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v, -.\ v ; ' ,i.. . \* • . ' • •••. THE ST. LAWRENCE HERALD I«tabli«h*d 1877 Fidelity to Truth, Liberty anil Law THE POTSDAM MM 3 hg VOLUME XXXVI POTSDAM, ST. LAWRENCE COUNTY, N. Y-, FRIDAY, JUNE 6, J9J3 ROOSEVELT WINS SUIT FROM EDITOR Colonel Gets Nominal Damages, Making Six Gents. IS COMPLETELY VINDICATED TECH COMMENCEMENT New«tt Announces His Entire BelUf In Sobriety of Man He Had Libeled. Colonel 8ay« Hie Aim Was to 8ma«h Soandal Onoe For All. Theodore Roosevelt was vindicated by a jury ID Marquette, Mich., ID the most thorough and complete manner of the charge of drinking to excess. The defendant, the judge and the jury In the Boosevelt-Newett libel case united, one after the other, In testifying to his vindication. In a most dramatic man- ner he attained the object for which he has been fighting—the crushing of a slander which has pursued him at every turn for years, and which, though seldom getting Into print, had been common gossip throughout the land. When be bad finished the presenta- tion of his cane against George A. Newett, Mr. Newett tooU the stand and testified that be had searched the country over for witnesses against Colonel Roosevelt and could not find one who could swear of his knowledge that the colonel drank to excess. He announced his own entire belief In the sobriety of the man he had libeled, having been convinced of It no less by his own Inability to find any proof to the contrary than by the long array of men who swore to the colonel's tem- perance and by the Impossibility that they could be lying or could be mis* taken. Following Mr. Newett's statement Colonel Roosevelt asked permission to make a statement and In a voice that rang through the courtroom said that his aim bad been to smash the scandal once for all, so that no man could ever again repeat the slander In good faith. He was not trying to punish Mr. New- ett he said, and In rlew of the de- fendant's statement he asked the court to instruct the jury that he wanted only nominal damages, in Michigan this means the sum of 6 cents. Judge Flnnnlgnn ordered a recess, and when the court reconvened he •charged the Jury to bring a verdict of 6 cents' damages as requested by the colonel. . Following tho justice's request tho jury brought In Its verdict, and Fore- man W, H, Matthews, Instead of say. ing that thoy found for the plaintiff, arose and announced with evident sat- isfaction, \We find for Theodore Roosevelt\ The friends of Mr. <Newett are call- ing it a \settlement but tho colonel's friends say It wn« aot a settlement In any sense of tho word. QUEEN AMELIE NOT TO WED Portugal'* Former Ruler Denies She'e to Marry Count Vaeealaee. Queen Mario Ainelio of Portugal stamps as absurd the widely published Good Woath«r and • F«atlve 8plrlt Prevail Throughout Tbe fourteenth Commencement of the Olarkson Teoh was ushered I in by the Baccalaureate exercises Sunday afternoon. The Episo.- | pal service and the scripture les- son were read by Rev. W.J. Hami- lton, Rector of Trinity ohurob. Miss Edith MoOormick then rendered a fine vooal solo with cello obligato by Mr. Harold Je- bo. , Right Reverend Rlobard H. Kelson, Episcopal Bishop of the Diocese of Albany then delivered a very strong and forceful sermon ohooaing as his text tbe 18th I verse of tbe 13tb chapter of Reve- lations, \Here is wisdom. Let him that bath understanding count the number of the beast; for it is the number of the man; and bis number is six hundred, threesore and six\. | The Bishop pointed out that there were many failures in I human philosophy and that the need of God was In erery human life and that this was apart from the ideal of a '4od. Idealism | oauses us to see visions, however, 1 and dream dreams and the larger | the dream a the greater the heights , to whioh men attain. To get baok to Christ is a realization of these {demands. The new Testament stands as a portrait of living character, Christ as a living per- 'son and we have Christ as one who had absolute mastery over himself, well poised, full of tenderness and unselfishness, anc{ perfect love. And that picture has been painted for us to snow us bow to have our lives like his Idealism we are all to enter up-} on. What your imprest will be upon the times depends upon you and your power to approaoh to the life of Christ and through him to secure kingship over tie world,. The Senior Ball was held Tues- dny evening in the Gymnasium, the