Cortland Evening Standard, Saturday, August 19, 1899.
LIVELY GLEN HAVEN.
COOL BREEZES FROM THE POPULAR SUMMER RESORT.
The Season a Brilliant One—Hops, Teas and Receptions in Order—The Concert Friday Night—Two Ministerial Fishermen Who Have Proved Champions—Some of the Cortland People Who Have Visited the Glen.
GLEN HAVEN, N. Y., Aug. 19.—Glen Haven is enjoying the most prosperous season in a number of years if not the most prosperous in its history. The hotel has every room taken, and every cottage save one is wholly or partially occupied. Transient visitors are also more numerous than for many seasons past. And the place has never been in such good condition to accommodate comfortably all comers as now.
Socially also the Glen has never been more lively. Last Saturday evening a hop was held in the hotel music room, Adams' orchestra of five pieces from Homer furnishing excellent music. It was one of the most largely attended and brilliant affairs of the kind ever known at the Glen. Many visitors came for the purpose of attending it and staying over Sunday, and the residents in cottages along the lake were also largely represented. Many of the ladies were elegantly dressed—unusually so for Glen function—and the hop was voted a great success both by dancers and spectators.
On Wednesday evening last, a progressive euchre party was held at the hotel at which eight tables were filled. Father J. McGrath of Moravia took the first prize, a silver handled brush broom; Mrs. Milton H. Northrup of Syracuse, second prize, a bronze candlestick; Mr. A. J. Smith of Syracuse, third prize, a pair of silver sleeve buttons; and Miss F. Katheryn Pennoch of Syracuse, the "booby" prize, a silver top lead pencil.
Father McGrath is not the only clergyman who has distinguished himself in amusements or sports at the Glen this summer. The two most inveterate and successful amateur fishermen on the lake are said to be the Rev. W. F. Kettle of the Congregational church of Homer and the Rev. John Timothy Stone of the Presbyterian church of Cortland. The Homer divine comes very near holding the record on perch, while his Cortland brother wears the belt for a half day's catch of lake trout. Both of these gentlemen appear to believe that the greatest of the apostles was Simon Peter, and that when he said "I go a fishing" and went he set an example for all future age, which cannot be too closely followed. If fishing for fish fits a person to fish for men, these piscatorial clergymen ought to be past masters in spiritual angling. They should, at all events, be strong men, and their sermons should be all the brighter and more wholesome for the sunshine and breezes of Skaneateles lake. Mr. Stone has particularly enjoyed the recreation here because a meditative fisherman in a boat in the middle of a lake is safe from having his contemplations interrupted by the bellowings of an infuriated and wildly charging beast—though should a mermaid or a great fish attack him there would be no tree to which to flee for safety. "In the navy there is no rear."
Yesterday afternoon Mrs. C.T. Redfield gave a tea at her attractive "Brookslde'' cottage in honor of her guests, Mrs. Jas. Wynkoop and daughter of Denver, Colo. Cottagers and Glen guests generally were invited, and the company was quite a large one. Mrs. Redfield and Mrs. Wynkoop received, and Miss Wynkoop and Miss W. W. Phelps of Syracuse presided at the punch bowl. Refreshments were served on the cottage veranda.
The table was daintily decorated with sweet peas and maiden hair ferns, and a profusion of sunflowers, artistically arranged, gave a novel and striking appearance to the library. Mrs. Redfield's well known capacity for graceful and generous hospitality was never more happily displayed, and the occasion was made a most delightful one for all who were present.
Last evening occurred the musical entertainment for the benefit of the Glen Haven free library. Those who took part were as follows: Mrs. Andrew Chase of Utica, soprano; Miss Anne Chase of Utica, recitationist; Miss L. R. Chapman of San Antonio, Tex., soprano and banjoist; Miss Manning of Syracuse, pianist; Miss Marion Manning of Syracuse, soprano; Mr. Everard Calthrop of Syracuse, tenor; Mr. M. R. Faville of Cortland, baritone; Mr. Aurin Chase of Syracuse, violinist; Mr. Rodgers Sullivant of Philadelphia, pianist.
