HOME FOR AGED WOMEN AND MEETING OF ASYLUM BOARD

Historic Brewster House.

Cortland Evening Standard, Wednesday, October 13, 1897.

HOME FOR AGED WOMEN OF CORTLAND COUNTY.

   The seventh annual meeting of the association of the Home for Aged Women of Cortland County was held yesterday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock at the Home on South Main-st., Homer, N. Y. Reports of the officers for the past year were read and accepted and the following officers were elected:

   President—Mrs. E. L. Newton.

   First Vice-President—Mrs. Jane Crane.

   Second Vice-President-—Mrs. Susan L. Hitchcock.

   Secretary—Mrs. Florence Maxson.

   Treasurer—Miss Harriet Green.

   The reports were most encouraging and in fact showed that the Home is in better condition in all respects that it has ever been in the six years of its past existence. There are at present eleven inmates at the Home under the careful supervision of Matron Ellison, who is ever looking after the wants and cares of the old ladies and who during the past year has proven herself to be a most capable nurse and housekeeper, and particularly fitted for the place she holds.

   The association is entirely out of debt and has a balance on hand and affairs have so shaped themselves during the past year as to allow the price of board to be lowered from $10 per month to the rate of $2 per week. The Home is now fitted with hot and cold water and during the past year the repairs which were necessary in order to make room for accommodation of inmates have been finished and also a large veranda has been built on the south side, for which the association is indebted to their president, Mrs. E. S. Newton.

   This Home is not only indebted to Homer and Cortland for assistance, but there is scarcely a place in the county from which some aid has not been received and for which the members of the association feel very grateful. Several of the old ladies are so feeble as to be unable to attend church services and so every other Sunday afternoon religious services are held in the parlors of the Home, which are presided over by pastors of different churches and to which every one is invited, not only that they may assist in the singing and service, but that they may also become better acquainted with the workings of the Home. Taking it all in all, it is an institution of which Cortland county as well as Homer should be justly proud, as they undoubtedly are as is proven by their generous gifts.

   The regular report of secretary and treasurer are not as yet ready for publication, but will be published as soon as possible.

N. Y. S. Custodial Asylum for Feeble Minded Women, Newark, N. Y.

Meeting of Asylum Board.

   NEWARK, N. Y., Oct. 13.—The annual meeting of the board of managers of the New York State Custodial Asylum for Feeble Minded Women was held at the institution at this place. Ex-Judge Charles McLouth of Palmyra was elected president of the board; Hon. E. K. Burnham of Newark, treasurer; Hon. George O. Baker of Clyde, secretary. The annual report of the treasurer for the year ending Sept. 30, 1897, shows the following: Expenditures, maintenance appropriation, $58,370; repairs, etc., special appropriations, $6,382; moneys in treasury, $436; moneys in state treasury not drawn, [$21,992].

FOREST FIRES.

Flames Sweep the Adirondacks—Thousands of Acres Burned.

   MALONE, N. Y., Oct. 13.—Adirondack forest fires have destroyed many thousands of dollars' worth of timber in this county.

   The extremely high winds have started fires up in many localities. Over 1,000 acres in one tract of heavily timbered land was burned over in the town of Brandon, bordering the Malone town line.

   The fire warden says if the wind changes to the west many homes of farmers in that vicinity will be destroyed.

   The east side of Mount Immortelle was all burned over, much valuable timber being destroyed.

   Fires are also burning in the woods two miles above the forge at Chateauguay lake and also in the vicinity of Ayres hotel at Lake Duane.

CYCLONE AND RAIN.

Buildings of White Sulphur Springs Blown Down.

   MONTICELLO, N. Y., Oct. 13.—White Sulphur Springs, Sullivan county, was visited by a cyclone which blew down and unroofed many dwellings and business places. The wind was accompanied by a terrific rain storm. The place is a popular summer resort for New York and Brooklyn people.

   Among the buildings wrecked were Ernhout's large boarding house and bowling alley, and the large store and dwelling house of Joseph Lindsley. No lives were lost.

PAGE TWO—EDITORIALS.

Ruined Greece.

   Mr. Henry Norman, the London Chronicle's famous correspondent, furnishes to Scribner's Magazine a striking paper on "The Wreck of Greece." So far as is apparent Greece is at the bottom round of the ladder of nations, crushed, humiliated, ruined, with the foot of Europe upon her neck. Meanwhile the Turk is in high feather, insolent, confident and fuller of wickedness for the future than he has been in a century.

