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M. . in the Hu tch laucua i :e ; evening T in English . Sund ay S v hoo} s e ssion X4~ * Town URIbtat s. C S iar te s G- Sands. Sui>ervis t >r. Islin. W i a. V. Lecluse. Town Clerk . Savville. Justices of the Pea t v—Charles T. st ron g . Say- T il l e. Charl- . C. s mith. Islip. Seih B. Plan . Bav Shore, t l c * >. F. Waller l' .renuuiod. V SOUTHERN SKETCH In the good old days of slavery, when I was n bov , my father owned a negro named Granville , so named from Granville county, N . C , where both he and my father were born. This negro was called \Gran \ for short (we had no surnames for negroes in tlio.se days). I called him \Uncle Gran, \ and \ he called me \Little Mars- ter . \ I wish. 1 could describe old Gran to you as I knew him then , but I know I can ' t do him justice. His frame was large and ungainl y, and he was the most unwioldl y looking mass of hu- man ity 1 ever saw. But in a puncheon floor dance , when the patters and singers started up the old p lantation negro rh ymes no negro could wing hi\f\\%\ i&T « Pe trrai f wn wari . aii cfwneJi lie had danced down all his partners , and the singers changed to Juoa , Gra n was always equal to the occasion , changed liis step and branched out as if he Jiad just begun. In addition to all this , as Uncle Re- mus said about \Brer ' Rabbit , \ he could \blow a lonesome chune on de quills \ — his strength was equal to his size , and at log rolling in the new ground Gran was always at the butt cut of t he log. ' Gran ' s foot alone , if properl y and minutely described , would fill a book. I will not attemp t to say how large it was . but his track in the mud looked as much as if a p i g had wallowed there as it did like the print of a hu- man foot. You could pot tell b y his track which way he was going, for there was as much of his foot behind his ankle as before it . He never had on a nair of socks until the day of his burial—seldom ever wore a pair of shoes , and when he did , he had the back of them mashed in and a coup le of shoe rags stuck in them for socks. I recollect on one occasion he had an order on a store near b y for $2 in trade , and when Gran, with his black skin showing through his ra gged shirt, walked into the store and laid his order on the counter Mr. Crump said to him: \Gran , what do you want for this order ?\ \Bacon , sah : Bacon , sa il! Bacon, Mister Crump, to de very last cent. \ \From the looks of that shirt of yours . Gran , you had better take part shirt and part * bacon , \ said Crump. \Dat ' s all ' zactl y so , Mister Crump, '' said Gran , rubbhi f r his hands over the holes his shoulders Were shining throu g h . \Dat ' s all ' zactly so , sah; but I tells yer what ' s de fact , Mister Crump, wheii I calls on dese shoul - ders for credit I always gits it , but when I axes dese bowels for credit dev always calls for do cash. I'll take all bacon , sah. \ But Gran ' s great forte was ' possum hunting, and he was a noted hunter. He had a dog named Ring, that was nexer known to open on any trail but that of a ' possum. Rabbits , coon , deer or any other \ varmint \ that prowled the woods could play along in front of Ring when he was on a hunt , but he did not even give them . a passing sa- lute. Next to himself Gran loved Ring, and he would often look fondly at Ring and say to me: \Little marster , yer see dat dog Ring? I fetched dat dog up from a puppy, and I done trained him so no kin d of varmint track have any 'feet on Ring \ cept ' tis ' possum. Nothin ' never bodder Ring when he ' s huntin ' ' ceptin ' ' tis 'hunts , ' and when Ring and me is out in the swam ps a huntin , and I ' g ins to feel de hot puffs of a ' r blowin ' in my face , and Riu \ he ' g ins to whine rouii ' and \ pear like lie feared to go out and hunt , I knows ri g ht den dat 'hants ' is walking 'bout , and dere ' s no use huntin ' . So I jest shoulders mv ax and puts back to de quarters. \ ' This was all Bible talk to me then , for I believed every word of it , and I haven 't exactly go tte n over. it , even to this dav . Many a Sat u rday night y when the first frosts of winter had ri pened the persimmon crop and the woods were full of fat ' possums , has old Gran come up to the \ grit house , \ or \ white folks ' house , \ as the planta- tion negroes called our residence , and beckoned me out. \Little marster , \ he would say, look- ing up at the clear , starry heavens , \de wind sets jes ri g ht 1 to-nig ht ' and and de moon ain 't gwine to rise till j«s 'fore day. Best nig ht in do world for ' possums, for dey always prowls in de dark ob de moon and when de stars is all a-shini n ' like dey is to-ni g ht. Now you jest fetch me some vittlcs from old miss ' table , and you \o i ne go 'loug ' r old Gran. Don ' t go to de- kitchen for dat vittlcs , for dat ni gger ' oman what ' s doin ' dat cooking, aldo ' she ' s been bo ' u and raised on dis plan- tation , and many ' s de bucket o ' water she ' s toted on her head to de cotton choppers when old Gran was carrviu ' de lead row ' nioiig de hand. s , she ' s done got so quality \ case she ' s cookin ' for de white fol ks she don ' t notice a p lantation ni gger , and she gwine to g ive you scraps shore ' s you born if yon go dar. I knows her Vase I clone tried her. \ — K aran-alvray s -goi- - hi3uupper , - s o ~ \ lid Ring, and we were soon oil' on the hunt. Gran