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Home First | + * ~TBH WOBLP # 4 ^ AFTBBWABDS THE EIGHTH YEAR, No. 323 * ASM' CHAPPAQUA, N. Y.;M IMPROVEMENTS ON THE CENTRAL BOTTLES OF OLD VINTAGE Grade Crossings to . be Eliminated—Buys Land at Kingsbridge. The improvements to be made by the New York Central and Hudson Ri|er Railroad Company to its lines r through The Bronx will result in the elimination of grade crossings not only on its .west side tracks from Heights north, but also on the Ppifc 'Morris branch of the Harlem and the company's chief is now preparing plans for R ^Jatter. ^K^.5?iile, from .a railroad point of fei-view^the,elimination of these latter f^jj? grade crossings ds not so urgent as The famous \good cheer\ and hospi tality of the historic Van Cortlandt mansion are recalled by three old and large green bottles now on exhibition in the manor house and whioh were un earthed recently by a gang of laborers at i$ork in the park surrounding the dwelling. They bear the seal of Fred erick Van Cortlandt and the date of 1765. Ignorant of their historic value the laborers broke all but three of them, whioh were secured and saved by the Colonial Dames of the State of New York. Tne \good cheer\ brewed at the mansion, which was a liquor of rare quality, according to historians, was kept in bottles like those unearthed by the laborers and where they had been placed probably by the lord of the manor to age. This is the second lot of bottles that have been discovered secreted about the grounds, and it is believed that tnere are still others. In 1869 Nicholas Berges, a Dutch miller, who operated the old grist mill, built in the seventeenth cen tury by one of the Van Cortlandt family, found it necessary to make changes in the water power of tbe mill owing to the increase of business. Having ob tained permission from Augustus Van Cortlandt to enlarge the sluiceway lead ing to the wheel, so as to obtain more power, the heavy stonework adjacent to the wheel was removed and a large stone chamber hitherto forgotten was disclosed. It contained about filty demijohns and bottles, similar to those discovered last week, but inBtead of the seal bore the private mark, \F. V. C, 1765.\ They were plainly hand-made. These were distributed among the relatives and friends of the family, and many are still treasured as hirelooms in the homes of old Westchester County families. The wine cellar of the mansion jwas located Lu|aa!er:^^daB^er;n. corner-of ..the house, Cortlandt hams were also far?fj|ll The pork was raised and fattehefqff the place, and the Immense bams^3^ the main dish on state oooasions. s'Tiw were cured with a great deal ofi$i T „, whioh tended to increase the tbirst^^ the famous Van Cortlandt Madeira^aj^ \good cheer.\ Empty bottles seem to have ± very numerous about the housef che only time on record when^a^j^jflg bottle was discovered was •.-tat twenty-five years ago, when theapwl of tbe brick oven in the kttcWn|wj removed and there hidden awayML crevice were several bottles of-metfc glin, so incrusted with ashes ?yjjg& t heat that they were hardly recogiiaap and it was necessary to break' theSb^ of the bottles in order to reach theico; tents. ?3 §j| It is believed- that they had Met stolen by the servants, hidden^^wa and forgotten.' Ono -of the -Tmo |ipf if resting rooms in the house %s|| Washington Boom, which is uh6hirf«| since the time when the Hessiau$» mandant of the Green Yagers occ it, and Gen. Washington madeTlit headquarters just before his trjumi entry into New York on EyacuatL Day, 1783; .The deep ,wiuddj $j |f sere suggestive of comfort; ^and^ andirons, which have a hirtory/bj $f own, speak of huge logs, mqljted^.. rosy-cheeked apples and hickorypufss It was in this room that ^thd^b)^ (Dapt. Bo we expired in the atms\^^^* bride-elect, and his ghost is^saiHl haunt it on the anniversary-of Capt. Bowe, who comman \ ''\ ? t: schanck Yagers, was in making a daily tour from 'Kin#||JB|| round by the Bronx River ; for t^he^S pose of reconnoitering. ' He'^vvjgl^ last tour of duty, having resjgn^p position for the purpose off' Elizabeth Fowler of Harlem^:^ was passing along the road with^ pany of dragoons.he was su<|c$u On by three Americans guard of Capt; Pray's companyl He $$||§f& the Van Cortland house, acLdfat mortally wounded. 