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| F. B. Carpenter |
The Cortland News, Friday, August 18,
1882.
CORTLAND AND VICINITY.
A band of gypsies honored our village with their
presence on Wednesday.
Mr.
Theodore Stevenson is erecting a fine-looking tenement house for four families
on Elm street.
Mr.
Jas. S. Squires has determined to lay a flagstone walk on the west side of his
residence, Prospect street.
The
Cortland correspondence of the Syracuse Standard is a commendable feature of that excellent paper.
The
bicyclists of Cortland have organized with the following officers: President,
Willis D. Cloves; Captain, Eugene Butler: Secretary, Glenn Tisdale; Bugler,
Silas Cummings.
Mrs.
Arthur Holmes is laying a new plank walk on Reynolds avenue, west side of her
residence, and will, as soon as the material can be obtained, put down a
flagstone walk on Tompkins street.
Within
the past year postmaster Nixon has issued money orders calling for nearly
$24,000. During the same time he has paid orders to the amount of about $4,000
more; or has transacted over a $50,000 business in that department alone.
The
lithograph pictures of this village, which for some time past have been in
course of preparation by the Philadelphia Publishing House, are now being
delivered to subscribers at the rate of $2.75 per copy, or $5 for two copies on
one order.
"Neighbor
Jack Wood" is the title of the play which will be presented by Tempest
Engine Co. No. 4 at Keator Opera House about the last of September. It has a
cast of thirty-two characters. The parts are all taken and will be well
sustained.—Homer Republican.
The quiet of last Sabbath was broken about 2 P. M. by the fire alarm bell. The
department were on hand with commendable promptness, but the firemen as
promptly if not more gladly returned, as the cause was only the burning out of
a chimney at the residence of Mr. F. Conine, on Owego street.
Delos
Bauder, of Cortland, N. Y., owns a parrot that would distinguish itself as a
boss on public works. As the workmen of a new street railroad were digging in
front of the Cortland house the other day, the bird in great frenzy swore at
them, and vehemently demanded that they should dig to greater effect.—Grand Rapids, Mich., Times.
An entire change has lately been made in Taylor Hall
stage scenery. The drop curtain has a striking sketch of Delaware Water Gap—the
mountains on both sides of the river standing out in bold outline; the woodland
scene is inviting; the prison, uninviting; the parlor, elegant; kitchen,
garden, cottage and water scenes, very pretty; a street scene completes the
series. The work has been done by Mr. E. J. Goodrich, of Ithaca, an artist of many years' experience. Last Saturday he
went to Homer to make additions to the scenery of Keator Hall.
Work
on the new block [Standard building—CC editor], corner Main and Tompkins
street, is being pushed rapidly forward, or rather upward. About thirty workmen
are employed.
Mr.
C. E. Brooks will lead the meeting in the Y. M. C. A. rooms next Sunday afternoon
at 4 o'clock. This service, last Sunday, led by Prof. Stowell, was very
interesting. Hereafter the seats in the parlor will be so arranged that they
will not face the blinding afternoon sun. All are invited to these meetings.
Mr.
William Riley returned the first of the week from a trip to Ireland, Scotland
and England. He left on the 10th of July, crossing the ocean on the Brittannic of the White Star line; passed two
or three days in each of the cities of Dublin, Glasgow, Liverpool and London;
was arrested at Liscarroll, Ireland, where his papers were examined and various
questions asked him in regard to his intentions, who he was, where he was
going, whom he expected to visit, how long he should stay, etc., all which
evidently gave satisfaction, or this would not have been published just yet.
The voyage going and coming was very pleasant, except the last two days of the
return, which were decidedly stormy. The crops in Ireland he reports very good.
