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TWO THE E A S T H A M P T O N S T A R , T H U R S D A Y , O C T O B E R 20. 1938 Looking Them Over The MARCH OF TIME ISO. 0 . I . PAT. 077. Prepared by the Editors o f TIME The Weekly Newsmagazine THF SIAR Published E v e r y T h u r s d a y M ain Street E. H. 477 Entered at the Post O ffice at East H a m p ton, N. Y ., as second-class m a tter Subscription Rale A Y e a r , in A d v a n c e . ............... $2.50 S ingle C o p ies ............. . .................... 5c Editor A r n o l d E . R a t t r a y Associate Editor J e a n n e t t e R a t t r a y The East H a m p ton Star does not k n o w in g ly accept false or fraudulent advertising or other advertising o f an objection a b le nature. Readers w ill con fer a fa v o r b y prom p tly report ing any failure on the part o f an ad vertiser to m a k e good any represen tation contained in the East H a m p ton Star. Letters from Readers o f The Star T h e Star w e lcom e s letters for publication from all responsible per sons, w h o m a y feel free to express their view s on pu b lic matters, but reserves the right to reject letters w h o lly or in part. T h e Star cannot assure the publication o f lengthy letters. C o m m u n ications m u st bear the nam e and address o f the w r iter, w h ich w ill be w ith h e ld if the w r it e r so desires. A Wonderful Spirit O f Co-operation The successful affair staged b y the C iv ic C lub o f East H a m p ton last evening fo r the clu b ’s first annual T a lk o f the T o w n D inner D a n ce m a r k s a new era o f frien d ly co-op - eration betw e e n the local places o f business here and those responsible for the affair have every reason to take pride in this good w o r k . There w e r e nearly one hundred at last night’s party at the O a k s Inn and both clu b m e m b e r s and their friends w e r e outspoken in proclaim in g the dinner dance one o f the finest so cial gatherings ever given in East Ham p ton. It w a s the aim o f Frederick Y a r - dley, president o f the C iv ic Club, and those assisting him to have the local m e rchants jo in in givin g a party w h e r e m inor business g r iev ances w o u ld be forgotten and those in business w o u ld com e aw a y from the party feelin g that h e had be com e better acquainted w ith ' his com p e titor, and had found that he w a s n ’t such a bad fe ll o w after all. W ithout question the C iv ic C lub’s .T a lk o f the T o w n cam p a ign w ith w e e k ly aw a r d s o f $25 has been the m o s t successful cam p a ign ever undertaken in East H a m p ton. • Last night's affair clearly dem o n strates that the C iv ic C lub has accom p lished a great w o r k in brin g in g together our East H a m p ton m e rchants, w h o are n o w w o r k in g hand in hand for the business betterm e n t o f East Ham p ton. W ith co-op e r a tion East Ham p ton w ill go f a r and the m o n th* to com e w ill p r o v e that fact. Prevention o f Fires Urged on the Public In m a n y sections w h e r e trees have been felled b y the recent hurricane, the w o o d s have been closed to hunt ers as a m e a n s o f forest fire preven tion. F}res raging in the A d iron - dacks last w e e k have caused a ban on hunting in som e sections o f N e w Y o r k State. H e re on eastern L o n g Island, foiia g e was prem a turely shriveled b y the terrible w ind o f Septem b e r 21, and the w o o d s co n stitute a fire m enace. It has been brought to T h e Star’s attention that not on ly are our w o o d s in a dangerous condition, w h e r e a stray cigarette m ight cause havoc, but right in the m idst o f the village there arc spots w h e r e trees are dow n on private property to such an e x tent that those places constitute