was al way s the autocrat of the occasion and t he master of cere- monies , selected his own crowd mid always p icked four good nxmeii to as- sist in cutting down the tree. Ettch negro carried his onl y weppon , his ax. One carried a li g hted torch and ma- terial for more , and as we went down throug h the turn rows in the field to get to the swamps on the back of the p lantation , Ring followed behind us , as unconcerned as if he intended to take no part in the hunt. But when he climbed the back fence on the back side of the plantation and Gra n gave his familiar war whoop: \Whar you , Rin t r? Hark to ' em , puppy:\ Ring was gone in a moiiientand the limit - began , and whether Gran in- stinctivel y followed lving, or Ring in- stincti vel y hunted before Gra n , I could never tell , nor could he; but they always kept in hearing distance of each other. No particular course was taken , no point aimed for. I was lost as soon as I got in the woods , and remained so until we got back to the clearing. But old Gran would hunt and ramble for hours and hours, and when the hunt was over and we i tartcd back he would strike a bee line for the \ quarters , \ and was never known to miss his course. Every few minutes during the hunt , and \ until Ring started on a hot trail , he gave an occasional yel p, to which old Gran would respond: \Speak to me , Ring I\ And in a voice you could hear for a mile and which rang out in the ni g ht as clear as a bug le note and echoed far and near through the tall trees and g loomy brakes of the dark woods. The g lare of our torchlightdisturbed many a little bird whieli had nested for the night in s ome scrubby bush , and as it flitted away to find another hiding p lace it would give its chirrup of warning to its companions hard b y. The solem n old owl from her perch in the tall tree top hooted at her nei g h- bor across the lake : I coo ks for my folks , T T h rt/ yjrtlra tnr- v < j »» oil, _ . startled duck aroused from its quiet repose on the silent waters of some bush hidden bayou, and occasionall y a fri g htened deer would dash throug h the tang led thickets , nor stop to see who were the midnight prowlers upon his hidden lair. So tne hunt con- tinued—Gran in the lead , barefooted and mashing down the vines and brush like a great bear , the rest of us follow- ing as l>est we could , until Ring struck a hot trail , and then his yel p changed to fierce barks. All then was excitement and we crowded to follow Ring ' s voice , but long before we could overtake him his prolonged howls far ahead of us told us the ' possum was treed. Ring ' s veracity was never questioned , for we knew nothing could deceive him but \hants , \ and he would not run fc\hants. \ Our torch man flashed his li g ht up the bod y of the tree , to see the way it w ould fall , th a t it s houl d j not fall across \de kerf in , \ and soon the measured strokes of the four ax- men ranar out in the still night. Ring squatted close b y, just out of the reach oi the axes , and an occasional whine told of his impatience, and so the work progressed until the loud crack gave the signal that the tree was giv- ing awav. The two choppers on the lower side then ceased thei r work and the two on the upper continued. Gran and Ring took their stand side b y side , both gazing upward at the long, naked branches until their gradual sway told that its last strugg le was over. No ex- citement so intense and as far beyond descri ption was ever experienced b y me as that produced b y the loud crash and dull thud echoing throug h the woods when that monarch of the forest met its mother earth. Gran and Ring had both disappeared , both making for the tree top ana both rushing to de- struction , as it appeared to me, rig ht under the falling branches , and wh y both of them were not crushed to death I could, never tell. But they always came out unharmed and seldom with- out the ' possum. A large brush fire had been kindled in the meantime by the torch man , and we all dropped dow n around it on the dry leave s t o rest Then began a genuine negro pow wow , the like of which has forever passed to the things that were. Free and unbridled before me , a boy, who had been raised among them , and who , as they well knew , would take s ides with t h em on all oc c a s ions , in every trouble. Overseers , track dogs , \ patter rollers , \ poor white folks , always came in for their full share of abuse. Ghost stories of the most mar- velous and startling nature were told about sights seen and noises heard around 3ie old gin house; how on dark , stormy ni ghts , just at 12 o ' clock , Bob King ' s g host , an overseer who had been accidentall y killed on the plantation long years before , would ride up to the gm house scaffold and call out the wei g ht of the- cotton baskets; and how the old cotton scales , which sat on the ed ge of the scaffolds would balance up and down every time Bob King would call out a basket ; how the out door compass press would fjien begin to go round , with, its B creecHing noise , and then old Uncle Stephen , a negro who died about the same time Bob King did , would pop up on the scaffold , \ p int' his finger at Bob King, and then all disappear. How old Uncle Amos after he died kep t coming back to old Aunt Milly ' s ca b in , an d h o w old Aunt Mill y, whe n the took sick , kept talking to old Uncle Amos ' ghest every nig ht when