Nassau County Review 19131010

              Nassau County Review
Official Paper, Village of Freeport
FREEPORT, N. V., FRIDAV, OCTOBER 10, 1913
Vcl. XVIII, No. 50
Freepqrt
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News of the Churches {Fire Department
Memorial Services
The Epworth League Convention will be held "Thursday, October 23, at-James M. E. Church, Reid Ave. and Monroe Street, Brooklyn.
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A   straw   ride   for   members friends of the   Epworth   League
I     Keeping ap to his reputulion as  one' I of the foremost speakers of  the   pres¬ ent day, Rev.   John   Howard   Mellish, rector of Holy Trinity Church,  Brook-
Local Topics
nents and axplanations not entirely of a npws natura, on villax* c/fairs bjr tha aditor.
A Newspaper Man's Visit and Experiences I in the Ruins
I (M. J. Brown, Courier, Oregon City) j Chin Lee at the opening of the Can- j yon de Chelley, w»k originally a trad¬ ing post.    Years ago a Ch'naman gath-   ,„.,£, a st     - ,   r,    a \ ¦ ¦ ... .. -	
ered a few canned goods and some cal-   leave Church Streel and Merrick Road : their ^annual   memorial service at   the   boys  this  Autumn?"    Other   parents   probe.hle that a   feature of the   annual
Freeport Arcanumites ;ln the Fire Department Proud of Ritual Team' ..
BOY SCOUTS. (Contribated by Request) The editor of the    Review    was and j lyn, in his address to the   members  of  cently asked by the mother  of  a   Boy   out the United States, meets   in   Man- will ; the   Freepori    Fire    Department    al   Scout "Who is taking  charge  of   the   hattan,   in   May,   1914.  it is  entirelv
Freeport, Lr I., Oct. 3. -When the Supreme Council of the Royal Arcii- nuin, which includes representa|tives from various cities and towns through-
Friday, Oct.
Saturday
Sunday,
Mondav,
Tuesday,
Wednesduy,
Thursd'v,
Friday, Oct.
Saturduy,
10,
11,
12,
13,
14,
16,
16,
17,
18,
6.02 a. m.
5.41 a. m.
6.15 a. m.
6.45 a. m.
7.12 a. m.
7.40 a. m.
8.10 a. m.
8.45 a. m.
9.22 a. m.
; ico fixings and went up there to get I rich oflf the Navajos. Chin lasted about ¦ long enough to gel his name on thc I Arizona map. One cold day, when the < Indians were not feeling any too good, I a bunch of them came to the store and
wanted matches.     (By the way lo thi.s       An Epworth League Rally of Nassau 'day an Indian will rfever buy a match.) ¦ County will be held at Bellmore M. E.
John told them there   was  a  shortage   Church nexl Thursday evening, Octob-
nexl Thursday evening, Oct. 16, at 7:30 if clear, to attend the Epworth League Rally at Bellmore. Sinclair Raynor represents Freeport Chapter and Wm. C. Conner, Nassau County.
Next Monday being a legal holiday, ; Colombus Day falling on Sunday, Oct. j 12, the bank and post office, also your i newfipa[)cr office and other places of| businisB will be closed all day. !
The barber who rented the building of Capt. Hanse on Railroad Ave., formerly occupied as Police Court, has taken possession. This makes eight barber shops in the village now.
The first annual ball given by the. Cuiulcd wiinuiteura uf Fieepoii, Uiiuei management of I. Potter and J. Saun-| ders, will be held in Brooklyn Hull, | opposite the railroad station, on Wed- ' nesday evening, October 29,' j
in market, but they wouldn't take his word for it. They found a stock hid¬ den away, and then they butchered the Celestial, carried off his stock of gooda and burned his liltie old store.
And that is how the place became named—an Indian country with a pig¬ tail handle. There's a government In¬ dian school theVe now.
We arrived there after dark and the 1:30 p. m superintendent gave us good accommo¬ dations. The next morning an Indian hiked out lo get a couple of ponies for our trip up the canyon lo the cliff rum.-i. Il wag three hours before he returned, riding one and  leading  one.
Tbo   aanA   ia   ;o  ,loop  vjp   thS^STiyCM     CiC
cannot walk it or drive if—the only means is on the back of a pony.
er 16. All members and friends are inviled to attend. The meeling will be in charge of Richard L. Haff, vice president of Brooklyn South District.
The regular monthly meeting of the Church Improvement  Society   of   the
Forty Years of .Missions in Japan.'