patronesses being Mrs. J. P. Brooks, Mrs. H. A. Grant, Mrs. Hugh Miller and Mrs. J. P. Heath, The Ball was largely at- tended. Wednesday evening at 8:30, Direotor and Mrs. Brooks held a very pleasant reoeption at their home on Main street in hon- or of the commencement speaker. Thursday morning at 10:45 oo- ourred the exercises proper in Teob Hall. After the invocation and soip- ture reading by Rev. W. J. Ham- ilton, Ouemngp orchestra played an overture. This was followed by an excellent address by John A. Besel, 0. E , New York State Engineer Miss Alice Blvins ren- dered a delightful vocal solo, \Spring Flowers\ with violin cbligato by Mies Marion Wright, Both tbese young ladies are of the Crane Institute Faculty. Degrees were then oonferred on the following: B. S. in Electri- oal Engineering, Glen N. Gale, Piercefield; B. S. in Chemical Engineering, Boyd H. Carr, Whitehall, Harry E. Peok, Great Bend; B. S. in Civil Engineering Harold K. Fox, Canajoharie, Ivan 0. Hall, St. Regis Falls, William D. Kring, Ogdensburg, Albert D. Merrill, N. Lawrence, Jay P, Spear, Wadhams, Hoy E. Suther- land, Potsdam, James T. Teahan, Millers Falls, Mass., Joseph E. Welker, Oil City, Pa. The Clarkson Song. \Celestial Fires Burn on Thy Hearth\ was sung and the benediotion pro- nounoed. An informal reoeption was held in the library of sohool to meet the speaker and ended tbe commencement festivities. QUliEN AMELIE report thut she Is to wed Count Van- Balnea, one of the roynliut leadens of Portugal. rShe 1» the daughter of the late '*Cpmpte de I'arls and a sister of the Dukes of. Or leans and Montpelier. King .Manuel It her only son. Read's Standard Fertilizers- buy of Bonney & Co. ABRAM YOUNG Mr. Abram Young an old soldier, has been mustered into the army of peace on the other shore, He answered to his last roll oall here last Tuesday morn- ing. He had a shook the Satur- day before and never reoovered bis senses. One less comrade here one more over there. THE MARKETS Canton, June 2. —At the Can- ton dairyman's board of trade Saturday 55 factories registered 5615 boxes of oheese whioh is the largest number of boxes offered in recent years, and all sold at 14c. Butter sold at 28o. The Early History of Parishville By Katy A. Parker When Whiskey Was the Larger Share of a Man's Store Account—Whiskey in the War of 1812—\Still Slop\ Cattle—E. D. Brooks Credited with 3 Shillings for a Day's Work—\Paying the.Road Tax\ 1 VII. The Distillery I It is not altogether easy for people living in contaot with the strong temperance sentiment of tbe present day to realize the jatate of feeling in regard to the use of liquor 100 years ago. Going through the old Parish books we find practically not an Qooount current with any settler, of any length, whioh does not contain regular, and often fre- quent items of whiskey, gin and rum. Below names of men to whom tradition imputes tbe ut- most sobriety appear item after item oil spirituous liquors. By way of illustration, here is an ao- oount of a settler, given without omitting any item, so that it shows, not only how muoh and bow often he bought whiskey, but just what proportion this line of goods bore to bis other purchases: vekpment of the town. It has oflen been said that but for the distillery and the ready market it furnished for grain I and store cattle the settlers could never have paid for their farms.. It is oertain that in the early years of the town, before dairying became developed, that these commodi- ties were the main dependence of the settlers and that there was no other market for them in sight at anything like remunerative prices. Mr. Hoard would take all the grain the set tiers had to spare and credit them a lair prioe for it. Suoh portion of the proceeds as they required to live upon he paid them in the form of various neces- sities of life and the balance was applied on their land aooounts, Whatever was turned in on laud, he turned over to Mr, Parish in whiskey delivered at Ogdensburg \1811. Sept 28 27 Oct. 1812 Ac To 604 Feet Boards \ 454 Do. Do. To 1 pint gin To 475 ft. boards June 1 Sept- 22 1818. July 8 Sept. 2 1814. Sept, 9 Oct. 3 Dec. 12 21 1 gill gin Liququor and sugar for training To To To To To oath fM masie lor trtinlpg To his proportion of liquor and dinner for muaio last training To John Thomas bill of boards To 80 gal. whiskey at 8s one barrel ds To 1 gallon per order To half Mr. Abbott's bill.of lumber $2.52 2,27 .iy 2.84 .19 1.89 ,21 .15 Jany 2 To 25 