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m a Cmiittt €0tnm' DEVOTED TO THE TBDE INTEBESTS OP THE PEOPLE OF SENECA COUNTY. ^1884 ^ol 79 ' I 1802. SENECA FALLS, N. Y., THUBSDAY, JULY 23, 1903. No. 15 Death of Mrs. Clara E. Freeland. The sad circumstances connected with the decease of Mrs. Olara E. Freeland, widow of the late'^Barney Freeland, have excited profound sym pathy, Mrs. Freeland was widowed about a year ago and since that time had been living with her daughter, Mrs, Lewis F. Cheeseman in this village. She had displayed more or less indications of despondency since the loss of her husband but no serious consequences were apprehended. On Wednesday afternoon of last week, she left the house returning early in the evening and going at once to her room. As she did not make her appearance as usual at breakfast time, her daughter went to her mother’s room to learn the cause. She found h e r m o ther sittin g in a ch a ir in unconscious condition, with her wraps still on, as she had entered the house the preceding evening. Fail ing t© arouse her, Mrs. Ohees- man at once summoned Drs. Letellier and Schoonmaker, who after a brief examination, pronounced it a case of morphine poisoning. Every remedy known to the physicians was em ployed to restore consciousness, but the quantity of the drug taken and the long time it had been in the sys tem of the unfortunate woman made their efforts futile and Mrs, Freeland expired about one o’clock Thursday morning. Among her effects was found a note, giving accurate direc tions as to the funeral, designating the minister, her own pastor Rev. H. Grant Person; the bearers, Clarence H. Williams, H. Delaney Knight, Charles S. Sanderson and Dr. Frank M. Severson; the hymns “ Abide with me” and “Perfect Peace,” and all the other necessary details, thus indicat ing that her act was px’emeditated and planned. Mrs. Freeland was a woman of a reserved nature, of industrious disposition and enjoyed the esteem and respect of all who knew her. The funeral was held Saturday afternoon at her late home. She leaves three children, Byron, and Mrs, Lewis F. Cheeseman of this village,and William of Cayuga. Maccabees’ Excursion to Bath. On Wednesday, August 19th, the Seneca Falls Tent, No. 24, E.O. T. M., will give an excursion to Bath, over the Lehigh Valley railroad. The occa sion is the convention of the Central New York association of Knights of the Maccabees, and this is the Jred letter day of the convention. Two features of the day at Bath will be the prize drills of the uniformed rank and the lady drill corps. The train leaves the Lehigh Valley station in this village at 7 A, M ., arriving at Bath at 11 A, M. This will be one of the most delightful trips of the season, the excursion train passing through a most inviting section of the State, giving also an opportunity to visit the Soldiers’ Horae at Bath. The fare for the round trip is $1.50 for adults, and children half price. The com raitt^ of arrangements are: N. B, Gaston, George Durham, A. L. Jacoby, Fred Relfe, and William Burbridge, who will spare no pains in catering to the comfort and enjoyment of the excur sionists. Farmers’ Picnic. The custom of holding a Farmei’’s picnic at Hickory Island, will be con tinued this year, the week commenc ing August 34ib. having been set apart for the purpjs?. The grounds on the island are at the south end, in a primeval grove of hickory, oak and maple, near a capacious spring of ice cold water, and are well adapted for the pu.’pose. Tliis locality is ac cessible by bo it or the highway lead ing from Fox Ridge, All the towns in Wayne, Northern Seneca and the north part of Cayuga counties will be billed, and it is anticipated that the attendance this year will fully equal that of former years, when with good weather from two thousitid to four thousand people have been in attend ance daily. There will be addresses by well known speakers, athletic sports, boat races, baseball games, and a Farmer’s fair, at which prizes are offered for the best exhibition of pro ducts, and also dancing during the afternoons and evenings. Free Delivery Route to be Estab lished. An inspector of the rural free deliv ery division of the postoffice depart ment is in Seneca Falls to day looking over the ground and laying out a rural free delivery route north and north west of the village and extending into the town of Tyre. The proposed! route will probably take in the Black