Our
readers have noticed in the supervisors' proceedings the name of
"Harrison" as applied to one of the towns of this county. This town
was formed from Cincinnatus in 1818, and its name was changed to Marathon in
1827. Homer was formed in 1794, Solon in 1798, Cincinnatus and Virgil in 1804.
These were the original towns at the time Cortland county was organized in 1808. Truxton
was formed from Fabius in 1808; Preble from Tully at the same time; Scott from
Preble in 1815; Freetown and Willett from Cincinnatus in 1818; Cortlandville
from Homer in 1829 ; Harford and Lapeer from Virgil in 1845; Taylor from Solon
in 1849; Cuyler from Truxton in 1858. Settlement began in Homer in 1791; in
Virgil and Cortlandville in 1794, and in several other towns previous to 1800.
The
picnic of the Emerald Hose Co. last Saturday was a success in every respect, thanks
to the shrewd, liberal management of those in charge. The ball game between the
McGrawville and Cortland nines in the forenoon resulted in favor of the former
club by a score of 9 to 6. That in the afternoon, between the Stars of Syracuse and the Flyaways of Binghamton was all one way,
the score standing 16 to 2 in favor of the Stars,
who are decidedly good players. We have never seen their catcher excelled. In
the first two innings neither club made a score; in the third, the Stars got in a run; in the fourth, each
made two runs; after that the Stars
made all the runs. In the pavilion large numbers enjoyed the dancing, which was
adjourned in the evening to Taylor Hall. The net receipts show that a large
crowd was in attendance, about $300 being laid away by the company.
Mr.
H. P. Smith, of the Syracuse Sunday Times, made Cortland a flying visit on
Monday. Mrs. Smith returned with him in the evening.
W. H.
Clark, of Syracuse, paid his friend, A. D. Bradley, a visit this week. Mr.
Clark is telegraph operator in the S. C. &
N. Y. railroad office, and is taking his vacation.
Mr.
F. B. Carpenter, the artist, wife and daughter, returned to New York last
Saturday. Mr. Carpenter has been commissioned by President Andrew D. White to
paint portraits of several of the Cornell University professors, which will be
the commencement of an art gallery for that school. The October number of the Century will contain an article by Mr.
Carpenter, on the inner life of Abraham Lincoln. The sketch will be
illustrated.
The
Sights at Barnum’s Show.
The
great exhibition to be here Saturday, Aug. 26, set the New York papers wild.
The Tribune speaks as
follows:
After
the "grand entre" in the afternoon Jumbo marched around the circle, and
to the music of the band, the great elephant Queen was led into the central ring,
while between her forelegs demurely trotted little Bridgeport. The latter was
hailed with great applause. After that for three hours the rings were the
scenes of a varied entertainment.
Imported Trakene and Ukraine trick stallions
pirouetted on their hind legs, while a troupe of trained dogs went through a tragedy
performance. Two little donkeys and a clown drew peals of laughter from the
children, to whom his jokes and funny sayings were new. Then came some
grotesque dancing and high kicking by three persons, who seemed totally devoid
of spinal columns. Next Mme. Zazel, clad in pink tights, after walking the
invisible high wire, was hoisted by the neck to a beam and took the “terrific
headlong dive,” landing in a net, whence she looked down at the audience,
smiling and kissing her hand. Then with a shrill cry, which echoed through a
report that shook the building, she was fired from a monster cannon, but
luckily landed again in the netting.
Recommended:
Francis Bicknell Carpenter: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Bicknell_Carpenter
Famous Residents, Village of Homer: http://www.homerny.org/index.php/village-history/famous-residents
Lincoln’s
Gift from Homer, N. Y. (left click on book cover): http://books.google.com/books?id=-YDjGSLZw6kC&pg=PA185&lpg=PA185&dq=Martin+Sweeney+and+Francis+B.+Carpenter&source=bl&ots=FdzuGNiQUL&sig=lwnJ92ucgT3YxwZDCf4-X0ag_5Q&hl=en&sa=X&ei=VEUSU5bHH8m2yAHv9YHADQ&ved=0CDYQ6AEwAw#v=onepage&q=Martin%20Sweeney%20and%20Francis%20B.%20Carpenter&f=false
Henry Perry Smith, History of Cortland County,
1885: https://archive.org/details/historyofcortlan00smit
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