Old Fulton NY Post Cards By Tom Tryniski 9/Sag Harbor NY... · 2010. 1. 20. · there, but I don't...

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P | " i ^ -~ t-^fWte* -•• I a^i'.'^ 1 ^*" '' HTKBY The Corrector* PtnO/isiTED - : c 8ATITii>AY MeRlilKG IN THE TOiLAOK 0 ? ; j *— J Terms, $2.00 Perj AimTim, ia^Advsnce. OFFICE—la the Brick Block, on the vest side of Main Street,; opposite the American j Hotei, (tip stairs,) Sag-Harbor, L. I. • No paper discontinued until all arrearages r '• are paid, except at the option of the pub- TTrvl f*0 ^.J'JTW'A Oft *... llnch ..... 2Tnches... 3 Inches... 4 Inches... 5 Inches... # Column. IX Column. \\ Column. GOVERNED BY PRINCIPLE, HNWAR?ED BY PAjjfflt: O F T ; ^gf»f ERR, BUT AIM TO BE JUST, SAG-H AJRBOH, N. Y.. l - POWDER Absolutely Pure. TilB powder never Varies. * A -marye! of parity, strength and wholesomness. More economical than the ordinary kfnds, ana csnnot.be 3old in competition with tie multitude of low teat, short! weight, alum or osphate pdwders.' Sold onl/ln cans. ROYAL BAKING POWDER Co., 106 Wall-st., N. Y. Ph BKINLEY D. SLEIGHT, NOTARY PUBLIC IN AND TOR SUFFOLK COUNTY. Notes and hjjla protested, oaths administered, and ac- knowledgements taken of deeds, mortgages, and other papers tor use or record. 1THOMAS F. BISGOOD, Attorney and Counsellor, NOTARY PUBLIC. OFFICES OVER W. W. TOOKER'S DRUG STORE SAG-HARBOR, N.Y. GREENE & RAYNOR, ATTORNEYS AND CftUNSELLOBS, Offices over W. W. Tooker's Drug Store, Sag Harbor, N.Y. W*. C. GaB|NB, . Gio. C- IUYXOB. BEHIND THE TAPESTRY, J0H3 SHERRY. Real & Personal Estate Agent, MAIN ST., SAG-HARBOR, L.I. Rents and other collections made. ~ Loans obtained on geed security. 15tf DR. A. N. SWEET, BONE SETTER, MIDDLETOWN, CONN. Calls by telegraph attended to promptly. % E. GKISWOLD, JfAlftJPAC'nJBER OF FINE CIGARS, Ron icon Xoma. Soffolk County, N. Y, City Branch Office— F. W. JBomboldt St., Brooklyn, E. D. (.KISU'OLI), 361 2Stf The first paxt. ofV the strange story jrhich I am about to tell happened some ten years ago: Ten years ago I was in the first sor- row of my widowhood. I was childless, „4 too, and when the grave closed over my husband I thought that- there • was no place for me in the world: X was rich, young,, and my friends ahd my own reflection in .the .glass, told me tl was beautiful. Of course I bad many acquaintances ; what rich young widow has not ? But acquaintances and friends differ widely. I did not care for the people who^ flat- tered and made mueh of me, but I turn- ed, even in the first days of my trouble, to one friend. She, too wai yonngand beautiful. We were schoolfellows ; we .were engaged at the same time ;. we were )uarried in the same month of the same year. During the three years of my married life we-had seen little of each other, but when my husband died, and Mary Clif- ford wrote to me tenderly Oat of her fall heart, I answered back her love. She asked me to stay with her, and I went. How peaceful were those days spent in her beautiful home ! The house and place were called .Aspen's Vale... The house was many centuries old. Its archi- tecture was remarkable ; its rooms can- ons. It was a rambling old place, and of course it had a ghost. It stood in the midst of very loTely grounds, overlook- ing wood and river. Altogether, it was one of the show places i n — shire. I stayed with the Cliffords for a couple of months. During that time the house was quiet, visitors few—they eschewed company for my sake. At the end of the two months I left them, comforted and helped, and with many promises of a by-and-by return- Circumstances, however, too varied and too many to mention, prevented that second visit taking place for a couple of years. At the end of that time a great longing came over me to see Mary Clif- ford again. I must write to her, and promise a visit. I did so." By return of post I got a short but characteristic reply : DEAREST HONOR : Of coarse I long to see you. but unfortunately trie house is full. Large as it is, it is crammed from cellar to attic My dear, I don't want to refuse you, I do long to see you. Will you sleep in the Tnpestry room ? for of course it is empty. I dare not put anybody else there, but I don't think you, Honor, will be afraid of the ghost. If the Tapestry room will do, come, and a thousand wel- comes. I can put up your maid. Your loving friend, MARY CLIFFORD. To tbis letter I m-ulo a short answer : I do not believe in the ghost. The Tapestry room will do beautifully. Ex- pect me to morrow. The next evening! arrived at Aspen's Vale in time for dinner. Tbe tapestry room