Thc Octeber meeting cf thc V.'. C. T. U. was held al the home of Mrs. H. L.   Crandell.    Mr.s.   C.   S.   Flint,   the.
move, and will not be able lo attend to business for two weeks, from Oct. 11 to 27, but after that date, hope   to   be
Smith's Garage, has bought out  Theo-
Presbtyerian Church Sunday afternoon, are asking the same question in the session will be introduced by the ritua gave a masterful inspiring address , interest of good health, nature study degree team f Fraternal Council No. which held the congregation silent and our boys, and it does .¦'eem a pily, 1962, of Freeport. .Already step.s have until he finished talking, which with Autumn days before us, that no been taktn to present the ritual which, seemed all too soon. I definite action is taken, even by   those   it id acknowledged   by   ranking   heads
The New York State Firemen's   As-   who  profess   themselves   desirous   of  of   the   order,   is the finest they   have sociation each year  designates   a  day   helping. e«er heard or witnes.xed.    The lectures
for these services in memory of de- Commissioner Eidred, who, I am and t. -ree work ar.> parts of a fcrm ceased members, which heretofore has told, organized the first Boy Scout that I .^or .'iled from the riluiUs of been in June, but was changed to Oc-i company in Nassau County, gave time fraternal orders from all over the tober this year. .Arrangements for the 'and enthusiasm for several years until known world. Since early last spring proper observance of the day were left his duties in a municipa! oflice, and a when the initiation was completed by with the newly-elected chafilain. Rev. ; National Guard Commission, took up .Sui rvi 'ng Deputy Grand Regent, A. W. E. Carrington, and it was; his time. Mr Thomas, jJuring his Al in .M. Jol.nson, it has been the sub- through his influence that Dr. Mellish ' residence hert, proved an efficient jee. '¦f wid- comment in Royal A r- was secured. In choosing the place ! Scout Master, but he has returned lo canum circles. Il is staged by a team Presbyterian Church will be held in j for holding the service, it was decided : bis position on shipboard. Dr. Car- of seventeen in gorgeuus regalia em- the chapel next Wednesday, Oct. 5,  at ito endeavor to secure the Presbyterian ; rington look charge until his   increas-   blazoned with emblems and significant
iChurch,   as a tribute to   Dr.   Scholey, i ing   dutie.q   crippled   his   lime.     Dr.   figures   of  the fraternity.    The robes
I and when this   was  communicated  to ' Runcie guve first aid   lectures   to   the   alone t)st anv. ard of   f 1,000.    In   the
Anna Crossfield is announced to lead I the   Elders  of the church the   consent   boys until their only meeting [ilace be-   team tl. re :iri'four stations  of  three
the Epworth League   meeting   Sunday i was freely given. ; came impracticable. men t  c.;, witii three assistants to the
night in   the   M.    E.    Churcli;    topic, |     About   75   members   of   the deparl-       Lasl Spring some   one   else   volun-   RegenI and a guide and Chaplain.  The
ment, accompanied by ex-Chiefs James teered to take charge of the local work, work is based upon the thought ex- W.Cheshire, Henry E. Kider, Hiram ; but there the matter seems to have j pressed in the opening lecture, viz.: P.. ^^.Tith snd Clarence Vr.nRipcr, .\s3t.; corre to 2. stsr.dsti!!. "", l.e liuiii <f liie past beams upon the
Foreman   Pine  of  the   Exempt  Com-       Of course a business man who closes   pr. .-e: t fi^id foreshadow.^ tbe future." Jinny, and Village Trustee Bidell,  rnet   his oflice in Brooklyn or Manhattan   at      '. :;e itiitiiition is an innovation in the
order, and has been the subject of con¬ siderable   discussion    aniong    various ir   can    shift   lodges,    A short time ago Clmrter Oiik afternoon   if   Council, Nm. 1415, of Rockville Centre, for   the   beys'   celebrated   the occasion of  an  oflicihl wa-i safe as   a   burro.      He   wa^   out-       She reported that Mrs.  Phelps,   for-1 Harry   Grossman,   a member cf   Hose   sake, unless we're so old and woin   we  visit from   Grand   Kogent   Thomiis   I. fitted with blankets, gunny sacks, ropf.'j   mer preaident of the County Union, had   4, presided al the organ during the en-   have forgotten how   to   be  a   healthy ' Crane, head of the Koyal   Arcanum   in and such a bur.ch of .sluft' I could hard-   spoken pu: ticularly about the ballot in , fire service, the order of which vai as   boy—we ought to "want to." New   York Stnte ; I'ast Grand   Kcjrenl
ly see the saddle.    The teachera and a   California   and   told   how   tbe   women 1 follows : ,     A number of the boys met with Com-, Theodore Thonet; Supreme   Reiircsori-
¦   "        ¦ 1.    Welcome,   Rev. Sidney J. Gould   mis-'ioner Eidred recenlly and took ex-   tativi and Suprenie   Auditor   Willinm
of the Presbyterian Church. aminations to true up their   standings   P.   Mol'iinnoll.   and  Grand   Chaplain,
2. Singing Love Divine, announced I in the different grades   and   one   good   Ebent zer Draper, and tbe ritual degree by Dr. Gould. - '' Scout came nineieen miles to be sworn   team of Fraternal Council   worked the
3. Prayer, Rev. Elmer E. Loux   of   in. . _ initiatory   dtgrce in full fcinii on   sev the Baptist Church.
4. Scripture reading. Rev. Saul  0. Curtice,  Methodist Episcopal Church.
6.     Reading list of   deceased   mem
' Jltcrs of ;nler«st to and about tha Hhiium ¦ -¦ IU' lo'al dapartitwnl by H. E. P.
