Cortland Standard, Friday, September 20,
1895.
INDUSTRIAL
EDITION.
FINEST
THING OF THE KIND EVER ISSUED IN CORTLAND.
Half the
Proceeds of Sale to be Given the Hospital Association—List of Illustrations.
The Industrial Edition of The STANDARD, work
on which was started last spring, is now nearly all in type. A large share of
the cuts to be inserted in it are finished, and it is our expectation that the
edition will be issued by Oct. 5, or by the 12th at the latest. The work has
been made much more extensive than was first anticipated, and illustrations have
been largely multiplied, all of which has occasioned considerable delay, but we
feel sure that when the public come to see the
edition in print they will feel that it was worth waiting for.
We shall issue an edition of at least five
thousand copies, and as many more as may seem necessary to supply the demand. We
have placed the circulation and sale of the edition in the hands of the Cortland
Hospital association, who will be assisted in the work by the ladies of the Y.
M. C. A. auxiliary, and half of the entire proceeds of the sale of the same
will go to the Hospital association. The edition will be entirely separate and distinct
from the ordinary editions of The STANDARD. It will be beautifully printed on
fine paper, and the size will be about that of Harper's Weekly, the pages
numbering probably about thirty.
No one who has not seen the advance sheets
of illustrations for this edition can have any idea of the profusion and beauty
of the illustrations. With the exception of a very few line engravings, they
are all half-tone engravings of the finest character, and will supply the want
which has long been felt of a suitable pictorial representation of Cortland and
vicinity. Proof sheets of some of these illustrations can be seen at the
STANDARD office and will be furnished to the ladies who have charge of the
canvassing, and also sent to the various postoffices. We publish below a list
of some of these illustrations.
The leading factories of Cortland.
All the churches,
State Normal school and several interior
views of same.
Several views on the Normal grounds.
All the clergymen and various prominent citizens
of this and other towns.
Twelve or fifteen of the handsomest
residences in Cortland,
A large number of the leading business
places in Cortland and other towns.
Cortland Hospital, with views of rooms in
same.
Franklin Hatch Library building.
Cortland Water Works Co. powerhouse.
Postmaster Jones and the postoffice force.
Old and new clerk's office.
View of Court-st. in 1840.
The Central school.
Soldiers' monument.
Courthouse.
Several views on the Tioughnioga river.
The old Eagle hotel in 1855.
The old Dayton block in 1855.
Old Cortland House in 1855.
The Homer Green in 1855.
Central college at McGrawville in 1855.
New McGrawville school building.
Several views in the village of McGrawville.
Several views in Homer and Marathon.
A number of views of Main-st., Tompkins-st.
and Church-st., in Cortland.
The D., L. & W. and E., C. & N.
stations.
Cortland & Homer Traction Co.'s power
house, interior and exterior.
Traction Co.'s bridge over the Tioughnioga.
Several views of Cortland from surrounding
hills.
Old Cobblestone schoolhouse.
Besides many other views which it is
unnecessary to enumerate.
The edition will represent between two and
three hundred dollars worth of views made expressly for it. A book containing
not half the number of views that will appear in the Industrial Edition was issued
a few years since and was sold for $2.50 a copy. The ladies of the Hospital association
expect to sell copies of the Industrial Edition at only ten cents each, and
the edition ought to have, both in view of its excellence and the object to
which half of its proceeds are to be devoted, a very large sale. The price has
been placed at the low figure named that every one may have an opportunity to
subscribe.
As stated above, the edition is entirely
independent of the regular editions of The STANDARD, and can only be obtained
through the ladies or their authorized agents. The Woman's Edition of The
STANDARD put the Y. M. C. A. on its feet financially, and we hope that the
Industrial Edition will be of similar assistance to the hospital. The edition
will contain historical sketches of the county and various towns, sketches of
business men and enterprises, etc. The illustrations, however, will alone make
it worth many times its cost. The ladies hope to arrange with the postmasters
and others in the towns throughout the county to take subscriptions for the edition,
and it is expected also to make a personal canvass of the villages. All who
desire copies sent them direct may address Mrs. Esther Johnson, Cortland, N.
Y., or The STANDARD.
