The Right Kind of Sympathy.
A few weeks ago [Dec. 26, 1882—CC
editor] Mr. Burdette Hinman, residing on the [Kinney] gulf road a couple of
miles west of the village, met with a loss which he could hardly afford—that of
a horse; and a number of his friends, headed by Rev. D. C. Dutcher, sought contributions
for the purpose of restoring the loss.
A
horse two or three feet high, made of paper board, was stored in Mr. Hinrnan's
garret some time last week, but without
his knowledge, and on Tuesday evening, matters being in readiness, a large
number of persons met at Mr. Hinman's, and he, being away, was sent for. On his
entering the room, Mr. Dutcher gravely announced that a committee had desired his
presence for the purpose of presenting charges against him, one of which was that he
kept a horse in his house for three days without food or water, but as it was
so difficult to obtain these necessary articles that charge the committee would
withdraw. Another charge was that he was extravagant in the manner in which he
had clothed the animal, that it savored too much of aristocracy, and that (here
the "horse" was brought into the room) he would ask the people
assembled to decide from the appearance of the animal whether the said charge
was not sustained.
Mr.
Dutcher said much to show the enormity of the offenses committed, and said it
so seriously that Mr. Hinman's face took on such a puzzled, downcast look that
it was difficult for the company to restrain themselves. But the appearance of
the "menagerie" was too much for Mr. Hinman — he could only stare and
choke, while his good wife had already given way to tears. The
"extravagant," aristocratic dress referred to by Mr. Dutcher was a blanket
made of greenbacks sewed together; swung across the highbred animal was a pair
of saddle-bags filled with silver, while in his mouth was a five-dollar gold
piece; the said dress being worth
over seventy dollars.
It is
unnecessary for us to commend such an act. It speaks emphatically for the kind
hearts of the actors.
CORTLAND AND VICINITY.
Mercury below zero for two or three days past.
F.
E. Glover, Esq., has a law office with Squire Bierce.
The
floor of the new postoffice is to be covered with tile.
Mr.
John C. Seager has bought “Tom Wonder," a four year old colt, of Mr. Rodolph
Price, Virgil, for $250.
The
Madison Square Theatre Company play "Hazel Kirke" at Keator Opera
House. Homer, next Monday evening.
Mr.
E. Yager has purchased of Mr. H. W. Beale the lot on the corner of Main and
Grant streets, and has begun the erection of a dwelling.
The
Madison Square Theatre Company give "Hazel Kirke," one of the finest plays
of modern times, at Taylor Hall to-morrow evening.
The
National Bank of Cortland on Tuesday elected Jas. S. Squires president, Geo. L.
Cole vice-president, Chas. E. Selover cashier, and B. A. Benedict attorney.
Mr.
E. M. Wells, general agent for the "History of the Jeannette
Expedition," is at the Messenger House to secure agents for the book for
this and adjoining counties.
Mr.
Rufus T. Peck has bought the house and lot northeast earner of Greenbush and
Port Watson streets, and during the coming season will erect a couple of fine
houses.
The Savings
Bank on Monday elected Frederick Hyde president, Chas. C. Taylor and Alphonzo
Stone vice-presidents, B. L. Webb secretary, M. L. Webb; treasurer, and S. S.
Knox attorney.
The
Tully Times, in the hands of Frank R. Slayton, publisher and proprietor,
has been much enlarged of late, and is a newsy, spicy, readable paper, besides
being decidedly good looking.
Mr.
William Gaylord has bought of Mr. E. P. Wright, administrator of the estate of
Wesley Benjamin, deceased, the house and lot on Main street near the marble
shop. Consideration, $2200.
Our
Member of Assembly, Dr. J. C. Nelson, has been appointed chairman of the
committee on public health, and a member of the committee on State charitable
institutions, and also of the sub-committee of the whole.
At
the meeting of the Board of Education Tuesday evening, Mr. Karl C. Swartz, Normal
graduate, class of June, 1882, was elected teacher of the Port Watson school—the
death of Mr. Hugh McKevitt making a vacancy in the position.
Quite
a number of our young people are enjoying the skating at Blodgett's rink these
fine days and evenings, nearly thirty being there Wednesday evening. It is a
very healthful, invigorating sport, and, from the number of beginners,
especially among the ladies, we judge that this fact is appreciated.
The
Homer Republican last week announced that "the editorial
management" of that paper passed with that issue "into the hands of
Mr. George W, Fisher," Mr. Fisher is a printer well known hereabouts, and
we feel confident that he will strive ably and zealously to maintain the
reputation of the Republican as
an excellent paper.
The
Board of Education Tuesday evening accepted the plans and specifications for
the school-houses presented by Mr. Leroy Hopkins, of Cortland, and in another
column they call for proposals to build said
school-houses. The buildings will be 37x35 feet, with porch, [steep?]
elevation, etc. and capable of seating about one hundred and seventy pupils
each.