It,'I :,•>¦; interesta lot of the fire¬ men who wero at the service Sunday and were interested in the taik j?iven by .Mr. .Mellish. to know that his ar¬ ticles can usually be found in the BrookIj-n Eagle on .Mondav nights, and are always as full of human interest as was the short talk he gi.ve us Sunday.
The members of Truck 1 think the novelty 13 wearing otf the special car.n u,'I ph „,! c n lie front of their baildirig. Fr lay i'n .1. tl . brU , gnjn started ringing, and the men and horses responded, but this time the call had not even come through the central and it is impo'-ible to .11 how the gong started ringing. A ^¦'ectator who WHS in front of the I nildi.i? v ';en the bell started ringing says 11 took exactly Ih seconds to get the horses to the front of the building, readv to be std.
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I never was a rider.    A'lady'.s sad- president,   presided.     The  devotional , at the engine house and inarched to the   six o'clock Saturday   cannot   liike   at
die   pony  or   a broken down old camp exercises wtre in charge of Mrs.   Kel-j church in a body, seats being reserved  three o'clock, but   many   amongst   us
horse  even   gave   me    heart   failure, ly.      After  the   regular business wa;i i for them in the cenlro of   the   church,   are free from noon   on,
Tha pony for me was a  black,   shaggy concluded, Mrs. Flint, delegate lo   the iand thc seats nol reserved being   well   business from Satunlay
looking ranger, but the driver said   he Jamaica convention gave her report.     i idled   at   the   time  of   their entrance. ; we ready want to and
N. K. Smith & Son give notice in this wi'uk's paper that they will move from Olive Boulevard lo 60 West. .Mer¬ rick Koad, in the Horsfield Buildit'fr. This firm, making a specialty of home¬ made   bread,   found   it  ^necessary ^ to | j,\,„jrcd   Indian   boys   and girls   were there  had succeeded in cloaing un   the
i standing around   to   see  us  start--so red light district.
there   waa   nothing   to  it but go to it.        Miss Kelly sHiig a solo.     Mrs.   Flint
lit was a moment when I would   rather ontertained un with a number of origi-
in a po.sition to lake cnre of their cus-, ^^f^y,^, ^een alone, but I slipped my shoe nal    conundiums    wkich    were    very
tomers as before. : j„   ^i,g  stirrup witb a bluff as if I had clever.    After the meeling adjourned,
~~ been   brought   up   in   the   saddle, and the luncheon to the members   winning
Fred W. Greaves, who formerly con-' swing up in the saddle, and   swung on in the recent contest was served.
ducted the horse shoeing   business   on i dyck. The minute I cleared the ground 	
East Merrick Road, opposite    Geo.    B.   that black fellow started      lierkedon a 1 j     ^.u •
'   '' uiai oiacK lenow Hirtiitii.    ijerneuoii       A rummage sale under the   auspices
the reins and he quit   it,   but   then_  I ^j i,,g Quju ^f ti,g Transfiguration wil
The Scout motto is "Do a good  turn eral candidates.    Tlu' work  was   con:
ivery day" and here is a chance lo   be m«"idcd highly by   the   visiting   digiii-
; helpful.    There must   be  some   blood ta.io   and   an   effort will ba made   to
' and ginger hiding in   this   community, have it worked at the annual   meeling
bers of the Department, with dates of I In the words of   the   children   playing ! of    the    Supreme   representatives.
dore Bedell 8 inUrest :n this   business , cou-d not do anythmg with him.    The   ^e held in the store south of the  Free- on Church Street,   and   moved   there   inJians   break   them   lo  start with   a        ^ gank, on   Friday   and   Salurday, Oct. 1.    Mr. Bedel   will   continue   the , jump,   and   the   lightest tou:h of  the ¦ [,^1. 17 and 18.    Anyone having  arti! j wagon buildmg and repairing business  rein on the neck will   then   turn   them   cles to contribute will   take   them   to
• nd Mr. Greaves Wll have   the   horse-1    k^   q   flnab      In   mv   i osticrat on   to ; ..1.     . ..1.    j e .1.       ,
.yr     .        , . . line   a   iiHHO.     JII   tny    "'-sp'-'"i^io •    'o   ^j,g g^^.^ ^j, j.|^g ^j^yg ^j jj,^ g^l^
•noeint^ deparlment. , j gtick and to make the spectators think '
Both Mr. Greaves • and   Mr.   Bedell 1 that I was not a tenderfoot, I kept that 	
have bjtn in business in Freeport   for  po„y   whirling  aroand   until be and   I
many years, and by combining in   this  were both dizzy, and then I swung  off
in  humiliation   and   lold the Indian to
tiring the cliff ruins down to the school
or   Icf   them   stay   where they were—
that I wasn't caring for thern.