We believe that all who see the proof sheets
of illustrations will be sure to want a number of copies of the publication. Sheets
may be seen in the show windows of The STANDARD office, and will probably be
shown in other places in the village. The publication will speak for itself,
and we believe it will be a credit both to the village and to The STANDARD.
Investigating
Imported Chinese.
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 20.—The local federal
officers are investigating an alleged transaction by which two notorious
Chinese slave dealers brought 250 Chinese laborers into this country,
ostensibly as actors for the Atlanta fair. It is believed by the officers here
that the real actors for the exposition were procured in New York and of the
men and women brought into the country as actors, the women are purchased
slaves and the men laborers. To avoid suspicion they were landed at Victoria,
B. C., and brought across the line at Ogdensburg, N. Y. The United States
district attorney will lay the facts before the federal grand jury and ask for
indictments against Little Pete and Long Sam, who have a bad reputation with
the officials.
Experimental
Station Assured.
NEW YORK, Sept. 20.—Arrangements were
completed for the establishment of an experimental station in connection with
the Pasteur Institute. The station, for which Dr. Paul Gibier has been working
for years, was made a fact when 200 acres of land were purchased by Henry B.
Wesselman, the attorney for the institution. On this land will be built cottages,
stables and experimenting rooms. The land will be stocked with cows, horses,
sheep, mules and goats, which will be bred with the express idea of the
production of anti-toxine for the prevention of cancer and diphtheria. The land
purchased is in Rockland county, N. Y., near Tuxedo, 36 miles from this city.
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TWO—EDITORIALS.
◘ There are towns in which the public school
is adjourned when a circus comes to town. There are others, so it is said, in
which the public school is adjourned with equal readiness for either a horse race
or a revival or a big funeral. Almost anything serves as an excuse. Those who
are always willing to let the boys and girls have a good time should remember that
for every half holiday a considerable amount of the public educational fund is
wasted. More than that, half a day's lessons for hundreds and sometimes
thousands of children are wasted, and there is not time now to get in properly
all the instruction called for in the public school courses. Worst of all
frequent holidays are demoralizing to school children. The habit of steady mental
discipline, sticking to business through thick and thin, is the most important and
necessary one a civilized human being can form. Being forced to become
accustomed to this habit in early youth is worth thousands of dollars to the
future man and woman. Whatever interferes with formation of such a habit works
against future success. Let the young ones have all the legal holidays in the
calendar, but not too many others.
◘ There is an immense crop of American apples
this fall. Much of it will be shipped to Europe. A fruit shipper says that of
50 growers who sent apples to him only three knew how to pack their apples.
Those realized almost twice as much as the men did who were ignorant of the
proper method of packing. In the first place, the fruit must be absolutely sound,
every piece. There must be no smuggling of knotty, unripe or rotten apples in
the middle. Then the apples must be of uniform size and color, packed with the
stem ends all one way. The fruit shipper says that packages the size of orange
boxes would be better than barrels.
◘ It was very discourteous, indeed it was,
for the northern army of Germany to lick the southern army in the sham fight at
Stettin, when the emperor himself commanded the southern army. The size of
Emperor Billee can be judged by the fact that the sham defeat irritated him and
put him in a bad humor. General von Waldersee of the northern army was wise to
let the emperor's army whip him next day.
◘ It is now certain that by the beginning of
the twentieth century railway trains propelled by electrical engines will be
running at the rate of 75 miles an hour. The huge engines in the Baltimore tunnel,
in spite of the tremendous grade, are able to make the rate of 61 miles an
hour. On level ground this would be equal fully to 75.
◘ The G. A. R. never met in a city so far
south as Louisville before. They have held their encampments four times on
Pennsylvania soil, four times likewise in Ohio, three times in Indiana and
three times in Massachusetts.
◘ The New York Sun on the G. A. R. at
Louisville: "However many colonels it may carry there, the local supply
will match them."
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| Electric car No. 7 at D. L. & W. R. R. depot in Cortland. |
The
Traction Company Seeking a Short Cut to the Park.
The Cortland & Homer Traction Co. have
been surprised beyond measure at the great amount of traffic over their line to
the park, and the new McGrawville division bids fair to do its share of business.
Upon special days of heavy traffic much annoyance to passengers as well as to
the management has been caused by delays often more or less necessary in
getting across the D., L. & W. tracks
on Railroad-st. at the station when trains were stopping there. Their own No. 7
car which meets the trains has many times been in the way of the through cars.