a serious risk to neighboring proper ties. W e do not k n o w w h a t steps m ight be taken to urge ow n e r s o f such property to clean up their places, for their ow n sake and that o f others. But if the ow n e r s are not East H am p ton residents, and do not realize the danger, it seem s som e on e ’s duty to call attention to it. Editorial Comment Blow High, Blow Low CNew Y o r k H e rald T r ibu n e ] Are there any tw o hom e s in A m e r ica m o r e fam o u s than the cot tage in East H am p ton, L o n g Island, which is supposed to have inspired John H o w a r d P a y n e ’ s “ H om e , Sw e e t H o m e ,” and on e o f abou t the sama kind and date near H a v e r ill, Mass., that w a s the scene o f W h ittier’s ‘ ‘S n o w B o u n d ” ? T h e s e tw o seven teenth century hom e s teads, w ith their great oak fram e s, survive stoutly the tw o centuries, and w e have recently had in extrem e s of w ind and w e a ther o f m o re than L o n g Island and in N e w E n g land an exam p le o f w h a t force the form e r can attain. T h e s e old houses, m o r e over, prom ise to stand fo r genera tions m o r e , and w h e n tim e claim s their bones they w ill live on in the Am e r ican legend tow a r d w h ich they have m a d e such im p e r ishable con tributions o f sentim ent. The W h ittier farm is celebrating the 250th anniversary o f its com pletion b y Thom a s W h ittier, great- great-grandfather o f the poet. The house is sound, and the land about is still bein g tilled. T h e virtues that w e r e cultivated there f o r generations still receive at least sentim ental tribute. T h e rustic poem it inspired has been m u ch re-read in recent years b y am a teur country folk w a it in g b y steam radiators for the boys on the sn o w p low to step in fo r a hot toddy. It w ill be read for m a n y years b y all kinds and con d ition s o f m e n . A s fo r the W h ittier h o m e stead, “ W h a t m a tter h o w the night behaved? W h a t m a tter h o w the north w ind raved? B low high, b lo w lo w ” — the fifteen-inch beam s have been as solid as a rock since K in g P h ilip ’s W a r w a s a fresh m e m o r y . C o n g ratu lations and lon g life to them ! Quoting Briefly: “A bunch o f roses flung b y an ad m irer h it A d o lf H itler in the face, and it is said on ly a slow cou n t saved him from a knock o u t. H a d they been dahlias there is n o tellin g how seriously he m ight have been hurt.” — D A V E B O O N E in the N e w Y o r k Sun. ‘T h e en e m y o f the enterprise system is planned ecen o m y , just as the en e m y o f dem o c r a c y is authori tarian governm e n t.” — W I N T H R O P W . A L D R I C H o f the Chase N a tional B a n k , speak ing at N o r theastern U n iversity. “ T h is nation m u s t g o on e w a y or other. W e can n o t h a v e a d e m o cracy ex c e p t on a basis o f trust in the u n c o e r c e d character o f the citi zens, and w e cannot trust in the un coerced character o f the citizens over a lon g period o f tim e unless w e have good hom e s , schools and churches.” — DR. H A R R Y EM ERSO N F O S - D I C K , pastor o f the R iverside Church, N e w Y o r k . “I b e lieve if w e w a n t to stop H it ler, w e m u st k n o c k him off the block . H e has been given w h a t he w a n ted this tim e, but h e ’ll ask for m o r e .” — S E R G E A N T A L V I N C. Y O R K , d e scribed b y G e n e r a l John J. P e r s h ing as “ the greatest civilian soldier” in the W o r ld W a r. “ I t m u s t scare a sm a ll nation al m o s t to death these days to have any b ig nation offer to m a k e a treaty w ith it.” — H. I. P H I L L IP S , in the N e w Y o r k Sun. “ F o r his last year’s Christm a s card A lfred B a rton, o f the M iam i Su r f Club, had a