment. The occasion. caused: sting, got the money while the cash- Island territory. The Peconic Bank
aa local sensation. Mr. Buck asserted 'er and .his aselstants were gaping• at ' moved into its present quarters at the
to his enibtioll. est was mil tent the circus parade, Like the instance Sag Harbor Savings Bank building
y of the robbery of the Suffolk Bank, in 1911.
porary and that lie was entirely sol- years before, the robber war never - -
vent. A meeting of creditors was .brought to book, The only effect was
held, however, and a statement was it caused a circus anion' rlepoaitors SAG DAR>$OR HAD FIRST
insisted. The first, through its sen- The bank was solvent and did not
im• be iben asserted that it could close its doors. In May, 1905, San, POSTMASTER 1N 1791
��not be given at that time. The city Harbor citizens were.surprised and
papers gave tuueh publicity to the alarmed on Monday morning to learn
affair and d,c ,uspension of the ifirm, ,�I_..-y.. 1.7with i,<;A Lhos that 'Buck t Muni- that the Peconic Bank hall closed its
doors, and that Francis H. Palmer, Henr P. Merin Was A -
ting Failed' for i$500;000., and that y $' t7
Great Suffering wits the Conse-', its cashier, had confessed to a rad-
age of over $40,0:00. Mr. Palmer ad- pointed by President Wash-
cluence." This was a great exaggera- rallied; that he had been speculating ington at the Close Of the
tion, as well as an entirely false heavily its Wall street, and was
statonent, so far as,Mr. Hurtling was ',caught" in the general slump. of the Revolutionary War._
concerned. Ile withdrew from. the first months of 1905, He hurried to
firm in March, 1875. New York, closed out with his • .Sag I3arbor derives its name front
So far as Buck Sc. Son's liabilities brokers, notified his bondsmen and Sagaponack "the place where big
were concerned, they were compare-. the State Banking Department to ground nuts grow." Sagaponack was
Lively irsigniftcant when compared send down their representatives. shortened to Sagg. The sheltered bay
wit), the ,,any rumors current at the Returning to Sag Harbor, I called four miles to its north wits the Her-
time. The committee of creditor, re_ the bank directors together at his bar of Sagg. The first spelling of
Ported "that from information we home, Sunday, at 4 pan., and col- Sagg Harbour custom and 'usage has
can obtain the liabilities do not ex- fessed his defalcation throwing' him- changed to Sag Harbor. Sagg has
coed 1$25;00.0 and assets, so far at- self upon their mercy. By way of I reverted to its original nate of Saga-
readv secured, %mount to some $15-, restitution he put in the hands of the ponack.
,000," The, claimants were, for the directors as collateral all ;(is un Post and Postmasters
most part,'creditors in sums of less pledged securities, ,iegotiable stocks, Just who took care of the posts
than $1,000.- The meeting appointed life insurance policies, real e,tate a,id previous to the revolution is not
a committee to employ counsel and to household furniture; his wife turned known. Crown representatives of the
take mensures to pmt the firm: into over a cottage on Palmier Terrace, customs were ^John Laughton and
bankruptcy. Suhrequently James which:belonged to her. Monday morn- Thomas Chatfield and in 1847 B. Syl-
Huntting, of Bridgehani d6n, was ing the directors met and took charge vester enters as cu,tomcollector a
appointed. Before lie settled matters of books and :moneys, vessel's cargo at Sag Harhor. It is
as referee be became involved in law M. W Hutchins, a bank examiner, probable that the mails were assorted
suits for selling the Buck dwelling it arrived in the village 'Monday night, and delivered at the taverns. The
Madison street, Mrs. Buck sued and together with Henry F, Cook, of New sta_ees started .one time from. Suffolk
won possession'after sale. It nearly York, vice-president of the bank. An Hotel, subsequently from the Union
ruined Huntting. Buck was stied by, adjuster of the American Surety Hotel. After the dere of the revolu-
Capt. Graham's widow, but won his, Company, on the cashier's bond fm• tionary war Henry P. Dering was ap-
case as defendant, The issue was $1000, also arrived the same eve- pointed the first postmaster under the
the handling and sale of Government uh,q• Wednesday morning the in- federal government by President
bonds exchanged for Ivtidland R. R.I vestigato• completedhis examination Washington, in August, 1791.
bonds Many Long Island persons I and reported to the director; that be The letter of appointment bearing
lost by investing its the "Midlmid." found the defaulting- cashier was the signature of Timothy Pickering,
George Kiernan, who had clone an short $41,000, The collateral pledged Postmaster-General of the !United
"accommodation business before by Mr. Palmer, in restitution,was ap- States; was kept on file at the Sag
1880, established a private bankingpraised at 1$19,Ii00, and the Board its- Harbor postolfice as late as 1858.
hoose, in his new block, west side of dividualiv assumed a nate, the Bank Then it disappeared and no one know„
Main street, in 1881. Before that of Long Island,. at Jamaica; the what became of it. In fact many of
time he had roots at the Merrall'Greenport National Bank, and the the early records of Sag Harbor, kept
building, east side of Main street.I Re Southampton Basil: taking their se- in the custom.house (1818) and post-
died in 1923. At tile Onto e his assets�curity, office, have+ disappeared, 'been lost
and liabilities cleared hi,s estate. I-le The New York State Banking Be- .when the office changed hands, or de-
left no vast accumulations of wealthpartment..notified the directors that a strayed by:fires of which Sag Harbor
as a banker,but had owned and trans,- fifty per cent. assessment of the $25, has had more than its share. The
furred to members of his family much oo0* capital stock Of the' bank would record shows that Mr. Deripg was the
real estate, before his demise. permit the institution to resume. A postmaster from 17.91 to 1.822. His
The Peconic Bank was hicorpor- stockholders' meeting- was held, 'Piles- son., Thomas Henry Bering, succeeded
ated under the laws of New York in day/ the assessment was'voted, and ]him in handling the posts, The office,
1889, and opened'. for business in the the plans for resumption were all- at first, was at. (Union and Church
new Central block (burned 1925), proved. The Surety Company then streets (tile house now occupied and
east side of Main street, January '2, paid Over the full suer. of $10;000, in owned by.the Lindbergs,) Mr. Der-
1890. Francis H. Palmer was the settlement cf the bond of the cashier. ing built on its west side ([hon his
promoter and organizer of the ficlu- No run qn the bank occurred whendwelling) a small annex where the
chary project. The Rev. John J. liar- the bank reopened the following Mot-I mails were handled. The arsenal
rise, was elected the first president; .day morning, after its doors had been; building stood across the street at a
Mr, Palmer was the secretary and •closed for just seven days. site now occupied by a monument
treasurer (cashier), When Mr. Har- I During the suapeViion, some of thecommemorating .the capture of a
risen died, Capt. John M. Hildreth Peconic Bank stock sold below par. British fort during the revolutionary
was trade president of the Peconic. The:bank made a.rapid:recovery front tear,.when Col. Meige made an expe-
This bank was robbed of a runt of its financial setback, and is now one dition of reprisal to Sag Harbor, then
money. under peculiar circumstances _pf the strong institutions Of its kind, heldby the British, 1777.
I'
1r
houses of the village are the Judd
The li thef, father and son, rep-. Rre. . It was burned s the 4846 House, the Vail House, and the Met-
postmasters,
resented the federal government as fire. Subsequently he was proprietor
g of the three-story brick Fledges house,. vitt House,
postmasters, custom property,
et cos- The Colonial Hotelr iW to dwelling'!
AS sold
fifty sof federal Property, etc., for at west side of Main street. 'Jed Minh changed again to a P'
fifty years or more. Conklin' was proprietor of the Man-
Samuel Phillips was.appointed Post-1 -ion House, eWt side o£ 'Main street ,Ohl Houses Still Standing
master and served.from 4829.to 1841. (now Municipal bhilding.) It was The old Duvall-Fordham tavern
Postmasters in the order named fol-I built after the fire of '45, by Rysam' burned in 181?.
lowed Mr. Phillips: John Sherry, Pe- Mulford, W. R. Sleight and others as The Robert Fordham. tavern was
]etiah Fordham, Ezra Gardiner, • n hotel for Ezekiel Mulford. 'Prentice first moved to Madison square, near
Thomas H. Crowell, (John Sherry, Milford, when a youth,was a clerk in the site of Dr. LipPman's house, then
second appointnnent), 1853; Philander this hotel. Samuel Fordham also taken to. Clove" street, where it still
Jenninigu, 1861-1877; William H. Hal- conducted conducted the Mansion House, about taken The rebuilt A. F. Sleight
say (reproved 1884) ; Hannibal 18°5. Some. years thereafter he house, the T°Ilismr house at Hampton
French, November 14, 1884; Gen c- opened a hotel and boarding house in ,street, the Norris house on Union.
the dwelling now owned and occupied ,street, cine all pre-revolatior.ary
vieve French, 1889; Fanny P. Bis- g
good (Genevieve I`rmnch, second ap= by Morris Meyer, at west side of Main houses.
pointment), William .T. Vaughn, street, nearly opposite Madisnn
George H. Purley. square. Still later, he took charge of I Otter Pond
Jennings served render the adnninis- the Nast 'End House, Main and How- At the southerly part of the incor-
trations of Lincoln, Johnson, Grant and streets, and ran it five years. This orated area of. Sag Harbor village
.big house was moved to Glover street P .Otter Pond, now called Mashashi-
mul FInyes, Williarnel; °ceey until and Green street, to make way for a �nuet lake, included in Mashashimuet
pointed bV Hayes, residence far Edgar Wada The old >•ark The latter name is Algonquin
nearly the end of Arthur's adminis I hotel building burned. some ears a o. and si palace "at the place of the
illation, when Hannibal Frenceiense 1'�I C. N. Bellows kept the East End Great Spring." Otter Pond was so
appointed to fill the vacancy i house, in 1871, and At one time it was called because once the habitat of ot-
by Flalsey'a removal. French his death.
and, fond an of by the rborf. The Oak ters. The body of water, about one-
(ice until the timehos daugltterh,Mrs. lays, an old Sag Harbor family,owned.) fourth mile across, and nearly round
was succeeded by her, con' wooden and managed the Nassau House, 11 in shape,was originally a fresh water
Bisg'ood received wooden building at that time before eo ]e of Southampton
April 1 189.5, Vaughn held for two 1877 This house was replaced after lake. The p to opand
le,
ander Yresrdent Wils°1• a fine in 1877, Robert J. Power bought. provide all spawning place fort striped
iped
in the seventies the POstin s was de of the Cooper & Douglas brick bloc:, bass, Perch and alewrves, all turned
iocuted in the brick block, Correctorleast side Mail' street_, and con- a ditch connecting
Main street, beneath the permitting
printery, Hedges had the widow of OnI'ley, lie ealled hie the pond with salt water,
and in the scone �tnildin' ver ted it to hotel uses. He married out in 1783 and r¢
cove to
Where Judge Henry P. then new) or Tthe assail.hornton, of Green• west to the pond. Prohibition did rot
law offices. Then it was moved G.
B the cold to Maj Diel a0ntoll, ormGreeill Irrethevaile in those flow tones hand tradition f
' Central building (now Alvin Si shn0-I n at Patchogue. b Payment of a barrel of ruin, The
ping office), built at CAR t ostoflice Port (now dead) Udall soma says that the toilers were rewarded
yfain street in 18�'�'esent loc ntimr in Ibell out Laws.
The v
was moved to its P The Nassau Flouse was ran under fish nC once swm•med to the Pond to
Brown's:block, WnsblDSten street en- 0 1 on BaY street, ttei•eafter Yearly netted. In recelif
management of Mrs, Ella Wallace, great nnnrbers, and quantit es were
trance, m 191'1•ears of the ninetemrth Laws leased a t toner, bat never times net fishing is forbidden. Striped
In the early Y built tY r. 5Pp
century the Postoffice was -at the all- a M the Laws pond or lake. Many are taken by an-1
Union street. Ln 1829, made a success of the venture. The forba� o£ large srze still frequent ns
Banal building', editor of the RePub' house, then known •edsby Mrs. C. H. glens.
Samuel Phillips, newspaper' goose, is now marl', The right to connect the pod ban
lican Watchman, a weekly Deco- the Gardiner House.
Harbor, Gardiner as deceased,bou'ht salt water was secured by
then published aC Sag.
side of Main Addison M. Vqung, at Fordham and Ebenezer White and
4YIng u printery on resent lirielc the Tinker builds 1'�Calrotel pu'Pof Muin
street, below the P' i ose�. FIe 1782 "to
. Deacon David Hedges years later
Fledges house (Santacroce IrlOek)' ass cintedw?bh him his father-in-leW, make a fish Pond." rant transferred
wed app°anted Postmaster• under Capt. W and'., the owners of the
y, Phomas all their rights to the Town Trustees,
Prv.6d t Jackson. The P°stoPoce tllnam. Freeman, wto had ac who soon after grunted to John Jer-
as postmaster at one tune managed the East Endl main, a Privfiega to set mills'On the
was moved to that localit some experience as a tote conn,
Henry Derin�s term House. The American Hotel is still stream and to operate the same nd
was 1822-182 The Hotels conducted order nansgosm of A,WiI-
cond manufacture cloth and to grind;
the East to drain Crooked pononclnuto atter
Sag Harbor's first houses of enitnr- F. Youn's, r Long pond and Long P
tainivent for the public were kept ltd Y Mrs. Polley was ms primer boardin6l.
End 'House as a , Pond to secure ahead of water and
the Dnvalls and tool near here
rovide more Power to the mil�Uthefnlr
A'Ord lay, Inn stood ulocatedC1e FHa house" in 1879. ened,
railroad terminal is, Tlie4e ditches were al .
In recent years GssHam,who
the Duvall has been kept V volume of water Proved��e fficient to
father fought this Brie and u house make a success of the P j,
from Robert DnV¢li ( tavern Haven, in the.
Robert Pordh(t left the hostelry to establish the p-'
place.) ne house. A. Projected Tide Mill
lonlal Hotel at North $
or osite. amen P¢Y In 1797 Mr. Jarmain (or Jarmain)
was on the east side of Muin street, Yru ro riefar of the Nae-
corner Bay street, nearly 1 P converted Benz anrther, granted exclusive rights to
yI, and sometimes spelled Germain, was
These taverns,and the house of James ppax Clren was ro rietor,who c angel rind and to be also permitted to build
IIgwell (site of AmeA1"""tage°r•an from 1 ICoch,Lpresentlpe sinold to (a further Srlie a dam across the Great Narro Ne�t I
pre-revolutionary. Harbor, to New the name of the hotel tto10.$erB'h9Y Fred
Union Hotel, Sag House, and whose m Brushy Neck and Little Flog
York, to 1825. Between 1817 and 1845 Blumenthal, Ilouse, ut south and to operate a tide wheel.
is owned and Early prints of Sag Harbor show a
there were numerous.sail ors' board- the village windmill an Little Hog Neck, or Hog_I
Ing houses at ]ower Mum Billboard boardingbound'bounds of hide, owns:.Smaller Danek. The object of Jarmain was, to,,
hert Sledges kept a large at Main managed' by John I{ M ,._. _ _
house.in..a wooden building
7S
run Noolen and grist mills. There is ham, introduced himself. "Will yeti bravely plunged on is the;face of the
no mention of a dam ever having been see that this young lady gets to Sag northeaster. It was a search for
constructed at the spot, and it is as- Harbor, said he. "She has passed hone and happiness under difficulties,
sunned it was never• uilt, her first term at school, away from but at last the lights of the village
It was specified in the town grant good 'fhome, and is very anxious to meet her shone over Otter Pond bridge and a
amily on Christmas." Of course, we sigh of relief came from uny young
that Jermain should maintain a
and sufficient bridge at the brook, readily assented. The train started. companion, as if to say, "If anything
Main street, sixteen feet wide (the'It still snowed. It was noon when more befalls us, we can wall: the rest
bridge), and also bridges across the we reached Farmingdale. Many of of the way. Getting out of the sta-¢e
road leading from Sagg• to Sag Har- the passengers, measuring the com- on Main street there was snow enough
her, (then running south of Otter tag storm, returned to the city. It was on our breasts and shoulders to rot
Pord.) The 1797 Brant provided that: my 'first intention to go back and en- a bob-sled. It was after seven o'clock
"He shall give free liberty to all per- until faithe r weather, bttractions ut Ihrealized that three dnights,teeighty-toot hours from
nd
sons to ) a9 and repass said dam (at
er a charge I had to keel), and ordinary Brooklyn to Sag Harbor via the Long
Narrows) and shall in no wise hinder
fish from passing flood gates l set- gallantry o tingt(to her friends,]would much interest mye have Arctic never
excur�ontaken
s
ting a net ll also that f "shall by
not consent to retrace her steps. So since.
for the uhabitnHa o Southampton we were in for it. That night I
or parish e per Harbor in preference slept on an improvised couch next to Wentworth Meadow
le any other persons" and "said ng as the for-room, in that little tumbled- The Great Meadow, or Wentworth
lege shall keep
his i so long as clown railroad inn at Farmingdale. meadows (named after "Pop" Went-
he shall keep a mill on the dam; but The ladies of the party found some worth), are located west of what is
should he discontinue grinding for,kind of accommodation crowded in the now Main street in the lower part,
morethan seven years the privilege few bedrooms above. Next (lay we and stretch along the shore front to
shall return to the town." I got as far as old Suffolk station, no Redwood. Originally the tide flowed
In 1817, John Jermain, Thomas accommodations, nothing to eat and over the greater part of this mead'ow.-
Beebee, Silas Howell and Eden S. nowhere to sleep. "Is there no Place This land was considered to be the.
Latham offered to sell one-fourth of to get a lodging hereabouts?" was the most valuable (aside from the pier
Otter Pond, Saturday, March 8, 1817.
A memorandum ('1847) says: "The .q°cry; and the answer From a rustic, sites.) It made good pasturage for
Fish Cove, known by the name Otter with a Pit
on runners and a skele- horses and cattle. It was settled
Pard, is offered for sale at auction." ton of a horse, was "There's a hotel nearly' a century before there was
When Mrs. Russell Sage, grand- to Lake Ronkonkoma. It's shut up,I extensive building of houses on the
but there's a man and his wife there." higher ground.I wrote for the Aloins'
daughter of Major Jermain, eatab- "How far?" "'Boat a mile an' a history of Southampton in 1917: The
fished a park and playground near .half;' "Get its there as quick as pus- greater Portion of the west side of
Otter Pond, in 1908, she subsequently sible." . That was the longest mile Main street,Sag Harbor (down town)
bought all the land surrounding Otter and a half I ever rode. A cold hotel, stands upon the edge of Wentworth
Pond and included the Pond in the but good beds and a fair supper and meadow. The buildings are mostly
park. There Is a public right of way. .breakfeat. Back to the old station upon "made ground." I saw a trench
to the pond. again at daybreak, for fear of missingopened at the time the Julia P.ing
No where along the Atlantic coast I the train when ready to move. An- fountain was placed, in Madison
is there such wonderful fishing for, other all day drag through the snow square. At a depth of three feet they
monster stripedbass as at this lake,' and Riverhead was reached: late in laborers unearthed a wooden sidewalk,
or pond and people come from far dis-'the evening. The train would go no and an old English copper coin was
tont to angle for the gamey denizens I farther and we trust reach Sag Har- found. The foundations of the new,
of the pond. bor by other conveyance. All night Sac' Harbor Savings Bank building i
TOOK FOUR DAYS TO a at the Long Island House; aroused at (corner of Main and ;Spring street
six in the morning for breakfast, and had to be Placed upon Ades. A glance 19, ride over Quogue plains and Shin- at many of the buildings on the west
TRAVEL MILES oel: Hills. We were bundled into side of Main street will show how
✓dwyaan
n old farm sled, with three seats .they have settled and how the walls
lv covered with buffalo robes and blan-.have cracked, although I understand
kets redolent of the stable, without the foundations, at least the rear
That Was the Len th of Time other protection from the elements. foundations, are all on piles. The
g It was late in the afternoon before we Hedges house, a brick hotel building,
Consumed by Sag Harbor reached Southampton, having stopped at one time owned by any grandfather,
School Girl During Big but once to thane out at Canoe Place Albert $edges, was previous to the
Inn. At Southampton,the well known introduction of city water in Sag,
Snowstorm in 1850-0th-J old whip, "Al" Robinson, confrontntl Harbor, served by a bucket well, forty
er Historical Notes. us, robust, rotund, and equal to any,feet deep. In times of easterly gales,
nomadic emergency. "Can we get to 1,driving in high tides, this well would
(II. D. S.) Sag Harbor?" Answer: "Not on run-I salt, co we sari]: a drive pipe from
Inconvenience of travel on the ners—too many drifts. Well wheel forty to ninety feet; we got nothing
Long Island railroad in 1850 nnay he it. Stage goes anyhow," 'Robinson.but salt water. (George Higgins, in
understood by the following remms-I was the mail carrier and took such 1924, drove a pipe at Zachary's Point
cence of a Long Island snow storm: Passengers as chose to ride with the 110 feet and only salt water was
A Christmas Snow Storm bags. We took a back seat in the raised after going through hard pan.)
It was a cold winter's clay, the week lumbering old sale called a stage. A.At one time I renember that school
before Christmas. The writer, a ibarricade of mail bags separated ns in the old Union School housenow
school boy, at the Washington Insti- •from the driver. Stich improvised ,Municipal building) had to be dis-
tute, Murray Hill, then an environ of wraps as could he found were wound missed because the risingtide in the
New York,started to gethome for his around us. With darkness coming on cellar at Out the
holiday vacation. It was 8:30 a. nn., thins grew worse and worse. The P fires or a furnace.
the .regulation time for going east. storm icreased'; the old traplunged i I have seen our compositors s obliged to
Car-
The snow was falling. Capt. Nathan i come from Meadow street o the Cor-
P and rocked about like a boat in a sena rector Printery by hoot to enter a
Fordham, an attache of the Sun Mu-! The snow piled up inside, on the bags rear. door, slid Pigs, chickens and, in
tual Insurance Co., father of the late• and blankets, The driver whistled one instance, .horses have been
venerable townsman, Sanmel Ford- and swore, and the_P6or ,horses drowned, at times of unusual high
- _. I tides.
i
A��p �pyg ip*p�py�,Dnp
the spot chosen in 1700. It was to-1 SAG@AAIIIUiJ�,S PAST 1N
The roadbed of the Long Island Gated at the Egqet of what is now called U\
rail road where it crosses Wentworth Bridge street, The shipping had so eAf
meadow is 'all "made ground." At the increased, years later, that the town �,,r�® ®'�'gp,p'AgYg� p�A�
feet of. Spring street, nahen I was a of East Hampton (1770) by their A61 G9.0 179ADGlV IN 99
boy, was a pond said to have "no bot-Itrustees, "granted liberty at Sag Har-
tom." For two hundred years it was bor to build a wharf." This wharf y-.__ 9 24
used as a dumping place. One time I;was completed in 1771.
rvnenrber when a new railroad track' The Village Now Has Many
was laid, quantities of old railroad The State Pier MonAirlie 1tS Which Mark
ties were thrown in the pond and TheState pier,.at angle of the end
earth dunnped on top of them. The of Long Wharf, was Uuilt in 1808. At the Historical Spots.
next morning, the entire mass had one time the wharf property paid big —
sunic out of sight. The pond has dividends. As high as twenty-five and QH. D. S.)
since been filled in, but there is a `thirty per cent. Per annum. The an- In the war of the B.avointion l'ag
marshy spot where it formerly was, anal meeting of the stockholders and Harbor suffered greatly. Aside from
and one may stand upon the 'made,directors is remembered as an auspic- the cluster of buildings gat lower Main
ground" and feel the earth tremble'ious event. It was surpassed in re- street, there were few grouped 1. i-
when jarred. ,joicing only by the sighting in the tations. Most of these ware below
The entire northwest side of ..outer bay of a whale ship returning what is now Union street.
Sleight's hill was graded in whaling from a voyage, deeply laden with oil The Sag Harbor vessel captains
days to fill in meadows north of Bay and whale bone. The wharf meeting ,aided in carrying refugees to New
street, where Mulford & Sleight had dinners were sumptuous affairs. Wine ng kill(, after the Battle o: Long
oil cellars. Mott's pond was filled'. in I flowed freely. Expense was not taken Island at Brooklyn Heights. At opt
when Burke street was extended. into consideration, While tine uni- time the wharf at the water out was
George Kiernan contracted to do the versal prosperity lasted fortunes were crowded with refugees awaiting to
work and to put up a fence. The job inado and spent with lavish Pro- embark with such portable possessions
was more than he bargained for, and::digality, as could be carried away. David Pier-
he lost money on the job. Sailors, retnrnedl from. two and son notified the Committee that "we
A brook and marsh was near the .three years' voyages, spent in de- are in the most defenceless condition
rahys' factory site, and the site of my bauchery, often in a single night of any part of the continent." '
hone, at Division street, is on low' ashore, gold earned in arduous and Sag harbor Militia
ground. The street (Division) in, perilous toil, the reward of many Militia companies had been organ-
front, has been raised up from time, months' absence from home and ized in the Hampton townships before
to time. The early system of road friends. Others there were who looked the British seized all of Lang Island.
building was to done on, from,year Io.. to the future. Many houses standing Companies were told of[ to protect the
year, load after load of top dress ma- in Sag Harbor to-day and much prop- cattle grazing :at Montauk.
Old mei
tenial; then came Peekskill gravel; erty assessed for taxes whale oil and to the age of 70 and upwards, fornnen4
then concrete. pave, when the level) whale bone(built or bought. This was themselves into an Independent con,
of Division street was so raised, the in the years 1835-1845, Benjamin pany, The Sag Harbor company was..
water seeking• an outlet'down Burke Huntting•, scion of a ship owner, was a joint organization of Sag Harbor,
street to the bay, -backed tip and the principal owner of Long Wharf. anal Bridgehannpton men. It was
flowed into our yard, filing cellars. The fire of '45 did not destroy the known as the 0th Company and its'.
until open culverts were put in and, wharf. In 1877 there was another officers were Capt. William Rogers,'
the sidewalk grade raised. The water waterfront 7lre, The younger Hunt- Jr,; 1st lieutenant,Jeremiah Post; 2nd
was only following the old line of ting. ;bought in all the stock of the lieutenant, Paul Jones; ensign, Te-
brook that one time flowed from Meet- wharf corporation he could obtain, at phanialn Rogers. 'file 8th Company
ing House Hill toward the bay. a greatly reduced figure. IIe offered was entirely officered by, Sag Harbor
to sell to the town. IIe made needed men, as follows: Captain, Samuel
The iF1rst7WImrf
repairs and in 1881 sold the wharf L'Ilonmedicu; 1st lie¢tenant, Silas
Iu 1700 a grant was given, to property to the Long Island Railroad 'Jessup; 2nd lieutenant, Edward Go rick-
Nathan Rordham to build a wharf and company,for $20.000. There was keen ling; ensign, Daniel Fordham. These
tryworks near a spot east of the competition between the Montauk compnnies formed a part of what was
Regi-
present North Haven bridge. This, Steambo¢t Co. and the railroad for, known by the name ,Eastern Regi-
was the beginning of the port as a control of passenger and freight traf.- ment" of nine companies and 708 ofli-
whaling center. It developed until fie b^ water between New York and cers and men. Two companies from
1847, when sixty-three whale ships .SagHarbor. A new Pier, the Maid- East Hampton,two from Bridgehamp-
hailed from Sag Harbor, Then the stne pier, was built for the Montauk; ton, one jointly from Bridgehampton
decline of the business set in. At its Co., at the site of. Ola)' Mill dock, foot' and Sag IIarbor, and three from
zenith Sag Harbor had a tonnage of of Division street, in 1888. Then the Southampton. The reginnerit was
22,233. In the century between 1770 Fahys company bought from Capt• headed by Col.David Mulford. A con-
and 18"70, 125, o• more, good-sized George C. Gibbs;controlling shares of siderable part of 'Che mien enlisted
sce-going• vessels belonged to the port stock of the Montauk Steamboat Co. took some cart in the Battle of Long
and cruised for whales, Voyages Later the railroad company bought Island. A.i)ter Washington retreated,
stretched out to three and four years out the Fahys and gained a monopoly for six years Sag Harbor was in
in the 40's. The vessels sailed all of water routes ancL of Pier necomm0. possession of the British. They col-
charted seas and were the first to dations. Neglected and unused the lected Products of Che east end farms
thrust their bows in uncharted local- Maidstone pier,undermined Uy tcrrdo, and stored them at warehouses in Sag
Ries. Frequently they cnrotmnavi- a marine Parasite, fell into the water. Harbor to ship to New. York to aid
gated the globe. It was ro,loved, In 1023, by a bond the army in that city. Sag Harbor
In May, 1742, the Trustees of issue, the village of Sag IIarbor,. patriots submitted to tilt invaders.
Southampton;Town, in council assem- bought the Maidstone mill property They who remained at home had no
bled, authorized John Cooper, David and the landing in its real'. It rc-. alternative. But they were never
Topping, Abraham. Pierson runt Jo paired the bulkhead zed the village Tories at heart and freely expressed
siah Pierson to go to So[, Harbor and now has a mm�ICIPal landing. their patriotism often to the loss of
choose a place and build a laxling. No - .money and goods and physical suffer-
wharf was built at that time. In 1701 ing. Miajor Cochrane occasionally
.John Poster and Nathan Fordham, ,jr., made headcllrarters jn Sag Harbor,
built the first wharf.and tryworks at when not at Sag'R',• The British,flet
fay at anenor tit uarumcr's Bay too post, two men ware seized and upon .privateer, was seized at sea and kept
officers of the Sag Harbor British threats of death guided the patriots to a prisoner on board the"British frigate
garrison were quartered on James the British garrison located at a hill I Maidstone. They escaped while the
Howell. His place was at Main street now known as "Old Bhrying Ground," vessel was laying in New York harbor.
and what is now called Tinker's alley. The expedition was a success in every After many adventures .Sawyer, r.
in
The garrison was at Meeting House detail. The British were beaten, offi- company with a comrade, Christopher
Mill. Bodies of British soldiers who cers captured and the accumulated Hawkins, succeeded in reaching a
died in Sag Harbor during the Revolu- supplies burned. The British fleet in place near Sag Harbor, and were
Limn have been exhumed at east side the harbor ctimonaded the port, en- sheltered on bear(, the ves
hsol of Capt.
of Madison?7 street, near where the _
one of Mrs. John DeCastro is now.I deavoring to aid their countrymen. �llavens. Sawyer sailed in a privateer,
Thc'Meigs' Mo antent Meigs returned to New England Wit"-j I was Placer, as one. of a prize crew on
Under auspices of the Sag a Harbor out losing single soldier. The Meigs'i board a British vessel taken off Mon-
Historical Society in May, '1002, throeexpedition burned 12 brigs and ,tauk Point. The captured crew-.re-
memorial monuments were un: oiled sloops, destroyed .ti 12-gun vessel, to- i rained the British vessel. Sawyer was
commemorating important ovents of gq,the• with 120 tons of hay, 10 hogs- 'short dead. Hawkins, again captured
the Revolutionsry War mill the War heads of cunt, and quantities of corn, by the British, was placed on a Jersey
of 1812. At Union street (upon the oats and merchandise. Ninety British prison ship. He escaped and swam
lot where formerly stood the Arsenal, prisoners were captured. Six Britishashore and again made his way to the
built in 1810) near the First Presby- soldiers were killed. east end of Long Island. Capt. David
terian church, was placed a massive Orators of the Day Hund was captured and imprisoned
block of Barre granite, rough hewn, The speakers at the celebration in 'it Halifax. Ile escaped and walked
bearing upon a smooth surface shaped 1002 were the late Dr. William White, back Ce Long•Island. Ile led an active
at its front face the carved inscriP- of Brooklyn; the Rev. Gordon T. and romantic life, was five times a
tion: "A British fort near thin sP"C Lewis, president of the Sag Harbor 'Prisoner and married five wives, all
was captured by the Americans under IListorical Society; the late Rev, John of when he outlived. He died at a
Lieut. Col. Meigs, at the Battle of. Jv't arrison; the orator of the cla ripe old Inge and is buried in Sag
Sag Harbor, May 23, 17771" was I Francis FI. Palmer, of Sag Har Harbor.
A monummnt at High street, oil bor. The James Howell house, where the
Dei•ing Heights, is inscribed: 'Near Commanded Privaleerin, Vessels British made headquarters in Sag
F Harbor, was said to be the oldest
this spot stood -all Amprirnn fort in Sag harbor men commanded prion-,
287.2,"
-and a monument at Brick leering vessels and harried the British house burned in the fire of 1845.
road, west of ISag Harbor, tells how in the Revolutionary war. Capt. Daniel No small part of the $ 00,000 loss
a British outpost was captured "on Havens and others captured the Brit- of property a eastern Long Islandl
this site[; by the Americans under !sit brig,Burger, 12 guns, cutting her. (luring the Revolutionary War, fell
Lieut. Col. Meigs, May 23, 17'17," out $om moorings aLong Wharf in "Pon the peoplo of Sag Harbor.
The Battle of Sag harbor Sag Harbor, January 31, 1779. The holding of Long Island by the
The historic event which the Meigs•' i Capt. Zebulon Cooper carried man British broke up a well established
monument calls -attention to can be refugees on'his slooppto New England. vessel trade with West Indies and de-
briefly stated. The stone at the Brick The repo les were scattered through ferred for ten years tine whaling on-
Kiln road and the monument at Union 'i the towns mod villages Scattered
Saybrook,h terprise which was Tisioned in 1775
street are erected to perpetuate. the Stoning•tot, Haddam, East Haddam, and did become li profitable industry
exploit of. Col. R. J. Meigs, sometimes Guilford, Chester, Canterbury, Weth as off shore whaling after 1785.
referred to as "the Battle of Sag, ersficld and Middletown. Fiom bills
Harbor," but better known as the I Cited by these Sag Harbor vessel EARLY FACTORIES
"Meigs' Expedition." In April, 1777, musters it is learned that Capt. Gt•if- ON LONG ISLAND
a British garrison was stationed at , feth transported John Hand, Jr., and
Sag Harbor. They drew heavy bounty household /roods to East Haddam, and
and provisions of war from the set-, Sylvanua Howell and Ryall Howell, The "old.!suit works" were estab-
tlers of Last Hampton and Southamp-. with three loads of goods to the same lished years ago at North haven,
ton towns, and 'had collected a large place; Thomas Topping and a load of cast side, near the Mitchell farm.
quantity of supplies •and monitions. goods to 19aybrook; Deacon Maltby North Haven is a peninsula connected
which had been loaded upon sailing, Colston to East Haddam.' Many cattle with Sag Harbor by a draw bridge.,
vessels to relieve the main Barmy.., and ]hogs were shipped. These are It is surrounded with exception of a
General Parsons,learning of this, con- only a few of the refugee families who narrow beach by waters of till lower
calved: the plan to attack the garrison I were forced to flee. cove, Shelter Island Sound, South
,and seize or destroy the provisions. James Ricker and Reuben Ricker, ferry and Noyac bay.
The expedition was assigned to Lieut. of Sag Harbor, fought under Com-! In the first years of.thc nineteenth
Col. Return Jonathan Meigs, who em- modore Paul Jones on board the eeptury.at , Sag.. Hit
rbor, Cornelius
•barked from Guilford, Conn., on May American worship Ranger on her Sleight hada sperm candle factory,
23, 1777, with thirteen whaleboats,, cruise to the English coast m the early along the east shore, near Buy street.;
convoyed by two sloops of war, and spring of 1778, the Helvetia had •n candle 1sivocl;,•I
with 170 armed men under his com-� The inhabitants of Southold and ; t ho Helve gas works in Sag lacloo•i
mond. At sunset the boats landed Shelter Island forwarded to Governor i
near Sare locatedThese
Southold (recently evacuated by Clinton a long list of outrages com- now . candle far-
tile enemy's troops). Col. Meigs had mitted under cover of commissions is- tories should not be Confounded with
his boats carried across the narrow sued by Governor Trumbull, Septem- the oil cellars of Mulford '.G Sleight,
strip of land separating Long Island bar 21, 1781. Crimes committed at at Bay street, where Standarcl Oil ul`
Sound from Peconle Bay. Leaving a Southampton are also included. New York now has its dist•rib"ting
guard of d0 soldiers he re-embarked, Capt,.Halsey Killed .station.
with 13o men, crossed the bay and Capt. Elias Henry Halsey, of --
effected a ,ending at midnight near Bridgehampton, lost his life at the
Long Beach, oi' :the shore of Noyac Battle of Groton, He served an 18-
Bay to the west of Sag Harbor. He pound gun.
concealed his boats and left a guard Capt. Edward Colliding captured a
inn charge. Then he made a rapid nigbt British armed vessel. His home was
ora rch on the sleeping village of Sag at the waterfront in the East Hamp-
Harbor. At a house (now,razed) once ton .town section of Sag Harbor•
occupied by Silas Edwards, at Brick John Sawyer, •a nephew of Capt. ,
.Kiln road,.then used as a British out- Daniel iHavens, who.sailed a ipatriot
Is g'=Harbor in he evolution. excelled in his own, if not i¢ every age. Be it remembered that,
tII while New England was free Uy the flight of army and navy
—o— I from Boston and Northern New-York bythecaptcre of Bur.
- 1 I goyne and the sunny Southland by•the victory at Yorktown, the
Why I Write This Paper. city of New-York and all Long Island was still under subjection
to British rule- The severity of their suurdenefferings, the weight of
l�ernWritten by Ron, Henry P.Hedges,of Bridge-Hampton, read bel was into BiaedYh Despair d Ove their Ifoes ltotgre ter baead of rbarity,
tore the Sag-Harbor HIstorieal Society, and published by request. more galling i17g¢jtg, ID078 s¢I18II and savage exactions. Rob
The Historical Society of Sag-Harbor invited me to write a berg, rapine, theft, outrage abounded. Tradition has transmitted
paper with the title aforesaid, and gave me six months' time many, oblivion has covered more of this history of depravity and
wherein to do it. I Oonsented Uecxnse although over 90 years crime covered
Sag-Harbor,Harbor S¢flelk County and all our
old, the subject was interesting, congenial, instructive. 2Ly Island. g g '
j father was bora a subject of King George, Third, and knew The 32 dwelling houses reported to be in Sad_
. ton, Jul
much of the olden time, and had transmitted its traditions to me. takinge e Harbor, at the
I had known and conversed with Revolutionary soldiers, and the 1776did not include East-Hampton,the Town wherein probablyJYuseph
j duty Seemed imperative to rescue from oblivion the memorials of Conkling, father of Edward, Doctor Jeremiah Hedges, a surgeon
our conflict for Independece which might otherwise perish. I£I in the Revolutionary army and perhaps a Russell and others may
died in the work it was so exalted God would not frown. have resided as well as Timothy Hedges, grandfather of the late
Sag-Harbor in the Revolution was a port and point of mag- Capt. Jeremiah measured more
Hedges. Its magnitude mutt be re
nitude. It was the Strategic centre and key to all Eastern Long by its trade and commerce and shipping than a its num: erre
Island. Its history is connected with the progress of that war houses. It was in This state se a Seaport second only to Neof
w-
from beginning to end, read as if isolated narr�we and degrades; York city. All North Haven and Little-North West and Brick
;'it Every man capable of bearing arms, in theTowns of East- Kilns, and most of Noyack were precincts of this centre. The
Hampton and Southampton, wherein Sag-Haibor was included, products of farms and forests, hides, tallow, beef,
as early as the summer of 1775 had signed agreements to cue- staves, cattle, horses, shoes, grain,salt fish, &c.,from all Ehstern
tain the measures of Congress and the-union of the colonies, to Long Island were shipped a, Sag-Harbor for the West Indies
maintain their opposition fo the tyranny of Great Britain, and and for trade in other markets.
pledging sympathy and aid to their brethren then beseiged in NOTE—By the record of deeds in Suffolk County it appears
Boston. This was their spirit through the battles of Lexington that Jonathan Paine,Jr., of Sonthampton,,sold lands to Joseph
i and Concord, fought April 19tb, 1775, and Banker Hill fought Jacobs and also n a sloop called Southampton,
n d lands
June 17th, 1775. The guns planted on Dorchester Heights, at Sag-Harbor J une 13th, 1764. By deed dated ApBetseril 6th, 1754
compelled the British Army to evacuate Boston, March 16th, Thomas and Philatus Howell sold to Stephen Howell land and
1776, when New England was free- Thence. the British fleet meadow at Sag-Harbor 75 acres bounded N. E. by Cook Seaman
and army sailed.into Lung Island Sound and their consolidated and Nathan Fordbam, East by the highway, South and West by
force overcame the American a' the battle of Long Island on I John Woodruff, North and West by the beach.
- the 27th of August, 1776. Thereafter all Long Island,and soon In the State Library is a list of officers reading thus: 'Eighth
New-York City, was possessed by the British and held until company. Capt. '
L'Hommedieu, let Lieut. Silas Jessup,
Evacuation day, November 25, 1753. Burgoyne's Army, moving tad Lieut Edward Conkling,EusigII Daniel Fordham,"vide Geo.
from Canada, was designed, to connect with the British army R. Howell's Hist. P. 72. All Sag-Harbor names and showing an
morns from New-York, and thus bisect the colonies and divide organized company probably chiefly reeidiug there, and in its
- their forces. -.His surrender at Saratoga,October 17th,1777,with vicinity and near the date of the Battle of Ling Island.
5,752 prisoners, defeated the design and weakened the hostile The Revolutionar careeroi Capt. David
army. The surrender of Cornwallis at Yorktown, with 7,073 corded, sud Z need not enlarge on the acre of the old hen re-
prisoners,
October 29th, Hand ha
1761, was fatal to Britain's design and I :resident of Sag-Harbor whom I well
confirmation to American hope. At Boston the British army In 1546, Henry Ondardonk, Jr. published a book entitled
must evacuate or starve. At Saratoga Burgoyne must surrender "Revolutionary Incidents of Long Island. Prison Ships." In
or starve. At Yorktown Cornwallis had no other s]ternative. the quotations from that storehouse I shall in this paper often
With merely the experience of a backwoods soldier Washington I omit the title, but for reference mark the page.
had buret upon an admiring world as a strategist and leader un-, "While the British were in Boston their vessels occasionally
I
(carried off stock from Suffolk County," The journals of the (ship, and were taken on board the other 2 vessels. 'Those on
Provincial Congress contain ow
the folling• I their return took 2 brigs from Cork, via N. Y, with rum, wine A_'
"Jaly 5th, 75. The people of E. and S. Hampton pray, and 12,000 bushels of oats, for the troops on Long island." p.80 f
Congress that Capin. Halbut's company now raising for Sehuy-I This is the report by the Americans. I now give the same
ler's Army, may remain to guard the stock on the common lands i by the British.
of Montauk, (2,000 cattle and 3 or 4,000 sheep) from the ravages' "Hog Neck, 11 o'clock at night, Feb. 1st, 79. Sir. At day-
; of the enemy." Jour. 75, Onderdenk p 19. break the brig-Middleton and 2 sloops of 14 and 10 guns each,
"July 31st, 75. Congress allow Griffin and Hulbert's were seen standing in for Sag Harbor. Betwixt 8 and 9, they
companies to remain to guard stock" Jour. 75. Onderdonk, Came within cannon shot of the King's armed vessel, which fired
P. 19. - 3 shots ahead of them, neither of which being answered, the
"April 3d, 76. In consideration of the defenceless state of I Neptune fired at them,which was returned on their side,hoisting
east part of Suffolk Co. the 3 companies raised for Continental rebel colors, and still standing on until they came within reach
'service were continued there." Onderdonk p. 26. �of the guns on shore, which having thrown a few 12 pound shot
Some sixty years ago I had the correspondence and journal H them they stood out from the Barbor shot was then exchanged for ardstthe, till of
of Capt. Halbert from Samuel L'Hommedieu and read and re- I g
he
turned it to him. He lent it to his nephew Samuel L. Gardiner, rebel brig having the appearance of being aground, or having
and.in New-York city it was taken from Gardiner's hat and die-. met with some accident, a 12 pounder was moved down to the
appeared perhaps forever. From this journal and letters I end of long wharf, which being nearly on a level with the water,
learned that his company on Montauk was stationed at Shag- had the effect of deterring the sloop from giving her much
j wonnaek, that they were supplied with arms, ammunition and assistance. while I crossed over to Hog Neck with the infantry
provisions by the people of the town through Barnett Miller and sof the British Legion and the 3 pounder attached to it, from
Stephen Hedges their committee, and that on the 7th September, whence we bore with such advantage on her, that she struck to.
I 75,the companies having marched off of Montauk,.Hurlbert and us, but unfortunately, having 5 whale boats on board all the
his men were supplied with guns and ammunition; and were crew except 3 got off, and the sloops immediately left the Bay,
afterwards stationed at Fort Constitution. We met with bat one accident, a corporal tieing wounded:
Not stopping for comment we continue the narrative by - CHAS. COCHRAN, Maj. B.,
i citations chiefly from "Onderdonk's Incidents." - - Legion commanding troops-at S. H."
''Dec.:3d, Hugh Galston allowed to go to L I.for 300 bush. '
j els of salt." p 7. To Sra W.`Easaxxa, P. 80
Noxa—I think,Gelston was going to get this salt from theThis Major Cochran was noted for barbarity, and tradition
old salt works on Hog Neck, located on or near the old Mitchell has transmitted his name as infamons. He was killed at York-
farm, lately owned by Samuel L. Gardiner, deceased, and P rob- . town. Hie account specific, and probably correct, but does
not speak of thee captain of the 2 brigs from Cork laden when
ably operated by the Revolution time or before. The salt was rum, wine and 12,000 bushels of oats, of which he had not,thea
' produced by evaporation of salt water. heard.
,New.London, Feb. 5tb, 79., Last Saturday the Ranger,a «Feb. 16th, 14 companies light infantry. 25 March, 700 at
British Privateer Brig, of 12 guns,that had been ernising in the Southampton • Gen. Clinton at Southampton with about 2500
Sound, was taken from a wharf at Sag-Harbor, after a t hort troops, 25 sails in and near Sag-Harbor, 12 or 1A driven on
resistance, by the brig Middleton, Capt. Sage, sloop Beaver, Gardiner's Island by a gale, N. London." p. 82.
Capt. Havens, sloop Eagle, Capt. Conkling. On Sunday these
"April 15th, N London, 5 French prisoners escaped here
i 3 again sailed for Sag-Harbor, where.they discovered 7 British from L. I. who say there are only 500 foot sad 50 horse at
vessels just arrived, one a brig of 8 or 10 guns, when a fair Southold, and 700 men at Sag Harbor, with 2 field pieces,
prospect appeared of making capture of the whole, bat the wind which force is kept there, to facilitate the taking of wood sed 1
ahead, the Middleton struck on the Middle ground, in beating bay from Sag-Harbor. A fleet of 16 aril of wood ceeseise, sndszl
up the Harbor,J of a mile from the shore, where she was bravely 12 gun brig lie there and a ship with provisions lately from N.
defended for 4 or 5 hours by her crew, against an incessant fire port. Before her arrival provisions were so scarce that the
from the brig, and several fiald pieces on shore; after being hai- inhabitants were obliged to kill poor milch cows for food, and
{ led by 30 shots under water, and the vessel careening by the the.troops sickly. Gen. Clinton was returning to N. Y. after
tides falling, the guns could not be worked, all except 4 left the -throwing up some breastworks &c, in consequence of a report
that Gen. Parsons was preparing for an attack on Sag-Harbor,
i
with 4000 troops,- p, 82. hostilities was vested in committees. After that in the Provincial
Riv. Oct.2, '79.N. Lon: Sept. 22. A requisition having been Congress, sometimes called "the convention" The 4th Provincial
made, to Gen. DeLancey of L. L.Militia, to furnish 500 men, to Congress met July 9th, 1776, and assumed the name of "The
parade with their blankets on Aug. 23, to march for Brooid n Convention of Representatives of the State of New-York." The
to be employed in repairing and constructing new works there; first constitution of this State was adopted April 20th, 1777, in
210 of which were to be from Suffolk County, who were-also to the stress and storm of war. Legislative authority was then
furnish and send to the magazine at Brooklyn, 5000 fhscinea, 9- vested in the Senate and Assembly.
ft long, and stripped of leaves, 25,000 pickets,from 3 to 40 ft In fact those representatives were then residing in Connect-
long, 5,000 faisings or stockades from 9 to 10 feet long, and 6 icut, and could'not reside in this county. They were Thomas
to 8 in. thick, 5,000 railing of 6 or 7 ft.. The inhabitants having Wickham and Barnett Miller, of East-Hampton. The second
'refused to comply, the following letter was sent a Gen.having
quotation ehows 35 refugees in Saybrook alone, heads of fare-
lancey. - lilies, .refugees begging for relief, and among the signers are
N. Y. Aug,26th, 79. Sir, you will signify to thePeopleof Daniel and Ephraim Fordham, Obs. Donee, Lewis Stat,brough,
Suffolk Co., that if the requisition is not immediately complied the first three residents of Sag-Harbor, and the last in i.s
with, a detachment of troops will be sent into that district, and vicinity. If we could ascertain the number of rtfugees from
every person who shall refuse,shall be turned out of L. I. and Sag Harbor it would aid to estimate from ocher places, and I
their farms will be all for the support of those who have suffered now examine that question.
from real attachment to Government." - 1777. Feb. Petition to Governor Trumbull to remove flax,
wool, stock, ate. from L. I. to Conn.; p 70. Signed by Samuel
Rawvox;Ad. Geneial."p, $6, L'Hommedieu, David Sayre, Silas Norrie and Nathan Furdleam.
"Sept.122, '79. N. London Gar. Last Friday 35 young men 1776. John Hudson of Sag-Harbor at Stonington. Ohs
came from L. I. to Saybrook, who left their homes on acccantof Gildersleeve (1778) of Sag.Harbor at Saybrook; p 79.
being ordered to work on the fortifications on the west end of I "1777, July 3d, Obs. Jones, John Hurlbut, (both of Sag-
L. L, apprehending they should be ordered thence to the West Harbor) and Thomas Daring gave permits to refugees going to
Indies."P. 87. L. L" p 70.
"Win. Fowler and John Strong, in the armed boat Wm. the 1780. Nov. Daniel Fordbam and George Fordham want
Conqueror, took a small skiff in AcBay, Aug. 23d, 81, I permits to cross to L. L"(both were of Sag-Harbor) p 90.
abonic
with 300 lbs coffee, and 120 lbs tea." p.80. 1 "1780. Jan. 24th. John Hulbert and David
"N. London, Nov. 30. Last week Major Davis and Capt. Haddam, want permits to go to L. I. for flag." p yp gyre of E.
Grinnell being ashore at:Sag-Harbor with several men, were 111782. Nov. Nathan Fordham of E. Haddam wants to go
betrayed and taken prisoners by a Hessian major am_20 light I to L- I. with his family." p 108
horse. They had 2 armed boats with them which the enemy) Dr. Jeremiah Hedges probably resided in Sag-Harbor by
were about setting tire, but Capt Wickham in u 8
from Stonington "boo gun sloop' the Revolutionary time and Joseph Conklin and he were in Conn.
brought ru at the same time coming to near the boats We then list the Refugees and locate them as follows:
ght them off." P. 106. oa1. John Hulbert, Col., at East Haddam, Conn.
Refugees from Long Island and Sag-Harbor. After the 2. Samuel L'Hommedieu.
'Battle of Long Island and the hostile decupatie to remain, 4. George Fordbam, at East Haddam, Conn.
on by the British, 3. Nathan Fordham, at East Haddam, Conn.
those active in the American forces thought it unsaf
and fled in great numbers to Connecticut.- I quote this, "1701 5: Ephraim Fordham, at Saybrook, Conn.
voters refugees from Suffolk now in E. Haddam, Lvme, Say-1 6. Daniel Fordham, at Saybrook, Conn.
brook, Killingworth,and Guilford,petition the N. Y. Legislature i - 7. Edward Conkling, at Stonington, Conn.
.April 10th, 77. They want to be represented in convention." 70 8. John Hudson, at Stonington, Conn.
) 9. Obadiah Gildersleeve, at New Haven, Conn.
Refugees for relief and permission to pass over to L. I for for-
age for their families, and bread corn growing on their .10. Silas Noma.
which otherwisy will fall into the enemies,hands." Isndy� 11. David Sayre.The first quotation shows 170 voters residing n 51ocaliiiies, 13: Doctor Jeremiah Hedges*
12. Obadiah Jones.
desired to vote for representatives in the provincial congress I 14. Joseph Conkling.
convention, or Assembly of New.York. - *Nome-Doctor .Jeremiah Hedges was graduate of Yale.
NOTE-Governmental authority- , y at the commencement of He died in Sag-Harbor is 1797. _His grave and tombstone are
i
i
i
j I near the north-east corner of the old burying ground there. i etreams, ocean and sound, the many plundering raids and rob-
Out of the 32 dwelling houses reputed to be in Sag-Harbor: I beries recorded and 'unrecorded, related here would be corfusingi
(fat the Revolution, 14 men most active for independence, and. and enlarge this paper beyond proper bounds. What bears
earing for their lives, fled from happy homes and became exiles directly on the history of Sag-Harbor we must not omit.
I and refugees for their country's cause in Connecticut alone,-in; EXPEDITIONS To sea-HARBOR.
many cases with their families. Nearly one-third of its fighting' Writers have not failed to notice the Meigs expedition. Its
Harbor,
force in number, fall that in weight, transferred from Sag-' magnificent achievement was so striking, its success so iilumi.
so weakened to strengthen Connecticut. I thickit,
rating in the darkness of the times as to demand rehearsal. It
probable that one-fourth of the war force of Suffulk County and was not the solitary expedition to Sag-Harbor. In 1779, in the
'perhaps all Long Island, were refugees and remember these last of January or let of February, Captain Sage in the brig
were the marked men of their towns High souled, haters of Middleton, sloop Beaver, Captain Havens, sloop Eagle, Captain
despotism, ardent lovers of liberty, burning for the conflict Call Conkling took from Sag-Harbor wharf, the Ranger, a British
to them the war song Privateer brig of 12: _guns. Again on Sunday sailing from New
"Lay the proud oppressors ]ow, (London, the brig Middleton grounded, and bar crew was.res_�
. Tyrants fall in every foe, ';cueq,by the other two vo,eels which, returning, took 2 brigs with
Liberty's in every blow.,, - - ram; wine and 12000 bushels of oats. Here are two more
and their brave hearts and master passion responded as lions forexpeditions to Sag-Harbor, noticed by Onderdonk, and quoted
.the charge. - - - formerly in this paper. Quoting from the same authority I
The 170 refugee voters understood that Long Island in have noticed the expedition of Major Davis and Captain Grinnell l
possession of the British army, could not choose representatives i in 2 armed 'boats who were betrayed and taken prisoners and
;to a patriot conaention, Congress or Assembly, and to obtain the boats rescued from the enemy by Captain Wickham in his
_representation there, their votes alone could avail, and their - 8 gun sloop from Stonington. This coapts fourth in expe-
:representatives must.come from the refugees, another evidence ditions, and was made in November, 1751.
.this of weakness here and strength transferred there. NOTE—The Hessian and Light horse men who captured.
The Petition of 35 Refugees at Saybrook, to bring from Davis and Grinnell probably were on North Haven and these may
'Long Island supplies to their families in Connecticut,.is sig. have been betrayed by some one then engaged in the salt works
-nificant to the same condition and reveals the destitution present there.
and impending.. THE WHALE BOAT
Many years gone by my Aunt Sally Hedges, then over 90 was easily propelled by oars or sail, of little draft, built for living
years of sae, told me on the night on which she was born, in - in all winds and weathers, and bad much carrying capacity, was
'March,1777,that her father had down cellar,a sow and pigs,and, easily handled, and almost all"East Enders"in it,were at home.