looked charming. I fell in love with it on the spot, and vowed laugh- ingly t'nat the ghost and I would mak'e friends. My maid, however, looked grave over my jesting remarks j it was plain that she believed in supernatural visitations. Gayoty of heart, however, was over me- I could not resist the cheerful influence of my old friend's company. I felt hap- pier than I had done since my husband's death, and, after a very delighful eve- ning, retired to my room, feeling brave enough to encounter any number of ghosts that might chose to visit me. The .tapostry room, was quite away from the rest of the house.; it wasat the end of the wing. No other bed-rooms were in the wing. There were a smoking room and a little oriol chamber, which Mrs. Clifford in her early married life had ouriously fitted j:up for herself, but now seldom oocupied. Neither did she believe in the ghost, but she conftSj3eil that this little oriel chamb- er had an eirio feel. The morning room opposite, cheerful and pretty enough, was unused. Its fur- niture was antique, it belonged to a bygone day, and, its inhabitants were dead. The smoking-room also was de- serted ; even try? fumes of tobacco bad left it, the squire preferring a modern part of the house. i Altogether, this wing of the old house seemed dead. Visitors only came to it out of cariosity ; they pai<3 brief visits, and preferred doing so in broad dayligbt. It must have been quite a hundred years since the tapestry room in the far end of the wing had been slept in. Old as the other rooms in the wing looked, the ttpestry room bore quite the palm, of ancient appearance. There was not an article of furniture in it, not a Unble, which must not have seen the light r. n. VAUGIIN offers hi» wrric** to tsacitiiftns of, of centuries. *»• ***< End of Loo* *iewf«* * PUNU: Ai*ctioneer. j The furniture was all of the blackest Farsc4» having any Smv<*i*«»»»l property or real \ , , * MM* wtt«h taey wufe to Ui*pv»e a/, c*s do «o by j oak ; the bedstead the usual four-poster fei^^nr?^ which our ancestors loved to stretch 1 | ihemaelveg. But the curious feature of. FURNITURE REPAIRED i ( the roocl * tbafc wbicb s ave lt Ua n&m( ^ j. V»**M ** ^ jwaa the tapestry. Not an inob of the CLOCKS VVT IX UILUEli, | wjdl8 wa9 to be seen ; they were hung A+i worlr of stellar •term*. EDGAR Z. HUNT, LAND& ROAD SURVEYOR SAG-flARBOR. L. I. 42tf GEORGE E. LATHAM, CARD AND JOB PRINTER, [Office A Residence, 64 Division st,] Sag-Harbor, L, I I»~If yon want Bill, Note and Letter Heads. En- velopes, Labels, Statements, Address tags, small JundblUs, circulars. Election tickets, 'Business, Wed- ding, Visiting or Addres* cards, Ball tickets. Orders of Dancing. Ac, Ac, leave us your orders. Good work AtJknr rates for Casb. Orders by mall promptly at, tended to. P.O. Box 1$3, "IMBERGEN MARRYOTT, PHACTICAI Architect and Superintendent, AMAGANSETT, L. I. Plans. Specification* and Retail Drawing*. Bill* of ^Quantities and Estimates to order. Bole sgent on Long Island for tlje Buffalo Hard- ware Co. celebrated NBAV PARAGON School Furni- ture, and School supplies. Aug. 12. 14*2. ATJGIJST GLUCKLER, MAIN STREET. SAG HARBOR, Second Building South or Nickeraon A Vall>_Office, s ° J f *JB*' W $ i l*Twu<»<*ls»nd Retail FLOUR, FE£$, >IEAL AHD GRAIN v i '\itORE, : ./ •wlkere (roods^of every deacriptioi in this line of t»o&Kl nets aray m»>* be sail a: the lowisr.ruark«t xt&em, Frolatu 'tWlHrsty <• XT psrt ef t»e*U»*jge. • - i-4 SsjhUsrbor. NOT. 19, Hsi. Mti TRANjCIIS B.lji^BtSHAW M A.\'.: i'AtTt;I:EI:'S AGSNT FOR TUB Champion Mowers &Keapers, TIGER WHEfl HORSE RAKE, Oliver's Chilled Plows, . PCANKT, JR. SEED T3RILLS. PLA.Vlrf 3%. IXJVftLS WHKKL HOK AND CULTI- VATOR, PLANET J*. SINGLE WHEEL HOK A N D prLTlVAToR. PLANET JH. COMBINED DRILL PLOWV m>t A NT* CirLTJVATtJR; PLANRT 4«. nORSt »OBrPLOW,^^)VRRER ASIi CLT-TIVATOK. — USOiXUi — Acme Pulverizing Harrow, C t o a CBL'SIIBR AND LEVELKR« Nannfactarer and I>e*ler In air kinds of Hawu*. Ks«feCaropt»>, L. L JApril i8t> ; »4. : _ ' "7 C. Hi VAUQHlf, : Auctioneer, SAG-BARBOR, L. I. ^T *>»« osjewy • ntf on ress-| completely with very ancient and very * * No. 10 iecJsanic St. \ faded tapestry. There was a story about this tapestry. Oo^ Damo Clifford, of Ij^y^^^y^^mr^^ f^^vamm^ JoD£, long by-gone days, had worked it, I with the help of her maidens. She had come to an untimely end on the very day on which the Sjgreat work of her life had been, completed. It does not matter to this story what became of the; proud and fair dame, but it was her -ghost which- was said to haunt the wing, and the tapestry chamb- er in particular: ' Warden, my maid, as she helped m£ -to undress, looked ^quite pale 1 With tenjor. ',',' , ' : ,v! ' '. "They 4o, saj,. ma'amr as I)ame Clare J.Clifford appears with her head tucked under her arm, and threads from the-old tapestry hanging to her skeleton fing- ers. She's dressed in gray silk, tjiat don't rustle never a bit, though 'tis' eo thick it might stand all alone, they do say. 