d r a w in g o f h im self bein g b low n a w a y in a hurri cane. . . . N o w that h e ’ s m a n a g e r o f the w h o le resort out at M o n tauk, on L o n g Island, he plans to use the sam e plate this year . . . Says it’s ju s t as appropriate.” — LU C IU S BEEBE, in the N e w Y o r k H e rald Tribune. “ T h a t G e r m a n y w ill rem a in per m a n e n tly under the H itler regim e I d o not think either probable or pos sible. T o consider it so I should have to b e lieve that P rince M a x never lived, that there n e v e r w a s an A n ton Lang, that there w a s no Ebert, n o H indenburg, and that in thic country w e had n e v e r know n such G e r m a n s as C a rl Schurz and other great G e r m a n friends o f free dom and truth.” — J O H N A . H EFFERN AN , in the B r o o k lyn D a ily Eagle. “If H itler continues his charted course as advertised, sooner or later he m u st collide w ith Russia and per haps even w ith his ‘on ly frien d .’ It m ight p o s s ibly be that the salvation o f the dem o c r a c ies w ill be the tac tics o f the C h icago p o lice w h e n gang- hood w a s in flow e r, to let the m o b sters k ill each other off. It saved trouble and expense and ju ice for the electric chair. A n d it w a s m u ch m o re effectiv e than police interven tion in riddin g the w o r ld o f rats.” — H U G H S. JO H N S O N , in the N e w Y o r k W o r ld Telegram . “ T h e re’s been a lot o f talk about the courage o f baseball players un der fire, the iron n e r v e s o f grid stars, and so forth, lately, but all kind o f backbon e seem s pretty ru b bery w h e n you think o f T h e o d o r Cardinal Innitzer o f V ienna. T h e r e ’s a m a n to take off you r hat t o in these days o f com p r o m ises, w a b b les and surrenders!” — D A V E BOON E, in the N e w Y o r k H U R R IC A N E B O O K L E T S 25c. 32-page picture and new s sum m ary. P u b lished by East H a m p ton Star. W h a t p e r fectly gorgeou s w eather w e ’ v e been having, w e w h o live out in the cou n try; and h o w unbearably hot it’s been in N e w Y o r k , in fall clothes! W h ile the b a b y napped on T h u r s d a y afternoon, O c tober 13, I lay sunning m y s e lf on the back law n ju s t as if it had been July. This w e e k , n e w leafbuds are com in g out on the w in d -devastated trees; gar den flow e r s are bloom in g , and the grass has turned green again. O f course the frost m a y put an e n d to all that, an y night. B u t w h ile it lasts it is v e r y com fortin g after w h a t this section has been through. W e spent the w e e k -en d visiting relatives near Boston, goin g b y train; and it w a s odd to s e e ' just w h e r e the w o r s t o f the storm began and ended. A l l w a s bleak and brow n , on L o n g Island up to around Say- ville; then the w e s t end w a s bright w ith autum n leaves, it w a s like g o ing into another clim a te altogether. I d idn ’ t realize h o w m u c h w e w e r e m issing, passing straight from sum m e r into w in ter lik e that because of the storm , until those gorgeous leaves and the purple asters began again, u p tow a r d N e w Y o r k . In W e s t c h e s t e r it w a s the sam e; a few trees w e r e dow n , but the landscape hadn’t that burnt, blasted look . It began to turn b r o w n again past G r e e n w ich , Conn., until it reached the w o r s t in N e w L o n d o n . B e tw e e n the fire and flood and w ind, p o o r N e w L o n d o n is a terrible sight. W e fe lt as if w e hadn’t a right to talk about w h a t has h a p pened here. A t P r o v iden c e and W e s terly, R. I., w e heard tales o f desolation— fa r m o r e than w h a t has appeared in the papers; but not so m u c h cou ld be seen fro m the rail road tracks. It w a s fu n n y , in N e w Y o r k , w h e n w e m e n t ioned b e in g from East H a m p ton people’s eyes p o p p e d as if w e had resurrected or som e thing. T h e y w e r e surprised to find us w h o le. It is rather nice, too, to have a good m a n y letters fro m frien d s in places that did not suffer fro m the storm , in q u irin g if w e had survived and seem ing rather pleased that w e had. Y o u $ e v e r k n o w ! . . . O n e friend even cam e out fro m N e w Y o r k a w e e k or tw o ago to m a k e sure. W e had w o r r ied abou t a frien d in N e w L o n d o n , and sent her ou r H u r ricane M e m o r ial B o o k let a b o u t East H a m p ton; an d had a b o o k let b a c k from her, addressed in her ow n handw r iting, so w e k n o w she is safe. T h e N e w L o n d o n D a y published on O c tober 1 a b o o k let o f pictures of N e w L o n d o n ’s greatest disaster in the hurricane, flood and fire w h ich caused fo u r m illion dollars’ dam a g e . P h ilip Jam e s o f N e w Y o r k and A m a g a n s e tt w r ites us: “ W e are still n o t o v e r the great tragedy that has befallen East H a m p ton. T h e d a m age to ou r house is con s iderable but not a circum s tance to the loss o f those cen tu r y -old elm s .” D id y o u see in “ C h o lly K n ick e r b o c k e r ’s ” colu m n — “ T h e s e Fascinat in g L a d ies”— the other day, a thum b n a il sketch o f M rs. Ernest R ice o f N e w Y o r k and East H a m p ton, w ith h e r picture? It w a s very, v e r y nice, and I should think from w h a t w e have seen o f M rs. Rice d o w n here that it is true in every respect. M a u r y P a u l is n o t often so kind in his society w rite-ups. It con c lu d e s : “In the even t y o u ’re interested, she’s on e o f m y favorite people.” T h e r e is a v e r y n ice letter from M rs. Edith D. R o b inson on m y desk, dated O c tober 8. M rs. R o b in s o n says: “I see that you are goin g to w rite on the hurricane (gale( they called it then, I believe) o f 1815. Perhaps I am telling y o u old stuff, but if the v o lu m e ‘H istoric Storm s o f New* E n g land’ is in the L ibrary, there is an accou n t o f that storm in the book. A good m a n y years ago, for som e reason w h ich I fo r g e t n o w — e x c e p t that it w a s n ’t a hurricane— I studied up on that storm , and rem e m b e r that I sent to the B o s ton P u b lic L ibrary for that book. “ I b e lieve that w a s the storm im m o r talized by W e n d e ll H o lm e s in his hum o r o u s ‘S e p tem b e r G a le.’ ” N o t lon g after S e p tem b e r 21, the N e w Y o r k Sun ran a letter in w h ich a reader inquired if there had ever been an earlier hurricane in the his tory o f N e w E n g land. O n O c tober 8 the N e w Y o r k T im e s ran a story abou t the terrible storm o f 1635, w h ich w e qu o te below : T o the E d itor o f the N. Y . Tim e s : T h e r e h a s been con s iderable dis cussion am o n g N e w Englanders w h e th e r the hurricane w h ich re cen t ly visited our coast w a s unique in these latitudes. Since it seem s to be the general im p ression that no record o f a sim ilar disturbance e x ists, it m a y be o f interest to note that on A u g u s t 15, 1635, a cyclon ic storm or hurricane ravaged the M a ssachusetts coast in the vicin ity o f P lym o u th colon y . T h e r e appears to be excellen t authority for this statem ent. T h e R e v . H e n r y W h ite, in his interesting and rare v o lu m e entitled “ Indian Battles” (D. W . Evans, N e w Y o r k , 1859), cites the hurricane o f 1635 as on e o f the m a jor disasters o f the colon ia l period. H is source appears to be M o r ton’s “ N e w E n g land M e m orial,” from w h ich h e qu o tes at length. F o r instance: \O n the 15th o f A u g u s t, 