Brook road and territory east and west of the Tyre road. The length will be about twenty miles. A civil service examination of candidates for the position of carrier will be held at the Seneca Falls postoffice Saturday of this week at ten o’clock for the pur pose of securing a list of three eli- gibles from whom a carrier may be appointed. The presence of the inspec tor here for this purpose is the result of a petition to Washington of the residents of the district in which the route is to be laid out. This section is thickly settled and a large number of families will be served. The rural free delivery carrier not only delivers mail to the patrons of his route, but also sells stamps and money orders, registers letters and is in fact a traveling postoffice. The new route will prove a great convenience and will be appreciated by a large number of patrons of the Seneca Falls post- office. A route south of the village is also under consideration. Death of Amos Peterson of Lodi. Amos Peterson, of Lodi, one of the early settlers of Seneca county, died Friday last at his home in that town at the advanced age of ninety-three years. Mr. Peterson was born in Orange county in 1809 and came with his parents to Lodi in 1819 when only ten years of age and had lived on the farm where he died for up ward of forty years. When a young man he learned blacksmithing as a trade and worked at it for some time. Afterward he took up farming and was successful and prosperous. Mr. Peterson was a man who was liked and respected by his neighbors. He was public spirited, sound in judg ment, and a man of liberal education. In character he was upright and ruggedly honest and he was trusted by all. Three sons survive him, Henry C. Peterson and Daniel Peterson of Lodi and one who is a banker in the west. The funeral was held from the late home of the de- deceased Monday afternoon at two o’clock. Citizens’ Mass Meeting. A union mass meeting will be held in the Congregational church Sunday evening in the interest of the better enforcement of law and steps will be taken for the formation of a law and order league. Several prominent speakers will address the meeting and a male quartette will render some choice selections. Every citizen in terested in bettering the moral con- -ditions in Seneca Falls should be present and lend his or her moral sup port to the movement. This meeting is the outcome of one held Sunday last in the Methodist Episcopal church which was well attended. At that time no definite action was taken ex cept to ar.-ange for the union meeting which is to be held Sunday evening next. Great interest is manifested in the movement by a number of the prominent citizens and it is believed that it can be made productive of much good. The lax enforcement of law in this community hasi become the subject of much adverse criticism and the object aimed at is to see that public officials are compelled to do their duty by an aroused public senti ment. * * * Next Week’s Vaudeville Program. The vaudeville program at Cayuga Lake Park for next week contains the names of the following artists: F. M. Herbert, comedian, Buskirk & Rich, in comedy musical acts, “Danc ing Doyle,” Irish eomediian and dancer, York-Herbert Trio, comedy acrobatic sketch artists, introducing the youngest acrobat in vaudeville, eight years of age. The performance commences at 9 P. M. and is free to all patrons of the electric road after 6 p. M. Caught in the Act. Three burglars were caught trying to effect an entrance into the laundry of F. G. Shirley on State street about eleven o’clock Wednesday evening. They had nearly succeeded in open ing a rear window by which they could enter the laundry and if they had not been discovered and their plans spoiled, would doubtless have dressed themselves in clean shirts, collars and cuffs, of which they were badly in need. That they, were not real professional burglars was evident from their lack of tools and bungling methods, but they carried with them three of the toughest visages that ever graced a cell in Auburn prison. The police took the trio, who were young in years but old in small crimes, in charge and landed them in the “ cooler” and they will be brought up this morning in police court. The three very bad looking young men who were hang ing around Fall street Wednesday, and who were regarded suspiciously by a number of business men, are the ones who were caught at the at tempted burglary. A