;in his bedroom, sheep and lambs, and was compelled to that to John White, of Sagg, piloted Meige in his whaleboat expedition.
'keep them from British robbers and save his family from starving Major Davis and Grinnell were in whaleboats, with crews, more
—think of this as a picture of the wretchedness in the Ramp- or less of refugees. Havens, Conkling, Davis, Grinnell and
tons, in Sag-Harbor and. all over our Island. The American
feed the British, and the British said if they Wickham were refugees, and the first two were from Sag-Har,
armed forces said if they did not get our provisions they would bor. Wickham was from East-Hampton and was father of Sarah
: did not get them (wife of Judge John P. Osborn of Noyack. The weight at his
the Americans would. Both bides. robbed and plundered, and front gate was 2 welded grape shots fired by the British in
both justified it. The residents here were ground between the their attack on Stonington.
upper and nether millstone. Roving outlaws, with eagle Bye,i THE OATH OF ALLEGIANCE.
looked for prey, spies left no secluded nook unsearched. The' When the British army got possession of Long Island 6
thousands of sheepand cattle i commissioners were appointed to compel the inhabitants to take
> pasturing on army, a in all
summer, the oath of.allegiance to Bing George, and those refusing were
and driven home m winter, would feed�an army, and all ®idea 1
Coveted and plundered this drove until, as we have seen, the liable to be treated as rebels and prisoners of war, subjected to
inhabitants were compelled to kill their milch cows or starve:i the law of their captors with all the indignities of insults, chains,
The marches and counter marches of hostile forces on eastern p21sons, disease, starvation, and often death. What should they
'LongIdo? '`
Island, the movements of vessels- and fleets in bays Take the oath and live? Refuse, and die? They took the I
- - F omh but in heart were as devoted to their country and as hostile(
LO their oppressors as before. This is a subject avoided by
writers, but fidelity to historic truth demands expression. When I whose desire was their dishonor, whore every victory brought
1 them netrer to the gate of despair. All threatened with pesti-
residen[a of SLg-Harbor and the Hampton's took this oath, as I
they in fact did, they reasoned thus• Refusing, I die with no l lanae, with gaant famine, and all last to look on the retreating
benefit or help to my family,friends or country's cause; living, I ships of their country's foes and last to re echo the glad hurrah
maybe s help to all, ministering to seed parents, to sick and for Freedom and Independence gained. When the British ships
j dying of family and friends, protector of wives, sisters and chil_ sailer from New-York they took thousands or royalists, born
dren from bratal assaults on their purity and honor. In law I Americans,with them o not one from Sag-Harbor. Her eons and
and morals, fraud or force annals a deed or contract, and andae daughters were true to the harmonies of that
on and Independence.
iuflnence voids a will, and why not an oath? To hold an oath In the War of the sapre ac and that of 1812, the British
procured by forco, valid, is to hold force the law and above-the fleet anchored and held supremacy in Gardener's Bay. No son
, of Long Island should wish a hostile flag again to float therein,
right. When COL Gardiner-as commissioner, with a com an
surrounded the house of Col. Jonathan Hedges, of Sagg, and at secure in triumph. At any and all coat our navy should be such
the point of the bayonet compelled the old hero to take the oath, as to forbid that recurrence. As s child I remember the intense,
what else could he do? What else could Col. Hedges do? It.1 universal boiling wrath of the American people against England.
was this or death. They were both known as patriots then and! No sign of the times is more cheering than the harmony now be-
tq sen them.
after.
If COL Gardiner did not compel Col. Hedges and others to PRISON Barre.
i_t ks';the oath he was futile to all the penalties of Martial Law There was a tradition that Major Davis, of s eboc let- ,
taken prisoner, that an New-York. by poison in his chocolate. I
'just as Col. Hedges was it be did not take it. At this very-time have not heard that an citizen of Sn Harbor
Nathaniel Gaidiner, son of Col. Gardiner, was a surgeon in the the thousands who were imprisoned in the Sugar
among
American Army and served as each until the end of the -wan o House and
Who can doubt the patriotism of the father? This question was• prison ships there. The memory of those martyrs should never
settled by the patriots of Suffolk County themselves by agree-: be forgot.
ment to take the oath and send a committee to the British "Oh, if,here be on this earthly sphere,
A boon, an offering Heaven holds dear,
authorities. Onderdnok p. 46, states that "E. and S. Hampton Tis the last libation Liberty draws
will meet Sept. 14, '76, at Sag Meeting House to appoint" It From the heart that bleeds and breaks in her cause."
could not bat be fully argued and agreed then and there to take By act of Congress passed July 14th, 17981 a tax was im-
the oath. The name and repute of Long Island has suffered and posed on all houses and December 11th, 1800, Jonathan Rogers,
sunk lower in the estimation of people not so subjected more of Bridge-Hampton, as surveyor, made a list of all houses, in-
from taking this oath than it deserves and I think unjustly. cluding therein the territory of the towns of East-Hampton,
When they have been tried in the furnace of fire and come out Shelter Island and nearly or quite all of Southampton. In the
of it, they would better know bow to pity the distressed. great fire of 1817 that swept over Sag-Harbor,most of the houses -
Howell's History of Southampton p 78,- states that "This were burned se well as the church. The loss was so great that
town also furnished four surgeons for the War of the Revolution, the port was reduced almost to beggary. I give a few cases of
Henry White, Shadraek Hildretb, William Barnett and Silas houses taxed with valuation, amount of;tax and name of owner:
Halsey." He should have added Samuel H. Rose, of Bridge- owNER. VALUE. TAX RATE. AMT. PAF
Hampton. East-Hampton sent Nathaniel Gardiner, and Sag- Duvall, William............. . $ 675.00 210
Harbor Jeremiah Hedges. These seven absent must have Fordham,Daniel ........ .... 1,687 50 410 $2 03
stripped these towns.almost,if not entirely, of medical relief and j Fordham. John .. .......... . 472 50 6 75
is another addition to the agonies endured. 2-10 005
g Fordham, Nathan....... .... 421.37 2-10 0.86
At what' coat a-privation Sag-Harbor obtained independence. Howell, Stephen...... .. .... 843 75 3 10 2.501
She victors' hostile flag floated before the eyes of her native born Howell, James...... .... .... 67500 3-10 2.03
freemen. fbe victors' shout of triumph sainted their ears. Her Hedges, Jesse..... ... . ..... 703 18 - 3.10 211
wharves, stores and houses held by her adversaries- Her ship-i Howell, Silas..... 1,265 62 4-10 5 Og
ping gone_ Her trade ruined. The products of her fields seized Latham, Hubbard .... .. ....
..... ....._. 1,012.50 410 453
by bar foes and often robbed by professed friends. The aged : L'Hom median, Samuel.... .... 510.00 310 243
and infirm and sick, dying and dead without medical relief. 'H, The following named houses then taxed now stand in names
sone fugitives in the armies of Liberty and privateers, that heroi- of present ownere as correctly as I can give it; v
cally assailed their enemy, or in prison ships or dungeons. Her OLD owNEI
Lk
danghtere subjected to the approach of soldiers of- a garrison PRESENT OWNER. VALUE. TAX.
g . Joseph Conkling, Thomas Lister, $675.00 $2.03
6 Gflcuthm kind recently been completed
I and two grins were mounted. It was
Thomas Beebee, Mrs. 0, G.Vail,once Satter)y, 617.60 1.66 1 intended as a safe depository for mer-
Ephraim Fordham, George Bassett,.lately, 191.26 0.38 chandise and munitions of war, The
Thaddeus Fordham ea, 196 87 Mrs, H. T, Hed garrison numbered more than 60,
g 0.39 Major Tallmadge, tvith so.men, left
Luther Hildreth, late John Budd, 46000 0.90 'Fairfield, Conn., in eight open boats
13urlburt, John, Mrs. Sage, once John Osborne, 56250 1.69 find crossing tho Sound, landed fitDaniel Hall, now Douglas, 460,00 090 Old Man's° (Mt. Sinai) about 8
John Jermain' Mrs. Russell Sae 84976 2.63 o'clock. in the evening.
Sage, They were forced to r•enain until
Peleg Latham, late Geo. B. Bfown, 1,126.00 4,63 Nie following night because of It se-
By act of 0ongress of the same date owners of slaves were yere rainxt°rm• Then they marched
taxed each 60 ots. for each oluve and Nathan Fordham Hubbard I Lhe is the h laud mal nearing the fort,
+ _ Lhe troops were iiivided Into three de-
Latham and Henry P. Daring were each taxed. fDr 1 tachments, which ottacked the three
slave in Sag-Harbor. sides of the triangle.
A sharp contest ensued. 'Tho fort
00NOLUDING THOUGHTS• oras destroyed and ,even of the enenty,
The historianigathers materialsfrom the conflict- were killer) ,oUl 64 taken prisoners and
lag accounts of opposing.parties, and traditions, Is quantity of merchandise carried
sometimes and not seldom, antagonizing each 'other. �nway, 7Pho Americans returned to
Connecticut with their prisoner,,
He must weigh, sift, discriminate and if afraid of ' ;Major 'ralhnadge and a few men go-
labor is unworthy the name. When I began this ing by the way of Coram, whore they
paper (now far outgrown expectation) my interest burned 800 ions of hay which had been
became intense. - 'Within my soul there seemed voice collected by Nie British. A letter of
j commendation was ant b
crying, "Unless you possess the subject, the subject Y General)
the s cecss to Major, 'L'alhnadge, on
will evermore possess you." The Historical Society the successful enpluie of brant St.
of Sag-Harbor, and my many friends there, are en- C eo•ge, and the bei Hing of hay at
titled to my most arduous effort. Poor as the work Ceram.
is, it is the best the infirmities of age allow. The
patriotic devotion of our Revolutionary fathers, their SAh pRORfS FIRST
toile, their hardships, their self-denial, their heroism,
living in the remembrance of their sons,, may they, otY i' .��]�5 �� 4S Q 7
inspire them to attain the exalted ideal of their au-1 FIRE
w(�yk WAS e
Icestors. --
-o— The Largest Fire in the His-
Wartime Events on Long I A party of two hundred men under)
rmilmand of Col. Meige, left New tory of the Village ®C-
Island During Revolutionl Haven Conn., pn the 28rd of May, in curred in 1845.
^✓vu.w , / % a., whaleboats and landed at Southold __
.iSPeeial Lo 'lite COUNTY RHvttiw) at 6 ddoclt tIfarbor,Arrlying herlint evening. e Associated with the history of Sag
_By Mas, L, M. JOORNHAY marched to Sag
at.2 o'clock next morning, surprised warbor will ever be the devastation
After the Battle of Long Island in the Brrtish, burned twelve stoops,. 120 wrought by three great fires, They
Lirooklyn, Long Island was to posses- toilsof hay and a quantity of grain, did much to retard growth of the vil-
�.ion of the•13ngllsh• British troops Six of the enemy wore. killed find 90 lage. They occurred in 1817, 1846
wore stationed at different1?arts, furl ppismrers taken. Col. NOW returned and 1877. Smaller conflagrations
;oven o• more years. There were i L° Connecticut at 2 o'clock that after- have happened, such is the fires which
have three times swept over the site
many raids find a series of petty skit•-�110011, ,With not a than lost. General
mishos. The soldiers plundered the parsons received a letter at' congratu- of Ped ion n block he present
Hall);
country round about—stealing grain, latior from General Washington and the section north of the present build-
, _ g Si. Congress voted the presentation of n ing of Joseph Santacroce, formerly
burning.fences tearing down an the Hedges' House, and the more re-
burning ehurebes,, plunders ng`,hom'es sword to Col. Meigs. cent destruction of Brown's block now
of valuables,and oceppying',.thgm., The Setmiket Presbyterian church fepl ed The fire that wiped out the
Major Cochran",Look.40 poutlt 'of was used as a fort by the British sol- gnights of Columbus building and
butter from ,Zophar Platt's.wifeat liars. The farmers had to keep their Hedges' paint shop, where the old
Huntington also Use Mr. platt's ox- swine and poultry in their cellars. motion picture theatre stands on the
team to carry Gourds ripped from•Mr. Hr November, 1780, Major,Benja• west side of Main street, gave the fire-
1 to Proal lluntin , or to Jer- Imin Talbnadge planned and executed mor a hard fight amt threatened to
Am. No'bt)b, were paid. one of the most daring exploits in the. set ablaze wooden building on the
AL H•einpstead the Presbyterian history of .Suffolk during the Revo- or:-,ositc side of Main street. A good
111006;house.was U4efl'us tiµrracka, lution, when he captured bort St, head of water from watchcase factory
guard house, prison and finABy TO; (Ieo•ge, at Tangicr Smith s; Mastic, numps enabled the firemen to quell
moving the floor, it was ttitnedNnto ss during hat summer The post had this blaze; the hosemen protecting
riding:school. A,whipping ,pest was been established by Sir Henry Clin- themselves against the intense sheat
put up beside the Hempstead grave- 'ton, by crouching behind barricades.
alert) and 'daily used. (Many- eattlo A, triangular enclosure of several' Fire of 1817.
j ive.re taken lion Fisher's and Gardin• acres In.extent had been constructed, A copy of the: Record, published by
zr;s Islands. I II � at two angles of which'were,strongly Gdito• Samuel A. Sea,bury (1816-
In April 1777, the British troops barricaded horses and at the third a. 1817) tells of the first great fire in
had a lune .quantity of�provisions fort,96 feet st@are, well protected by Sag frlarbor. It occurred Monday.
eg'
tared at S16rhpr ani)in!o}der to an abadis all sharp-pointed pickets May 26, 1817. It started in a small
destroy these, Ceneral Parsons plain i projecting from the earthen mound at barn owned by Peletiah ("'Duke")
[left an expeditiop. _: an angle of about 46 degrees The:£or-. Fordham, contiguous to the more
thickly settled part of the village, a
C .
site on the west side of Main street,) A Midnight:Alarm after the cessation or the ousmess In IV
about where.the L. I. R. R. terminal The fire of 1846 was discovered at 1870. From their stories of the port
is now. A gale of wind was blowing,I about midnight, in a clothing store, and Hedges' boyhood memories, he
at the time. The flames made .very'kept by H. Russell (descendant of the made the drawing and then filled in
rapid progress. Means of fighting fire first settler) adjoining the hotel of with oil pigments. The;picture shows
were primitive. Twenty of the most Peletiah Fordham, which stood at the a number of whaling..'ships in the
valuable stores and houses were con- west side of Main street, near the bay. offing, ships' "hull down" along the
sumer. Lofts and outbuildings were The lower part of Sag Harbor village, shores and at the do0ks and ware-
also razed. The buildings, chiefly at that time,was thick) crowded with houses, a long shore front, shipyards
constructed of pipe and cedar, burned y 'at North Haven, tite oil cellars, etc.
ert 'frame buildings. The flames spread
like tinder. Destruction of prgP y with greet rapidity and consumed the Both 'pictures have poor Ile,•spectivc
within the
buildings was heavy as the. whole lower part of the town, Fifty- but give a good idea of how ba;; Her-
rapid spread of the fire prevented its seven warehouses and stores, all the bar looked in 1813, and in 1845,
removal from stores and houses. Ship- hotels, thirty-five dwelling houses and Gunpowder Fells Buildings
ping in the harbor was set afire by many barns and outbuildings were To prevent the extension of the
burning shingles carried aloft and destroyed. Main street, on the west flames in the fire of 1845, two dwell-
wafted over the bay by a higgh wind, side, as far south as the outbuildings ing houses were torn down, oils oc-
The sailing of several whales !Ps was occupied until 1918 by the Corrector,copied by Ezekiel Mulford (at site of
retarded on account of the destruction Printery; was laid waste; on-the east Municipal building). IIad it not been
of casks and stores. side of Main street, as far south as for the impediment thrown in tile way
The Record reports the 1817 fire: Tinker's Alley (the alley south of the by the fireproof store of Major J.
"The awful visitation of Providence American 'Hotel)- Division street as Hildreth, at the westside of Main
has left a number of families and poorfar south as Elijah Simons' house street, it is Problematical where the
widows houseless and dependent upon (opposite Legion Hall) and East onward progress of the fire to the,
the charities of their friends; has re- Water street and West Waterstreet,�southward would have been arrested.
duced others from a stats of comfort lined with cooperages and other heal-'This'..fine building, though assailed by
and ease to poverty, and has greatly ness buildings, fell a prey to the de• a torrent of flames on two side,, stood
lessened the means of the more vastating element. The whale ship firm and fortunately proved an inr-
wealthy iby puttidg a temporary stop Xenophon caught Bre and burned. The superable barrier.
to their business and consuming a ,whale ships Plymouth and Konohas- None were wounded or hurt; no lives
large portion of the capital they were sett were afire several times, but were were lost, no physical injury received.
employing for their own benefit and hauled out in the stream and saved. The extent of the damage (lone by
that of the public. Only Four Firm Names Survive the great fire of 1845 may be eavis-
"A committeeofrelief and distribu- On Main'street, in 18461 there were Toned by a glance at the list of Sid-
Lion consisting of Cornelius Sleight eighty firms doing business below ferers:
Silas, Howell, .John Jermain, ewhat is now Municipal building. Sustained Heavy Losses
L'Hommedieu, Jr., E. Sage andd Pelele- Among them could not be found a On Main street—Albert G. Hedges'
tiah Fordham were appointed. German, Celtic, Italian or Hebrew dwelling snit barnJohn Lodge,wheel-
;Aid from New York patronymic. Ship stores and offices right; Charles S. Hedges, dwelling;
"In New :York City on the 7th of located at the lower part of the vil- Joseph Grotius, tavern; Samuel Lang,
June following,. a number of promi- loge in 1845 'belonged to the Hunt- refectory; W, A. Simons, refectory;
neat citizens met at the Tontine tings, L. D. Cook and IEI. Green, N. & H. G. Bassett & Co., tailors; Robins &
Coffee House and resolved unani- G. Howell, Mulford & Sleight and Brown,tin factory; E. C. Rogers, hat-
mously that the distressed situation. Charles T. Bering, previous to the ter; II. H. Gilette, harness maker;
of the inhabitants of the village of fire: Of the eighty-three names in Peleg Rogers, boarding house; G. C.
Sag Harbor, on Long Island, conse- the business directory of Sag Harbor Fordham, tailor; Thomas Foster, hat-
quent of the late destructive fire, calls I for 1845, only four are reported in;ter; Thomas Kiernan, 'fancy store; G.
loudly on a benevolent public. A' 1924. They are Brown, Cook, Kier-
R. Loper, merchant; WilLam A. Nel-
committee of thirty-one was appointed' nan and Lawrence. G. Augustine)9mn, lumber dealer;. A. A. Eddy,
to solicit and receive donations. Kiernan, present village president, is merchant; P.P.King,:Exchinge.build-
Among the committeemen are the 6 grandson of Thomas.Kiernan, the ing• Bering & Fordham, merchants;
familiar names of Henry IRutgers, merchant; Arthur T. Brown is a song Suffolk County Bank; Thomas Brown,
David Gelston, Ren'sr Havens, Caleb of Charles T. Brown, 'a nephew of merchant;- William Pm•dred, tailor;
Horton, Gabriel Havens, Sylvester 'Thomas Brown, and he-is proprietor David Conggdon, merchant; ten pin
L'Hommedieu, ISylvanus Miller, Jona of a pharmacy; William M. Cook, alley, Suffolk House, G. V. Oakley,
merchant, is a grandson of Luther D.
than Miller and others;'- .Cook, and James C. Lawrence is the William Wilcox, commission shore;
Fire of 1845. .son of the James Lawrence, who had Waddy & Russell, merchants; S. & B.
The great fire of 1845 started on 'a shoe factory. Hunttmg & Co., strip store; s & B.
The North Battery ' Huntington, merchants-Syl; Howes Crew,
the night of November 13 and laid ell block maker; Sylvams Crowell,
waste all the lower part of t6 village, The waterfront at the west side of L. D. Cook & I-I. Green, ship
sweeping ;the entire waterfront. It Long Wharf was known as-the"North dwelling;
Battery" from the fact that during S. L. L'Hommedieu, ship store;
was the largest conflagration in the S. S. Smith & Brothea•, lumber aner-
history of Sam Harbor village and did the War of 1812 some Pieces of ord- chants; Charles Douglass, tavern;
damage estimated to amount to a nonce were located there. In tt Thomas Howard, cigar factory; Mud-
quarter of a million dollars. It was ,John Jermain Memorial library may'ford & Sleight, rigging store; S. & B.
a severe blow to the whaling in- be seen a crudely executed,painting Huntting & Co., rigging store; Mul-
dustry and the village never really . & Sleight, ship store; ITowell &
recovered from it, Petroleum dis- of the Sag Harbor waterfront as it ford fordHavens, rigging store; S. C. Hillock,
coveriea in 1848 and the rush of men looked in 1813. The picture is from;dwelling; A. 1T. Gardiner, merchant;
from Sag Harbor to the in fol- the brush of my maternal grandaunt, G, D, Chester, cigar factory; Union
lowed ,the consuming fire closely. To who then lived in a house near the Hotel, H. Phelps; Douglas & Wade,
add to the depression and gloom sev- water's edge of Shelter Island Sound merchants; A. Overton, dwelling;
eral whale ships returning from long at the east side of Wharf street. A Overton & Lawrence, shoe store; Rip-
and misuceessful voyages, a. hereto- painting of the water front is it was ley &'Parker, merchants; Gardiner &
fore unknown happening: Financially in 1845 is still extant.. It is froze the
brush of the later S. I-ledges, Seeley' merchants; T. P. Ripley,
and in Wren power Sagg Harbor was at dwelling; Lyman Pitcher, merchant;
low ebb just after tha great fire of whose paint shopwas a'favorite con- G. II,dwelling-
merchant; W. F. Halsey,
1845. ---- -gregating place for old whalemen, merchant; Tiffany_ &_-Halsey, mer-
chants; Jonathan Havens, merchant; Is about 1 a. nn. 12edman sate n
light reflected from the direction of at the corner of Division and Cress
D. A. Jennings, dwelling and sho? )CII
e North Battery. Police Officer I streets was saved, also the Mott house
store; Z. Elliot, dwelling and jewelry )ldrich shortly after located the fire. at Berke and Rysmn streets. But the.
store; the Corrector printery and It Proved Co come from the north fine residence of Zacheriah Rogers,
office; John Hobart, boarding house; httildin en the west side of Long shove and on the other side Of R,ysant I
Hannibal French, dwelling; Thomas Whnrf' The building tv:es Occupied -•treet (the site of the E. R. (I. Sleight
H, Vail, refectory; N. Tinker, dwell- by IL IL Greg'nrY as a stare and bungalow) in an nlninst isolated pnsi-
ing, cabinet shop, etc. storehouse, I'hu Ilamos, of this time, tion, caught the flying cinders and
West Water street—Ocean House, n t feared to be in Cho southwest cor- Enol: fire oil the >.,nor With Great
William Nisbet; Mas. Polly Snaith' ' of filo huildim, and worm already exertion it was Um»pnrarily saved, to
a dwelling•; Abel G. Minor, dwelling and communication with the adjoining take filo n6ain lath in the rut,ht aid
cooperage- Street & Mott, punt; storehouse, running up the corners of burn to the glo»lid ghrs was the last
makers, both buildinlIS from the first floor. house buuncd and was not ntualyl
East Water street. post & Sherry, An shame was immediately given out, Consumed until six o'clock in the morn-�
store, cooperage, etc.; JcdediahCock- but the (lances made rapid progress ing, The Nassau House was the last)
lin, blacksmith shop; John Oook,'or account of a high wind prevafloag• building burned of Clain !:breot, Fill-
-
blacksmith shop; Oliver Slate, blttcic- frbnn tine northwest. The two large Lunately the brick block of Douglas &
smith shop; UwL Simons, dwelling buildings were soon enveloped in the Cooper• ]nte,,eued between that and
house; William Taylor, -rlwolling• rlestroYin,' element. other fi•mne buildings. Thr D. & C.
house; Mrs. Wood's place. A Grent Culaulig•, block is now
the
Present fAty View
r
Rebuilt on Itu Ashes The fire department at•rived Min- IIotel. The D. & C. "recto, with stre»-
The Sag• I-Iarbor of 1845 1.5 i0 .per:;- ne,hrha 8ngihe cumpanv with 'th- goes efforts of hncmen, prevented
sessed recuperative ability. She pinatas had been stationed at the further th,,nstar.
ground burned over by the 1845 fire public well at the foot of Main street All of Eazt Sole. f hrealrnul
was, for the most, part, again built (Cho village had nn eity water• Lc Ilus 'light turd the (Ito Louis
upon, The mettle of the Sag Harbor vY tem). It was evident, however, that Zinkc rhe pipenn 11 treed the. fire and
Inert proved equal to the disaster. New the fire was to If a smrlous mer', cul exposed bimsclt to umninent do rger
warehouses, bigger sand better, were that the limited appliall es Of. the de- tot.a long time. He was burned about
built. Whaling, was interrupted bill. partllcent would he iuoTeetun1 to ward the bead and neck• but did not desert
never completely stopped at this time. Off a groat calamity. Tho wind in- his post. IIad not the fire been ar-
Subsequently larger and more costly Ceased with the advaueo 'd f.he tested at this spot it is probable the
ships were sent out.,. Vannes, blowing a gala and scolding whole row of sttvetures at the east
In 1845 the cooper shot: of 'Lachar- (1112 flame to the adjoining buildings side of Main street would have barred.
mil Rogers and the coupon to shop.of un both sides of the street. Nicker- The large frame buildings- south of
Joseph Stanton were east of Divfsror son &VaiI's storehouse, S. S. Crowell's the D, & (L buikling, if abhtze, crust
street. Mulford & Sleight's oil cellars spur and block shop, on the west. side, have led to burning of the entire
stood further to the east at the north Gregory's storehouse, John Fordhann's eastm•n part of Sag 1-Iarhor. As il:
foot of Methodist Hill (Dering sultrily, anti-two storehouses of R. & was ,many res irle»ces in the East
Heights). It was a two-story strum- S. French were soon burning, as were i1amptom town part of Chc village
ture, one of stone and one of wood. also the large building of. W. & G. If. were exposed to danger. It was neces-
The firm's coopers, Edward II. Cooper (;neper, me Buy street, and the shop ;Ory to keen a vigilant watch on the
and Michael Burke, had cooper Sherri of Jared Wade, host builder. It was roof ned'about all premises in that
nearby. evident that nothing could ha dome section.
Bay Street Bulkheaded to prevent the fire crossing Bay street I;inter Cold,. Water I'i•aza
and nttnehiing the large tenrnuott The night was intensely cold and
Much of the water front along East houses of George, R. Brown, Da Ca. the water thrown onto buildings froze
Water street (Bay street) was bulk- tie's atahles and adjoining buildings. quickly• This proved ft safeguard
headed. Vessels came through Old The wind, holding• n diecetinn Kron rgninst the burning shingles and
Ship channel to the deep water at the Ilse northwest, blew furiously, and a cinders flying in every direction. Dur-
west side of Cmildin's Point to dis- sheet of fianne wrapped around the ing the most fearful part of the fire
charge oil and. bone and take on Maidslo c Mills from DeCastro's barn t blinding' snow, squall come up and
boards, staves and casks and firewood to the chemical works and the mill the Wind howled with fury. The roar
and water, The Mulford & Sleight storehouse, all on fire at the same A the flames together with the driv-
oil cellars, fired by all incendiary, time. It was in vain to further at- 'mg blaze of the fire and the gathering
burned on a Fourth:of July night to temptto save tine big still structure 9arkness Overhead added a sense Of
the 00's. .The Aqueduct company had although the steam pump load hose •,vildness and horror to the scene.
a pump near Division and Fast Water were in constant use. Jededi all Conk- Loa 5130,000
streets, established in 1827 hen's blacksmith shop and the rest- The prono4Y lnvt of. file ilea at 1877'1
9 device of jet),, Relly and Edward was placed n0 y;1 20,00(1, o; wig h Icss j
SAG HARBOR S THIRD Murphy, on Unvnsicn street, next titan one third ma envarul 1 Y r n,ur-
�e burned, In.the meantime the flames slice,
�p� FIRE
��U �� U � had crept under, the roof of Music The North t- anus building. in
Ball and the large brick (so`rkosed which the the err if m.ttliad
ed hid to local
i
to bo fireproof) buildinf, of Belpiniiu history. It was built aft r the great
---- F, limit was on. Lure inside, The tire of 1845. It wxs occunned many
The Public Hall, the Best the, Nas.;au House had caught, eller On the vi is by J. E. & E. Smith, aao;'ers,
northwest corner road the flames were liquor dealers, eta Our notes show
Village (-las Ever Had, Was sl undiug mrmtnsed by the blaze from that the North Dolt
budduia was
'Destroyed on Its Fourth DoCas tins Sul ion and bowling alley, the: rendezvous of the crowds of
I1p Divismni scree.f. the flim I'o1111wing1 whalemen and atevedOves at Lang
Anniversary. the course of the wind, ranched the II Wharf during the if times of the
house of Mrs. Grxhain.and the (muse whaling interests. It war, a favorite
clay II. D. S.) of Mn,. Lowell, on Cross street, and resort of boatmen and tilla�ers 1'0•
The third sweeping conflagration oc- the fiyin^ cinders crossing' Rector noes years succeeding. J. ]e, Smith
Cut in Sag Harbor forty-eight Years strect ignited the shop and two-story I mill Clothier B. Vaughn, R'illion IIaI-
ago. It broke out on the night of house of N. Matthews, on Rysam sev and M. H Gregory Warr m hu•ni
I'ebruary 18, 1577.� William Rechnan r.Creet. This burned to the ground, Occupants. The sale of liquor was n nightwatchman at the railroad prop with the house of Mr Coreorau ad- discontinued, there after Grovary�
erty, discovered the fire. The time .joining. S..I3_Ehhedgea brick house
came in possession. AA„,,list of the Nassal, House Destroyed ort, to dwelling, and Irani tore t0
buildings destroyed toget+tei• with ma- The Nassau house was built in ,I-o,e, w ll tbgh withnttlheand
celeritshop
to
all
terials is too lengthy to publish here.1 18,18 by Gilbert .Oakley for a hotel, I ntning• Its starch was ntc sistible,
Some of the buildings deserve descrip- He,died, however, before it was-ready as _
Hall, however,for they recall interests., for occupancy. It was opened by his Ud Oancetl hurried
(dors of it' birldinglmto
of the villagers and descendants of widow and sons, Albert',Oakley after- f: p-
I families of that period. wards became proprietor, and 20 con- ing in the triumphs of its Poway, llav-
Beautifnl Music Hall tinned until his dearth. On the morn- ing gained the med in rC sork of
The 1-Iuntbst building, was one al Ing of March 'C 18d afie Ni til
dElora
iined to Proceed in the warp of
the most substantial and ornamental little. file find Iced afire in the ,erything until the last could
so of
brick and brown free stone edifices in nt.h�. 'Phe wool hlrw strong f t from crvrostr an which it cored s(i•re,
Sag harbor. It stood facing the ter- the west. Through efforts of the fire .y prostrate in the dust. P.egnp erase
s,inatiou of Main street (where is now (1011111111101d, only the Upper story was •',, every distinction between great and
Bliss Park). It commanded a view burned. It wan rcbu ill, and up to 1871 .�inall, wealth and power, its sweep
Of the whole business scratch of the had bean ceupied as a public hostelry. was indiscriminate and impartial,
at s
at,cat. It was built soon after the It was the only hotel of the village in its Away tSoon ile aafter ithe.Mire cool-
fire of 1545, by S. & R. 'Building, and at the time of its (lestrnetion.
occupied by them as an office. G. & Much Suffering Occasioned moaned the hent became so ch side
f1. Knotting• had also their largge During these great fires and after from the burning houses 0n each side
country score there, and the Suffol$. there was much sulTering• in Sag Ilan- of, the Main street that for several
Bank was in a portion of the second her, A memoran(lum of the fire of hours it was impossible for any living
story. The third story was used as a 1845 says: 'Troll, Major 'Hildreth's thing to pass through it down to the
I sail loft. The rear portion of this brick block on tine west and Lester's wharf without snlf0catio,, Goods m•
building was a separate structure, and shoe manufacturing place on the east furniture, thrown in the street would
Chcre were the oFllees- of Cook & side. of Alain street to the extremity have been immediately consumed by
ever was
Green„whaling agents, where many +1 of the Long 1Vhm•f not the renmant snv devouring fom the jaws of the devourer
long yarn bas been spun of ',the good of a single building of illy kind is J•
I'h„cuix and other craft. The uplier seen. From the house of 1',. Simons, was taken oat on the back side and
pout of Chis portion of the building on the east side of Division street to removed in the back sof tile treet by great
was veranda in 18T3 by;Fh p'. Illnrt- Rector street and the shore, all abee exertion noir il orae Pentand womenoand
ting, and constructed into a fine pub consumed, except one building, in the Bend d the night,
Ile hall with stage and scenery at an longing to Mr. Cook, a member of the children, in
IC
expense
of several thousand ane.the
the neatest find most This rs. dd hwas t preserved b y in Sag
Harbor.
a�smallnPortionr of their little all
complete oP the kind anywhcie at that, efforts of some of his brother neem- rescued from the burning houses.
Z
It was thrown open e the tha hers of the fraternity. The exact Time allowed only the removal of ,
Tic as Music Hall or the 19th of Feb- nunrbo• of dwelling houses, mechanics' some o£ the lighter hileth eles of house-
fill
it,
1873, on which Occasion a grand burn,+eel UcannoCa�(be tlloss er orltl�anldinotge hyldnecessity ut wp e ish cin the st aftames
reception and ball was given by A4,r'.,
IIustfurndsh The
eUpusic the on the occasion arches """allyhundred; f a tale cout s muchantsn destroyed
before til Py amid of p Flailesrs
tra of Papst, of New York, and the able than the building's themselves. "�V{ng'ons, trails, wheelbarrows,
collation was ordered from a. city Prom many of these nothing was carts were put in requisition to move
caterer. Music Hall was famed for saved. It is estimated that the amount whatever could be rescued front the
its successfal home entertaimnents, of the loss sustained by this calls- burning- houses. Few only could as-
Ile
fast one was that given by the ire lie is from.. Y,200,000 to $260,000. sist their neighbors in this time of
Society of Christian Workers, en This amount cannot be far 'from a true need because most were engaged in
I
Monday previous to the fire, The aslEimata. A colsiderablc portion of efforts to preserve then own property.
boll was desCrnye(1 within twenty-four. this property was pal Cially insured, 'The scene was indeed terrific nml tip-
horning the f ng711.11-1101'allinvers
nc nevri•of its since w surmce,ile in smOf thla e 1 ell snrill r here was
dry liioon�ngTo I beh000d ld rsonrc farcy arowers fifty
ford n Fabric hall so elegantly filed goods stores two or three only remain. Inrga buildings at the Sfile ill amc time ch-
fold well adapted for elltortainmell Is. Aare it estIse slaitd. Muehl oYpslit the ,rope restrained i anile , tile ncradile L fury,
Maidstone Mill Rotund.
The
Maidstone Mill was one of the erC,y destroyed consisted of merchan- bursting forth on ave” side and ns-
ereeCedp»t 1862 atra costR fo 36100Dvas by mechanics, k of tsails ools a ironnd thools, blarincarding PYr•aup midhOfvlight, while it, one vast,
Congdon & Cu. After the Civil War casks, staves, whalehoats, whalta r noes of black, dense smoke shrouded
the firm was French, Cooper &Cu. It apparatus nail implmnents of all .the skies in gloom, hiding• the stars
was one of the largest and best n many othergtleng•st 11 1ewh chs of r hsvc�been doth tliwith from e'r splendotst and v of the full-o U d
equipped front• mills on Long• Island, Y
having• a capacity of 260 barrels a collecting in the sear -. stores for the moor, was enough to fill every spec
(what lit was in est oyed, successfulsOriginally Operation emaithouast stwent an1ii Ch in ss not knownThese awere and a a»rarementr ain(lr terror Such Sudtrwas the
building- belonged to Past & Sherry. r Lion�rwP£tyy fnmilicsis ltwere lrCe hl V 1at 3 14 ofg. ne Novell bet 1845 byythegin�
The storehouse and Cooperage were
braugl+t to Sag Harbor from Roger' outnshelter�nranys Nyeel promo and with
continued to rage from twelve irto fire
Francis' mill, at Bridgehmntiton. The 1 when all the lo,e
boiler house was a brie; structure. Fended-wheliv upon then daily labor in the morning, and
'19tu arly thin i left monumentto the me-- children dren�was thel•�A longe drearof lyriwinter was'I most valuablrt of tile e pni•tioln ItiClre business
Call chimney,
chanical skill of file late James Beck at hand: and all business Plans were tai ins."in ashes, n heap of prorribi is
with, mason. This-chimileyy was later deranged.
ildings Dry as Tinder used in the rebuilt mill building• of "There had been no rain for some
78'rD, +m(1 because of ,haleness un- time and the roofs of tie buildings
was razed
sustained lir the (ire of 1877 were very dry, and many buildings
was rare in 1924. _._ _ - --- were fille(I with the most combustible
materials. The fire went from dwell.
r
COUllty'S Tallest Steeple, corner stone was laid in June, 1843.1 the vessel was sailed aee(vSs Long Isl-
Dedicated May 116, 1844. The build- mal Sowed and hidden up the Conuec-
Ill .Sag ILarhOr, Has Eventful ing and financial eonmitfee were Wil- tient river.
Career During its 81 Years Tani R. Sleight, Nathan P. Howell, The British bled:adinig Ocet, under
e y±,r-,,,,. I a Henry P. Huntting, Luther D. Cook, Commodore Hardy, did not talc poli-
The tallest church steeple in Suffolk and Daniel Y. Bellows. The design. tion ❑t Gardner's bay until 181.3. This
county is that on the First Presby- was by Maynard Lefevre, an archi- gave oppurtuniiy to dispose oi' valu-
tenran Church of Sag Harbor, built in tect of New York. 'Richard J. Shel- ablo bottom. Aft n cw;t abhshnlent of
1844. It is 187 feet high :and topped don, of New Yolk, was the builder, the wa k!t, ti ale was interruptedkadeon
IFilti-
by a weather vane. It is of it nonda afterwards of ConnTDus, Ohio., where the wid a• marcs, lint blockade ;.
script type in the art of building. Of lie died. ners did :void rile enemy :it tinier.
it, it has been said: "There is nothing The church with the tall slsepie. II All oastern Long Island seamen
like it, designed or yet discovered, ora nn annex chapel, known as the Julia woe parti(.ulaodp bil.l.cr-ugnirst tile
the face of the earth or in the heavens Kin chapel, gift of the ctaughter of a British. This was duo to frequent
above." It is unique and original. former pastor of the Presbyterian aeiza re and hill)] tanont ill' fathers,
oils and hu h,uub; on looted BritishThe facade of the church is of sombre congregation.
Egyptian model; the towerpreserves What was nun c to be deplored, in va ss,I..
The L. 1. 110)old, puboc Sag
w
the beauty of Grecian outlines, and 1835, settle usduevous lad chnnhed �� Ilurbn Apu0,
l 1J, 1797, r< nteses tilt
the steeple is sort of a cross betwee'i the tall spire of the church and tied boarding, of n Lonl, Island vihooner
a Cbioese pagoda and a Turkish man n a pirate flag oit. There it nonaine'1 rile Pc =y, ( rpt 1-furl, ;ri Curacao earl
.aret. It is not a composite, bat a con-I for three clays w.tnl reurrr d by, nnpaes_mont o1 three seamen. A
glomerate in architecture. It has a. Charles havens, a sailor and steeple: pamphlet printer) at Sag Aarbor in
history and marks all epoch. ; jack. 181E by Alden Spooner, gives an ae-
The ball steeple was much out of
The Pwis built
end its tall count or the impressment and life acl-
repair, out of phunb and in danger ,
steeple was built from the proceeds ventures of Joshua I enny. Lewis Os-
ef tottering when Mrs. Russell Sao,
shipsthose who 'went down to the sea in !Sag Harhor's "Lad Beautiful," vis- borne, in Fast pIuunptun; Mill t-,Strong,b
ships st the flays of Sag Harbor's g' y of Wuind Re Iien,Hedg Millet-, John
acy. i.{ted the hove of her grandparents,greatest cons eturn suprenfroin Major and Mrs, John Jermadn, in the Cann and ar.+obi Hedgvs were taken
Whaling vessels returning home from off American ships and were made to
lii•st decade of the twentieth century. I
two and Mall steep voyages fire- serve in the hirash envy.
Through donations of firs. Sage the sighted the tall steeple ()Isla malting church and steeple were redo{,) ata 1 overnmrnt Property 7 uaeMal
the south side of Long Island, from cost, said to be mn
ore than the original Henry P. Dun , federalai,c
nt, col-1
8bionecock to Montauk Point. It is expenditure of 1843-1844 for chnreh hcCm Of calms" :md ,estrous,). ,at,
a monument to the vessel owners and and lot. sn" Mn
arlin,, ur !"nd fill prutee done'
masters in the best and pahniest days I -- _ o£ goverrunont property and the ar-I
of "the port." sena) in case the enemy should nt-i
It was a gala day in the Harbor SA6 HARBOR'S PARI_' temp); it hundin{c. Armsmnni-
when the tall spire was hoisted up r. tions were sent to General Rose, it', I
through the tower from its founds- eggp. I Q 1 fpr Bridgehnnnpton. On August 26, 1812
tion below. The tall steeple fron ita IN THE WAR ,OF 1 Q& L,I •n foot artillmy wits ordered to Sag' '
foundation to pindlacde marks the evo i , flarbor to pr()tect t'he unenal. For
lution of the town. Its bewildered --1 �'- the defense of Suffolk county ()tiler
architect builded better than he knew. hitter Against the British Be- emupamies were scot to various places
Its homely, touibaike front inay well cause of Frequent Seizure at cas•Cern Long Island-
whenfor the struggling pioneer clays I L"Ftar k Post, Islandry connunmuler,
when plain, practical effort marled and Impressment of Men dLodo and paraded his company r,
Sag Harbor'schurch progress. Sm• harbor, Augu,A, 181'2. A conn-
at
rPhe church with the tall steeply is Ort Iil'itiSlL 'Vessels, pang of infantry was detached from
the third built by the Presbyterian '--'— Capt. Wickham's regiment, com-
soci'ety in Sag Harbor. In 17'G7 the (Il. 1J. S.) manded by Caph. David Hedges, find
first house of 'public worship, was In the fo`mntive period fir the Ped- wns stationed of 14mdailli. A conn-
erected, assembling on the Sabbath at rent Govonment, after the Revolu- pally of infantry from (.!ol. Moore's
drumbeat to hear a sermon read by tiunary War, Sae• Harbor made a regiment, conmarded by Capt. Noah
one of the congregation. The:buildingquiet, recovery from the depression of Terry, was ordered on station at
was uncouth. By the irreverent it ix years occupation by, the British. Oyster Ponds in the town of Southold,
was called "God's Old:Barn." The natural advantages of the local- They were authorized to seize such
In 1817 a new Presbyterian church ity, with a deep water lauding and billets as required for the aeconnmda-
w:as built. Afterwards this church :beIterud harbor, encouraged vessel tion of the Dien. This was under di-
vas sold to the Episcopal society; by building. 'I'hings WOOled from 1788, rection of Mnjor B. Caye.
their sold to Waniponnamon Lodge, No. when the cushomhouse was ctdab- Alarm signals; in case of aLtack„
437, P. Sc A. 11p.; by them sold to Jo-, lished, up to tile. time of the embargo were arranged. In Sag- fl arbor it
seph Fahys, Inc. . Droved to corner, ani. tine War of 187'2• The Ora of was ordered 'that, Henry I'• Deriug,
of Church and U,nion street, changed whale fishery and ship construction. Esq., "upon the approach of the ene-
to Masonic Hall; destroyed by fire, has been covaml in other papers. my at Sag Harbor, in case ro troops-
1924). The meeting house of 1767 What part did Sag.harbor CORP. in the are stationed there, will speedily give!
was not walled or coiled. The First war of 1812? Thi: subject appears to notice to Ceucral Rus^ and to Col.
Presbyterian church was organized in have been lightly treated in early his- Wickham, and will also give an alarm,
1791, with four nembers; in theyea_• torics• at Sao, Ila rbm• by causing to be fired
1800, fifteen members; do the year three nninute puns and with Ilio title).-
1809, thirtymennbers. The 'first rain- - Organize Against. Invasion
- mission of lilacs minutes to repeat the
ister was the Rev. John Taylor in When war way; declared there was, ,one, whdch siltluds will be given in
1789, who preached alt&rria'tely at apprehension felt that the Beitish. East Ilampt<.n under the direr,thin of
Shelter Island and Sag- Hanbor, might again Lm
land and eapte Sag, Col. Wickham; in Vin alt, hnmptmn by
The ;present Presbyterian church, 1-larbo•. A ,top wns pill 10 ')test ship' Stephen Sayre, and in Southannptou
with the tall steeple, was erecteddo busines,. Such vessels as could be by Mr. Faster." It was provided that
the year 1843-44. The lot at Union moved rendjly were concealed in in- should •m invasion happen at. Mon-
street cost $2,000; the church edifice ser 109" or creeks. Wor1t was bur- tpuh When ng, troops wore stntioned
cost :$17,000; total cost, $19,000. The vied, on. the neuv i;hiu.._Aeronaut :nnd--
l
.hero. "Mr. 1siisha Fa•sans i;: directed! - - N'nerty Landed at Montauk
to ive notice to (!of. Wickham . Gan. Hose replied to Mr. Dering�
:.n igr as nr alnrrr will he• and told how the enemy had twicel borre, of East Hampton, a graduate
.;inn I ( n a :andid atMontaitk for wood and l of Yale, and a man of some literary
water and cattle., and informed him, ability. A copy of the Penny ro•
r. t6 Llan of pr.utectiun was that our militia aver our most east-, mance may be consulted at the library.
w'-,+:vd . nl upon the oicnal of alarm oily regiments is scattered from of the Long Island historical Society.
or :,thr� notice of invutsion, the corn- twelve to fifty miles from Montan)(. When the British landing party was
lin ni es. „ mpusing undwil.bin the kiss- It will seem that in one quarter of the repulsed at Sag Harbor,Judy 11, 1813,
i(r. ,.f ('opt. 1Vickh:nu's rog•iment will time necessary to get the militia there lever„ Sa
x.
rn i;gely rally and repair Lo tit,' the enenn can easilyeffect their ur- g Harbor man, active and oto
-:up- points: Capt Havd's and e e and be off. Thships can at un keen able to bear arms, fought to
_ P ' ps y' keen them off.
Pan Scoy's companies at Col, time cover their landing. it seems the
-,arra; Coapt, L. Poet's company, British left pay for what they took, Miss Anna Mulford tells of tiro
,. .. lery. Capt. Jsrnlain's company which I consider a lint] thing as it has young women of Sag Harbor attend-
,Y �.wnpts, and Capt, liuntting'n mm- a. tendency to coot oar Patriotism. Sag fag dances on board the British war-
,.f url'nn trp of. th fort at Sag• ifarbo is also .very Inlich oxposed. . ships. The Rev. Dr. Buell, of East
( al,u Hedges'. Capt, Ilnl Barges from the ships about Gardin-r Hampton, recited laudatory verses
� . ;nod (''rya.. Kogers' companies are's bay coming up in the night might concerning the British navy while a
Poster's" there to await fur- destroy the whole port before ascis- guest at a dinner oil board a British
cher orde•rs. tance could be had." warship anchored in Gardiner's bay.
First. Volunteer Artillerists Mr. Dering- and Cornelius Sleight There are records and letters ex-
The first volunteer company of ar ordered out a hundred men and dis- tant showing that Commodore Hardy
tillerists enL'sted at Sag Harbor, ill tributed arms to them. .They deplored agreed to pay and did pay for provis-
June, 180G, their insufricievt strength and said ions taken to feed his fleet.
Oe,, 180 were:. John Jenmain, Cap- "that number in all probability will The names of the met detached
.twin; Jesse eedg:es, Lieutenant; Loan- ,rot be sufficient ill case of attack, m• from Col. Wickham's regiment and
wit]; Post, 2nd
,Lieutenant; Alden make a successful resistance should sent to Sag Harbor, May 2, 1814
(Spooner, Wickham - Sayre, Franklin they (Che enemy) approach us with (after the engagement of 1813) are
Davall, Ezekiel Joney., jr„ Sergeants; the pest numbers we are jmstdfled to ex- Henry Topping serf, Jonathan Coot];
Cor-
Henry B, havens, Drummer; Lathrop duct." scrj., Jab hedges, corp., William.
!State, Fifer; Pardon 'P'> Tabor, Eras- -Undo' Cupt. Post, it company of III,- with, fr., Charles Lester, Private, and
sus Glover, Elijah Simons, Elias By Lillery, and under Capt. Hedges, a Charles 'Popping, Luther Sayre, Peter
rant, Corporals. An hear, of the Suf_ company of infantry were ordered to Pavn, (Paine) Henry Parker, Judah
„ take station at Sag Harbor.. Governor. Smith, Stephen Jagger, Phineas M.
I folk any p a June, 180G;says: The
'company paraded for military int_ Tompkins also gone orders on the Cooper, Daniel kennings, .lobs Fnn-
provenent, with firelocks (nol; having 20th that there be taken into the U. ring, jr., John Dayton, Josiah Good-
received a field piece,) Their oxer. 3. service"rt cmnpany of 100, men for ale, jr., h'rauis Sayre, John I, Fos-
cis'n gave the highest satisfaction to the defence of Sag Harbor and other ter, Christopher Jagger, George Ranar
officers trod spactxtav'."
places." (Raynor) Isaac Sayre, Peleg• Rogers,
Grin un Turkey Hill John Fordham, Miller King-, Stephen,.
Every Man Bore Arms The artillerists had a 10-pound Conklin, Nathaniel Miller, Eleazer
Every man subject to military duty gun. It was mounted at Turkey Hill, Miller,Jeremiah Talmage,John Gann,
was furnished and equipped with near what is now Division and Cross jr,
arms. - streets. Long Island Vessels Burned
Sag• harbor people were appvchens- The British did attempt to land by .Cul. Wickham at that time had
ive of attack. Henry P, Bering ad- barges in force at 2 a. m., July 11, headquarters in.East Hampton.
tressed it letter to Brigadier General 1813. There was a warns engagement q 1
During- the war ninny Long Island
Rose, from, the "Port of Sag Harbor," and they were repulsed. If any other
June 3, 1812:
attempt was made to land at Sns• Her- vessels were captured or burned by
"Learn by Capt. Huntting that the bar official papers do not tell of it the British (three from Bag Harbor).
:nervy loaded yesterday at Gardiner's ar(1 an iter in a New York paper, Some of the vessels taken in 1813 by
Island and took 00' It another of head Sag, harbor, July 10, 1814, reads; the British were the Amazon, Capt.
?f cattle.. That tr number of their `This day twelve months was the last Conklin, of Huntington; the Sally,
Ships now remain laying off Gardin- Lima that the enemy visdted us, Capt, Ackerly, of Cow Harbor; the
e•'s Point, Rn this situation and near In the war of 1812 no Long Island Argo aid Juno, Capt, Jones, of
approach of the enemy without eveno
n a mel lost his life on Long• Island soil, Brit 1814, 1,signal Sentinel to give un alarm do it appears, A year after the attack: In 181e the sound Amelia, n Sag
this place, H, Colston and myself and an Sal;. Harbor., British sailors and ,Harbor th ryesel bound far Rhode Ian•
Others are (lecidcdIy of the onirnionn rmr•ines and Americans.were £rater- and with rye, pork and flour, was
that bhe rurnu and munitions of war sizing. . The same New York pnpei• made a prize by a barge from the;
deposited lit this Place are not safe tells of how ,they are permitted to British ship Bulwark, One of tho
and that it would be. proper to have ,unitre ashore and get whatever they owners h the Sloop wascued with two.o.:
-them inuuadisteiy renrovud: .further choose. The officers and crews of three-others; suspected of quitter.:
(muck Lu sono more secure .placc`•that their war vessels, within ten or Twelve They were tried and negritted,
nasty not be, so exposed." miles of its, (at Sag Harbor) are Tonere were Tories, as well as patriots',
He stressed that public ,Prop: daily feasting on the rich product of do Sag IIa`)rdr during the war of 18Y..
erhy should. mo larger retrain here the American soil and at a liberal and this is not only intimated but
price." pretty well 'established by letters
who❑ private property .is thought written at the' time by Congressman i
whacure," An hundred year's later, a i Noting the above, the tendency to Ebenezer Sage, of the First District.
pot of silver coins worth about X260, "cool patriotism" by paying a goon In 1814 the British ships Pomona
undoubtedkv buried aC this time, was !price for goods taken, seems to b', ana .Dispatch; sent barges into Sc-
dug, up on tho Fordhan, property atii„the bad thing” that General Rose tauket harbor. They captured the
ca,;u side of Main street, Sag Hai-box', r feared in June of the year previous. American vessels Two Friends, Idop e
It, wnnid seen from Mr, Deaner" 'The FirsC 'Purpeao Herald., and Mercantile. They burned
kaon that, aside from s, Sag
Jar.-I� Tone °Lory of Joshua Penny's at the .Oneida. All the vessels were at
main's company of exempts, Sug IIaI tempt to torpedo Commodore Hardy a anchor in the bay.
bei• hail no adequate Protection nn liugship, is told in the Spooner Pan peace w$s concluded in 1815.
June, 181.3. _. phlet, which Was written by at Oa- ---- - - - -
oto-st,tclmn soldiers returning from
I P a tf f' ' Sag Harhor George C. Morris , uba and Porto Rico were placed in
kyfygg HARBOR ECJ TOOK commander of the post. At the last 1PtenLion camps at Montauk Point.)
e ^I mortal Day observation the vet .,al Hat tat avis Organizations or
A, ��� PART,h � � tan able o attend were aThr a1e zc,! a nursing
h hospital and cur,l
�7 inodated it, one automobile. There i,{lescant nursutg home m Sag-Harbor.