1635, N e w E n g land w a s visited b y a trem e n dous storm , or hurricane. It is thus described b y M o r ton : ‘It began in the m o rning, a little before day, and grew not b y degrees, bu t cam e w ith great v iolen c e in the begin n in g , to the great am a z e m e n t o f m a n y . It b lew d o w n sundry houses, and u n covered divers others; divers ves sels w e r e lost at sea, and m a n y m o r e w e r e in extrem e danger. It caused the sea to sw e ll in som e places to the southw a r d o f P lym o u th, so that it rose to tw e n ty feet righ t up and d o w n and m a d e m a n y o f the Indians to clim b into trees fo r their safety. It th r e w d o w n all the corn to the ground, so that it n e v e r rose m ore, the w h ich , through the m e r c y o f G o d , it bein g near harvest tim e , w a s not lost, thou g h m u c h the w o r s e . “ ‘H a d the w in d con tin u e d w ith o u t shifting, in lik e lih o o d it w o u ld have drow n e d som e part o f the cou n try. It blew d o w n m a n y hundred thousands o f trees, turning u p the stronger b y the roots, and breaking the h ig h pine trees, and such like, in the m idst; and the tall you n g oaks and w a ln u t trees, o f good bigness, w e r e tw isted as a w ith e b y it, very strange and fea r fu l to beh o ld. It began in the southeast and veered sundry w a y s , bu t the greatest force of it, at P lym o u t h , w a s fro m the form e r quarter; it continued not in extrem ity about five o r six hours before the v iolen c e o f it began to abate; the m a rks o f it w ill rem a in for m a n y years in those parts w h e r e it w a s sorest.’ ” T h e apparent d irection o f the hu r ricane o f 1635 and the position o f its center w o u ld indicate that it m u s t have included m o s t o f the area co v ered b y its successor 303 years later. Indeed, these factors, cou p led with the description o f the dam a g e given us b y colon ia l w riters, indicate that the storm m a y w e ll have been near ly identical w ith the recen t h u r ricane. In the past 300 years there h a v e been other great storm s in N e w E n g land, but it is d o u b tfu l if they cou ld h a v e been term e d tropical hurricanes in the true sense. R h o d e Islanders still talk about the gale o f 1815, but it is d o u b t fu l if that storm w a s com p a r a b le in intensity w ith the recent hurricane. A t that tim e there w a s n o such general and w ide-spread destruction o f trees as took place in 1635 and 1938. A n d w h ile som e antiquarians m a y con tend that the great storm w h ich razed the C h a rter O a k in H a r tford on A u g u s t 21, 1856, w a s o f cy c lon ic proportions, a com p a rison w ith the h a v o c w r o u g h t b y the hurricane o f 1635 and 1938 indicates that the 1856 storm cou ld not be classed as a hu r ricane. It w o u ld seem , therefore, that, w h ile the tropical hurricane is a rara avis in these latitudes, there exist authentic w ritten records o f at least one prior to this year. T r a v e r B riscoe. N e w Y o r k , O c tob e r 7, 1938. In the P e n n y p a c k e r L o n g Island H istorical C o llection at the East H a m p ton library is a fat tom e titled “ O u r First C e n tu r y ” and subtitled ‘O n e H u n d red G r e a t and M e m o r a b le Events” w r itten b y R. M. D e v e n s in 1876. O n e chapter is headed “T h e E v e r -M e m o r a b le S e p tem b e r G a le— 1815.” T h e accou n t o f that storm o f S e p t e m b e r 23, 1815 reads alm o s t w o r d fo r w o r d like an accou n t o f our ow n recen t disaster. Y o u really should read it fo r you r s e lf. I used som e o f the data in it fo r an article w h ich appeared in another part o f T h e S tar last T h u r s d a y ; and for a sim ilar on e w