gallons whiskey at $1. \ 10 Do. previous, old aoot. June 5 \ 1 Gallon Whiskey July 18 \ 6 Gallons whiskey l.N) 4.89 80.00 1.00 1.00 4.17 25.00 10.50 3.25 H.00\ This account has been selected'or some other market point, so on aooount of being that of a man that tbe whole transaction was who has not been dead so long effected to the advantage of all but that it is possible to learn how parties oonoerned and without the he was looked upon by his neigh- use of money, bors and associates, and his reoord The 8rst distillery was built by comes to me, unquestioned, BI a'\ *\ * * . .. *. pious, oonsoientious and oonsis- tent Christian, and without a shade of suspicion against his striot sobriety. It is to be noted that in eBti- mating expenses of any proposed work and in making settlement for any completed ]ob—olearlng land, making roads, ereotlng buildings, even surveying—Mr. Hoard unfailingly allowed an item of \whiskey rations.\ Ap- parently this item was treated as just as muoh of a neoessity in car- rying forward any pieoe of work as board, tools or materials were. General stores not only kept whis- key for sale but often bad a pail of 1 * a tin from with near, cup conveniently which thirsty customers were at liberty to help themselves. Like conveniences were provided at tbe distillery to enable visitors to sample the produot. At the store house where grain for the distil- lery was delivered the pail and cup were plaoed just inside the doors so that the teamsters arriving with loads of grain oould open the 'door, re ion in and refresh them- selves, without leaving their teams. The almost universal use of liquor as a beverage and the taste of public sentiment regarding it, put the manufacture of whiskey on a par with other manufacturing enterprises; and, in the oase of Parishville, the opening of a dis- tillery was regarded as a particu- larly wise move, and one caloula- ted to prove in its results t \ lyben&oiaito tne_ \' Mr. Hoard and, as iodioated above, wai run by him on his own account and not in bis capaoitv of agent for Mr. Parish. Hough states that it was built in 1811 and put in operation in 1812, but I question his dates. There ap- pear on the books no purchases of grain in anv considerable quanti- ties until 1818, and no liquor sales t hll til tht e til , and no liqu at wholesale until that The dll year, was Th first distillery building was of wood and neither extensive nor expensive. It was not even digni- fied by tbe name of distillery, but was spoken of as \Mr. Hoard's etill\ or \still house\. There seems also to have been a wooden store house, and the buildings with their neoessary equipment constituted the whole plant for the manufacture of whiskey ex oept that the grain was ground into meal at the grist mill, A summary o f the work of the fall and winter of 1813 and 14 shows that during that k season 3257 bushels of grain (oorn, rye and barley) were purchased and that it cost 5, 8 and 12 shillings, averaging a per bushel. grain was furnished in small lots by settlers of Parishville and sur- rounding towns, but a part of it was bought at Potsdam at whole- sale. From this grain was manu- factured 6881 gallons of whiskey (a yield of something over two gallons per bushel) whioh was sold at ao average prioe of about $1.30 per gallon, amounting to $8062.41. The difference between oe of grain bought and /soldleaves a balance of ft 854 and some odd cents to an g, little over a dollar The bulk of this for labor, fuel and other expenses and apply on aooount of interest, depreciation and profit. There was also a by-product, \still slops\ of considerable value. Tbe war of 1812 and the proxi- mity of the army raised the prioe of grain but it also stimulated the demand for the distillery product. Under date of Deo. 25, 1813, Mr. Hoard states to Mr. Parish that army contractors will take all the whiskey he can make at $1 per gallon, This certainly suggests that soldiers were liberally sup- plied with \Dutch courage\ in whose days. A couple of weeks later he writes ' I shall be able to oolleot considerable grain but not as muoh as if the troops were not in the vicinity and muoh dearer. The Distillery has been going sinoe tbe first of Ootober and is doing extremely well—1 sell my whiskey for oasb as fast as I oan make it.