:ae five veterans of the Civil War wa At Madison Square stands a granite
to Sag Harbor men by birth ar adop ^mrunm'nt erecter) to the veterans of
"r .' ®4 :ion. No longer is there a "thin blue !,lee Civil War. For years the women
}¢a6T�dt: Guards" Wer e
line." adjunct of Edwin Pose Post worked to
or 7714 dr9'lor$--�i'io37or fl'¢c'93 Sag Ilarbor supplied its quota of raise funds for the memorial. No
FbjblETd Generously Upon 'oldiers he the, Civil War and addi- :uch campfires at Round Pomd and
simral volunteers. Peter French rose Fresh Pond are note 'held as obtained
Men o¢ Sag Harbor Who `o r;mk of Cnlmtet• Fie was a brother a generation ago. The leading soldier)
f Stephen P.. French, influential on and sailor organization of the village
Fought for Country. ier President Arthur's administration,,, !s now the Chelberg and Battle Post
Long Island tools little if any part td 'Peter French was Governor. of of the American Legion. The village
Alaska at one tulle, with his official ln_o r'=roti^:sled c^ntr�r5a,ble headr�uarters
in the Mexican War. One finds but itcadquarters at Sitka. inn the rebuilt and refurnished annex
brief nota of the military events of
JaraeS Projectile Burst of the old onion school building a
Phe decade of 1.840-1849, in the Sag A very terrible accident Occurred Revision street, with an entrance from '
Harbor newspapers which covered the t Sag Hari>or during the Civil Wan i,,. !¢t:,u, t ;1 to va rl)suss the
'tappenin,^,'s of the five eastern town, -
,f the Island. While militia and ar- Pc caused loss of e, t and injury to Memorial Day, in 1926, o native.
sunny, A projectile, the invention of boulder, weighing t,ant 'tons, wide
R,evrista or.•.anized and served in the g' y
g r Ga-neral JAntes of Providence, B. L,�. eagle of bronze stop, and prolan name
1812, file
War and the War o: roan tested at Sag Harbor. While date carryingthe roll of 260 World
1812, the punt of Sag HarUor was roc •nakinn some adjustments the me-
busy in 18-10 are, the decade following epulis accidentally struck with a mule men and women was unveiled
:+.massing• wealth from whale oil ala. ,. anner the cap, exploding the pro- and dedicated as a memorial at Ma-
whale bone to be greatly exercises, p shashimuet Park,on a site at the sent),
over the extension of United Stater ioetile. When the shell durst two side of Mashashimuet Lake. This
lands on the border or acquiral of .ncn were killed outright and fourteen ,nemo•ial has cost about $6,000. The
were wounded. two others subs,- boulder was procured at Old farm,
Texas and California. 'Hundreds ni sently died from their hurts. Tine
Sag Harbor men went to California; codmnC occurred OctoUer 16, 1862, midway between Sag Harbor and
gfter 7.849,to try their fortune diggint 3ridgehampton. Joseph Miller, cif
gold, but few over eL a ':of. not far from the waterfront East Hampton, superintended the job
journeyed to ,vinctc'Burke street slip is now sit- p p
'lfexico. nag harbor vessels did South
.toted . Gen. Charles T, James, the if moving the great stone, li P,
::asimiaily snake
Central and South Eaton is chairman of the ntonunent
4merican ports and some of the Leng ' inventor, was among the injured. He memorial committee. '
lied soon after tine explosion. Henry Man Won FIonors
island argonauts made the journey geveland was instantly killed. Capt. Y
to the- Pacific coact mines by way of .lames smith and Orlando Beers died With exception of the Mexican War
•:hc Isthmus. men of Sag Harbor have borne a
,moa.days inter. ISO great was the prominent art in all wars of the past
h
Disband? Never Surrender! force of he explosion a bit of the case �'•omp
What of: the Suffolk Guards? Be of the Projectile struck the stoop of =.60 years. Individual deeds of daring
�'orc the Mexican War they were the .ould be recited. Those perform^d
pride of all Sag Harbor. There fe rine Mansion Hotel, on Main street, 'n the World War by Sag Harbor :nen
where it imbedded in the wood, a qua)•- ,n s too recent for recite tior
livinn• redo at ]east one man a vet test round, ire perhaps y ' ger mile distant from the te., g 1,oun men and women of the IIatboz
tree)of tae Civil War,who remembers g'
tine Smlfal!c Guards. Perhaps hr Sword for Col. Pennell two, and at times modestly !SsPlay.
:rained with them when a youth, The Another memorable event of the nedals won for distinguished service
Guards paraded upon all gala ossa Civil War, of a more Pleasing kind, =over there."
cions. They held target shoots and oras the presentation of a sword to In all wars it is notable that Sag
were wont:to go afoot to Bridgehamp olonel Peter French, who was "the '3arbor had its company of Exce',pts
Coin on Fourth of July or Washing. +ynosure of all eyes" as he rode his and Flom Guard. In the Revolution-
'neautiful waer horse. The brave men ar War men of the IIamptons and
:en's Birthday where the day was Y
passed in shooting a piece of ordnance p; the village gave their lives on ;he Harbor "over seventy years'
al; a target, with copious libations 'southern battlefields and on board ,inited to bear arms. Stepuagenar•ianx
'alcen at the L'.n]]'s Head Tavern; be. !hips of the northern fleet. One Sag were among tine first to band together
ween firing intervals. harbor Ilton, who as a midshipman as "F:xennrpts" in theWar of 1812, and
l 9 !Fidaurc has been left ns of I),( ought in the Civil Way, Oscar F. 'heir captain was John Jermain, and
>niYollc Guards It. is written by one Stanton, died a Rear-Admiral, at New ieutenant, Cornelius Sleight. �`lhen
who as a youth viewed the panopl)- Yank, in 1024. the "Exem!pts" -stillmilitia tired of
ani) poop of the artillerists. The t Fought at Manila Bay Bring the guns of the fort to repel
When news of the victory of Ad- an attempted BriAsh lardin and
youCUful impression was never for- p' l S'.
; ottcn, of the Guards lie Says: "Just niral Dcwey over the Spanish fleet ovhen the Ammunition ran IOCJ, Oli•;cz
before the War between the States At BT•snfla Flay, reached 'Sag Harbor date, a blacksmith, went to his chop:
::nd Mexico, the Guards precipitate]),! ''.liere was great rejoicing'. Bonfires rolled a keg of nails to the fort and
risUnnded," bladed on the Maiu street and a bund ending it in the 19-pound cannon.
Served in Civil War tf music led a parade of townsfolk, used it to such effect against the
A frill list o£ the Wren of Sag• Har-
On beard) the Admiral's flagship, the ,nervy barges that one barge wan
bur vino served in the war of sections Olvmpea, the late Lieut. Leonard., sunk with attending loss of mein. O1
may be found in n4'the war History of 'G.uhlwein, of Sag' Harbor, then a gun),,- ;he Guards it: has been said "they diii-
`;ny be County, uer, served the main battery. George •randed with a suspicious suddenness
y published in AM ., Zcis, another Sag Harbor man,was ,t the outbreak of the Mexican War.
r the close of the war Edwin Rose 'n action at the battle of Manila Bay. Phis aspersion of the valor of the
Post, G.A.R., organized at Sag, Har He nvas mail-carrier of the Baltimore. 'Guards" must be taken charitably.
bor. Its membership inctIit(ed not Flomeconing ovations were given both It was written by a wag. The men
:illy Harbor veterans but soldiers and tiuhlwein azul Zeis,months Inter after of Long Island, so far as I can le;nae,
a,ilm , of the Hamptons, Amagaesetl ,e5sation of hostilities, were never asked to fight'in the ?vier
`.,t Water Mill. Less r st a dozen , Sa,vaig war. When the
War still live m
terans of the Civil W, qtr Harbor did ,ts part in tee
is
.can trouble. '. he "Gnarls" training v I
loubtedly as sincere in their tr2 v aSitz /�, 0 A
Ind took themselves as seriously a r r ;:;C Once j�o� � ���) �P u,ry..cy' �jfQ'`' . ..
`he. Home Gucu•d organWorldtn War! �,� 1q0 uu,�y x V
Harbor durutg the r r-• ,g p5� ]�)
Harbor were asked to serve, but they Y En,.Ili.u 2 ��� 1��.°'" v��� ��. r ��''� ;J"��,'�a
i
nrepamd thennselves for emerge1 11011
The It III, it it wm•c the regul2trot'. ,
,.rnry khai;t; the Suf£o11, Guards of the �:; ., rg' �'ioG:l'islLes:: �n-A'I3� A87®, WheP7! �..GLdcrYa�' a:,f CJP.vse¶;> Be-
Italy
were dressed in bhre coats wtth
�.
;wtics, v.ails ants bright brans bnttons. gain to Decliene—Nvo Steamships Wem .La int ill sag :H'ar-
ia ::rammer they wore linen pantaloon: bor Although They Plied Between the heat and Now
s white and stiff as soap .and starch rlfork City. * t 1
''^ould male them. Thev wslid
�d -----. -
brass baud that 1 rasa td it rdc. Mvn'.
,r. .r in because they 1 Y' to t he Gulf o1
Jc.ter than anything else, the mm•tisl (Sreciai BY 11. D. Review) - , 1 1 by Capt. J"-
;tvainx v� the"Swiss March." ;.., ", r Thr v =-
Dnrine' the time naval ofl'ier of The period of vessel construction .23000.
She U. 6 Ordnance Bureau Were t1 .;r,d murine architecture covered a
rir.ned in ung
Harbor, at the I W A--atch of about 76 Years in Sag Har- t -e ':�a Har-
Bliss company tornado testing stn+ton sur rale otuble icoi avessels s been nlaunchedrade of noat _ n than 2,000.
the•bovs of the village were or �mze` st
sl ro s, then brigs and t d as follows:
and drilled as a Naval Resextr 1)t`• ., the first Years of the Shopret Island, 648.
Javenile unit. This naval reserve hoc P'., . . r targe ships of 26( _.4lmeda, 270 tons Em
its ,junior band. __neral othr, 105.32; Joseph F. Baker,
and mnnero:• ;. b^rt T. Clarke, 18G.G1, 5. B. ',
,n, ,essels were I-lin. 243.73; South Wind. 44,78',
..r, idc (formerly Ann Piekrell)
s:) 1':,r as I havo nn7s .'
"1111. 2 70.
vessels, whose Icec5,,,,ps Chief Ja,ties Charles P.
rg Harbor, wn 11--. 0.69 tens; Dexter, 221; Edith,
of Maste 9'. Fox. 7 34; Ianttle, 6.02; Ida M.
td,•, at the foot a .y,w. 5 30: Lone Stnr, 6.04: Marin
site of a public slit - ^.0".• Marv. V., 7.88; Mar
-.0 to the railroad coy 1� Nehrnslca, 7.98; iVeversinl;
t;p in later Yeari h Alice, 27.37.
, tow," because o - ;y was a private nicht; the
or old vessel ; ,-,ost of the others old fish-
`. It • sen built a r,n t the Sarah Alice a packet
& L m b-twenn eastern Long Island
the "North .-d Connecticut River. The
r,. vv harf. Sh 13 tt:,.
,:a ''apt Manny De Castro, was
ing L21/ cat r,a Gnrdiner's Island point
,5g led to cnyt,
Tms ,'chooncx tho schooner Bnket'
,,me 34), 186 i otter sailing fratn.
S. Snith bl dS in January, 1888.
11 n tl c ei _..,s Built at. ECennebnnl;
aur"I. 1.�. and cost $32,000. The
n,,,rn r,avid A. Ed-
3, a oJM!I A. Pierson, Bridge-
. nn:. . c am, .1 P. Davis, master,
^Sex tide t.-. l,nwnvnr, was not
Ing,;1^ of Lonp,
s'1dto Clapt '. r•tT.
.:,d, :or $5,001 1
10(1!;. F
..od in rh Pt.
rJ ..t 5
t d^creaSnd )'r.
A F^w coasting
:Ct .. ....'ft
n^d Orient
' nn .•rcr„ i -
vatnr., $fi0
culd handl-
1
Iannrhod at tl :
4 ..,'i mare at New- n
d:
one, of Sag Harbot,I
� nraged the. schooner C
1;nl ran it for .sono' •h,-
t the port wa=
by loss of.tho -
n::r. R'Rliat'
0
1 'eveep. Sag; harbor, Greenport nod
'•T i.rdotdo tt.. the springum_
net and fall mot eh. .Plot i::- these. !
1. vee uft tr. -d t ' cm oP.ed
1)ut as tit. T1 a�r i::
no boliff er a rest o F =tttuy I P;in
Cool m.. MS Nen Toil ier n:,jn .
;oort.
Other 'atoantb nt: of 't he later da
"riotl were The OI ! Glo„ bt Llt b;;
I 1 hitt chanes C t,lnbb. 01 No, Lot-
. r !or the t 3a•boand dew
* ndoa route annl the, stcnnbrzi.
Loup Island, at which Capt Mak
"ufltn* and Inter the r1tons of Riv,
'I-mh ad, were lar9•0 :dtnveholdete ini
'£ which at nk tune ( t,n. ?amp's
[e na Llton, of Rivothead, zv.v: master.
t r..,, The 114anhen c the N. ata kct th
.....,
tTVvandotte and oilier bonl, hn_f. Lear
=:m on the New England yrtlt
°9-
7'1111,Vree R. T'hillias war, Il, same of the New iris: ct t :.o..t:, a
'••,nt sailin.- vessel of allv sire r :'te period all , 1880„art a r ad;r
t^red at ",ag I-Iarbn Iluncb- d, of', y'entioncd as plants the Aral S.,rlo
home-built and sailed vessels had ,.o, Island route, were the W. W.
made much monev for Long Island-17 reit, Tuckahoe, Fremccs, Green nor
ers. When the Phillips was built the(City of Lawrence.
commerce of the port was nil. The I The story of the eastern Long Isl-
Phillips never came into Sag Harbor. and ships and the men of the Island
Th. .,,...,, ubt of the veael was tooi who went clown to the sea in ships is
s 'girl f!" b -ms`t di i' told. Hundreds of these old vrssels
er^-ft titre Loa n ill"v I bounded out the course of their days
.:.l,nlin,,. clays of the 40's. Sap Har- and were ingloriously condemned and
WN pert from the maritime indus- broken up to recover metal and cop-
W9 A the coast was at least a re- per and .junk. Others lay bleaching
rivalin the coasting and :foreign their bones on coral strands and icy
trade,-of former better times. I have reefs, in the Southern Seas and at the
before me the dao] statement of Capt. Arctie barrier. Still others were lost
rhillips to shareholders after the sale at sea and became derelicts. In 1905,
of the Phillips in 1920. The vessel firs. llelcn Combs, of Sea Cliff, wrote
was built in 1917. It is well worth of the derelict these lines which seem
veproducin; : applicable to the derelict vessels of the
1920, March 10, Received from sale Long Island fleet
of vessel `800L0; lean comma si t, "Once, o'er the bounding,` wave,
i:4net, ;7 000; plrt balance Nu.' Proudly ••he rode, and brave,
at-ment, rail: total -me ov,t u.,. 'Through the blue waters clave,
$iii,:NX3. Boldly and cleanly;
huO owners per 04111, "1,191.02. Solid the heart of her,:utginal cosi p-r u 1.'i.iiis.75• Sound every part of her, i
total diden lmid ht o rzra, $59,. Strength in the thwart of her,
-_t10; total d5xidends incl We of vessel Noble and queenly.
135,457.06; iesr: onglnnf ent of ves- Precious the freight she -bore,
41, $74,300; leavers a net. profit of $60. SafelY frown shore to shore,
157.08. Less liburnw, with e>ten. Glorious the flag she wore,
ions all vaviouS lc,yalm, ;23350;
Swift was her motion.
loaves a net puoht for ho who Ira t. Gallant the fight she fought,
luded full ill!;vrance, ,740 68 lMak Often with clanger fraught, .
ng a profit for Mom not insured e?. Many a Hfo she caught
:L per cent. And W phos, insured Back from the ocean
's0 per cent, Sad is the plight of her,
Having built flip atenniboat Shel. Piteous the night of her,
ar found and. utdde Wr pay AvidencCrushed is the Wright of her,
the Montauk Ste.mibcut Company, Battered and rotten.
!.Jd" in 1591 host built at Wilmington, Robbed of her maiden pride,
Del., the st:rrnuboat Alouiaek, and Sport of the wind and tide,
biter had buil,. lhz steamboat Shinne. Waterlog;ged, ol.rpitied,
.,lick. Thesean for years on lost and forgotten. -
he .Long lis'n✓i - ;uuu route botwce:r Never again to feel,
tern Loup., lain',.lainni,.1 pot e and N x Under he throbbing heel,
..u•k. They p•trl h nri;ontely m:, Like a clog, brought to heel,
.lover invested. The or{g�nal build 4angnislted, sha surges,
�a a of Lhe Shoitw IaWd and Montauk Batterod, disabled, 'thrown,
t^o:rc a cmnpany of cssociates of Capt.i Helpless, to lie alone,
Gouge C. Gibbn. T"vhc=n ,.'ibb, s`-)d tai Willi the sad oePan'.,. moan
;°.abys and Coos, of Sag Harbor, the Chanting her dirges."
'fontuuk ISt<rauboat Company brdt
he Shinnecock, a large and fine
,feamboat. This cteambort now plies;
i
s road. Subscriptions paid in, in :1879,1
Sag Harbor Business Revived amounted to over $2,000.
Speed
c The Park grounds were formally
with Unusual Speed in 1881-$2 opened July 4, 1879. The exhibit
n house was burned at the grounds July
��ii ... �_._._..
( Y'L` " (By 11. _s 3, 1890.
the gas works, the L,1,ltdt, company's' When Mrs. Russell Sage visited i5ag
S'•) Offices; ore., engine houses, turntable, Harbor, In 1907, she gave a picnic to
'Phe year 1881-1882 brought an un- there were upwards of 100 stores, Sag Harbor children at the Park
usual revival of business to Sag Ilar- offices and places of business in Sag grounds (then in disuse). ,Subse-
bar, It was an exception to the gcn- Harbor, all appearing to prosper. quently she purchased the property
oral apathy of routine. There. was an There.were-50 stores for the sale of and converted it into a playground and
influx of population, a. boon of real merchandise and edibles, besides 5 also bought the Otter pond and lands
estate, the development of a large markets. . 'There were 20 places de' about it. The place was renamed
manufacturing establishment, im- voted to various branches of the m°• Mashashinntet Park and lake, the
Proved railroad accommodations, and chanical arts. There were 2 hotels, word in the Indian meaning "at fhe
the concomitant'benefits of social and. -2 newspaper ofiices,.2 livery stables, place of the great spring." 'Phe park
commercial activity. The watchcase 2 restaurants,. 8 saloons, 2 bowling and.playground is owned by the vii.,.
factory worked steadily,increasing-it.s, alleys and: 7 pool or billiard tables., lag,, endowed and managed by a
force of employees -and adding to its There. were 4 lawyers, '4 divines and board of park directors.
production of values. There were 350 4.. physicians resident. There were 2 Otter Pond
hands employed and thepayroll', baker shops, 3 barber shops, 3 paint
p ra the area
o S parte of t:he ineor-
amounted Co °;3,100 weekly. shops, 3 cigar stores, G cobblers, 2 porated area of Sam Harbor village
lumber yards, 2 furniture dealers, is located Otter Pond
Railroad Terminal Improver] " (nowause o once silversmiths, 3 tinware shops and ❑nneC Lake), so-called because once
The property of the Long Island )
railroad was improved by new build- tiukeries, 3 blacksmiths and wheel- the hnUitat of otter. The body of
ings and :facilities and accessions of wrights,2 carriage makers, 1 tailoring ,mater, about one-fourth of a, mile
establishment. 'Thele were 1.4 storee
real estate. The East End Long Island where and nearly round in shape,'
pottery works burned. The kilns were where groceries were sold 7 dr ygoed:
and .notions, 4 millinery and fancl was originally a "liettle" or fresh
voytaken down and the real estate cone g y y I water lake. The people of Southamp-
site of
the railroad corporation. Thr, nods; 2-stationer mul r s d frail
site of Overton's blacksmith shop and and,confectionery, 4 where hats an< ton t0wnshp, desiring to promote
Betsey Jo's 'Fort were. also Ptir- to.crockery, anaps were d.1 devoted and tly entinelyl tc for perch,lid .dross vale wide a vess,vi ole,s n11
ot
chased by the same company' ready-made clothing and gentleman': turned out. in 1783 and dug a ditch
In May, 1882,the Long Wharf com- furnishing goods. There were 4 shoe connecting the Pond will, salt water,
piny, a corporation, front time im- dealers, exclusive of Clio cobblers, auc and pernritied the, tide to (low in from
memorial controlled and owned by Sag 2 places for the sale of musical in.
Harbor people, passed into possession the, salt dimer cove, at the.west. Imes
of the railroad company, by purchase comments. Three steamboat lines ac' andt he dirt a r ditto l to those times
Nassau street was opened -to c°mThe tedHa the summer travel. and rewarded,
r ea tradition that the sellers
Meadow street; East Water street: he Hampton or Park Grounds were rewarded by payment he a barrel.'
was closed west of :Main street, and TherouSagnd assoc Hampton Park and of Now England run. The fish tit
the land became a Part of the railroad Pair Ground association organized De- once swarmed to the Valid in great
terminal and a causeway to North comber 14, 1878 and elected charter schools and quantities were yearly
Ilrminanbridge was built atom the officers George C. Gibbs, president; netted. In recent times net fishing is
south side f Shelter Island Sound,' Benjamin P. Huntting, vice-president;.. .forbidden. Striped lines, of large
doing away with the danger of cross, Seymour L. Tooker, secretary; John '.size, still frequent the pond. Many
doing
gawerailroad tracks at grade. M...Hildreth, treasurer. The directors are taken by anglers, who collie from
ingNifty Houses Buil(, �'were,.James W. Smith, George Fier- miles away to fish the spot. The pond,
Daring the year 1882 more convey- nan, Charles W. Payne; Stephen 01• lake, is the most famous striped
uncus of real estate 8 advanced prices' Clark, C. E. C. Homan, Dr, Edgar bass fishing, ground on the Atlantic
were made than in 30 adman previous{ Miles' : coast, and it seews odd to see nneu
`w buildings, mein 30 stores vi the The association adopted resolutions with rod.and reel hauling out of this
burnt district were erected or conn to incorporate under the laws of tine small sheet of water twenty-pound
State of New York with the name as fish, while oil all side are the hones
pleted. Counting the Pallys watch- i
case factory, the sums expended in given above; that the pbe associ an. throw the Harbor folic aril a stauto'
new buildings and improvements ex. ,with John and it Miles be associated throw from iter spot are main auto
corded $200,000. The actual cost of or
John ingM. ere66 to a necessary mobile improved highways.
.the new factory building was not less for'the fair an he ark and
necessary The Fish Cove
for the fat, and ark and' that they
than �$150,000. New. houses cone. The right t0 connect the pond with
pletedin 1852 were for William Cohu, be instructed .to purchase the lands sate wateF(wus secured by Nathan
lately belonging to.William Buck, the
White, John street; W. M. Halsey. J','on"D
odann, ];bcneazer White and t
estate of.Edward R: Merrell and the
John "street; Judge C. P. Daily, two ravul IIedgeT in 1782, "to make
lots on the east side of the Ball's Head
on Madison street; Joseph Fahys, 8 on a fiah pond.
ond Ten years litter, in
turnpike adjoining. land of Sohn M
Suffolk street; Joseph Rahys, on ferre the owners of the grant trans-
H. Vi.Hunt
t t others; that they employ
Division street; Mrs. Stilwell, 2 on E 71.,Hunttolay outs half-mile track fert'ed all their rights to the. town�
East Union street; Dr. George A. Crustces, who soon after granted to
on "the lands when purchased; also
Sterling, . Division street; Charles to clear the grounds for the same and Rohn •Term sin, ih0 grandfather to S t mills
Shaw, Latham street W.W. Seaman, to grade and complete tie track alio Russell Sagc a prnvdeg, to set mills
Latham street; J. A. Havens and D, build roads adjacenttheeto •and t0 on the stream incl to operate the
B. Hill each stores and apaytnnents on same to manufacture cloth,. and to
procure and ;purchase all necessary
Washington street Oscar FL Potd-. material. - grind (gust) and to drain Crooked
ham, Howard street; S. S. Crowell, .An assessment of $5 was collected Pond and Taal,. I,ong Pond into Otter
Jefferson street; William White, Di- from each subscriber to the project, Pond, to secure more powerThese
vision stredt; a number of-others i , the remainder of said assessment to ditches were, opens(], e
, but the volume
various parts of the village. bid3 'days aftde: of .water never proved sufficient to
o pa0 after One Hundred Stores Work was started the next; week make a rmc,ss of the project In 1797,
In 1882in addition to the watchcase Much of the material for filling was hli Jermana (or Janm:un, the name
factory the Hampton.Flburing Mills, obtained from the Long.Islaud. nstl- is ,;polled both ways in the_ Town
G
R.rcotds) Was further granted exclu=
sive rights to grind and also to be:Southampton or parish of Sag Harbor Long, Island shippers than trade with
permitter) to build a dam across the in Preference to any.other persons" West Indio Mariners were .turning
Great Narrows, between Brushy Neckand _aid privilege shall be his " • t. attention to profits front whale oil.)
and Little [log Neck, to operate a.tide "o. long as he 911,111 peep a mill on the Several large vessels were built m•
wheel. ERrly views of Sag. IIarborrdani;hot should he discontinue grind. bought for the fishery. The catch for
(1.807) Ellovr a; house on Little .Hog ing for more than 7 years the privilege the decade 1785-1'795 amounted to
Neck. shall return to Lire town." $41,000. It more than quadrupled in :
Water Mill find Tide Mill In 1817 John Jcrmain, Thomas Bee- the next decade, 1795-1805. Bri sol"
The oble L of ;]tower final the tide!bee,[Silas Howell and Eden g'•
S.Latham,
mill project of Mr. Iermain was to executors of the estateof Hubbard the period active in early days of the
,run mills Ihere is no mention of a Latham, offered to.sell one-fourth of (nineteenth century were the Minerva,
j dam even having been built oil Lite the Other Pond, Sattu•day, March 8„ Alknomac, Brazel, Warren, Jeffer-
spot. If. wan opacified that Mr. Jet- 1817. son, Mary, Lucy, Abby, Laviniaand
main should aintain good and A rne.moranhim (1847) says: '"Flip Criterion, fill registered at Sag Har-
sufHcicnt bma ridm, at the brood: (Main. Fish Pool, known by name.of Otter her.
six-I1 1.5 levo feet wide; also bridges Pard, offered for sale at auction." The brig Neptune, 141 tons, was
acrow: 1,he road leading from Sag-g to The came Mashaahlnnret, now ap- built and launched at Sag Harbor, in
Sag dlarbo• (111.1 rtuuting. south of .nlied to the pond, wits given to Wil- 1800 and John Jcrmain, grandparent
Atter Pond). Also that "fish shall not liam Wallace Tooker, authority oil of Mrs. Russell Sage, was owner and
ie, hindereLl from coming into Posh Indian nomenclature, by Stephen Peleg Latham, master. This Major
Pond." The 179.7 gralf, provided that! Pharoah, of Montauk, and by Aunt Jermaiu owned if, many vessel ven-
"he shall give free liberty to all per- O11is, all ancient Indian squaw who tures.
Isom; Io pass and repass said dam (.atlived fit Northside. Benjamin Huntting, whose success
'the Gres[. Narrows) aul shall in no The ,pond, in winter, is used for as an owner and outfitter of whaling
wr r hilider h;h final Passing flood'ice skating, and the park directors' raft brought others to engage it
gates by setting o not; ' also that Ste have provided spotlights and flood Lhe fishery, bought a large ship, the
shall grind for the inhabitants of lights. Alknomac, •2.58 tons, built at Chatham,
g� (;ono., 1800, and added it to the Long
Sag1-(arbor Once Ranked as island fleet in 1801.. His sailing• mas-
�? Shipping
o ter was Luther Hildreth, forebear of
y,(-.I (yLb Foremost SO ipping Centel' the tunny l,,,dret,, of the Island.
7 the sane year, 1801, Col. [matting
(„pedal to The County Review) - - _ purchased for the fishery, frontNew-
c
` expended, ,but kin progeny of the port, R. L, the ship Abigail, L6.. Cons.
fly H. IL S. nnerj who built ,tit) the village and the They were outfitted for long voyages
❑n beautiful Oakland cemetery, lands they owned are still held in- to Brazil Banks aid South Atlantic,
Dar• harbor, stands an elegant monu- tact, in families, not. extensively attempted by Long
anal. m,—Clud to p;•rpetuate pile meat- The old customs records show 200 Island ships until that time. The. All.
(fly ,.l' :atepheu llowcll,pioneer whale or Drove vessels belonging to Eastern gail was variously commanded by
maul together wi1:11 C'nl. Benjamhi Long Island before 1800. Phomas Barnard, Capt. Bunker, Capt.
Huntting•, of Southampton, Howell Thomas P. Ripley took but one of Post and Capt. Green. The old ves-
erected the first storehouse in Sag the frail:- oil' share whaling vessels :el escaped the British blockade in
Harbor, some ye•ius after settlement, soon after the revolutionary war. He ,.1813.rind made port at New Pock
about 17711, This was nearly 100 'hail ntaden.success as a master mar- :where oil sold for $1 a gallon. This
yenta latus than the building of Ilea- finer and trader. As a whaleman he ',role Huntting rich. The Abigail was
con Mulford's wharf rani .storehouse, was n failure,'. Others followed Mr. .subsequently broken up. IIer ribs and
at Harbor, the landing.., Ripley, who had either learned what- true): for years Inon the flats be-
plave for [Sash ilampton, Sagapouack, ing. at. Nantucket, or served nn ap- Lween Long Wharf' and North Haven
BiidgchampLun :mrd Soothanpton, be-[ preaticeship in the whadehnats of the bridge, at Sag Harbor. The Alkno-
fo,e :'ergs 1Lubon• wits surveyed and south share of Long Island. use was commanded by Capt. Elias
laid out soon after 1'730. 'fire great I`rom 1790-1.800 Broocnaven, Riv Jones and made voyages tip to 1805,
yosuibiii ties of Sag• harbor its a port erhead, Southold,. Southampton and William J. Rysam was sending the
had mol: heru roalized. East Hampton towns were building brig Merchant to France and Eng-
A idem ora ,,d nor of 1087 tells of the good-sized vessels, land on merchandise voyages in 1804.
boat phare n%imling )lalling coopaties. Mr. Ripley was the most pramin- 'this vessel of 204 was built at Sag
Whalen cverr. I_.liou sit plentiful our the ent merchant of the village of Sag harbor hit 1804 and Moses Clark
onlhaide ui' C;onf; Island, it was noC Harbor in 1800. He kept h journal. sailed her until 1809. Rysam accum-
uleco,; fry to outfit ships to pursue It is still preserved by Mrs. Gilbert initiated a fortune, it part of which
thein fn foreign waters. They were II. IIalsey, one of his descendants, was left as the first fund to aid poor
]filled in !'rent nmer e small As a reference it is invaluable to his- children of Long Island toward ob-
toria:; Iuacing early happenings at Mining clothes and books to aittend
bont.; and crews that went off from
Sag TI it Sit Newspapers were pub- Past Hampton s schools.
the beach C e? asses were stripped lishrd at S!ng, Harbor as early as The whale ship Jefferson, n vessel
re deed l; Ili. •m•Y one and oil was 1791., but little local news is to be of 299 tons, was built at Sag Harbor
rendered al htpots alongshore of in ,discovered in old files. Even mar- for Benjamin Huntting in 1805 and
tbi I a of Ihr. 6.ach clunes. Whale- riages and dentlis were not considered added to the whaling fleet. The occa-
bon. was not tiny valuable. Great �i, worth recording. Musty sermons and sion of launching so large a ship was,
heap'; orl'in stood for months wait- addresses and eli r ur*s from other nnade n
ing; for bone to go to ten cents n 1 P g grain day. People front all
gonial papers for Che most part filled the the surrounding country cane to see
columns that were not devoted to ad- the noble vessel slide into the water z
Emdy '.hill owner besides Howell vertising nom, new molasses, wool, front the marine railways. The Jef- '
aril. hlnnntting, were Ripleys, Ilavens, sump, hominy, etc. ferson was sailed for ,years by Capt.
Rysam::, Mill fords, Iermnims and Sag harbor whale. ships wore wind- John Godbee and Capt. Post. A gen.
Sle{igbts.'Then- descendants are merry ing at Walwicln bay and Brazil Banks oration later another ship Jefferson
today on Long Island. The ships and in 1797. belonged to the fleet. The name was
cluppin,i have dolie; much of flip. sub- By the year 1798 whaling as a bus- a favorite annong, whalemeo as the
stantial :fortunes,'amassed have been iness made more money for Eastern Jefferson ships_were money makers.
than 0 226,000. The loss wag a great
C'
calamity to the community. A cold "I"
The war of 1812-15 put a stop to winter was approaching and 150
p P houses and said lofts were built, rope people were thrown out of employ-
The
and ship-building. walls were installed and shops where ment.
Many of the vessels sailing from whale boats and all the implements Gloom and despondency attended
Sag IInrbor in 1815-1816-1.817, it is of the fishery were made covered the the advent of'the new decade of 1880
(mown, were built at Sag Harbor, the burned area, Sag Harbm• was it at Sag Harbor. Desolated ruins met
ndustry .having- been resumed as lively place, one of the principal ship the eye on all sides, the charred
soon as hostilities ceased. Ship- building ports of the Atlantic coast. frames of stores and dwellings wiped
wrights were kept busy until 1817 To keep the whale ships outfittedout in the dire of 1877 and The 1879
when a great conflagration destroyed farmers raised much produce, woods fire consumed the principal industry
most of the buildings along the water were cut off to supply outfits. Mil- of the -place. 'Whaling was a thing
front. Sag, harbor soon recovered hot's of dollars of whale oil and bone of the past. Not one whole ship was
from the blow. Bigger and better were brought home from long voy- owned, where a fleet of sixty-three.
shipyards were laid out, larger store- ,.,��. once belonged to the port.
" • 99 Gloom and Business Stagnation
Heid Times" lrae SagHarborGloom
the destruction of the cotton
One
so soon subsequent to the con-
ire 1879 and Lasted for One Yeas' fingration of 1877, a period of busi
mess stagnation set in at Sag Herber
`l/,L - b '—"—'-`— and continued for more than a year.
i3eist2etion of Cotton Mill by Fire Threw 150 Out of Employ- The community was, figuratively
rnent and Caused More Than $20,0,0,00 'Loss—Men heft speaking, paralyzed by the magni-
� tilde ofits loss. While the mills 'had
Village When Whaling E,ruierl—Women Took Charge, never been .st great source of profit to
DoingAll Important Work—Mone Collected from Pub- "O'n.eters and stockholders, still they
p 3 furnished employment to about 150
lie to Build Factory. operatives, mostly Yankees and ria-
_ Lives of Ireland,. the utter havine
—` --'-' emigrated to the United States be
•
(Special to The County Review) _l brought into requisition, but so rapid- tween 1850-1870, seeking letter con:
By H. D. S. ly did the flames feed upon the earn- ditions of labor and livelihood. This
bustible material and floors zatur- was, In Sag Harbor, years before the
Sag Harbor received another body; ated with oil, and shoot through the time of "Semitic invasions' or the
blow from the fire fiend in the early', belt 'holes of the Roos; in a very great influx If'a cosmopolitan popu-
hom•s of the morning of October 26,'. short time •the entire upper part of latdon now comprised of ;Gcrmems,
1879 by the burning sof the Montauk the structure was-in a ablaze, and the Italians, Slays, Poles, Lithuanians,'a
Cotton Mills, a large brick structure' flames were working down to the etc, a
at 'Wns'hington :and Division streets. stories,below,spreading so very rapid- The Idle Seventies y
The cotton mill was built in 1848.1 ly that the fire apparatus of the mrill,. A writer of tine period, Prentice 4
1849, at a time when whaling lan.( could not be of much service. Mulford, who left Sag Harbor in the :u �.
guished and provision was made to Roof Fell In 40's and returned in the "idle seven-x�
establish a manufacturing interest at In less than 'three-quarters of an ties;'.has left some notes of'lies lrome- F ro
the port. The whaling enterprise had hour from the time the alarm wascoming impressions. They'have never ,c
enriched Sag I3arbo. There was sounded the roof fell in. By 5 n in. been-generally.perused as the circuits-
money to invest the • cotton .mill there was little left except a heap tion oP the medimn in'wlnich they as
never paid the big dividends Ines-I of smouldering ruins. were published.was small. He says of y M.
tors hoped for. The loss of the. catastrophe ex- the Sag 'Harbor of that time:
Started in Water Tower ceededr'$200,000/while .the insurance "You persisted ni rogarding Doze-
About twelve oclook Tuesday night,'; was about $80,000 lin several earn- .ville as still possessed of all the rit- ".1u
October 25, the schooner Harriet,' parties. � tractiveness it :had for you in youth. �
Capt. Conklin, arrived in the bay off, The,cotton milli N described to have None knovis Of your coning. You
Sag Harbor, and for lack of wind and been an elegant. brick structure," stand boldly in Dozeville. It is night; " $
not [being able to reach Long Wharf, the pride of the village-nod an erns. the train has stopped at the depot. $:
it dropped anchor. Capt. Conklin, meat to the east'end ei Long Island. The :railroad ;has been extended to oa
went below aridnoticed that it was ft was erected in 1848.1849 by a Dozeville since you deft. They were
just twelve midnight. As he came company formed at 'Sag Harbor, at talking of building this road when
on deck, soon after, the watchman at a cost of fully $200,000. .The mill yen were a boy. Tile 'branch' is
the cotton mill struck the 'hour. Capt.i changed hands many tines. For five thi'cy miles to length. They were
Conklin then spoke to chis mate, says years previous to its destruction it thirty /ears a talking of it.'' At last
lug he could smell smoke—that there' was owned by a company consisting a brim New York speculator came
,fire�and ordered a boat (who resided at Sag Harbor); Joseph of Stephen Clark, of Rhode Island ;long, and it, a taw months had the
roost ben
lowered. -fire—and
made for the whore as. road built. You get in a coach and
quick as possible.' Fahys of New York, and S. M. Lewis
are driven ,to the 'family residence.
On reaching the share he saw moth- of Providence, St. 1. They, upon ac- Aoreville and Its surrounding �terri-
iug indicating fire, but following quiring a control of the stock, had toy seem to have shrunk. There are
the smell of smoke up lie soon saw a expended upwards x$35,000 for new 800 old acquaintances to meet and
small flame issuing iron the Hueter- machinery which had been installed. shake hands with Dozeville is dear,
closet window on the fourth floor of Loss Over $200,000 calbutm is not galvat it seems
is pleasant,
tine factory smoke tower, He.dmmedi- At all .times since the founding of I. colo end quiet,but it seems the calm
ately gave the alarm, when the. S -Harbor there has been ad in- . and quiet of a well kept church yard.
watchman of the mills ran to the door Pg 'Sag Harbor, t native village, is
creasing cost of building material and not an unpleasant place to live in nf•
and looked out and then went back) laborers' and artisans' compensation, fen•one gets rise to Lit. It contains five
and sounded an -alarm. The .cry I It was estimated at the time of the 6hurches: Methodist, Presbyterian,
was quickly sent out over the villagv,. fire, that considering the price pre- Roman Cntholie, Episcopal and Bap-
and ,the fire department assembled, vailing in 18484849 and cost of ma- as,t: The Baptist church has not been
and the force pumps of the mill were' herbal, etc., jn 1879 the mill could not opened £or the last three years. The
be..replaced sill equipped for less oottan factory stopped running and
.then burned. There Is a cigar factory.
����gg p armed vessel of six or eight�.ins, 100
Southampton Made Pleasant one tons.of bay and vast stores were burn-
For Colonists From meEnglandedA
New letter dated May 20 1777 under
I headline 'Guilford, Cmtrcstates "our
troops are all returned �Uavtng Per-
`�the tribe. Wyandanch accomplished I formed their expedition in twenty-
By Airs L./M. Journeny tine ,journey of 25 mm
iles with aazing• four hours, without loss of a than,
Eastern Long• Island was settk•.d by celet•ity and also apprehended and de- or anybody wounded, Took Prisoners;
l,nglish. l)tn (Lo n•e, 1 dwud Illuwtll livered to the magistrates the not'- I one captain, rave commissaries, three
au Job ,S htrr and other u.gidents decors of the woman, who instead of, sergeants, .fifty-three privates, ten
from Limn, M.a.S., a6Lmmptid to sr.Cl to holing his own subjects, were two I thasters of transports, twenty-seven
on Western Long Island but. were put Pequot Indians from Connecticut, who st,amol, three or fear of the enemy
off by ilio Dutch and so sailing east- wero lurking me the Island to Promote escaped. Our People took and brought
ward, they doodad at. North ,Sea,: disturbance,g between the natives and off fcftY muskets."
Southautpton in 16,I1. In 1648, they whito settlers. These men were tried. This was accomplished under a fire
moved southward and laid out Main convicted and executed at Hartford. from a 12-91111 armed vessel at an-I
street 'Por long years after the settlement, chor 120 yards off the Sag Idarbor
Before the, introduction of church there, appears to have been no phy- wharves.
bells religious assmnbljes were, called .nonan in town. Families doctoral p01. Meigs was publigdy thanked
together by ch•uun beat. in 1665, Janus themselves. with domestic remedies. and'Cmtgress, then.in session at Phil-
Ilerriek was enpdoved by the Town of Housetvtves laid m ti good stock of - . -- S
3outhami Pton to Ueat ve drum of ye herbs at the proper .season Catnip I•udelphia, voted him a sword and
Lordes' Dnyrs I'm 20 shilling a year wan soothing' to the, nerves, Indian Sash. Sergeant Jennings was protnot-
Going 'back live. or mono halt cmc I)dsey ryas strengthening, bo eset was �ed to an ensigney. Gen. George Wash-
Going
on back
bright; Sunday morning- good in fevers, and skunk-cabbage was 11 On, at Middletown QConn,) Praised
let us oil are ig rude dwellings on used for rheumatism. The first act. ,the exploit. It occurred at a critical,
licher side of the street, ford flet] by led physician was Dr. John Mackie, etagc of the vat•. The raid was a re-}
enclosures of pxhe the
Near the cell- who rues here previous to 179(1. Sue- �prjsal for burning of const villages n
Brit-
ter are the tyatchhouse. mrd church. ceeding• lin) come Dr. William Sni1Jh along'Connecticut' shore by the 'Brit-
The rolling drum beat calls the wo•- son of Nathaniel Smith of Past Mor- ish. Publicly Gen. W18(11 'ton re-
shippppms to service. Parents, their lelres, following by his son, Dr. John turned thnnks to Col. Meigs and the
chddrren, folknved by servants, walk Smith, The fees of visits in the uncia- oflicers and men engaged in 'The
towards the church. The donemts sit itY then were one shilling; a night's Battle of Sag' Harbor." The evanC�
facing the audience. visit was four shilling•; to Pon RUogl e I brought gand
distress to the enemy
'Che,soldiers, with their Arms are, and lied Crook, eight Shillings. One in the important d essential article
placed neap the (1uo• for defense w}rrle instaar c. h. riven oft wealthy farncm•li of forage. But it was the moral efrect
Abraham Pierson,iS)athaInptoll's first at North `,ea, Southampton who fur, of the enterprise that gave it thoI
minister, presides over the assembly. divers visits and doses hard rum up a',. most value. It cheered the Spirit of
In A00.4, the church 'Dell became bill for nine pounds: and seven still the.people, depressed by overshadow-
cracked and as it was too small, it ling. ltud paid in sundries: Apples,' ing dangers sial kept alive themidi-
wlrs seat to London for exchange. Rug, wood, beaus, elanhs, pig's, .,ccs" tory spark.that was to kindlz into
Probably the first church structure mid a•xto•nclonn. future fiance.
was 34 fiiulsy affair, far a neru one No matter what the disease alight As regards the local facts in coo-I
was crreted in 1651., being 30x24 feet, ho a "purge' was.the first remedy ad- neeCimt with the Meigs' Exped6tfon,
and the laborers receiving two slid.' rninistud, if the Patient recovered I:he well founded tradition establishes
]pigs in wampum for each day's work, doctor had the credit of it. .If he died htat the troops landed at Northside,
br 1040 Mrs. Thomas Hulsey was it tv8A clirged to Providence, near the Henry Edwards' Place, whore
the flrst and only woman 'killer] on 'When Dr. Smith wished Co replen-I they came across A picket oil sentinel
Long• Island) by :art Indian during ish
his stock of drugs he. ,addled his. dot whom they forced to guide them
pioneer clays. The magistrates sent Utonse, I'astonal on'hi:; sacbllcbags rrrud to the IIarbor. The comvmnder of t'he
n messenger to '9Tontank and sum, started for Now Will. 1'he mod of i post made his 'headquarters at Jing
atoned Wyandanch to appear before i.hn first day:femur] him :it Foreleg'°0' owall's house on Mail' street. He 1
then%. Ilia councillors fenred his life where he spent tine night at the tau- was slll'prlsed and arrested in his
Wright be taken, but Gardiner, who ern. The next eronjng lie was in the nigh'; clothing and made to surren-
happed to be lodging- in his wigwam. r'ity, where having accomplished his der. The Soldiers' barracks were for- �.
that sante night,-advised him to go ibusinass, ll' started for ]Ionic, arriv- they up the street near the Charles
and tic.tvonld..remain a5 hpstage to. ing Uy.'Saturdaty night - -.._ iS,Iuitli place, on Madison squars.
q , �y Colonel
g l}i��l i ° - (There was a redoubt on the kill now
Americans, Led y `6✓olonel lYd.ei gs9 Icnown as Old Burying Ground, the
• I lines of which are still traceable, In
,g Sag Har borythe action which took place on this'
Surprisedr°rte°h'dd COIL ��, aconorable occasion the Tordhatnl
tavern then at corner Main and Bay
streets was pierced with a, cannon
It is difficult at the present day,. Long Island, were collecting larg ball. The old 'house till stand::, re.
sufficiently Co appreciate the impor- quantitles o£ forage, destined for Ne )novel to another site it Glover
Lance of the Meigs' Expedition to Sag York, at Sag Harbor wharves. Lieu street. These are some of the well
Harbor on May 3, 1777. By some it Col, Jonathan Meigs crossed thfounded traditions of the expedition.
is called the Battle of Sag Harbor. Sound in whaleboats with 100 mer'r, — -- -------
patriotic societies of the revolution ]landed at Southold beach, transPorte4
and eastern .Long Island historical the boats about fifty rod rowed.eight
organizations •Propose to observe tha'I lowland to Pthis b Bay; g
nrentorable occasion on its 150th omni anile. ncrpsa this bay and f Sag bay,
versary, dts centennial was observed landed •three miles west of Sing Har-
in 1877by the Daughters of the Rev- bon and concealing the boats, under
in 18 n in Brooklyn. guard, in a wood, quietly marched to
'Sag Harbor. The enemy, occupying 2t
,General Pursers, stationed n' Con- -garrison and barracks, was surprised
neeticut, had received intelligence,. at 2 a,.nc„ ten transports with. Bal
that the British,_.then_.holding all of - -
East
' and assert their rights as Tree men,
Pa antsy Futures East Hampton's s The scene closes with the first vohm-
teer regiment of Suffolk County
�y qp, /. pgo marching away to fight for liberty,
lV elebrat1®n o% .275th Anniversary In the second scene is portrayed Dr.
�,+ 448 - ,y IBuel's defiance of the British. In-
solently treated by a British soldier,
the minister asks what Portion of His
Historical Episodes of Town's Early Days are Presented by Majesty's forces he commands.
"A Region of devils just from 'bell,"
Cast Numbering 600—Special Loan Collection of replies the officer.
Relics on View at Clinton Academy. Then I suppose that I have the
honor to address Beelzebub," retorts
the doctor,ibowing low.
Redcoats pass along the shaded York clergyman, who has been a sum- This scene includes a dispute be-
strcets of ,East Hampton to-da and, mer resident of the town fora nu : tween a Redcoat and a patriot and also
men and women, clad in rough home- bey of years, conducts the servimces. `��ipresents the incident of how East
spun, rush frantically totheBeach The pageant, which is divided into,j3ampton maidens hurled a bowl of
as cries of "There she blows" ria five episodes, opens with a prelude, Pudding at British soldiers who
g sought to dine with them.
out, once more after ea silence of per- The ,Dancc e Spirits is Woods and The fifth and last episode depicts a.
haps a hundred years. f afe t Waters." The first episode is called town meeting of 1823. The. meeting
Hampton, for the speck of a few�. the "Montauk Indians" and has its i g
hours, has gone back to the :past. scene laid in Mom'taukett in the year considers a great variety of matters.
Two hundred and seventy-five of 1639. It depicts the Indian.village It votes the salary of the minister and
years ago a band of English settlers) of Chief Wyandaneh on the morning schoolmaster, elects Jonathan Conk-
founded the settlement that to-day is - of his daughter's wedding. Canoes lin as supervisor for the eighth con-1
East Hampton. They cleared away of an enemy tribe suddenly appear secutive time and forces the annul-'
the forests, conciliated the red inhab-j and the bride is carried off. Wyan- ment of a burgain'because one of the
slants of the region and, during the I clench prepares his men for war and parties is thought to be a mail of loose
anxious days of the Revolution, en- is about to set out for vengeance morals. The scene closes with the
duredrivation and desolation foil when upon the scene comes Limn Gar- presentation of the "Wild Irishman"'
that thing called Liberty.• To-day diher, who has rescued the chief's by some young ladies and genticmcnl
their descendants and those who wish.. daughter. With his daughter safe in who attend,Olinton Academy, the first
to do then. honor, commemorate theirhis arms once more, Chief Wyan- school of its kind established in New•i
acts by pageantry. clench swears eternal gratitude to her York state.
On the village green, before the savior and extends the white wampum At the end of the scene the chard
house in which John Howard. Payne, of eternal friendship to Gardiner. actors of the pageant's clifferennt epi-
.author of the greatest of all heart Fallowing the interlude of the corn I socks re-assemble and sing "The Stu
songs, "Home, Sweet Home," spent; planting ceremony, the second epi- Spangled Banner:"
his boyhood, residents of modern East sole, entitled "The Settlement," re-I' Between the various episodes are,
Hampton are living over again the veals the beginnings of East Hamp- mtersmersed interludes consisting of
old scenes. Before the old Mulfordton. Lion Gardiner and his seven' both music and dancing. One depicts'
homestead, reputed .be be the head-1 comrades purchase the land for the leash day in the sejtlement and the
quarters of the British during the settlement from the Indians for "20 afternoon parade. Another presents a
days when redcoats swarmed Long Coates, 24 looking :glasses, 24 hoes, pirate dance commemorating file
Island, the 'English soldiery are de- 24 hatchets, 24 'knives, and 100 famous visit of Capt. I{idd to Gard-
luged with •pudding thrown by pa- Muges," mer's Island• In a third a group of
triot maidens with whom they tried The second- part of this episode patriot and Indian girls sing "The
to flirt. And in , the background, deals with the Indian troubles which Ballad of Padding Hill;'
brooding over the scene, lies the developed a little later on. Indian East Hampton is a village rich in
graveyard where sleep those whose scouts are seen skulking in the for- tradition and historic lore. Here was.
acts are being commemorated. eats and watchmen pace to and fro located the Old church, in which Rev.
Great preparations have been.made at the borders of the settlement. John Buel, patriot and leader of men,
for staging the Pageant on the green Fears are ascertained for the safety preached for 63 years. Here also was
at 3;80 o'clock this afternoon. A, of the little town, but the minister, established the first seaden.y .in New
grandstand with a seating capacity of Rev. Thomas James, counsels trust York state. It was called the"Clinton
over 1000 per„ons has been erected.' in Providence and the episode closes Academy,” after the state's first'
Arrangements have been made so with the. singing of a hymn of hope governor.
that 4,000 others stray witness the and praise. This building has been restored and
affair. Episode 'Three, called "The Whale is used today as a museum containing
Between five and six hundred per- Rally," is laid in. the year of 1402.' historical relics and is the .tooting
sons In a art in. the pageantry. place of the village's civic organize-
Both local residents and summer col- It depicts the excitement that reigns. biome. As apart of itbe 276th amdver-
in the little town when fifteen whales sag a special loan collection of relics,
only folk 'participate in the celebra- ,are discovered,'off Bridgehampton,
y' p
tion of East Hampton's 276th birth- With cries of "Whale Off" and including Revoluti'onat.v muskets, old-
day. Incidents and costuming are as "There -She Blows," the inhabitants time garments, paints and documents
and the old Sown,library are on ex-
historically correctas study of old cease all other activities and rush for
records and pyintS' can make then. the beach to participate in. and watch habit.
The spectacle is staged under the .the killingAmong the notable rHoward of East
personal supervision of Miss Abigail •of the monsters. whose , was John Howard Payne
P P g -The Fourth epispde, Phe Revolu- whose "Home, SwoaC Home;' i> inter
IIab>ey, of Southampton. Mrs. 'Dann tion,° is in two parts. Scene I, "The nationally famous. The composer
Clark is director of dances. Call," shows -how the war came to spent his boyhood days in a residence
The annivorsary ceremonies begin East Hampton. With the British flees:
which faces the village grecs and
this morning. at 11.o'clock with a re- reiported sighted off Montauk, Dr.
ligious service held in•the old church. Bvel and Captain Ezekiel Mulford(which is one of the village's leading
Dr. Howard Duffield, former New I call upon the men of. the town to rise show-places.
- _ . The site for the settlement that is
now East IIampton was purchased settled at the town meetings, a typearising .between the colonies and
from the Indians in 1648 by Theo- of which is depicted in the pageant. Great Britaini, East Hampton sent a
iphilus Eaton, govornm• of the colony: These meetings were held at 8 o'clock pledge to abide by the cause apd,.in-
of New IIaven, and Edward Hopkins, in the morning "of the second day of terests of the colonists. Hov'' n'�ell
governor of the colony of Connecticut, the first week of every me`ntli"; the communitykept its pledge the
for the benefit of the original settlers. The East Hampton-ites never had next few years showed. The toned
It was assigned to them by Eaton andserious difficulties with tine Indians.. suffered heavily,-even before the' I �I
floplcins three years later in con- They had the firm friendship of Chief volution broke out. While Bt '.j,
sideration of 00, 45, and 8d. Sterling. Wyandanch, who even went as far as troops were quartered .dn Boston V"
Gardiner's Island had been par- to aid the settlers of Now England quell the riots there, English fri-mas'
chased. and settled by Lion Gardiner in their war against tine Pequot tribe, sailed to Long Island and carried off
in 1680. Southampton and Southold Lion Gardiner exerted great influence' Suffolk County livestock with which
came into being '0110 year later. upon the maintenance of cordial re- to feed the soldiers.
A large share of East Hampton's lations between the whites and the As early as September 7, 1773, Sol-
first a'esidents came from Maidstone, redskins. folk troops were under arms, Captain
England, in the county of Kent. As At only one time did actual danger Hulbert had a company, well armed
early as 7.550 the settlement was men- threaten from the Indians. The Nor- and ammunitioned which was first
tioned by its present name. The first raghansetts, the least friendly of all stationed near Montauk and 121er at
and exact date of the village's settle- Long Island tribes, sought to form an Port Constitution,
ment is not known. It is 'thought to alliance against the white men. Wyan_ In the spring- of '761 British fit-
be 1640. danch, however, refused to be seduced vasion of New York was momentarily
At the time of the occupation of.into such a bargain although the senti- expected. As the fate of tho city was
the, territory Indians were numerous ment of his tribe seemed to favor it. linked to that of Long Island all avail- i
in that section. To Lite, east Chief Although feeling ran high between tine able forces in Enst: Hampton and '
Wyandanch held sway. Northward, two races and there were isolated vicinity were immediately massed.
at Shelter Island,his brother, Poggat- cases of blood-letting on the part of These troops participated in the
icut-ruled Lite Manhassets, while a both sides, a general Indian outbreak'" Battle of Long Island which was
third brother presided over the Shin- never resulted. fought on August 27, 1776. The
necocks. The land was an unbroken Until 1657 the town of East Hanp- British forces employed in this ep-
wilderness. bell existed as an independent settle- gagement had had winter quarters an
The first settlers of East .IIta»ptol ment. When the butch surrendered the eastern part of the Island and had
were John Hand, Thomas Talmadge, the colkny of New Amsterdam over to bled the country white in providing
Jr., Daniel How P, Thomas Thomson, the Duke of York in 1664, however, for their needs. It was not until 1783
ohn Streeton, Sr., Robert Bond, Long Island was claimed by the Duke when the English forces finally evac-
Johert Rose Joshua Barnes and John on the strength of his chanter, e
The uatud New York `dify that Long Is]-
Mulford. They were later joined by Long Islanders, who would have pre- and was freed frn the oppressive
Thomas Osborn, William Hedges, fes•ed to conn d m
under the government demands the troot= hall upon
Ralph Dayton and Thomas Chatfield, of the New En gland colonies, pro-lits fields and pastares. ,
Thomas Osborn, Jr.; Nathaniel Bishop, tested. Their remonstrances proved As one of East flamptoin's 'heroes
Williams Barnes, Lion Gardiner, John u»availing and East Hampto,' along during the lean yeas when ,armed
Osborn, Jeremiah Veale, William with the other early s:ttlements, forces occupied the: 'district, the name
Fithian, Richard Brookes, William' ]passed into the jurisdiction of the of Captain John 1%.nyton stands out.