The entertainment was a delightful one, and would have commanded enthusiastic applause from any audience. Every number on the program was well received, and encores and double encores were frequent. The musical selections were all admirably rendered. The banjo playing and "Coon songs" by Miss Chapman and the recitations by Miss Chase were in a class by themselves, and added the charm of novelty to artistic execution. The entertainment yielded about $20 to the library fund.
Mr. and Mrs. Enos E. Mellon and daughter of Cortland arrived on Thursday evening for a week's stay. The following parties from Cortland also drove up yesterday morning, took the trip to Skaneateles and back on the steamer, Mr. and Mrs. Dewitt Call, Miss Frances, Call, Mrs. W. A. Stockwell, Mrs. W. H. Clark and Miss Hinman, Miss Jessie Kline, Mr. Jere Wickwire and Mr. Ward Wickwire. The register at the Glen Haven hotel shows the following visitors from Cortland during the present season:
G. J. Maycumber, J. R. Schermerhorn, A. M. Schermerhorn. Rev. John T. Stone, wife and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Dorr C. Smith, Miss Reissigg, Miss Duffey, Miss May Duffey, Frank Place, Arthur Allen, E. A. Didama and wife, Mr. and Mrs. N. L. Miller, D. Bauder and wife, J. Wilson, E. Robbins and wife, H. L . Smith, G. H. Foote. Chas. Burrows, E. Barry, John Morgan, Theo. Wood, W. Dickerson, Harvey Dickenson, John Robson, H. R. Cone, Miss Viola E. Hakes, D. E. Potter and wife, C. A. Phillips, M. D. Tuthill, Emma Smith, C. F. Wickwire and wife, Floyd Bentley, Miss Reed, A. H. Leach, Mr. and Mrs. N. H. Waters, Miss Ella Van Hoesen, W. H. McGraw, T. H . Dowd, F. M. Van Hoesen and wife, Irving B. Fairchild, May F. Morris, Mrs. O. L. Ingraham, Miss Carrie Ingraham, L. Ingraham, J. C. Barry, Mrs. Squires, G. M. Champlin, Lewis Griffin, F. A. Maycumber, Maude Stillman, Ray Shepard, C. Hike, Myrtie Jones, Edwin Preston, Jennie Watrous, E. M. Watrous, W. G. Callahan, Chas. L. Wright, Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Clark, Miss Antoinette Clark, Mr. Edward H. Clark, Miss Helen Clark, Miss M. Agnes Mourin, Miss Frances Mourin, Miss Edna Mourin, Miss Rena Mourin, F. W. Stoker, J. D. Sherwood, Miss Sarah E. Sherwood, A. M. Duffey, Miss Tessie B. Dwyer, Miss Anna L. Burns, Miss Alice G. Sheridan, Mr. Edwin H. Clark, A. E. Darby, B. L. Bentley, Edward D. Blodgett and wife, Estelle M. Walker, Miss L. H. Stone, D. G. Corwin, W. Corwin, T. H. Wickwire, Jr., E. M. Hulbert and wife, M. Fuller, A. D. Wallace, Henry Corcoran, Miss M. C. Dowd, Miss K. C. Dowd, Jas. Dougherty, Miss Olive Edgcomb, Miss Cora Edgcomb, W. A. Watkins, L. B. Griffing, M. P. Crain, Lizzie O'Brien, F. C. Welch and wife, F. S. Vorhees, Ora Dalton, E. E. Mellon, wife and daughter, Miss Hinman, Miss Jessie Kline, Mr. Jere Wickwire, Mr. Ward Wickwire, Mr. Chas. Wickwire, Mr. N. W. Fitzgerald, Miss Fitzgerald, Miss Mabel Fitzgerald, C. F. Wade and wife, R. H. Beard and wife, R. Ward Beard, Miss Jane K. Newkirk, H. F. Gardner and wife, N. C. Smith, E. H. Hyatt, C. F. Waldo, D. M. Chafee, H. J. Drake, H. F. Benton, Jas. A. Nixon, Mrs. S. W. Sherwood, Mrs. Geo. Hubbard, Mr. and Mrs. D. Bauder, R. B. Smith Jr., Miss Weatherwax.