They gave me th<i_real laugh.    Then
way will undoubtedly be able to secure belter r^^ults, each one laking a par ticular dtpartment of the work.
death. Chief Bernard J. Loonam. 1 hide-and-seek,
6, Hymn,    He   Leadeth   Me,     an-j "Come oul! Come out! nounced by Chaplain Carrington.            j Wherever you are!"
7. Address,   Rev.    John    Howard j cQNDITIOrsS AT   POWERHOUSE. "*''"'^h. In connection wilh   the   recent  fat-
8     Hymn, Crown Him   with   Many   „,   accident   al   the   power   house,    a Crowns, announced by Rev. A. C. Kar-, ^^oup   of   men   were   discussing   th|H kau of the Lutheran Church. 1 immense .responsibility   placed   upon
9.    Benediction, by the Chaplain.      I j^e   night   engineer   at   the     Power In mlroduclng Dr. Mellish, Chaplain 1 Hy.^^^,^ „nd inquiry as lo what pay   he i j Carrington said he   had   something   to 1 received for this posiiion, wilh its re-: To her many   friends   in   Freeport.; thank the firemen lor;   he   had   tried ; gj^„git)i|itieg ^^j j^c  requirtd  educa-' news of the marriage of   Miss   Evelyn .several times to   get   Dr.    Mellish    ''Jjtjon   broULjlit forth the fact   that   .Mr. Moseman, daughter   of   Mrs.   Andrew   Freeport but on account of   his   many   (^^(('gp ^^.j^^j^.j^gji ^-i,,. [|,ja ^ork the   mu-; Moseman, of 37   Bennington   Avenue, ¦ engagements   had    been   unsuccessful
HYMENEAL
MOSEMAN—PENDLETON.
Peekskill gravel has been placed  on _
Newton Boulevard from Main Street I a young Indian mo'jnU-d the hoist' and came as a surprise. 'Ihe nuptials look ! but that when he iiad |ire.«sed him lo to Olive Boulevard. This will be » showed ine. I trn cl it a^'ain, and the place at thi'Congress Street Melhodi.st ;co.^le and speak lo the firemen. Dr. big accomnuidation lo the freight and only way I cfor ^rot started was liy Episcopal Chiircl^n Portland, Me., on I ."dcllish had con^tnteil to come in the coal yan a, also to Williams' livery, , throwing the reins to my |iar!ner and Thursday, Octoiier 2. The bridegroom 1 afternoon, having eni/agenicnts fer from which is furnished many of the : ho towing me out. After a fe.v min- is W. L. Marcy Pendleton, an artist of both morning and nveiiiiig. Thus the horses in answer lo lire alarni calls.       jutes I   became   somewhat   accustomed Manhattan, and grand-on of   tbe    late | Freeport Fire    Dipartment   iiad   been
Benson Place has also been Peekskill ' lo   the   .steering geer and \*'as ahle   to   ex-Governor Marcy.    The niarriago   is ¦¦ signally honored in !-ecuring this   busy graveled its entire   length,   one   short! run it alono—but never ri(l a walk. the culinination   of n  romance   which 1 man (who had eome lo Freeport on tho
block, from Olive Boub.'vard to liun-i Canyon de Schclley tlicy say is forty dates back two years when the couple , 4 o'clock train and must return at nington Ave., and thon aloiu; Bonning- ^ niiles long, and that there are but two   met in Freeport. j 5 •.'30) for the speaker of the afternoon.
Dr. .Mellitth look for   his   topiL-   the
ton Ave,.its enti Street.
longth to   liibcrty
L'ngth
The Freepori Ice & Coal Conipany haa moved its office intact from South Main Street to the e.'isl end of Ben¬ nington Ave., where they have facili¬ ties for handling their product expedi¬ tiously by'freight, and al the same time aru not far away from the of the village.
DaSilva, W. Merrick Road Flower Pots, all sizes Jardiniers, 25c Oil Heaters
Stone Crocks, 25c up; all sizes 25 Ib. F'lour Canasters, 59c Coal Sieves, 10c
Copper Bottom Wash Boilers, $1.00 up Glass Washboards, 35c Kitchen Stoves,, No. 7, $18.75 Boat Stoves, $3.75 Large Preserving Kettles, 25c Potts Irons, $1.00 set Dietz Lanterns, SOc Universal Bread Mixers, '$1.75 Orders delivered. Phone 885-W.
AdvartlMaaaat.
ov three places in its entire where a man or horse can find cent of ils walls onto lh(> open country- 011 either .side. It is a miniature grand canyon. Itis a great dry rivor bed, but no doubt a K't-'at torrent in (he dim iigea ot tbe past. It's great red walls of glass-like hardness rise from 500 to«-l,000 feel   on   cither   side
iitor' ami the awful heat ftom the sun floods i down into that gorge—stilling,   awful.
 '     But the cliff ruins.