Simonds, Samuel Belknap, Samuel government of the colony of New The captain had his home about two
Parsons,Joshua Garlicke, Fulke Davis, York. Gardiner's Island, which had miles from the center of the village,
John Miller, Charles Barnes f .Stephen remained 11P to that time an lndepen- He was an ardent patriot d hie.
Hand, Thomas Baker, Anavas Conk- dent "manor," was annexed to and house was several times beset anby the.
lin, Richard Shaw and Jerenhih has since remained a part kof East Redcoats. One night as lir. eras ]ight-
Meacham. The original founders of Hampton. ing 'his candle,,a little band of Eng•-
the settlement came from Lynn, Mass., Five years after it had passed lishmen opened an attack. Snuffing.
then a thriving community, under control Of the Duke of YOTk,1 the candle, the captain made safe the
The early residents built their set- East Hampton protested against th escape sof his little son and then pre-
treatment at what is now the southern treatment it had been accorded. In pared-to stand.his around. Taking
petition directed to Anthony Brock his musket, Ile fired it shot mt t.hn.ham_
end of Main street. Their houses there holst,then governor,the town charged sdegers and then cafes an imaginary
small,with boarded sides and thatched
Brit-
roofs. The original allotment of ]and that although it paid taxes it had not roll in a loud tone to lead the Brit-
been allowed representation du the ishers into thinking that the cottage
to each mai was from eight to twelve Assembly, The petition went on to was well-defended. Finishing the roll-
acres. The mill was located at the recite payment of taxes as a n•easen call, he started shooting with great
southern extremity of the settlement why it should be entitled to the rapidity and excellent marksmanship,
and was operated by cattle. Its ap-
proach was called `Mill lane." privileges of free assembly. This daring the, British to cone into his
ryas a Petition is significant for the fact that home as he fired. His ruse was sato
In this new community there
great shortage of mechanics. the it proclaimed the free principles onbesiegers l cessful and the besiegs withdrew.
most part the settlers were devoted which the Declaration of Independence, Through another piece of stratagem
to farming. When weavers were is based ninety yeas before the done-: Captain Dayton saved the herd,,which
needed they were obliged weavers
send re ment came into being'. East Hampton needed' so
badly, Prom
Southold; when they wished car- Long Island troops participated it, British hands. An English fleet ap-
penters the call went out to Wethers_ the war which ended in the British geared off.Montauk and began pre-
field and when the services of a black- conquest of Canada. ,Two East Hamp- parations to carry off the flocks which
smith -were required they were forced ton residents, Captains Elias Hand were grazing in that vicinity, With
to send to Huntington. The country' and Jonathan Baker, commanded conn- forty volunteers at his back; Dayton
surrounding East Bampton offered ponies recruited in the vicinity of tbc set out. In plain sight of the vessels
good pasture land and the inhabitants town. These companies took part is he marched his men over the 'hill.
raised large flocks of goats, herding the attack on Ticonderoga and the Then, sheltered from the eyes of the
them all together. Whaling was an- capture-of Crown Point. At the close .fleet, he ordered his mer to change
other of the earlier pursuits, of hostilities they returned to their coats, shifted their formation and
.Government of the town was vested native district where they were de- again marched out into view using a
in the people. Administrative wad mobilized. different route. IIe eo Ahmed march-
jullicdal problems were discussed and At the beginning of the difficulties Ing over and around the hill until the
Buel. Named after the rev governor
British. deceived into thinking that a DeWitt Clinton, it was the first yin- Ifor agriculture or pasturage.
con"a'arahle force was gwpiting their stitutiou of IN kind to Ue founded in In October, 1883, Shinnecocic Hills
landing, put out to
sea• the state. It leas given a charter toll entire, was sold according to adver-
Tbe Ravnlntioit left Easz Hampton received the patronage of. the govern- tisenctt. R. H, Hinsdale bought the
badly .casted in property, burdened ment. 3,200 acres for $101,000. He was said
with debt and "'roaning under heavy ,Such are the achievements and to represent interests of the Long
taxes. 7";r. uutin(.1; ,vas desolate and traditions of East Hampton during Island Railroad, but this does not np-
,VorJ „ lsehold felt the pinep 4. Pri' the days when the United States was' pear to be authentic, as the company
vatio.l. ..nut by degrees Prosperity re- new. And today, with religious care. "allied is the "Long Island Improve-
tunu.l. monies and pageantry commemorating meat CO ' IV," Two years before the
Within a year after British forces the town's 275th anniversary, East IIllls had seen sold by shares, and
had evacuated Now York Clinton Hampton pays tribute to the spirit 1111 A• I4�• Bowman, of New York, repre-
_AcndemY was founded by Rev, Dr• I and deeds of its sires. senting au Eng9dsh cm•porn Ciol, pos-
' pry sensed thirty-six sI --os. The n, pos-
Hamp .myS. Real Estate Shotes Lar i bi-isc of thirty-six
the property nuclei,ring 50 Years.�i one bend lead to the 1883 sale. five
I ncrea�e ,in V a��ge �� 1 trice obtained was more than five
tau estimated value of the tract
,?I i LNventy-flvo ;stirs berm e
old i<i ound. and from thence on n 'Tile above figures uuhcate that $2
(Specs(I to The County Review) did act hue `o a place called the ware ❑ ter was considered a fan- price for
By H.-D. SLEIGHT house sv lthc North bait uld01) tilese gave the �Shinnecocl IIllls in 1861, Montauk
lloitCh:mge 01' conditions from mm gen-l eustlon;n y TwivilegesbnV 11e to"plow, plant, lands were valued fro" $6 and '$8 an l
erution Cd, another have cone so etc.." and contained this proviso "the acre in 1875; Shinneeock Hills sold
gradually ❑nd herurhave thev are� isaid Indians do not keep nor calls(. for less Than $82 at acre in 1883;
to b kept, any part m' parcel of the Montauk sold for about $14 a' $16 nn
scare_ely noted as unusual by succeed- said land e'ithin fence or enclosed acre in 1879.
ing' generations•; unless comparisons from the last of October to the first There are. now living in the Iianp-
are node with the past. This is "lost of April, frons year to year." ton towns persons V,,11, remember sale
applicable to the IInn;ptol townships, One hundred And 'fifty-five years of beaches, undivided hunks, and lands
null in tact aE of Suffolk county; ]note xfl.e' dravviol; of 01ir+ lass.:, th(, pro• beneath water (in smut Ilampton) fir
„Particularly the eastern part. priotnrs aware that some villus at" tril7blg sums, Bo,vnnul bought ex-
AttenCi"n Tins been directed, in for- iachod to Shinnecocic hills, applied tensively, but his deds proved un,ier
mer published papers, to the small I'or and s(rurddl a special ne.t of The court inspection invalid. Woodlands
envie placed upon Long' Island lands 1,-vinlot"I in 185p, Thu Indians were sobl as low as $1.01 ml acre..
within Inemol'v of persons still living. I•mltovvered t0 sell. and did sal" to Oceanfront hands in ole instance in
j \]then Sunthamptoll proprietor own- cin, proprietors, all ,.heir rights in Gast Hampton sold in 1881 for nbmtf.
o:s of uncdividorl 'common lands turned Shinnecock hills possessed by tUe lease seventy-five cents to $1.25 an 'leve,
I their eyes to the broad acres of the�. 0f :I the consideration of transfer waste lan•Is at Napeugne.
'Shinnecocic Hills, in 1858, they noted, was they (the indinns) to have the Forty-five .years later these laulds
that changes had taken place; that I foe of Shinneeock rack, the Present at market valve today are estimated
lands considered to be worthless for preservation, held in trust by three of to be worth and are held for sato at
agriculture purposes hall beat, trolls- the. tribesmen as custodians for the,enhanced values of not hundreds, but.
Totaled from compositions of ahnost I d;ntire tribe. thousandths.percent, in some localities.
pure sand, a succession of sandy hills, O» Rebruary 10, 1861 the Hills,ad
13;21111 acres, were cold by the pro- Osborne Hol isett ,SOOri't0 .�
to wed(, acres of lands suitable for EVO1Ve t0 ]�dl�s{OnC ,f3rins'�,�,W
pasture. As late as 1879, Bayles n u tor:: for $6,250. A Southall)ton u
1
described the Shhu,ecork Hills to be d onipany bought them, chic'PlY for Pus'-,, ;h.4. ,,e:) g v 1 [
9ulge hills of amid;' and Prime, about Poses of pasturage.. .
1890, spoke of the hills as "perYectly l;hu title of Shinneeock Hills iVdhee>/the IIanpton Hotel Corpor-'
naked except extensive patches of ,rcSCc in a session deed and Indians ation, new owners of the famous old -
whortle berry Soul other small shrubs," trausl'er, and a subsequent deed given "Dsborne House;' which is well ;;
cull Ill toting Bayles again "forming.an by Prnpriocor trustees. When sold the known to people of Long Island, and s
Impassable barrier which divided the adve tisenumt stntcrl: "Shinnecocic.— many other Places, open the doe's of
intercourse. of civilization."
that TI10 Indian claim will interest in these the hotel on or about the middle of en
Prof. Pwight, (1882), hands have been recently extinguished .March, the staunch old elm on which
"Chose (Shinnecocl;) I-Tills were once by agreencut with the hedians, and by hung' the sign "Osborne House" for "
cultivated; but frau the Poverty oP cnnsenC cul ratification of the Legis- iso many years, will still carry on—I
the soil, slid the ravages 0f the wend, I labure of the State of New York, so but the sign will read, "Maidstone
anpcnr to have been finally forsaken." that the title of the property, now Arms." 'Extensive alterations have�te d
Vegetation had so changed the I (18f,11 is u n[1 i s p u t e IT and bulls- :been made in both suildiues—dormer o
Shinneeock Hills fifty yea's ago the mtnbleP windows have been added making the
land tract was thought to hove value I1 All of Shinnecocic Hills was sold third floor in the old building' and > a
Ifor purposes of Pasturing sheep• for less than $2 a, acre in 1867.. annex SPacioas null roou,y, Thee is;Nx
As Shinnecocic Hills was 225 years The Santa tract of Shinnecocic Hills a bath roan,. between every two'.
roams, making in SIT twenty rooms
ago the Parc of Southampton town was sold to A. W. Benson, of Erook- I,with connecting batks, and a tele-
considered to be of least value, it`vas syn, and A. AY. Bowman and others in with in every room. The ground
leased for one thousand Years to the 1881 by the Southm"Pton Connpany, at
Shinnecocl; Lulislns, their heirs and a fail, profit an investment. Anstnl floor will have a caufortaUle, lobby
Corrin was'at the thane said to be tn- and large fire place. The hotel will
successors "to farm lettell." This un- mrcUase• be under the apanagement of Ralph
eluded the tract called Sbinnecock amt tere-sted in the l
Sebonnc,Uoundled west by Came Place, Eensml had in 1879 bought 11,000 (rood, who also manages the Malde
south by 5hinrecocld UnY, castwal d by I acres of Mantank for $151,000, sus- stone Inn, and will be run of khat
European .Plan with a restaurn"t, a
a line running Prom the head of Shin- lest to an h& it lease, later cleared E carte in connection with it. As the I
"(docs; creek to the northwest corner inU, Montauk in 1875 was estimated work of alteration progresses,
one
of Smnus CooPce�sth`°`r,staa'd and PnrC Co be will from $G es o " $80,000, feals assured' that the Maidstone
thence northerly with hundreds , acres" "worthless
waste and barbell land," of no vahl° Arms"will be one of the most of, Jonathan.TonaChmt Raynor's haul, at, Sebonac _.
�+ g� d correct it snoula ue canon cue porton
fl:.ast Hampton Birthplace o house, is it was of t ed first
a IIenja-
mm Horton, one o£ the first settlers,
66 ' - 7f who had 'the bricks brought from
r1lo e, +3g eet' ! it 9 Traces Its I Nnghurd. The 'house ways built in
Life
Back
y �t ��II 1661. Benjamin Holton died in 1690.
life Foie" Back Into Colonial Days!
After the death Of Benjamin Rol-toll
✓ the place was bought.by Jose xh Wick.
ham a descendant of I mnphroy
(tipccinl to the Cou N•rt' Rsv[hw) with vines which was the boyhood Wickham of Swaldilfe huglmul (the
home of Joint Howard Payne, author smn'e family as the celebrated Wil-
By Mrs, L. M. JOU.RNhAY. of "Home, Sweet Home." Payne's liaun of Wylciban).
story is one of the romances of our IIumphrey's great grandson went to
The chieftain of the Montnuketts ]literaryh i sit o r Ile was a bay Boston in 1635; his son, Joseph Wick-
was called the "Grand Sachem of Y' r
Pillraja nacke ' His snpreniaey was lir oc4igy on the sUPge, npd a commrmn• hon, came to Southold in 1659.
nc�lnnowaedged by lesser chiefs and his phnce actor in his maturity. Thrown Parker Wickham inherited this
consent was necessary to all land into a London jarl for debt, he opened place ill Cutchogue from his father;
transfers; so it was that Wya.ndan c, Tia poison door with it successful piece also Robin's Island. He was adjudged
the friend of Lyon Gardiner, made of pill
nnaLir,g. One of his plays n Tory by the Continental Congress.
the conveyance of all land east of was Llnrn, the IDtald of Mibm now to judge by report Parker Wickham
Southampton (30,000 acres) to '1''h�o- remembered only for the song of had a personality most lnteres f ni,.
lore Tatem, Ls Governor of the Inr•'hich it was the original sett.ng. That He bcdangerl'to a Class of sore of the
Esq., hoot and most honorable men who
Colony of New Haven, and Edward plaintive ballad, wedded to the melody were dovnl to the Brutish Cn'owar and
Hopkins, Governor of the Colon of the dortenuvg playwught had MsC
1 Y head sung by an Italian peasant gnat, were afterward despised Tories and
Connecticut, and their associates. melted the heart of: London and or suffored the confiscation of their es-
This was done April 29, 1648, in con- the tastes—rtheir homes, land and all of
sideration of 2 p the world and makes
its one touch of
6 coats, 100 eel spears, nature that makes the whole world their wear]Ch. Ninny at that time had
24 looking glasses and is many ;hoes I;in, rendered Paynear
Paynes name nnwrtal. all the respect and all'eetnon for their
.and hatchets, reser vine the right to ' Its anthm•, however, never again sovereign that the English have to-
fish in the creeks and Militia the �i, day.
wrote or did anything meatcaan.
woods. � I Payne returned to America- and in .h:rrkm• Wickham had the courage
A part of this tract was settled in I of. his convictions; he hail wealth,
1648, by people from Massachusetts, 1843 he was appointed c o n s u d of ability and a high standing in the
who called the ,place "Maidstone", for 'luaus, w'•rere in 185:., an exile Cram conunanity, and envy is always sure
home", ire died. Thirty years Intel to find a shining mark.
the place land.from tour- 9hn• ea is,Intel S'
from England. Pourtemn }'ears Inter lira remains mucro brought bock to his The place was sold to Jnr•ed Lan-
It land nod laid in Oak Hill ceme- don; afterward, through purchase, it
St was called hasthampton. The firstWashington. g !
eery near iThe fedora] want buck to the Wicleham fanril
dwelddng• nuns a rude structure with city holds man mby a greater
but none Y'
straw-tUhatehed roof, wooden churn- Y ])oil by Mrs. Nancy Wickham Case,
ney—plastered inside. of Chen rs visited by n greatei lh long' sad is naw in possession of her son,
The first meeting house was built of pilgr ams nor shrines a memory C:oorg•e II. Case. The house has fora
in 1652. Previous to this, public with a. tenderer appeal to all of them long• time been unoccupied, but 11'h•.
than that ,of the "wide-waldering (lace is keoping it as a memento of
worship was held at the home of a;;i:m. who lived auk diad alone, still }
Thomas Baker for n few years. Tfna days g'nne by. The interior is very
first minister was. the Rev. Thamna, of o'hon nothing r tcmeanbsred but qn alit_-Che i lge fireplace with pan-
Jmnes, who received $46 a year and that 'lie wrote one song." sled mm�td the. winding stairs.
free use of land. The first school- - There are .few houses; on the east
master was Charles Barnes, who was OLD WICKHAM HOUSE mol of Long, Island as old and inter-
III.id &80 a year. P r �-•-�i--� l estring as this one in Cutohogue.
a?vd ).har,�cy }� - Elizabeth Panning.
About 1650, Lyon Gardiner moved - it
here from Gardiner's Island, w1'u:<h ILrl.arestvg Story oil Notable•Ener
ire hall purchased from the Iillians in End Colonial Mansion
1689. He hold a prominent position
among his townspeople and died here (Roadels of the News may ronlen-
in 1663. His grove is beneath a bon that none time ago this paper
carved knight in armor recumbent be- I 1 ublished au article concerning Park-
a
nezth a Gothic arched canopy, in the or Wickham, of Cutchogue, whose es-
nuaint old cemetery at the ]lead of 'totes were confiscated during or just
the old town pon(L, following, the Revolutionary War.
The Clinton academy, founded by Below we give in article concerning
Dr. Bull, was opened in 1784. It is,: tine old Wickham ntarsi'on at Catch-
ole of the oldest academies in the! ogue--a story 'ghat fully describes a
Stine. The first principal was Wil- notable Long Island ]mld;mark.—Ed.
liar Paine. News.)
Whaling wits one of the first oc cu- The old 'house stands -with its back -
potions Ever able-:bodied man had� 'to the street, 'and ped to look cthat
to take his turn wah,11 ag for whales reason it always seemed to k away
in the beach. The ,oil was used at I with a disdainful air from t7ne neigh-,
]ionic as well as exported, boys. I used to wonder if the road
Stately old elms shady host Hemp had been changed—if it had not in an'
early clay Saeed the street, I have
ten's wide Main street and the land- uses
scare is enhanced b s e v e r n 1 old sines learned that many of the houses
I v built at that eaa•ly date had n frontage
Dvi windmills, with wide arms, giv- iroward the son.
ing to the place a touch of Rolland, A political of the house fell into
In the renter of the vd11age, near ruin and wilts retiai It is some-
tlle odd cemetery, stands in old times called the Laudon,the Wickham
weather-beaten (house half covered or the Case house. To be historically
W v
Douglas, Ethel Silkworth and children Stephen 13. Conli in was also an
or-Beebe Famlly Bennion lWalter and Frederink; Elizabeth Beebe. ricer ora board
The deecendante of Henry .Beebe : David, of Huntington, was a busy
A gathering of the descendants of i 'person in the War for Liberty. HeCaptain Daniel and Nancy Terry Beebe present were Wm. H.Jleebeanddaugh- signed the Association in 1775 and by
was held Thursday, Aug. 30th, at the ter Florence Moffat and children Mary August, 1777; !.c had been captured
attractive bungalow of L. E. Downs, and William;Emma Beebe Young; Etta by the English and placed in prison
and husband Benjamin Tuthill ..and at New 1 or.: city. D`.ost of the infor-
Jameeday overlooking made
Bay. elation going out front Long Island
The day seemed just made For the children Ruth,Harold and wife Gladys went through him. Ln ].780 he was
and'thelr children Kenneth, Ella and ill what v:as iar:nvn as the. Illicit Trade
occasion. M. Beebe of Cut. Donald; Nancy and husband Ernest betwaev Long' L,laild and Connecticut.
ahogue, witthh the assistance of Mr. Boisseau and daughter Helen. Ananias Conklin was among the
Downs, put up one of those Rhode The descendants of Theodore Beebe 71'=! rcweis at East I-yarnpton. Ho
Island clambakes for which heis so
hard been node a frecnnan 18 May
justly Ynmoue. T¢blea were set in the
present were George E.wife was Emma Beebe, children Ever-
Tuthill, whose t6,12; he married Kai— Launder,
dining-room and upon the lawnandall C!<^.ny of the descanrlaas :d this union
participated right heartily in the goad all and wife Belle and their children have won fame on land mid sen. "Bwt-
Wilson, George, Emma and Emory; S. iamin the Soldier," was of this ;'am-
things just done to perfection, At the Edgar Tuthill, wife Deziah and daugh- PY. Ile was burn 1767, married En
ter Clara; Wm. M. Beebe, wife Annie
-
close of the dinner, three rousing cheers the. Hand; they had children, Cineus,
were given Messrs. Beebe and Downs: and children Nancy and husband How- Betsey, Nathaniel, Phebe and Alfred
Fred 1I. Tuthill .of Jamesport read and Robinson and their children Don. (Judge). Alfred married Eliza Cock-
the will, dated 1806, of Elnathan Bee• barn and gave to ,tate and nation the
aid, Dorothy and Marion; Sherwood and I-Ienor
.'Roscoe Conklin, U. S. Sennt ,
be, father of Capt. Dan!el Beebe, and wife Helen and her nephew, Milton W. probably the most able Senator th,
great-great-great grandfather of the Folie; Theodore and wife Hannah; Im- tsate has produced.
youngest children present. Extracts ogene and Gerald Beebe and friend, Capt. Edward, of East Hampton,
from Capt. Beebe's funeral sermon, ,Mies Millicent Tuthill was captain of the sloop "Beaver" in
written by Rev. Dr. Epher Whitaker, 'lt ayy r- � bI,ag¢yNe �g-) 1770. He was killed while, captain of
CONKIN LL+lA14tllILN the privateer „Eagle," in 1780. Ire
were also read, i l� g FAMILY
should not be confused with Lt. Ed-
Su many expressions of ple¢sure and ' ward, of the 3rd Line.
,I"
delight upon being able to meet the 'f .r-nd 9 t— The: naval records are full of the
new relatives and renew the old rods. I (By David Griswold GenalogNt, I names of Conklins who have served
tionships and so become closer linked Washington, D. C.) the Nation in all our wars,
together, were.given that it was de- - Theaname.los been spelled Conklin, The family is of old English stock:
tided to make this an annual reunion, I Conclin, Concklin, Conkline, and Bow- and they have as their right to use
the time andarras ed lace to be b ditch, lit his work "Spffolk Surnames" the Coat of Arms: Crest first it demi
p g y
the committee, Was. M. Beebe of gives it Concklayna. Mrs. J. N. Hal-I lion rampant sable; second a sword
Cut- lock, of Southold, has found it as erect argent, ponel and hilt or Motto
chogue and E. E, Boieseau of S( I Concklyn. The present -day family "Semper Paratus." -. -
.Swimming, boating and various spell it Conklin and Coilkhng. I HISTORY OF THE FANNINGS
games furnished the amusements of I• The two brothers, John and Arl , (By David YL Griswold,
the day. las, came from England to Salem in 1Yagliia gton, D. C.)
In the Into afternoon, after many 1637. They were born lit Netting- fJ . _I g.
fond good-byes end sincere handehakne hanshire, that part of England which "W.bon you meet and speak with a
g y , has given to the kinglicin so many of Long•-Island Framing of this day, you
the relatives departed, leaving the beat its famous seamen. little:think that for centuries his nn-
of good wishes with beet, hostess and .John was with thefust settlers at castors were "more Irish. thou the
their children. Southold in 1640. I.is hone lot was Irish themselves." However it is n
The Yellowing were present : in- the very heart of the village on fact.
'ht Main,street. between Railroad and• The antiquity of the nautn Pamliing'
Nancy M. B. Tuthill, who is eighty.y Beckwith avenues, north side. His is sb'great that it is dangerems to
three years old, only living child of cabin stood about where, the present 'haze,(] any theory as to its origin.
Capt. Daniel and Nancy Terry Beebe;,murriod Dr.
Stevens
beth Allsoa stands.
John
n wl oaonings were to Ireland with
the the Normans
her children, May; Beebe Tuthill and January 24. 1 tury, they came to conquer 'ted in
wiYe Cynthia May; Fred H. Tuthill and Later. in life John removed with his turn was conquered by that race of
wife Ruth;children, Wayne and wife) song Timothy, to Huntington, where men who absorb all invades and in
Helen and their children Roger and Timothy was one of the purchasers turn become stronger.
Cheater; Irene and husband Irving S.I from the Indians under Gov. Fletcn- The Irish have the word "Fano"
Warner and children Lois and Douglas;I ex's Patent in 1604. Timothy hall four nncan!ng, slope but we find no comer.
g ' sons, John, JacobbTimothy and Corn^ tion between the word and the. mune.
Kenneth B. Tuthill, son;,Elma and has, jilts. Iduving the Revolution Col. The Anglo Saxons had a word. '•Fan"
band Lewis Downs and children, Floor, Timothy, of Huntington,.was a noted borrowed from the Latin "vanuus"
once and husband James Hellock and drill transfer. He was offered the Col- which cones from the root "ertf' to
their children Virginia and Willard' otelcy. of the Fist Regiment of St - ,blow. This gots us no nearer the
R ' folk, but declined. Capt. ]Knock, in dame. IC without doubt had its birth
Laur¢ and Irving Dowse. The children - --.----- in France, but we can no nsor s:n>•
resent of Epher W. Tuthill were Ver- Ch W n of 13i° bunt a ip.rvateer, theit is French then we call say it k
\n Tuthill, Millie and husband Myron Arro r 2U guns end 120 nlen, Inn Irish or American.
resent
and eon Curtis. 11514 h- was ci uvu^sinned by the U We do know that Ednunul Fuming
1 he descendants of Ezra Beebe pres- S. Goncunnent sailed from the Pont the first of the name to cone to
t' 01 New Yo•ic nu S�ptemb n t814, and America was a captain in the service
n were Ezra Beebe and daughters,II was novel, beat from again, Capt of Kung Charles the First and that
Oet Conklin and children Ethel end ii E nock left a tt He. and three children, he held an estate neat Kilkenny, Fra-
- -- -- - - - land. When Cromwell cense to Ireland
Edmund fled; Cromwors oreers were
to, cgrown every tenth Irishman tmd A Southold Descendant They have Arms, Azure, a nevron,
I knock the rest in the 'head." Edmund /7 //_3 argent, coticed, or between three cres-
was a Irishman, whether or not bei The late President Harding could cents of the second. Crest, a crescent
was a Catholic, we know not, he could Iargent,
not have been a Puritan of Crom-I trace his ancestry to one of the first Bowditch in his work on surnames
well's type. I settlers of Southold 'Town, whose classes till. name IIolyoke under
Edmund landed lot New London in "home lot" was whore Gilbert 1I. those taken frog Trees, Fruits and
1653. Gov. Winstrol) was his friend - Terry lives. The links of this ances• Vegetation,
and through hill, lie went to Risbers -tral chain, through the mother of our The Bible informs ns that man
Island staying there until 16.57. Vol gave to each and every beast of the
166,2 he was again in New London lamented President, go back to Phila- fields and fowls of the air a name, and
and' in 1664 -he held it groat Of It mon Dickerson, who was born in Eng- 'num at once started taking back tit(.-
ill
hein Groton, Conn. Ife rose rapidly air(] land in 1608, shipped as a passenger on names for themselves. (Gen, if. 20.)
became one of the Rounders of Ston- the ship Mary Ann in 1637, bound for So perhaps the 'IIolyoke family came
ington, Corm., at which place lie died by its name in this manner.
America. In 1639 he was listed as a The Hallock% are a liberty 6
in IGSit aged )bL,. 1�3 years. Ho hail11 , Y lovinf
lives ,box vvl two daug•h Cera. Il isl tanner In Salem, Mas?., where he our- race, as in the Revolution -five of
third child was Thomas born on Kish- ried Mary Paine, settling later in them were carolled in the First Reg.
o% Island, .1ti55. I'll s married Southold shout 1648, where be died in imenC of Minute Men of Suffolk
francs% Ellis. '.Phomas was a uravc, 1672. Site lived to the age 86, dying County. Joseph and William were
sellers and saw much service. William
sohlim in t.hc Narrnnt�;:onsett. \V%rr, in 1697. The descendants of the Dick- of Southampton, and his two sons
and I'or f ltl inc uneivcd l:e gc were in Canadian Campaign. They
gran Ls ill' I:uul in CuuncctirnC. arson family are found among many of
the Eastern Long Island families. have always been at the front in all
Janncs Panning was ill(' son ..I' filings of Civil, military and private
Thomas. lie was. born at Stunington To Southold also belongs the honor life.
April 30, 16115. Ile was the first Fan- of being the home of Henry and Today the family is ,)rend ill its
uing to settle on Long Island. Phoebe Horton 'Tuttle, the grand- having as a member, the Hon. Joseph
N.Junior, was married twice mrd was parents of Anna Symmes, who as 'au Hallock, of ;Southold. S is the
the father of twelve r..hildven. Sonne' the wife of the first President Her- authority on the history of Southold
Of I;Irc children were born as for west and its genealogy. Id is precepts et
as Smithtown and nChur;: down cast :rison was a "Lady of the White the 'Republican policies. are alwanYs
tit Sout'holch. Jnul to,'was a hue:y man, House" and grandmother of President clear and right,.furthermore,they are
very active •Ord had many interests. Benjamin liarr,son. heeded.
IA held for vile. Indians :m- Hallock Family HORTON FAMILY ON
fought thee ill m m the Pu ch and In-
dian War of 1746.' Voter Hallock was the first ng IW _ �r I� SINGE 1635
K
His dau{,hh.rs nlaJ)nd into till. to step ashore on Eastern Long Is- �.)
lento famlles of til Mord, Ila)- land.- The 'place being at what is f �l
hall nr❑'rad a Wick hail of Cut- known as Rounders' Landing, '.South-
chu6uc, sally another daughter ni.u•- old, N. Y. 3t has always been known Barnabas 'Or Oil was the Il Us otl
ried Capt. Joshiah I.npton, n ]ween- as Hallock's Beach or Neck We be
.he name of Horton Co settle on Isust:
dud, ill' Lhe fit C Chintoph-.r Lipton; lieve in this case that tradition 101 he area Island. Ile was born in
the l.,upton nt Plastein long Island, carried the fact true. Peter Malloch Larneicestershire, England, near the lit-
q'most cases to.ice Cl<.u. descent. front I-e°er owned first boughtlandsch nor at Ori nt then, ;le handet of I uscIy, in the Year
this union.
be Oyster Ponds. 'Later t settled in 1 1,
James Fanning is buried at Inv East Aquebogue. Ile came to America in the .ship
cihunl in the aid Burial Greu,d Ills. He ulade a return trip to England) Swallow" about the year 1.G3u. rebs
Conrbstonc. was standing a l'ew yl. os where 'he •married the widow Howell I' passenger lists of this ship have been
ago and if so today should be vrcwcd and upon his return found the Indians i lost, it is (mown that a Horton iwts
by every Fanning anal all nvho iouor lied resold his lauds at Orient. �nptnht of the "Swallow." .Landing
and respect their forefathers• While there is nq record of Peter l it Hampton, Mass., he made thst
A historitm Once said that some Hallock oil any passengger list this is J ,lace his home for a while, than be
Rtun)ing was in every Battle of the•. no reason fill' saying (as some have ,novel on to New
i.Haven-
year 1640 ea"i
Revolution, wbile this may or may -aid) that there was no Peter Hal- The spring,
not Inc I:rnO, we feel we can ",felly say. hock.
Peter came to Americ,'between the ilio sailing wtth Col. John Young ur
that there was iu)t nanny battles t e Island, where tlot,
which come. Fannin) did riot tape years 1632 and 1638. These were Eastern Long
part., As i matter ill fact The. nn•)le troublesome times in England , and ,andel at Southold, having drew lotsk.
laic ei' I:hc ].inning l ankly coons. very many a map picked up and slipped `o see who : Peter ould l)Hahllocki was the
near being wiped ant by the revolu- away, Many were refused Passage, honorefoot d One, irld
tion. Cromwell would have sailed in 1637, s wi11
P'anincingi-coftJJthc)'Seal baltlo behankl but tween having
sbeenied pada ck,Wfiopassage
butbut En lishman, large arnallas )n )n' tnl.ue YP
the Pon Iienunc. Rirhard and Sevapio what Peter Hallock took his berth. 1 halI)uil, oHetwas n man' of hnlelr sotcntl
is I 'believe i.hc besC bu rile subject. The. name Halck seems to have ivalities and popular' with his frl-
Ile was, a nnicishi pain, and private been spelled Holyoke in England.Y ows. IIe was made Magistrate veal)
secretaov to Capt. ]oho Paul Jones.
Hallock has been spelled e »ion after year. And was sent as dclegat^
(luring the battle h0.was captain oil forms since Che days of Peter. IIoI-1 ,:o the General Court at New Hewn o
Lhe. maintop. lick, Halliock, 'Hallick,.Marcell, Hal- ninnber of times.
The Fannin', have been a family lock are some of these, the coyPist I He built Iris homestead on his ,Int
of until)], buihlm•s no matter what1 being responsible for some of the ver- north of the railroad on Ilo•ton's lank,
land Che>, have lived in Jill] fhov will,1, iations. family I Southold in 1G5D. IC is till)) standing
Lgn on as they have always gone• ... lonorxableI Holyoke
inEngland. Its history lad I bebevn Is till.Oldest 18'80 kit ouw
ils]
goes 'back to before the conquest. in America to-day
,ever been reshinglod on its silos sad
I ( I
tut once on its roof. Six generations He was probably in the second body
lived and died fn this house .of ,the of settlers which came with Capt. Nv�jhe 11uni:tiu.n Falmily1921
Horton family. Daniel Howe in June 1640, That band
Some of the personal belongings n[ who first settled Southampton having Alin Hurtling,the first of the Deals
Barnabas are still treasured' by his first landed at Cow Neck, from.which to cone to America, was burn at Hox-
lescendants, the old family Bibb, place they were driven by the Dutch. see, Suffolk county, England, 1507
orinted in London in 1.507, his mus- Thomas was born 1591 at Great The name Hnntting' is a surname of
kot brought from England and known Gaddesden in Hertfordshire, England. office, for the "Hunter" was an officer
is Uncle Barney's "Quart Pot." Thi- The home of the Halsey family in of the Bing. One Walter le Wolf-
�ask in which he brought all hie 'England had always been in the ex- 'hunts was �g'iven a grant of ]and in
worldly goods, it was used to bury thn treme western end of Cromwell be- the Peak of Derbyshire for the sery
Family treasure during the Revoln-I tween Penzance and Lands Enc. It ice of keeping the forest clean of
tion. ' 'is the most pleasant spot in all Eng- wolves. The names Richard le Hunte
and Nicholas Huntman appear in the
The First settler had ten children, land aid is one of the oldest places
Jonathan, the ,youngest son, was fist 9nown to civilized man, as there are ,At the present time the naris is
captain of the first troop of cavalryl , records of the Phoenicians coming used as Hunt, Hurter, and Hnntting.
in the county. there for tin. It wa:,s a Saxon enure and was well
The Cutrhogue Flortmis are d�� The name Halsey as a family name established at the time of Conquest.
scmulant; of Caleb, a son of Berlin-.i is not much older than the Norman The Arms borne by the Family is
baa Col. Nathan Horton, the noted Conquest, but the nano or word is symbolic of the office; Arris, Argent
Revolution soldier, was of this San'- lunch older. The old Saxons had the a chevron tome and azure bearing
ily. He ,was in command of the guard word Als or Hats and they gave it three hacks heads cabossed or. be-
at, the hanging of Major Andre-, all the meaning of 'a neck of land.' tween three talbots passant proper.
Nathan's six sons were in the War of. In the time of King Richard the Crest, A talUet s.e.iant tcane ISauling
1.81.2. His son, Jonathan, was in the First, the family owned the Manor of from a wreath or and azure, holding
ie.rvice of the Confederate States in AN or Also. In 1266 Simon de Als a buck's head enbcseed or.
the Civil War. Another son, William. owned the Manor of Lanesley, by Nath.wi:l I&mttine a grandson of
was a Brigadier General in the North 1 1620 the noted Sir Nicholas I-Ialse of the first John was born at Dedham,
Carolina Militia. They fought brave- I Fentongollan was the owner. IIe was Mass,, 15 Nov, 1675, Dedham was
y for the lost cause; they faced many a favorite of James the First, a son the town John had settled in. John
if their cousins in the Army of the l of Nicholas named James, fought at had been a strict Puritan and had
North. Major Dexter IIorton and LaRochelle in 1628 (he was later Gov, left England daring the time of Piing
,'apt, Benjamin Jason Horton are two of Montserrat: in the West Indies) Charles I. It is thought that he
if the hundred of Hortons who served; William the son of Janes was the his- came in the company of John Devon-
in that war. I tor•ian, port in 1637, as he was in Dedham in
The late Captain.James Edwin Her-- The arms of the family are: Ar- 1638.
ton was known as the "Yankee Ski p.l gent on a Pile sable,. three. Griffins' Nathaniel studied for the ministry
per" in almost all the Ports of the heads erased our the first. This makes and his first call was to East Hamp-
wo•Id, IIe made his home at Peconic. it very pretty Coat of Arms when done ton, L. L. where he was installed as
Of the ten children of Barnabas, in colors. the second pastor of that Place on the
three of them married Builds, one The children of Thomas were native 13th of September, 1609. IIe occu-
married a.Hillock, one a Tuthill, one to Long Island, but the grandchildren pied the pulpit for fifty ,years and as
U,Wells,a Terrill, a Conklin, a Yonmgy:. left the Island to a greater extent, a Preacher and man was ]mown the
Isaac, the son of Joseph, went to Eliz- length of the Island. He had great
and the other married a Booth, P influence over the Irdians, who at
Horton is,an old Saxon name,so old, .ibetli, N. J. Samuel and Daniel went
that its meaning has been lost. Th,, to North Carolina and the. Halsey, of that time were causing trouble. Na:
Shat State are the descendants thaniel built the £ar-faned Huntting
Manor• of IIorton was old in the year (even
House at East Hampton about 1700.
1800 at which time Robert de IIorton:: ;f most of then do not know it). His son Edward, lived there later
was the head of the family. A stud,v : Many of the Halseys were in the during the Revolutionary 'War, when
Of Ohl Saxon words shows the word Revolution. Elias was a Lieutenant; the house was a tavern. Edward was
Ort, meaning plant of tree, while Lun also in the French and Indian War. 1st Lieut. of Md Co., "rd Regt. of
or ton means a ]hedge or wall ora Capt. Henry was killed at Port Gris- Minute Me' in 1776. The IIuntting
town - wold. The adventures of Mathew house is at Present in the hands of
The cont. of arms of the IIortous: makes interesting reading, for it.was the eighth generation of the family
A stag's head cabossed argent, at- he who 'fn'the dead of winter ,katal I and fon' the past 25 years it has been
tired o•, and for distinction a canton from New York to Newark, and from one of the most Popular hotels of the
ermine, there to Valley Forge he made tha State.
Crest: Out of the waves of the rest of the way by foot, to ,join his If one would know something of
sea proper, n tilting' spear meet pr, command. ;those sturdy Puritan settlers of whish
enfiled with a Dolphin argent finned Philip was Captain of the last Coni- Nathaniel Hunting• was so good a
o•, and 'charged with a shell. parry to evacuate New York• type, then one should most and know
The motto is "Grinocd Va,ll liable ! The true spelling of the name. in one of his descendents.
Vudt•" "What he wills, he wills col America is Halsey as the first Thonnas Howard 1-I. Hnntting, of Southold,
wrote it. But it has been written
dially andivithout stint." Hallsey, Hulsey and Hulse, is in the direct line and is mann w
A !q� The men is the name e. Hulse, of must be much like his noted fore.
�„0� ���LpE FAMILY v father. He is nrar who est, of all
't U\U\IN. r I1+� Brookhaven Town, who signed the is capable, upright and honest, digni-
FV Association in May 1775, were with- fled and trusted, loved by all who
ALSO NAMED NRLSE,a out donut e family Henry, FIo aeys. The lu•ow him. It is he who has had so
signers were y, Jonah, Paul, much to do with trine upitmild ing of
Richard, aid Nehemiah. the strong Southold Bank, having
I believe Attorney William Hulse, been connected!with that bead( for al-
B,y Dnv[n Ga[swonr, Genealogist of Westhampton Beach traces his most half a century.
Washington, D. C. (descent from Thomas Halsey.
'Phomas Halsey settled at Lynn,
l'ie's., about 1637 and came from that
.. .- _... - 4044
lace to Sou thamptoi
P , N Y„ in 16
a LL
%!JV
py'��j f I:1•elawell in the old "Penniman 12 April, 1765. Another son, 'Phomas,
ofd Y.f11 ��1��+� was born 0 August, 1680, and died
I�eI II,f FAMILY Yinu sr.." Making trips back and forth 1701.
- heaped many of the people to es BV 1!110 there were twenty families
iz
NEr 'r n 11 ' tH Prom the British. of Sandi'ords in Southampton Town,
, y ITT HIERE � ,� �9 ,•, Ilia record as a public oil icer is too (Census of 1700).
cel) known to repeat hero. IC`covered I Caplain John £iandforcl was a Call-
11,11 DAVID M. GmSwata t period of 40 veto's. ,tain in Cal. Milford's regiment. He
7 2 `1 (C onoolog•ist) Ile was mart cd twice, fast to Char- also served under Col. Smith.
'v " Invd find :ccond to Maty leavens The armies of the Colonies and the
B,ujtm in 1,Hoi n ladiru was born PIv, second Wif2 hail one (kilit"Iltell Union have never lacked men of the
at La Rochelle Fumcc in the year Mary, by the second marriage. SaudL,rd fanu!v. The tolls of the
IUo7. H we ; the soil of Pierie and In appearance I was tall and well govolttticn w.IIOsixty-five of thc,
£vlartha (Peron) L'Ifonnneclieu. Com. built, lits head was long with a high ❑ante (nrrny were from New CnR-
irg to Anurica with his stepbrotheq forehead and the eyes set well apart, land) 36 in Win• of 1312. In the Civil
,iuhn 11011rc6!t.d, they landed at N,w•I it longish nose with a tending' towar1 War fully two companies served in the
port, R. I. 1110 first air February, 1000..the Jewish, above a raUhee fill] 111011th, Onion cause.
l.nklnt ua tt to New Yoe City they the french say, "Hmnme d'etat' As a rale, the ])lar of
ilio family
-foil their first sight of tout' Island. Meaning statem:ul, "Hotnuw d'e, have not given themselves in great
,meLhing about the faand made them prat" for a wit un man ill talent. final bers t0 the public service. The
.;c'sir, to nlnke it their future home, "Homme cies ati'aires•" for It businesa exception is Nathan Sandford, whol
The Bluff's Hong the North side of man, and for a man in l evil ofltcc It rose high to the seats of the mighty.
y.
Island ,c nuuL< out of those along Is "Homme de robe". IIc was a native of the South Side;
I he coast of 1 t Ince .t certain places. So we think the Mna
ea „ 'If LI19 being born it BrulgOhampton 5 No-
Btmimnin I.C1ame It merchant in name Il'llolmne(lieu must be, "A wo m vember, 1977. His line was Thomas
N+w Yolkfind when lie had beeo11e it little III,, (",d". ( ) Thomas 03) FYeklIII (I) hie
c t bh,he( uutde tips the la»I th Or filed at Flushing. 17 October, 18'18.
lu Island It nays lit tihcltet Islan+l � �D��FB� � ��� He was Allured three tiiiics (1) '
Gnat he Ino theha
tat m• Patience !Urea Vvn Horn, (') Mary P Isms;
vhc.ce d w hLer of Nathaniel >i l.. L� �� �� � ������ (1) Mal Buchanan of Baltmnou
1es0.t, th pn ,pu L+t o� `•lel a I - �' [It.; father hln nn„ died young, he Hill
I ..lid
They i er :.cunt married alio he �'N'� :cared by has math"r s people
+!Lilo All that plalc. Seven children I mother 1 is Phoebe Baker, a Alto`'
ane to this tivion 'v nlerfnl w0m.n m mury ways. Sh•
The h t. child v T, 11,1 cull, who !
n:.-lord (I ` i , Th, Sandfords arc one of tits flim ca marrow three amts e Di• Tln^-
.soil G n . a_ (iG Mm•- flies ivho cert dace their descant *rout I ophnI . IIOw 1l, (2) Ph she Sand-
ie Ilauuu Ira ft - Co illi nue
the 10th cluttu',V. 'ploy me also one of [ + d, alai shat his death she lee ter
ucd inti the Ht_L Cnn,cli a, 'Fila
11,111 aml C-oil,nt families. the few families doing this that dos the nvtf of c acccl David IIedg
not claim the founder ri the family Nathan lecen'ecl s rA edea true•;
Ezra, the child of Benjamin the see- as one who taunt to 1'sngland in the ! 1t the fanpt'll. l Clinton Acad<1 nv u
olid, was son of second wife Martha. train of William the Conqueror, It� East I-I uaaPWn, + atter life '101 +
Bourne, h, being born at Southold,' is their boost to have: been among I the good foaidatinil 1, in Which ,
Aug•. 3U, 1734. His have said those who stood against him, Th„ built. He enterctl Yale in I7!)'1 .in
he was the greatest statesman Long" name is purely English (Saxon) and faished-two years, road law and w?'
Island hod produced up to the time of was given to those people living; at a I I admitted to the Bar at IQew• York in �
his death. IC is safe to say that he Sandy Ford. There are seven pintos 19{Ig, It was at about this lira^ that
is one of the most noted the Island in E»giand name:l Sanford or Sand- he dropped the "I)," spelling his nine_
has ever reared. He received his early ford. Seventeen families of Santi-I Sanford "to save thne."
education in the school at Southold . fords hold the right to wear a coat 0f The n^_r.t ye'u• (1500) he was fill-
And under private tutor, he grsdn-. arms. 'Pointed Conran is3hill er of Baill.tuptcv.!
atea at Yule, 1754. Whether the founder of the family !I1, 18o, was appourieil I1. S Actor-
ler, was very active before.the Rev- of Laing Island Sandford wall a SIX-1 for 'Southern Nov York; clack h..ld
ilnCian in the interest of the C01mr on, Dom,, Celt, Normal or Roman wen alis ofG1 12 year.
its. As one of the Committee of Sui'- know not, or will it ever be lnloivn• IIe w^_lit to the Aelie was
t 181.1
!roll( county he secured a vessel to We do know that the three SaudfOrd end 6011,11, 111111 cr. 11e wail th, last
.end supplies to the pour of Boston. brothers who first came Co America slieakcr to Preside in n high bat• ik'
ilo signed the Association in 1776. were true to the type of Englislmmen nils a Stott Senator 1£;1.2 fm' hc:
"he Provinical Congress .of N. Y of that day. years, 111 1fl16hcnyent Co the U. S.
State sent 200 rounds of powder to These three brothers were Thoas, Senate for six ,years. In 1825 lie be-
him and John Poster in the ear 1776. Robert and Andren4, sells of mEaekic!; gem his s,c.o (1
tnelae in the U. S. Son-
His promise is on record in 1776 of Stansl:ead, Monathtchet, raglan"' Alto.. He served'as a member of the
to protect the stock on Montauk, giv- They were here between 1032 and. Coistitutioltal convention. in 1821 and
"D by hint and Thoreau Dering. 1.635. 1 was made Chancellor of the State of
In August, 1776 he wrote to Gen. , Robert's soil, 137'ekiel, born 1111 New York in 1828 to succeed Janie=
March, 1(147, was the first of the) [Gent.
ural Washington that Southold (IIor I mono to reach Long Island. Ile died• The Sag Hibor Express of May`Ll,
Eon's Point) had three 6 ^ounders and at Southnnlpton 1716. Ezekiel wail1008, carries a1 article by William
:lie 3-pounder mounted; he also stat- I...On-m its a nmkQv of cart wheels; L. Pe!letrcan (Francis Pellctrcat the
til they were in need of ammunition. 1 there was ion^ better it life art. Ii't French merchant founded the fao-
"Phese guns were ]','let' rennoved to I was so good at the .trod, that the ijy at Southampton in 1717). Mr.I
Saybrook' Town of Southampton granted Hier 16 Pelletreau was misinformed by a 'act),-
Under date 0f February 27, 1777, . acres on the north side of Bridge lade betofClic family as lacer research has
Ito was given permission to transport at Mewcos, jest to stay ail work in shown. He wrote: "Hugh Sandford..
a cargo of rum from Connecticut to the ton. That was in 1678. He was of England, (tied in the year 15130 still
Long Island. a bridge builder and built the fiist his son Robert died 1508. Robert had
Iic had been forced to Flee from the one across Sag Poral, helico the Wane three children, Arthur, Francis, anfi
island in September, 1776, going to Bvidgehanpton. Thomas. Thomas- was a Captain 01
Middletown, Conn, IIe resided at Hemarried Hannah Mitchell.. .A Ordinance, killed at the storming of
.. -.. _._
con, Ezekiel; was born 1680 and died.
Richard ('Buell) £rad th was the Ban
N antwiek, 22 JanuarY, 1643. His os- �t�®pr{t®g y2 ,re of the first Richard: lie was a so�l
tate Wag eized by Parliament h? SMITH 59 C'A IEYES, diet being a Major of the MBitin. He
children Fled to Amerfc't" VIS®11�® 9, en`rp� N was foten in the field aggainst the
fly was ptob•ibly cousins of the Lthe 0�-EnUtlERIC 'ir I Indiana, at the age b ra hi was called.
Island Sundioi•ds, Mutt tett ola ,--� Y e e .out agai:nst 'Nhe n. benne ;n the year
Saudfords have lived to a g"_ - 1690 Asa result of this service his
Tale, "'Illy being over loo years •tt l� i/-�C/ Ihealth 'was broken and he died in
tli, tial, of death. I ,By DAVSD W. GRISWOLD 1692• He was given the mama of
( To-day' in the town of Southold live 'Btill" .eat view of the fact tinat he
tare generations of Sandfo'cs, Elson,t. (Genealogist, Washington, D.C.) had tamed a bull to the extent of 'ta!
Ch ales, his son, borea, ranso , The C'alon7st pariUhs of Eastern being node with Uhe saddle, that wi,
Charles, and gr"at grandchildren- Long Island were k m d w a as the as nnmeh of i feat in that Bary as i
C apt Charles in his younger Cloys was gg ,Weight", would ibe today. IC is said that he
n 1" o. the many noted sl ippers who.. ".Boll' "Blue" "Rock", g was truly a reartakaf h figure, :i
h ni e „ailed from the East End. and "Tangier" smiths. quall
The Sandfo•ds stand to day, as they 'Phe Blue 'Srnnths settled in Queens lyoaveuful ng a long roll a snow write
,l o<l October 14 7066, at Rastmt,,rl^,owntt and were so-colied frim the brill weaning a long scarlet coat. The
a blue cost. told that die bargained with the In-
lighting and dying Sar' Chr. land they fact hl'ah thea uuncestar always ware Indians were much impressed. It is
call homy Weight 'Smiths took the name for deans for their wands for its much-Bs
DAVID M. GRI OI,.
faimily `Vbo :had a 'pair of RvekSm. ala �
'1013 Ncty Ilumpshir" avenue, N. W. the reason that they were the only heyyco:uld ride the bub( an•o'ronc vat a
WIshU7gton, D. C. John Smith founded the Ro k Smith n of of lois descendants have UDr.
Sayre FaYtll�y family, he built his homestead at Mer- men of note. One of these avis Dr.
Thomas Sayre, the'fist of the Ian-" '•ick. N. Y., do 1698 (it ,was standing built
thi Sleuth of Southampton, ized
of Sayre to settle m' eastern La"m a few years ago). He was made a bvnlh his house in 1759 It was n.=:ed
Freeman at .stainford, Ct., in 1640.1 duaing the Revolutionary Wilt its the
Island, was. one of. the original pro having cane to that .place frim Bee htatlygrtois of. Sir William Ersknre.
prietors of .Southampton. Sone ton. The i econvls show him at Haiti. I Laker the house hecame known as the
records give .him as being there as stead, L. I•, in 1644. Iia sMted that the hands
house, having grassed into
early as May or June, 1640. he hard always been known as "Rock."I the hands of William' S. Pell"tear (the
;His birthplace was Bedfordshire, Wean picture that upstanding none Ivstorian)
England, about 1600 He was one. of who was the "Rack"; vrhat must harvr
Col. Joshua Smith was to direct Smv
a ,hand of dissenters who left England been his character,when he was caller. franc "Bull" Smith, It can be o.L1
1635, coming to New England the the. "Rack" among those pious daunt- with truth that he was the outstrnd
same year. It is said he was - man I less men. His descendants settled at ling soldier of the Revolution ft row
of strong religious Uelicf. II e m ns�tea d, Brookhaven, and the; Eastern Long Island. On Feb. '20.
The name Sayre should not be con Rocloa,ways. Anyone•interested in thi'.". 1776, he was B4tpointed Colonel to
fused with any of like speilinp; OT family would do well to view the noise n regiment of Minute :men; khi.=
,sound. The names Sayer Incl. Sears monument erected in the Lues Viev� he did On
the
i2oth nfaJom,mi.ithn
are often thought to be the same but comotery at Patchogue, by rm raise another regiment, 1112' ser
this is not true; Sayer Bud Sears NewoY Smith.
cone from the word "Soothsayer" and. The Tangtie• Smiths descend from 'vice 'with this regiment wit• the Battle
the founders of these families prob- Col. William, Smith, who had been •r Lang Island and after is a matter
ably gained fame and a name as Governor of the EniglishWally of f history. He was a marked man for
soothsayers. 'Mangier Africa, lie hook up lands �:le British and Tories and he was
Sayre is an occupation "'me, 111 in Broo�killiven Town tut.what is new '� orded by them until iris capture,
early days the ancestors of the present kn:ownri as S}non,g's Nock, his 'title be� when die was p1sced in Elio Provost
Sayies were assayers to the King• in covered .by Patent of St. Geo"We Frison.
Molding• a Position of this nature was .Mgara,, :issued by Giov. 'Fletcher an The 5m the men'no'I here were
a very high honor as they Passed on 1693 Got. Wilhamt was boat at New- not Eby any ancone the only Snu the to
all (precious metal taken by the King ton Nerbhamtptonshire, England, Feb. be among the first s"tre"ss. There
They ,were very early given the 2 1655. Married Martha '1`nm�stall ill were others, ,beet these were the 7^_cid
right to a coat of arms being', "An'u's, 1675, they shad seven sans and e�ix ing families. _ V gg pgl�
Gales, ",fayre" ermine Uet\vee" three. justice ms, Col, William York to,' �E ft ft� �E�MIir 9 91\
ea gulls; Crest, a cubic arm reef justice of Province of New York for
proper holding a dragons hear) erased
eleven Years Judge of the Admiralty
nr Tile - Court of the Province, aril Pt abate AMERICA SIN�F, 163 ��
The bnyto Pastils dal not halon tu. JvT of Suffolk County.
tine Galdsnm tli s Comp any, e lac-, Thee bee 'house rut Mort hes see nIt
toric guild of Goldsmiths. The Saris have been created about 1790. It
without doubt, had the family Liu a stands today about 100 Seek from its
before 1400, for it was n' the tia^e oS original site enlarged and Imuroved V By David M. Griswold
Henry V, about 1420, when the Stat- by the eight generations 'of Samiths I (Genealogist)
Utes of Additions was passed. This who lived therein. 'pollay yeti will find Terrys ill every
statute provided that a man might The Bull Smith family were and arm ,State of the Union and there Lire not
Iocllly- take as his family mune the bite meat nrolific of the Smiths. The »laity citios or towns of ems sir." in
title of his estate, his business, or the Stock is virile, they have rousted their whieli you will not find a family of
town at- place of his residence tc• wuv'to the front in local, State and the name,
Faauly names were common before natioml affairs. Almost without exception they are.
the Statutes of Additions cum into Rldhard 'Smi:th was bo;m in GI
ou
effect its tine people of
,light'ill told eestor, rilejand, He was a man of Lhc descendants uF. the two Ui ohhee
used Enmity names quite to some e`, means 'and culture, both Possessiialis who first calue to America. The
Cent ars early as 110(1. he :ffieou(;ht he the New World, He 'Perrys of the first five generations
,stood high in the, counei�ls of the,.had large families.