the chickens crowed for 12 o ' clock , and how when old Aunt Mill y got bad oil' and \ ' peared like she gwine to die , old niai - ste r tuck little Mill y outen de field and sont her down to old Aunt Mill y ' s house to wait on her , and how one ni ght jes ' as the chickens crowed for midni g ht , de doo r flew wide open , ami old Aunt Mill y, she raised up in l y ;i bod and say : 'Da t you , Amos V . Come in. You looks mighty cold , Amos . Is you hungry, Amos ? You jes ' look in (hit box under little Mill y Vbed ami g it your do es what I douc ' ptttdar for you , and ilen look in dat cup board ober Milly ' s bed , mid you (it u l some wittles what I done nut awa y for you. ' ' ^yu^d^ . ^ J '^ httle . Mill y gin a ' yoJl aiiu h t out dat window and run d' ar up t o white Fill lis ' house lore she stopiH?< i . iiulleriif chevy ' juiini oi, de way and wake up <! » • wild' \ ' planta- tion. \ Then the stories won hi take n turn and animals would ! x> gifted with hu- iii. - in voire . Hr ' .'i- I < \>s and Rr ' er Ra li- bit w ould meet in friendl y intercourse \ and : • <•! on de cross IVnce ' iwi.U de p lantations, an d talk 'bout de i- ru ps and de l - cw. s ,. \ - h . ii. - i ir libnvl. i ' .vl. and how dey ioi dar and li sten m old Mrs. Kil o - bit sin - f !<> ;icr chil' r ij : -- IV \\h: . i ;.r. - .i v . - i li sii:;. ' v l i. 'u J.) iinylh;lit iVhc l» - . - ! !:n - !:Mr.l c . .::] , -1.. . ! ¦ . • i!r:ip| ' l» * <: ! ¦ Ac v. . . n . He lniii tm t til m - Iumi ile kiiu t ;.l ) ,«- , An<! ( !• ¦ wi hl -... - ¦(• tiv when * • n . >rt »iml Woi . Dl> * la i s . .iii- . i i - m ¦ !»! >!« f i:i i|i' ilark o \ (!' . - !!!. > . .!• .. Ami '! ¦ • r u '- n* n » lu:[ , - \ li y tit? hulll ' n ^ • l * u.;:i - .. De - 'in i ' l . !: .!:: hi ^l i i • .K- l> L call iree. But oKl Mi s l ' - r U uliiiii , lh- ' xt l, - ui mi (••r me. - And thou : •¦|;i ' <t 'l' ossiimund lii - ' i r Coon would mi - ' - t and talk about famil y matters and dey ehil' eus , and V - i i ss de reason wh y ok- Mrs. ' Possum an ' Miss Coo n couldn ' t never ' g ret togedder. \ And (lien: \Young Miss Blackbird would * tart a confa b wid oh; Mister Cro w , and ax Mister Crow: \What inu k es t l u white t ' olks lime us sol\ To which old Mister Cro w would re- p l y: \Eher s iiiee okl Ail a mV biu Lo ' ii . We h iu *rt. - iatch iij - tlln l luillin ' ui> <lc c t .ni. ' An d so on , until it would take me all ni g ht if 1 told yon all l:io old stone. - and negro melod i c-; 1 heard in those by gone da vs. 1 recollect one ni g ht , alter we had finished a famous hunt , had stretched ourselves about the lire , and all these old stories anil melodies hed been re- told and resting, without sWniing to have lost one particle of interest to any of us , and certainl y not to me , a negro boy called \Loss . \ who hap pened to Iw with us , related the par- ticulars of a sto ry which became much famed. Loss , by the way, was one of the best mimic ' s 1 evcr ' saw , and the grandest rascal. He r;:i:ed up on his elbow and asked old Gran , w h o was l ying on the other side of the fire , \it he j nembered 'bout ^ ihu ' possum be \Course I does. \ said old Gran. \What make ' me gwine forg it dat ' pus sum , when he was sperrited outen dat skillet , and I ain ' t nebor.got satisfied in my mill ' how he done itV \ \I'll tell you folkscs how dat was , \ said Loss , \ and 1 been a keep in ' dat secret for de longest , ' case I wa s u - feared o ' Unc. Gran. You see , one Sat'day, when de hands was a rollin ' logs and cl' arin ' up dat field , I was de water toter , and jes ' as I was cumin ' up wid a bucket o ' water Unc. Gran he done kotched a pretty good size young ' possum outen a holler tree what lie cut down and 1 heard Unc. Gran say as how lie 'lowed to take dat ' possum home and make Aunt Sy lvia cook it. So I crep ' up to Unc. Gran ' s cabin when de hands com e from work , and I watch Unc. Gran from a hole what done burn in de chimney iam , and I heerd Aunt Sy lvia say as how she wan 't gwine to clean no ' possum Sat'day nig ht , she wan ' t j but was gwine ober to Sis. Hannah's house to ' tend pra ' r meetin ' she was , and away she went outen de cabin , sing in ' 'bout long in ' for de soun ' of Mars Jesus ' voice callin ' her home to g lory . \ \Neber mi n ' 'bout dat song, \ said old Gran , rising up, \ you go on 'bout dat ' possum. \ \We ll , you see , folks , de ole man had to clean dat ' possum hisself or do 'dout his supper . Vase Aunt Sy lvia she done gone to tie pra ' r moetiii ' . So Unc. Gran he sot dowu and ho clean dat ' possum , ho did , jes as good as any ' oman. And he put him in de skillet , and he put a whole hea p ob live coals under dat skillet and on top ob it , and when he done fix dat ' possum forcook- in ' he say to himself , he did: 'Now , Mister 'Possum , 1 done fix you , and I'll je st drap back on dis stool in de chim- ney corner and take a nap while you ' s a cookin ' . ' De olo man been a rollin ' logs all day , and he mi g hty tired , and ho hadn 't moren ' hit dat stool 'fore he fast asleep. \I went roun ' ' moug do quarters till 'bout de time I thoug ht dat ' possum was done , and den went back to Unc Gran ' s house to ax him g im me little ta s te , but when I got dar d e ole man still fas ' ' sleep. I step in de door and I sav , 'Unc. Granl' kinder low like. De ole man he didn 't say nuflin. Den I say 'Unc. Gran!' a little louder. |But do die man sno ' away and nod backard and forrad s and look like he gwine to tumble often dat stool ebery minute. Den I c re p ' in , and I tuck de fire stick and poke it f rou de eye ob dat skillet lid and tuck it off. U-m-ump hl folkses. 