I had expei'led to sae something sim-
Xinco the first meotinp- the couple have been close friends, and during the Jiast yeur a pretty courtship was woven into their acquainlanceshiii. A shorl lime ai,'o .Miss .Moseman went lo i'ortland aini Mr. Pendleton followed. There he iiressed his suit and was   ac-
fourth versv 01 tho second ehapter of Zecliaria: "And said unto him; run speak to this yount; man, sayinf.?, Je¬ rusalem shall bo builded as a eity without walls."
As soon as ho commenced   liic   irre-
cepted.    The ceremony was performed   sistible   iiower that    madq,   him    the
by Rev. J. .M. Artecs in the presence of Miss Renee Moseman, a sister df the bride, and Sumner M. Field, of Portland, her fiance.
The couple will sail from New York,
speaker he ia bteaniu apparent and his words fell on appreciative ears. Avoiding anything that might be con¬ strued as sectarian, he gave a plain heart-li!)-hearl  talk   lo  the    men   and
i ilar to the Puje cliffs.   There the walls whore tbey have been slopping  during 1 women   assembled    and    presentt'd   a
j are   tufa   rock,   soft, and the   ancieni the week, on Thursday on the   steam- j strong   argument for the introduction
dwellers   dug   out   their   homes    with ship Carpathia, and will visit places of  of public inieresi inlo daily life,point ¦
I piecea of volcanic glass, thousands   of interest on tho Continent.    On return-   ing out that the man i"ith only onu in-
! them  adjoining,   but on these walla it ing.they will make their home there. I lerust   sooner  or   later found   himself
would lake a dianjond drill lo   make a —Times,   unable to capably control even that onu
(Jent. interest,   but   the   successful man was
the   one   who,   carefully   avoiding the
The first ruin I almost passed with-   Vifal   ^faficfirc Jt  noting, until   the  Indian grunted .  ' *••<**  OloUMlCa
I     And there  up the side  of the   cliffs [ tOr  O.eptemDer
I in an oval spol, like a saucer stood on During the monlh of September j edge, I saw the long abandoned homes there were 6 deaths and 11 births in of  the   men hisiory tells us nol of—or   ihe village of   Freepori,    as   recorded
not much of. There half way up the wall, where nature had lefl a great oval-shaped dent, were the crumbling walls of the homes of a people that once lived, flourished and silently dis- ' apeared otf the face of the earth.
with the Registrar of Vital   Statistics, as follows:
BIRTHS
Sept. 1, John   Frederick,   John   and Elsie Steinmelz, 49 Bedell Sireet.
7,   Edward   Guilliard,    Joaeph   tmd
Dr. Smith, eye treatment or glasses; Tuesdays and Thursdays,   8  to  11:30;
and by appointment,   at   residence,   7, . . . .
Wallace St., comer Brooklyn Ave.    tf!     These home* were not CTjt  into  the   Alice Morrison, 152 Long Beach Ave. AdTarttMnimit I rock.    They were built wilh stones and       8, Helen Mary, William   and  Sadie
  I mortar, some liltie, some big,   squaie,^ Connolly. 28 Lexington Ave.
The pickling season is here   and  in j round, all shapes «nd sizes and wedged '    10, Mabel McNeil,    Leon  and   Effie order lo get good results use good vin-1 in because the  room   was  contracted.   Thompson.
egar, the best is the cheapest. Heinz'slThey  were built  with  human  hands,      u, Elsie  Estell, Percy   and  Hattie Pickling      Vfciegar,     40     cents     per!—far back in the stone age. Smith.
gallon.    Al Wahlen's Delicatessen,  71 j     I   lay   in   the  shade of the opposite ¦     12, Mary Isabella, James aad   Mary South Main St. ' wall,   acrosa  the <janyon, for an  hour  Crum.
Advertlaemsnt | and   looked  up  al   these    prehistoric       12, Antonio, Frank   and   Rosa  Con-
 7  j homes.    The rains had brought a small   stantino, 589 Liberty Ave.
Don't miss the 29c sale of Enameled  stream of water down  the  gorge   and       14, ^gry Frances. Paul and Victoria Ware at Seamah's.    Values   will   gur-' t^ quicksand did not make it  safe   to   Downing.
1 cross  over.    I   lay   there   and   specu-       25, F* ' latjil, wondered and tried to think back ¦ Augus
' to the days when men lived there, how ;     27, Milfbn Hait, Frank   and   Nellie ' they got up there, and how  they  pre-   Evans, vented the babies from falliwj over. 27, Stanley, Stanley   and   Elizabeth
  And then the Indian grunted, pointed   Murphy.
We are showing the very latest   and ; to the waler  and   the   ponies  he   was , DEATHS
popular long vamp, narrow   toe   shoes , holding.    I didn't savvy, but I nodded, for women.    Our patent   leather  shoe ' aad we mounted, with black lop at $3.00 is,    especially, 1     I knew flve miles up was the "white
prise you; see window display.
When you need that   warm   Under¬ wear call al
,. , Seaman's Dry Goods Store.  dvtrUsement.