Gaaarnailent, He used his araney and Richard Terry came Lb America in
standin lar the good sof his fellow!� rho ship "James" landing at Ply-
men, We died in the year 1679, 'northasip The ,James" sailed on
Islandrand on tLonc(Island. Rhode .this trip for the Port of.I,otclon._.. ,
yyATI 9ey'9p�W p�++ F 'given, as it would take years to write
Itich.iid slid not make Massac8m- 1 011Nfl1Lll oA �L��S a history of the fat ly. Tho de-
scUs, his 'hone, but moved with that U 11 scendan Is of William Welds are scat-
little band of men on to New Haven; ggg��.n®®®�p��gA1agI g�� 7A 1 ®p9g tared to the fear corners of the
the men who settled New Haven came FAMILY WAS �NGI ISIX United iStahes, and minty know not the
through rather than out of Massa- A 119 Il , mighty glory .of the family.
ch John So many of the family have won
John Davenport, who with his toil- -- the right to bear alma that it is it
grcgation founded New IIaven, was 'William Wells of the Famous hard matter to give the arms of the
as strictly Puritan its those .left be- ' r ' family as it whole,
hind in Massachusetts, but at this Gong Island Family, Lived To-day the Wells family is strong
late day 'we like to believe that they _ Y g
were it male liberal type of men. At in Southold. �— in its strong men, even as it has been
least: they found the strife-charged through the centuries; and as it shall
air of. Massachusetts obnoxious. --- be down the years to come.
The Terry brothers were of this William Wells, the founder of the
band, Richard and Thomas. Welds family of eastern Long Island,
Richard went to Southold in 1640 war born in the city of Norwich, Eng-
Its one of the thirteen original settlers land. He was the son of the Rov. Preliminary preparations are beine,
kilt that place. Thomas is found in. William Wells, rector of the Church made for the opening of Suffolk
.Queens County in 1661 brit the next of St. Peter Mancroft and Preben- County Council's Boy Scout camp .Rt
,year removed to Southold. Richard dary of Norwich Cathedral. Sailing Baiting Hollow, which was opener)
was born in 1618, died 1675 at South- from the City of London on the ship for the first time last summer. This
old, and is buried in the old First "True Love," in June, 1635, he landed year it is planted to ]Cecil the camp
.church yard. Thomas born in 1607, and made his first home at Lynn, open for two months, July and Aug
(lying 1672. Mass., where he is on record in 1638. list, and the periods will be of tw•-.
The first two generations married His next step brings forth the quer- weeks' duration. Camp will open
into the Havens, Tuthill, Griffin, Wig- tion whether William. Wells was a July 2 and close August 27. The fol-
gins, Welds, Paine, Corey, Moore and Puritan or a Church of England man. lowing is the prelfminary line-up:
Vail families, By joining the bapd of settlers under First period, July 2 to July 16.
Colonel Thomas Terry, of Revoiu- the Rev. John 'Young, it would seem Second period, July 18 to July ;10.
tionary fame,'has at times 'been taken he had broken away from the teaoh- Third period, August I to August
for the Thomas Terry who cane from ings of his father. U. "
England. He was not the first of the His home dot in Southold was in Fourth period, August 15 to Aug
line in America but -was'of the Third the very heart of the village, being list 27. '
generation. where the Southold Hotel stands, the With the exception of the 'first
'Colonel Thomas was it very popu- property was helddor generations in period all periods will begin on Mon-
lar man, for it was int who raised the the Wells family, but has 'passed, at day and end a week from the follow-
Third Regiment of Minute Men of the present time, from.their hands, ing Saturday. Camp is closed every
Suffolk County. It was no easy mat- The Welle'family is indeed Justified - other Sunday. Campers Rhould plan
tin• to raise a regiment. in being proud of its line of descent; to arrive in time for dinner Monday
After Ulu Battle of Long Island for it was one Harold de'Vauz a Nor- ,can still leave during the morning
great numbers of Ills people came anal Baron, coming to England about or immediately after dinner the Sat.
forward and took the oath of alleg- 1100, who .founded the family which . nrdnv the came closes
iamm to the Crown. The English re- William Wells established in America. The clamp is open to all registere0
vruiled it corps. at' several hundred A grandson of -Harold, by name .Boy Scouts of Suffolk county and in
I..oyalixts Cu ac•.rve in British Army. Adam, who held the Manor of Wells, good standing. Exception to the. rule
Qaeaos Co. was especially noted for took the name of De Welles. will be allowed only1a unusual cases.
its loyalty, it refused to send in dcle- ,There were eight holders of the Cost for any two-week period $16.
gide to the Continental Congress or Barony, which fell in abeyance in Physical examination to be. taken
1-rovincial Convention. A third of its 1483. The family of Viscount Wells, within one week of coming to cainp.
population emigrated to Nova Scotia who was uncle of the sixth Baron Must be signed by family physician
lit the end of the war. (also of King Henry VSI),is also now and brought to camp. Cards will In
I have yet to land one man of Col- extinct. The family was closely con- issued by scouttnaslcrs.
ouel 'ferry's regiment who went overVisitors Rile Permitted on Sundays.
center with royalty all through the
to the English. Many of them went centuries. Owing to the dumber of boys there is
into the Continental line. 'Such names , mo accommodation in connp. The canny
,,he name Wells is an old no
its Pltineas Mapes are easily disting•- ' is closed on Sunday between periods.
word and meant well, or spring of
unshed. water. The Danes had a word Wel, As all Cally I11Cflla are carefully plat-;
General Washington writes to red it is requested that no food of.
which meant the same. The Plural
Van-
'Prunilndl, 'The people of Long Is- IFreuch word Val, and its Floral Vals any kind he brought or sent to Che
land have gone over to the enemy 'nr Veils, from the Latin Vallis, Val, campers. Fruit is acceptable, but a
in great numbers, sane through coal- 'Vats Vans, iValibus as names are chocolate cake is 'ofte f a handicap.
pulsion, but more from inclination." `found from the time of the Conquest Scouts are on their honor to spend
He wrote more on the same subject. on to the middle of the -fifteenth cen- less than ten cents n day for candy at
-- - Itory, often with the prefix De. The canip. -
name was most common in the comm_ We .lookforward to a delightful
ties of Lincoln, Norfolk, Essex and escaping season this year and boys
Rent. The records show the name are already reserving accommodations
given as Wallys-in 1200, Welles and there. Sayville Troop, of which Rev,
DeWelles in 1.283, Wydlys in 1465 and J. II. Bond is scoutmaster, has al-
Wcllys in 1475. ready reserved the first period for the
The family of Wells, which settled entire troop. This Is a splendid thing
at Windsor, Conn., still spell the name for the whole troop to plan o be at
Welles, camp at the same time and it is holed
that many.of the; troops can so ar,-
Jn an article of this kind, only a range their' reeervatdans:--
brief outline of the,.family:can be __ _.
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ed Struc '�About midnight, however;awever, aha flames
Records — Damaged broke out and
bite, firemen who bad
ture and Furnishings Car remained on duty, "eau ed fhat tit :a
bad a real fire to battle with and they,
b ried $57,000 Insurance— Sought with the e0iciency that hnsl
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rf^ -avll and his men irked tlnnr
Work—OnlyWalls and lives in cndea'oring to save there wmill-
ing ead contents. When the fias
Cornice of Ill-Fated Edifice raging fie, ely Chief Corwin arts-'I
for the assistance of tlae fire, depart-1
Remain. �j`r •� 7 p mems of Mattdtuck, E.u og u e and
--- v Z j We t1tatnpton Beach, and they quickly
�Snffollc Coututy's historic ICourt , 1 lied Those departments sent
lIouse at Riverhead (erected in 18515) then po ve fol ),to re engines
- tla Y .;Good teaclp to render, any helpI-ro�o(
was destroyed by dire early Sunday " f'e jj a1i of the furnishing' in o �
morning, causing a loss estHall'iCut rel.iff Ifow living quarters were V c
between $160,000 and $200,000. Mon the 1. C hth ng :and personal ,de t xa vp°'o m
r day morning, while lithe fire was stillt l nginp to :the Sheriff's f a In111 o r
—� bearing under the cornice of the build .how aver wele ,lestroved. 'irs Howe w a �' F.
ing, the Board of Svpervisela, At a mal her rhlldreu hail gone to their 0 u ; 0-x
special meeting held do the offcel of former home in Amityville to sluoldl"IH r Hw y v�F
County 'Treasurer Shepherd W. Strad I stem o o,
der, took steps te o replace the burned Therwas a troulemdous shower of oro a m sa^-`
buildingbyengaging L V. Liddell parks when the big cupola of the v o; w tw n
architect, of M'attituck, to have a sur- ouildutp the roof and the second floor w u .,,
vey anile of the �grovnds and to re rill, The judge's bench fell on the;l. w ,'J
Pott, with recomtnendations, to the steel. glass pop table In the room cd w�. ,�,
o-1 Board of Svpervt ors on the first o
'IUoarcl next Monday, ;floor, The beautiful oil painting ofw s0-' ca a °
The fire was the most -stubborn to the .late Sutnenlc Court Justice Wil-It d)
' fight and one of the most disastrous 'mer tjq, Smith which hung on the wallpo¢
financially in 'Suffolk County in Many in file ear of the judges bench, and
years. It is believed to have been ;,aid, was presented by the Sutfoll�- —
caused by detective electric wining C ilty Bar shot tly after Judge Y > c y^v
It was discovered about 10:30 o'clock rluith'i death about 22 year ago E �a o u" `v
Saturday night by Henry Jacobs, one ayr, drstroye 1. The minutes of the °1v "
of the guards gat the county jail. An April Ap .t um of tha County Court were ay r o ba.
operator .,ill the telephone centa a I t..6en fru,n Coua't Cler lc Ge airy 5. aU N
f
nle Stere �keut ringing the bell in Wtllia m, desk in the courtroom int n r
j the Sheriff's office and the Sheriff was c turiav Deputy County Cleric P,I-I
RMEM •unable to answer the call. Assuming w rd II AlU rtson had use fo the u " m
that something was wrong with his niinu .- so ilia sent a clerk up to the o P o �V,
phone, Sheriff lIowe requested Mr cnurrroom for 'them If they had been n-° V c,i
Jacobs to go do the corridor of the burned it would have been d'ifhcnit to o x e v 157 ac",
Court ;House, •where there .are several r curiae all of the nnuaortant mfor-
public telephones, and endeavor to ration thry ce,tsmed The court! al- -'
comnnunicatc with the operator. As rn'ar of Phe renmatnmg casell to U:
Mr, Jacobs opened the door to tilt trrd was burnrd how vcr, but kite 2 r u v
stain entrance to tibe Court house the rccessar n'formation was nr�flied v a V
` was almost svtfocated by sinolxo wUteh y Clerk W alalias ad District At- ° r«'3❑
filled the building. Idad not bite tele, .to ney Ceol�e W. H!ildveth when the
' p'bone operator been so insistent nit Connty Court tecouvened Monday af-
her attempts to get the 9hei•iff's of-
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five the fire mcght'haw gained nnuch Alone of the misones in the Count' '
greater Treadway 'before it was cats r,il broil alarmed nd they gave_
covered'. Sheriff Hove slid the ikecner nc o
Mr. Jacobs aatr. back to the,5hcrt(f s tron'blc, The prisoners, about 40 m
olfico as ,soon as he discovered the eluding a number of women W e r e
iburlding• was on fire. There was 'not 1 nod rpt and reads to be taken fromPo
stuffiment steam 'in the boilers of the the jail rn The event it .became n0e.
jail to Iblow the fire siren, so the sary to tenovo thein. The women
Sherilf telephoned to the !home ofOnthe upper tiers of their se Econ +°
' Mile Chiof Nathan T Corwin. The 'tare brought down to the lower tri.t r
latter, believing the fire could be ex Th jail 'which is a fienamsok tele
tinguisibed without ranch dificulty fur., i attached to the Court Hou -. v
and not deshl ng to a mccessurily d s l he jail windows were ]osed before
Curb the residents of the village sent m t -h snack e got inside ;Ir°
in what is known as a 'still alarm I p,aly the four bark walls and u•ts ,ro N
and the six companies of the fife do e,2 ithe, cornice now remain of the l5
parbment rosponded with their usual .Court .house T'he Currier has hien w
promptness The building was dense considered a fire trap for a numbs euv
with smoke but it was difficult to get of years F
to the flre, which was between tfhe ,Monday noon, about thirty hours c
walls, ceilings .and .'floors. After after •Gil fire -was supposed to be
working tfor some time it appeared itirely extmguislied, a blaze broke
that the blaze had been extinguished to the cornice..at..the front.:of .tae
heads used 'by the patriots in the
How Indian Names Were Given to Revolutionary War were tanned.
- Manorville received its inime from
Places ore Lon Island Years � ,5o M
bring included in the patent of the
.Manor"of St. George in 1691.
"Hardscrabble".sfas the catly name
(Special to Tic COUNTY REVIGw) PeeomIn,the earl days, John of Farmingdale.
By Mrs. L. M. Journeay Ogden is said to have.bu,lt the only Middleville, ibetwcen Northport and
house: in the wilderness between-Commack;was fmnneriv distinguished
The following words taken down by
John Lyon Gardiner from the lips of Riverhead and Southampton." An an- by the singular name of "Bread' and
cient landmark was former Canoe Cheese Hollow."
the Montauk chief many .years.ago Place Inn, an old hostelry established Water Mill received its name from
are preserved as- the only..existing in 1735 by Jeremiah Culver, and fre- oldest mill on Long Island, erected in
,relies of a language now extinct.. quested!by British soldiers in days of 1644, at the head of Mill Creel:.
Massakeat-nnmd—Good:Spirit. I the Revolutionary War; while nearby, "Oecabauck" was early spelling of
Machees-cund—Evil Spirit, are tho ruins of the old fort. Aquebogue. A remarkable archaeo-
Saunchenr—King, Brookville, near Oyster Bay, was I logical discovery was made here in
�Salunskq-- Queen. i called "Wolves Hollow," from the 1870 and ,judging from geological
Wonmrx—White Man. - gray prowler of the forest, whose changes, remains may havq been de-
Wommxk—White Woman, stealthy tread was not infrequent, in posited thousands of ,years before and
Snehun—Indian. the dark thickets of the Nmrthi Side indicate a more powerful race than i
Wewanclnun—Indian corn, ravines. Indians. There were also fragments
Mausqueseets—Beans. Amityville was "West Neck," of a temple made of clay. Tho In-
Ausgoote—Pumpkins. Babylon—"Red Hook." citrus may have wiped out a still ear-
Quanbaug—Land clam, Bellport—Acconrbourack, tier race, who once owned the soil,
Tobaugsk—Tobacco. Bridgehamptou was first called The entire district emlrra,:ed in
Cheaganan—A hatchet. "Feversham" Good Ground and Pon Quogue vras a
Niep—Water. Malverne was once known as part of "Lower division of Quogue
Keaglr—Land, "Skunk's Misery." purchase, laid out in 1738, Pon
Mashuee—A ounce, Centerport--Little Cow Harbor. Quogue is a corruption of original
Wedaums—Roast corn. 'Goran—Caroway, from an.Indian nameof "Pauganquaquanantuck!
�Yunksquash—Young woman. chief. At the lower end of the neck, a high-
Their numerals were; Cutchogne—Cor•chaug tribe of In- way was laid out east and west, and
(1)—Mecqut, dians, another highway north and south
(2)—Neeze. Last Hampton—Maidstone. from Country road. A. little to the
(3)—Nisk. Flushing—Newark. west of the middle highway was a
(4)—Yuaw. Greenport—"Sterlin.g Harbor." tract of land somewhat better than
(5)—Nepaw, Long Island :City—hunter's Point. its surroundings and so called "Good
(6)—Courna. :Manhasset—"Cow Neck." Ground," from which the village de-I
(7)—Nasus, Massapectint—South Oyster Bay, rived its moue, but later changed to
(8)--4Swans. Montauk Point was divided auto Hampton Bays.
('J)—Passecucond, 'Illzither Woods," "North Neck" and.
(10)--JPyuuck. "Indian Field."
The entire system of common pas- Moriches—Meroges.
Curage upon the necks was the reason Northport--Great Cow Harbor.
for "Cow Neck" and "Hog Island." Oyster 03ay—Polestone.
In the early days, Southaven was Patchogue was Porchog'—a short-
called "Fire lace,"—a favorite cam ening•of Panochanog,—a'place where
ing ground,and the creek to the east they gamble and dance."
was called Connecticut River, Riverhead was Acquobogue,—head
Jamaica was early spokenof as "I'e of river.
Beaver Pond," In the Mohican Setauket was Ashford.
tongue "Amique" meant beaver. Southanipton was Agawam, place
Glen Cove was known as "Mos- abounding in fish.
quito Cove," not from mosquitoes, but iSouthold was first called "Horton's
in Hulian dialects, "Moscheto" meant Point:"
grassy plan, subject to overflow. Suffolk County ryas "Brush PlaPus,"
The beautiful Success Pond (near Syosset,was "East Woods,"
Oyster Bay) with its tulip trees and Westbury—"Wjallage."
liquid amber mirrored in the clear Wainscott was "Wayunrscutt" and
water was changed to.Lakeville. Wading River was 'SPanquacumsuck.
Sonasset became "Drown Meadow" Bay Shore, early called "Penata
and lastly Port Jefferson, quit,". frmn. tribe of Indians.
'Sagabonack, was the "place of the 'Shelter stand, bought in 1651 for
Ground' Nut," Indian name for 1600 .pounds of Muscovado sugar by
starchy tubers held in the siurple Sylvesters, was a shelter and refuge
economy of the natives. for persecuted Quakers from New
ICetchaponack (Westhampt(or) was England. _
the "Place of the larger roots," Brentwood was first called "Modern
(which anay hive been the yellow Tirnes,"
water lily,) Eastport was once called Seatuck
iSabonac (Mastic) was a large and Waterville, -
ground nut place—sometimes called Orient was Poquatuck and Oyster
Indian, potatoes. Ponds. There was a fort on the point
Mount Sinai—"Old Morn's,"from the in Revolutionary days.
fact that an old .man kept a small The Indian name for Cold Spring.
inn• Harbor was Naehaquatuck," and the
Canoe Place—Where Indians walked name of the hanbor, "Wauwepex:' At
with canoes from Shinnecock Bay, to.. the old tannery.most of the drum-
i! z
Ing) was erected. The construction
g ��q Give
by the masons was completed in
I
Wind-Mills on Long Island Give January, 1679. It took ten weeks for
workmen from abroad to erect the
1 I efres ing Touch of Past big brick mill. The building, of rais-
ing
9R _T iousng times, has since cessation t, been
mg great quantities of wheat, been
it a used m a tool factory, a watch and
By Mas. L. M. JOnr.nenv povd;r. Upon.the apex of the quad-
Old wind-mills are prominent fee- rang°lar roof he set up a horizontal chic
Old
dial factory, n cement block
Lures of Long Island 1r7,romin e, Some wind-mill whose great square sails plant, a stern laundry, and is now
caught the fall force of the wind, and occupied by the Sag Harbor Grain
of these through the Hamptons areset all the in
machinery in mo Company. For a short time the E.
at least two centuries old. The old- tion. The farmers for "'Iles around Fit. Bliss 'Company, of Brooklyn,
est mill on Long Island was erected brought their fiax to this mill and owned the property, buying from the
at Water Mill in 1644. On the North received in exchange some of the most Lung Island Railroad Company. They
Share at Port Washington is tile beautiful linen fabrics ever produced occupied
r storage
are the annex and
ens at rear. The
largest tidewater mill ever built on in this country. boiler
Long Island. It was erected by Adana, Near Water Mill there is an his. Texas Oil Company also'had, and still
Mott in 1730, near his hone. Wheal toric old wind-Mill erected in 1607. by has, leased grounds on the Maidstone
the troops of Lord Howe had driven'(;cin, Abraham P.o:;e. For almost 123 Mill property. The Bliss Company
the. American army across the Har-iyears this mill ground grist for,the =old the mill end waterfront 2 Sag
]um River, this old mill was, seined,I steel: and flour £ronin native grown Harbor village in 1923 for X20,000,
along with its owner, and thereafter, wheat for the bread used in the fail'- and in this way Sar; Harbor obtained
until the War of Independence was I ilies in that locality, paying the miller a deep water landing, breaking up a
over, the unwilling miller, who was a I a tall out of each bag. 111011o1,01y of landings controlled by
Quaker, was forced to grind rations An old Dutch wind-111111, which corporate interests. To pay for the
for the invading army. Another �foralerly stood in Southold, was pur- mill property and landing, bonds wereIk
large mill was built near this one, inchased in 1.8�io by JosOph Congdon issued. The village has reconstructed
1786, and to these two "'Ills the vil- for 4200 and moved in sections to the. bulkhead and uses a part of the I1
Inge of Port Washington owes its Shelter Ishuud, where It was set. up ygruunds fon• storage of nosh oil, blue-!
early importance. on the State road between the two stone, gravel, etc. Tanks have been
The Old Red Mill, still standing by iferries, and became a well-known land constructed to hold the oil. Spur
the highway, between Center and hark to tourists from all parts of, the tracks astend to front nail rear of
East Moriches, wns built by the Ij nn,oi.Id, Since 1880 the mill stood the mill building. A small brick an-
Smit.hs in 1787. l idle, but during the World War was nes building also stands un the Maid-
The. old grist mild at Roslyn was put in repair and through the sum- stone property.
built 140 or mm•o years ago and vis- Imers of 1917-101.8, resumed business It has been more than thirty-five
ited by Washington of his trip over for the benefit of those needing its Years since Hampton farmers, then
Long Island. The famous Old Mill services. It has recently been moved large raisers of wheat, brought grist
tit Mattitnck has been a picturesque Lo 011e of the highest points on Syl- to the mill. The last miller, as I re-
and historic land"'.rk for move than vestcr Manor, member him, was Edward Cooper
a century. - I These mills are among the few and Wilson R. Cooper was connected
AlthOlgh dostreved by time, a gristi things that remain to link historic with the management of the mill.
mill was erected in Riverhead in 1090. Long Island with the present. Soon after the flour mill closed H. P.
Amitvvltle was first settled about I- -- e Hedges, H. T. Hedges and J. R. Power
1780 whoa n saiw snit grist mill was >TN7 , b-ess Men Rev controlled the stock. H. T. Hedges
erected upon a stream in the easterhl� -- - - -- - had coal pockets at east side of a
part of the village. Ia�gn�� pier ]mown as the Maidstone pier,
On the beautiful shores of Manndy . Harbor built in 1888 on the mill slip for,
not bay, formerly knovn as Littls .3 Montauk Steamboat Company. IIls
Cow Neck," stands tine well known! )?'$�,��_��rR -bra was at the first floor of the mill '
Plasdoae Mill built by William $ _ building, with entrance from Bay
Nichols in 173fi. Part of it was ca•- ^^• - street, When I ,was a boy the ruin
vied away by the great wind unit 1 �� �bter �tUMp of the old Mill Dock was on mill
flood of August 1.0, 1820. It was-re _ _ _ _. . property at foot of Division street,
built- :unit has since been added to. � 1 '1 Z.."� near the spot where Post & Sherry
At Babylon, m1 the South Shore, is A note of August, 1880, reads; built whale ships, I have caught,
the old Monfort Mill, rich in historic "Work continues on the otter Young bluefish from Old Mill Dock,I
interest and legends o£ olden days, It pottery, dust as the Sag,Harbor youngster is
sats built in 1080 and is one of the on Water street, The engine house. to-day catching "snappers" at the
_ ,.... is finished, and the slip kiln chimney spot. One of the near tragedies of
Oldest mills on Long Island. At is now going up. On Monday the early childhood was the falling ever.
Smithtown is another old-time mill ]tilt1 contractors are expected here. board from Mill Dock of a companion
built. in 1725. Another at Cold Spring
The engine has been bought and a who was-rescued more dead than
dates back to long before the.Revolu- load of fire brick from Newcastle, alive by Engineer Thomasson of the.
tion. England, will soonbe here." --
TwenLY-five years ago one of theWhile the Business Aid Committee mill. A decade ago the pier built for
most interesting of the old landmarks induced the watch case factory and the steamboat company fell into the
was removed to make way for modern the pottery to locate in Sag Harbor, water. It had been undermined by
improvements. This was the old other. interests developed the flour attack of teredo, a marine parasite.
cloth mill, built by the genial old mill on Bay, (East Water street) and The wreckage was removed] by the
Quaker, James- Mott, at Wheatley Division street termination, The railroad company,
Hills, probablythe Only One Over Maidstone Flour Mills had been de-
y Besides the watch case factory hof
e
erected on Long Island. Built long.�stroyed, as before stated, .February Joseph Fnhys & Co., Inc, and the
before the introduction ofstearal; leis' 18-19, 1877. This fire occasioned re Alvin Silverware Company, another
was the first attempt to BUS eam" the I Placement of the mill. A 'handsome, expanding industry of Sag Harbor, is
spinning wheel by the use of motive four-story brick building (still stand- the Engravers and Printers Machin-
ery Company, with n"large, modern the r,e-th-ern brallInh cf 4he Island. If
Plant at Jcrmain avenue. This con- eiP-stile-d rn `i i,;av for S ,. Harbar
cern has, in 1034, built on a large iug• factories, clock works, chem ealwaerc be r .n •:haft r i:Mni�g''t ar-
addition to meet growth of its in- works, sugar refineries, cloak wo.ks,lardcd ^t tn. root rf the bsveh two
dustry. It was founded by William oil Cloth plants; cigar factories, ala r l -.bin n. v']r
S. Eaton, an inventor of the engrav- minum were nnanufactories, shone C'nwerdr:g lr: Vaal'., in the bushes
I
ing machine, and associated with him that made crowns, bows null pemand Icavinr, a few mon for r;rard. r
dents for watch cases, slid other eh-prt'eCnded rewards the harbor. At a
m management is his son, E. ,' terprises, leather and morocco mai u h -..c, 1 to c'crun!ecl by SPI .Cd.
Entou, who is a trustee of Sng Har- factories, tanneries, etc. They rilnvar Js. pull v lir,h was furan hosp''
bur village' served their part for a short tuue bu 1 m:•-I two nen wring for #ht
j All three enterprises have been failed to bring the optimistic prn sill v 11cm I used guides aura
very successful •tad are the maiu I duction and prosperity honed lm e c.'1 t t to L �;1 hue to quarters
support of tans community. Lille the big cotton mills they areot c m all Inn air vsmm he ar-
Tucked away in the strong• Uoses mere memories, And still the village A-t h1isR me 1.0,oIl 11alarm wasin given
of local stocichold2is are Stalls of thrives, increases in populates slid a vie .1 ct fir 7 fro. r :a .armed
worthless securities, &ubscripWtns to steadily growing, :t bigger and tastier yr - 1 ,' h nigh r aC r rented, as tin-I
manufacturing enterprises of the community, reaching out for busine
cast which have failed to pay. Sag opportunities, a manufacturing mill mal- to .letern.na til, canna of the',
Harbor has had hat factories, atoek- succeeding a maritin7e nrentorv. _�'u'1n.
/r n to Y w s 4,1111ro sly c'ar-
- - - - - 9 r 1 mita fi ic' b t r n and land
British Raids upset Long Island's
qs y e�, ces p ne d, r;rt visit af'i
v??'�'r5ll7t in Revolution and Way of d 8.4 dr t r bin r p -�,1 to Il :. bre of ani
i sed nu r or twelvc guns snd
"] __• _ _. tv :nUy m IIs• n ar 1: ;. are„n, is
C071JN Y RMEW '1h lir:::a 'tri! .. CGe gr.,vesboaes m cou pan: ] t(i cted 1 r ct of has
"'--' H_rn ,teal buena ground, to mm+] r ,p-�9it:,n. In a hr t trine twelve
(lay Ali.,. L. M. Jom•neay) 1
.crude tram for Il Kron their bread niJ a,-I loo(• r c which car-
Du u„ ane Itevolationary period It is said 011e rsallirtions were baked i J bac v 'nn'ane n '°Oc to 1 of haed y,
Lang
Ill
was sorely pressed,.ell sides of the broad. f u r�: � i I t i
rocp s were encamped over There are !rally.incidents of thrill '0 h.:; I r t t. of i and n largr
tee f J, o:cupti'inP• people's houses ling intorest during �tdne Brmash teen vcrelde teary d.n�ainOci'th terv�rnvndsse
ill
and a .r-„� -tile products of 0o, farms.p.ation of Lang Island, in. tho sprh1L - t prisoners.
M1ia❑v ottlis gnit the 'Islmad to fightof '1777 the s cord and third bat- were tilled r.I 30 alci 1
fu• r darn Same .patriotic fathers talions of 'DeLmicev's bril�tde Wer fh -lire day Col M g embarked
rcllluverJ theirfamilies across the jstatitecd at Iiuntin teen the. oflleer fox l u1u 'dv here n ur vel v£ r Qr
...m,i to C.,nrecti lit Thotle who re- in rmamand mvdo'his headquarters ml an -.rsr i of critn d `� lir111-S, edrihv. w
o.decd n the lsna td were coanpelled nibs meeting, hours and Chi rhurch bel'I ttraof,,z i1 t”i , b w land !and v atter
to e;w a 2.lgmnca to Sing George,form, the the,a:., of 'an antoresting , rU: rut c of 00 alit , WUhaut loss
Loynd Moiler t who asked for nothing -little story.
Lou rn 1 ,. 5 ..f grievances were treat-. TO 'ave it from d:he rnetrY it w 1n of a aurin r '0 Ft
ed a_: is Dais. Some of the Meet lmnor- taken frc.m Lha belfry aid eonildtted A rmor suer :,yul 'and brilliant
-rile n ran of the Island, thoroughly to the cs,Cod} of Tahn Wi ks, Vim nffo"' d c not
av e the annals of! t,
[-vat to the Brit n crown, were of-II aur days Intl uu ea;l rte%i at lit. the the Rsrar 31,ont an11 ofis aid was a Te-
villages dung G os
t .uxa a l lased a Tories and suf- runt of a pistol to the explain of the l.a is nl n r �ry E1
I. r-d til coma mtm r of then estates.:British. arnn. d U i "Swan", who t anm-1 ut ncid31T try til^relating
British.
t
Their holler v,d all they owned nveroarni'n r„i3Ore in 1ue:4 of it. Gilbert A. nn unlit . said lit aelatin•g to tnvo, � �qN
170�; i' rc avcd by descendants Ofr 0wa
on tilt. T I lid so to flee was to leave Platt vis coanp llcd to ai •,y it to the ➢r 1 r ter of Ilan tnrgtou. Accord- P c c
all. 1 r tyre I.ged.and s.ic.l: flip was w•tterI edg where it vias taken by dur!nl the Revolt'
impo:. ibl No other peoples in all'barg to th, rest In [December rr.r, l:o rhe tory,
thel.r.uib, or the colonies were so 1777 e,bulln Platt was taker by the lneiary Won while ,rdc British soh '� q
he5P1^ s o suffered more than the,cnei.v and he d pr1!1,1V on Ucnr><I etre'. ni d a,dm wee quarter'd upon .5 a.v
Long' '� la7d rat Nc, only did they til Sw n' +.herr , rite the bell int mil r n air of tiler tilirre
I'm's ay
liar. then hon nes and products, but It wit, late tra l to the Briti b a 11"'-leu inn w'as taken to the Uanne
ws.•e. £n rod to perform all manner of m..n z. war 'Rhmorn os lying n M i�r, I situ w7aose wife our rd him l Y=a
labor .r roc arlev and many were Fast flier deck it Hunbingttn with led r cane.
abusefl, and scone billed, r n h ',deo, t e sat a pe-'tjon to Dt mita One ••'rr of IF,
a vessel be- n ro A
In the alar of 177G, ''1lrs. Frances Admit,l Di
-III, 'tgl mc: for n•.i rete n lm g.ng to Dr. Potter was captured by q q i,zi
I ewis of 4+lnitestone, whose husband Th nv .'r hal d :with, but revurner9 the eneriy It turn., nut that bbe N'� u
crc:; et_ r8 the 8igncr3 of the ➢acts- i eluted in be lila It wast captor w� he who hid been taken ti
t t, ' bo+ N
ration rt htda rend nce, was taken n h P v l o I n don �md r , into one -n,.ia ill bo
e oemL ons of her
prop r by the Brar ln, who retained now in n'.e at a cost: r£ 7b. tel,
c
her s,vera[ arm;'hu, without a change The J,ed wh ern bas fol eve. wua r I indnes hr reT.�ased his prize on PnS-', a u
of duthirag• or bed to rest oil T.hroug'h tic. tutus^.. of r'+1, lieig., sura the h, suint of n n c nun's[ ransom. at
a
t-he.id leaceI,IL
but With Wh hheaton, shelth vh�nnl :L�,ncc jig rymid and rr earl �aa easeful Mn 1777 lie+t rcc slur lamed 1(en. Nathanielis ^'a B
i'n ,len by the abuses she had sif- e cps i t r- i n n. H:rbr -or til, ria Wn dhnll d ul as n tc ult of nnluursl "°'
;erect that she. drooped and died Pn of 1'•s will, a nuc its of pre i dl.cred hw i r.;vita h officer. Follow-
,,a „
vt e ,. w:nur the Ixil �r ^- ells hsl n. Ian Pal tae of Ten Island, Col. F
another victim of�) mglish chivalry ,,,, loan led the i nein New Haven Ttsradt nrtCh of iEast Mnriehe, was tl b,q
.filo 13th eeihrry' en tl ..1st of Mav in whah. nits o Intl x:n ire n h,r, home nail ?larowit into u i a
,Early '' nbstames nvere, 'brought ' <:ami d by the roughness of I noun-, pa i�rn n New lorJ4 it{is tN v
dr c!.1 1 m ]-,lid, dater lead prates were. tl a,;nnd to return to Go utectieul darughtst, H4vpnah, in bet' excursions
a-3 r
,used for nasvriptions and sunk auto, ta til thea 2 I'd. In th. afterinoon o" to.procure hats release, Contracted a«"o ti
sand Lonc tableha The British sal- ihat v Ira lsft Guil old witil 7v I cold whieh ho ught on a deafness,._:E P
<lim•s ter, nutdhcse ]end.;Plates pie: n in sloop and arrived at South- ifrom which suenever recovered. Col.��a_0
rumaUly to real c bullets, and thus nit ab„ut sunset. Taking 130 linen ,Smith was dntar dii`aernted and permit- --
lir r,n v V.Ihlablo Tecm_ds •were lost- and trnnspry t C^ their boats_across I ted to return to his home.
; l `f
Mrs. Carrie M. .Uowerre bad a natur-
L ong Island Given Many Names al, irrepressible love for birds. We'
could Bay of her as was said of Theo-
,9
And
Praised by First Explorer� bore n her Roosevelt, she "was bars with a
e`il Cll bird in her Ueert" and it Bang to bar
throughout her life, For years, she
(Special int lila (1yiLINTY Rcvtnw walked alone, observed alone, and re-
There .tire to whose streets are ported her observations to state and
By Mrs I M. JOUIRNP AYY quint with the architecture of the national societies. Gradually, others
From 1600 on, a number (if' Pura- Odd Alcileland not a few natives I took nate of her and her bird-sightings
neon espl aaels tnnched I pug 1.lmd,l tracc back an unbroken descent front and bought little and then big books
Io which they gave riled manes. They the o'.d [lays a roamd century 'before that she recommended. One, then
described the waters east of New bile time "when George the Third was Iwo, then three, and finally as many as
Netherland (New York city) as an King." :mild go, followed her afield to observe
eu chipelago (sea of maty isles), be- It is barb. today, for are Who Liao, but really to learn more from her
l loving that at one time these hall merely skirts the villa-' of
shores ,ban from their own observations.
all ken togeither, of Long Istand, to reconstruct the Stacl(s of literature went over to the
The largest isle was called "Isle ale scenes of 200 years ago or to guess school; little children began to buy
how sylvan is the landscape.—' mile L, tle books an bird, that Mrs. Lowerre
1'Ascmnsimi' rut clutmpla•in's map. or so iniand; where you play drive for kept on hand for giving away or for
Verruzinio refers to it as "Cape di �hotus through e�m�hawered lanes m• selling, according to panda or wishes;
Olylupos," also called ' Matouwacks shad roves,91catinintg in spring with tuochnrn co-operated and planned walks
$stand" from .a tribe of Indians then b' g and talks on birds; Mrd Lowerre he-
dwelling on tile eastern end of lire the starry white blossoms of lite (1og'-
island and nteanaug "Very good worst and glowing in the jail nvitli the 1(fame tile. Iasi. authoril y for naming
laud" "Island Of Nassau" "Island of liquidanrbeir and the sassafras. birds dead or alive and £yr settling any
Sterling'", but it finally became known Son all wonder then, that. in 1759 question 1-1-being to hi,,B. H little
Island", since an explorers' the Rev. Andrew Bvrna,Uy,.in his'Too"' bunch of grown ups can hs ve but little
.ns '°7,tmg
usurps.it was spoken of as ilia oar- "Travels in the Middle SeCtlemtmnts effect on lir.e.sentiment of a town, bat
row isle, file largest of the group. of North America", writes: interest the children to-day on any eub-
13efore 1664 Long Island was called. "i took n rifle inn Long Island, the i act end he know dr just what will take
"Pear] -of the Province." .richest alp�ot, in the vpianmts of Nev piece to-marrow. 'They scatter ideas
Lang Islile is rich in legendary Yord(ers, in roll America.' like birds do se"ds, and a harvest is
Twenty Years �aitcr a'hcnn the dart: hound to come..
relics of Hulirun days• Twelve strong cloud of wan• oversha.lonved the land i Mrs. Lowerre has pascal, It is bar
tribes •inhaUitod the island when the a ,Hn lis}nnan in the cold- .
Untdt made coyly setblenrends within n gaunt~ g '' first spring away from ua. It is need-
sti Guards, nirote [o his friends I less to say sine is missed. 'f he spring
its beer) ,jes, and left their. relics at'hams, after d»s seri rad is the army I days have not been the same without
in house and custom' lit occupation: lour Bird-llays with the "Bird-Wo-
Early description of this, "fleas°re r,New Yorlc Island or Manhattan I man." The birds sad the children are
spot", eipuak of the (backbone of they much In to Long Island in festal-,I here. To promote in any way the in-
Inked rnnninp• its entire length of my ,nand beauty. Long island is a teresC in birds with the school children
120 miles, piftking a poPalar division good so'' plenty of
of 'I'Non Gil Sade" and South `side. wmulerfud spot 6 would be more gratifying to Mrs.
The soil t described as fertile cam- gone Anel evenvth 11 a hue country Lowerre than any :unbar tribute we
]:used of ally, sand anal Tag hill can effurd. In tune of peace rt must. might wish to pay Iter at this aeaeon.
l'osed Part of the center of blit is- be a perfect PaadlseP With this end in view, file old And he luohl, lie who lingers ion 'est is leap- garteu Committee who loved children
land ions a forest, with two high fest slid the group of Indian who shared
elevations 'in ear Hill" and "Oar:- P .. with Mrs, Lowerre her internet in
lay's Hill" (near Hempstead anzl; Memorlal Bird Bath / I;yJ .birds, present the Bird-Bath to the.
Iientington) botweer 300 yid 4001 Schaal Children of Southold. !
Meet tin height, :end visible from Sandy More than ever we have read this 'qhs benign and beth were furnished
Book. To ase Long•-fellow's words,
in the forests were the "anaornnn•ing spring of the unveiling of memorial by the Galloway Terra-Cotta Co, oe',
pines .amt the hemlocks", also sal: bird-baths io the interest oY birds and Phlladelphiu. Wm. H. Raiford did the
ash, wahout, chestnut, •ho ti 1.y uud upon and children. Any one passing work of iosteliation.
others.
There war many herbs and flowing, our High School building may notice at D R Members Hear Story
�•ane,�liirds, Ash,oysters, elan¢,fruit, the right of the main entrance a band• ecentl
hcrries, good lain for grain, good dome piece oe ntatnary that puts South. Of Historic Flab' R. Y
s p r i an g water, and the cltnna te'is old right it, line with this finely humane Found�in Bridge
spakcn of !tis a sweet anti whale- / L.,r
Sonne breath." The north aide wue macsrnent. A atone birdbath, shaped
hill ly, but vas fair gas the Scuttrsl,,somewhat fee like
reefngonshell,
uupheld
by gall
s. E.s Benjaninvasecre-
Tlaghlands; clitlsthat well nigh ttvall nary, and Mrs. George Journeay,
those of Dover—tncse were +ti ew„I ban been installed there very recently. who has recently received her cer-
,aith boulders and pebbles; while on'A polished copper plate bears this in-Itifncate of membership were amongthe south side ware solid hills broken adription; I the 16 ladies atten(lillg theJuly
by "guts or inlets 1 9 2 7 1 meeting of Seatuct Cflat) er,
Long Island is hist'orie ground. Presented to the School Children Daughters of Revolution Kehl at
Battles lave been folighE on its plains the Kindergarten Committee sad the home of Mrs. 1'1. W• Penney,of
and in its forests, and grant frigates by T;astport, on Friday afternoon.
have anchored in its :harbora. A.1- other Friends of Birds In After the regular program in
most every town has its romance of Memory of the "Bird Woman," charge of Regent Mrs. Horace
exile and heroism; poets who sang Caroline M. Lowerre. I Mott, Mrs. William iI. Mott re-
the songs which bavc echoed rounKl
the wm•id'had their cradles and graven if Southold has an unusual interest rated several interesting stories
here. The shores are rich with the if
birds, there are two links in this about the civil War; Muriel Mott
wrecka=ge o£ bile sea and superstition chain of interest—the children of South- Barg several solos, and a number
,has its tale of wonder in every vii- who and dweltaamongathem font two genera! was GettysUu•g,ne of ladies read "r aand "The Rcles on Wvo
lag'C. - -. _..
Liana. Intimlary War Flag.,
.. .. --
An old package marked 1776, Visited was found recently in the attic of. "Fa g s egUe: tl isited Long i
an oial house. at Bridgehampton, ] y re
Besides a tattered American flag F��� ®� �lQ$ Resided i
there were Revolutionary docu-I Island;
meats, including letters,souvonirs COUNTY
and discharge papers signed by the .., Sp ci l to LC M. JovRN L.
Long Island )Minute Men upon / Lrj+,inti '
AY
their, return from a successful
campaign in the Lake Champlaini Elias IIicks, an American minis
region. The package was among The Sunrise Trails lead to many ter of the Society of Friends, was
the effects of Col. John Hulbert; localities of former great men; born at Hempstead in 1784. 1
of curter" Long Island, who was Statesmen, poets, artists, preach- „xpounded doctrines in an old
in officer in Washington's Arany ers and smug writers; also spots uaker meeting house at Jericho.
of Patriots. rich in legend and relics of by- George Pox is said to have
This old flag is believed to be the - glue days. preached and founded. the Quaker
original of the present Stars and Greenport is the locality referred sect under old trees and in old
Stripes, and either fashioned on to in Fenimore CooPer's tale, "Sea meeting house at Flushing.
Long Island before Capt. Hulbert Lion," while a charaeter in Sag Rev Dewitt Talmage, John Alex-
and his minute men left in. the fall Harbor is portrayed. in "Leather ander, Roseoo Conkling and
of.1776, for the war; or in the vf- Stocking'." George Sterling, poet, under Moran summered at East
cinity of Fort Ticonderoga, where was born and brought up at Sag Hamptmt, Legend tells its that the
the Long Island Patriots distin- Harbor. Pilgeim fleet reconnoitered here
guished themselves. Walt Whitman, poet, lived at� before touching Plymouth Rock
Stripes were conunol in cola- E&mtington, and his old school is In the spring of 1790 washing-
party flags, but no flag had ap- preserved. on the.Jericho turnpike• ton was entertained at Warne's
peared with stripes and,a blue field It was also at Huntington that Tavern, Jamaica, and at Roe's
with white stars, tip to that time Nathan Hale, the young America" Tavern, Setauket, built in.1702.
kind so itcis believed that the Long martyr was captured by the Tradition says that Miles Stan-
Island Minute Men, whose yeat'sl, British. A massive boulder re- dish landed on Manhasset shore.
of life n and around the sea, had minds one of his tragic death. He Dr• Lyman Beecher, father of
given them a love for the slry and regretted lie had but "one life to Henry Ward Beecher, and Ilar-
its stars—had created this feature. give for his country." riett Beecher Stowe,was nue of the
Also the arrangement of the stars, The refuge of Shelter Island to early pastors of the Presbyterian
which are in a sort of. cross, one church at East Hamilton-
,at the top and bottom, three in the ersecuEngland insp redcers one oftom New Whitt ea-fiI The painter who has done the
second and fourth rows and five most bea"tfful poems. most to depict Long Island on can-
is the center row, resembles St.
George and St. Andrew crosses, n William Callen Bryant, ttature va, is eels followed Charles
adngeTY`th.ate beauty
wholly British symbol which after poet, lived and wrote many p
the early part of 1776 was never at Roslyn. Here he entertained nes about one and need not be
iir sylorated in any American flag era of John Grreenleaas fhWaldo Em-Whittier all hissought
pictures ono Newtown creek
Mr-
or symbol.
Capt, Hulbert and his Long Dr. Lyman Abbott.. Par Rockaway Roslyn, Creedmoor, Port Washmg-
Islmud Minute Men had such sic-. was a favorite resort of men of ton, marshes of Great South bay,
cess at Fort Iriconderoga that a Ltters l w,years Wash st Hamp-
ugtontncIrving luding S alma But c easily firstand , -stands the
large n"mber of Prisoners were and Herbert, big canvas, "Autumn Oaks of
placed in their care all this con-
pany selected to conduct the Prls- Dewitt Clinton and Daniel Web- Creedmoor, Queens.
oners from Port Ticonderoga to ster indulged in (fishing and bath- Oyster Bay was made ace o'
Philadelphia, where the Continca- ing at Quogne. thone and final resting p
to Congress was in session. Capt. Kidd buried treasures on that great American statesman
There it is thought that this con- Gardiner's Island, and president, Theodore Roosevelt.
parry's ensign was accepted as the The grave of Paul Cuffee, last Presidents Jefferson and Isl�
design for the National Standard I of Indian missionaries, is situated Burel were visitors I Long
and a rude sketch of it submitted alongside the roadside at Canoe and, while Presidents William H.
to Betsy Ross as a model. She Place. Harrison and John Tyler took
was coma issioned by Congress to Rufus Icing, first Ambassador Long Island brides.
make the ifirst dflicfal flag in May From the U. S. to Great Britain, John Howard Payne, author of
or June, 1776, and changed the resided at Jamaica. Hone, Sweet Home," spent his
six-pointed stars, which war° Westhampton was the home of ,boyhood in an old vine-clad, shin-
British in. mat"" to five-pointed. Gen. John A. Dix,who at a critical gled house at East HamPtmn. It is
It is believed that when Capt. period when treason ran rampant significant that the house which
Hulbert ar is Minute Men re- and safety of government was typified the clearest thing on earth
Curled to Suffolk county to be dis- threatened, in 1861, gave the pa- should be located on Long Island.
charged, they broug], along the triotic order that "If any man at- for the spirit of Paynes world'
company Standard and that it was tempts to ha"] down the American famous song has spread the length
wrapped np with war records and flag, shoot him on the spot" The and breadth of this most Precious
stored away in the attic of: his ancestral hone later became the part of God's country until today
home, where they laid forgotten summer home of the General's son, it stands pre-eminent as the great
for ,,any decades. .And so Old Rev. Dr. Morgan Dix. est homeland in the East.
Glory may have brei, first designed Gen.'Jolm J. Pershing sought
in Suffolk comnCy, Long Island. rest and seclusion ¢t Roslyn after• A littler bit oteH�Yen fell Erma the
After the meeting, sandwiches, the
stress of the World Wax•
c•nke and colice were served, A John Paul Jones had a ship fit. Nestling On the
iendly Way.akt� nn a ver}
picnic is being planked for the I ted out at Port Jefferson ship- And when the white men saw it
next electing• yards. -_ - _--
i h
they were quick to declare, benefit our lives. enduring domestic fabrics which
I "It was the finest bit of earth they I w Rishing in the rivers and bathing have not yet lost their :beauty.
]steof anywhere." lir the Uay— do bhe,early days a few acres of
They stayed awhile and built a� What more could anyone ask for salt meadow vete equated more
home' a `Perfect Day'P valuable than 100 mores of wood
And sent invites for friends to So come 'P our grand Long Island load and bile,salt hay or "creels
come. thateili'was cut front them regular-
They said, "Long Island was the And enjoy rC5the beauties of the ]Y• Mor many years mca<low binds
Prince—" great out-of-doors. were. held in conlanon and the
Folks have been coming here ever Tall pattern from the birds 'neatly t'ig'ht to cut, "he c•.reelc thatch wal
since.- Heaven's dente, sold Lo individuals year after Year.
There's forests, fields and beaches And build you a place called In ancient door-yards are trees.
and fine auto drives, he<Igc�s and flowers brought long
"Home,. Sweet Home-"
Good water, air and sunshine, that - afrom lands beyond the scan
xpi distant places in our own
und
Flames in Colonial Period Heel Few conirv. 'Te,vin'ynu,erc'''on,'OLongcust, 'Island:reesf0g
�,g " l' ing t to V of color and fragrant
Conveniences y1Y a Kno- onlay perfume In carry sunnner to c�oun-
1 41t -t 7 try Jan s :hail their origin at
' were stored in auLnnrn bins of at) ,Sand p unl Manh assgt, w'h e r c
Speetal to '1'nn COUNTY Itovli:w hilus, potatoes, Cm nips; finking of CGapl• Jahn Sands two centuries
r LY MRS. L. M. Juuc:N lsnY OrutLcr, lard and salted nuacko.il, •ag•o Planted itce, brought front
E stetat Long Island homesteads barrels of odor, salted llorlc and Vir/,m.i, to adorn the li ill, lead
of the colonial pariod spoke a love 11'ef, while festoons of saasag" brdL for ;.sibyl Me Pair young
of comfort, and noise strongly :Join- hung ill the cellar pantry ftride
7 ho g^arrebs of the, odd home A dl lic�lrtful reminiscence o
cd of hewn oak timbers and soarer- f col-
stendswere intowsting planes. quid life is seen in Picturesque
ed with ishingles, while the Isere you would [lad chests of lin- ihedferowm 7Urowu nnwltere else in
foundations of large, round stoner
on,
bqg;; of fc aLh^.rs, olid hair Ain ries than on Long Island and
avere nathcred at the Sound. Their trunks, 'hand-boxes, sputnhtp +tomo nus in SnRoldi County—serv-
w cols and also whore the fancily ing aha pucnose ofstone walls of
only beat was from large open washing was him g Cn dry id sevcrn Penn+yh•ania and New England
fireplaces, �heaca Ch huge chimneys wesaChtr. The ' parlor with rts rail Pence-s of Virginia and barbed
which were :built of Urdck ananu halt-cloth furnitutc and fainly al- nv.ir< of 'farther west. At Sylvester
•factured ,,t Arshantcal These b{Tus, was only used rn sL arc ac- Mane, of
Island, in e noold
teat dire ilacos served for cooking nasions and art the, family sitting ;;ardm� n4 ➢ower beds, is the most
g' 1 room was a enunu cap-beard of indent Lox shrub,known in Amer
ars well as heating, 'being fitted blue dishes, while a ffac"Ou sup toil, hr nrr�.ht and ldutt,ed by Cris-
as
cranes and hooks for pots and','ply of pewter vesel, hunt+ upon. aril Sylvester in 165G. At Cimino
l ettles. Those in thb best tonus the walls. Place are two ancient willows,
had s'h�ci Lungs, fancier and atcd-. Itopa-cot&oil' bedsteads were the grown front slips brought from'
iron of highly polished brass. only ones in use in groat grand St. Helena, front the tree planted)
Baking- was done to tremendous atabhers slay, unl it requited a by the Iirs't Napolean.
bricic ovens with iron doors. In anan's strength to burn •til ala- ;Early clual s all Long• Island
itlrese ovens -hot fires were kindled, chine l,liaf tigh Lenod the ropes ill were slam shingled'buildings. moi-th
and allawecl Lo,burn until tiro walls. ,,,nr,diuti those beds whet they were a gallery along the sides. Under
were thoroughly 'heated said Chen. part Ion stile•. When Che hedslc u. i:he gallery, the walls were plaster-
the coals were wAlldiawn and the. inns lei I` n,:nal,d rid :arum, to ,:: ed, but overhead were Oak tennis
level, was ready for baking. In- chaired Lensioa .trawlm se ed caand shingles. In those days there
those- days mince pies were :made of '.home made Innen was pintos was no lack of ventilation in thel
by the donor and then stored in a Over (lie cards, till upon this were I ahntcbes. The swallows passed in
cold place in tier where they could. ,piled soki fealillor beds. ond out beneath the eaves and asp
Ste called upon at any meal. handy The shoot's and pillow cases were' in the ancient PsahndsL s tittle,
desert it was—just place it •i', the made of linen quit blanlcots were 1 found nests for themselves, where'
Oven. aqd a savory, spicy Pic was made and woNot from the wool they might lav their Valium even
ready 'to serve. of the ':mop sheared ahto, the in Hie Lord;s altars.
The woodland, which formed a farmMany bedsl.aids hal four mese churches wore never
part of all large faints, rendered .high posh, 'the chldren boast'], warmed lir winter. The older
the supply of fuel which was only tx•d w ns udl:d miler the four- women had their little foot. stoves
]incited by t9ne leisure to, pilo iyt octet during• the clay ami Indian oarriel to tine meeting house. The.
,bile wood-yard. Mhittieis "Snow Uy Ihr. valance. The cradles wort younger people thought nothing of
:}Ionil" tells of the nrrang•ement of heavwaod, with rood. it we sitting in an unheated church an a
Of Cho logs in the, early long Is- ,mav so' call it, and were handed winter's -Sabbath from 10 to 1.2
eland bean osteal 'fireplaces: clown from gencration 4o general- o'clock in the nnorning and agatiit
'"Dhe nation log, green, huge and tion. in the afternoon. 'Pile temperature
thick Sheep were not only raisedill)- was .low and nneuslihmed scats
And on its top the stout :hack rant the farms, abut branded ted were:hard, but they forgot the ah-
stick: pastured�i',connnton upon the Great settee Of creature comforts in their
The knotty fare-sti& laid apart,'pastured
old nten still talk of the close attention to doctrinal setauotts.