It has finally been decided best to extend the lines of track by building a
short cut down Elm-st. from the Congregational church to the Pendleton-st. corner
and connecting with the present tracks at both ends, and the village trustees
have been asked to grant a franchise upon this street for that purpose.
It is not likely that any opposition will be
made to this plan as it would seem to meet with the approval of everyone. Passengers
to and from the station will be just as well served as at present, as a car
will continue to meet all trains, and though passengers to and from McGrawville
or the park will not be delayed by trains or street cars. While there is a
likelihood of delays by trains at the station, it is impossible to arrange any
schedule of time which can be absolutely depended upon for service between McGrawville
and the E., C. & N. trains. Time will also be saved in going one side of a
square instead of three sides. Then, too, the switches from the main line to
Church-st. and to Pendleton-st. can be used for the passing of cars instead of
building extra turnouts and thus cars can be hastened along when there is a
rush such as has often occurred on band concert nights at the park. There will
be less danger of accident for cars in crossing the railroad track where there
are only two main tracks and two switches, as at Elm-st., than there is at
Railroad-st. with two main tracks and five switches. There is only a little
track to be laid to make this connection and there seems to be many reasons for
it and few if any against it, and the Traction company are to be commended for
their desire to give the best service possible to the public.
Most
Needed at the Hospital.
Counterpanes, cups and saucers, butter,
lard, eggs, soap, tea, coffee, cereals, canned fruits, fresh fruits, potatoes
and all other kinds of vegetables, window screens, old cotton. Sheets,
pillowcases and towels always acceptable.
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| Crandall typewriter. |
TWO
SISTERS REUNITED—BOTH CONSIDERED DEAD.
Mrs.
Emily Crandall Durkee of Blodgett Mills and Mrs. Harriet Scofield of McGrawville.
It was recently the singular privilege of
Rev. E. J. Brooker, pastor of the Methodist
churches of McGrawville and Blodgett Mills, to [be] the means of bringing together
two sisters, both over eighty years old who have been separated for about thirty
years and who for a long time supposed each other dead, and yet who for a
number of months have lived within a few miles of each other.
Early last spring Mrs. Harriet Scofield,
nearly eighty-three years old, moved from Oxford, N. Y., which had been her
home for a long time, to McGrawville to live with her son, Mr. Albert Harvey.
In making pastoral calls Mr. Brooker called at Mr. Harvey's and upon one
occasion met Mrs. Scofield. In the course of conversation with her he found
that her family had once lived in that vicinity and she inquired regarding different
people in Blodgett Mills, where she said her sister had formerly resided. The
way in which she spoke of her sister and some facts mentioned regarding her
recalled to Mr. Brooker's mind a marriage which he had performed about a year
before, both parties being over eighty years old. The bride, who was Mrs. Emily
Crandall Durkee, eighty-four years old, he thought of as the sister in
question. But when he asked Mrs. Scofield where the sister was then living he
was told that she had died some twenty-five years before.
A short time afterward Mr. Brooker called
upon Mrs. Durkee and without asking direct questions he so guided the
conversation that Mrs. Durkee told him of her sister Harriet who once lived in
that vicinity, but who had been dead for twenty-five years or more. Mr. Brooker
wasn't so sure of that, but he didn't say anything about his suspicions just
then. Instead, he made another call upon Mrs. Scofield and a few more questions
and answers made him certain that he was right in his belief that the two were
sisters. He then told Mrs. Scofield that he was sure that her sister was living
at Blodgett Mills. She couldn't believe him, but became convinced as he related
fact after fact of family history that he had learned from Mrs. Durkee.
Mr. Brooker then called again upon Mrs.
Durkee and told her that he believed her sister Harriet to be living. She denied
the fact with emphasis, but as Mr. Brooker told his reasons she became excited
and finally was convinced and exclaimed, "Oh, I shan't sleep a wink
to-night."