   What the future will be Mr. Norman does not undertake to say. He asks whether the present wreck will be the end of the dream of a united Hellenic kingdom, and he does not answer.

   Are the Greeks really, after all that has been done for them, after all their talk of a nation repeating the glories of the ancient one—are they only a race of degenerate mongrels, incapable of self-government, incapable of steady purpose and high aims as patriots, incapable of learning a lesson from defeat and humiliation or even of being deeply impressed by disaster? Who knows? Norman says a friend writes him from Athens that even the national disgrace does not seem to be taken seriously to heart.

   The hopes of really thoughtful Greeks are very low, as low as the finances of the kingdom. "The national vice of windy enthusiasm for great ends, combined with unwillingness to perform the solid labors by which alone these can be secured, has at last brought despair into the hearts of the best Greeks at home and abroad."

   "A windy enthusiasm for great ends," combined with unwillingness to perform the work necessary to reach such aims, is what is the trouble with millions of private individuals as well as some nations.

   Mr. Norman believes that Constantine, the crown prince of Greece, would prove himself a thoroughly capable man if he had the chance. But he did not have it during the [Greco-Turkish] war; he does not have it now. The condition of the Greeks would not be hopeless if they themselves were not just what they are, a people whose capacity for government appears to be limited to oratory and intrigue.

Pink line shows route of E. & C. N. Y. R. R. between Cortland and Cincinnatus, N. Y.

COMMITTEE REPORTS.

FAVORS BUILDING ELECTRIC ROAD FROM BINGHAMTON.

But the E. & C. N. Y. R. R. is Rapidly Approaching Completion, and will

Gather the Greater Part of the Freights—Where will the Profits of the Electric Road Come From?

   The Binghamton Republican devotes four columns this morning to the report of the committee appointed by the board of trade of that city to examine the territory to be crossed and the resources to be gained in the building of an electric road from Binghamton to South Otselic. The committee is unanimously in favor of building the road. It estimates the cost of building the forty-six miles of road at $800,000. It estimates the annual revenues at $120,480. Of this sum the passenger earnings are estimated at $18,000, and the balance is freight earnings.

   The question that will next bother the promoters of the scheme is where is the $800,000 coming from to build the road. The people who might be expected to put it up will naturally observe that the great bulk of the estimated revenue is from freight. Of course every possible dollar that could be found in the valley and along the line of the road is reckoned upon to make up that sum. But with the E. & C. N. Y. R. R. in operation from Cortland the major part of that freight will be transported by the steam road, which can naturally be expected to give better rates than an electric road, as its operating expenses will be less.

   The committee reports that two-thirds of the estimated gross revenues, or $80,000, would be required for operating expenses of the electric road. With the steam road from Cortland in existence and operation the remaining $40,000 of revenues would be likely to very quickly vanish in thin air. It must be borne in mind that the building of the steam road is not a dream or a rumor or a project, as it has been for the past twenty-seven years, but it is an actuality.

   The road is already built to within a half mile of the Solon station and it is only a question of a few days now before regular trains will begin running between Cortland and Solon. Only eight miles then remain to be completed to the Otselic valley. Six miles of the eight are already graded, and about 400 men and between 50 and 60 teams are bunched upon the last two miles and are rushing the grading with all speed. The piles for the bridges east of Solon are all driven and the bridge carpenters are putting on the framework as rapidly as possible, The road will undoubtedly be completed before Dec. 1.

   All of these things will doubtless be taken in consideration by the parties who may be asked to put up the $800,000 for building the proposed electric road.

   In this connection it may be stated that the town of Solon has built a new road from the main highway through the Hathaway estate down to the place where the railroad station is to be located. The distance is about 1,800 feet. This road crosses Trout brook, and a carriage bridge has been built at this point. Mr. W. J. Corcoran of Solon has been appointed station agent for the railroad at that town.

   The Binghamton committee reports 22,400 milch cows producing 80,000,000 pounds of milk, which it thinks with a railroad at hand will be increased to 112,000,000 pounds. This, the committee says, will produce 1,792,000 pounds of butter, 4,800,000 pounds of cheese and 11,500,000 quarts of milk. It estimated the potato crop of that locality at 400,000 bushels. All of this, let it be borne in mind, is in the open territory north of Chenango Forks and east of that section now tapped by the S. & B. division of the D., L. & W., and west of the section now tapped by the Utica division of the D., L. & W. It is exactly the section which will be the feeder for the E. & C. N. R. R., and all of the country which would furnish the freight mentioned for the electric road will be within easy reach of the new steam road. In consequence it will all come over the steam road in a few weeks through Cortland. Mr. Bundy may well feel gratified that this committee has made a careful examination of the Otselic valley and has verified his figures so accurately. Inasmuch as the E. & C. N. R. R. is so nearly completed the report of this committee will add many thousand dollars to its value if Mr. Bundy should desire to sell it to other parties.