1 publfeh^dli^ |||^tJifeY-22, 1903 BOATS l&zfer Motor Co., with &. _&Mrs capital, is now rqsb slrip building I^^Kfef ^e first! \m& feet. Within a year it is antid^.a.ucw , H that a foundry and machiriP shop will be completed, when a. iie^v departure:w4U-be ;made,\ a ^d ^hiulls of 8teel%pll lie a < special l0^ure«: These will range in length from 75 „, . rir j t(|250 feet, and will be equipped | pm0t^^^ with the Lozier motor. IThe. Xozier people are very :a6xipus to have an appr( passed at the present session igress for ^dredging and: de< „ „. _^i^stiper^fei6n/,of ^^feaSitect/ boi$m, ^^^^affi^^e^m% ^A^i^h^coas^ \ ^mtmresent^engaged m con- ifor^yellbwtpine.timper and andptnS^mai^rial,' (h& de- Sm^bn^iall be commenced In&ommjg ^eek. Home fsmmp:* work^ and a j^^iajioii f<^;tn^^le^|EiUs| I I He'bas^|>r6mi#^^ | ISB&mSm M&gfMr&^e, and in the vicinity of. Mntm if * , _ , J .Joiner .weu-iuiuwu IUI mB^ :Bndge rd \ E ' 2 ^° fch Sfc \ Broad -j Madeiya in profusion, but ^^ay, :< Corlears st., Tibbet ave., ^T. I the '*good cheer\ contain* ^^;%aj^b.r^ght^em- tobk;thif plade 11 pf thisfprin^itiye practiced Then the. well- | stored vaults held Blackbnrne, March and Benson, Page, Convent White, and other .well-known importations of over all these^ the \good cheer\ contained in the green hotties-and-bearing the- Van Cortlandt profuse in their praises of their host's j (a |. £ o'clock \good cheer,\-and so pleased were tbey with their entertainment that on their return to' New York they sent to Augus tus Van Cottlaudt the huge teakwood vultures that surmounted for many years surmounted the old gateway fac ing the stabJes. These vultures, of-grotesque form and I^SOth st., and W. 227th st. have, been ^Srovedby the city. . - ' f^held undisputed rank fefS, „, . , ., Such'was the verdict of Gens. Wash- ||^he company is to save the city ington and RochambeaUt who dined ^harmless against any legal liability to with ^Augustus Van Cortlandt at the * I Shy property owner which may arise mansion on July 28, 1781, after having ^p$by reason Of or be created by Contract* reconnoitered ihe woods on the north- ^tbetween the railroad company and any \ n n part *f M«J*ttaii island. Later r,^.--'y : c . William Henry Duke, of Clarence, after- property owner. ward KinK wmiam ^ IVf din ed at the In order to carry out its plan of mansion with Bear Admiral Robert Straightening its tracks by doing Djgby of the-British Navy. Tbey were •way with the big horseshoe curve at Kingsbridge, the New York Central and Hudson River Railroad Company has\ made -another large purchase of land at'Spuyteri Duyvil. i This latest purchase includes prac- siti-rf'. ,tically the whole waterfront at Spuy- p|p v ,-ten Duyvil, which comprises several truly heraldic design, have a history, ^ti; \acres. The deal Was made through They were part of the spoils taken from Richard Alexander. ^\ *'\* 'The new route when completed will eliminate eight grade crossings, and will save something like five minutes in tbe running time. This straight line road will be along the - line of the Harlem river, from Kings- guests at the old mansion, the walls of bridge rd., to Spuyten Duyvil rd., at have resounded witb the laughter 2l3th St., and will lessen the curve by «* many famous British and American 109 degrees. patriots, when the uncovering of the Ss* The company, in making its plans, brilliant mahogany and the toast of estimated that the cost Of the change \Absent Friends and Sweethearts\ wa3 WOUld come to $437,850, but that the signal for a merry bout; when con- eventually more than $200,000 would vivial son g added t0 the cbarm