'fore God , it seem to me I can smell de fumes o ' dat \ possum ri g ht now. It smell so good , I clar to gracious, I feard it wake Unc, Gran up. But de ole man he too fur gone; so I sot down on do ' ha ' th and I eat dat ' pos- sum ' senchl y up. Den 1 put all do bones in de skillet and put de lid on ' zactl y like I foun ' it , and lef Unc. Gran de grab y. Den I tuck some o ' do ' possum fat and rub it all ober Unc. Gran ' s fingers and roun ' his motif , and dod ge outen de . cabin jes in time to miss o j e Aunt Sylvia cpmiu ' from do pra ' r meetin ' singin ' dat same song 'bout Mars Jesus caUm ' . \Tim e Aunt Sy lvia struck dat door she say. 'You , Granville; what you doin ' sittin on dat stool dis time o ni ght? You gwine to fall in de fire soirie o ' dese tunes and burn up; and 'ion what - gwine to come o ' your be- lughted soul , arid hit not washed in do blood o ' de La t nbl I' se been • tellin ' you all dis , Granvillo ,. fo r de longest and I been a long time wagg in ' wid de crosses and ra s tlin ' wid Satan on your ' count and been prayin ' mi ghty hard to de Lord to knock at de door o ' your heart for ' mission , hut de Lord done tole me to-ni ght you 'fused him so long dat he gwine to turn you ober to de hardness o ' your heart and stiffness o ' your neck—and woe unto you , Granville I' \ 'Bout dat time de ole ' oman kotch do fumes o ' dat ' possum , and she whirled roun ' , she did , and she sav: \ 'Granville , what you done wid dat ' possum you fotch home to-ni ght? 'Pear like I smell cook ' possum 'bout dis cabin. ' \Unc. Gran he pay no 'tention to what Aunt S y lvia say, apd he raise his a*lf . off' ^ & A Wp ««t w ! , a»d - rhe - stretches Ins self , he did , and he t aid: '\ 'I ' spek 'bout time dat ' possum was done. ' \So he poked de fire stick frou do eye o ' d at skillet lid , a nd ho lif it o ff easy like , to keep do ashes from dr a p- p in in on de ' possum , and when ho peep in dat skillet , I 'dar ' to gracious he looked like he see 'd a 'ha ut. ' He looked and he looked , and den ho rub his eyes and he look again , and he say to hjssolf s 'I wonde r wbot V»nm« o ' dat ' possum , ' and he look roun ' to old Aunt S y lvia , and den he look back in de skillet and he say : \ 'I wonder if I did g it up in my sleep and eat dat ' possum. 'Fore God I don 't ' member nothin ' 'bout it if I did ' \'Bout dat time de ole man ho smell his f ingers and snui f up his nose , and lick his tongue out roun ' his motif like oxen , whar I done put ' possum fat , and he say : \ 'I shorelv did eat dat ' possum. Well , if I did g it up in my sleep and oat dat ' possum , L jis ' got dis to say, it sets li ghter on my stomach and done me less good dan any ' possu m L eber eat since I been bo ' n. ' ^ ' —Sidney Smith in Detroit Free Press. Omr Eccentricities. America is the home of all forms of eccentricity- and daring. Has not the vastness ot the continent the Ameri- cana inhabit something to do with this? I think so. There is that boundlessness about the notions of an American which must be born of the vastness , the limitless possibilities of such a great territory. To the American , his own daring and eccentricity are the most natural things in the world , and this is what makes a great part of his charm. He talks of , or does , things that fairl y take your breath away just as cooll y as if they were mat- ters of every day occurrence. Parisians remember to this day the American millionaire—I was going to say billionaire—who , on the occasion of his daug hter ' s wedding. TOohiphe , which ho was anxious to decorate in honor of the wedding and have the special use of during the day. Ho was politel y informed that the arch was not to let. \Then I will buy it , \ he rep lied ; \ name your pric o . ' Ail American would ask the queeu of Eng land to let him have Windsor castlo for the shooting season , and if she re fused a good price for it , he would probably have a very poor idea of her. The looking upon everything and every bod y as being to be had at a price , i s o ne of the chief form s of thi s daring of the American. It would be an ug ly trait in his character if often it were not so preposterous as to be amusing, a nd if it were not backed by a perfect bonhomie. —Max O'R ell. Snuthtown. Photograp her Mills has gone to the cit y f or a short time. Antony Dunbar lo st a house _ by fire last week. It was unoccup ied , and heavil y insu r ed. Cap t. Chas. Adams , who has been very ill for some time died on Tues- day of last week . A large family is left to mourn the loss. Mu s ic H a l l a t S m ithtown B r anch was crowded to hear th« grand con- cert g iven by tho Stony Brook Choir and Sunday School, Sag Harbor. E d ward Po r t e r , of this p la c e , was drunk recently, and drove his wife from the house , havin g mopped the floor with her and threatened her life with a knife. She told Officer Hymen she wanted her baby a six months old child which was in the house but would make no com plaint against her hus- band-so that a w arrant could be issued to arrest him. Officer Hyman could not arrest him under the circumstan- ces , and wagg ing tongues told un- truths concernin