THE NASSAU POST: FREEPORT, N.Y , THURSDAY, OCTOBER 22, 1914
JOHN M. SIMPSON
Expert Mischinlst
Enpiie Installing and Re-
pairing. Marine Work a
Specialty
Laws Mowers, Skears, Sick-
les Greund, Bicjles, Locks,
Enfines Repared
Maia St. Htai at Frtefert RiTcr
Telephone
Long Uland Railroad Time Table
(Effective Sept. 9th, 1914)
Leave Merrick for Ne^ York, Penn- eylvania Station, Brooklyn and inter¬ mediate etatlons, weekdays, 5.16, 5.52 6 38, 6.56, 7.18, 7.28, 8.13, 8.56, 10.12 A. M.; 13.22, 3.13, 4.05, 5.33, 6.43, 9.23, 10.39 P. M.; fkl.56 A. M.; Sundays, 6.48, 9.11 A. M.; 12.04, 2.49, 4.28, 5.33, 7.06, 8.38, 9.42, 10.50 P. M.
Leave Freeport for New York, Penn- Bylvanla SUtlon, and Brooklyn, week¬ day*, 5.20, 5.56, 6.42, 7.00, 7.22, 7.47, 8.00, 8.17, 9.00, 9.45, 10.17 A. M.; 12.27, 1.40, 3.19, 4.09, 5.00, 5.38, 6.47, 9.27, 10.43 P. M.. 1.59 A. M. Sundays, 6.51, 9.15 A. M.;'12.08, 2.53, 4.32, 5.37, 7.10, 7.50, 8.42, 9.46, 10.54 P. M.
Trains leave Freeport for Amltyville Babylon, Patchogue and Intermediate Btatlons week-days, na4.44, 8.10, a9.22, 11.53 A. M.- 1.43, fla2,22, 2.44, a3.58. a4.59, fa5.32; a5.55, a6.19, 6.44, a7.06, 7.39, a8.03, a9.05, 11.21 P. M.; al.l7 A. M (to Patchoue Saturdays). Sun¬ days, 5.31, a9.20, alO.56 A. M.; 12.29, 2.27, 3.52, 6.17, a6.59, 7.21, a9.02, all.14 P. M.; 1.42 A. M.
Trains leave New York, Pennsyl¬ vania Station, for Freeport, Merrick and principal intermediate stations, na3.38, 7.06, a8.20, ILOO A. M.; 12.50, «al.32, 2.00, a3.00, a4.03, fa4.44, a5.00, a6.30, 5.54, a6.17, 6.45, a7.10, a8.08, 10.25, al2.30 (to Patchogue Satur¬ days), P M.; Sundays, 4.30, a8.24, alO.OO, 11.34 A. M.: 1.37, a2.58, 5.25, a6.02, 6.37, a8.08, alO.18, al2.35 P. M.
a—Traina run to Babylon only.
n—No Brooklyn connections.
8—Saturdays pnly.
f—Except Saturdays.
1—Except holidays.
t—Except Saturdays and holidays.
Trains leave Brooklyn, Flatbush Avenue Station, about the same time as those shown from New York, Penn- e^vania station. This time table sub¬ ject to change without notice.
A. G. Nock
Practical Lawn Mower Sharpner, Knives, and Scis¬ sors Ground and Sharpen¬ ed, Saws Filed and Tools Ground
All Kiadt Keyi Made& Locki Repaired
Residence
22 Colonial Ave Tel. 936 W
Office
25'/2 Pine St. Freeport
m
stop at
HENRY C. KRAMER'S
Hotel Nassau
Where you will meet your Friends
Clothes and The Man
In theie conventional days personal appearance is an im¬ portant (actor in business and in iocial life. Clothes are not everything but they are a decided help in creating that favorable impression.
"Freeport's Custom Tailor''
is a builder of just this sort of garment Material, fit and satisfaction are our guarantees
James Venditt
ToUphoiM. SS3-W
49 N. Maia St Frt«M>N.T.
JOHN ANDERSON, 86, IS A MANOF VIGOR
Father of Robert G. Anderson Has Had a Varied Career. Has Been a Soldier, Miner, Caravan Driver, and Scout. He Has Led a Life of Ad¬ venture in Many Lands.