25, Fifederick Joseph,   William  and atMe Doueeher. v
Sept. lu, John G. Mcrrissey,   age  i years.
18, Walter L. Harvey, 41 years. 20, William H. Pitts, 3 months. 24, Hannah A. Baker, 35 years. 24, Rev. Charles A. Logue, 41 years 2, Enocli D. Decker, 78 years.
Building at
in great  demand.    Other  grades  and'house,"   and  that   thai   was   the   big leathers carried in stock. 1 show, and I was anxious to get to   il.
Full line of storm shoes for Men, I had a circus getting onto that horse Women and Children. and  getting   the  carburetor  working
Big stock of Rubbers to fit all styles | again.    Afar ott I could hear thunder,
of shoes. Charles D. Smith,   and I wished tbat it would draw   near,
Ailvertisement    that   it   would  rain, hail, pour,   burst
"T"!   _  ,       _,        .    some clouds, or do something to relieve
The Nassau & Suffolk Sales Co. ad- f^^m the awful heat. I made the In- vertises in this issue a washing ma-' jjgn gjg,, j ^g^^^.,, g^^e drink. The chine   for clothing, which looks   prac   Navajo looked at me as if he thought I
tical, for which they are anticipating ^^^ about seven kirids 0/ a fool, then ' '"K* Board of Trustees Thursday af a large demand. It is a machine to ' dismounted, and from the loose sand of | ternoon, plans were adopted for a stor place inside of the washtub, to a"i»t ^f,g jjyg^ jjgj |,g ^^.^t t^j jigging with "^e house at the power plant, 48x84 in the woirk of cleaQing clothes. '   i ft.,two stories high, and the clork was
They are   anxious   to   get   a   ^ood 1 instructed to secure bids  for  building
¦gent, which they also fdvartise for. (Continued on page 5) this bouse.
aificunt sum of $3.33 per day, and has one day "otV" in every two weeks, 1 working uight hours pur ilay uvury day the rust of thu yuar, atul gilting r.<^. v.-K-ation. Thu reusoii I liuvu i;ot spok¬ en of this long agt was becausi .Mr. Cotter is rulateu to me, and it wouiil look aa tliouj;li it wpre a [lur-ionul mat¬ ter, undl will not- usu my iiai er to Jiersonal onus.
Thu piiou imid Mr. Cottii I'ur this v.'ork ia eiiliruiy too low, Uss th:.li i.') paid a bricklayer or a master prin-i tt'r. Lasl siiring hu put in a rutpn'st [ for an increase, but no attuiilii.n was , paid lo it buyonJ "rui'un'ing" it to^ somebody, where it has stayed "'<•- ; ferred" ever since.
Of course, it can be argued that if I .Mr. Colter is incruasud, .Mr. Smitii; should bu also, and I would quitit agr..'e I with that. Itis an ab,iurd proiiosi-. tion to think ol' engaging a supurin- tuniling engineer for #1C20 pur yuar, ! which is the price paid Mr. Stnith. and 1 in addition liu has to attend as aciive ! engineer during thu busiest part of the | day's work, doin^ work which should , be done by two men.
If the village cannot afford to jiay Its help al tho Power House wages in projiortion   lo   the   risk   they   assume
Timt
Mayor Kline
Visits Freeport
Freepurt, L. I., October 7—Mayor At'lihL. Kline of New York City wa-; li:u (^uesl of thu Prospect Gun Gixii Iktu, Saturday and Sunday. Hu arrived in town early Saturday after¬ noon in his automobile, accompanied by Wiili'.n: C. Creeve, vice presidunt of the Realty Associates of Brooklyn, ani ... ; Mi-'t a; the statinn by liornugh Presidunt of thu Bronx Cyrus Miller; Patrick J. '-'lin, Su|iurintendunt of Buiklings fol the Bomu^^b of Brook¬ lyn, and Tliomas VV. Iiinus. 'ihupvrly prni'ui'ilud 10 lliu dock at W-joilrWr inn, whurt tlu'y boardid a launuli and wcu lal;en to (hu club l.ou-
About thirty-live iiitiinat.. Iriujiils*^ thu Mayor v.'uru waiting i.t the uluti  to Cliiul' KxHCUtivu, and :cuption l(u    liail
The quarterly met tir;r partment was held at t>i' ( lasl Thursday e\ ening,   w attendance.
Bills were pre.=unled for expenses by the Athletic A.sa(viMiir.n and thc Ex¬ empt .Association, neither of which gol beyond the stages of ir rmation, and it was decided that the Kills I. ¦ paid.
It was decided to dislia'.il Ut Free- port Fire Department Athlutic Asso¬ ciation.
The muuling approvud of the fornia- tio.i ni a bowling letiguu in thj; dupart- muiit for thu coming winter, and eaeh company will be askud to send two ruprusuntatives to tbe next muating of thu Fire Council to furm thu league.