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| Cortland Steam Laundry. |
On a Cash Basis.
We, the undersigned laundry men of Cortland and Homer, N. Y., have agreed that on and after Sept. 4, 1899, we will adopt the cash system. Our reasons for so doing are as follows:
The rapidly increasing number of accounts, and the endless work of keeping record of and collecting same, necessitates our adopting the cash system. Our accounts being necessarily small, the time for collecting aggregates considerable loss to the laundry, to say nothing of the amount lost in bad debts, and as our own current expenses, mainly for labor, require cash from us, we see no other way out of the difficulty.
With a great many of our customers we regret to be obliged to pursue this course, but as we positively cannot discriminate, all bundles delivered after Sept. 4, 1899, and not paid for, will be returned to the laundry and will be delivered again at any time you may ask.
Respectfully, CITY STEAM LAUNDRY, PALACE STAR LAUNDRY, CORTLAND STEAM LAUNDRY, WEST SIDE LAUNDRY, HOMER STEAM LAUNDRY.
David Harum's Debut.
The manuscript of "David Harum" was received in the usual way on December 23, 1897, by D. Appleton & Co. It was accompanied by the following letter:
SYRACUSE, N. Y., Dec. 22, 1897.
"I have taken the liberty of sending you by the American Express to-day the typewritten manuscript of a story of American life which I have recently complied, entitled "David Harum." I desire to submit this to you for examination with a view to its publication, and trust you will find it suited to your requirements.
Very truly yours, E. N. WESTCOTT."
The manuscript was read by Mr. Ripley Hitchcock who, in speaking to the representative of Book News, mentioned the delight with which he first made David's acquaintance. On January 17th, Mr. Hitchcock wrote the author expressing his appreciation and saying that he "wished to make David's delightful humor known to the reading public."
Certain minor modifications seemed advisable in arrangement and treatment of secondary characters, and the suggestions which were made brought a reply from which it was learned that the author was upon his deathbed. Two letters were received from him before he died on March 31, 1898. His friend, Mr. Forbes Heermans, went over the manuscript and read the proofs. "David Harum" was published in this country and copyrighted in England on September 23, 1898. The first printing order was supposed to be sufficient for some little time, but on October 7, it was found necessary to give another and larger order. This was two weeks after publication.
The dates of subsequent printing orders to the end of the year are November 1, December 1, December 16, and December 29. The enormous sales of the book for the last three months and at present are familiar. The sales in March were 29,060 copies, an average of about a thousand a day. Since April 1, the average sale has been 1,300 daily. Often the daily sales have exceeded 2,000. The book is now in its twenty-seventh thousand.—Book News.
EXCURSION TO OSWEGO.
Everyone Had a Fine Time Though the Trip Was Long.
The excursion to Oswego yesterday under the auspices of Cortland County Pomona grange, P. of H., was a great success and netted the grange about $125. Nearly 1,400 people took the trip. The journey was long, perhaps too long, but all seemed to have a good time, and some of the young people from Killawog, which was the last station on the list, appeared to make it evident to their fellow travelers that they would raise no objections to having it continued on through the rest of their natural life. But it took four hours each way from Cortland and another hour to Killawog. There were nineteen passenger coaches on the train crowded far beyond their seating capacity.
The beach, which was three miles from Oswego and the destination of the party, was not a particularly attractive place and nearly every one soon returned to Oswego, where they visited Fort Ontario, the life saving station and other points of interest. The people in Oswego did all in their power to make the stay pleasant and showed many little courtesies not usually extended to excursionists,
But one accident occurred and fortunately that did not prove to be serious. Dell Youngs of Marathon was standing on the platform of one of the cars and when about two miles this side of Oswego lost his balance and fell off. The train was running at a good speed at the time and did not stop as people on the ground were seen to run toward him. Before they could reach him he was seen to get up himself and start to walk back toward Oswego.