g him , for which he became very indignant. H e affirms he knows his duty and did it so far as he could. He broug ht the man from the house and bystanders hel d him until the woman secured her child. Southampton. The readin g roo m is now open to the public in this p lace. This is a good in- stitution . The Rev. K ensig I. Steward of Princeton who preached at t he Presby- terian church the 30th of December will preach here again soon. The Rev. Wm. Cleveland will preach here two weeks . On th e 28th . ult.,. while thre e men in a ya wl from pilot boa t Ambrose Snow were putting a p ilot, on board a barque , off Shinnecock , the boat was upset and Peter Wilhelra , of New York aged 20 years , was drowned;—) Ex. The Board of Fire Underwriters of Bri dge Hampton , ottered a reward of § 300 fo r i nfor ma tion l e adin g to the conviction of the party or parties who set fire to the store of Hildreth & Hand on the 18th of last month , —[Es. T he Verdict Unanimous W. D. Suit , Drug gist , Bi ppus , In d., testifi e s : \I can recomm end Electric Bitters as the very best remedy . Every b ottl e sold h a s g iven relief in every case. One man to ok six bottles , and was cure d of R h eumatism of 10 ye a r s ' standing. \ Abraham Hare , druggist , Bellville , Ohio , affirms: \The best s e l ^ ing m edicine l have ever handled in ray 20 years ' experience , i s Electric Bitters. \ Thousan ds of others have added their testimony, s o that the yer- dict is unanimous that Electric Bitters do cure all diseases of'the Liver , Kid- hW piBlflo i LOnl y -'* half doU « • tfdt ¥ fc O i fti«MWi Brag ltot«, ® be f js totttl in a §n\tM\ TCast Hampton- Superintendent Arthur Dominy of the L. S. S. last week visited the sta- ti ons in this vicinity. The I. 0. G. T. now hold their meet- i ngs on Tue s d a y evenin g inst ea d of Thursday, as heretofore. An entertainment will be given b y the young peop le of this village , c on- sisting of a drama , sin ging, c h a rades , et c. It will occur about the 1st of Februar y and will be held in the hall. r ; ¦ ¦ ¦ • • ¦ ¦ • ¦ ¦• Corona. _ Mrs. Meghet has opened ' a confec- tionery and ci gar store on Corona avenue. Geo. Hamilton has been offered a s oo d position in a b rok er ' s office in Bridgeport , Ct., as telegraph operator. A r estaurant is about to be opened on the main road to Hitchcock' s lots b y Mr. Zem rains , of this p lace . Suc cess att end him. JS U : Joe Kiess , whose absence caused his relatives considerable anxiety has been heard from. He writes home that he is all ri g ht , and that he will soon re- t urn to this p lace , as his wo rk is very har d. Cold Spring Harbor. John D. H ewlett and famil y are to spend the winter in New York. It is ex pected that revival meetings will be held in the M. E. Church for th e winter. Cap t. Wink White is somewhat lame from the accident which occurred on Christmas day, while indul ging in th e foot race. James Bingham has been visiting his brother William Bingham. He thinks of anchoring his yacht in this harbor the coming summer. Mr. ' Webb Dole , of Bo s ton , Mass., has been visiting his br oth e r J o hn Dol e for some time. He sailed last week for Eng land to be gone a year , and will , he thinks locat e in Africa permanently. Huntington, Mr. and Mrs . H. R . Fleet lost a little child who died at its birth last week. The main street sewer has been un dergomg a thoroug h cleaning the past week. Miss Nellie S. Funnell , one of the t e a chers of th e Uni o n Sch oo l i s taki ng a vacation on account of illness. T V hf > -J!S/ f ./va*f\ Pv E l «n A» *W* V j wa * <I U «j \ ( O ol. While Mr. J. F. Wood was driving in his two-wheeled cart l ast week , one of the wheels came off precip itating him to t h e g roun d , but without serious- ly injuring him. The horse apparentl y did not realize the situation as he kept rig ht on with onl y on e wheel. Grecnport. I It ev. C. S. Nickerson of the Presby- terian Church has been called to Wau- kesha , Wi s., to preach. He will prob- abl y accep t. On Monday, J an. 21st , the annual el ection for Chief and Assistant En- g ine ers of the Green port Fire Depart- ment will occur. Il ev.C. E. Hiscox was called away t o Mt. Vernon , N. Y., on Sunday of last week to attend the funeral of his mother , who is the wife of Rev. E. T. Hiscox in said place. On Thursday Jan . 17th , the Tenth Annivers ary of the Ladies Society of St. Peter ' s German Church was c ele- brated. A grand time was had , the former pastors of the church having been invited to be present. Glen Cove. llev. R: Mc Question was installed as p asto r of th e P r e sbyterian Chu r c h on Jan . 