Pastorate of Forty Years. Rev. Pulaski E. Smith of Tyre, has recently completed a pastorate of forty years in the Baptist church of that town and is the oldest pastor in the county in point of continuous service. Of the 101 members of his church now, only three were members when Mr, Smith began his duties as pastor. They are Spencer White, Alpheus Morehouse and Mrs. D. A. Vander- burg. The Tyre Baptist church was organized in 1807 by Asa Smith and its first pastor was Samuel Messenger, who remained seven years. Other pastors, followed, serving for short terms uiaftil Mr. Smith’s,pastoEa.te be gan f o ^ years ago. Rev. P. E. Smith was born in the town of Tyre, worked on his father’s farm and attended school in Seneca Palls. He was graduated from the Rochester University in the class of ’59 and after his graduation was principal of the Pulaski Academy for three years, and was pastor of the Baptist church at Sandy Creek for one year. On July 20, 1863, he was installed as pastor of the Tyre Baptist church where he has worked faithfully in the cause of the Master ever since. He is greatly be loved by the people of the town of Tyre where his life’s work has been done and arrangements are being made for an appropriate celebration in his honor. Law and Order in Seneca Falls. To the Courier-Journal: A mass meeting of citizens was held last Sunday afternoon in the parlor of the M. E. church to con sider the subject of a better enforce ment of good order and' the ob servance of law. The meeting was well attended by representative men of the village. It was a pleasure to see prominently among those present and taking an interested and active part in the propositions brought before the meeting at least one representa tive of the public press. We were glad to see Mr. Waldron present at the gathering and placing himself on record in such a public manner as one in favor of good order and the suppression of any and all violation of law, not only in our village but in adjacent localities as well, for w6 noticed that he joined heartily in his endorsement of a petition to Sheriff McGhan, uniting his vote with all the ministers present to bring about a better condition in our village and vicinity. Of course nearly every one present noticed the tremendous ef fort put forth on the part of the great newspaper man to bring his manly form to the upright position, but by repeated efforts coupled with a mighty desire to be on the right side (i. e., the majority side), he found himself at the last minute standing up to be counted with the preachers and others whose enthusiasm he so greatly deplored. It is hoped by every lover of humanity that he will embrace every opportunity offering to make himself present at all gatherings like the one he attended last Sunday afternoon, as there ar wonderful possibilities in good en vironment for the young man. O rder . Personals. — Mrs. Jo h n A m e n t is visiting in R o chester. —Augustus Walters was in Roch ester Sunday, —Miss Mildred Kuney is visiting friends in Auburn. —Howard D, Mosher left Monday for his home in Troy. —Mrs. Charles P. Gould and child are visiting in Syracuse. —John Carraher is visiting rela tives at East Pittsburg, Pa. —Mrs. E, D. Boardman is visiting in Detroit, her former home. —Miss Emily Clary visited friends at Clifton Springs last week. —Mrs. Wm. H. Davis and family are spending the week at Farley’s- — Mrs. A n n a Babcock of G reen street is visiting her sister in Syracuse. —A. M. Shepard is visiting his daughter, Mrs. M. E. W illiam s , in Troy. —Lewis Troutman and S. H. Salisbury, jr., are in camp at Coverts — Miss M ary D o n a v a n , of C lifton Springs, is the guest of Miss Emily Clary. —Misses Hazel Fisher and Emma Scott are the guests of friends in Homer. —Roy Rogers has returned' from an outing at the Thousand Islands and other points. —Mrs. 0. C. Cadwallader is visit ing at the home of her parents in Elyria, Ohio. —C. H. Williams has returned from a trip to Big Moose in the Adirondacks. —Miss Blanche A. Pollard left Fri day for a visit with relatives in Cleveland, Ohio. —Mrs. Michael Galvin and' daugh ter, Miss Marguerite are visiting in New York City. —Mrs. E. Kahn of Troy is visiting at the home of her son, J, C. Kahn on Gi’een street. —Miss Gladys Pierson and Claude Fancher, of Canastota, spent Sunday at Wm. H. Hall’s. —Miss Minnie Isler of Buffalo is visiting at the home of M. Nichols on East Bayard street. —Mrs. Hattie