And it was true that the two aged ladies
were sisters. It appeared that some thirty or more years ago Mrs. Emily Crandall,
as she was then, with her family moved to Pennsylvania. They lived there for a
long time and while there the news in some way got to her that her sister was
dead and that the family had moved away. Letters did not reach them very
readily at best, in the district in which they were located, and no more
letters came from the sister, so it was conceded to be a fact that she was
dead. The Scofields moved to Auburn and then to Oxford, and in the latter place
Mrs. Scofield heard of the death of her sister Emily down in Pennsylvania. And
so matters went on until Mr. Brooker discovered that both were alive.
Mrs. Durkee had met with an accident and was
not able to be moved to go to see her sister. Mrs. Scofield was blind and too
feeble to be moved from bed, and it was six weeks after the two learned of each
other's existence before they met. Messages went back and forth between them.
One fine day recently Mr. Brooker called at
Mrs. Durkee's. She was feeling much better and he proposed that she put on her
wraps and let him put her in his carriage and that she go to call on her sister
that day. She was excited in a minute. Her husband and friends thought that she
had recovered sufficiently to be able to go in safety. Mr. Brooker drove over
to McGrawville, and the two met for the first time in over thirty years. Mr.
Brooker stayed in the room but a moment, feeling that it was a time when the
sisters should be alone together, but he said that the sight of their meeting,
of the two old ladies clasped in each others arms with tears streaming down
their cheeks, was something that he should never forget as long as he lived,
and that few things that he had ever done had given him as much genuine
pleasure as the getting the two together.
Mrs. Durkee remained with her sister for
several days before going home and the two could not bear to be separated for a
moment. Mrs. Durkee is the mother of Messrs. Lucian and Jerome Crandall, inventors
of the Crandall typewriter.
It is singular enough that the two should
have moved back to homes so near each other and yet have been ignorant of the
presence of each other, and it is also sure that had they not been people accustomed
to church relations with a common friend in their pastor they would never have
met again on earth.
BREVITIES.
—The Jewish New Year, 5665, began yesterday.
—The Democratic county convention will be
held at Fireman's hall to-morrow afternoon at 1 o'clock.
—The Democratic state convention will be
held in Syracuse on Tuesday, Sept. 24 at 12 o'clock noon.
—Groton lodge, I. O. G. T., will make a
visit to Lincoln lodge to-night. After the session refreshments win be served.
—Two drunks were brought before Police
Justice Bull this morning. One went to jail for ten days and the other paid a
fine of three dollars.
—From the way that the squaws connected with
Buffalo Bill's show were seated on their horses, it is fair to conclude that
the "new woman" has looked to them for an example.—Ithaca Democrat.
—The cigar makers of Binghamton buy all
their cedar for cigar boxes in Cuba and
it is almost impossible to get any on account of the war there. The price of
cedar has taken a big advance.
—News was yesterday received in Cortland of
the death at his home in Norwich, Ct.,
of Mr. M. F. Bowler, who had been an employee of the Cortland Forging Co., and
who last week went home ill.
—Salamanca pays fifty cents each for every
dog exterminated. At that rate a war of extermination in Ithaca would nearly pay
the national debt.—Ithaca Democrat. Cortland would probably be able to lend
some valuable assistance along that line.
—The Y. M. C. A. evening classes will begin
October 1. Hand in your name at once for one or more classes. Do not forget
that a class in wood carving will be started as soon as a sufficient number of
young men express a desire to take up this work.
—Mr. James Ray died this morning at his home
on Railway-ave. of typhoid fever after an illness of about a week. His funeral will
be held Sunday at 2 o'clock at the house and at 2:30 o'clock at St. Mary's
church. His infant son was buried last Tuesday.
—Tornado 3's ladder team was out last night
and endeavored to raise the large extension ladder. The attempt failed because
of the numerous wires strung overhead. Investigation of various localities
showed that there was not a large building up town where the ladder could be
raised without disturbing the network of wires.—Ithaca Journal.
—No work is to-day being done on the sewers.
The Port Huron bondsmen of the contractors will be here to-morrow morning and
there will be a meeting of all interested parties, and the difficulties will be
speedily fixed up. The Surety company stand ready to go on and finish the work
very promptly if the contractors do not.
—Twenty years' record of coeducation at
Cornell university shows that the women lead in scholarship. They have a higher
record throughout the four years' course than the men; more women than men
receive the highest record for scholarship, and with the exception of oratory,
women took more than their proportional share of honors and prizes.—Philadelphia
Ledger.
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