The train reached Cortland at about 10:10 P.M.
MIGHT HAVE BEEN WORSE.
Narrow Escape from Injury of Agent Brownell of the D., L. & W. R. R.
Mr. Mark Brownell, ticket agent at the D., L. & W. station, narrowly escaped what might have been a very serious injury yesterday morning. An unusual number of passengers purchased tickets for the north bound train at 9:20 yesterday morning and Mr. Brownell was kept busy at the window until the last minute. He had a supply of tickets for the Oswego excursionists who had come from the Lehigh Valley and Erie & Central New York roads and expected to go on the train with them before the train started. The train started up just as Mr. Brownell left the ticket office and had attained quite a speed when he reached the platform. Mr. Brownell attempted to catch the moving train, but having the box in one hand he realized that he could not make it and let go before his feet left the platform. The speed of the train, however, threw him off his feet and he fell, striking among a lot of baggage and wheels upon the platform, and Baggage Master Relyea caught him just in time to save him from the wheels of the moving train. Mr. Brownell is somewhat lame to-day as the result of his fall, but is congratulating himself that the accident was no worse.
They Were Sprinkled.
Persons using the city water to sprinkle the streets are supposed to keep an eye out for people driving along the street and turn the hose the other way when any one comes along. But all rules have their exceptions and the exception to this one was found on Groton-ave. last night when the occupants of a canopy top surrey received a thorough drenching from a hose in the hands of a careless sprinkler. No attempt seems to have been made to avoid the accident on the part of the sprinkler, and the stream played merrily on to the discomfort of those in the surrey and the ruination of silk shirt waists.
Williams Family Reunion.
A very pleasant reunion of the Williams family was held yesterday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Aaron Williams, 103 River-st. Fifty-seven were present and sat down to the most excellent dinner which was served at 2 o'clock. Among the guests from a distance were Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Taylor and Miss Carrie Ogden of Binghamton, Mr. Peter Wavle of Berkshire, besides relatives from Marathon, Homer and McGraw. An interesting letter was read from the president, Mr. J. C. Auringer, who is now in Iowa. Officers for the ensuing year were elected as follows:
President—J. C. Auringer of Whitney Point.
Vice-President—Miss Hattie Richardson of Marathon.
Secretary—Mrs. Joseph Carruthers of McGraw.
The meeting next year will be held at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Carruthers of McGraw, and the date will be Aug. 16, 1900.
Police Court.
Horace Green, arrested yesterday for public intoxication, was given a ten days' suspended sentence this morning.
In the case of young Geer, arrested on the charge of violating the bicycle ordinance which came up for a hearing last night, the charge was withdrawn by the officer making the arrest as Geer's case was identical with that of Mr. E. C. Palmer who had been discharged earlier in the day.
A. K. Weatherwax appeared before the court, pleaded guilty to violating the bicycle ordinance and paid a fine of $1.
Mrs. Carrie Smith withdrew her plea of not guilty to the charge of violating the bicycle ordinance, pleaded guilty and paid a fine of $1.
GOOD WORK OF WATCHMEN.
Hoboes Roasting Corn Close to a Wagon Factory.
Ed Canfield and Eben Canfield, two old veterans and night watchmen for the Wallpaper Co. and for Keator, Wells & Co., caught two hoboes last night at the south end of Keator & Wells' wagon factory with a fire close to the building preparing to roast corn. The watchmen soon broke up their picnic and did not handle them with soft gloves. By their advice the hoboes concluded to leave town at a double quick pace.
To Open a Kindergarten.
Mrs. James S. Squires, who was last June graduated from the Kindergarten department of the Albany Normal college, contemplates opening a Kindergarten at her home, 44 Tompkins st., at about the middle of September. She will be glad to confer with any parents who are thinking of placing their children in such a school.