Meyer of Dallas, Texas, is visiting at the home of J. 0. Kahn on Green street. —Mr. and Mrs. J. J. VanHorne, of Mont Clair, N. J., are guests of Mr. and Mrs, A, B. Davis. —Mr. and Mrs. George P. Rogers return to day from a visit of two weeks at Niagara Falls. —Misses Eleanor and Katharine McGraw are visiting with relatives and friends in Rochester. —Miss Beulah E. Page has gone to Syracuse where she has secured a position as stenographer. —Garnsey Underhill, of Chicago, is visiting his sisters, Mrs, C, L. and L. G, Hoskins, on Cayuga street. —Miss Lina Hill of Geneva was the guest of Mrs, Charles Van Zandt on East Bayard street over Sunday. —Mr. and Mrs. Coddington of Dobbs Perry, N. Y., were the guests of friends in Seneca Falls, Monday. —Mrs. John N. Depew, of East Bayard street, fs visiting her daugh ter, Mrs. H. C. Everett at Kendaia. —Wm. Allen, of Syracuse, spent Sunday in Seneca Palls, the guest of James H. Anderson and family at the —Mrs. I. L. Hicks and Miss Flor ence Hicks of Utica, are visiting Mrs. J. M. Woodward, Jr., on Garden street. —Alfred W. Brim is in Rochester to-day attending the marriage of his niece, Miss Agnes Stone to Mr. S. P. —Mrs, James Schoonmaker and her two sons are spending two weeks with Mrs. David Emeigh, Galen, Wayne county. —Mrs. Edwin Ball and daughter, Mrs. Ella M. Button, and Bertha E. Button are visiting Mends in Seneca Falls, —Miss Aileen Van Benschoten of New Haven, Conn., is visiting at the home of Mr, and Mrs. A. S, Davis on Chapin street. —Miss Elizabeth Webster, of Pitts burg, Pa,, has been visiting the Misses Chamberlain at their home on Cayuga street. j —Clarence Woodward leaves Sun day for Oswego, where he has accepted a position in the New York Central Railroad shops, —Arthur McGuire of this place, who has not been well for some time, left Saturday for St. Mary’s hospital in Rochester, for treatment. —Mrs. John Bracht and daughter, Margaret, of Adam street, sail from New York to-day for a two menths’ visit to relatives in Germany. —Miss Elizabeth Crawford from Brooklyn, N. ‘Y., accompanied by her nephew, Alfred B. Southwick, is spending a few weeks with old ac quaintances in town. —Dr. and Mrs. P. L. Howard of Chicago, Mr. and Mrs. LeRoy B. Smith of Madison, Wis., and P. H. Smith of Bangor, Maine are visiting Mrs. E. J . Smith on White street. -Misses Nellie Hayt and Emma Deep returned Saturday to their home in Glassboro, N. J., after a two weeks’ visit at the home of Mrs. Julia Eastman on Mynderse street. —Joseph Hurley, gate tender at the Cayuga street crossing of the N. Y. Central, left Wednesday for a visit with his brother in Michigan. Michael McCarthy is taking his place. —Misses Margaret and Effie Lester, of Lockport, on their way to the Adirondacks, spent Monday and Tuesday in town visiting their aunt, Mrs. O, J . Mackin, on Green street. -Charles A. Curtis has been in Toronto making arrangements for an excursion of the Geneva commandery, Knights Templar, to that city at the time of the annual encampment in Buffalo. —In former Fire Chief Prank Walter of Seneca Falls, whq has been an employe of the American Fire Engine Company, Rochester, has se cured for its supervisor of fire engines a man who thoroughly understands his business.—Syracuse Herald. —D. W. Waller of this place, is attending the summer meeting of the New York State Chess Association at Sylvan Beach on Oneida lake, and is one of the players in the che.ss tourna ment in which a number of the best players of the state will take part Preserving and Raw Canning. My uncooked Ciirrant Jelly was a great success this year and was put up as follows: Press the juice from the currants—raw—strain it. To every pint put a pound of granulated sugar, mix them together until the sugar is dissolved, then put it into small tumblers or jelly cups and ex pose to the hot sun two or three days. Before putting it away for future use, pour a thin covering of melted para- fine over each cup. This will pre vent mould forming. Preserved Citron and Wa-termelon Rinds are both put up alike, and the watermelon is much the better and cokts far less. Pare off the green skin and shred the watermelon rind very fine and soak in a weak solution of salt and water for two hours. Pour off water and wash thoroughly to remove salt. Put to cook in just enough water to cover them. When they become tender, which should take about half an hour, add granu lated sugar, one-half pound to each pound of fruit, and cook for ten minutes longer. A flavoring of shredded lemon or orange rind is some times used and is liked by many. When you put this or any other fruit into cans, be sure that the cans aveftill, and by all means avoid old can rubbers. The loss of one can of fruit would be equal to the cost of new rubbers for the entire season. Next week we will commence our crock of “ tutti frutti” preserves.