16th. M rs. Peter Miller , a widow who has lived on Glen street for 40 years is very ill. She is 90 years old. T. J. Service of Glen Cove , and Miss Ella King, of New York were united in marriage the 10th of Jan. Also on J an. 9th , John Miller and Mary J. Noon , both of this p lace. Mrs. Molletor , wife of Frank M olle - tor who lives on Cottage Row , died ve r y suddenly last week Thursday after- noon. She was about to go for a ride when sh e becam e i ll a nd di e d s h o r tl y after , of a p po p lexy. Klverhead. Last week Thursday evening the Soci al Club held a dance in the ball , and it was attended largel y. The wedding of Prof. Arthur Tyte and Miss Minnie G. Corwin came off last week , and everything passed off nicel y. The house of Mr. Jarrett on Ea st str eet took fire on Sunday of last week. The neig hbors kind and quick hel p, soon put it out. Loss §30. . The new Republican Count y Com- mittee met for organization on Thurs - day evening at the Long Island House. Chairman N. D. Petty called the meet- ing. As Chas. Smith and J. Walton were driving into Walton ' s yard on a load of hay last week , the load topp led over throwing Walton first to the ground o n to hi s b a ck , and Smi th foll o w e d n e xt striking his head into Walton ' s stomach. Walton was hurt quite badly. A whis- key bottle was also smashed in the fra- cas . Sea Out . Mr. F. W oodrich has lost a pet pony . Cause pn eumonia. A young son of Mr. and Mrs . Geo. A. Carpent er died on the 9th. This de- prives them of children , as their little g irl died a few months a go. Rev. Mr. Stulc gave the second lec- ture i n the course of the Temperance Division last Monday evening. The subject was: \Is Marriage a Failure ? ' The Bas e Ball Club was invited by the Rosl yn B enevolent Society to an oyster supper and ball in Bryant Hall , which occurred on Wednesday eve w Chas . Led ya rd who has gone to Los Angeles , Cal., is very ill. W .A. Clark will go to the cit y to take up telegraph y. Win . Al bertson will t ake his p lac e here. The Ladies Society of the P resb y- terian Church held their social gather- ing last week at the home of Mrs . Wells Philli ps. A very enjoyable time washad . The friends of the Band Association sur prised them at their rooms last week , with eatables , etc. A grand time was had and music was the ord er of the evening. Hempstead . Th e Whist Club , met at the residence of T. T. Rushmo re ' s last week. Daniel H. Rhodes who died lately was w ell known throughout the coun- ty where h e sold confectionery. Al bert H. Seabury died of consump- tion las t week after a long illness. He wa s known and well liked by ever y- b o /l j- ' . Nathaniel Smith was one hundred years old on Jan. 7th , 1889, being born Jan. 7th , 1779 . The Observer says he was born before George Washington was President , went to ' the front \ as a soldier in the war of 1812 , and receives a pension from the government. Fie was kept busy on New Year ' s day re- c eiving congratulations. I ' ort •Jefl' ei'son. Capt. H. M. Randall and wife spent last Sabbath at Groton , C onn. Hawkins has been moving 0. T. Fanning ' s house the past week. It i s rumored that the Setauket Rub- ber works is to be sold again in Feb- ruary. Ezra M o tt , of Fire Island Li g ht, House has been on a short visit to his home. Capt. W. H. Craven ' s house is going rap idly for ward, 'the frame having been raised last. week. Miss May Wilson , who has been tho guest of J . 1\. Satii mi. - ! has returned to her home in Hunting to n. Capt. S. Davis has purcha. -ed the large tenement house on West, Tuthill street , of S. Hallo c k. Price si ,000. The leading citizens of the place are making an effort to establish a Mutual Life Insurance Company at this p lace. It is hoped they will succeed. li:~ u-i.. :- n. > \ i •• , * \ \\ . in Sayville and vicinity for the past two weeks retu rned to her home on Sundav last. .Miscellan e ous. Step hen Hnrtis Corse , of Manhassett. an old colored man was found dead in a barn last week , the result of old age and exposure. The Astoria Silk Works were burned to the ground recentl y. About 100 men were thrown out of emp loyment , which makes this a sail Xew Year for many families. —[O b server. A matrimonial sensation has been c aused in Flushing b y Miss Lizzie i Young, a wealth y g irl of the village , marrying Mr. McComb , the Evange- list , after an acquaintance of two short months. —I E x. The house of Editor John O'Donne ll ' of J amaica , caug ht tire on New Year ' s ni g ht, but by the prompt, action of the tire department was saved from de- struction. Fully appreciating the firemen ' s efforts , Mr. O'Donnell has presented them with a check for $- r >0. -[E x. We learn that Charles King, of Bir- ming ham , Conn., formerly of East Hamp ton , died suddenly of paralysis , last week. Mr. King was about ' ¦ } ' < years of age , and leaves a wife and several children. Mrs. Charlotte King, mother of deceased , left on Wednesday to attend the funeral. Messrs. Chris. Sehreiber and Chas . Xostrand , of Valley Stream , accom- panied by Assemblyman Kannow of the 1 - lth X. Y. City District , paid a vis- it to Sing Sing State Prison ^ on Tues- day . They were shown throug h th a t , n o t e d institution , and many of the prominent criminals as Ward , Jaehne , Crowley and others were pointed out. Lewis \ Brower. of East Meadow , who assaulted his aged wife and nearl y killed her , does duty in the cooking room. John Kruger , of East llockaway, is also emp loyed in the same depart- ' r aent. —[Ex. Sy dney Uifford . a la d of l5 , who li v es with his par e nts at Asbury Park , is re- ported to be dy ing from the excessive use of ci garettes. He is delirous at times , and the p hysicians say that be has been poisoned by nicotine. Pa- rents would do well to watch their sons , and by every possible means check this disgusting and death-dealing habit. It is the hei g ht of the ambition of a youngster to learn to inhale the poison- ous nicotine drawn fro m these vile things which leaden the brain , remove the coating from the stomach and kil l the lungs! If your boy will smoke , buy him a p i pe or segar , but do not