'Tis awfal lonesome for you, madam, to sleep here alone, and I'll stay here with you with pleasure if it comes to that; though my nerves aren't none of the strongest. T'thanked Warden, however, and as sured her that I was not in the least afraid { and she, with a well-relieved face, left me alone. I heard her foot- steps echoing down the corridor—'they died away. .1 was now out of reach ol all human help, for in this distant wing, no possible sounds could reach anv other inhabitants of Aspen's Va.e. I think I have implied that I was brave. In my girlhood, in my'short married life, even in the sad d 3pressior of my early widowhood, I h*d never known physical fear, nevertheless, whei the last of Warden's footsteps echoec, out and died, and that profouncj stillness followed which can be oppressive, I hac. a curious sensation. ! - - I did not call it fear. I did not kno\t it for that grim and pale faced tyrant!; but it made me uncomfortable, and caused my heart to beat irregularly. The sensation was this—I felt that '.'. was not alone. Of course it,was fancy ; and what had I to do with fancy * I determined to banish this uncomfor- table feeling from my mind, ani stirring the fire to a cheerful blaze. I diew one of the black oak chairs near it and sajt down. j Warden had looked so pale and frightp ened before she left me, that o it of conL sideration for her feelings I had allowe^ her to leave the jewels which I had worn on the dressing table. There they lay, a set of very valuable brilliants. There was an old fashioned mirror over the mantel-piece, and as j[ sat by the fire I saw the reflection of my diamonds in the glass. As I noticed their sparkle, again that strange sensa- tion returned, this time more strongly, this time with a cold shiver, I was not alone. . Who was in the tapestry chamber ? Was it the ghost 1 Was tha.t story truer, after all ? Of course, I did not believe il;. I laughed aloud as the idea came to me. I felt that I was getting qu: te silly and nervous. There was nothing for me but to got into bed as quickly a?; possible. I was about to rise from n y easy chair and go over to the old-fashioned four- poster, when again my attention was at- tracted to the glassx>ver my head. I: was hung in such a way as to reveal a large portion of the room, and I now saw,,not the diamonds, bilt—something else. In the folds of the dim and old worlc tapestry I saw. something move and glit ter.. I looked again and there was nc mistaking it—it was an eye, a human eye, looking rixedly at me through a hole in the canvass. Now I knew why I felt that I was not alone. There was some one hidden in between the tapestry hangings "and tho wall of the chamber. Some one—not a ghost. The eye was human, or I had never looked on human eye before. I was alone with a thief, perhaps with worse,' and gems of immense value lay within his reach. I was absolutely alone, not a soul could hear the most agonized cry for hel'p in this distant room. Now I knew—if I had ever doubted it before—that I was a very brave woman. "The imminence'of the peril steadied the nerves which a few minutes before were beginning strangely to quiver. I never started nor exeltimed. I felt that I had in no way betrayed my knowledge to my terrible, guest. I sat perfectly still, thinking' out tho situation and- my chances of escape. '• I Nothing but consummate coolness could win the victory. I resolved to be very cool. With-a.fervent and passion- ate cry to One above for succor, I rose from my chair, and going to the dress- ing-table, I slipped several costly rings off my fingers. I left them scattered carelessly about. I denuded myself of all but my.wedding-ring. Then I put the extinguishers on the (randies; they were wax, and stood in massive candlesticks. H':cn DECKMBER «, 1884. Whole No. 5402. . .. 