of tBe be saved by the returns from the pre- occasion, and \flinching\ was not ai- sent road bed and other improvements lowed. A story is told of a deserter which will be made. seeking to esoape -the \glass too much,\ -Besides the improvements in The broke honi the festive hail, cleared the Bronx many important changes are to front ste P 8 a * a bound, followed down be made down town, including the en- tne lane DT tne ^ nole company in hot largement of its terminal yards, a pntsuit, and to the cry of \View portion of Park ave. to be carried halloo I\ with one brave leap cleared the over the tracks by a viaduct, and the flve-barred gate. company is to bear the expense, in Lobster salad was an especial dish at excess of $600,000, of the bridges the Van Cortlandt bouse for generations and viaducts from 45th to 56th Sts. aQd its Peculiar excellence lay in the It is understood that any restrictive ' act * hat the lobsters caught in Long legislation in regard to motive power Island Sound daily were bled to death, is to apply Only to the use of Steam in A puncture was made in the neck, and the tunnel and the terminals at and the lobster was then hung for several near the Grand Central Station. bours before being cooked. The Van the^spnng^Engineers^exr able *to 'ma^^psijaVe;^^^^ bftwhat wiiiSe .doneiin^fejpKeJ It is claimed that the deia#ii$tli the high price of materials-andgal (When the road is • completedjlll^l probably connect with theTolrTO^® system.— Mattaewan Jourriw9f Local News Items 0. P. Barnes 13 acting. as:clerk Pleasantville* grocery. Mr. Lemuel Washburne died%^k 'residence on Thursday. His'funer' |»will be held tsn Sunday,. Jan' \ >iiiiinSiies wilTBe placid ^^^^taivery and on West- ^e^|eek and regular trips will ^pad^tfrom Bowne's wharf, ^^ft|ester,-and from Cox's boat K||6#bf E.-Sixth st., Ujjion- ^p3pgular trips will also be |^o|^pUege Point, Port Morris pjj&ibjy along the Harlem feLozier Company has had a aenominal past and has an ex- S^Bapely^Jbright future. Theyorigin- P&y|ppened a moderate sized boat g|f li$t Toledo, Ohio. Then they ^^$475,000 in buying water fi|)ntage- and erecting a mammoth Ii|S||at Plattbburgh; Lake Cham U^^V.. Nothing over 50 feet in ieg^h can be built at either of the ^°^lants>and it is for the pur- a Spanish' privateer during the Revolu tionary War,- and were considered even then-In the light of curiosities. Tbey have'been given to tbe Colonial Dames, and may be seen in the front hall. Men prominent in tbe civil and military life of the day were frequent Proceedings have teen insti the Supreme Court by New Ydtt|| to condemn land in the towns of Har|, rison, North Castle, Mount BleasaSL Bedford and New Castle. TheHtej^ jfpfepf -building larger boats and tory described is intended- to-'^|j^||p |i^ Tthat the works on West- quired for the purpose of protei^^ Sift* creek are now being erected. New York's water supply in^W^tere-it is their purpose to build county. l^lfBhtsof from 50 feet upwards ^1®:^ a number of contracts ar< SI' ^^waiting the completion of the MSvForks. They call for boats if&bg-in length from 16 to 100 when^co^|>|i^f^^^e :thS||pSgf|^S^ land.^ests^rstrac^^^ '\iem+Railroad -tli k :.of;'d^a|)^^^^^^ mors thatrthe ]^;w^t,i^oii||^^p^^« tracked to < Brewsfcer.^jif/;?^^^^^ {Recorder. ' run |^S^j^l6^lf^^|I0 a a v^M^v^t^t^f^Urk^iMo^ie Seaboard^FloirJdaiLimlted. \This^spleh- did« train wenf into service on \January.. 12tn. \since \whlph v time 'its'pafesengHrs have come'jauntily from their ^oom? in the St. Augustine hotels to g^eet the later arrivals by. other trains. It is not strange that this train is so regularly.the winner in the competition; for the Seaboard Air Line Bail way ip in fact the shortest and straightest way to the South, and Us'trains do not have to (make the fastest time in order to arrive first. A fine roadbed, the shortest line, ;and a perfect train naturally result in (getting there first. The Seaboard Florida Limited is com posed exclusively of the most modern 'Pullmans. It runs every day in the week 'from New York to St. Augustine, stop ping only at principal points on the Sea board Air Line, which is represented In INew York by J. L. Adams, General East- nn „A„„i. A* *i.