There are few jwoplo alive today who have lived the active, rugged life that Captain John Anderson of South Grove street, father of Robert G. An¬ derson, village postmaster, has lived. He has been soldier and minor, cara¬ van driver for the Government and scout, and to look at the flne old man walking through the village streets with the aid of a cane, no one would suspect it. He Is mild and gentle, nothing at all like one would expect to flnd a miner who has dug for gold. But at 86 years of age he is a man of vigor and Interest, for all his hard knocks. .^'^
He eitSited upon life a poor hoy and he has made money, has pur¬ chased property, has sold it again and ia wealthy in securities. He is the usual result of the boy without pa¬ rents who strikes out for himself with a determination to succeed—a suc¬ cess. He has been captain of the Fifth Massachusetts Cavalry, has been wounded—slightly, he calls it— and was In active service when peace was declared. He fought at Peters¬ burg and himself often acted in the capacity of scout. He has fought In¬ dians as a miner, and has ridden across the continent behlnS a team of mules.
Captain John Anderson was born in Old Williamsburg, January 29, 1828, the son of John Ireland, who hailed from Ireland. His parents died when he was 10 years old, and he went to live with an Isaac DeMott at Rock¬ ville Centre. His two brothers went elsewhere to live and shift for them¬ selves. He attended school at the Centre and later worked on the' old Miller farm until he attaned the age of 20. At this critical period he was seized with "wanderlust," when he went back to Brooklyn to work in a clothing store. After three years he half "hiked," half rode to Pittsburg, from there working his way by boat to Fort Leavenworth.
It was here that he was engaged by the Government to drive a toam of mules across the Plains into Oregon, where he arrived "broke." His was one of a numtier of prairie schooners that made the trip, carrying impor¬ tant packages. They encountered no bandits, that time. He then set out from Oregon to California, via cara¬ van, leaving on May 1, 1852, arriving in August at Salt Lake City, U;.ah. He remained there until winter had come and passed, when he continued the trip and quit the job.
He stopped at Meriposa, where he propected for gold. He struck it rich ou his flrst occasion, hut being a young man without responsibility and no one to account for, spent the re¬ sults of his pnd quickly. At Hungary Mountains,'Cal., he was often called upon to flght with bamls of Indians, the latter sometimes attacking the whites and the latter reversing the order, because the red men insisted on remaining too close. It was un¬ comfortable during sleeping hours. The Indians were finally put to rout after a dozen or so of that camp were killed.
At Washington Territory Joljn An¬ derson purchased laud and diig for gold. He found small quantities, but he saved as much as he could and, with flve others decided to enter ». partnership and divide on each othors' discoveries. Thus life went on until 1862 when John Anderson staked his claim, which promised to be a rich one. At that time a number of Bos¬ ton people came on to Washington Territory. They had with them sev¬ eral papers of a date about a month previous. In them was an account of a call for soldiers, made by President Lincoln.
The men of the camp talked about nothing else but the war— the flrst they heard of it— and of the flve partners in the Anderson camp four sided with the cause of the North. At this time it was apparent that the claim, while not b»*^:ktf|^ not a rich one, and the eoldier pf fortune decided to exchange this life for that of sol¬ diers of their country. Under a Mr. Adams, who waa made ca%taln, four companies were organized, and John Anderson, big tall, powerful, was made flrst sergeant.
"Every one appealed to, threw down his tools and volunteered," eaid tbe gentle old man, reminiscently.
Mounted on pack mules, the sol¬ diers, erstwhile miners, started off tb war. They w«nt directly to Portland, .pre., where Company L was massed into a battalion. Tbey went East to Boston, where tbey Joined two more battalions, and John Anderson re¬ mained flrst Mrgeant Ue waa press¬
ed into service at onc^, and engaged in many skirmishes. He was often employed as scout, and was shot in the back by a rebel foe. For deeds of valor as scout and soldier In skir¬ mishes he was within ten months pro¬ moted to the flrst lieutenancy of the Massachusetts Fifth Cavalry.