Thu foruniaii uf each company, and onu other niumbur from uuch comimny, to bu named by tliu foreman, were aiipointed a committee to arrange for tbu third annual dinner of the dupart- munt.
The   regular   nieuting   of   thi Council   will   hu   held   at   thu housu next Wudnusday evening.
'   Fire engine
a lousing r d. A clarnli: ; honor oi   th
vices, sought out the good and lasting   j^^f,   t^e   practical education required
things in life and thus built his city unconfined by the walls of narrowed interests but buill without walls, and doing this, was broade'ning and better fitting himaelf for the onu thing he had accepted as his life work.
Dr. Mellish did not talk as one who from the pulpit would impress hia hearers wilh the facl that he expected hia words to be accepted because ut¬ tered by him, but rather gave' the im
they havu no right lo reduce the rate for electric lighting, or for power, and the users of these commodities will stand by the Board in raising the price again, if necessary, in order to see that these men are as properly paid as is possible for their faithful work.
A WORD OF APPRECIATION. There are a lot of jieople indifferent sections of Long Island, both   Catholic pression of being among the men   rea- land Proleatant, who mourn with Free- soning and arguing wilh them,and try-; port   in   the   death  of    Rev.     Father
ing Id show them   wherein   they   were   Logug,    He did much to   improve  re- _,, . .
personally responsible, as men, for the | Hgjous and civic conditions in that sec-; <"'n'"-V member This proposition was conditians of their fellowmen, and tion His activities were not confined seconded by Mr. Carlin ami enthusiast- their duties toward each other. j „r,]f.\^   to the church Of which  he  was : icHj' indorsed by   all   present.    In  ^
niuut New York
;luy f'avu   him
whuii   he   arriv
buun jirepaiud ii; honor ol   th .    i^uust
who, l.uforu hu sat dnwn,    g'U    into   a
batbint;"-UU "Ild t'-X'k a pluntTi-   fi]   fhe
inlut.
"('oiiiu on in, lioys," shouti.i| Jiis lloiior, liui only two of thu crowd on the pier, the Brtnx Pre.^idi-nt anil .Mr. Greuvu, could be lemjilffl into thu cold water. Thu tliiee mun aw-.m ont for some distance, and then lacud back to thu lloat, Prusidint .Miilur reaching land fir.-l, Coluriu! Kline.- sucond ami Mr. Cruovu last.
"That v.as soniu shock, imt    mighty
refreshincf." runiarked    .Mayor   Kline,
j as he shook off several bunches of sua-
j weed ihat clung to his shoulder.    Just
I thun the Muyor caught a gliinjise of   a
figure in tbe water.
I     "Well, if that isn't Nufitune
in to greut mu," he shouted
isn't," added the .Mayor, "ifs my   old
friend .Iohn I'uliman," and   in   a   few
seconds the rnan, mistaken for the god
of the waters,    who   was    none   other
, than    Mr.    Pullman,   the    well-known
, Brooklyn real estate broker,   was wel-
' coming the guest to the club, til« long,
I white beard dripping as he   shook   the
Mayor's hand.
i The party waa hardly sealed at the long table in the mesH hall of the club, when Mr. Pullman, who presided, made a motion to make Colonel Kline an hon-
Hosu 1 held a smoker at their house Thursday evening, to which they in- vitud all the members of the deparl¬ ment who had assistud at any of the still alarma in Buntvjngtnn Park.
President Cox and Village Trustees Ki.niiall and Welden were present al the businesH meeting nnd thu tubject of securing an ap|iroiiriatkin for a house for the Company wna discussed. Cadman H. Frudurick, wl^;^ is a mem¬ ber of the Company, .said Tiis offer madu lo the Company two years ago to ilonatu a piece of land on South .)ido Avunuu, near Hedell Struut, still huid good, atid if the appro|Miaii.jri could be seci;r{d, bu would be only too willing to dued ovur thei^irojiurty.
It was ileciJud to havu a pelition Jsjgnnd by 25 taxpayurs, presiniud to ^/phii; Village Board asking that tbe amount be appiojiriated, and Arclief I!. Wallace, Cailmim 11. Frederick and Jobn W. .Sii'jtlianl, jr., weiu appointed n coniniitteu to "boo-t" lliu proiiosi¬ tion.
Afl
llle btisini-ss niei'tin;,; all -veru invite'l downstairs wher*; 1 efru.'-bmuiits Weru served, alter whnh ailjuurninenl was again takun (o the mui-ting rooms and a social uvuning spent.
Thu members are i-onliduiil they will securu the aiipropriat ion a.-iked for and think ihuy are entitleii to i', I., ing Ihe lirsl bose company 'piganized, and promise tbat if (heir proposition ia uarried tills year lliey will work hard for H similar pro|io^ition for llu; next riiinpany next year.
Baseball
It
I solely
The list of dceeas'ad n,embers of the.   the leader, and his gccjJ w department,   since the organization of; |„ng ;„ the memory of   all Truck   1, in   1874,    as read   by   Chief' Loonam, is as follows:
James   H.   Nichols,   died   Sept.    4, 1911; served 21 years.