tolerate the use of cigarettes. —I Star. •Soii tliold . Gardening for Ladies Make up your hed early in the morn- ing; . - w buttons on your husband' s shirt ; do not n/Av up grievances: pro- tect the yo u ny and lender hva n ebe a of your family; p lant smiles of good tem- per , and reap a crop of health and happiness; root out the caiises of nerv- ous debility and \female weakness , \ b y the use of Dr. Pierce ' s Favorite t' re- scriptiou. It is a soverei gn specific , and thousands of the fair sex bless the day they fi rst heard of it. It is the onl y medicine for women , sold by drugg ists , under a p ositive guaran tee , fro m the m anufa ctures, th at it will g ive satis faction in every case , or money will be refunded. • This guarantee has been printed on the bottle-wrapper , and faithfully carri ed out for many years. I To cleanse the stomach , liver , and svstetu general ly, use Dr. Pierce ' s Pel* I l ets- Legal No tices. Ad ministratrix ^ 3:133 In rursua i itv of an order of .lames H. Tuth ill Es i i. . Sumi ? at« . of the Couuly of Suffolk: Xotu - e is hereb y u ivt - u . aceofiliimlo law , to all j mtsohs havin g elaims a u aiust Stephen T. Bads- ley , late of KreiitniH u I . i l eeeased . that they are required to exhibit the same, with the vouchers thereof , to the su h seri b er at the ofliee of A. It. Ileeker . l * iitiiam House . :*o -llli Avenue , in the City ol Xew York, on or before the lali day of April , l ssiwext. Uat wt 1- j th day of Oi - iober . Isk si . Min n' IK 1.. l. ' jwN. A dministratrix. OrtJ3 ,cm . NOTICE TO CREDI TORS. In ¦ 1 <ur suain - e of an order of James H. Tuth ill. Esq. . Surro g ate of UielVutiiy of Suffolk: Notice is hereby given . aeeor din<; to law to all iktsoiis having claims :u:ai)iM Thomas James, late of the To s vn « f Islii» . dei - eased . that Ihev are required to exhibit the same , with the vouchers thereof , tot ne , suDscr iber . Samuel W. Green , at the office o f Isaac H. Green . Jr.. on Main Street , Savrine , Suffolk Couu rv . New- York , ou or before the Tenth day of June nex t. Uate d l>ecember 3 , 1SSS . SavcklYV. G KKKX . Adiniiiistrator of Thomas James , deceased . 1' e t tit & Woon . AdmVs. Att' vs., 71 Broad- way. Se w York. X. Y. Notice. The Commissioners of Hipu t vavs of the Town of Islip. beiiu; authori s ed by the Trustees of Town Lands , her e bv forbid all iiersous from c ariiu s earth from tlie loam lands purchased bv the town for use on ihe public road s, unless the same is taken for Mich u>e: and all |»ersous are forbidden to cart earth from any of the high- ways of said town , unless under the direction of an Overseer of Ui ^ hwavs. And further, all v' rsous an- forbidden to throw u arba u e and rubbish of any description in the imbhe roads of said town. HEXKY F. l l l' .OWX I HEXRY C.HAEr , J -C ommissionersof Hi s h JOHN J. SMITH. I ways, COUNTY C< >ri£T -SCK. VOLK Corvrr. Kichard M. Mont g omery and another ,) :i' ^ a in>t Jame s Jan is Keybert and others. I I * nr$uanl to a j - .idirineiit of parti tion and sale herein, d ated December IS . iss s . Ih e undersi g n- e d Kclerec . therein named will sell at public auction, on the premises hereinafte r described , ou the 4th day of February, lss :' . a t 12 o ' clock , noon , all the old l i ork propertv situate in the i villa g e of Bay Shore , m the Coiiritv of Suffolk and | State of New York, situated ou the east side of I I' eiiataouil Brook, on Mowbrav ' s Xeck and I bounded and described as follows : Be g inning at the northeast corner thereof , adjoinin g at the north the southerly and easterl y sides of a ditch j and on the east adjoinin g land s late of Henrv i W. Banks ami niuuiu u thence bv last named , laud sou: lieny to ihe southeast corner of said Old l H K-k p ropert v . at a point in the hishwav : running acro» Mowbray Seek: thence Wfswr- : ly along the -omh line of the herein descrilied | premises in the said highwav to the line of the j w esterly side of > aid lH > rk in lVnatauuit Brook i thence northerly along the westerl y side of said j dock to ihe northeast corner thereof : thence ] easterly to the place of li e gj ni iin .g. toget her with ! all the appurtenances thereunto belonging or j in any - .vise avjurtaining. j 1 'ated December Is . Isss. ! IIAKKYt l .CLOCK. Kefe ree. Elliott .1. Sj iu ii , Plaintiffs Attorne y . Islip, Suffolk County. X. Y/. G wlT i CITATIOX. \ THE PEO P LE OF THE STA TE OF Xew York . To Julia M. Mmtli . Ann Eliza ! Smith . Temperance F. Smith . Lizzie Sillimau . : wife of Au g ustus Silliman . Henrv I\ . Smith and I Nathaniel J. Smith . !!ei> * al law and next of kin j o f K pelletus Snill ' i. late , < f the town of Sllllt l l- t ow n- County id sui l olk . deceased , send greet- i ng: Whereas Ceorge A. Smith the Executor named in 1 he n ill < if ~aid deceased , l a t dv applied to our Surrogate of the County of Suffolk, to hart ' a crrtai u instrument in MTitiHg . >ienru >f ; ! date the :21st day of J anu ary , isss. mirt 'o rl i \^ it 1 proved as the last *ill ami Testament of the i said deceased. Therefore , you and each of you are cited and re q uir ed , iiersoually to lie and ap- t iear before our said Sn ir ogaie. at the surrogate s offlce. in the village of Kiverhead . and town of ltiverhead. in th e County of Suffolk , on Mon- day the Seven th! day of i Janu ary , 1 889 . at one o ' clock in the afternoon of that dav . to attend the