Anderson fought at Petersburg; was shot and wounded again, but re¬ mained in the battle. He was on the same day pricked with a bayonet, but the lieutenant was too quick, and tto rebel went into eternity. He was re¬ cognized for this day's work, and when mustered out, shortly after, was promoted to the captaincy of th^ same company. After a trip dowiT South to recover his health, he gave up the Idea of mining, and returned to Rock¬ ville Centre. Here he married Georgi¬ ana Mott, daughter of George Mott, at Freeport. Here he has always lived, and the couple have had four child-^ ren— Robert G., postmaster and pro¬ minent in Republican politics, and three daughters, Mrs. C. C. Smith of Merrick, Mrs. James H. Kelsey of Boston and Miss Nellie, assistant to the postmaster.
Some years ago he conducted a mill¬ ing business on Anderson's Farm, Merrick, but retired many years ago. He has held t"he political position of f'ounty Superintendent of the Poor, but left politics on the advice of his wife. He now is seen at times, call¬ ing on his friends on Railroad avenue, and those who know him well, or think they do, believe him to have lived the quiet, prosaic community life, without thrill or sensation; but Captain John Anderson has lived— Lived, with a capital "L".
FREE ACCESS TO LIBRARY
Amendment to State Law Permits
What Local School H&s
Allowed Already
Here is something of interest re¬ garding free school libraries. A hasty visit to our High School library gave quite a favorable impression of its sfope and selection, and any resident of the village has free access to it as cited below. Of course we do not mean to Infer but what this would have been the case, law or no law, but we all feel better when we know our action is fully approved by all the laws and customs of the State where¬ in -we live.
Sherman Williams, chief of the school libraries division of the Uni¬ versity of the State, says:
"The amendment to the law govern¬ ing the use of school libraries, that was enacted last" winter, provides that school libraries shall be open for the tree use of all the residents of the dis¬ tricts, thus for the flrst time in the liistory of the State, giving to every resident of the State the free use of some library. This in no way con¬ flicts with the "operation of the free public libraries. In every rural com¬ munity the school trustees may, by expending a small sum occasionally, which sum the State will duplicate, have in each district a library that will not only meet the needs of the pupils, but also furnish a fair amount of good reading for all the residents. This furnishes an opportunity that ought to be taken advantage of by every district."
PEHIT AND HEDGES OPEN UP
Add Freeport Store to Chain of Six Model Salesrooms
As will be seen by their advertise¬ ment in another column, Pettit & IIed>;es have their new store ready for business at 28 West Merrick Road. They offer a free sample to any one presenting the advertisement, as cut from the Nassau Post.
Mr. Pettit Is from Huntington, the son of A. S. Pettit. Mr. Hedges is a resident of Patchogue. These young men now have seven stores on Loue Island, one at Amltyville, Islip, Pat¬ chogue, East Hampton and Northport, and Freeport. The flrst. one was started about four j-ears ago at* Hunt¬ ington. They are backed by sufllclent capital to maintain these stores to good advantage and buy advantage¬ ously. The Post congratulates the flrm on securing R. W. Talbot as man¬ ager. He has experience and goes about his business with a certainty and' sincerity tliat will win friends and success.
Raynor Sea Food Service B. Riley Raynor has his sea food store at Wet.t Merrick road ready for business. The best oysters that he con procure, all sorts of seafood and a little comer where you can get a real clam chowder, cooked by Mrs. Raynor herself. Cod, snappers, fluke and flounders were in the ice-box, say¬ ing nothing of a barrel ot fresh oys¬ ters. They wyi serve not only fine clam chowder but flsh cakes, oyster fry, oysters on half shell, scallops and bacmi, and everything In aeason in tixia Une.