1krid tilled �betwuen with stn tuna yearly sheep-�pnrting which look The difference between Chose "good
artgalacc every fall in bile center of old clays" and these lay out so
The rugged brush; tine', 'hover-' tin'. island, when twift 'h�nrselrren much in the superior eloquence Of
hip: near,near, cod] and drove op the scat tine preachers or dcope'r s.piritual-
We. watched bile first reel blase 1.,ol flock and their inerese to be ity Of the 'hearers, as in the cir-
ecppear." claimed by their respective owners. cuntstanecs of the times.
Great care was given to the Wool of excellent quality was
building Of the collar, which !had early in the market and, in the
walls of unhewn stone and earth- homesteads, 't'Ue loom, spinning)
on flouts, and wnLhin its confiner•. wheel and dye-pot.produced diose
p. g7 p Jefferson Paul ,Innes, Lafaa nod
Globetrotter ®/ g;aight4t=nth and 'Franklin. Jefferson g
i] 1 Y' I much useful information from him
� to bw
� t �✓ � ��� eeq ����� dertake a most hazard s�t i'ji-"fhe
ClnokBy Ii. D. Sleight to protect the cattle at Montaua, foxernnner of{,he Lewisletter rlJolter'
Joint Ledyard, globe trotter, instead of .marching to Ticopded expedition, for fn ested to him the.
Ost-
once studied under Dr. Buell, at age, The Rev. Ebeneazer Prime son writes: I5ugrz
)last Hamipton. In August, 1022 was an uncle by marriage ofcour enterprise of r soaking the Wass-
ern apart of our continent by 'I
tl oughn.Longer Islanlr garrote for John
"The rolderd Ledyafather.
yd died at�Alm ing through St.. Petersburg `tlno
records of the men who, in 1776, age of 35, leaving a widow:'and Koine auto. `WntltLedvcrd started
accompanied Jahn Hulbert to Ti- four children. John, the oldest,;Was cos In his pocket,
c.onderoga, discovered an old let- then less than 14. Upon his on this ]Dorney through London
.to
ter in which was the following mother's second marriage to Dr. J-Iam hol , t^,thence 1to�St. Polar'"
paragraph: I Micah Moore, of •Southold, • his burgSttmher m•t
'Q have trampled the world un- grandfather sent for him, and five burg' usleed hon obtained a Passe He
and P Siberia.
dm• my feet, laughed at fear and"'yem•s later'he entered iDnrtmontlr studied languages, customs and
derided danger. 'Through millions College, the institution that ,Owes trade and had grant success, until
of fierce savages, over parching its existence largely to Che labors suddemly arrested by official or-
deserts, the 'freezing north, ,the of Sampson Cccom, one-time"In-, rlers ohurried back under guard and
everlasting, ice and stormy seas dian preacher at Montauk,. L. 1. banished from the empire.
have I Passed without harm. How Here whilst the Indian boys were „It was easv to offend whn_n one
good in my God!" learning the habits of the English; was not familiar• with the maulers
Tile letter was Mother, and, uponpfurthera nvesti-to Ills his savage companions-aTd dllelttrayeloAO f of the coo cell When he Patted a
gation, it was discovered that she ed Imadreds of miles through. Russian officers dug, he was told
was u: Southold woman and her wilderness with thou;visited them !t was forbidden, but he shot did it e
son was none other than tiro world- in their homes and used some of sccon<I time. The e wasp offended
favorite dog• J•Ie
famous traveler, John Ledyard. their primitive methods;z.such` as ,brit,according to the custon of the
The thrill of pride in Long Is constructing a canoe from a'log lace, 'Ledyard was in the wrong.
land as fine rest of the story was with no other tools than afire and P
unfolded is too great not to be stones. 710 was discovering Choir secrete
shared. "Upon the death of his grand- And patting,their dogs. 'rhry wort,
John Ledyard is best known for father it was discovered that tile late in their arresL, for he coal
the part he played in the 'third legacy 'left him had already been municated quickly to intclligort
voyage of 'Capt. Cook, Twice. she expanded by the executor, and friends the principal secrets which
prepared the story for publication young Ledyard found himself -pen- he discovered, but not all, not, t;:
The ifrrst was claimed by the Brit- niless. In this predicament fie left all, and Mr,-Jefierson was one tc
ash Admiralty, but in 1783 he the college, crossed to Long Island apipreciate their importance. The
caused- the second to be published and visited his mother at South- money furnished him by Jefferson
in Hartford, Conn., says Mr..Pen- old. She advised him to become aryas ,probably not charged to our
nypacker. One of these original school teacher; procured a letter Government, and it was in order
copies is in Mr. Pennypacker's of introduction to Dr, B'ueli, and to repay the sum loaned hfin on the
collection at Kew Gardens, L. I. with this she proceeded to East return trip, that he undertook a
"Ledyard'sgrandfather, John Hampton, where for a short Period'. Iourny tto Africa, where in Colic
Ledyard, was born in Bristol, Eng•. he continued his studies, He trav- he died of a fever, in 1788, ht his
land. In 1717, he cane to South- eled the Island in quest of a Posi- 38th year. - - -
old, L. L, and'became first a teach- tion, but finding none and falling I -
er, and then it trader there. He was in with a shipmaster, a former �LiYZ Days in Patchogue
young. and well educated, prosper- friend of his father, he shipped as Y Y
mus in business and presentable in a sailor on a voyage to the Medi- -6iyVh. f/J-7 _
manners and person. In 1727, he terranean. In March, 1752 John,Winthrop
married at Southold, Deborah, 'Voyage followed voyage. until of New Haven sold to Humphrey
daughter of Judge Benjamin in Time, 1776, receiving an intro- Avery of Boston, a tract of land
Youngs, who was a.grandson of duction to Capt. Cook who was. on Long Island, where is now
the ;Rev, John Youngs, The short- about to sail on his third voyage. Patchogue.. Becoming involved in
sighted rule against trading across he was enlisted with .the title:;of debt, Mr. Avery was permitted by l
the Sound compelled shim to move corporal of marines. They s4 out Act of Governor and Council, Nov.I
.to 'Connecticut, wherein 1730, a on July 12, 1776; captain, James 27, 1756, "to make sale of, his es-I
son John was born. He became a Cook, was killed on Febararv,l4, tate by lottery." Richard Floyd,
shipimhster,but meanwhile,on May 1770, and they returned on'-bcto- Nathaniel Smith and William Nic-
6, 1750, fie married Abigail Hemp- Ilse (I. 1730. News that the Ameri- Al were appointed managersand
stead, daughter of Mary (Youngs) can Revolution was -about to'ene duly sworn. They published a
and �R,obert Hempstead, of South reached hien before he set saii;•for sclrcine. The whole estate was
old, L. I., and their first chilli born' home in a British ship, one of.those valued at £6000 and was divided
in 1761, was our John Ledyard; sent to convey the Loyalists from in 36 lots, valued from £20 tc
the traveler. He could boast that Lloyd's Neck and Huntington.. to ;1000. The number of tickets.is-
his Grandfather 'Hempstead was' Canada at the close of the war;' ;ucd were 36 land prizes, valued of
chairman of the first committee "Ledvard was landed at -Hunt. 013000, 1580 cash prizes at £3 each
front Suffolk County that selected iugton in December, 1742, andfrom oral X360 was allowed for ex-
delegates to the Provincial Cori- there proceeded to his 'another's penses. The whole affair was lib.
,gross in -May, 1776. It was.Robert home at 'Southold, where .he or- crally advertised in the "New
Hempstead who petitioned the'. rived unheralded and unrdcogni7.ed, York Gazette," the principal New
C ogress to 'have Capt. Hulbert's' "Ledyard numbered among his, York newspaper of that day.
militia men remain on Long Island friends Robert Morris, The as Tile advertisement stated that,
Fif
"1'hcra never was a lottery int L'Hommeediei�. S Windmill
America that had so many larf? -
and va:uablo prizes in it, therefort '[ With a
it is not doubled but the tickets Notes of the Antiq ides of S011thOld,' L. s
will soon ba sold, especially consid-
�lhlg that the place is freed aild Wish That Its Relics Were Saved
secured from 'Inroads and ra.v. _
ages of the Enenly," The "old 'to church, and carried by Too" horsed
French War" was then raging To the New York Herald Tribune:
The drawing was made in Julie, In the 'rotogravure section of the When used for long , othis Was
L758, and the lottery was a Corr Herald Tribune of August 10 you de- used as
n cover to keeepp ccorrnnstalks hs; •om
plate success for Mr. Avery, who vote a page to pictures of Windfalls'I rotting,
not only Paid all. his.debts but re-that are standing on the south shore 1 A town in which such things toad
oll•chased ;I vofy large part of the of Long Island. There is nn error in happen Is not one to uronsure Its u1-
tract, 'vllieh is still ill possession the data cona¢Tnling the Gardinet' MAIL I,cleat heritage, Nothing ties.been done
of his descendants-. Patchogue This alai Was originally the property oP to save these relics of the. past and_'.
Neck, hetweou Ilitellogne Rivell
and Littie Swan Crock, was a pari Ezra L'Hommedieu, of Southold. When though they have not been sold to
of the property and included the{his daughter' married it"' P"prietor dealers and collectors they as to be ❑nnvnlla
Rye
ble to the
so widely
presentpresent hnsiness Paco o£ Patch of Gardhtei's Island (by-the way, the scattered
6 ague Village. correct' title is Gm'dlner's lslaud oi'historically ort the
1 veral
Patchogt,Q Was an over-nighll Wight), this will was a part' or her collections that are hvneverY way cloth-
p,\ stopping place for stages w11iel dowry. It was moved from its location bre. Among these the every
Wtlnn as-
Von frohl Easthamptml to Brook an Mill Hill, Southold, londee Ditto
lyll, e t'r'ying Passeliget•S all'. floats And ferried across I'econle Bay sembled within the walls of "Rhbbins
WCOkly hall. The ancient ROC: and erected In a spot Where it would ' Hollow," the home of 111155 Mary L.
Tavern which stood on the oar be equally available to all the ten- Dayton, at Reydol, la outstanding.
Corner of Main.Street and COvall ante of the vast estate of Lion Gar-, .This Collectlan contains among other
Road, Was a Welcome resting placl abler items, the following gems" a pair of
car wearied tl'avelers, Before 1751 Tide, mills had come Into use at Hogm'th chairs of walnut brought
n Mill was built on Paa It el Southold, so the gilt Was more or less front England by Elijah Butch lnson in
Itiver. Fi]•sC factory Was a. It el 1638; a King Chair 111 perfect state n[
sill; located near present site of of the grand gesture on the part o[ pt eservntlon; rll T r' clocks 111 run-
!lacg.,,fin!}:] and owne[l by, Jonx? hHommedlen, He was a man of great
1 Hing Dido': n pine grandfather's clock
Wi.cics, who made strawboard and Wealth, A Huguenot, who had esenneA With a monthly calehdAV; lowboys and,
wrapping paper. It was built in from Prance Willi enjoyis ed
t efrieintacA highboys of rosewood and mahogany;
170$'and,destroyed-by fire in 1$60.1man of affairs, lie en Dyed the friend-
shlp o[ Washington, Who paid him a
In the early years of 1800 there cl'ales, Windsor, laaaerbnck, rush, flu-'�
visit at. his petit chateau ml the Was fl cotton twin c hill avast of. dlebncc and every type ad eye to be i
paper,fail], owned by Fred Odell, King's Highway at Southold, Pranktln tion chair mud bedstead nre to Ue
which was bought Uy Justus Roe carried letters of introduction from found. Br?ries, pewter slid chum,,
i» 1816. - him to .lnfl»eat(al members of the complete collections that m'e almost nn
Many years later this mill, French court, At his death ails estate ccml.Mlo history of the town. At
which is flow a part of ]nee mill, was the largest in the New World. INA Orient, Dr. Henry Beath has collected
was.rebuilt by John Roe. In 1810 flame has disappeared from the town of At Dangly Dell. a 11011,90 that pre-dates
a Wooled mill stood on Present site Southold and little 1s known of his! the Revolution. Another cross-sectlon I
;of electric light plant. here farm- history there. This Is not strange as of our early days. Thl.e
ars bl.Ought their wool to be'card- Cue town of Soutl'old, despite Its an- perfect setting fm• Dutch ovens, ephn-
ed, Splill xtld WOVetI 11110 blankC£S filially (founded 111 1650), has allow" ming Wheels and Folllka ofOtie late
anti cloth, disregard o[. Its mast precious trans- Brecknock Hall, the seat n[ the late i
There were also an iron forge, Mrs. Albert Delafleld, exists another
several"'tamlepjeg and A InacbinC tu'Vlolent hands were Inid on the marvelous collection.
5110] `' L'li0)nmedlCn nIM181011, the drat as
,.first church in Patchogue Unfortunately these collections are
unavailable to the Public, the 7Hemp
-
Was e•Cetod in 1794 by a anion of ample of the use' o[ the mansard .tons ha''e Preserved thele windmills
'Methodists, Congregationalists roof in the Edgllah coloniss, and this and It Is a pity that the town Of
Baptists and Presbyterians. ` building which should have been Pre Southold world not save for all time
Shipbuilding was an important served xs n ahrme Wee altered beyond Soule oL these relics of its glorious
'udustry in 1860. In 1509 the late recognition to fit the Edens o[ n less
Holl. L'dVlll Railcy started the art1S51c generation. A tike.fnte befell antiquity, WAYLAND JEFFERSON.
.t1111b-r. bms111Css, the state barge of $all D0111111g0 Inn- New York, Aug. 14, 1080.
The',grave s of all Smith (And 110gally, Ville,' Ile had built for his
thor of "Way Do 11 "St") daughter- Rowed by twelve ebony- STEAM TRAIN QUITS
his wife, wlt0 also wrote man3 Wiled servants the hatl freed 1115 slates) &A
poems, are ell the, property_ he, it bore his slaughter proudly on the lJ
they rrsided in 1860, and what ii waters oe PeA Bay. 'this mnster- Electric Car Now Operates do Sag
now .the Lahe View Cemetery, - Harbor Couiection
piece, which legend tells 118 was fitted
with silver Lbole pas, was sawed In The old railroad line connecting Sig
.halves and the pieces used to gather, Harbor with the outside world under-
creek mud upon. Equally unkind was went another important change last
the fate that lay in store for his woelc when the last regular steam
daughter's litter; halite on the should-. train lectric s taken>nrat the
r w. putas te and all On
ers of eight set'vante when silo went .e. Y. I_.
f i
to mane the usual trips oetween tnat: North
Shore Villages in Early
village and Bridge Hampton—it !�! C Villages i
shuttle service. The car is equipped
with a 08-horsepower motor. It car- Vays ®f Boat BuildingIndustry,
ries both passengers and mail.
This is the first electrically operated y
car on rails east of Babylon, and per- 'v •�y L/
haps Sag Harbor can crow a little (By H. D. SLCIGHT) beautiful MarraLookaLake cover-
over that, but the reduction fn transit ing' 60 acres, was called the "grea!
equilmient probably brings a bit of In the early days many eastern.fresh Pond."
sadness to the minds of many old res- Long Island men went on whaling Col. William Solid, sold Q000 or
idents when they recall that once upon voyages, also engaged fn the coast -,000 acres of his grant of Manor
i a time numerous trains, and the best trade. Salem Wines, son of a St George to twenty men of South-
on the rapid, used to run directly old Town—chiefly Matituck men—
through to Sag Harbor, that being the Mattituck sea-faring family, be- in 1721, and this was referred to
Eastern Long Island terminal. When came a boat builder in New York as their "manor" land.
the branch to East IIampton was built City and was the inventor of the The ground east of loran Wells'
through trains went further east, house is black with the trace, of
forcing roily a shuttle connection for widely used centerboard, replacing Joseph Goldsmith's blacksmith
Sag Harbor and a change of trains at the clumsy leeeboard that was 1
thrown over the side in former loge al' over 200 years ago.
Bridge Hampton.
evelp me And today the One o the first Sunday schools
-toady development of Long Island rYears. Mr. Wines did not patent .
Mat-
has caused the terminal to be moved this important invention and it''B the coon try.was started in Mat-
,3till further east, nearly as far as it was promptly adopted by all boat titudc in 1791 by Mrs. Phoebe
possibly can go—Montauk. builders. Ife knew it was of great Wickham in he' home. Here she,
The -railroad company feels that value and glad to see it in general gathered the children of the'.
Sag Harbor will be served just as use. Ile was like Benjamin Prank- neighborhood of a Sabbath after-
comfortably and reliably with the lin, who did not patent his stove Boon and taught them from the'
Bible. Mrs. Wickham ham established
electric car as it was with the steam a'- rther numerous inventions,
r
1 )
.drawn train, saying, "As we enjoy great ad- Sunday schools in different
pfoulaces where she made her home.
vanm
vantages frothe inventions of Cant. William Leverett Hudson
others we should be glad of an op- of Mattituck and of the U. S.
portunity to serve others by an Navy commanded the "Niagara,"
invention of ours; and this we
shot'](] do freely and generously." cables ship
p185gat laid the Atlantic
The old mill at Mattituck now
,,sell as a place of public enter- Indian Days In Mattituck
tafnment was built in 1821 by The Corchaug and Fort Necks
Richard Cox of Oyster Bay, who were the home grounds of the In-
secured permission from the town dians in that vicinity. On one
to erect and maintain the dam was their village and on the other
and tide gates. This mill was run a stockade or fort:where the wo-
fo• scone years by Cox and his men and children were guarded
sells, who did a large and increas- in time of conflict with hostile
ing business. Later shares were tribes. A hollow in the ground,
sold in the business and James several rods across, still marks the
Worth, B. B. Horton, Walter Te'- site of the fort on eastern side of
ry„ E. H. Terry, M. L. Robinson the neck. On Pessapuneke Neck,
and George Cooper were one-time i was an Hndian "sweating place,"
owners. In 1847 the late J. W.rsomewhere near the water. This
Terry became the miller until his I was the Indian's turkish bath. It
retirement fn 1902. He sold it to I was a little cave, six or eight feet
Yetter & Moore of Riverhead. The over, round, and made on the side
tide gates are removed and ere of a hill. It was made excedding-
long the old clam with its low ly hot by a store.of wood laid lip
bridge will give place to an ole- on a heap of stones fn the middle.
rated steel bridge with a draw, Then ten or.more men, having left
spanning the entrance to Matti- their coats and breeches with a
tuck harbor. keeper at the door, sat around the
Suffolk militiamen had ail old hot stones, taking tobacco, dis-
training ground on a large lot in coursing and .sweating together.
Mattituck. Here they gathered This practice was it great means
yearly for drill and training. of preserving their bodies. River-
Training Day occurred in May heath received its name from being
and it was even a greater day at head of Peconic River and
than Town Meeting Day, for it started with a saw mill on that
brought.the men from thirty miles river in 1669, by John Tucker and
around to Mattituck. It was cus- Joshua Horton. The Woodhulls
tomury for wives and daughters to were.among the -first settlers. Jo-i
accompany the nten and a general siah Woodhull during Revolution-
holiday was enjoyed. Sports and ary times made the roof of his
games of a!1 seas were engaged house a watch tower and from it
in and the social intercourse with gave notice of approach of ma-
distant friends was ]file that en- Tauding British bands. In 1728,
joyed at the county fair. a court house and prison was
In 1704 the attractive pond on I erected and new ones built in 1825,
the Tuthill property was spoken 11854, 1881 and later. Riverhead
of as "Wolf Pit Swamp," while grew slow at first, for fn 1812
there were ,only nine buildings in
r,
the village beside the court house., merly attended by villagers from
tavern, kept by John Griffin, and i many miles around. Anna SymmesI of the depot, where four long ta-
grist mill, operated by Josiah Al-I of this village married President bles were setfor the feast. Thel
be rteon. In 1828 John PeAtinsl William Henry Harrison .and their provisions were brought from New
set up a woolen factory. Jere-I grandson, Benjamin Harrison, also York and included 40 baskets of
miah Petty had an iron forge fill--I became President of the United champagne and half it cask of
t.her up the stream, in 1707, which I States. brandy. It is needless to say that)
was abandoned 25 ,years later•. A' The remains of an Indian vil. many of the excursionists were
seminary was established in 1834.; lage, consisting of graves, rude helped aboard the train on their
Religious services had been held at I pottery rind farm implements were return trip.
the Steeple Church at Aqucbogue,I unearthed on the books of Meeting At East Marion in 1717 David
but in 1834 some people held ser-, House Creek, aC Aqucbogue in 1870. Youngs sold a piece of land for 5
vice in !ower floor of semigary. Greenport, in early times was shillings for the site of a church,
Sona after this the Methodists calked Stirling. It is said that Wash- 3U feet square and two stories high
m'g.utized and built a church, fol- ingten stopped at Booth Ion in with atoeple and weather vane.
lowod by Congregationalists, Cath- 1757, while on his way to New .This was superseded by a new one
olies and Episcopalians. London and Boston. When the in 1818 and a finer one in 184',',.
Suffolk County Agricultural so- first train of the Long Island the
When the latter one was built a
ciety was organized in 1841 and road passed over the road frouil few rods of land were added at a_
held fairs yearly in different vil- Brooklyn to Greenport, 05 miles, cost of $50. Thus we see that 5
]ages. It was re-organized in Feb the event was duly celebrated. A shillings in 1700 was worth 400
ruary, 1865, and thereafter fairs:' special train of officers and friends shillings in 184:3. The church was
were held in Riverhead oil.plat of 1 came to Greenport on July 25, 1844,1 dedicated as a Congregational
land, west of cemetery, for per-! and a large- tent was erected west I church in 1844.
al Bent fair grounds. _.
The Suffolk County Historical So-I THE COUNTY REVIEW, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 27, 1927.
ciety was, organized in 1850 for
preserving the records of the Past. _.C)..ld ...Id Iced liilll I3urit 190 Years Foga
The great event of the year in Riv-
erhead is the Suffolk County Fair, ry
to which people fron nearly every '
community on Long Island make �y`i
pilgrimages.
In the fall of 1020, Yennicott , F a ,nl
!Chapter, Daughters of the Revolu-1 ,
tion attended the unveiling of a!
monument on Sound Avenue to
conunemorate American he•oisnn� '��
during the War of 1812, During
this war several vessels belonging
to Riverhead town were captured
!by the British in the Sound.
On May 31 1814, a smart slay F IIa s a, 5
I mash took place on the Sound
shore. A British squadron lyntg
j six or seven miles off in the Souncl � xY9.�
sent two barges shoreward to
where two or more sloops by Oil-
tile
n the beach, ready to loadwith wood.
About 30 militia, funder Capt. John # - i 'r n , ° " s
Wells, hearing of their movements,
repaired to the spot in ncadine"s to
receive them. The two barges
contained about 60 men, who as
they approached shore, opened fire
!from their commit and musketry.
As they were about to board the -
sloop '"Nancy" the militia opened The old red mill at Hast Mor- gathering mil skating m, the
lire upon them with such destine.- ]thus, standing by the highway and pond, there is also a sad tale cos-
tive effect that their attention was pond, is one of the oldest mills on netted with it. Nearly a hundred i
Lit once absorbed in the matter oi' Long Island and now fast falling years ago, William Homan was the
saving their lives by immediate to pieces. It was built in 1737 by miller at the old red nuip. One i
retreat. More of the militia were the Smiths, the first settlers in sternly night he went out to open
j injured, but It is supposed that Nast Moriches, Here the farmers the flume and was drowned. The
several of the enemy were ]tilled brought their grain to be ground next morning a 7-year-old miss,
of wounded. into flour. George Killer was the Tecta Howell, residing in the old
Southold, formerly called. He"- jovial miller some 35 years ,qo, Baler house, Montauk highway
toll's Point, was settled in 1640, by since which time the mill has been and Cemetery road, went down to
the English, who came over front Mlle the spring to fill a tea-kettle with
Connecticut with their leader, Rev. Although the past and,present fresh water and found ➢4r. He-
John Young,, nvho built the first have enjoyed fishing, boating, lily-I mail's body.
house, nearly 290 years ago.
At Aquebogue is the old Steeple
Church, one of the earliest
churches in this locality.and, for-
I
I
' EASTA PT N SETTLE
Harborsottlomeui"as about 1730,
the place not beginning to grow
L >�N 1639 RECORDS mach until 1706.
Just as the Bennetts (if they
CK. _ ltd) 'Uuilt little houses on the
Shares of Three-Mile Harbor and
-' --— the East; Ilamptop lands of Tov✓u' Northwest ' were fishermen, they
(
,- By i. D. Sletpht.) I"urchase were bought From the naturally would locate where were
Indians. Southampton Old Town fish. The East Hampton settlers
Historians do not always agree, had been Settled since 1(iAO. The also chose their first habitaCimn
This engenders friendly argument, Indian trace lead to lands toward site because of water. A historian
sennetiuies acrimonious dispute, what is now East Hampton and of the eighties has written some-
➢1uch;history in recorded Limn de- Montauk; communication by water what facetiously: "This quaintold
scriptiona of eye-witnesses. No between the eastern part of 'the town (East Hampton) was settled
two persons see than scnuo thing Island and the ten miles square in 1648. The name originally given
alike. Other incidents of history grant of the Southampton colony to the settlement was `➢'Laidstmne,';
are derived from Yolk story, writ- w,as not difficult by After 1662 it was known as E
water. No one Aftast
hr, !
tell records and letters. Twrit- will presume to say that this East Hampton. There were thirty-nine
ten record m
is accepted as ore Still Hampton land had w
not been ex- mAtlers who squat around the
to be accurate than the story told played before 1649. It had: Hopkins Town Pond, in order to obtain
by grandparents, embellished by and Eaton, who bought East water:. Some of the present inhab-
frequett repetition. Hampton lands for the company itants are not as eager for water
A most interesting article by that was ti,, "settle" there, did as their ancestors."
"One, of Ours," attributes to Dr. not buy a pig in a bag in April At any rate a^eordiag to this
Fvedvr•ick A. Finch, of Anmgan- 29, 1648. there were 39 settles living about
::e Ct, that East Hampton was set- Thomas Stanton, of Stonington, the locality of rhe. Town Pond in
tied a decade before 1640, therefore a Virginimt, tine interpreter for UM8-A0
the accepted date of founding,• of the Fnglish, knew the lands it is If statentc•nt; already prime-d,
the settlement, or Town Purchase. assumed, as well as Job',3ayre, one table, the white man
11C`•!y a-half century ogre are ac-
It is stated that Dr.Finch disagrees of the first eight Undertakers' of was at
cage before 1640, heretofore the the Southampton colony of. 1640, cel I e.stern Long Island Yea's before
accepted date un
of founding of the[ and Robert -Bond, who was a Lion Gardiner occupied his island;
settlement, or Town Purchase. It' blacksmith, and had a grant of in 1639. Thee was years since a I
is stated that Dr. Finch disagrees I land at Southampton, in 1643. The dispute as to priorly of settle-
with the lite Judge Hedges, whose other witnesses to the Indian deed ;hent of Southampton and South-
East Hampton history Sete; 'the of 1648 were Cockenoe-de-Long old (Che Sones are given in index
date of East Hampton settlement, Island, Indian interpreter, and Old (tile
e•de) towns. It seems
al 1GA0. No one will dispute the brother-in-law, and counselor of a1 m accepted that these to•.vns
claim of Dr. Finch, that Uabitn- Wyandazeh; and Robert Woodhull, were each settled about 1640. AC
Icons may have been established all early explorer o£ Long Island n time of this dispute (1883) Alvah
by Bcnnctts, who hall r-onic to lands, and probably of the family P Salnnnn published a series of.
Gardiner's Island to work for Lion from whom all Long Island Wood- historical sketches in the Traveler,
Gardiner. That. Lion Gardiner does - hulls, and Udalls and Odells and r newspaper. The authenticity of
riot speak of this in his letters or Wood'ulls originate. the paragraph quoted below, or
his historical haul: may not be Hedges' history informs that where supported by a record, this
taken. to mean that such habita- Gardinei•'s Island was settled in writer cannot say:
tions were not established. Thee 11G30; Past Hampton town Pur- "Matthew Sinderland, a hold
would have been nothing to pre- chase(],:a& Cal cast as Montauk, in Scotch navigator, was engaged by
vent. The Montauk Indians were` 1648,+..arid the lands purchased by Josses P'arrettt about 1662, to
Friendly. W 'H
yandanch was a blood .opki6s and Eaton were asci ned nako a survey—rough diagrams,'
brother of Lion Gardiner. The In- to East Hampton settlers hl the naps and charts for the guidance
diems had their summer camp at spring of 1651. The record shows .and informcationarts of those why.
Aswagh, between the forks of the that John Hand had residence Ill. mi ht Uecome interested. In 1633
creek now called Hand's, at North- Maidstone (Posh Hampton) Octo-. yecalled to his assistance 1 few
west. They kept their canoes in bey, 31, 1649. Hedges, a carefull nen of his own character, hardy.
the cove at head of harbor, or writer and conscientious investiga- ,enthusiastic, full of adventare—
"Copeces." Dr. Pinch is quoted as tor, did not quibble over a definite_ and with such supplies and instru-
opining that the liennetts were al- date of first occupancy of Past, meats as were required, for the
ways water peopla. What more Hampton lands. IIe contents him-.I�
likely that they should "squat" at self with saving: "At what precise work in hand, he sailed freor
the locality where food in forest (late the first inhabitants of thfsl Boson Harbor in the spring of
and
hay was tile,
town planted themselves.upon the!• 1633ayl, and with him some of th(
The handwriting of Lion Gardi• soil is not known. It was Probably �Villiamoneers Salmon Richard dtown—
Jackson
mer provides ln'refl'ag'RI11C Tecorcl in the spring or summer of 16.4
tUnC he occupied his Island (Ga•di- History sets down the settlement 'hares Glover, and others. Milking
ne•'s Island) at or before 1639. IIe of Sag Harbor about 1730. There to acquaintance and friendship M o.
Man-
was at Saybrook Fort for four were then three houses and fans- 9oukamp, Great Chief of the Man-
ycars previous, The grant of bond ; ;fere ]habitat ons itis
Sag Harbolrerel as! �cryncks—in 1635, Oilarm, to where the!le houseoare
Stirling of Gardiner's
Island A
Cut-
through Janes Farrett, the agent early as 1707,•111¢ tradition is that ;hogu by Jones Wleldlamn, of Cut
of tile Stirling, who never viated before .that time fishermen came :hogue, and formerly the Inonx
America, says Gardiner, in March over £ren Connecticut and lived Mead site of the Salmons, Conldins
10 1639, "Had 'his possession from in rude "dug outs" in the cliff tnd Albe•tsons, he erected the firs.
the' Indians before my cominge." along the south side of Shelter Arita man's house we have an!
Ilbwbll, the .histortmn o:C South- Island Sound: Yet Hedges knew record of.on Long Island, and here
amptou; sets the. settlement of that Sag Harbor lands were a Tater inn, he brought from Rho(h
white ranee to East Hampton, (the part allotted by Southampton town Island, Mary Katherine, a yonn4
mainlnrtd) as ' 1648: He is un- as early as 1G8o, and improved we bride, who, as far ns history, tows
doubtedly right ill his deduction know about 1700, if not before.i and family records, and traditior
that they wajgq t ere. That or Still hedges sets he time of Sag .;Inow, was the first white womnr
( II
Lrn�
:hat ever made a home in Uu -- hot, snp porridge cold, samP por-
-oo thokl He (Capt. Sunderland, it while somewhat vague, is of great ridge
e,ain the pot, nine days old."
633) got petnnssion to snake his interest Stlmon asserts that in the primitive communities the
bIicndquate s on the shore of the lune lfo0 Sindeulaml took a deed women trot only pounded their corn
anhansuc I River, now known as from •siren for all island and tet ntortnrs, but the men wrought
lonklnl's retry, a narrow branch two neck, c: land m the mouth of
if the I((uric Bay running 6= Oyster Bat lintbor and that: this9ogs and clapboards for building
`.wc<.n shelter Island and the pour. is the first de.:l made for land on with axes and cleavers. But sown
!and. 'Po lois peaceful hark:r, he the East Lnd, which is found o, drains were constructed across
;ante with his sloop for rezF nil lthc Southold ]Own pccords Sin- streams,—the water was flowed
i :rom it he sided out mune'. the 'derlanl cited into Cti c and without: back over many acres of forest)
islands on the North Sen and b.a.t- 'issue to 1041. land where trees had been cut and
liful Pecmiie L'ny. Prone here It Parrett lopr•escnting the absent stumps left standing. (This is
made fiur,+atnt trips to Boston Lord Stit•ling contracted debts what we see when our Ponds are
V
he took emigrants, direct amounting to I t0 Pounds, or $660. drained.) Small mills were built
from the old country or from the To raise funds to get back to Eng-for grinding grain and sawing lum-
New England Colonies, to the land ho mortgaged Long Island-- her., Rude tanneries were con-
most attaaaivc points on the is- 'call of it east of the Dutch Settle-Strutted for tanning hides for
lauds, laid nut th.2 lands where Intents. IIistory records he "bon- malting of shoes and later, Spin-
they decide! to IOertte, and so pre- rowed £110 for the relief of his ne- (Iles and looms gave way to "rills
pared the may for the conveying -essities." and Soon after act sail for manufacture of coarse flax or
l and deeding of such lands by Lor England. This was the fit•st,yooleI fabrics fm• clothing.
ysterling though Parrett." mortgage ever given on Long Is- ` Dankly school houses wme small
• The history of (apt,-Sindz heal, land. one-loon, affars and before stoves
/ - - a great fireplace, wide enough to
Yesteryear and T'®-day take in a cord stick; occupied one-
r--.`�/ ?„T __ half the width of the room.
The boy scholars were obliged
y By Mus. L. M. JUIIRNPAY Pelletreau, of Southampton. In to cut wood and build fires and the
1772 he made for Hugh Smith, of girls swept the floors and kept
The people of 1700 lived the sum-East Moriches, a three-pint tank- the roma in order. The seats were
pile life: They were lenge Willard which weighed 36 ounces and rough planks without backs.
owners with little money and 7 pennyweights,which cost£16 10s The teacher received most of his
,mall use for it except to acquirc and 10d. For making, the cost pay lir farm produce and 'lived
more land. Each well to do ail was £4 8s and 8d, engraving cost around to the different homes. As
owned m good suit of clothes and.6s, and the whole cost was £21 6sloge as 1736 his compensation was
with such.accessories as silver shoe and Gd, only £26 and board. School lasted
buckles, lasted for years and was. .The ox-cart was the only ve-. throughout the year, with scholars
handed clown by will from fatherhi0a for travel and cart-paths going and coming as circunistan-
to son. The rest of their clothing their only highways. Tallow can- ces would permit,
was homespun, They had little(Iles, and later whale-oil were used Aside from the Bible there were
communication with the outside.for lighting. There was only one few textbooks, each scholar bring-
world. Their living was suthcient niewspaper, kind that it weekly, ing such as the family closet torrid
unto themselves — having large which was passed from house to afford. The teacher's post of Ob-
flocks and lierds, raising their own lnntse servation was in the chimney corn-
grain and Other Simple foodstuffs, A certain merchant of that day cr; where lie sat enjoying a pipe
growing their own flax, sPinning'had .t peculiar method in dealing and immersed in a book, but not
and weaving their own fabrics, im- 1
porting not moth besides English with customers, for when lie was so`abi;47 ed but that he noted in-
cloth, sugar, molasses, a few books,tendered a dollar bill for 60 cents atlention in 'tally `ndh disposition
]fettles and other utensils that worth of goods lie would cut the to play, g
could not be nude by smiths at bill til two, keep one-half and tell "draw near" and volley of blows
poets,.and occasionally silver tank- tlie customer to bring the other Iran his birch switch.
a•ds Sul spoons that figure in.half some other day and he. would Those were the Pahny times of
take it for 60 cent the "Three R's—Reading, 'citing
their wills. Ile thus secured that man's ells- 'and 'rithnetic."
In 1673, Bork was three pounds tot, for so ni,ch trade and when But It times have changed in
and ten shillings per barrel and tine second half was returned, he 100, 60,.or even 26 years ago. No
in the sane year ten acres of land would paste the two halves to- longer does grandfather's black
sold for a "barrel of good porke'" get, broadcloth suit repose in the hair
In 4676, a coffin cost live shillings. The village samp-Pounder con- trunk in the attic, for now both
The trades of that day were'sisted of it spring pole, a sapling must go to the junk pile; while the
blacksmiths, who made all the fastened to a short post in the high silk hat is only used on formal.
nails, axes, ploughs and farm im- grou rid,. The pole passed over a occasions. High beaver hats cov-
plements; masons; carpenters,who'her ighpost at the other end where ered Pilgrim heads at Plvmouth,
cut down the trees, sawed the',a .pounder was attached. Under but when John I3etherington all-
boards
pboards and built the houses; coop- the pounder it large post had been ])eared o, the Strand with a silk
ers, who made the,tubs, pails, and driven the top of which was hol- "stovepipe" in 1797 he was arrest-
barrels about the house and dairyi lowed out into a sort of basin ed and fined for wearing his "tall
wheelwrights, weavers, shoemak- where the corn was placed after structure having a shiny lustre
ers, saddlers, tailors, tamers and ]laving been soaked. Then the calculated to frighten timid peo-
nnillers. So well did the fathers spring pole was Pulled up and 'ple." And while a nmsk of re-
understand the value of a trade down by handles fastened on each sireclability and means, the sill:
that it was customary for the sons side of the pounder until the corn hat is said to be responsible :for
of the wealthiest families to be ap- yeas mashed into samp. On Satur- I the baldness of the ]ate gen(ration,
prenticed in their ,youth to neigh- day afternoons a large crowd al- I Thus too, may be thrown on the
boring snuths or other artisans. ways gathered to pound sanp for rubbish heap as a token of all era]
"One of the most noted silver- Sunday's dinner. There used to that is past,
smiths of his time was Capt Llias.bean old saying, "Samp-porridge - -- --- -.
l
11:nanou oiled people of thefe ftates pone L"
Generations ago women wore Years ago, except tae home trated 'thefe dark ftrategms, ar
hoop skirts, bisques and bustles— and church, but when out for a Irei'ted 't.he proga•efs of thefe meaf-
(even 25 years ago the skirts had horseback ride the woman of that ores, frowned the authors into fit-i
trains lined with crinoline and day rode side saddle, with long once, and ruffed to the chief mag-
ledged with braid, scraping a the skirt and high boots,
t g P But il'Cracy off their favored country,
dust High choker collars, small gone are the (lays of the the man whom Heaven feen to
wiists and large puffed sleeves— bicycle trip .and old buggy ride. butte ordained to lead us, back to
really women were not only The woman of today bobs her frit principles.,'
dressed but upholstered. They I parr; wears Irnickers, monnts the It is interesting• to note further
wore "switches" in their Psyche horse astride, and speeds by in a that, though the journal Bears the
Isnot and rats in their pompadours. sporty roaclpter. Evei countries name Suffolk Gazette, but one
Hats were creations of lace, are tired of staying at hone so ' item in the pape refers directly
feathers and flowers and tilted on they attach airplane wings and and exclusively to this county, and
onerideof the head, with long hat start out to visit other countries. only the advertisements refer to
pins to ,jab the unwary. But styles change in a night. the town in which the sheet was
There were few forms of recrea- Who knows what they may be to- published.
morrow? Except for the letter previously
Curious ��� ��yy4' $zt�folh mentioned, which occupies all of
�
S•'✓ the fitA and one of the three ml-
Gazette Found
in
Coale Deposit
mans of the second page, the re-
Gazette
C8 r.9 / l..d $) mai ndm� of the paper is filled with
pp �J such items as the following:
Box in Bank Is Darted June 1C7®Yf "b:ErNE, (N. II.) May 5.
Singular.—A ncft of fnakes of at-
/ molt all kinds and colors, from 3
"G,antlenu•n," says a recently) flng, attorney for the Poster to 18 inches in length, was acci-
discaverad cony of the Suffolk
rstatc. . denLally difcover•ed the other day
The entire first page of this fon, in this town. Upwards of 700 of
Gu::c;lc, dated Miliday, June 8, page paper is devoted to a "letter three reptiles were crowded to-
1811.1, 'as we are coming to the of Get. David Thomas, Reprefen- gethcr in a fpace of lefs than two
feafon for hot weather in which tativefront the state of New- feet 1'quare."
r:iluru calls for drink in(] there York, in Congrefs of the U. States, One obituary appears as fol-
ha:; been a difficulty to Icee I7nall to his Co l tituents." In the lot- lows: "DIED at Brtdghampten,
p tor, which isJefrich in its praise of Col. Jeunthan Hedges; aged 81
beer iron, fouring in hot weather President ferson and the con- Y"rrt's."
in two at three days, Eby a^blah, tetnporar;y Democratic administra- 'file three advertisements inthe
noc.eflity obliges to make more info tion, tilt, writer exposes: and cclitiou arc Corl0na enough when
of 1'piritous liquors than perfonsl strongly condennns the attempts to read room the modern advertising
"vilify said calctnnniate the pet-- viewpoint. One of them reads
would othernvifo enoofe. it may bei':fonal• character of the illuftrious thus:
tifel'ol to communicate to the pub- Jefferfon." WOOL
lic a method of brewing good l Much space in the letter is given "A QUANTITY of excellent Shel-
whch:fomt, fntall beer which will ,to a summary account of, the ter Iflaild WOOL, for rale by
not four, namely— Louisiana Purchase 'and the ex- A. PAbTRIDGE.
false f.wn ounces of hops, and rellent rammer in which the admin- 1 Sag, Harbor, Jute 16."
buil ;.hem three or four hours Ill advertises under Jefferson conduct- Another advertises "Nails,I
Lhrce n' foul pails-full of water; ed this purchase, despite the abuse Bonds, Screws, Steel, Sac. Courfc l
Chun I'(•ald two quarts ofmolafres fO111 exhortations of their enemies •uul fine Stilt, fufrer5ne Flour,!
fn tilt, liquor, and turn it up lot, to lake the disputed territory by ]..mnber of different Kinds, and a
it clew, hail barrel, boiling hot; farce Of arms. The flavor of the large Ripply of COTTON and
tfwu fill it up with cold water; be. article is observable ;u the follow- 1VOOL1 And a number of other
.Pure it is quite full, put in your fill, paragraph of the letter: articles too tedious to enumerate.
enptyings to work it; (the empty. "Was it not refounded in your Any perfon wifh;ng to perpur-
inl;�r it will produces work bee• oars in '99-1.800, that it the demo- chafe, to the beft advantage, will
from time to time) the next day 'craLs fucceeded,. if Jefferf on find it for their intm•ePC to call on
you will have agreeable whotefume fhould be olectcd, all religion then• old t1•iond and humble fer
I'nmll icer• that will not till with would be proftrated,; all fccuritY vmnt, JOHN JERMAIN." = a c
Co pnopei Ly deftroyed? national the third add is likewise t dryl °Q
wind Id . that which is brewed fill ill and national credit violated? l,00ds advertisement and among g N
foto nuilt, and Iran. and it will general levelingfyftem intro. $ mm
k(ep good Lill iC n all drank—I `' Lhi list of articles mentioned as
ducivl! that our country would lie 'qmw cheap goods just received.
have pi actiur this method for ;J ^ .-
�i6ouL a ,year in my own family, fold to France and become.a;ProJ; and �Pnr silo, by ASA PART- G v
:_nd find it very ui'eftd•„ to the rapacity of Bonaparte, RIDGE, A general affortment of
:soft, import,,d Dry Goods, consist- c u
'I'hi:c copy ui. the Su0'alk Gazette, rand to enl'mee tt belief of thus wasm r [ ,
published b„ not�tl,e 1'tory of X, Y and Z—the ,ng of, Chintzes; Calicoes; Diuni- " m
I Aldan Spooner' Sag tale of the tubs,'mafracres,• elites, ties; Modes; Satins; Luftrin
Mrs. r, li Y, . the property Water
&,c induftrioufly propagated? plain and colored Cannbricic M�f- mU E
Mrs. William C. Poster of Water And to_ prdteeG themfelvice.jn the [asp Fine aconet and book; Mud- wp
Mill. It was discovered a short J ,o.
Lime ago in it safe deposit box fn government, did not the enc1.ourag- to Handkerchiefs; Elegant Cam- c "F—
tha Soul:h ant icon Bank rented h ors of thefe tales employ -every brick Shawls; Silk, cotton
and .�' "
f y artifice to involve us inn a war.with Linen Hkfs; Madras; Silk and B'
Uie Ian(' William C. Foster of France?—did not the Prefrdent, he cotton Gloves; Men's leather and ° = 9 G
Wafer Mill, who died in August who ought in confeious dignity; cotton re,; Silk, Cotton, Hemp, x c '
ill' the present Year. It was kind- r�eminently to Itaud aloof from, p, and
ly lu:wed to the County Review by IlY Worfted Hofe; Blue, Blacic and
the paffions of the moment, tell the; yellow Nankeens; Jane and Fuf-
R. Condon Smith of Riverhead, nation that the finger of Heavonlslou; Varief
who is associated with Robert Grif.- o ted to war?—But the enlight - - -- -ty of -Veft Patterns;
,p •The Story of the Bird•Bathhe -Also the lvetter received some time 'Bth Item—I give all the rest of
� ¢go from Re . Abram Conklin ill behalf Illy goods to lily brother, Joseph
One of the pleasant Incidents of they of the sisters of Mrs. Lowerre will beI Horton.
Holiday season was the .exchange of read with interest: "9th Item—I mal:e my brother,
letters between the Senior Class ofl "Mrs, Conklin and her sisters wish Joshua Horton, sole executor of
the High School and the. Committee nae to thank the Kindergarten Com- this Illy hast will and teatninellt, to
that had installed the Memorial Bird- mince and others who have been in- s'ce all my debts paid.
Bath on the school grounds. After strutnental in.placing the beautiful "BENJAMIN MORTON.
all expenses of more than one hundred Melu0rfal BiPd-Bata at the Southold After making his singular will,
dollars had been paid, there still le- School Ill memory of Mrs. Lowerre, Mr. IIm•tmn marred Mary Map-
-
a small balance, and this ]ed It is a most appropriate tridnte as well haul, of Southampton. Ile died in
m the following letter from the Com- as a most useful addition to the 1690. His older brother, Joseph,j
m"T a to woPirrk
L. s Blodgett: school equipment,
"The work of Installing the Bird- "They, and I also, wish to ex roes I»lade a division of the estate with:
Bath on the school grounds in memory our a P-- the widow.
Of Mrs. Caroline M. L,owenn known appreciation of the very ]and and The will of Thomas Sayre, who
for man lovely references to Mrs, Lowerre and .was one of the first settlers of
y years as "The Bird Woman her work that have appeared in the
Of Southold," has been completed with Traveler. We highly a Sellthalm pton, is dated Sept ritbnr,
,the placing of two evergreen shrubs g ppredate the 1660, anal leaves mmly acres of
i gr interest of this Coninal tee and its One
!near the Bath. expression, lend mad much Pewter. To one
I "There still remains from the oldSmcere]Y yours, sol he leaves a Pewter flagon, a
,Kindergarten Fund and from other pewter bo;vl and a great pewter
money donated by friends of Mrs. Abram Conklin,, platter.
'Lowered, who shared with her the - - A curious bequest to another
study and observation of birds, the c1'lfi'au* Old !gills son: "£LO n live
year to begin e
!small son of fifteen dollars. Of Fong Islanders vests after my decease; to be paid
It is the wish of those who have in good merchantable shoes, or
held this fund of money for many i other pay that will procure hides
Years for something of permanent use Orient we.s first cnl.ed "Fresh towards his settin til a tannery"
or beauty in the school, and of other Meadow." and "Oyster Ponds." ',John Hart, ofgMas eth,
friends, that the amount remainingbe Probably cue of the 'first settlers i, p. gives
placed in the hands of the Principal .i rill Horton, who had a oIc son a shilling; to another son,
p house
13th' nl ' a hag, and the plantation to the
of the school for the pmrohase of such house there in 1GG9. By various 1
book or books as will be valuable in sales mad exchoug'es he secured a other two sons.
the nature work of the putpilr.. The large estate. IIis will is of sneh Thomas Terry, of Southold,
balance is therefore enclosed herewith, till extraordinary nature that we docs Trot forget his wife;—She Co
hoping that the effort to Ilse today a give it entire: have 15 bushels of corn yearly
fund raised long ago for the ver little durilig her life,"
Y "In ye union 'of God, Anion. David Corwith, of Southampton,
children of the school, may be not only,Fobr. ye 1.Oth, 1G85, According being weak in body, but in perfect;
a comfort to the birds and a memorial to the computation of ye church memory, ;eaves to son Caleb, "m
to a lover of birds, but also a penman- of England, I, Benjamin Horton, best suit of clothes and a bell blah
eat source of pleasure and benefit to In Ye county of Suffolk, in ye ket," while dao
all associated with the school. daughter, Mary, be-
province o1' Now York on Long cones possessed of a scythe and
Cordially, Island, being in perfect memory, a Bible.
The Kindergarten Com. of 1002 do make and ordain this lily last! John Marston, of Flushing,
Ella B. Hallock, Chairman will and testament,
riots, B. Bliss, Treasurer „ ]eaves one daughter a gold ring
Emma L. P. Htmtting (dee'd) Int Item—I give to Caleb IIor- and to another daughter, a silver)
Bertha Booth ton and Jonathan Horton and thimble.
Mary Harrison - Morey Youngs, 80 bushels of wheat Ralph Aunt, of Newtown, )not
And other friends." and Indian corn, 20 swine, 20 having much to give, leaves dough-I
In reply came the following front shceli, to be divided to then four loll, Mary, two cows, six sheep and
the Senior ,Class to the Committee: alike, feather bed "I now lye on."
"Realizing that a more direct ex- 2nd Item—I give lily house and To Ann, who has lily red coat
pression of thanks should come from land and meadows, except my In her possession, must have it val-
the pupilsthemselves, Mr, Blodgett meadow of common over the need and give half of money to
has suggested that the Senior Class, River, to the Sacrament table .Mara'•'
in behalf of the High School acknow- yearly for evermore.
ledge the installation of the Bird Bath "3rd Item—I give to my friend,
on the school grounds, and, also the. Thomas Tustan, one lot of the
recent gift of fifteen dollars from thei common meadows over the River, The origin of Sag Ilarber came)
Kindergarten Committee of 1902. and a cloth coat that is at Stephen about by the people of Sagtlpouack
"The Blyd-Bath has been greatly Bayles, and any corn above 80 (requiring a convenient laixEpg to
,appreciated both for its usefulness bushels. )receive .andship goods. Tile lo-
and for the additional beauty it gives "9th Item---I give ten oxen for cality was known as "the Land-
to the school grounds• a bell for tile
e meeting-house, to ling^ Inearly yearsand in earliest
"The money has been received at a call ye people together to worship, times, whet laid ou,t,,in 1.080, "the
very opportune time for we are now the Lord Goch I(.rest fleadow•" It was. called
renovating the High, School library. "bill Item—I give. the rest to 1, "tile Lnndiytg" until 1.780, ;the
This money will be used, as you have the poor. Harbor of Sagg," "Sagapn iackI
suggested, to purchase books on ns,- "6th Item--I give to lily marl lli.arUor," sometinnea, but rarely,
tune, so you may be assured that this Joseph, one sow,one gun, one sheep Britlgeh[iwPtmn I[arbmt" nail
recent gift will be put to the bxt pos- and his thine to be out next May eventuah was Ansi mated in Aug-
s1Ule tu;e, clay, ust, 1790,by the.li 5, Con tc.ti
Sincerely yours, "7th Item—I give to lily sisters (the "Port of Sag Harbor." g
The Class of ID28. lily wive's clothes to be divided to - --
Doris Williams them two. _. .._. . ....
Winifred Billard
y w.
ton often called on his grandJ
fath-
er."
------- --""—"""----"'-------. Before the story that General
East Marion Baptist Church 1 F2_V George Washington was at this
house "a guest on several oc
casions," will be positively accept-
1 ed as fact, substantial and autbel-
tic evidence in documentary form
will have to be produced.
There is tradition that Washing-
ton once was at Greenport, but
IInothing but repetition to establish
that he was. In fact the move-
ments of Washington are so care-
I fully jotted down in his diary his
whereabouts at most times can be
r bMr accurately placed.
Washington did keep in touch
1 f} with Long Island men. He wrote
i letters to Southampton men. UP-
fortunately most of them have
been destroyed.
Col. Benjamin Huntting, who at
one time owned the Huntting house
7gg� i tt<.. I In Southampton, tied to Stalling
�,r- s ton and Middletown, in Sepkem-
- ' ber, 1770. He had signed the As-
sochation in 1775. He was allowed
'� 5 •�, to return to Long Island in 1782.
t
Mother's Refugees of 1770 frmn
Long Island to Coinectieut says:
"After his return he became a Col-
onel in the Militia."
This Col, Benjamin Huntting
was one of the pioneers establish-
ing the off-shote whaling enter-
prise, sailing from Sag Harbor.
Col, Huntting seems to have
,-.Ij been a Jeffersonian Republican,
rather than a federalist. Luther
_.._ D. Cook, a whale ship agent and
owner, who knew Col. Huntting,
wrote in 1858:
The First Baptist Church of East Marion was organized in "Col. Benjamin Huntting's suit-
February 22, 1545. The first meeting was held at the home of . den death occurred in August 1807,
Deacon Benjamin and .Mrs. Hannah Clark, who were among the by which sad event the operations
charter members. Deacon Clark's mother, Lucy Clark, is affec- at this port (Sag Harbor) were
tionately ramenbered as "the mother of the East Marion in a large degree paralyzed for a
Church" as she had been praying that a church might be orgin- time. His age was 53. IIe hada
ized in East Marion. Prior to the organization of said church, very extended acquaintance and
the people were obliged to go to Greenport, three miles distant, was universally esteemed and re-
to worship and about twenty were members of the Greenport spected by all classes. lie was
Baptist church. When the local church was organized there for some time in public life, hav-
were thirty-two members, tell men and twenty-two women, and ing served four years, frmn 1800
Rev. James Squires, was its first pastor. In 1905 many changes to 1804, in the (State Senate, and
were made in the church and it was rededicated as it now was also a member of the Council
stands. Rev. Alexander F. Johnson, a graduate of the Rochester of Appointment in 1802-3, and in
Baptist Theological Smninnry, who became the pastor, was tbosa. days he was associated with
ordained at the time of the dedication. Ezra Ullomnnedheu, DeWitt Clin-
The church has a membership of 103. Rev, Francis K. ton, Ambrose Spencer, and other
Shepherd became its pastor in July, 1927, who fm• 21 years had men of thetrue Jeffersonian tyke.
'been very successful in street missionary work in connection i I have compiled Cook's "son-
with his business as a commercial traveler. He is a graduate of scripts. He jots down events of I
Crozier Seminary at 'Chester, Pa. His ordination took place at the greatest importance, and .the
the First Baptist church, New York. In thepicture can be seen I gossip of small haupenhngs. He
the parsonage which the pastor occupies. _I says nothing about General Wash-'
-- -- ingtoin,• either in the Revolution-
..- - ary nernod or after the peace, or
Wa � towhen President, journeying as ;res de m• aft-7 his retre-
Iln�P$Ori and Suffolk I byn,coach on Long Island, went, cant from the presidency, ever
4-v
east as far as .Patchogue. Mr. "aving a visit to the Hampton,
Editor Tim COUNTY RUVINR'7 Palmer explains the statement that I Long Island, townships. If Wash-
The recentlyn• Washington often called on a Ington ever wrote of such a visit it
published announce- Huntting at the Qduntbing house, has escaped the eye of ills bio-
nlent that, "General George Wash- built in 1717: "A few days ago I I granhe•s.
ington often called" on friends' in called upon Ed. P. Huntting forl Mr, Morton Pennypacker call-
Southampton, is interesting if or, some, incident to help fill space,;tributes this paragraph in a series
real. and he gave me an extended his-{'of articles he is now publishing:
Heretofore, there has been well .toy of the old (ulmitting) House,I "David S. Bogart (was) South-
established record that Washing- and said that General Washing-
anpton's clergyman for 15 years.-somal friend of the Bogart family. has the use of it every Saturday night
The wife of Nicholas C. Bogart, H. frequently visited them, and except during the summer months
was before her marriage, Ann this Southampton lady cherished I and the latter holds its meetings there
Schuvler. They lived during the at that time an invitation written twice a month the year round.