proof of the said last Will and Te s tament: and a -i « ecial guardian will at that time Ik- api - oiuted to appear for said minors: hi Witness Where of the Surrogate of our said Count y has hereunto ;i. s. - a:ii\ei i hi < seal of office this l. t h dav of November , one thousand 1 .1- lu hun dred and eighty-eight. J . H.Tl ' THILL , Surrogat e. | lu s W Ts . i Lawyer s. JOSEPH WOOD , ATTORNEY AND COUNSELLOR AT LAW 71 Bsoadwat , Xew Yobk. A t Say r illa on Saturdays. A .RLNGTO X H. C ARi iA N . COU NS ELOR AT LAW P ATCHOGC E. S T. \ ANDREW HEYMAN ATT ORNEY AND COUNSELOR, fA TCHO aOX. !i.Y. SayyiuxTuesd a t. ~~ CHARLES VV. KLEBISCH , ATTOR N EY m COUNSELOR AT LAW Ho. 257 Broadway, Jse w York City. B u id t noe , Holbroct , L. L U tTL. ELLIO TT J. SMIT H , ATTORNEY ana COUNSELOR at Lif , I s u r , L. 1. fi8h el & reid , At torney and Counselor at Law , Ba 3Y L OS. L. I. Xv« rorfc t ifflce a l Teiiiide Court i KoomlsO i . ^ N. D. PETTY , A ttorney and Counselor at Law Biveb h eah , L. I. STOVES , G ANGES HEATEKS. Tin - Ware of All Kinds . PRACTICAL PLUMBERS. Josep h. Jedlicka & Son J e dli c ka ' s Blo c k , O A lVlh l i C I W* Have on ha a d a large stock and g ood i -wsortment of ran ge* , heaters , stores , also j bs v and im proved oil-stores. Tinware of a r erj description ke p t in stock and made t # aider. Gi x e u» a call—ire c an suit f c o . 6. M. ASHB Y , Cabine t Make r , S TAIR BUILDIN G . M antles, Etc. | Repairing promp tl y and satr isfactoraily done. Estimates furnished and all work exe- cuted at reasonable prices . Shop—Green Avenue. * ~ Bear of News office , ,- ^ - ii jj ^ yfr i. . D entist. T ITh. hoffmanT ll e ntls-f * ALDKICH BLOCK , MAIN ST., SAYVILLE , L. I. Fi rst-Class work. Satisfaction Guaranteed. | B r.S - W. li o ngenec k er , i SU2 G 20N ANS MECHANICAL I © ® fflLM «t e I Dental Parlors and residence I Ocean Avenue , Patehogue. ' Office days , Thursday , Friday l and Saturday. Amity ville , 1 office days , Tuesday and Wed- j nesday . Monday ' s at Dr. J. H. Longenecker & Sons , 267 Fulton St. Brooklyn , N. Y. E -I F Gold fill ing a specialty Dr. C . L. Fur man , Offi ce on Main St., near the Bank. O i>< -u at all hours. Fresh Gas every day. PAT C H OGUE , N . Y. ROBERT NUNNS - (XMRA O rOB, & BUILDEB , SAYVLLLE , L. 1. Carpen ter Wori ot e ? ery description neatl y an< n rom p tlrattended to. JN 0 Z. O'BRIEN , 5NIL ENGINEER AND SURVEYOR GREEN ' S BUILDING. Main Street , - - S ayville , L. 1 R. HOLMES , ALL KOTO * OF BlacksmitMng and Jobbing, C A 2 BIAGK AND WAGON IEON T N Q A X D FINISHING. gOBBE-SgOELTO A SPEOIALTr. AH BOAT WORK execut ed in a waflauaHkt Ssnner a s d at abort ao aoe . OU *T.Uri> . il T¥ TTJ ,» COAL f cOA L! C. -E Ti A T , T)BICg , DEALKB IS White , Bed-Ash and Le high CoaL Pop o lai prices rule. Coal and Wood deU r ei vA U _ ^ a a j paK a ltbe TU lafeprUnra. . . ^ M* MwS tt d t:iltt *Eak firfn« i. - ' • ¦ - 1 M mA a fc i k t* t t« a* tf M - C hoice jp fe ttUanu CHARLOTTE BRONTE. A UT T L S aHTXED STOUV. The wind was blo w ins over tbe moors. And tlio sun shone bri ght upon heather and whin . On the gravestones hoary and gray with age . Which stand about H a worth vlcara fip . And itstr w iined through a window in. There , by herself . In a lonely room— A lonely room whkh once held three- Sat a woman at work with a busy pen . Twas the woman all England praised just then; But what for its praise cared she! Fame cannot dazzle or flattery charm One who goes lonel y day by day On the lonely moots , where the plover * ay. Andthe«ohMn g Vr maa»«hrirrles ' by — Has no comforting ? word to say. So , famous and lonely and sad , s h« sat . Ana steadily wrote the morning through ; Then , at stroke of twelve , laid her test asids And out to the Idtchen swiftly n i ed. Now what was she going to do? Why, Tabby, the servant , was \ past her work , \ And her eyes had failed as her strength ran low . And the toils , once easy, had one by one Become too hard , or were left half dona By the aged hands and slow. Bo , eve r j \ day, without saving a word . Her famous mistress laid down tho i»en, Kekneadeu the bread , or silently stole The potatoes away in their wooden bowl . And pared them all over again. She did not say, as she might have done , \The less to the larger must g ive way, These things are little , while I am great; And the world will not always stand and wall For the words that I have to say. \ No; the elever fingers that wrought so well . And the eyes that could pierce to the h o arfa intent , She lent to the humble task s and small; Nor counted the time as lost at all , So Tabby were but content! Ah , U eaius burns like a blazing star . And Fame has a honeyed urn to All; But the good deed done for love , not fame , Like the water cup in the Master ' s name , L» something more precious still — St. XleboUa. Weak eyes and inflamed lids indicate an impure condition of the Wood..The b est remedy is A v ar ' s Sarsap anlla. It vitalizes the blood , re gulates the secre- tions , and ex pels all scrofulous humors tajfiffl W k * *¦ \ ** ' The great popularity of Ayer ' s Pills as a cathartic is du e no less to their promp tness and effic a cy t h an to thei r coating of sugar and freedom from any in jurious effects. Children take them If you would have a desirable head of hair , use Hall' s Vegetable Sicilian H ai r Eenew e r , the most won derful ttftorery of m*d*rt tim » S tor the hftii