„.*uiiw ,w-ti i.^ ern Agent, 1183 Broadway, and in Boston *y ears Conductor of thet^lkttojlias, by Cnas. L . Longsdorf, New England ireceived< merited J promotion *to r?the 'Passenger Agent, 306 Washington iStreet. Hn Place df -Bdtiai«^ii3 StephenlC/Blackman,\ibr'i;he;^alJ?^^^^^^^ ithirtti-three.years a faitMcd^pj^ic. of the Harlem: road and ^for \>sev«rat\ On the evening of Thursday; ;Janp uary 22, in the east room of tne^WaB dorf-Astoria, May Isabel\Pisk , 5 ;i ^^SI well-known writer and ' monologiBt| gave her original monologue, '-S^p^^U. Pudding,\ for the benefitof the-E|^ ^^al Estate Transfers • Air Fund of Chappaqua, N. Y. A^sfs Mary A. Neilson owns a House ^ ^ : NEW CASTLE. Chappaqua which she permits IiH( Fresh Air Fund to make use t)f. icS^^hy.iSadie W. to Wm. E. managers of thefundestablish th^r&|^^ewellin,'rd fr Geo. Hunt's a corps of nurses, 'Whose duties, are^^^re to Mose Hutchinson, care for-weak and sickly Ghildren^of# felMs:^423^F5 the metropolis, who are every summer. Old Violins. The old time viol was the first Instru* ment of its kind and furnished the plan f for the modern violin, which, however, Is 700 years old. It is said that Charles II. introduced it into England. One of the finest makers of violins was Stradivarius of Cremona, who'existed! in the early part of the eighteenth cen tury. -Violins made by him are worth thousands of dollars now and are high ly esteemed by collectors and perform- Jpassenger service. He is' ntfwWIiiie • IChatham :and'North 1 Adams repress... •run, the besfcon the•roadj.ond.wilfcrcK (move to Chatham in/April. setit^r1 ! Ifiwellin, Wm. E, to TheWash- ^'^flrh^upply Co., same Archbishop Farley has annoua[c||- ^^son,. James E. to Geo. A. the changes: The Rev.-Dr. Corrie^^^tt;>5mith»ve,ss,Mt. Kis- V. Mahoney, rector of St.»M ||fjif ^^^Tz222, Church, Wappinger*s Falls, tollft ^K^ , - - - • ' ^SSlMankleeck,^ Geo. to John H. ^Miner, Lexington ave. es, Augustine's Church, Ossining r to ceed the late Bev. ^^f^^^^^^^oi MtKisco; who was also Chaplain of Swrf^^^^ Prison. 325 A Word About Typewriters There are many owners of typlwriter who do not realize jnsc how badly their own machines are working because the deteriation in their work is so gradual. Unfortunately most people are not a ware that they are injuring all the parts by this neglect. Perhaps some of this de lay, too, is due to the effort and trouble which tbe taking of the machine to the factory entails, with its attendant delay and tbe non-use of the machine. All 'of 3his is now easily obviated by sending a postal card to J. J. Boyer, 265 Broad way, who calls-on you with a kit of tools and does the work on the premises. The New Time Table. ™ After spending nearly two year^g^ u ^ excavating, filling in r acquiring ;nfcfs^ lands and putting in miles ofr.yard^ tracks and sidmgs r we learn tha^Br^w* Uter will not do as a railroad terminus and that all the trams'now'iield^it Brewster will go on to Pawling* Others have it that two trains now putting up at Brewster will ^bemovedon^q Pawling, and two now stopping helbw Brewster will be continued to this station, one of them leaving for New York at9:30 p.m. More^thaniik^ly every train to and from Brewster, both north and south, would help trade. Another report has it that the so /--ifes i5s type printing machines in this office. I PaWlirtff.iiinf.ajul 3nf ^Brfewster tne uTSt In order to be a gentleman many a man has to forget himself.—Saturday Evening Post » , Two are company until they're mad* one.—Baltimore American. Pawling instead ibf IBrewster the first stop.— Brewster Standard. Hs who is i alse to W^i^V^TO^aJu. a thread to- -the.loomr«ni^ml Hw^^jp defect ^ when the Weaving* obm ^Ufetlm ^g^ g lauhrolled. ^