Revolution at Tappan, Rockland with his own hand, to dine with In 1901 the second new church was
county, N. Y., and when -Major s ,the President" burned and the community again had
Andrew was captured, it was to The paragraph does not direct- to fall back on the dependable old
their house lie was taken, and I ly say when or where Washington I hall for a place of worship. Once
there he remained and from there visited the Bogarts, more, however, a new church was
he was led to his execution on Oct.I HARRY D. SLEIGHT. speedily constructed and still stands.
L, 1780. Washington was a per- ;It is considered one of the prettiest
r}:iirches in Suffolk Comity. -
Several years later the Som1d Ivo-
Plan
ve-
lv Improvements t® nue schoolhouse burned and the hall,
being ever at the service of the cor-
p agH Academy
munity, was called upon to serve as a
�2 Old �y or-1gy,g 1. /1d �� � '�y public school for over a year. It is an
l 7 ! °8 L� f♦9.g/ & �"lt. .Y interesting coincidence that the young
people of three generations, many of
building was put together. leach generation still living in the
At the meeting of the Sound Ave- The first use of the building m same community, have received at.
line Grange on the night of Jan. 79 Northville was that of a church In Ileast a part of their edticiltion in the
the topic for discussion was "Improv- that capacity it served the people'liall at some time in their lives.
lug the Grange Hall and Its Sur from 1835 to 1859, or 24 years. By ,.
soundings." Per that meeting a pa- that time a new church building wast THE CORAM PUMP
per was prepared and read by Olin completed on the opposite side of the It is stated in the Advance that the
ITothill, youngest son of S. E. Tuthill, street nearly opposite the hall. In, famous old um at Coram was prob-
which is of.such general interest that the meantime the hall became 'an pump
'it is given in full herewith: academy. ably placed there it 183e for during
Ammig other interesting and his-
This academywas attended by that year the town trustees authorized
one to be placed in the well at Coram
torical treasures which Riverhead many of our now prominent and re-.i for ublkc use,and the cost was not to
Town possesses are several very spected citizens and to them it holds I exceed $12. Judging from another
quaint old buildings. One of the most inany pleasant memories of gay times record it is apparent that the pump
.interesting of these is the famous and old friendships. Both the upper cost only $9.25. The site of the pump
Northville Hall, Possibly no other and lower floors of the building were, is historic and the Daughters of the
building lit Suffolk County has had as used, the upper being_a classroom,. Revolution are to mark it with a suit-
useful and helpful an existence in a while the lower was the lecture room, ably inscribed boulder.
rural community as this building. People from all Over Suffolk: County — - - - --- - ..
The structure itself greatly re- and many from other parts of the
sembles one of the old-fashioned State came to the academy. It en-
churches which one so often sees in. toyed remarkable success for about
very old communities. It is a simple. twelve years, after which it was dis-
two-stay building with a large bel-.I continued and the hall became a sort
fry on the front, which, set in among' of community house and center of so-
large trees, gives it a very inviting.. tial activity in the community.
appearance. As one steps in,VV In 1877 the church across the stre•.:c j
large, old-fashioned ,front doorwiu.4'; was burned and from then until 1881,
one finds oneself confronted with clic when a new church, the second one,
choice of going straight ahead into was dedicated, the hall again became
the spacious dining room, or up the a church.
stairs to the meeting room, or to the
Tight to a cloak: room. In back of the Opened Again in 1882 as Academy
dining room in a kitchen, equipped In 1882 the Rev. Fred Luce re-
with two oil stoves, running water, opened the academy, some of the
electricity and a full complement of children of those who formerly at-
dishes and tableware. Upon going I,,tended it being the scholars. The
upstairs one finds a large floor, suit- academy continued for about eight
able for a dance, with a stage and two years, the Rev. Winslow Hallock be-
dressing ' monis, making the room ing one of the professors.
equally suitable for many other kinds After that the hall went back once,
of entertainments, more to its old service as a Community
Built at AqueL•og'ue in 1831 center, innumerable slippers, dinners,
This building dates bark to 1881, or plays and entertainments of all kinds
97 years ago, when it was built at being held there. In 1902 the name of
Upper Aquebogue, where the two Northville was changed' to that of
Congregational societies of Riverhead Sound Avenue and the ball then be-
and Northville used it jointly as a came known as the Sound Avenue
meeting house. In 18,,,34 the North Hall, which name it still retains. The
ville society decided to separate front village continued under that name un-
the Riverhead society and they ptrr- til the year 1927, when it was changed
chased the building, having it movedback to Northville, to avoid the Ion-
to its present site at the head of fusion caused by a village hearing a
Church Lane on the north side of the street name.
avenue. Due to its great size and Among the numerous organizations
weight the building had to be.moved .and societies which hold their regular
piece by piece. Before moving it the meetings in the hall are the Riverhead
roof and shingles were taken off and Town Agriegltural Society and the
sold, new ones being put on when the Sound.Avenue Gran-e. The former
AttanticAve. be, Once Boroughs Pride,
Now Pi vi es Shelter for Honteless Rats
By MAURICE E.McLOUGIILIN C
+ the horse cars at South Ferry, and
A very small percentage of those I L�'.y Stor'es of Old B�.00klyn I probably found that starting horses
who ride or walk down Atlantic was a good deal easier than stop-
Ave., between Court St. and South ping them, especially if they were
Ii Ferrv, are aware that under the - �. ,.� --� � skittish and inclined to run away.
Ilroadway is a tunnel that was very # - �-,. ` The queer-looking locomotives of
- t £ '�'is. _ the 40's were enough to scare even
I useful when it was constructed
a staid old dobbin into seven kinds
more than 80 years ago, but now
_ of fits, as they burned wood and
-,probably is a lcdgmg house for rats and mice that have no regular _, constantly belched smoke and noise.
- =� - ms's
homes. Brooklyn hada population of only
30,000 when the-charter for the dig-
The tunnel was finished in 1842 nt - '•-_. - _ - ging of the tunnel was
-� sew granted in
sin years after the ifor rats
1834. The people of Brooklyn were
is a lodging . house for lints _ s = ice" = very proud of Atlantic Ave., which
and mice that have n0 regU 3 ' {- !� ,fib r r - they expected would become the
q - �,� „ leading business thoroughfare of the i
lar homes. - ,. - town, and the tunnel was proposed
i The tunnel was finished in I n` _ in order that the surface beauty of
11802- six years after the incorpora that section of the avenue might not
tion of the Long Island Railroad = _ I '+ 1 _ €'_ be marred be the presence.of tracks
the terminal of which was near the .
{ ��_4 � � _ ,gv„,,. r- and trains.
,i South Ferry. While the tunnel was I (, _ _ -
d Used Until 18:i3
!�being built the trains ran, or rather I `- ,� The.tunnel was used until 1859
,!
ilmoved, with the greatest delibera p L,. - 1 I� i� €, i� t_ a when the continued protests of resr
hon,along Pacific at-.to Boerum pl £ - _ dents against the runningotests steam
i1 where they goo on u Che main line _ _ ;� = ��. trains through it brought action by
I and proceeded up the avenue I e - i_ a �L '�- the Common Council,. which was
!carrying people and provisions to V i �„ �� obliged to authorize the payment of
the far end of Long Island. r - , $125,000 to the railroad for stopping
Two years ago interest in the old � - +sa: r the use of the tunnel, which then
tunnel was revived when it was sue =v .._>- -._> - we
sealed
Bested that the space might be uses �. 3 �.y. £ _ About 14 years ago some nervous
for the parking of motorcars to re = individual bean to wonder out
Neve congestion in the downtown € _r a 1- _ - .,�.. a loud if there was any danger of a
district, but nothing came of it and tate-m, owing to the increased
the rodents are still in more or less a f
Peaceful possession. - = _ weight of traffic. T. N. Lindbergh,.
•.:.n.__ then- Commissioner of Highways,
William Ennis Recalled y directed an inspection, and the re-
Atlantic Ave. traditions tell of a Entrance to L. I. R. R. tunnel on Atlantic Ave., betR,een port was that the tunnel was in es-
very fat. good-natured little man Court and Hicks Sts.. that was closed in 1559. - cellent condition and showed little
named William Ennis. whose house or no sign of the ravages of time.
was at the lower entrance to the —_—_--____—.__.__.____—------ So. perhaps, if, street congestion
tunnel, and wbose duty it was to, e is worse, the -old tunnel again
'warn drivers of horses of the ap- waving a red flag from his front cordin€ to his convenience. Imay become useful as a parking `
proach of trains, which he did by I stoop o' the basement window. ac-I Ennis later got a..lob as starter of space after all. _
_f
m
Lonslap j Privateers */ oo est ebb, who wrote: "Patriotism
d ! aA 3 OZ must be Hided by n prospect of
,interest or 'some reward."
Thousands O®g Pounds 8n Booty ,Both Jahn Adams and Commo-
r'i,,� i,dore Paul Jones thundered ara-
thema against the privateer ser-
(H. D. S,) goes to be distilled into rum at (vice, and it was in this service that
Rhode Island; rum and Bibles and so man of our Lan Island men
A Journal kept by Capt. Jahn y g
Hulburt, of Southampton Town, pewter dollars for New England I enlisted and fought desperately.
who in 1776, went to Connecticut, ships sent to Africa to obtain The former complained that "thou,
as a refugee, tells of privateering slaves to be brought to West Indies sands of schemes of privateering
ventures of Eastern Long Island and America so more molasses are afloat In American innagira-
men, during the Revolutionary could be made for rum, The Brit- tions; in the Eastern States they
War. The amounts realized from Ish tax oe molasses was at one are so intent upon privateering
prizes taken run into hundreds of time reduced to a penny on the that they mind little else." And
thousands of. pounds. One uc-gallon. „ the latter wrote: Some of the
court, that of the privateer "Re_ The historian remarks: "flow Gentlemen appointed to fit out the
„ curiously facts have become twist- new frigates are concerred in they
verge, at various times in seven ad in the popu!ar conception of
outfits commanded by the Captains privateers, and not only wink he
Edward Conkling and Joseph our time. The average America�tr but encourage deserters from the
Conkling, of East Hampton Town,believes that the Boston Tea Party Navy. And yet these men pretend
aggregate figures expressed in,and other acts of resistance came to love their country."
pounds sterling of three-quarters aoout because the British govern- The Long Island privateersmen
million sterling
llars. Much of this ment tried to force our sturdy took the British ships "Amherst"
forefathers to pay a higher price and "Adventure," loaded with sup-
money, so the Shipps Book indi- ror tea, The truth is precisely ,
cates, was contributed toward •be contrary. Tea was to be sold Plies for FIowes army in New,
ameliorating the condition of theat a lower rice. Then why? The Pork. And the Long Island mus.!
refugee families, in New England, p ter, Capt, Edward Conklin, his
and there is record of 270 heads explar ation is not at all compli-
of families who went as refugees bated. The Company (East India) officers and crew, lost their,.]lyes
from Long Island to Connecticut proposed to ship the tea direct to aboard an American 'privateer.
ports. America in its own vessels to es- To quote Phillips Russell: De-1
tablish Company warehouses in spite criticism and curses,. liow-I
Much is coming to light of great America, and, sell direct to retail- ever, the fitting out of private;
Interest relative to Revolutionary ers, It cannot be doubted that warships, under letters-of-marque!
years, rot to be found in school this plan, if it had been set in granted by Congress,went on; and
histories. Operation, would have put the tea to a certain degree aided, the.
The Long Islanders, who fled, smugg.ers out, of business. It American :cause through.the dam-
after the Battle of Brooklyn would have left the legitimate tea age it inflicted on British coin-
Heights, August 27, 1776, were importers also without occupation. merce, On February 3, 1773, Al-
patriots. They aided.their fellow The smugglirg element. was very, derman Woodbridge of Lohgnp
patriots, in temporary exile; they str,ng, and smuggling prafits were told. a committee from the House,
fought in the Continental armies, ,;;y large. Smugglers were of.Lords that the number of. shipsI
and, contributed financially and =,;,,;;,g the respected merchants of s$, far lost or destroyed', through
materially to the cause of !title. _:apo;t communities. They the operations of American pvi
pendence, w p.srt,on in colonial life, vateers had been 733, representing;
That Hulbert and his associates, ze wa ;miar tothat of the bet- a less of £2,200,000. And because:
Abraham Miller, Henry B. Living- ter c,ass of bootleggers in our the business was adventurous and
ston, John McCurdy, John Hudson, time, Suppose the anti-Prohibi- appealed to: the young as woll as.
John and Samuel. Foster, David tion movement should become so the avaricious,. it produced both,
Gelston, and others were not what powerful that prohibition would oddity and comedy."
nowadays would be called "war- be in danger. Does ary sensible Many large fortunes were made
profiteers" is evident, For John person think that the bootleggers by the owners of American pri-
Foster, after the war, died In indi- of America would stand by, in idle vateers, but no such nucleins for
gert circumstances, bad been in irjdifference, and see their trade vast wealth of any Long Island
Jail for debt, and lies burled at, swept away and their families family, can I trace. When the war
Southampton old cemetery in an',. brought to. ruin? Dollars by, the terminated the wealthiest, people
n,., ar:.co grave; a„d conn nal million would pour into the Pro in the United States were those
hurt, blind and reduced in Finan hibition treasury; lobbies would who had devoted their time and.
cial circumstances, sold his busi- besiege Congress, the Ku -.Klux attention to this prcifitable aspect
ness at Sag Harbor, and his li- would beset to work, and in the of the war. Gardner,historian,of.
brary and fury iture to gain means remote districts the more, aggres- the navy, estimates that 70,000,
.
of common subsistence. sive opponents of Prohibition men were employed on 'sbi s
The careful historian, W. E, would probably be decorated with mounting an aggregate of 1$,000
Woodward, in 1926, writes of the tar and feathers. One has only to giros, These men .were on ships
Navigation Laws, tax on ram, tea, transfer, the picture to an eigh- looking for prizes to be soli. for
and the Stamp Act, He makes teenth century frame; and put tea profit for owners.
certain things plain that are not in place of. liquor, to: understand Lorg Island men were the brav-
taught Young Am;, es. He shows the situation." est of brave among them; and!
how payment of a tax was avoided In the decade 1760-1770 the they also engaged in the "Illicit
by merchants smuggling rum from Long Island ships had built up a trade;' which was mostlyplunder-
British aid French possessions in good trade with West Indies— ing and, robbing and smuggling,
the. West -Indies, The triangle which means they often carried occasionally with no'regard iNheth-
seems to have been slaves to pro- part cargoes of molasses. er the person plumlereal ion Song
duce sugar cane for molasses; me- It -was Washington, when the Islard was known Tory, or perse-
lasses for New Englaid ship car- cause of independence was at low- cited patriot.
as toleave some of their'arms and /
accoutrements. If we had not had
Old Papers Show dear men stationed there, the place
e might, and probably would have
Activities �P2z�ll®Ila been destroyed. We are apprehen-
sive of another attack with in-
Jr,., ` County ia War of 1812! creased force. Have ordered two
l i � imore companies down 'dr the
I present. Our mitt: were alaannol
l but could not ahrive in time to be
(IT. D S ) rust Reglment of Cavalry to Of service."
Ancient papers, preservedby 'embrace three Squadrons tile ,
Third, Suffolk, Queens atilt Kings.
Abraham Rose and Judge Remy P. June 27, 1811 "Artlley Corn- No lives woe lost by a Long
Hedges, of Bridgehampton, found parry at Brookhaven organized: fslandor in fighting in the war of
mn0119 effects of the late John h. John S. T,lount, 'Captain Remy IT. 1812 on Long [gland, and only one
tient, of Sag IIarbor, het the Rowell, hist Lieutenant; told pn'ismmr was taken by Circ Brhtsh—
g p Samuel Davis, second Lieutgnant. Joshua T'ennX native of �8outhofd,
hisBoriun in reconstructing happen- Commended by Major (John), Jer- living in 1813, at Three Milo ILu•-
in[s at the pe`iud of the win of main,.- (Sal, Iarbor) of Col bor in lasnnp
t [laton ttown.1812, in eastern Long Island. ter• Sitcbe{''s RegnnenG" The aucmpted invasion m July
ritoy, (Sept. 22 187E Brevetted and 11 4813 was the only attach of the
They refute that in 1813 Comity, ussig1jed :rs ori,cers Of R.x,nmpt l enemy. A letter dated ting Har-
dol•e H:udY's fleet Of L'ritisih war. Company of Artillery ae Sag ITar-i hot-, July 10, 1814, says:
vessels, anchored lit Gardinir's hot,: Jnlum .lcrmain, Cagathfia, and "This day twelve months was the
)Jay, bluckildc l Sag Harbor. last time and the first, the onenry
An arsenal and powder houses Thorn Prier, ee•Lieutenants.Sleight, and visited us. 'file officers and crews
'1'hornasBeehec, Lieutenants.
and •c battery had been built at Si6malmnn.—Ile11ry P. 7JCrint„ of their war vessels are daily
Suj; Hnrhor by the 1''ederal Govern. Iiclgadi I, Cenural Rose in coin- I feasting nn the rich prndnet of the
count, in 18}U. Henry Packer Der- nand of di'I•'aC. American soil and at the liberal
ing was federal agent, collector of Noy, 10,1812. Brevcbtul of Ucers Price. They are permitted to come
pot and postmaster. Governor- of Go in
ora' Hntintl hz0mpts ashore and qct whatever they clroae h
Daniel '.1`om'pinns visited eastorn ort So ithold: Gilbert IJmt m Cap- within ten or twelve ])life ( us."
1.0119 Island, ill 1819. ;Sag Harbor ea1n; Jonathan fIe•ton, T i " namhf. Soar, other luaus ret interost t0
was then Ont. of the most enCer' and Benjtamin TlallocL• 1 ❑sign, all be [,leaned from f OCs that are
prisg trading towns On Long of 'Southold town. now coning out:
Iinsland. The settlement itself con- May 1, 1813. People of South 'rhe rosters and Orders of courts
sistrd of but. 40 m 85 houses, but o(''.and Southampton towns po martial of Col. Jeremiah Miller,
it was it port of eht-y and was tmtat$m• mans and Iimunitiun to who was a second in command
thhhvtng• and I,rownhg. To spite 1epel irii'aders. Granted m1 'hand under Brigadier General Rose, win
of the anxiety unit apprehension of September, 20, 181`1. "A C,0111. in possession of Miss Rosalie
the average Long Ishmdor•, the ,an of. N•billa• deMlled tp do Baker, of East flampton.
town was never oucupiecl by the tense Of Suffolk yCGuilty also or rile papers of plans Y. Doting,
llritislt and onlY once was it ex- guilt ell the Company or hlxentpts federal runt, are, preserved by till,.
Posed to atthek and tile,, the ns- lit Sag g Harbour, sttbjecC to carr tilehghC funhly of Sat, Tl arbor.
sailanis aerie Ignominiously rooted, wand Of Gena Ileee in case of in- Cannon and militia were senC on
leaving behind then in their re- baeion, (Letter of the Governor to appeal from Riverhead made
treat, firms and .accoutrements of DeWitt Calnton.) Sng Harbor, when thorn was a
war. '1'hrough0ut the war Gov- brush with the encny at Northville
YTenily t Sag Hnq• delivers from
at'uor '1'ongnk ins mninhninod a whore inn American cutter st•anJ-
de.tachment (it New York militia arsenal at Bag Sept. CO the 2: 60
mf Soiithol$, Sept. 20, 1.812: 6U erli, Toho rcinYh\•cenenfs arrived
aC Sag IIarbor. Governor Tomp- muskets, 60 cartridge boxes, bayo-I Goo late to he of use. Captain John
loins writes at A1hanY, June 12, IiNtriielts and seahbn'rds and one box Wells Commanded al: Northville
181.1:
' Previously tO my visiting Sagg foortn(n� gnpari ofs Volu tecrset ges in l �Captai nheAlinficTerry, eUshery I-I.
Ilarbour the most exposed point- SOutlrOkir Moore and Ensign James IP nnning.
Of Suffolk at that time. On my re Lettcrr fit General Rose. Huy 7, 1814. "Maior Case hav-
t.n July I8, 1812. "I have expressly "Aridg'ehaMvl'!rIl( 11 JuIY 1813, nninddeclined
to detachment in Goa
.'Sir—About 2 o clock this morn- y
they should shouldded th not, Len called])out'tnf ing, dive barges fro the British Iiia boor, Tongeranized for hebe, cr.an aha "09-
their
eg
their County which is Undoubtedly it oil a came and make an attack ularl relieved.
egposed. Order til umnns :cod,aur upon Sag,.IIarbor, took [tree vers- Y
munition to Sagg Harbour." to is set ftle to one, but met with a Nov. 16, 1814. "The Ugency If
rdeeption vo warm and spirited I'the sou hcc requires that the cmn-
1,81Y. Cern-mittre of Surety Sm, out': Militia there stationed I Innies at Sagg Harbour shottld
Tla9taIM Long Island: Ilugh Gel- continue to do duty at that Past
stop -floury P Doing, Abraham (commanded by Capt. 13n v i d I
it.) who are entitled tot for three months longe."
Rose, Merrick Rog•crs, Jeremiah Hayuus--K
Miller and Abraham Smith. Ps- much Credit,as also InanYcitizens of Prom Daring Papers.
the place, that they abandeud their March 1, 1810. Receipt of Alden
runes object and made a very precipitate 1 1
181 .—Ifenty P. Defrdng "star- object . They throw sane shot Ill- Spooner, publisher fm $2.00 'ad-
keepef ' of State armaments. ve•tising contracts to h udd arsenal
1812. July lu 1812. Sent to Sag most to the extreme Part of thehit Sag Harbor" made e. [[enry P.
Harbor: 1100 ntivikets, 600 setts place,but fortunately no lives were Damg•, Esq., Agent for the Porti-
of accoutrements 1000 azuls, 10,000 I lost or injury done expect to the c atm»s in Sag• Ila] )Or'
mm
rounds fixed aunition, one Iron vessels which they had in posses i. Decanbe , 10, 1810 Receipt of
nine-pounder Cannon on field car- sion, one of which was bored henry B. havens, mason, "aid
riage with all needful apparatus, I through and through by an 18-1b. �- hliab Byron', carpenter, for fa;
700 nine-pound-balls, 6 quarter shot front the rot. It is probable 1 1310.00 fur building ntsenal.
.sacks of powder and one coil Or I the enemy must have suffered, us Recmpt of Wml liar Pnrkdi•,
ilowmatch, - _... __. .. ithey departed in such confusion
master of sloop "Lively," for Luna of facts coat, win sump JOAN UNDERHILL
freight on four 18-pound cannon construct the history of those early
with military apparatus consigned days In Southold. We print herewith
to Sag Harbor. an article just received, which gives Washington" D. C.,
Itec•.eipt , for $8 first year':; some information about the early tam- April 28, 1028.
rental of land 1'e1" powder honse, ilie.5, and we print also the note which Editor, 'I'1I4; COUNTY RBVliiw;
at Division street, signed by owners accompanied it. I have had several inquiries an
of loL, Hubbard Latham and David Ma'. Davison: the Underhill family and its they
Russell, October 36, 1812. The facts herewith I have jotted seem to eonre from readers of T11E
Receipt of $11110 by Henry B. down from time to time on old Long Couwry Rglon ty, iI am sending tile.
Havens for buildin Island families, as I often run across
g pow dei heist,• ! them in genealogical research. enclosed brief sketch of John
.lady 111 '.1.1. prom• gni General � Underhill, which may print if you
Rasa Ln IT. I'. Doling, Issq., Co pay I thought perhaps you might work :feel so inclined.
unto Josiah Mostar sixteen pounds them in.
Of powder out of the arnenal at Yours sincerely, D. M. Criswold. I
Sag Harbor on account of sixteen • David AT. Griswold - —_--
pounds furnished by him ill three Washington, D. C. .john Underhill was born at
different alarms occasinned by the I lParwickshire, Eng., in the year
enemy some time since. The Rev. John Youngs did not bring 1596, lie arrived fn New England
April 8, 1815. Iteecipt from his congregation in toto from South- in the ,year 1630 having come in
Frederick Al. Meyers for services, wolde, Eng., as many of the New Eng- the eompnny of Winthrop, Nine !.
cit., at the time of the discharge land pastors did. The first settlers of hundred other emigrants came that
of the troops in the garrison nt Southold were gathered together in year.
Underhill was thirty-tour,
Sag' Harbor, and cutting, loads Massachusetts. every inch the hardened English
from the battery to the asennl William Wells was of the City of soldier, t,be world has produced few
o L•ua for coope•im; casks of gull- Norwich, Norfolk County, about twen- better or liner. And none harsher.
powder tit the magazine,, ty-five miles from Southwolde. Heb Hb laid been taught his trade on
The old arsenal was razed in sailed from London in the ship "Trite the battle fields of Europe and had
1885. Love" in June 1635, been nn apt ))"pit. He found New
The lot on which it sLood was Barnabas Horton was from Leiccs- 1';nglaad in a deadly fear of the
sold in 1927 to Sag Harbor village '.tershire, central England, almost one Indian and no moit. to take the
fora park. hundred miles from Southwolde, fiehl.
The powder house lot was sold in Jeremiah Vail was born in Glotces- The Colony of Massachusetts
1027 'by the U. S. government to . ter County, on the west side of Eng- sent him to the relief Off WeLlier-
A. !Sterling Wallace, of Shelter land. iickl, Conn., with 'L0 men; they
Island for $101. Edward Howell's birthplace was in put such fear into the hidians that
Officers in Rhrr of 1812. Buckinghamshire, southern England, Wetherfield was bothered very little
General Rose, over all Eastern one hundred miles from Southwolde. after that.
L. I. Regiments. Jeremiah Miller, Ensigne John Booth, the first of the Ue external'n,a Loci the Pegclots,
Maj., Com.;:John Williamson, Adjt. name on Long Island, and one of the seven hundred of then, at the
Commanding Company Artillery; purchasers of Shelter Island, was from place which is now the site of I
Captains; David Haynes, William Kent County. Stoniugton,.Conn., his nteLliod wase
Denyse, Zephaniah Bailey. Lieuten- I The Derings of Shelter Island were Indian -fashion. Ile showed no'I
tots; John M. Williamson, 1st, also from Kent County. quarter; as he would have asked.-�
Elias Burtis, 1st, Pardon T. Tabor, Captain John Underhill came from none. The Puritan fathers wercx
?.nil Jonathan Van Wiclden,' 2nd. Warwick on the River Avon. holding their breaths (until the'% 7 o
Noah Terry's Company o1'- Sea. .Benjamin LTIonmedieu was of the clanger,was over) then sone said lS ir=
re.nciblrs: Noah TeClly, apt, John City of La Rochelle, France. He land- lie was cruch lie answered them o ,,
Al. W lhamson, I.st Lieut., Pardon ed at Newport, R. 1., 1686. ill their own words spying he hall
T.Tabor, 2nd Lieut., John M.Isaacs, Moses Cleveland sailed from 1p- "received the .light [Hain God,' '� K
3rd Lieut. David Haynes tempary, 'switch, Suffolk County, England. quoted a bit at Scripture where it ,� .°N
Commenced Services, Au. 16, Thurston Raynor also came front says.women and childi'ett most diC 1
; 1814: David Haynes, Capt., Levi Ipswitch in 1634. Ipswiteb is about by the -award. .Then he went on ' ~.r',^ t
jlHowell, 1st Lieut., Richard Dingee,, ,thirty miles from Southwolde. utter-the Indians. It is said he S
i 2nd Lin_ut., John Mulford, 3rd John Huntting was one of those tvus its ailrc Crouwell as try two''^x�
Lieut., John Bassett, Ensign. Cap- from Suffolk County, England, having men could he; he hadone rule; he
tain Field's Company of Infantry: been born at Hoxsee, that County. showed no mercy to lits enemies. $ ;
Henry Field, Capt., Hezc1dah Jen- The Dayton family were seated in The Dutch Governor of Now
rings lsl'. Lieut., Janes Losee, York County, northern England. I' Antstordiun wished to have his
2nd Lieut., John Bassett, 3rd. Robert Goodale left Ipswitch in tine services fn 1649. lie would have
LimaC, .ship "Elizabeth' April 1634. fndced fared badly for his friend-
The periods of enlistment ran Conkling Brothers were natives off slfip, of Alis. Hutchinson but lie,
from 3 to 6 months, Most of the Nottinghamshire. was too strong a mon to sufi'er as
officers and privates by re-enlist- Thomas Scudder, the first of the situ, did.
merits served 1S months. This ac- name In America, was born at Groton, 'Che year 1667 finds him settled
counts for repetition of ncunes in England. in,Southeld, N. Y. His hone wag
different comnanics. Edmund Panning, who landed at of 01about-,the site of the old
�^ , ����� � New London, Cd. 1n 1653, was from Southold Savings o Lliihie building.
4N'�Ll,
Kilkenny, Ireland. iJpon tlno death of his wife he
Philemon Dicherson was born at Ely ,rimy cd nu ay. The records show lie
� '�• i Cambridge County, the county next had a son,:John. He was without
INFORMA.TION west of Suffolk, dofbt thc.most feared mai in
Following our publication of a re- William King, the founder of the New, England, and he saved the
cent historical article, we have hat King family on Eastern Long Island, Coloiriesa setback of fifty years
several similar items sn osteo. Aqi was from Dorset County on tine Eng- by ]lips action hpafnst the.Indians.
gg ]ish Channel. - lbs -family was of. old' Elyglish
find an. unusually keen interest in af. _stock and the n itaing of the
fairs of the early days, and we wel - -- ------
come
------ - --
come contributions to thegrowingl
�gryN'v It seems Incredible that horses
Old South4 Ferry Crossings cp rt voluntarily ito Shelter
from
J 6 Cguld Ilaven I,u Save Cr Islandsed fr.if
ch
Recalled y Landing Plans norrohanncl had not been so%%'-
_ 413' nn}ruwnr: Phc 'basic tame ofsoa-
;•r, v /v %.i t} — _ nig and planting" 40111d semi to
indicate there had been no great
(111) ti.) quently erosion has hoer, and can. change in the seasons contrary to
At `,oath Peuv a % atetwa}• at
is he gradual, but great, �a very Common notion
sap:uaLing the town of '•South cup- at Lhis ,DOL The shotes of both the Sylvester IOCCea is genuine,
Shrlle• Island and the North Ilaven niriI still nese road. Existing call-
-
Inn from the Inwn of tiheltor Is-. I
peninsula has c washml away until, antler.: of to 10 to Iiy canbe more
land an appliealiur tins been filed 1 1.' I
fo places high cliffs border the r l olid, accc r
through the lawn of Southampton" v ' . I tad when IL is learned
Cma•y.
with the War Ilepulmelit for per- ere ;hat Dlall Is unj file (Rocky II
nrr.+.ron to constru t large .land- e sols n n tradition that before land, Gell Island thv Little) is:I
ing. and ferry slips. This is re- the advent of the white mer; in ;mentioned m the caly raant•ds of f
quircd by the grant. inciTuSe-in lUAO South Ferry was.so shoal and 1. Snuthaanleo and f3as1 dfaanpton�
uwtor vehicle Lraffie, and 01c narrow that tile. Indians crossed.) towns. It was located in Shelter
arhg�rlule of o
g
1928 arranged for the at low tide, over a rock, chain of,
r Island'young Harbor
North f Eftst
New London fury hoot which is avcAl
stipple, sues. However stir and the Sag harbor pmt of slant
mal be it 1,l t) by tit to read al Hain roan town. M7iioknd ti island'
A molt In make ,i landing' at 1
hon lhrrl, r tmnlm. neatimo 'by h er Island,
�'is nn more Prosion and Uila1 eur-
1'nurists ,q travelers out the first owner of all ISIrol6ot Island, i rents, hard storms and battering
sent to his Southampton neighbor- waves have swelit sway its' ttvc
:ouch Oulur 0C Long ),Loaf now lin colonists To understand this ;teres of land which to dese;ibed
obliged to go fttun 111n11lmrk ;,ylvcstcr letter one nmst aheprb •a as existing uh 771`1. there is noLh-
hi,ghw:y, vvlrere it passes through till. of history and learn that Shcl- ing now toindicate that Mankesack
the Hu nipLons, hive rout• miles to to Island was settled in 1658, while Island ever haul a location in icasi.
Inc north Uo Sag Aarbor, emitione North Haven, which is a part of Be.nupton. toNvu. At low. tide, In
"n aver North Haven bridge and Southam non lands, was bought.
Nott.h Haven ;'our miles more to Shahs' Island Sound, near. the
from Indians in 1inn and divided :middle Grounds may be ll that
:,nulh 1 erre. Ahctc Chc,v take the tliomrg Snuthnmutnn p,njn�intm���
cluster f ragged roc)s, all that
Gua v boat to Shelter Island alid t m lfib`I and habitations there built is now loft oftileislvnl site.
Wanliar miles more actors the as early as 1700. Sacataco. Indian of Montauk
;:land thee inking Lhc Noilh I crTy Tile SvIvesUcr letter, n part of said to Robert Catty, of blast
haat to Grvonpolt; thus connection) lawn ReCedS tells its own story. Hampton:""All that. island, Iyinc
is made with Clic steamboat Shmnc-, 'and adds credibility to the h•a- and being in the Sound ar )(Arbor
reel which will ply hereafter be- Idition that South Perry was once between flog Neck and Sag liar ,
hA-ven filelLauk, Grccgrport and n n o,b narroe�cr strait:
New Ledlnn, Tubing:, Ito stop a, I bot• , thereabout; nd,lt it riv,
I Phis nth of April 1078 Cal>t� .sack, e• Stony Islanth" for. �fivr 1
Sag Harbor.- Persons who are mI ;Nathaniel Sylvester, for peace and :pound, .sterling, in 1712. . .'Plie.'
the way Go New London have the. ;good neighborhood's sake with the
altrurrt:ive of driving sixty miles. maim of SmrthaanpCon, desireth, to buyer, Cody, sold the island to
around 'the 1Tnan," 6y wept , of 'tiro hare, entered .upon record as I Teklcl Sandfm•d, of Southamliton,
Rirehe nl; e• Wes. may drive `10 Ifolimveth: That. whereas hoe bath town, in 1713, for ten pounds.
miles east of the CTampLons to ,given serious intimation or notice Tradition that Mankesack Island
Montauk, rcuanin there over nigh, of diver•, strange Horses come over Illy near South Perry is here stlp-
a11(1 take rho early morning, beat I t.o.bis-island, that are exceedingly p,9rtod by record. It lay odor
to New London. Che ti rflir. Clic t1'oublasonre so as to ).roaU spoyla II Conklinq's Point, off Sag Harbor
other way is put to some incma- nnI .damage, mspcciapfr to hi%;,settlementorthe Wegwugonock (at
renicnca by removal of Che Sag meadrrvd:ind loosing eland; And yet 1,l foot. of the hill) village of the
flat hor limits mrd aeeonmdation people take noe fart. to look arts aborigine, Penny Conitling, of Hag
hrtwre n not Ili :ode and south side them, and rid him: of the daily I Nech, pastured his cows on Ma ke.-
of c t tern Long Island in a mensun•e vexation -R damage lice lnitaines I sick Island, and, at a Ionic recent.
revert: to cnnditiomrs evshag, in -. _- Imre, s'n did. lf!ap' 1Ventivortii.
I&II and bcfec t.haL tinit when by them, And ;tee, being very do. of Sag Harbor. There was it small:q
IIIA, ferries ies wee the only noeans siroun to still continue the .good rhed or. shelter on the islaml• The
Air transit, and the railroad hid ex-i correspondence with this said town Cooper boys and the Hewell boys
tended its Ir•ac ks to ( tccnport. I of Southanpton; and'a'e'y 101,11.to used to drive cows to the island i r• S �
Ferry beefs played a very .1111- ;:offer .violence to any neighbor's overthe "walling piece at Cont
pnHant part. in the years IS-15-70 11 horses or horse kind ttat may at ling', Point. Wen Lwotth. was the j, a:?
inrlusire, and of was not until the
all time(unlnmwn to them) make .last rimia to attenpt to pasture me. 1 "'
lal.ter year when the railroad byI escape to his island; Thin in regard I the. island That was about 11300.1- u
building the "Manor branch" Lo tho,p8esont basic tibia of sowing Cmoklings Point, 200 yr its asro. ,c"^
reached IlmnnCans turd Harbor nut plantinh lice yet;;gives liberty made out a long smut spit stretch a v I. c c
It is in anticipation of changes) to the neighbors oft-Soutlmnlpten Ing toward Tlangusacl lshoul. ,Ali �f � �.c
uoriJe. noas%av 11.41 which have or any others cercetaied, until the iother lone, sand point Lhms; out
horn announcect Thal (;(e.4 Cluffad. :last day of the third month (called its arm from 'nlankes ck Wand 0 u • r n N_
I �niay) nest ensueing,;t'o fetch off ward Che share to mreC (mrklinl.. s a '
l.'. Nilo 1101(1-1 the South 1 ecr their horses from his said Islnn(I Coins, loam orlon. that at soma re-
Clark' o•^
ry taanchlse, us at•rtngint, larger. But if,tlrey shall still neglect, hoe mote time Point and Nl lid were
boats and bigger landings. the said Sylvestermust and shall councete(I. .Between what little is P °G p s'
--- _ bee enforced to delivdr and rid him- now left of the Point and the 9 "^ ;y.
South Perry' is the narrow struit 'lsedf of the said cumber and Ilam• place :a mile. off %hate now lit. 3 0 c
connection. �neltae Jslaud Sound Mage by reason of said horses and ;('noted by the inundated rocks, in
with Noyack and the Pecan«, Bays. 'horse kintl)by destroying then,Uro I the long pine,days w ns 11 \ending
A: is lrrHw about ohc•trprd ,anile ' which,lie cloth declare lie is ox I01so0. Cattle could with safety,
across. 'Clio tides run vo1•y strong ecodingly loth to doe if possibly he driven across. There is from
diore, attahaing 0 current of front by.any other means he would Pre- ;right_lo-nine fret of water In Lhr
. .four to fire miles anhoor. Const•- vent it.". - --
`-ALN• Time and he favors prohibition ford
others,
with Presbyterianisalpro
-
° g p hrhitton and sweet melod I
Lively ailC� 9�[i¢$��'S Hard Won we can ran him in! Ln think'
to
�'\Rn.l 0 ., . ...__ _. m a Democratic conventmn
Miller emuhdate fAil
(TI. D. S.) barely 1,100 majority. Partisans nAhmn. of, of nomi-
boldly affirmed that the "crime of Ata town coucus su
Presuluriinl campaigns da amt ,7f," had been evened np by Lbe be o , t Pposed to
seem Cu stn up the interest all(] ^stolen election of 1884." The P � but 'Packed,,' as nsnal,
the in.tcnse partisan feeling that cmnpaign had been bitter with its nvhon placing a mon in mm�i-
natiou, he was IFICCIAIniL'eI to be
they did hitt sears ago. Tile gap "Tattooed Man, and burning of "Strong 'by nano, stn Il
-between the various groups of "Mulligllalphoian 01,l mn than anti
te s were Pocket book and strong bvgal natiarhis
factions was protmunced and all bwmed. Phlitirul banners of bath Candidates did not always meas-
the captious and disgruntled iartles wont up in smoke, in one ! rn'° uP to responsibility of the office
Copperheads, Barnburners, Green- 1 g l ba which tlm}' were elected. In
town. the )tight �of election. one Town heard, when An offieer-
backers, Aboli-Rights, n orifi-i, Gul'folk County was not hopeless', elect presented his notification curd
officer-
Sized
States Rights men admin- the P,w�:rats hilt a unhnv Col I the j1ted his
he wanted to
sited and carped at the adnrim=� egn. ikc isiunallt )ivy ehetui ,In rhf} they
istration of governnne+C by the y conferred, Saying
union Patty. The aftermath oP the.not na llar,inn lin N�'nn�l'I There wn;.�
We'll swear you in; .ill h--I
assassin anon -of President Lincoln I w'r'ubhp t tlnalifl you!"
AIle attempted impeachment of elh:ctibi n for pins at. both C.- -. . _._
Andrew Johnson, the scandals rmd� Pg Ci and Dmnou.eTh nom,nit.
l ty
embezzlements of Grant's adnprn p :, Conventions.11 o The Iv as-
istration, the Credit-Mobolier ex- lo.uloin were more hisfretinnily as-
sailed then than at this Cnann Inds-
pose, and the bitter feeling arising vidunls were called by nnmo and
from the Ilayes-Tilden election and In:0nded "Jmlar s Iscariot," "B:uru-•.
tine "crime of 1876," were not to!has dictators oas the ease mig-lif
he lightly set aside. Suffolk Coun-!-he "noxious W'oods'" "Platt-cis,"
ty a truly rural community with "r "Tannniaiy-Indians;' and "pelf='.
subsidiary interests of conunerce. Ce'.v.,,
and fisheries Cools its politics In ane nominatingcmnventimn
seriously. Men were extreme parts- when a leader had been assailed
sans and political campaigns were for ,sellsl and called a
lively' afle and
he wns sustained by a
The Republicans were "Black," henchman who explainer) the op-
and the Democrats were anathema lasing• faction. in the pnECy had
and "Secesh," although the war of net been "tempted.'
sections had been over for 'three With all the sordidness and
presidential elections. Cannon.,- bitterness of" politics as "'played"
torch-light processions, marching in the old days, there were always
clubs, the "bloody shirt" and lurid lrisibiliticsThe forging of a tele
1- m.
oratory from the hustings were the graassigned to a Suffolk poi-
order rather than the exception. --- - -- --- - -
Campaign speakers were nnreln� ltician, who later became a power
l•reer in expression than today. The in a presidential administration.
retort courteous was yet to be in-�51 Pinned the nick-nanne "Proxy" ml
trorluced, and opponents were not I'I hire for-life. Menwho were won
even donned by faint praise.. t j over by office, or•pronnise of office,
Moll. called It spade a Spade. were approached." Votes wereI
The "man with the hoe" had notl openly bought by some district)
been eulogized. The presidential) captains on the dubious practice
campaigns started early. Clubs I of "Paving for time off' or "hiring,
Were more n medium of g•etting'i his team," and delivery of doubt•'
out devote, than the "machines"I ful votes were assured by practical
Assessments of office-holden- for leading by the ear to the polls, for
campaign expenses had in both there was no secret balloting.
parties reacher) the scale of scandal Glee clubs were coming in vog•ue,i
,,act vorrupdon. In Suffolk (:ounty, ! temperance made a bid for power'':
eannuaigap uraburs pandered to the in elections and religious issuesi
'bat.tled-sca rred voteran" rind "our We'e often introduced. Prohibition
colored brother," while the op- I as larown today had a few ad-I
position was, not so mice, and - herents in the "White Ribbon
ielcrred to bolUle scared hounty.. Party."
µunrpes' st-t ling , pensions, and• Anent the combination of song.,
Balled the black man it "nigger .anti-liquor and, religion the speech)
(;al-11011 was shot in the 'next I'of one delegate to mr assenrb]•y
cannpaign bel'm•o •ser;viing• out his convention of the Democrats,
term, and when the Rev. Burchard lingers in memory:
declaimed of. Clic party of "ren, "Lawyer" Jerry Miller attended
l,unnanism and rebellion" in the convention. IIe fortified himself:
(1eveland-Blaine campaign, the fat, with.drinks of the ardent, to gets
was agnn in the fire. SuRfollc l UP courage to male a nominating.
C,ounty tock-(ribbed Republican" speech, and in high-pitched voice
went for (Ileveland •by 500 majority addressed the chairman: "We've_I
and Now York State gave its elec- I got a candidate, he is a good
toral vote An the Democrats by I.Pr_esbyte•ian,he sings in_the choir
!Yv One Of The Most Unigoe Cafes On Long Island y ti
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4.'v
1�jtc
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t' "'uk ,
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Cantle fait ,bulli by the fanmus sculptor and ' oaotuuls am nla led by scnlldm•ed figures similar!
painter, 'Theophi7us'Brouwer, which _lands or Mon. I to the imposing statutes whuh ];hard the ontranee.
;loud I-1r,hwaw, westhampLult, is one of the nusu Mrs A H If:'As the propuctle•s, is u.lobrul.ed�
''attractive rcfrrsliment cafes in Suffolk CountPhu ! for het hospitality to ,quests There is dancing with
y. dinnu and at night
looCASTLE INN BUILT �day ant lion f ion. the entero!c �
day and night Once nail . Mrn belLltiful pnantings. This famous
f A It. Lewis, the hostess explained 1 Philos iI lit -er.
Wil-
BY MOUS Ithtt Cnstl Inn Westham non, yvu xuntrr, Thco
FAARTIST bolt by �onc �nian w t)m, con an associate of,Goer ell Ennis, lti
1 A IstantlY for cigaht Years, h•tm' A7. (hta Wtlhum tinrlain
------ thtou hCnimjq 'find Carol Bovi ivilli, at i Ili_ build-
! 8 the sevuttooa rooms Cllr Or of the alltent ".98LIe. I•urLlxa•-
Unacfne Restaurant tot., of V'✓De,5i ned! visitor feels !Is though lie were in mare, he is the sculptor who niod-
AY Theopixilus f I, �' an ancient castle. iIo•c road Lhed•e elect file ruvaiiers aid thin lion in
►j1•p11. aro loopholes through 7vhdch one front of [,lit, cantle,n The Heart of
We", Sculptor, mwatch itch Chr. au tnutrrbilr. la•a(rc; Rose.." nmudiy, the Eastport aril
West nn the lMontau-0c 4lig.hwaY. Last Moriches World Wal• ntcnr-
ilaixahtoil MO:ieled nl till rniard cv rrn,sIse oriole noel the rrindcm in front of
ong enters add.tion l rimae! rooms
War Mcutor.�als iu Su1Eol.k, dolul 'Mucks Inn at Pan Prot are
wrl i old stone Ii replaces ,Gimes other exam .les of the trainer)
What is the ritost uniru" on the verandah ove:10oluug i.ha hands and eves of Mr llrouwer.
taurant on Long• r l - roe-i river is a arc tt fire ynun{, end nlrl. 1[er•a he h•ts ln.r,il and wm9;e.rl fm
Islam!: TItcY -luny rlanrc to ronuntii. 6wonby ycu � aCLnr rnmin� (rain
To enter Che, Wound the I uesl�Ifawaiian mus!( I•
IVA 11unrplon , when lir residod
walks under the spoors of owe Uay.the.vivtor meet the oaan for fourteen. years. `Now, ;rt. the
cavaliers and arrives in front of 11 til ,:pent ri>,ht years tit di❑ ago of Til, ho is the. only living
the. most unique restaurant ou 111,11 -who has discovered Ilia aii-
lino old towered building: Examin- �etlg Island? �Culded by the host cion art of dire. .pahatilig slid up-
tile discloses the construction to ess,.be is ttrken to an act stuirlio Plied it to coloring pottery,
bo oo�f' ibrick with IlasCm' knish. A next door, Tlcre arc 'scores of •• '
More Versions o¢ d!'ajpd(, us Cr dt,g t tercann of land netwecn
n3 6.1 sunrise and stuns t. This Irgoid
Land Purchase From
hes bt.c.n ucomted iu nian•v vat•_
6" ppb Indians stony In some n rratious Smith
r %'; wa not .puna Ltul to stop m• rest
his bull; to others rt. is related
(IC I) SJ ithricn Lriins of fiction. - that he ''batted" his brill and stop
-
legend.
Island is t land rich with A version of the. "Bull Smith Ped for n .snack" nC bullWhahas ever
Snuic of the sl:otics told 'Cala" is• revived b n since been ceilled "Bread and Cheese
and ! tall gain onibellishmont by of :tn old Long y n dcsccndant. Ilollov,
evethe pct Boal• I''nr the ntpst'part lanaily, nail Publislled nlasLll}oteek� IC in well established by hisCor-
Lhe Cdcs that couu down.-frons rile This relates the familiar acCounE: ictil memurnndum .that. 7Lichnrd
!,reit have slam fountlatimt on °f Richard (Pall) Solitbs account Smith owned and rode astride a
with Lallans to ride ;r bo ll.around tooled bull. Smith, one-of the first
4•ict. TI1my are m Los; same pure ry
y
I
/ �1 �I pp FESTIVALS gar y
f ..�sc LIVA's n1 iouthampton, 'uougnt g2I IDTIME FESTIVA S .I
his Smithtown lands front WYni Richard Woodhull t first setl,- OL 1!11!1. p VAAI' H.
cdanch of the Nio,ong Tribe lilt ler of Btool haven tv as ancestor �� ISLAND D tl f�1y �1'VkA
1 rent between
of Long Inland. Phe of T. W Woodhull who writes of P
1uxls bclwun Flun(mt,Aon IIaibe
the 6u11 urlulg incident
and if iqudir loch wLy lits! i The decd of rift of Smithtown /'M.r-•� ___� >... �i
gift of Ws uvlanch to Lyon lit ndanch to Limn GardneGardiner dby Wya -
Each month in ear Held
abnm' oho ,old to 4nnLh. Wnaa e
death died almul, Nand !.ton prose
by the long Island
Gardiner in Ibad. ,Snaith, a Ilistmical Society. The wife of Some Holiday Clivilt� Rea-
shrewd business man, sought toy \W,yandnnch u son for Ce[,eb
is also mentioned Its
strengthen his title. The records Irrantor,. which is sonnething' un- rations For
Lill-
show he mounted a bull and huiriaa) usual to find all Indian wommn Natives and Visitots.
off to investigate It claim made(joining In conveying laud. This l .._
by Nesaquake sachem. He rode hisdeed is signed by 'A yandance, Wy i (E. D. 'S.)
ball front Smithtown, then culled andimborte and the iotchenl wife,1
Sntil.hfleld, to Montauk. Tho Mon- reel. the witnesses are Richard Cclebia.ions are not so 'prevalent
Smythe, Thomas Chatfield and'' in Suffolk County nowadays as they
L;ndi Indiana, nl'te- 11 bloody battlr..l;Phomas Talmadge.
with Niouraft, of the Narragan vc I were one lir Cha g�omratimn; alae.
volts, luul remover! to 'Calf Pas-' Richard (Bull) Sou l:h is (e fol A retrospection of the post half,
ture," in East Idampton, scel rig to have bete e olelie of ( ren- century recalls that the people of
protection of I;hc English. The well's artily. flea believed t. hnvr tinhorn Long Island were never too
cone: from Ye shire Cu 1;...lai,
lninlity vns i 11 n south end - busy to celebrate, and almost every
and Then Co SnuUhnmPWn, L. n C your brought fun
of I':asA 1l nu prom si tLlement, filo' manlh of Ch
going thence to his Smithtown"
had been scourged andelgreatlytradition
ic- and festivity. A round o'P socia)
ducal 6y smallpox, telt Lradataoii Manor of Snt,ifereld lands. That
I calls ushered in the New Year ill
.say. l.he 5tu1lc �Scumv, or Wyal-. Soith lied �iffmcnces of opinion
' with the Southampton magistrates. years when there was less temper
lentil's widow, and his sot roto which led hint to seek domieile it, temperance and the advent of
heir, \I'yanrnmbrnte, succwnbed to elsewhere,the. So it rt•cords prohibition and half of ane for
the pert. I'he Montaul: Tribe then indicate. I cent. via<I not dawned. There was
removed to a place of snnnitor Concerning the story of Smith's »el:hiag done by halves regarding
coram liarbo at lose side of Three ball: there was a scarcity of hoses ill,, Naw Year's conviviality.
Nllc I-tactor, d Last Hampton in first .years of sott.lernmll, and The month of February brought
Asha, than and now, !High as. steers were sometimes used fair a Wnnhington's birthday. In many
Ashawngh and Indian Highway,
ileac Smith found it young sttuaw, substitute.. Records show that. Suffoldc county villages the. day
it daughter of WYnndaneh, said to Jxckannaah Scott, of North Sell, m ; w`ua i1nCm;tivrly an of cession for
be the wile of (oeli-c-nee de I Southampton, rode a ball Lo New I it r1 oen s frolic. Parades milt
Long Island tun Indian counsel or Yoilt to see tailor (olnnial govvrne, tournaments vete held long years
an interpreter; and another ver- With vie wish to cuntrovial the . before formation of the Suffolk
cion says this princess was a good old legend of how tht ).)ill-j County Volunteer Firemen's Asso-
daughtet or Cock-e-noe, who had rider boarded his holds, South did a dation with its annual tournallient.
married it sister of Wyandanch acquire from Uaudmer the. title toI the (lay gave way to a grand ball
Riding his bull into the Indian the whole territory. 'Choc it' a l in I:he evening whore such old
oecanpment. Faith found the classic story -of Dido's purchase of time dances as the lancers, nine-
young squaw, at whose restoration the site.of Carthago, front which I pill, .'Pallia and schottische were
Its a prisoner of the Narrang'nn_ the Bull stay may have beer favorites; 'where two orchestras
setts,lie and Gardiner had assisteddrawn. Much move likely that: the wm•e euploycil, and awhe'e the
Snaith cross-examined the wolual, (Bell) in Smith's name had an- mtmieuevcrstopped. Washington's
Ili the presoncc of several East other origin. file patentee of birtlifty is still a "-fie.emen's day"
TlnntpLan witnesses, who 'become Smithtown ens something of till at d;rcen,pm•t.
satisfied that the Nnssecmnset a•istni,rat and on educated man, as 'Golf hurl not 'horn introihir-ed.
claim had some merit. Smith his papers done ons l,ra Ie. He was Fat the rolling hills of Shinnecocit
again nmua Ltal his bull and proud of the armorial b aril) s of and the swaanps of'sebonac abound-
hastoned (sic) hone and settled the. I'orkshirc Smyl.hos. fir. Otto- all with foxes. Match was the
with the Indlan sachem for the Ile Its was the Prominent fratm'e, m mihli for fou hunting and wealth
SmiLhf.ownfonds; so, he not only of tate arms, and n domi-Trull, anal fashion, ,loaned by the ruddy-
foods;
Gardiner, but also pair) the m"i"nt, of the crest. Ile Lovely faced rural Tolle, followed the
Nasscconsot sachem. To the latter affixed his signature to .any paper Hamilton IIounds to the "kill" anal
It(! gave a gave, it kettle, telt cents, of importance without attesting it 1.11, coveted brush. Followed the
a blanket and three handfuls of with his soak,on which was f,�avmt club-dinner, as well. The Idnnup-
a part of this coat of arms. Thus
poBef r and shot. tons- were ,lust beginning to talk
bile "Bull" may have attached to i
Before cl tilt<lurrl was executed all-Data-
t .)a 'tone," and many a. spring
ether . : )peneo . mane Carla-, wars names For the bencfiC of those "(,cket" tentatively found intioduc-
who are curious in such matters
vumPs. :appcared. Ile was quickly � Lion at the "oral! lion L" which niton
silenced by t.hrowin• in two more the coat of arms may be seen Ili'
ser fueled the, real bed i 'fawn
emacs, and Smith received an bnilian Possession sof'descendants of Bull- +ilTices here then elected in spring
Jird Thas decd is signed by the .Snaith.
t - --- --- - instead of fall A¢nil instead at
mals of a drsil.eronneli C ltu- November.
n um p•.. nal I urn mtin theca II The month of April lint only
dims eel as watnso-sed by Ri,,h trd hfoinght town inceLina, but All-
Avcodinrll liamil_Linr and Quarter Fools Day, Here is 1,11c nvay one
I% *Sachem. A mmnnocinldum nn Suffolk County vilingc observed Air.
tho"Y died shows that: first day of April, in the' year
t1 Land afore mentioned tuns; 187E
bought and part of the Pay dc- "'Phe fantastic
livered notice n Year• before the grand 'bachaiz
signing hereof." The deed is re- and ehivalrir anlu•ade and pageant
corded in the office of the Seeret wits an event-IA brought thousands
of the titertae„ Libor 2 of Records, front tho norrounding neig•hbor-
pago .1.21. hood to town Crowds of young-,
i
I
p4
v
3: In former days, a delegation xrm(,
stens gathered about the co rnnrs, never marshalled a more illustrious New England was usually,present; �l
err nos smiled on the Bide Band o£ tatter-dermallions than but in more recent years it has
pretty g these." been confined to residents of the
walks, and an occasional nondo- Island. The place of meeting was
script in mask and rags grave in- It was a jubilee and jollification: either Poosepatuck, or Shinne-
I dicatimt of what was coming. 'A Everyone was delighted. Could I cock. The whole stay was spent
jester in Parti-colored suit was enthusiasm he "worked tip" for in the exorcises ofreligious wor-
galloping down the Main street such a frolic now?—It had un ship; in conncetian with which,
;:bent this time. Just afterwards' significance other than pure fun, the Lord's Sapper was celebrated,
it riderless horse came galloping' all escape for ebullient spirits in 'But it could not be confined ex-
pt; the line commenced forming; which young, middle-aged and old I elusively for the benefit of those,
r cr will of,horsemen came dishing united. for which it was intended' ThereI
into vn(ty in squad and stindy. The M iy was Kamp Fite :end veto Ills' wore years whet June Meeting be-
I,•olunin tornied in order. Fust and reunion month whoa the 'G. A, lir cone the reset of hundreds of
Foremost canto the Pionce s, and hold the center of the picture. giddy andthoufhtlass youth Of
loournng, Amp like a thunder (loudI Juno was It quiet month .but both sexes who assembled hum all
was the biggest thing of the pro- I,liere were festivals where rho, parts of the Island, within 20 or
eosslon, the San Domingo grant, Ladies, God bless their souls,18o rniles, for the more purpose of
a concentrated tnboilituent of his served the hrctoas strawberry with'dive•sion and dissipation.
race, and attracting much atten-'I home-made ice cream. It was also .Then June Meeting was made a
tion, twelve feet high, with month I ( the month for bridals. seene of tumult and confusion;
stretched front ear to ear, with others of the white population, to
�idling- eve,balls, o'nannented with. July ushered in with boom of their disgrace, (rain lust of lucre,
Jaunty hat, sevatgaraaecktiic, and caution and ringing of cburoh bells embraced the oecasion its air op.-
glittering breast pin of tar, limen_ the ever glorious Fourth. Inde- potunity. for merchandising and
cions of a coffin plate, feet whose peudence meant something. iSmnp- worldly gain. The whole country,
shoes could never have .been cut tuary laws did not aggravate. . for miles around, exhibited the
front a single calf skin, bowing and There were oratory, ,banquets: confusion of a general training or
scpvping and swinging with brave numerous responses to toas�s and itcountry fair. The holy Sabbath
vibration and native uncouth ele- in the evening fireworks and fire- was, final morning till night, pod-
ganoo—he was the observed of all water were sometimes mingled. hated with bare faced Profanation.