h ich appeared in the N e w Y o r k T im e s the Sunday before that. T h a t article spok e o f the storm o f A u g u s t 15, 1635; also o f gales in 1723, 1804, 1818, 1821, 1836, 1841, 1851, 1859, 1860, 1869 and others, but said that n o n e in m e m o r y or in the history o f this cou n try w a s like the great gale o f Septem b e r , 1815. A n o th e r volu m e in the L o n g Is land C o llection w h ich is w o r th a fe w aftern o o n s o f a n y b o d y ’s tim e, this w inter, is the typ e w r it ten cop y o f rem iniscences o f East H a m p ton w ritten b y the late T h o m a s M. E d w a rds, w h o w a s born in 1852 \d o w n P a n tigo” and rem e m b e r e d such a great d e a l old houses, old trees and here; his m e m o r ies w e r e set d o w n in 1929. I h a v e m a d e notes on the trees from that b o o k , but th e y w ill have to w a it until later fo r w a n t o f space. “ O n e o f O u rs.” OCTOBER DATES Many Anniversaries of Historic Inter* est During Monti. The month of October has many an niversaries of interest in the history of communication in New York State and elsewhere, among them the following: October 1, 1896— F irst rural free de livery mail service in U. S. established. October 1, 1925— New York-Chicago telephone cable opened. October 10,1818— First steamboat on Great Lakes left Buffalo, N. Y. October 18, 1892— F irst direct tele phone line between New York and Chi cago placed in service. October 21, 1915— First transoceanic radio telephone transmission. October 26, 1825—Erie Canal com pleted and dedicated. October 26, 1861— F irst telegraph line from Atlantic to Pacific completed. October 26,1891—First Empire State Express, New York to Buffalo. October 29,1814— Robert Fulton, first eteam war vessel launched. T A X E S , BOGIES, SPIES W a s h ington.— T h r o u g h a W h ite H o u s e “ s p o k e sm a n ,” P r e s ident R o o s e v e lt last w e e k discussed U. S. taxes and declared it a deliberate distortion fo r A d m in istration critics to say that F e d e r a l taxes are h e a v ier than th e y w e r e tw o , three, or five years ago. N e x t day h o w e v e r , the Secretary o f the T r e a s u r y officially reported on U. S. tax receipts fo r fiscal 1938. Final tabulation: $5,659,000,000— an a ll-tim e high, toppin g even post w a r 1920’s record $5,408,000,000, soaring a b o v e 1929’s $2,939,000,000, 1933’s $1,620,000,000, and 1937’s $4,- 653,000,000. W a s h ington. — U. S. M ilitary circles w e r e surprised— a n d not en tirely pleased— w h e n the P r e s ident su d d e n ly declared that the U. S. w a s w o e f u lly u n d e r -equ ipped for counter-espionage— for k e e p in g tabs on foreig n agents in the U. S. (not fo r spyin g abroad, in w h ich the U. S. n e v e r did specialize). T h e A r m y & N a v y in tellig e n c e services m u st be strengthened, said the President. T h is announcem e n t sychronized m is leadin g ly w ith the State D e p a r t m e n t ’s deadline fo r the registration o f com m e r c ial, legal and p u b licity agents fo r foreig n pow e r s w ithin U. S. borders. W P A F a irdale, O r e g o n .— A sign posted near Fairdale cautions sportsm e n : “ W a r n ing to hunters— D o n ’ t shoot until U see it m o v e — It m igh t be a W P A w o r k e r .” SIGNIFICANT W a s h ington.