•William   Raynor    Jan. 26. 1887; 18 years
who knew him, ae well as with those who knew him personally. A good man has gone to his reward.—Eagle.
I xpeech of thanks for the gofid ft'lloH'- ship shown by hia friends,   the   Mayor
i asked that his litle he submerged in the inlet while he visited the club.
i Thu'Mayor spent pari of the after¬ noon fishing, but he caught nothing. He grew tired of feeding his bait to something that takes il off my hook,'
DEPOSIT ON .METERS.
  At the last meeting of   the   Village
Jacob Smith, Jan., 1910; 16 years. ' Board of Trustees compfaint was made «nd he devoted the rest of the time to Nelson H. Smith, May 9, 1901. by a new consumer because Iw?-wa8 re- conversation with .he members who David Whaley, April, 1878; 4 years, quired lo pay a deposit of $6 when re- care nothing for fishing or shooting, Charles B. Raynor, April 29,   1910; j ceiving   permission   to   use    electric   but who go down to the club for a real
Power Plant
36 years. , lighling.      He   thought   the    village
Samuel S. Jones. J ought to investigate credit   references
William   Foreman,   Sept. 26,   1896; 1 offered and not take his  cash  without 14 years. question. *
Charles   E.   Helland. Dec. 26, 1912; !     It would be a rather difficult   propo
sition for the Board to do this,    inves¬ tigating every new customer's   credit; and the same rule is   in   force  hj   the Chauncy T. Sprague, May  4,   1904;   private gas company.
It might, however, be provided, that this amount should be refunded when a certain sum has been paid to the vill¬ age, or the light used by the consumer for a certain number of years. As the man remarked, it seems too bad to have to leave   Freeport   to   get   vour
rest from all kinds of and worries. — Eagle.
business   cares
E.   Helland. Dec. 26. 1912; 29 years.
Charles L. Wallace. May 81, 1913. Fred Blackenhorn, 7 years.
190ii;
16 years
Charles W. Bedell,  April 14, 8 years. "^
George H  Cooper, Oet.   5,   1908; years. !    Ira  H.   Baker.   April   12,   1913; Al khe regular meeting of  the  Ml-^ years.
Mitchell W. Smitli, March 29, 1909;  money back. 4 monlhs. >
Edwin   C.   Soper,   June 26, 1901; 7       The best time to   cure  a   cough   is years. ; when it   first   starts.    See   Smith   &
i Bedell's adv. (Continued on page 5) A(lrsrt»»«i»MiL
Submits Building Sites
. At the lasl meeting of the Village Board of TruslCfS a communication was rectived fiom Trubenback Realty & Construction Co., suDmitting loathe Board for approval two ailea for a pro¬ posed municipal hall.
Tho first of these was the property of J...M. Hewlett on the west side of Church Street, all or part of 160 feet, at ?3nO pur fofit. '
The other wi.s tbt property of Fred¬ erick Joerison, n^rth Main .Stree' about 850 feel north of Brooklvn Ave., 65x170 feet, for $8,o00.
The communication was received and onlered filed without any action being taken.
as been sUKgested that the Free¬ purt    Baseball    ('Jub    celebrate    their many victories and a iiiofrt satisfactory ' corning j reason, by a dinner tome time in Nov- 'No,    It I ember.     Arthur Cook, the   coach,   de¬ serves   much  credit for tbe   able   way in whicii he bas handled the club. A JOLLY MASCOT. I'erbajis Freeport's   suv,'ess   al   the ball games la somewhat    ilue   to   their ever present mascot, Phillip Colyer, lo whom the   following   lines   are   dedi¬ cated :
THE JOLLY CRIPPLf:. There was a jolly cripple Wbo lived in Freeport town. Was jolly nol a little, Hih spirits never down. Hia lower limbs liad gone fo smash. His eyes made up with merry flash. He Ib.r.'^ws thi- ball aiiu vr lulus tae bai. But cannot run the bases ; So situ with crippled lirnbs format— And <'beerH when Ed or Sojie or Will Whangs out a hit; That's Jolly Phill. I wonder why so many Who live in F'reeport town Are s'-ldom jolly any More often wrtn- a frown; Whose limbs are ever at their will And cannot smile like Jolly Phill. No auto hus our Phillip Scant purse to pay bis way. .So hurse has he to ppur up; Goes miles lo fcee the play. If I ani sad, thi'  cripple ai-e. Then Jolly Phill makei. jolly me.
The Farmer Poet.
WeeklyWeatherReport
Friday, Oct, 8--aie»vy rain and thunder shower at G o'clock last night). Clear tlii.'i morning and nol very cold. Began lo blow quite hart! al noon. Clear and c*joler in the afternoon.
Saturday—Clear and cjol.
Sunday—Same as Saturday.
Monday—Overcast and warm.
Tuesday—Overcast.
Wednesday—Overcast and rainy all day.
Thursday-Still overcast.