Observers and the leading item in August regattas •tad cuP races. The disgrace of such unhallowed
the local column. Beside him lsoptennber, the Riverhead Fair proceeding's belonged entirely - to
march Doughnid the stalwart with horse racing. the white people.
descendant of a raer: aT ^'iautst_ November, the month of Thanks- The conduct of the colored peo-
Next the lDuu de Grief of Ballyhoo giving and ragamuffin parades; pie was marked with singular
mounted as marshal, piloted the political parades, banners, gloating propriety: and eircutnspection.
I column. He appeared as an oily over the "defeated." chose coming from a distance, Per-
j charncter. DIo April showers December with the t'dnistmas formed thoir journey on the pre-
tr�ubled him. After hien the Sof- i Estival. ceding clay, mud returned home in
oll: Cornet Band trade in a chariot were no aatonurhilae and the succeeding week.
h,f ancient construction anti core-
Potty parties. '1lre long' winter I They enjoyed the privilege of
acted •witli towering chapeaux, hall uo terrors. irun and dancing: social inCereouse with .friends axl
gayly ornamented. III the rpainde at the roadhouses. Past. trotters relatives, besides securing the west
were fn full holiday costume, icily and roarlers hitched to stnna't and quiet of the holy Sabbath. But
ffor figdnC or frolic �Dlontauk and sleighs, for snow the) was a reuli- for the annoyances of those who
or fiecnc'1: and .Poosepntand LY, a pica Sure, and not an inrpcdt- tools no interest in the religious cx-
braves; Arnazottfan equestriennes.{ meat to be scraped frmn the roads' e•cises of the meeting, it would
Sioux chiefs, Saskatchewan so- as soon as it fell. have been both a pitensant and
oboes, wild 'Irish, Black Crooks, Wages often were not meta than profitable season for souls.
Rnights of the Golden Cross. $1 or $2 it day in the.sli lod trades; A news story, in a Now York
Legonec Lancers, His Satanic hot a dollar went a long way in city Pajot' describes Jinte Meet-
Ma,jesty, Dinah, the U. Maid .purchasing power, 3t wits not it ing of 1671, in a Somewhat, sense-
(amdfemale), the Great North- eortintlal round of gileasu•e fifty . tional style:
west iRinger drawn by oxer, the years ago; still 'Long ]stand folks "Sunday the annual Juue fes-
1:nignta, a Ueathen Chinese4 the were healthy, hearty, hospitable tival of the tribes of Indians qua•-
:lmbulance Concis the Count of and prosperous anll know how to teed m ShiallOcOcit Hills, Long
4ued Intervals, major's Umbrella icntcrtain others and at the sante Island, warwitnessed by a vast
Gu•ad s 'Fa➢staff at Gad's Hill time enjoy themselves. _. concourse at whites. c 10 lobes
.. - - — everything for the cerremony was
In readiness, and Ring David
shinnecock Indiana Annual Phaoah, Chief of the tribe, moved
J�
forth from his tent with a. large
A
June Meeting of Years g® :and dirty, protocol in his hand. lie
p-g j�
Article was followed by five men who As-
De$cribed gn Authentic f� silted him to t stand decorated
4with forest flowers. From each o1
the many cabins come women Ind
/. (H. D. SJ N not exactly. known, but Prime, children, al-1 humming an Indian
in a religious and church historysong of worship. When they had
As far back as living man can of Long island, says its designis assembled before the Kings
remember June Meeting has been entirely of a social 'and religious threw, they sang in chorus a
f the Shin- stature: hymn. This finished., all bent one
an annul observance o
it, is observed In.times 76 years knee, ,act an old white mail begat
necock Indians, It is a survival of ago, and much earlier, was a holy to pray. This man lives with the
primative customs. But it is not a convocation of all the remnants of tribes, and is recognized as the
circumstance today of the great the Htdian tribes of Long Island, great medicine mail. His prayer
event of years ago. June Meeting and the negrocs and colored peo- was tong• and loud. After the
has long been maintained, The oe- ple connected with them on the prayer the assemblage begat to
casion as usually celebrated, the first or second Sabbath of June,shout Slither hymn, and moved-
first Sunday of June. Its..origin for jniposas of religious worship.aroutd the throne. ___._. ._..
"When this had been concluded bought Mand of the Indians, ono The Shinnccocl Indians govern
Bing David with his protocol) stayed two years. The Indians, at their reservation. When m 18'95,
:u•osfind nd made divers motions in: first, were threatenoning and) the late William 1j, Chase, anise
the air. Do then began. to speak,' treacherous, and lie feared for his founded the Art Village, near the
and, 4ccnming excited, the 1>er•'I life. To make himself more se Indian settlement of the SUimne-
spiration rolled down his cheeks: cure he told;the Indians that White' "-cocks, by agrernent fend lease, the
Ile. talked about the. Great Spirit'! Man was Indian Cod, and they Indians permitted studerts of the
the happy hunting grounds, the de-ylcould not kill a white man. To art school to go on Reservation
parted braves, the prosperity of prove it he told the Indians he lauds to sketch and. mains The
the tribes, gave some advice to world hang his bucliskin breeches Shinnecock Indians r eetir C the.
whites that he said might save in a tree and they could. shoot Reservation by tribal mectirgs and
their sumps, and ended wild' a their arrows at them, but that they elect in April each year three
blessing upon the assembled group.: could not pierce them; that their trustees in. the presence of the
"Fires were then lighted. ThoI arrows would strike the brecclies Town Clerk of Southanmton, who
aborigines formed in procession! and fall to the Ground. They ac presides at the election. The tribal
and marched around them, each cepted the proposition and ap-I records are carefully kept.
one throwing ia piece o]' ever-' pointed n number of their young'! The Indian has found that while,
previous to the time of New York
green. This concluded the e::� worriers and. measured. off a cel'-I 1 pr'
urcises. In the afternoon the. In-1 tain number of paces. Mr. Hal- State having a Constitution, he
dian sports were greatly- enjoyed i lock filled the garments as full of,might sell by twig and turf his
by the children. The Indians grease as ire could, and. at the ap-:lands and convey a recognized title,
worship but once a year, oil Lite I pointed, time they commenced fir- that he may.not now part with any
first Sunday in .Ione, unless sone" nage Each time an arrow would'fee of Reservation lands; and, it
itinerant preacher ernes along. strike the breeches, the arrow is maintained by some that recent
"King David is an oddity. Ire 'would fall to the ground. The rulings of the Unitech States So-
is tall, and stoops, though he is I Indians threw down their bow and;prenne Court male the Indian the
stout and powerful. His eyes are .arrows, exclaiming, "No kill white ward of the 'nation, and not of the
peculiar, one being brown, they:man!" State.
other a mixed gray, one bright and I The legend. continues that Hal- There was a case which arose in
the other dull. Ife was stU116 by .lack still feared the Indians, and 1896 which put to a test the In-
a bee some time ago. The brown 1 at the end of two ,years event back dian right to give valid deeds for
eye was completely closed,.find he I to England and remained. (,here for tribal lands. Certain Indian trus-
had to be led about by a child. Ile twelve. years, and when he re-i tees of the Shinnecocks made an
is about 45 years of age. The pro-: turned. with ti wife and one child, agreement with Miles B. Carpen•
tocol which he carried has Leen: he found other whites in Posses-11ter to sell him woodland at Canoe
handed down for three generations! sion of. the land, and. he could not place. Other Indian trustees, who
and was at one time in possession) regain it. Ile went :further inland ,were subsequently elected, Ties-
at the Montauk tribe." j and bought more. I tioned the validity of the transac-
More fortunate than the Mail- This story -is not related as his- tion. So, Irdians by advice of
tank Indians, the Shinnecock tribe torical fact. I prefer to think that counsel, went upon the land in dis.
retains land for a reservation.) I Matthew Sindm•land, a Scotelunan, pate. They were ejected, for cut-
But then, the courts have declared, seaman andnavigator, was en- ting wood, where for 250 years
that there is no "tribe" of Men gaged by Farrett, agent of Lord pnrewood had been felled by them
Lanka. When the white man bar- Sterling, about 1.632, and was, the and their predecessors. The Iiti-
gained for the Montauk lands, the) first to explore eastern Long Isl- gation which ensued is known as
Indians reserved a right to oc-1 and, and adjacent islands, and to "Alphonso Eleaze" and other Trus-
eupy certain tracts forever; butt make asurvey of the"'North Sea"� tees of Shinnecock Indians vs.
cruel Narragansett, foes attacked, land "Great River" that we now Sohn Cassidy,' Cassidy having'
tribe and they were decimated know as Peccmic Bnys. Hr, sailed agreed to cut off the woodland
by small-pax; there were not :the good- sloop "SPeede'ell," armed :tract for Carpenter. It went to
n
eough pure blood squaws to Carry and provided with anpplies and im- trial before Judge Bartlett, in May,
forward Nature's processes of to- elements, from Boston Harbor, in 1890 and was completed in 1890,
production, and the white man had the spring of 1638, alld. with him rhe courts decided in the Indians'
shrewdly, written in the. contract a are believed to have sailed some of favor. The action was one of ties-
clause forever forbidding strange. the early, Pioneers of .Southold I pass,involving the question of title
Indians living at Montauk and tot town: Richard Jackson, William to about 100 acres on Pecoide Bay
forever dobal and exclude "all) Salmon, Charles Glover, and 0th-;:front near Canoe Place. Judge
mustees or mulattors that .have ers. The early associates of Sin.-l'Bartlett and the higher courts
Indian squaws to their mother na- derlaul, some seemingly creditable',ruled,that the action of the Indian
tives of Mnntocic for to have any I records say, located in the vicinity 'trustees in selling, or bargaining
right or to live theair, preventing, :of what is now called. "Pipe's to sell, the lands were invalid;
all differences and disputes here-1 I Necic," from the number of pipe- that the Indians could not sell any
after in any ease any native squaw) staves procured in the woods t�ere. land without an enabling act of
s� maTy a stranger Indian ort In his dealing with the white the State, Legislature. The con
-
furrenner she or they shrill forfeit man, the remaining, Indians of the tract for sale was set aside, and
and quit all tl'eiar Right title GillShinnecock Reservation find that the Indians retained possession. of
Clare on said land, neither sha111 while they,own the land, they may', their land. Carpenter died before
theair children have any Right or 110E sell it without consent of the, the end of the litigation.
title or clame." I Federal government Gild an nn- The Southampton men, heirs
I abling act by the Stade Legisla-
� This clause spelled ultimate ex- and assigns of proprietor purchas-
: tore. The Indians may lease Cheri
tinction for the Moutnuks as aI hands. Indeed before 1850 .and airs of the tracts at Home or Town,:
tribe, at Rnogue, and. at Topping's Pur-,
hack to 1103 they leased, Shinne-
The Icing David, mentioned cock Hills and Sebenac for 1,000 chases it lands a lease of 1,000;
above, was one of the last of the: ears for lands of the Indians, in
years. This ]case was abrogated y
NIonlliam and the Indian fee of the Shinne-. the iyear1atu 1703. By act o£ the.
William Hillock, tradition names, each, Neck was then recognized. ,Legislature of 1869, the proprio-i
as the first white man to step foot tons of title of the Hills, about 3,-I,
on the east end of Long Island.i The practice of leasing was Prue- S00 a res,which they then, in 186'1,
Ifallock came from England, vld' ticed by the j)ntiteriCy of the Ln' sold for $0,50.0.
_.._-
jl
'to Ye•nn, the (base. the bocty of
There are smite old customs and that time, and the time of the In- the dight its mads Of bricks and if
S? privileges still re paining to the'I than obtaining a right of suffrage I remember rightly one hundred /
Indians m Southampton town.,the Shinnecock looks to the Great thousand bricks were used. A big
'They are survivals of a past cen- Father Pale'Face in Washington I steel column runs np ,through the
tory. Just as the white man call for adjustment of any grievances, center of the. tower with 1.87 spiral
go Int any n beach land that was rather than to the States as be-I wooden steps attached. .Sonic years
"common" in 1818, without tres- I comes a "ward of the Nation." I later these were replaced by 'iron
pass; the Indians may, anywhere The Shimtecock Indians at one, steps. (Many times when I was a
within within Southampton town time stood to aid the Montauk In-i.boy I hnvc ran all of the way from
bounds, dig for ground nuts, or get dians who were trying to regain the bottom to-the stop without
grasses for construction of their certain leaseholds and rights at slopping. Two ton coping stones
huts, wigwams, Or for mat mak-I Montauk. The tribal offer was,of,were set in at the base of the Ian
ing. These are Privileges never small assistance for the courts,.tern, These hat] to be hoisted into
revel c l and to be found,mentioned ruled the Montauks defunct as a place by hand Operated blo ks and�
inthe ancient pacts. The grass so tribe. rnus. Jl well renember the first)
used years ago, is called blue- The lands owned by so few of sI one raised it was ;lust before sun
vOr and that word is about the i'the Shinmecocic Indians makes the ,Inwu- roe very cltdet day.; , Men lit
only descriptive word of the In- tribe one of the wealthiest in the strani,^.d at the napes and the stone
dian language that may row be (State, but unable tinder existing slowly rase upward. The hoisting
heard in Southampton. A cont- law to enjoy to full measure this alert stood solid. As soon as the
(,mission of the United States gov- wealth. The individual Indian is, stone gat to circ top and was bal-
ernment, in 1803, composed mf in the ar.amolous position of occn- an<•ed ,lost inboard, the mast went
;\4adison, Jefferson, and Floyd, living by allotment tribal acres at into it milli"n splinters. This was
!visited long Island and. pat on the Reservation which have great. tine nearest. to it serious accident
ipapm• the vmcabulaury of the Skint' value, and of which the tribe, in- they had. .4s the brief: were laid
nec•.ods, Only two persons thein I stead of the individual, hold fee. scaffolds were put u.p: made of
lived that spoke the taigas and IIe cannot sell; nor can the tribe
the vocabulary, was limited to 126 sell, unless the Assembly, and Sen- green line poles lashed together.,
words. ate pass a bill sanctioning such On each scaffaid was a shot ladder I
7•he Shinnecoek Indians have a conveyance and such bill is ap-. connecting with the. scaffold above.
church and school. There are few, proved and signed by the Governor) The workmen on the job were
if ary, Pure Irloods renainpng, but. of New York State; and. further, Green Irishmen straight front the
tribal customs are, in some ways, certain hernnission might have to',old annttry, I have often seen the'
kept up. The white men and In- be secured from the Washington men with hods Durr their shoulder
d,ians have always lived in amity, Government through .the Depart-,I come down the bidders without
�althongh in the struggle for ex- ment of Indian Affairs before onetouching them with their hands.
isteace anef. to meet the changing spoonful of dirt could be sold.' Just beneath the lantern is the
requirements of civilization the The Jure Meeting of today is I watch ronin where the, keeper
white man has received very much I very clufoI it that), that of years stays. A door opens from here on-
ithe best of the "breaks." ago, but old customs are hard to to a stone �halcony with an iron
'Even by interpretation of the wipe out and there is a semblance' railing. This extends completely
If .ervation Laws, at one time, still of fot•uner "glories." around the watch temp.
the Indian who once ownedall the The descendants of the Indians The Imutern itself is enclosed by
lands, could not hunt or 11 all upon, can boast that their brave fore- hcavy.plate glans windows. Before
!or in, his own landed Reservation. fathers never wrongfully attacked the light was made. into it revoly-
j A puling' that the Indian could not the English settlers; the deseena ing one, buds in their.flights sat
I tial e .fish contrary. Cone
to svatlon arts of the English settlers .Point I night were attracted by the light
fans, tri his rosetvattmt tract, with pride to the fact that they I and )vould drive held on into the
caused the Federal government never wrongfully took a foot ofI glass, often beaking it. After a.
to test:the matter in dispute;auleell land from. the Indians,.___.. - littleheavy wire netting wins placed
$ py g 'p'� Outside the glass. In those days it,
al
A am oBays resident Tells was nothing, strange for a dozen fir I
/" X1 gy y g,two ducks of geese to be. found on
"^ f Building Shlnneer�ch Light"it ground in the, morning.
t The first light �bu)ned whale nil
-•which ,ins very soon nculaee.d by
Edward L, U4Ce8 lEi hk 71nns particular point of land be lata oil. Pim whale oil which had to
t] r S Y longed to the lata Edward 1I be brought by water, tame in •big
four Years Old, Describes Poster. The, It contained letinogsheads A lke•osaw wick lamp,
Erection Of Old Tower acres and the .goverment paid ,hnmcau)e next and was a -real: nn-
$100 an acre,which was considered provennc it This was viable
More Than. Seventy as immense price in those day. twenty miles mut of sen. Lt I01'L
Years Ago. There being no railroads on this a naw light was ']III - erl )sing
part of the Jsland at that time alltonosene vapor. This was much
�— of the lumber, stone and bricks more ,powerful, using only half as
By EdwardL. Squires. hart to fit brought by sailing ver h oil, 1.his L•unp is visible 27
1 tis, the Shinnecock lighthouse 'els through the'Pecomc Bay to the nu.ieao_ ... c
celebrated its 70th anniversary last Canon Place. From there it was miles out fill([ has 1260 thousand
New Year's night, and. I can. wall parted across to the present, site cmidle power. At Ups till t re-
New
Year when tc was,built:- I was m box wagons, for to you know volving c age was Placed a-ound tine
a lad of thirtouu then. The govern- .(;here was no cental at that Lime. light and m this wan t i Tb rays of
ment scut engineers here to select) ur lights are�tht•own out. '(there. is a
connecting Peconic Bay with Ship.
It site. They were thinking of necock .Bay. large reflector on the landside of
building the light on the oceanThe foundation )vas started ten the lantern so that all of tine rays
[)each. The late Joseph Jacobs,who feet or more under ground. Big of light will he thrown seaward,
was in .pill of mine during the Civil' yellow pinetimbers were laid crass The light, completed, measured
War, sailed then. Across to the cross. in the water and set in place 1.0 feet from base to center of
.beach in his boat. After they had with concrete. until it reached up' lantern. The walla at the Italie of
inspected the shifting said dunes, level with the ground. Then three the tower are 3 feet thick and at
they decided to build it on divinertiers of coping stores weighing two the top three feet. ,It. is 100 feet
ground and roclect:ed'Long , Point. each •worn cennettted into lace above, sen.level, and is_about mid-
ton. .. . .-. .. P.
was Prescribed for theYC, but there
.way •.between Fite !Island and Mon- SAW OLD I:IGdI'1' f3UIL'1' does not seen, to have been much
and Lights a alial•anca �between 32' severing of oars, blinding 'wlbh
and a miles. hot irons or cutting of tongue or
Prank !that time
the Hest cavi-.. Oighs
� tu , :AL Urd tune vnd until civil In Fast Hampton a ":pet{rroato"
e,vica took e'reA thn captainship <:.
wens, by political favor, therefore �, t ', causal perturbation barren in a s3 and
1 �a ^4� a<'. money that bought it was means
there were many knrpers during-
the ti1117A few NUS. ,, of a scandal, just as peCticoats
sz
; cause disseutters and ,jaalottsies in
Whoa r til uu Isaar Sumr'r.,y was modern times. Most of the "ac'
,hue bin weft eve nnt.u. les::rn,s. Cions" before the 61a•gistrates were
I Small iAiznlhc th Ponny now Mrs.I,c 'r, ?, for slander. When Goodwife Ed-I
one living,
NquUm I th y' a Ipr only 4 wards was arrested in connection
nun li ook ll•lui( her. .d. Prcr,eet �`>;,f,,n pade, she
�. with the petticoat esca
Who Loot inu�ir_ by .ons of het rY shocked the community by saying'
then. "her husband had brought her to
We. lev 11. vas head j a ,place where there was neither
keeper I'm 17 ,nus; John P. Ray l�Magistrates or ministers to. live
nm wa:: y,alil2m m 1R9r, W. R'.' among a company of heathen aed
i al c in. 1977 Imine the Worldrvh
}fl that shel
Way and nn uh'
ntil 19+ , W. F. t she would hang him
came home." "Goody" was a
A.u.heb,. Afl.cr which tame Georee "modern woman"for she could pro-
I I
J Ihonrt', who. is 1-ho ptcmnl, cap- ) tectherself. Whim the .constable
tarn. arrested her ,he required assistance
The Lover is brick red in +•olol. and she kicked a man and !broke;
d;vory year it, i:; regain Lcd Lo kaep his shin; her to take her" her husband when "hoe
it k.nking frrr'b.. drake to •pmtish-,
Inert patiently she bid him lett hey!
'-^-•^ loone or els'she wondd kill hill,."'
All this is recorded at length in
town journals. 11 Goody" Edwards
' g - (T--unishmeng, eted objected to the contumely of con-
.. : . friement in the stocks.
t .She was a
® �• Ilcler," un ,(,,,,shoe -gossip. She quarreled with a
neighbor and called her a liar. Her
g� punishment was "a ceft stick on
;®Id Days ® ` �°��� �•. her tongue.' The husband had to
1i- a (14. D. S.) I pay a fine. Husbands were in those
aUjc for what wives diel m those
The early settlers of eastern`f daps. There was not as regarded
x l Long Island were strict Calvinists.I today equality of the sexes.
- l They called their houses of 'woe- All East Hanrptm, re7oited nC
ship '4Mectinq •IIonses," and upon time of a great revival, in the
a 1 the ton);, of Minister Thomasl seventeenth century, when Isaac
James lie is referred to as 'Min• Isaacs, a Illannburg Jew, prafessed
,star of the Gospel And Pastyre the Christian religion. Isaacs mar
u II r:? ry
of the
-Church of Christ" They, vied the niece of a Scotch Lord.
relationship with the Indians were; ,II0 experienced a change of faith
mitable, but the pionems were
I and his reward took the shape of
much concerned regarding the it ,pretty wife, a titled family can-
'�ultimate salvation of the soul of I nection and a fertnne, •Isaacs was
the heathen. one took religion,r it grandsire of John Howarcl Payne,
religious practices and ;precepts,) who wrote "Same, ,Sweet Homo.'
dile to persecutions practiced upon I Isaacs married into the Hedges I
Ithe Puritans in England, as a . family and his wife's mother was
promise of relief. The men and! a Talmage, sister of the Earl of
women of Long (Island avoiding Dysart, an English nobleman.
un�ploasant.persecutions by Inn- "Goody" Edwards,.was not good at
$qui,rs ci hhy-four' i� ratio to a new country, had all, a respecter of titles I Thomas
rP<lwai rl L g g grc udices. Coming• from a TaUnage was the noble IEnrl she
t pars old celebrates' his !birthday strong 'P' jof belted and whose shin w•ts broken..
May,29 Ile is n yr Gann of Lhe ,novntc�ns leve I to bewhere a minor Or m is (Thomas seems to have Played }n
Civil Wu and it muuhai of the,!demeanors, punishable by
13enry Boynton Post of Riverhead. death, their wn code was severe, haul luck. n never lived to learn
that he was noble. He died before
Mr, Sques main! garden
dine hall,. word of !his hro&l,er's death, in
,and raises,a. big, garden on lu: although it never seems to have I Scotland reached Long Island.
place. Hp. recalls vividly old. days 'been, strictly enforced. Thomas was belted 'bY "Goody"
In .Suffolk and in an 'tee p&hying Jaws were early in the colonies, ,!here was nothing noble about
the
article he.Lolls of th. rbuibling of ,became "Christianized" and wore
Shinnernck daghl, seventy Yell's tolerated, Rol !Catholics werol belting she administered Ile lived
;,vm anathema and gained no Place bc- to
rdCi and leftmlton I fel e rof
(fore 1825.
Flagellation seems to have Leen osterity, alt ho
Pugh he could not
.the extreme meted out the trans-I pass on tha title, for his children,
gressors. ostut anipton stoelcs SGoody'•s'm hux to no abandesaid r thath"She
whippingp
III
all settlements and in some was' alto Cher ignarank.' This
places the ducking stool.,.Mayhem I only added to Iter.wrath, and be;
if+
�' Lr
cause of the criticism she wanted lasting about ten minutes, after fessed, was tried, cunvictea ante
to kill him. Next "Goody," nearly which the mangled body was ex- ]tun ill within 48 hours, with "duc i
succeeder] in having another I posed to the public gaze. 'Strange-I g `
Goody" �Garlic,h put to death for ways exhibited 'brute coura c do 'lync iness of ]ala." SO was not a
"witchcraft." The defmnations of g lynching•
order to serve his heirs. The
"Goody„ Edwards were Coo moth Painful punishments prr,-
for the East Hampton magistrates: In earliest years, on Long Is- scribed and ,prae Lieed by Christian
land, short shift wm
Avis accorded ur-
"Goody" Garlick, a midwife, was derers. The first Indian murder people: were horrendous. Many of
sent to he Cried iby the Hartford them were direct re:�ul L; of rrligi-
we know of occurred in 16'18, when
magistrates. They upon bir her. ons itch butimr. But there were
The occasion arose upon 'birth of a Pequot Indian killed Mus. Thom- no witch •burning, on 'Lone Island,
a "-blue baby" to Mary, a daughter as Halsey, at Old Town, South- and Quakers found a refuge at
ampion. He was apprehended,I Shelter Island and were pernnitL"d
Of Lin Gardiner,
t
rdineGardiner, w were big men of Mi
I taken to Hartford, tried, convicted' to worship as they chose in oNicr
the community. (And he "still in d summarily.1tspatched by hang-I Long Island settlements, Thu
born" child was of Paternity to g• colonists forefathers were often
Arthur Howell, son of Edward 'Wlhat was probably the first l severo, always just. They snb-
Howell, the big man of Southamp- negro murder of a white man oc- scribed to the sentiment: "Vast and
carred at Smithtown. A negro I anscarchable are the ways of God,
Can• killed. Ill% master with a billet of just but severe His chastening
Compared with punislumeuts wood. The negro was cattgh L, con-..rod."
pronounced in England at a similar
period for similar unish s t c., Historical society Report
false �witness, the punishments mn
Long Island were mild. 'The Id- ditgon
wards ofending occurred in t653.1 Shows
@o � KeaathfueCo
As lately as 1850 in England a' __ _--,r,�,•_•_� I
perjurer and man accused of mur-
der was found guilty,but according President Willis B. Holcombe Reviews Forty-two Years
to the law unless he "toolc a plea"
lie could not be hung. His, estates of Labors in (Seeping Ideal Before Public—
were confiscate to the king if h,:l How Proposed Home Was Planned
(the accused) were nuns'• TO save 1
g}'' arid Designed.
their estates for their f undies r�.,.mr, / l�,Z, ''
many would not plead guilty Or
not guilty, and the terrible punish- The Rev. Willis B. IIolcombe,:, Throughout the history we find
ment of o n e r e f n 1 g n r r e t president of the Sufl'oll. County among the a6icers and members
f a m e (by 'weight, by cold, and by Hdstor•ieul society, has issued the I such representative moues as Ack-
hung•er) became their portion. following official review of the'erly, Bagshaw, Bartlett, Brown,
A prisoner was stretched out events and labors of the society Cleveland, Craven, Childs, Dela-
and weights placed on hint, 'but to leadipg up to tine presentation of(.rad 11„vnll.. DvitiuM_Edwnrds.
stop short of 'being crushed to the plans forthe proposed• new
death; for the second he was to ibuilding; As announced last week ITisbel, h'oster, Fordham, Flloyad,
stand linked in the Open' air; and a public meeting will be held on I' "^amt,•. Griswold, Grilling, l
for the third he was to ,be fed oil Tune 29 at which Paul Marshall bele, Halsey, Herrick, Homo",
Lie coarsest ,bread on one (lay, :Rea, director of the Cleveland Horsford, Huntting,Jaycox, Jones,
followed the next 'by nothing but I .Museum of Natural History, will I ming, hissam, Macy, Nicoll, Oak-
water out of the nearest puddle.or be the chief speaker, and the pre- man, O'Brien, Ostrander, Overton,
sink, the treatment to be continued, ject presented in full to the public. Pnrrdsh, Perkins, Pierson, Post,
until he died. The torture of those ------ Sammis, Skidmore, Smith, Stropg,
who refused to ,)lead, which has The Suffolk Country Sweezy, Thompson, Topping, Vail,
Van Brunt, Vanderbilt, Wells,
ibeen referred to above, 'was one
Historical SocietyWarner, Wyckoff, Yong.
occasion actually curried out. 'fie 1386-1928 How did,it come about that these
,barbarous law has, of course, long• Wren weregathered together for
since been repealed .by one of the Forty-two ears ago, September such a purpose? The country wits
many Acts passed in the drug" of y- Y 6 p in the aftermath of influences flow-
George ILI. for the more merciful 28, 1886, thfrty-Ifive men met in
treatment of crime the Surrogate's office at the Court', ing from, the Centennial Exposi-
Honse and organized the Suffolk tion in Philadelphia. Widespread,
Bostworth, accused of nnurdo•' County Historical Society. All the interest had, been aroused, in they
in England, its 1726, "stood "nate." towns in tiro county and fourteen manner of living of our colonial
Ile was placed under the weight, villages.were represented. The of- ancestors, with particular empire-
and for nearly two hours bore a firers elected were Ilon, Janne, H, sis upon. furniture and the pro-
pressure of about 4 cwt., and then I Tuthill, of Riverhead, president; ducts of the early handicrafts;
gave way and asked for mercy. Rev. Epher Whitaker, D.D., of table-silver, brass and copper
Major Strangeway, accused of .Southold, and Joseph H. Petty, of utensils for household use, hand-
, murder, in England, in 1635 re- Amityville, vice-presidents; Stuart woven• fabrics and wrought-i iron
fused to plead and that, at that l;T. Terry, of Southold, and Richard (objects for ornament or practical
time meant he could not be con ,w, Bayles, of Middle Island, re-I use. ..
Acted, and therefore his lands 9spectively, recording and carre- .The rising tide of interest drew
l could not be forfeited, .and would I,,ponding secretary; Jamea FI, into its current .books, letters,
thus be preserved for •his herd^t,;:Pb,"on, of Southannpton, trees- 'snaps and. deeds; the 'fixing and
ale was sent to endure legal tor-i 'u rer; Gcargo F. Stackpole, of Riv- I marking of sites of historic events;
erhead, custodian; and twenty study of the methods and tools of
tore. The weights were not snffi-I councillors, two from each of the nettvities already dead or dying,
cient to kill him, so the attendants ren towns. This first election is I such as. whaling and the various'
added the weight of their own types of water mills; and the
bodies and crushed? the life out of I' abundanit evidence of the intentionof the founders to malce the so- I crude. implements of early agri-
tUc victim, the whole operation ciety a county project and not culture.
hrerely._a_lo.cnl.institution• _ Groups of peoplein South Caro-
ling, Virginia and in New ling- Mrs. John. R, Perlans at the:en- documents could not be consulted
land, drawn. together by this coin- trance to the village:from the wesE without unreasonable effort be.
I mon interest, formed themselves' and havin fronto s on Main cause the building was more often
into societies for stud and for col- g frontages closed, than not; it was inconveni-
Y street, Osborn avenue and on eat to obtain entrance and difficult
lecting the evidences of our an- ,Court street. - Mrs. Vail moved to'find, the object of one's quest.
cestral life which in those days away from.Riverhead in 1024 and Creat credit is dee the Faithful
were called, by the inclusive name, resigned her office. few who held the fort and:believed
' relics." Such is the background During this active period of the ,,that a better day was at ]rand.
of the origin of our society. .society's history, a membership of^ In May, 1925, the writer was
The specille impulse seems to approxnn hely .three handred had elected president and at this time
have come from New England been built up, including thirty,-one the society emerged into the diield
through the influence of the Rev. honorary members, of whom three of public interest by, reason of an
Samuel E. Herrick, D.D., a citi- were presidents of the United offer of 'fifteen thousand dollars
zen of Suffolk county by birth, who States; twenty-seven in memor- for the-old property. This was
hadattained eminence in his Pro- iam; nine :Family; upwards of generally considered a very large
fession. in Boston, and returned to two hundred: life members and price and the officers were insist-
his native Long Island to pass his some annual members. ently'Urged to accept it..,,Local
summer vacations. Twenty five annual meetings, opinion was practically unanimous
Within a month after the organ- were hell) with an average attend- andthe highest figure suggested
1 ization meeting the progenitors of ance of thirteen, and twelve pub- as a remote possibility was twenty
our society met again to adopt a Aic meetings, of whichfive-were. thousand, dollars.
constitution and ordered a glass held in other villages than River- The active officers at this time
case to Preserve and display head, viz:- Southold, Patchogue,: ;were Willis 0. Holcombe, presi-
,relics" which had already -been Southampton Huntington Built Sag,, dent; Walter F. Barnes, vice-
donated. We see in that glass Harbor. ' - president; Ralph C. Brown, tress-
case a history museum in embryo. Among the subjects of -study urer, and Mrs, Carrie M. C.Terry,
Seven years later, in 1893, the presented were: "Priority. of Set- corresponding secretary. M r.
possessions of the society, had rout- tlement of Southold and South- Brown was ifirmly convinced. that a,,
tiplied so that they must have more amptov
;" "The hollow-Tree Post- - — --- -
Team and they then bought the office of Ruogue;" "The Whaling higher Price should ' obtained
old Savings Bank 'building origi "I d his opinion prevailed.with the
all erected for county records. "Use of Long Island Waste other members of the Board. Fin-)
n• Jndustry;" "Long Island Names; an
Th property consisted of a brick Lands;" "New York.State Society ally the advice of two New York
Building twenty by thirty feet and dor the Promotion of Agriculture, "men was sought: F. L. R. Fran-
a plot ;of land on the corner of, Transactions of 1801;"—'"Fort S'a• cisco, construction ongineer, of No.
Main street and Griffin avonue.. longa;" "Battldfields of the War 611 Fiftic avenue, and Evorett B.
The consideration was four thou-' of 1812;" "Grave Stone Inscrip Sweezy, banker, No. 2-Wall street.
sand dollars, of which two thous-1 tions of Eastern Long Island," and 'They'both advised: that the .prop-
PHrecls
and. was paid in cash and a mort-, "Influence of Gardiner's and Pe-. and that be divided
i tof live ty-five
gage of two thousand was given., conic Bays on the PeoPie of Suf- thousand dollars net be placed up-
It was not until 1907, fourteen. folk County."
years later, that this mortgage. A loan exhibition, including on of dlfty feet on Main street the larger piece with front-
was finally liquidated. During all more than four hundred objects-.ages
these years the interest was and extending over four days, was
and one hundred and nine feet on
,promptly met and the principal re- held' in July 1912, under supervis- GriYTinavenue. Within sixty days
.
the
duced fron year to year by small ion of Elihu S. Miller. In 1913 a, are throughproperty
J aS,r�ea' VDugnn fi�o
:payments as the money could be loan exhibit of Indian articles was
gathered from the membership Bent to the Celellial Society of Mont d'Or,Inc., Isadore'Goldberg;
dues and, special contributions, One Huntington. president.
reads between the lines of the rec• Year books were published be- Imtmediatol,Y following this sale
ords of these years, the heroic tween 1898 and. 1923 and ex- GoorPe-F.. Moore bought the, re-
persistence of a small group of changed with other organizations mai$mg piece with a frontages of
active members and their fine ]oy- so that the society received thirty feet on Griffin avenue,
ally to a common purpose. - much valuable material, including ing;£ive thousand five hundred dol-
No sooner had their, htime.been not only the publications of:other lays'cash.
Paid for than they began to &eel. societies, but documents from the The sochty therefore realized
the meed e,9 more room and"a bet- Library of Congress and various thirty thousand five .hundred Bol-
ter organization. Rev. W. J;'Chol- federal and State government do. lars from the sale of this property.
mers was elected curator and conuntil; partments. A part�of the proceeds was depos-
tinued to serve in. that cities The possessions of the society ited in the savings banks of the
.his death in 1018, with no other now include about five thousand' county and the balance invested in
remuneration than an honorarium 'volumes and a miscellaneous collet 'guaranteed mortgage -certificates•
of one hundred dollars voted at tion.such as would naturally be,, S(multaneously with the sale of
each annual meeting. - assembled- in any similar commun-'- the old property. the deed to the
During the period 'bgtween 1907 ity'by amateurs without expert new site was executed, by .Mrs.
and 1923 there were frequent dh;- guidance, without room to house John R. Perkins and announced as
cussions of the need of'having the or.facilities for displaying artidle6 an occasion- for general thanksgiv-
ibuilding open, with more frequent. of value. Owners of such objects.' lag et .the union service held on
service of a custodian; of the•lack will not give or bequeath them to Thmiksg ving:DnY in Grace church
of a definite program and of the an:.institution which is incapable on'November '26, 1926.
hope of a new building. ' of caring for them and unable to During the summer of 1925 J.
In the year 1923Mrs, Alice Vail display them. ':'Monroe Hewlett,-of New York and
ibecame president and set n new Those who had given devoted Lawrence, L. I,;'it Prominent'main-
'of progress by securing a4b-, service found themselves.facing a. .her of thee-American Institute of
scriptions for a mew' building; Problem will became' constantly' Architects; visited.Riverhead, stud
-
I
.'several thousand- more; difficult and: the solution-of .fed our problem andmaden rough
dollars and by sccuring an offer which seemed beyond any re-- -sketch of the site, showing his
Of an ideal site 'Yo sncli a build-, sources which they could hope toidea of treatment of the property
ing, viz the triangle owned by. command. Vale able
and and placement of abuilding.on it.
f
l
In October of tile Santa year,`L.+
V. Coleri an' then executive Seem- In May, 1926, a meeting of'the study and of many Cmnfevences the
nary and now director of the society was,called on the date set tween him and the membeis of the
American Association of Muse- for the annual meeting. A ggorum Board.
ams, with offices in the Smithson- not being present, the meetino"M ;Our immediate program should
ion Htstitution. at Washington,_D, journed after a brief discussion include the following points: -i
C., spent,2 days with the•writer„Etc and review of the work done. 1. A building adequate to house'
quafhting ltbusolf..with out- p[8b In- December, 1918, Samuel ourcollections and Provide fort
leo in all its details, and makin L'Hommedieu had died in Brook- l rcasohalite growth. Room. to ac-
a survey of Suffolk county withlyn, leaving two thousand dollars commodate special loan exhibits,
special reference to;the attiEude.of'.-to the Suffolk County Historical which can now be procured in
its ,people towardinstitutions in. Society, A technicality in the will great variety, and at moderate
tended to serve the public along had left the payment Space for new exhibits in
general cultural lines, including,,quest in doubt and no success had the.of this be- cost.fields of art and science.
libraries as well as museums. Mr. attended the efforts of the society Natural history and science co,
Coleman was then fresh from a to secure payment. In July, 1926, lections will open our eyes to the
.trip of fifteen thousand miles;: 1- the interest of Colonel Jackson A. ! meaningof the world about us unit,
noticed by the Rockefeller-Seel- Dykman, of the farm of Cullen 8a open the door of service to out
man foundation, and made for the Dykman, of Brooklyn, was en-. children. Art spells delight and
special purpose of studying small listed, and on August 11, 1926, he gvirance for the nmltihEda who
Museums throughout the United sent its a check for the full amountwould enter into the world of
States and the reason for the fail and made no charge for his serv- - beauty; and opportunity for those
ore of so many of them to fulfill ices,' who are already working in this
the functions for which they were During the years 1926 and 1926, field,
organized, I Have kept in touch the president visited museums 2. A suffrciert sum of money
Coleman and personally consulted officers not only to build but to provide
with
organized,
n since his visit,
here M repeated conferences and and heads of departments of for maintenance .and efficient
by correspondence and have con- all the more important insti trained service.
suited }iim at every stage of the tutions, including the •Metropoli 3. A'..public which will gridn,
Plan as it has developed o my tan Museum of Art, the Ameri- ally be made aware that just such
own Lias i It is impossible to over- can Museum of Natural His opportunities are being Provided
own
It valve of his o over- tory, the New'York Historical So in many communities tbroughout
etheticstimate
t understanding and wise ciety,.the Museum of the City, of the, land and will desire to be
counsel unser upon mature a wiseper. New York, the.Hispanic Museum i served in a similar wfly.
fence and. countrywide Knowledge. the Heye foundation 'Indian Mu- 4. A readjustment of our sense
In January, 1fl26, we secured the scum, the Children's Museum of of value. The world about us is
Y. Brooklyn, the Newark Museum, lawakening to the fact that educa-1
servi es of William H. Carr, of,
@ the Staten Island Museum, and tion does not cease with the pros-.
the .American Museum of'Naturalmany in New England. ontation of a highschool or even
History, New York, who packed Early in 1927 the old house on a college diploma. Our prosperity'
and listed. our possessions, prepay- the property, was removed with all is giving us more and more leisure,i
mg'theai for storage. This -ro- outbuildirgs, the ground was'thor- 'What are we doing with it? Grown
qurred'a�bout three weeks and some obghly:-raked and cleaned and the .men and. women are entering into
attention' from different members grass was mowed during the en- the joy of continually learning
of,the Board. Mr:' Carr became tire season. The same care is being new things. Our civic clubs and
so,interested.in what he found that continued in 1928 so' that the women's clubs, our correspondence
at this own suggestion, he prepared'
property has taken on the aspect schools and our museums,are sjlm
an article which was published_in of a public park. bols and vehicles of the higher sat-
!the local and Brooklyn papers. - During the summer• of 1927 a isfactions toward which' we are
The war .memorial stone which tentative decision was reached on headed. We are learning to ex-
stood on the old Savings :Bank the amount of floor space required changedollars for treasures which
Property., had to -be moved when and the allocation of space to var•- are more enduring. The greatest
the property was sold, and.the His- torts Purposes, It was then mutu- happiness is reserved for those who
torical society offered to the town'. ally agreed by the active members will enable the largest number to
another site on the new- property,'. of the Board to consult a 'local enter.the promised land of these)
Mr. Hewlett visitedIthe pro per•ty� architect and after due delibera- new possessions.
again in h'ebruary to advise on the tion August H. Galow, of Hunting. WILLl3 B. HOLComaE,
placementof this monument and ton, }vas called into consultation, president, Suffolk County His.
drew a diagram showing the ex The PI now submitted are torical Society.
act position and treatment of the the_result of Mr, Galow's'careful Riverhead, N. Y., June-1, 19.28.
adjacent terrain. This plan was
Long Islanders Were Among -
accepted by the Town Board at a
regular meeting and in accordance .y.L ��r p 9 n Trek therewith the stone was set in Those Who Joined 49 .! •rek
March, at the west angle of the
Property with the.name-plate fee- / '?,Gold Fields of California
it g east and toward a planting.of 2
shrubbery. Later the west 'sideof the.stone was faced. and '>the l (,II, D. S.) a .better conception what Call-
words,"World War Memorial” set YI fornion territory was like,than any.
in large 'bronze letters, easily legi- The 'anniversaryof a discover l other Easterners. Most people
ble front the street. that changed the life and,customs turned to the map- of 1847. There.
The cost of moving and placing of hundreds ofLong Islanders oc-1 they :found.the entire region west
the stone was borne,by the town, carred this week. Eighty years j of the Rocky Mountains depicted as
The cost of facing. and lettering a blotch of yellow. What was then
rho stone and, planting the 'shrub• ago the news came to Sag Harbor, known as the "Indian Territory;'
bery, amounting to approximately 'Long Island,N. Y•, then the Islander prinri-
area occupied by
mope than half
a dozen prosperous
�ne hundred and .eighty-'five (lot- pal port, that gold had been dis- now coveys i .
'(rs, was paid by, the Historical cover C'pliforuia, Perhaps the
'. iety., Sd in States. The curious, and Intel-
--- --- native Eastern..Long• had leetual, hunted tip 'Dana's book.
/ L/
"Two Yeats ,Before thic"Mast:"-
rist
Having consulted this interesting tivmet gCnliforn Island
tPren lice I ten who 1 1 he city's noire government -who hall ttuaml
narration they a,sooaLed Califm min legal machinery n
with thou hts of long-horned Mulford; Ile subsequently became Y nd ran it Co sui6�
b t' .the editor of the Golden Pita of their own purpose,
savage cn e smell' hides, se soeswho San Ptancisco, and in 1870 cone R.i "The 'Rebellion' was conducted
and sougazyht first-hand
st-had it But those who pendent for the Francisco Chron-' ''bY the respectabilit and solidly of
sought first ht,S information Lo Upt Y y
the Gold Coast,strolled clown Lo Che icle, sent east t6 n.efrorC the fimrCan-� Sun Francisco, which had fm• a
Sang Harbor bor. waterfront, there to nial Exposition, at Philadelphia. He few Yearn Ueen
so ibusily engaged
interrogate ilii. men of Lite ships. did not get, away with the first in money ranking as to allow their
Sag 'Harbor was, in 1848, a what- Argonauts. He was too young, in city govu'nment Co drift into rather
ing port; though Soon to see a '1840. But Inc, reached California, irresponsible hands.
change. For whaling innd failed. in 1856, having worked his passage "Many of the streets of San
The ships arriving home in 1847 'before the most,as ship's boy at the Francisco .were unbridged, many
brought half a million pounds of. age of eighteen, on board' the, clip- not lighted, at night, Cause—laclC
whale bone, and it million dollars per Wizard, 8,000 tons !burden, of money to abridge and light;. The
worth of whale oil, sperm and 'Capt. .Shamgar •Slate, of Sag, filar- money in the ),ands of the city off
-
right whale; the ships reCurning in 'bon coals had gone more far private
4848 'were mostly "dry," and out Mulford had many adventures on pleasure than public good.
filers lost great sunis of money the Pacific slope, on the coast on A large g Y e p 'C'v of the Stu bridges.� and many whaling firms retired and it whaling voyage in Lower {"alai- It this time,were virtually ht ulf,es,
the..•whale ships lay idle in the I fornia, and in the mines at' Swett's One-foul th of the city, nt least, win
stream,. or tied up to the Long 'Bar,' Enazipr's Plat "Red Morar built over the water, You could _
y Wharf, , I tail Bin Motown T-lopperhia d raw a beat. far under the town,and
City," and Hawkins Bar,' on the
California merely meant n soil for mules in some directions. '1'Im
Tuolumne River. He did not nvos-
a•ound Cape .IIm•n to the Long Is- amphibious part of the city "bit-
land seafaring, man. Since 18171 Pei, until lie met Col. Joseph Law- j ged" like a ship's hold, and white.
Long Island sbipS had "rounded the renee, a genial whole-souled com-; I paint put on one day would be lad
Horn." { apt Cphalet Halsey sail- panionable man, a native of I hrh-. , colored the next,frau the action of
ing the fust Sag dlarbor,built ship .ing, 'Long Tsland, when he struck the gores let Iaesc front ,tile 1. ooze
Argonaut to the Pacific ocean for I his natural and proper calling as at low tide. -
Sperm whales, commanded a vessel' newspaper writer, 1,T
hero
on Long Island in 1812, ' There are thousands of des- fhe•e were frequent holes in Ione
f c,,ndants. ."ranichildren and creat- bridges into which mei frequently
The Warne was "Argonauts"
c, far scorers ;tumbled, and occasionally n beam i
of Long Island "Argonauts" were men, 'children of the Long Island and wagon., They were ]irgc
to follow the pioneer whale ship to men;''both in 'Gnlifm•nin and New enough for either, and their oily
'Pacific coasts in the years of '40 loi9,, for many returned without Ilse
ofli
and '50. "winning fortune," :Mulford has cllswhad not as to do eh with at ethe eitcty'
And then 'Long Islanders of 1848 left a vivid description of the San' mone Y
knew that Sam" Triib Hildreth, of (Francisco of1850; y'
Sag Harbor, was already in Cali- "The 'Wizard sailed through a "Then Commercial ste:ept Betweei
fornia'buyutg beef and bides, hav- great Uank of fog one August mone Leidesdorff and Battery was full of,
ing gone there by ship that ,year, ing and :at once the'headlands of Cheap John auction stores, with all
.lad was not; Polly Swett, .and her the Golden Gate came in sight. Tile! their clamor and attendant crowds
husband, of -Sag Hanbor, the first captain paid me my scanty wages'I at night. Then the old Railroad
from Lona Island to •Ct,.lifor•nip T left the Wizard—left herr £or six- 'Restaurant was in its ,prime, mid'
crossing the Plains .by "covered teen years of varied life in Cali t}te :St. Nicholas, oil ,Sansone, was
wagon," in 1844—Pally the fist of fornia. 'San Francisco seemed to - the crack hotel, Then, one saw
seven white pioneer worsen in Cali-i me then mostly for; fn the morning `and-hills at the farther end of
fornia when gold was found at I dust and wind in the ifteviloonand Montgomery street, To go to'Long
a•
�Sutter's mill, its Fobruy,,1.848. Vigilance'Committee the remainder' Bridge was a weary, ibody.exhaust-
Long Island was a travelled conn-I Ofthe-tine. ing tramp; The:Mission was reach-,
Trinity. There were rI whaling ":San Fra ciseo was then in Lhe adby omnibus. Rows of old ltulksl
'ports. Two-thirds pf the male tlnraes of Idle great 'Vigilantpeism' wells moored'off Market +Lro t..
population was liorh to tine sea. Its of 1850Conotntes of armed men That was 1Rotten Row,' Cm by'
maritime people went nearer the were drilling In the streets at' one they were purchased ,by II2rer
North and South Poles that most In the city's commercial 'cetCe, Hare set Chinamen to picking thei )
.people of their times and Behring Stood Put Gunnvbags' — t h c' Umnes, ;broke Chem up, pat the
Straits,the d{amsebatkan coast, the stronghold of the Vigilantes—made shattered timbers in one pile., the'
' iron bolts in another, the copper
Parlso Japan, ado de. J Bland, Val- as its none implied, of sand-filled! in another, the cordage in another.
Azores
the 'Sandwich s Ofrls; the gunny sacks. Cannonades and so in a short time all that re-
mained of these bluffbowed, old-!
other remote localities were words front its port holes, sentinels paced
' often ships and .brigs, that had
in every one's inoith, and Words, the ram parts. There was neon- so so often doubled the stormy calmer;
too, with which they were familiar Stant surging in and out of the of •Cane .Born or smoked their tq-�
from childhood. Many whale ships bnfloing behind the fort,--the head- pots in the Arctic ocean was so
find touched at San ,Francisco and quarter and barracks of the Vigi- manv ghastly heaps of marine
\Monterey. 't'her'e had recently lantes. d"'Orn its windows a few debris,
been a great break down in the days before our arrival they had '7 had seen the Ninntic, now en-
whale fishery. Whale ships for sale hung Casey for tine killing of James (;orated Just sse below Clay street,
wore-plentiful. m most of thewere King—one of bice editors of the leave my native seaport, bound for
-bought to carry the '40 rush of Bulletin. I saw two others flung the Smith Pacific to cruise fat•'
merchandise. and men to Cnlifornin, there on the sixth of August, Vigi- whale, years ere the bars dad
All theLold whaling capta its wanted lanteeism was then the business and .gulches ears eve•the
were turners
to go. Most of them dud go. All tall, of the town. The jail'had ,just gulches
ch pick::and shovel. The Gad-,
the ,young mnily.,t Lhe flpwm been captured from the )Law and mus, the vessel which. brought
Iole the community. _.___ I Ordet•' then who wee not 'oder- Lafa it over in 1&24,was another
f r-
l.or Island. 'file family has been I
of our 'blubber hunters; and after-I tanned 10 years later. M was in agreement that the,happenings
wards made her last voyage with Prentice dLongrs o£ the Mulford in the first colonial settlements of
the rest to San 'Francisco. Family of ILong Island,and Prentice what is now a Part of New York
"Manners and customs still re- family of New London,eftloe thrnn.ough
He (State, should be faithfully and ac-
tained much of the old "49" flavor: planned a cruise iby canoe through 'curately recorded for posterity.
Women were scarce. Every river the �9outh :Bay to eastern Long Is. From father to son the records m 8 ° a"
boat 'brought a %'heal of miners in land. lie embarked and a few days were kept Cmrtenporoneons writ- ^�31 ,E, e
a•ay shirts Treat "up country." afterwards was found dead in his ing•s of the earliest historians were '' " w
'Steamer Day;