— R e s ign in g as adm in istrator o f the U. S. U n e m p loym e n t Census, John D. B iggers last w e e k w r o te his frien d Franklin R o o s e v e lt to an n o u n c e that the census w a s com p lete and to co n v e y m a n y facts and figures: “T h e m o s t significant fa c t . . . is that 2,740,000 m o r e persons have en tered the labor m a r k e t since 1930 than w e r e to have been exp e c t e d from past experien c e . T h e entire increase is m a d e up o f w o m e n w o r k ers On the labor m a r k e t w h e n M r. B ig g e r s su r v e y e d it last N o v e m b e r w e r e 39,978,000 m a les, 14,496,000 fe m a les betw e e n 15 and 74. O f these, ap p r o x im a t e ly 7.845,016 w h o regis tered w e r e “ a v a ilable fo r em p lo y m e n t.” (Latest con s e r v a tion estim a te o f u n e m p loyed : 10,500,000.) T w o and three-quarter m illion w o m e n w h o in depression clu n g to jo b s rather than husbands w e r e a surprise that m a d e the prob lem so m u c h w o r s e . N E W RAIM ENT N e w Y o r k .— F o r 100 years the in d igen t aged w h o liv e in N e w Y o r k C ity ’s m u n icipal p o o r houses have been issued standard raim e n t. F o r m e n : high shoes w ith elastic inserts like C o n g r e s s gaiters and cotton suits w h o s e shapelessness is a true reflection o f the style o f nightshirt in w h ich th e y have to sleep. F o r w o m e n : coarse cotton m o th e r h u b - bards, b lack cotton stockings, shoes lik e the m e n ’s, floppy sunbonnets. T o both sexes the officia l dress gives an air o f covered w a g o n days, and to the c ity ’s 3,175 old paupers this has been a sore trial. So there w a s ju b ila t ion in the c ity ’s p o o r h o u s e s last w e e k w h e n the D e p a r t m e n t o f H o s p itals a n n o u n c e d that h e n c e forth paupers w ill h a v e a ch o ice o f nightshirts o r pajam a s , suits cu t lik e tailors’ ad vertisem e n t s and sh r in k -p r o o f, shoes o f 1938; that pauperesses w ill get b o w e r y percales, fe lt hats for w in - [Continued on Page 7] /JO REAL. ) SHAMROCK! ’ GROUJMTHe w s H F m s r m mm7Hl*/6ROW O tJtf llJTHE fjo m OF iRELfWD.THE REST ARE A FORM OF CLOVER- P R E M IE R o F w e ^ ik s W m iip is h F R £ £ s t a t s - * '{$ : ■ B G £ * K F A S T S O t j T ? ' -J AJOTHtUG B U T > ORANGES. ’ W M . Jfe a I S i x M f m m m m :( . # # w w According to James K. Clinton, in his book, “ The Shamrock,” real shamrocks grow only in three coun ties, and all of them are not in the Irish Free State. Although snakes are not as common in Ireland as they are in the rural districts of the United States, there are a great number of varieties. According to II. P. Garland, snake authority of Cambridge univer sity, there were known to be 78 different kinds of snakes in Erin in 1934. Two of the bullets went directly through Mr. Monahan's brain. They just didn’t happen to touch vital points. Fifty Years Ago in The Star [F r o m T h e Star, O c t o b e r 20, 1 Sag Harbor W e understand a trot and w a lk in g m a tch w ill take place on the fa ir grounds election day. H a r r iet B e e c h e r S t o w e , though b y n o m e a n s w e ll, is in m u c h bet ter con d ition than she w a s before h e r recen t illness. North Sea D u c k s are not v e r y plen t ifu l on the bay, and the prospects for good sh o o t in g this F a ll are not v e r y prom ising. East Marion Capt. G rant B. R a c k e tt, for m a n y years past em p loyed on one o f the large three-m a s ted sch o o n ers hailin g from F a ir H a v e n , C o n n ., part o f the tim e as C a p tain, has accepted a sim ilar posi tion w ith C a p tain B e e b e o f the sch o o n e r L. V . B e e b e o f Orient. Shelter Island E s c a llopin g has been a very lucrative business fo r ou r fisher m e n during the past fo u r or five w e e k s . T h e y are n o w bringing $3 per gallon in the m a rket. East Hampton R o a d m a ster G r im s h a w resum e d the w o r k o f w id e n in g and grading B u e ll’s Lane on M o n d a y . W h a t has b e c o m e o f the C o m m ittee w h o w e r e to im p r o v e the N o r th End B u r y in g ground by n e w fen c in g , etc? Charles W . E d w a r d s has greatly im p r