—F. A, Warner. 5teamer flohawk. For a delightful sail on Sunday take steamer leaving Cayuga Lake Park 9:40 A. M. for all points on lake to Ithaca. Returning^ at 8 P. M. Just the thing. Ninety miles for 50 cents. Bring your baskets and enjoy your self. Connects with trains at Cayuga. Prof. Bradley. The eye specialist, at the Hoag House again July 33rd and 34th» Remember years of experience gives you a perfect fit. In The Churches. CONGREGATIONAL, Subject for Thursday evening prayer meeting, “The Lessons of Defeat.” Subject for Y. P. S. C, Sunday evening at 6:30 o’clock, “A Mission study of South America.” Luke 3: 25-33. Leader E. A. Runge. The Rev. Dr. Joseph Roy, secretary of American Missionary Associations, will preach Sunday morning and an offering will be taken for the work. Sunday evening service will be a citizens mass meeting given to the discussion of more universal enforce m e n t of law. E v e r y taxpayer in par ticular should be interested in the civil and social conditions of his own village. A male quartette will render special music. The New Postage Stamp. The design of the new two-cent postage stamp has been approved by the postmaster general and the bureau of printing and engraving is already at work on it. The portrait of Wash ington which appears on the two-cent stamps of the present issue will be retained, except that the lines will be clearer, owing to the use of red ink, that color having been determined upon by the Universal Postal union for all stamps of the denomination of ten centimes or its equivalent. Al most any other color would be pre ferred by the engravers, as red blurs fine lines in rapid printing. The inscription on the stamp will also be larger and rearranged. An oval frame will no longer surround the head of Washington, but an arched- one will be substituted, similar to that in the Franklin portrait on the one--' cent stamp,—Ex. Umbrella l^tiquette.. Umbrella etiquette hasn’t improved in the least, notwithstanding all the rains we have had. To be sure, wet weather isn’t conducive to politeness.’ Just as soon as it begins to rain we all get cross and irritable. We find somebody has borrowed our best umbrella and didn’t bring it back. Our rubbers are all out at the heels,' and, just because it rains, the stores ask fifty cents for the twenty five cent kind. And why does it have to rain, anyway? Then we go out and jab one another with our umbrellas. When we get in a crowd we puil our rain protector down as close to our head as possible, so we can’t see any one, then ruthlessly forge ahead.' Hair is pulled out, hats ripped off, eyes put out of commission. But we don’t care. It’s raining. When we get into a car we carefully lean our -dripping umbrella against the person next to us. If possible, we plant the tip on his shoe. It isn’t very con venient to take off one’s shoes in the car and run the water out. But that is his business, not ours. When we get off a trolley we open the umbrella in the face of those waiting to get on. Several may have their teeth knocked out, but we can’t help it. There are a great many other things we can do with an umbrella, and we do them all. Nobody is expected to be polite in rainy weather. If he attempted it, his battered remains, eyeless, hatless, hairless, would lie by the wayside, a pathetic monument to the foolhardi ness of attempting to be courteous on a rainy day.—Philadelphia Telegraph. Lehigh Valley Coal Of all sizes. Slabs, soft and bard wood, now on hand at the Gleason Coal Great Reduction in Ladies’ Dress Suits. Must be sold to make room for our fall stock. Suits that sold for $16.98 now at $11.50. $14.98 suits at $8,98. $11.00 suits at $6.98 and $7.00 silk jackets for $4.50 at M rs . E. M. C ox F ralick ’ s , 92 Fall street, Seneca Falls, N. Y. Auction. Having had a quantity of household goods consigned to me, will sell same August 9th, at auction. If you hav(? any thing to sell you can put it in this sale by addressing W. H. H arpst , Auctioneer. Subscribe for the C ourier -J onrnal .