\ In 1815 there oame a radical change in market oondi- tions. In April of that year he writes \Business of every des- cription is very dull; grain is very low—wheat $1, rye 6s, oorn 5s — money very scarce—whiskey worth nothing—It isn't possible to raise money enough from it to pay tbe duties—I never will start my Distillery again until these duties are taken off, or at least part of them.\ Bat be seems to have kept right on running tbe distillery until the fall of 1819, when it was destroy- ed by fire, and then to have im- mediately rebuilt it and put it in operation again. In connection with the rebuilding of the distil- lery appear the first suggestion of objection of tbe liquor business. Tbe obieption, Mr Hoard's taoit admission of its force, and bis apology are best given in (his own words as oontained in a letter to Mr. Bosseel under date of Marou 2d» 1820, as follows: \You say , yon see with surprise I wish you :: - atuld say with pleasure that I was ^ wbullding my fiistillery. I take it you have an aversion to Distil- iieries beoause you think they cor- rupt the morals of people. I should be willing to substitute some other business for it if I oould find anything which wculd afford a profit. But I don't know anything that oould be done with profit here within my means. \ Mr. Hoard seems to have sold out the business to Mr, Parish in 1823, but when EiogS. Hawthorn suooeeded him as Mr. Parish's agent in 1825, he leased and again took obarge of it, but only ran it for a short time when it was shut down and Mr. Parish began re- moving the old wooden buildings, preparatory to ereotlng the sub- stantial stone structures familiar to all the older residents of the town, two of whioh remain land- marks to tbe present time. A, E. Durand had tbe job of removing the old buildings for $50, and Mr. Hawthorn—who, as above indioated was then Mr. Parish's agent, and to whose let- ters we are principally indebted for a knowledge of what was then going on—remarked that \he* .made no great speck at it.\ Wm. Chase had a job of getting stone Chase will not make $8 per day as he did on tbe mill,\ Gratan Brand furnished the square tim- bers at 8J oents per running foot. A part of the lime was drawn from Pierrepont and a part burned by Gideon Hewitt in one of the kilns the ruins of whioh are now to ,be seen on the High Fiats—probably tbe one on tbe farm owned by Fred Crump. Five tons of plaster of paris were also used, prooured in the vicinity of Lake Cham- plain. Tbe distillery building proper, whioh is now the original portion of Myron Bobson'smaohine shop, was completed in 1825 so that business was resumed when the fall's grain crop began coming in, but all the buildings constituting the plant were not oompleted un- til the summer of 1826. Tbe store house 6r granary—now Amon Boutk's blacksmith shop—was built that year. In its original form it was a three story and base- ment building, made very low be- tween joints in order to obtain a large floor spaes for spreading out the grain; wbiob was often CHURCH NOTES There will be services in the Baptist Ohuroh next Sunday as follows: Morning worship 10:80 Bible Sohool 11:45; O. E. S., 6:45 p. m. Attendants at the M. E. Oburoh who have oanary birds are re- quested to bring them to the oburoh Sunday morning to assist in the exeroises of Children's Day. Tbe next meeting of the W. C. T. U. will be held with Mrs. Mor- gan, 17 Pierrepont Ave., June 6, at 3 p. m. Flower Mission Day It is hoped that anyone having flowers will kindly contribute them for this work. Mrs. Morgan bas oharge of the program. Trinity Ohuroh, Third Sunday after Trinity—There will be a celebration of the Holy Commun- ion at 7:30 a. m., at which those who were confirmed last Sunday will make their first communion. Morning Prayer and sermon at 10:30, subject: \The Pillar of Fire\ Sunday Sohool at 12M. Choral Evensong 5. The annual Children's Day and Promotion Day exercises of the Presbyterian Sunday Sohool will be held on Sunday morning at 10:30. A speoial program bas been arranged and special musio provided. It is hoped to make this a very happy occasion, All of the Sunday Sohool, old and young, are expected to take part and be on hand to join in tbe prooessional. The first Methodist Episcopal Oburoh. Sunday observance of Children's Day. 10:30 a. m,, baptism of children, followed by a short sermon; 12 M. Sunday Sohool with orchestra; 6:30 p. m., Epwortb League; 7:30 p. m. Sun- day School Children's Day exer- dies, Wednesday eve. 7:80-8:30 Midweek prayer meeting. Tbe peo- ple are most cordially invited to all privilege* and benefits of the Ohurob. \ The Christian Science Sooiety