Last
week Mr. A. C. Carr sold his interest in the Central Hotel to his partner, Mr. K. C. Arnold, who has rented the hotel to
Mr. Peter Brown, of Deposit, N. Y., who will take possession on the first
of February next. Mr. Carr has been an excellent landlord, and Mr. Brown, who
has had much experience in the business, will doubtless fully sustain the
reputation of the hotel.
On Tuesday
the following were elected officers and directors of the First National Bank: S. Keator, president; E. C. Carley, vice-president; E.
Keator, cashier; R. B. Smith, E. C. Carley. Robt. Purvis, A. A. Carley, H.
Cowan, T. H. Wickwire, R. Warner, M. Van Hoesen, C. W. Stoker, J. B. Hart. S.
Keator, E. Keator, O. U. Kellogg, directors. Mr. Kellogg was elected attorney.
Last
Friday James Hollenbeck and William Cookingham were arrested and brought before
Justice Bierce on a charge of stealing hams from Squires & Co., when they
plead not guilty and were remanded to jail until next day when they withdrew
the plea of not guilty, and pleading guilty, Hollenbeck was sentenced sixty days
in county jail and $25 fine, to stand committed until paid, and Cookingham was
sent to the Onondaga penitentiary for four months.
The
P. O. Department at Washington has accepted a proposition, made by the owners
of the new [Standard] block corner Main and Tompkins streets, to lease for
postoffice uses stores Nos. 4 and 5 in said building, for six years, at the
yearly rental of $700. The lease has not been executed yet, but the postoffice
will be removed as soon as the floor is tiled and the room fitted up, which the
owners do at their own expense. The Department will lease the room and pay the rent.
Tuesday afternoon as Mr. B. B. Woodworth was crossing Main street from
the postoffice, a horse driven at a rather fast gait by Mrs. Almon Sanders ran against
him, and threw him with considerable violence to the ground. He was carried
insensible to his office and Dr. Dana called, who could find no more serious
injury than a few bruises. He was shortly afterward taken home and recovered
consciousness late in the evening. The next day he was at his office, but lame
and sore from internal injuries.
At a
regular meeting of Elon Encampment, I. O. O. F., held Wednesday evening, Jan.
3, 1883, the following were elected and installed officers for the ensuing term:
C. H. Gillette, C. P.; A. B. Nelson. H. P.; S. N. Gooding, S. W.; F. G. Kinney,
Scribe; C. E. Ingalls, Treas.; I. Miller, J. W. C. H. Gillette was elected
regular representative to Grand Encampment, and C. E. Ingalls, proxy
representative. Grand Encampment meets in annual session on the 20th day of
February, 1883, at New York city.
BUSINESS LOCALS.
TO CONTRACTORS.
The
Board of Education of Cortland Village will receive sealed proposals for building
two frame school-houses, one in Schermerhorn [Grace] street and one in Owego street,
this village, to be completed by the 15th day of April next. Plans, detail drawings
and specifications may be seen at the Democrat office in West Court
street until the twenty-fifth instant. All bids must be handed in to the
secretary of the Board before the first day of February next.
The
Board reserves the right to reject any and all bids.
By
order of the Board,
EDWARD D. WEBB, Secretary.
Cortland, January 9, 1883.
The Sunday Law in Cortland.
On
complaint of W. W. Seaman, a barber doing business in the Squires block, John
C. Seamans, a barber whose rooms are over Stoppard's grocery, was arrested last
Sunday, charged with a violation of the Penal Code in carrying on his business
on the Sabbath. On Wednesday an examination was had before Justice Sands and a
jury, and attracted an unusually large crowd who were very anxious to hear the
case, as it was the first of the kind under the [new] Penal Code. The evidence
of the opening and running of the shop was not disputed by the defense, and
when the People rested the defense adopted the unusual course of not offering
any evidence, but went to the Jury on the case as made out by the People. The
jury, after deliberating about ten minutes, returned a verdict of not guilty,
and the prisoner was discharged. George B. Jones appeared for the people, and
John Courtney, Jr., for the defendant.
The Palmer Golden Wedding.
One of
the most agreeable events of the season was the fiftieth anniversary of the
marriage of Prosper Palmer and Lucy Stillman, While the old people were
planning for a social visit with their children and grandchildren, their friends
were disposed to make it an occasion of happy surprise. So on the afternoon of Tuesday,
Jan. 2, inst., about one hundred of the friends assembled at the M. E. church
and laden with baskets and other packages marched to the residence of Mr. and
Mrs. Palmer on Greenbush street.
The
surprise was complete but the old people soon rallied and the afternoon passed
only too quickly. Just before the serving of refreshments, with which the
visitors came well supplied, the company were entertained with the reading of
the following chronicle by its author, Mrs. John H. Sturtevant:
"Behold there dwelt in the newly settled land of Cortland, in the
southern part, one Thomas, whose surname was Palmer, and his wife, whose maiden
name was Dodge. And it came to pass in the year one thousand, eight hundred and
nine, in the first month and the twenty-first day of the month, that to them a child
of hope was born, to them a son was given; and they were well pleased and
called his name Prosper; and they brought him up to know and fear the Lord.