Raympnd's Clothing
SWAGGER GARMENTS for the
"Yungfelo"
Suits, $12.50 to $35
Fall Top Coats, $10 to $25 BALMACAANS
Fall and winter weights,
$10.75 to $25. The "PATRICK" and
The "RAYMOND"
Mackinaws, $5 to $12 Norfolk and Coat Styles.
COAT SWEATERS
For men and women, $3 to $8.50. HUNTING SUITS
Of Corduroy, Moleskin and
Khaki.
Outfitting of Football and
Basketball teams.
CONSERVATIVE MODELS for the
Older Man
WINTER OVERCOATS
Chesterfields Kersey, Vi¬ cuna and Chinchilla, $ 12.50 to $45. GREAT COATS
Chinchilla, Shetlands and
rough Scotch Tweeds,
$12.50 to $30.
Ulsters, Mackinaw, Frieze
and Chinchilla, $13.50 to
$30.
Fur Auto Coats, $25 to
$175.
Fur-lined Coats, $25 to
$250.
Rain Coats, $5 to $25
Special
An extraordinary bargain in Overcoats, Tweed* and Chevioli, $10 Formerly $18 to $22.
A. Raymond & Co.
Men's Outfitters
57 Yeara on (he Same Spot and Still There
J. M. Raymond, Proprietor
Nassau & Fulton Sts., New York
The Parson Marble and Granite Works
SMITH & SPRAGUE, Proprietors
Designers and Builders of High Class Memorials. All Kinds of Cemetery Work, Lettering a Specialty . . . .
Estimates and Designs Cheerfully Furnished
YARD OPPOSITE GREENFIELD CEMETERY Telephone, 158-W HEMPSTEAD, L. I.
Education Is The Best Investment
Commercial Education is the Most Rapidly Acquired and Pays the Biggest Dividends
1859
1914
Browne's Business College
Flatbush and Lafayette Avenues, Brooklyn, N. Y.
TELEPHONE, MAIN 1356 One Block From Long Uland Railroad Depot
WE HAVE NO BRANCH SCHOOLS ANYWHERE DAY AND EVENING SESSION
Bookkeeping, Stenography, Typewriting,
Stenotypy, Telegraphy, Wireless,
Preparatory and Private"
Secretarial Courses
Ticket blanks furnished Long Island students, secur> ing railroad rates lower than commutation
Individual Instruction. Graduates Placed. Open All Summer. Begin Now
Write for Illustrated Catalog
Telephone 588-J
Thomas W. Abrams
Pleasant Avenue Roosevelt
Moving Vans and General Contracting
Cesspools and Toilets Cleaned
The Baldwin Motor
FOR USE IN OYSTER FISHING BOATS, PLEASURE YACHTS AND LAUNCHES
A Marvel of
Lightness
Simplicity and
Poweif
Water Jacketed
Heads Protecting the
leniter
Best Gray Cast
Iron Phosphor Bronz
Connecting Rods and Main Shaft Bearings
Droped Forged Steel Cranks
Feeling Fit — Fashionable
8-12-1B h. p. Marine Engines
Baldwin Motor Works
D. H. BEDELL, Proprietor
Atlantic Ave. FREEPORT, L. I. Phon« 238-W
Edward Smith Martin F. Murphy
SBOTH & MURPHY
PRACTICAL PLUMBERS AND GASFITTERS
Hot Air, Steam and Water Heaters, Tin, C<H>per, Iron Work
15 BedeU St, Freeport, L. L
T*bl»lioM 366
IS A SOURCE OF MUCH SATISFAC¬ TION,—It is our business ' is
to, and we can
possible.
New
Winter
Ladies'
Ceats
Fall
make t
and
Styles in
Sample
and
Wraps
$10. Coats (or $3.98 np $7 and $8 Dresses $3.98 up
Ladies' Miulin Petticoats
Regular .79—Special .43 Ladies' Muslin Nightgowns
Regular . 79—Special .43 Boys' Knee Pants
Regulai .39—Special .23 Boys' Knee Pants
Regular . 73—Special .4$
Ralph Samet
13-15 RuJrwui Ave.
FREEPORT