o v e d the appearance o f h i s ' residen c e b y a fresh coat o f paint. B o s s E. E. Sm ith d id the w o r k . T h e rem a inder o f the sheep on M o n tauk, w h ich w e r e recen tly sold b y M r. B e n s o n to W illiam P o s t o f East W illiston , w e r e d r iven to B r idgeh a m p ton on W e d n e s d a y and fro m th e r e w e r e taken b y rail to their destination. T h e re w e r e 481 sheep in the flock. T h e w h o le n u m b e r o f sh e e p sold to M r. P o s t w a s 841. W e understand 'efforts are b e ing m a d e b y on e o r tw o o f the parents o f the children attending “ H o o k ” sch o o l to h a v e the read in g o f the B ible at the m o r n in g exercises discontinued, bu t w e d o u b t v e r y m u ch if th e ir w ishes w ill be a c c e d e d to at present. A s a v e r y large m a jority o f the parents in the district w ish to h a v e their ch ildren listen to the teachings o f the B ible d u r in g the op e n in g ex e r c i s e s o f the sch o o l, th e y w ill h a v e that privilege, n 6 t- w ithstanding the ob jection s o f a few . Amagansett G ilbert G r iffin g o f N o r th Sea, has been Visiting relatives in this place the past w e e k . C linton and E v e r e tt E d w a r d s o f this place, h a v e bou g h t o f A . F. G r iffing, o f East M a r ion, his sloop Bessie. T e r m s private. Springs O u r Supervisor, G e o . A . M iller, o f this place, and M iss A lice, daughter o f Sam u e l M iller o f F ire Place, w e r e united in m a rriage by R e v . J. D. S t o k e s on T u e s d a y last. T h e y left on the aftern o o n train fo r a short w e d d in g tour through the State. W e exten d congratulations and best w ishes. Twenty-five Years Ago in The Star [F r o m T h e Star, O c t o b e r 24, 1913] G e o r g e H. H a n d is drivin g a n e w O v e r land. A n East H a m p ton party regis tered at the H e rald S q u a r e hotel on T u e s d a y night, and u p o n g o in g o v e r the register fou n d the nam es o f eighteen persons from East H a m p ton w h o had registered there that day. J. G . T h o r p e has returned from Italy, w h e r e he has been spend in g the past elev e n m onths. Mr. T h o r p e w a s in p o o r health when he left, but he com e s b a c k fe e l in g w e ll and hopes to spend the w in t e r and sum m e r here. H e has rented A lec D a y ton ’s cottage on C linton Street. O n W e d n e s d a y m o r n ing Felix D o m in y , N o r m a n Barns and G e o . A . H and left tow n on a gunning exp e d ition to N e w B r u n s w ick. T h e y w ill go d irectly to M o n c ton and from there they w ill cross o v e r to Star Cam p , t^e cam p of the G a s p e reau clu b at the head of the Salm o n R iver. L a ter in the season this detachm e n t expects to be join e d b y H. G . Stephens, Jerem iah D o m in y and Jam e s E. H ildreth. A daughter w a s born to M r. and M rs. N. N. T iffan y on T h u r s d a y o f last w e ek. M r. and M rs. E u g e n e D a v is h a v e been in O s w e g o this w e e k attending the w e d d in g o f th e ir son K e n n e th, and M iss C h r iem - hild K e s sler, w h ich took place on W e d n e s d a y . S u p e r v isor Tiffany, as a m e m ber o f the supervisor’s com m ittee on tax equalization, has been v isitin g the various tow n s o f the cou n t y during the past t w o w e e k s . T h e com m ittee finished its in v e s tigations yesterday. Lost and Wanted W a n ted— A girl to learn ty p e setting at T h e £>tar Office. Springs A birth d a y surprise party w a s tendered N a t Sm ith last Thurs day night, O c tober 16. A m ost en joy a b le even in g w a s spent b y all present. On O c tober 15 M iss N e llie T a l- m a g e and Ernest Q u inn were united in m a r r iag e by R e v . N. W . H arkness.