“While he was yet tender in years it pleased God to call the mother
home, leaving the child Prosper to be cared for by others. And. behold, this
woman was a woman of prayer, and she daily retired to a little bower in the
woods to worship God and hold sweet converse with him; and after she had passed
away from earth, the path her feet had made as she passed to and fro was
plainly visible for several years. Ah! who can tell the influence those prayers
exerted over the succeeding years.
“As
the child Prosper reached his seventeenth birthday he entered upon his Christian
course and became a child of God. With what joy must the mother, from the
battlements of heaven, have beheld the scene, an answer to some of her many
prayers. And in the course of time this youth became a carpenter, a workman of
skill, as many buildings in the land still show. And as he arrived to years of
maturity he saw that it was not good that man should be alone and [he should
look for a help-mate. The woman he found was] fair to look upon, and he loved
her well; and she consented to become his wife.
“Now
there dwelt in the land of Cortland at this time a priest, one John, whose
surname was Mitchell. And it came to pass that on the first month, and the second
day of the month, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and
thirty-three, that the day was very bright, without a cloud, and there was no
snow upon the earth, and men were plowing in the field; and they called the
priest unto her father's house and he caused them twain to become one flesh.
And in the eleventh month of that same year they went to the land of Syracuse
and there made them a home; and they erected an altar there to the Most High
God, to burn before him sweet incense both morning and evening, and on the
Sabbath, and on the solemn feasts of the Lord their God.
“But
they prospered not in this land, their health failed and they returned unto the
land of their fathers, even unto Cortland. And a daughter was born unto them,
and they called her name Hattie, but she was spared unto them for only a few
short weeks. And after a time it came to pass that a son was born unto them and
their hearts were greatly cheered, and they called his name Linus, but he, too,
was early called to a home above; thus were their hopes laid low. After this
there were sons and daughters added unto them, even two daughters and two sons.
And this man Prosper became a prince in Israel and did many mighty things in
the name of the Lord; moreover, he was a sweet singer in Israel and led the congregations
in their songs and hymns of praise.
“And, behold, she was a woman in whom
the heart of her husband doth safely trust, so that he shall have no need of
spoil. She will do him good and not evil all the days of her life. She looketh
well to the ways of her household, and eateth not the bread of idleness. Her
childien rise up and call her blessed; her husband, also, and he praiseth her.
“And
behold some of the congregation of Israel said, Come, let us go now, even unto
the house of this man and see how the Lord hath prospered this godly couple,
for is it not written ‘Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of
the ungodly nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the
scornful. But his delight is in the law of the Lord, and in his law doth he
meditate day and night. And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of
water, that bringeth forth his fruit in his season, his leaf, also, shall not
wither, and whatsoever he doeth shall prosper.' And they found they were indeed
blessed of God.
“Fifty
years this man and this woman have traveled life's pathway together and,
although their Christian character had been developed by many trials, they found
them surrounded by their children, and children's children, even the first, second
and third generations, and they rest in peace and comfort while all of their
children are following with them in the footsteps of the King Emanuel, and one
son stands upon the walls of Zion, proclaiming glad tidings unto the people.
Long may they live to enjoy this blessing. And the rest of the acts of this worthy
couple, who have labored for the Lord, both by word and deed, are they not
recorded by the angels in the Book above? 'Blessed are they which are called
unto the marriage supper of the Lamb.'"
The
Rev. Andrew Peck spoke a few minutes of the past, of which he knew so much and
was so worthy a representative.
Dr.
J. H. Hoose [Normal school principal—CC editor] spoke wittily and pointedly of
the living present.
After
which Rev. W. H. Annable, in a most happy manner, made the company merry and
suggested as the most appropriate thing to do was to cane the bridegroom of
fifty winters, and he called upon Mr. A. L. Cole to present a handsome
gold-headed cane to Mr. Palmer, and to the bride an elegant easy chair.
Of
the many who were present fifty years ago only a very few are alive, and only one
— Mrs. Palmer's sister, Mrs. Luke Gleason—was present.
After
singing a few pieces, in which the bridegroom joined heartily and with fine effect,
the company departed much gratified with the success of the surprise and the
good feeling manifest throughout, making it a thoroughly enjoyable occasion.
“OUR LOST EXPLORERS.”
The
American Publishing Co. of Hartford, Ct., announce through their
advertisement in another column the publication
of an attractive book under the above title; being an account of the late
Jeanette Arctic Expedition. Mr. Raymond L. Newcomb, one of the returned
surviving officers of the expedition, having had the revision of the work, it
may be considered as a correct and valuable record of the most important Arctic
Expedition that ever sailed from the U. S. No more exciting tale of the sea has
ever been written than the account of this Arctic Expedition with its sad
ending. Mr. Newcomb's narrative of his travels and sojourn among the natives,
exiles, and Russians of the Lena valley, and of his winter journey of 6,000
miles to St. Petersburg, is both unique and fascinating, and introduces us to
novel scenes and interesting people of whom little is known.
Recommended:
George Washington DeLong (Jeanette Expedition): http://www.jeffpaine.blogspot.com/2011/10/george-washington-delong.html
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