SCHOOL CHILDREN'S DAY.

Make Their Annual Offering to the Hospital on Friday.

   Friday, Oct. 15, will be the day upon which the children of the public schools will make their annual offering to the Cortland hospital. This was a custom which was started several years ago with the idea that the parents of the children would probably like to do something to assist this most worthy institution and that the children being the agents would thereby become more personally interested in the hospital than in any other way. And the result has justified the anticipation.

   This year the parents are again asked to assist the hospital through the children. The children are asked to take their offerings to their respective schools Friday morning or Friday afternoon, and some of the grocers have kindly consented to have their delivery wagons call for them at 2:30 o'clock free of charge and transport them to the hospital.

   While every one may feel free to bring or to send just what he or she desires the hospital will be specially glad to receive canned fruit, jellies, soap, groceries, sheets and pillowcases, vegetables, etc.

   People who have no children need not feel that they are excluded from this opportunity. Their offerings will be just as acceptable, and they can leave them at the hospital in person, or at any one of the schools in person, or send them by some one else's children.

Card of Thanks.

   I desire to express my heartfelt thanks to the many friends who have in so many ways shown their sympathy and offered their help in the hour of bereavement and sorrow. So many have been the expressions of love and tender regard that it is impossible to mention them all. I wish, however, to express my gratitude to the members of my own church and congregation, as well as to many of other churches for their kind offers of sympathy and service. And I would like especially to thank my brother pastors for their tender and loving tribute of sympathy; the dear friends who with loving hands assisted in needful preparations; my dear brother, the Rev. G. H. Brigham, for his appreciative and comforting words; the choir and organist for their sweet music; the Sunday-school; the Young People's society of Christian Endeavor; the Ladies' Aid and Home Missionary society; the Woman's Foreign Missionary circle; the local and state W. C. T. U.; the Baraca Bible class; the trustees of the Memorial Baptist church; and many others for their beautiful floral tributes; and all others who have sought in any way to alleviate the sorrow or lighten the burden that have come to me in the recent death of my dear wife. Your kindness will ever be held in grateful remembrance.

   ADELBERT CHAPMAN.

   Cortland, N. Y., Oct. 12, 1897.

BREVITIES.

May I print a kiss on your cheek? I asked.

She gave me her sweet permission.

So we went to press,

And I rather guess

We printed a large edition.

   —The hardware store of H. M. Kellogg is to-day being connected with the telephone exchange.

   —New display advertisements to-day are—F. Daehler, New York's Fad, page 7; W. J. Perkins, Pharmacy, page 8.

   —The funeral of William R. Gardner is to be held at 1:30 o'clock to-morrow instead of at 1 o'clock as announced yesterday.

   —The Rob Roy dancing class meets at 7:30 o'clock this evening in Empire hall, and a reception will be given after the lesson.

   —The Iroquois Dancing club will begin a series of dances at Empire hall next Tuesday evening. Prof. Stephen Dillon is the instructor.

   —The third annual convention of the New York State Federation of Women's clubs will be held in Syracuse on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, Nov. 10, 11, 12. An interesting program has been prepared. The membership of the Federation is now over 20,000.

   —Dr. L. T. White has sold his house and lot in Homer and it will be taken possession of at once by Dr. H. S. Braman of Cuyler who will take up Dr. White's former practice in Homer. Dr. White will move his family to Cortland. His office will continue to be located as at present at 58 Port Watson-st.

   —Warren Nye of South Cortland was arrested yesterday by Officer Goldsmith on complaint of his wife, charging him with threatening to leave her and cause her to become a public charge. Before Justice of the Peace John H. Kelley, he pleaded not guilty and the case was adjourned to Thursday morning at 10 o'clock.

   —The farce, "The Bicyclers," which was ably presented at the Normal Saturday evening by members of the Clionian and Gamma Sigma fraternities, will be repeated at Truxton in Woodward's hall Oct. 29. Truxton people will then have the opportunity of witnessing a delightful performance and will certainly be pleased with it.