will bold the following services at their rooms, 56J- Market street: Wednesday Testimonial meeting at 8 p. m,; Sunday Lesson 11:00 am,; Sunday Sobool at 12 M. The reading rooms are open to the publio 9V9ty afternoon from 3 un- til 5 o'olook. Tbe Christian Soienoe Text Book, and other Christian Soienoe literature may be read or obtained at these rooms. Sunday Lesson, June % 1913. Subjeot: God tbe Only Cause and Creator. GoldenTextt Psalms 146:5,6. Happy is be tbat bas the God of Jaoob for bis help, whose hope is in tbe Lord his God: Whioh made heaven, and earth, tbe sea and all tbat therein la: wbioh keepeth truth for ever. ParlshvHle Center Mrs, H. O. Tyo's grandmother, Mrs. Margaret Merrill is with ber for a time. Milton Snell's people reoeived i visit from Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Delanoy Sunday, Ruth Link and Rosabel Parker ' Luella and Lilian Spear of Homers Saturday {after- noon. Mrs. O. R, Holden drove to Briok Obapel Saturday and visit- ed ber daughter, Mrs. John Cota, and family, returning home JSun- day afternoon. Mrs. Adeline Gale and her sis- ter, Mrs. Mary Holden of Hanna- wa, who is stopping with her tem- porarily, took advantage of the fine weather of Memorial Day to make an automobile trip to Pots- am, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Tyo enter- tained to dinner Sunday, May 25th, Mr. and Mrs. G. F. Hart and daughter, also Mrs. Tyo's brother, W. Clinton Hart, and Miss Anna Gorman of S. Oolton. Something happens every little while to renew the hope that, sooner or later, tbe new bridge at this plaoe will be ooinpleted. The event of the present week is the arrival on tbe spot of a bran new, shiny, red power concrete mixer. Oall and bear Victor-Victrolas, at Everett's Musio Store. ^..;'''^ „!•*•.*.• Read's Fertilizers tor sale Bonney & Co. FOUR YEARS F STILWELL IN M udbooTT j * lo *xf New York Senator Is Sei For Bribery. * dJ OfciKB ——-— aW Hi 6RANTED EXECUTION Legislator's Maximum Term Y««rs—Was Conviotsd of _. $3,600 Prom George H. K Paat a Bill Out of Commi movtd From 8«nat«. Stephen J. Stllwell, ex-sene!$c°2fiffi the Bronx. New York, who wai con- victed of bribery,, was senttnl 19 Justice Seabury to not leas flBfllrfour years and not more than eight .In state StllweJl demanded $3,500 from < H. Kendall, president of the 1 Back Note company, to pass < senate codes committee a bill, the New York Stock Exchafl, which KenAnli had long ness feud. Soon after the charges L W . well were m»de he demanded! tlgatlon by the senate. This i ed, and after numerous senate refused to unseat same testimony that tbe i was used in the trial. Stllweira conviction automafl.. moved htm from the senate! 11 ft will be disbarred by the ap£' vision In cane the verdict is i' the higher courts. After 8 til well bad been *enti lawyer, Robert M. Moore, as'! stay of execution In order ttikf <L ent might be able to straightened business affair*. This was grsttftft The corridor on the main fl&r «T<i&t! criminal court building wa4\fef&w4fjtj when tbe doors of the criminal branch were opened. All available WMlliw^re quickly occupied by friends WSdaott- ponents of the former senatorial \Stephen J. stilweie saitf Seabury, \the sentence of 1 that yoa be Imprisoned in >Sft*» MB*! prison for a term of not lesaicth«niBattr nor more than eight years.\ Mr. Moore then execution, which was opposition.. >u Wlnthrop Rev. O. D. Newton will 1 * the pulpit in tbe Univ ohuroh next Sunday id™ senoe of Mr. Molntyre, supply at WatertowD. Children's Day will be ( June loth, with a gram. { Mrs. N. Q, Buok so end in Brainardsvl! brotbe '« tddttdjwftl H. Davis, is 'oonflauhtajiif bed with a broken bip. Mrs. Buok and Miss C toNioholville on Satu* took dinner with Mr. Sweet. Members of tbe a dinner on Deooration } Gibson Post members friends. A fine L__ W ,.„ _. dered under tbe direotiotfx*. MUl| Mary Wheelook. Tbe ladies of the Oo ohuroh will servo -~ mmm + day eve. of this week, ^n\ Sinclair CorneMM™' Mr. and Mrs. Frank Parishville Center wertj , Mr. and Mrs. Lon Spew nesday. Beatrice and FiorenW of Potsdam spent tb: with their _ * Kelson Crump. Mrs. L. P. Sayles is' list. Mr. and Mrs. F. L. daughter, Bessie, a funeral of Mrs. Wi West' Parishvilie o) Word from Mrs. D. who is in the city bos... densburg reports her oswi Mr. Hamlin expects to: this week, * LOST Lost between Smith's store on and the Normal sohogjl v nesday afternoon a flvi Money will be _ loser and a reward patfd i this <