BREVITIES.
—The work of excavation for the Port Watson-st. pavement was begun this morning.
—Rev. O. A. Houghton, D. D., and Rev. J. C. B. Moyer exchange pulpits to-morrow morning.
—To-day has been a scorcher. The thermometer registered 98 degrees in the shade this afternoon in front of one of the business places on Main-st.
—The first floor of the First M. E. church is having a thorough cleaning and renovating at the hands of a committee of ladies of the church.
—New display advertisements to-day are— La Pearl, Circus and menagerie, page 7; C. F. Brown, Huyler's chocolates, etc., page 4; G. F . Beaudry, Bicycles, page 6.
—Cortland friends of Mr. and Mrs. Melvin A. Rice of Brooklyn will feel a deep sympathy for them in the loss of their little three-year-old son yesterday, after a brief illness.
—The letter boxes throughout the village are being repainted and a change will be made in the color. The body will be aluminum and the letters will be bright red. J. J. Murphy is doing the work.
—Rev. Henry R. Fancher of Batavia, formerly of McGrawville, will preach at the union service at the Presbyterian church to-morrow evening. Mr. Fancher preaches at the Congregational church in the morning.
—A party of young ladies from The STANDARD office under the care and escort of one solitary but highly efficient and exceedingly popular young man took supper and spent a very pleasant evening at the Raymond House, Little York, last night.
—It is said that the D. & H. R. R. is to join with the New York Central and the Boston and Albany railroads for a new union station at Albany and will soon be in new quarters. This will be a vast improvement over their present station which is now underneath the other two stations.
—The Republican caucuses in the town of Cortlandville preliminary to the school commissioner's convention in the First commissioner district occur to-night from 7 to 8 o'clock. Districts 1 and 10 meet at the village hall in McGrawville and elect two delegates. All other districts meet at Fireman's hall in Cortland and select four delegates. A spirited contest is anticipated as there are a number of candidates.
In Memoriam.
(From the DeRuyter Gleaner.)
Joel B., son of Isaac and Mary Cardner Phillips, was born in Truxton, N. Y., Aug. 19, 1832.
On the 10th of March, 1855, he was married to Miss Lucy A. Muncy and God blessed them with five children, four of whom are living—William F. of Bridgeport, Conn., Mrs. Alice C. Ellis of Oran, Mrs. Josie E. Hill, of Cortland and Mrs. M. R. Smith, also of Cortland. Mr. Phillips served in the civil war in the Second New York Cavalry, "Harris' Light," and has spent most of his life in DeRuyter, being widely known as a skillful mechanic and greatly beloved as husband, father and neighbor.
For some years his home has been mainly in Cortland, where his services as an expert mechanic were highly prized, but one year ago last November his health failed and in much patience and submission he suffered, being tenderly cared for by his helpful wife and loving children till he peacefully passed away, Aug. 12, 1899.
Services were held at his home in Cortland on Tuesday, the Rev. L. R. Swinney officiating, which were attended by sympathizing friends and neighbors and representatives from the Masonic lodge at DeRuyter, and the body brought back to the old home and laid to rest in our beautiful cemetery with Masonic honors, for which the family feel especially grateful.
There were present from a distance Mrs. Seward E. Ellis and daughter Aletae from Oran, M. R. Smith of Elkland, Pa., Mrs. Jacob Keyser of Caton Center, George W. Phillips of Lebanon, H. W. Phillips and daughter, Mrs. Herbert Barney of Belleville, Mrs. Samuel Partello of Fabius, Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Hammond of Tully, Sherman Keyser of Dryden, Miss Susan Hammond and sister, Mrs. Riley Roe of McGraw and Mr. and Mrs. Edson Gardner of New Woodstock. To the regret of all, the only son William F. of Bridgeport, Conn., was kept at home by the severe sickness of his child. L. R. S.
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