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Births, marriages and deaths, when »0V -companied by name of a responsible party* r ublished free, aa news; Obituaries, Tribute? of Bespect, &c.. charged at advertisingratts* I noticed bia features, which were toler- ably regular, 'another, peculiarity locks was one perfectly ier thick white lock was lis forehead—so white ire instantly revealed it I a iso notice among his rave* white. One. rati flung back off was it that tiie to me. f:'. The man did' pot glance toward the bed ; he went'straight, with no particu- larly quiet s%v to the dressing-table, I closed my eyes now, but I heard bin* taking up pQr^triukets and dropping them agaiOv -txhen he approached the bed-side. I:*jfoljb him come close ; I felt his breath as. he bent over me. I was lying on my^side ; my eyes were shut; I was broatiling gently. He went away again ; he returned to the dressing-table. I heard him rather noisily strike a, match. Then, with a lighted candle in hishand, he oncemore approached'the bed. This time he bent very low indeed, and I felt the. heat of the flame as .:tie passed it slowly before my closed ejea. I lay still, however ; not a movement, not a hurried breath betrayed me;^ I heard bioigive a short satisfied sigh. Again candle in hand, he returped to the dressing table. Once morp I heard the clinking sound of my trinkets as they fell through his fingers. There waaa pause, and then—for no reason that Icould ever explain—he left the triukc&sJMiiouched on thp table and went to the door. He openedr-the door and went out. I did; not know what he went for—per haps to fetches companion, certainly to return—but I did know that my oppor tunity had come. In an instant, quicker than thought, I had started from my feigned slumbers; I was at tho dobr, I had bolted and locked it. • There were several bolts to this old- fashioned dpor, there were even chains. I drew every bolt, I made every rusty chain secure: I was not an instant too soon. I hadVscArcely fastened the last chain, with fingers that trembled, before the thief returned. Ho saw that, he had been outwitted, and his savage anger knew no bounds. He kicked at the door, he called on me wildly to open it; he assured me that he had accomplices outside, that they wonld soon bursi -t&e-^eld door from its hingesf| and my life would be the forfeit- To my terror, I perceived that his words were no idle boast. The old door, secured by its many fastenings on the one side, was >weak on the other ; its hinges were nearly eaten through with rust; they needed but some vigorous, kicks to burst them from their resting places in the wood. I knew that I was only protected for a few minutes, that even if the thief was alone he had but to continue to assail the door vigorously as he was now doing for 1 -a little longer, to gain a fresh en- trance into my, chamber. ,. I rushed to the window, threw up the sash, and bent half out. Into the clear calm air of the night I sent my strong young voice. '. . * : "Help, help !—thieves !—fire !—dan- ger !—help, Kelp I 1 ' I shouted tWtt words over and over, but there was no response except an echo. My room looked into a distance shrub- bery; the hour was late, the whole household was in bed. The thiefj' outside was evidently making way with the rusty hinges, and I was preparing, at the ris;k of any conse- quence, the moment he entered.the room to |eap fromVthe window, when I heard a dog bark.,, *i ' , . , I redouble^ my cries. The bark of the, dog was followed by footsteps ; they came nearer, treading down fallen branches, which crackled under the wel- come steps. " The next instant a man came and stood , under the window and looked up at. m e. I perceived by hfs dress that he was a villager,' probably taking a shortcut to his house. He stood under the window; he seemed terrified; perhaps ha took me for the ghost. He was not however, all a coward, for he spdke "What is wrong ?" he said. a I am danger. Go in- up the This is wrong," I answered in extreme danger—extreme There is not a moment: to lose, stantly—instantly, 'and wake bouse, and say that I, Mrs. Crawford, am in extieme'danger in the tapestry wing. Go at once—at once 1" I spoke distinctly, and the man seem- ed to understand. He flew aWay, the *og following him. \. ' I instantly threw myself on my knees, ;md in the' •'"tefjible moments that fol owed I pmy^d 5 as I had never prayed nefore. Would the man be in time 1 Must my y6ao^ life be sacrificed ? Ah! no. f 0od was good. I heard joyful sounds ;:the thief s attack on the door ceased edddeuly, and the next io- The room, however, was stilj brilliant j stant thesquire/s hearty voice was heard, with the light of th* fire on the hearth.- vLet me ^ Honor |' What is wrong I got into my bed, laid my head on child f" . u ^ : ». : -^^ •- • ; the pillow, and closed my eyes. r j ' I did let himin, and his wife and sev- It may have been ten minutes—it j eral alarmed-lppking aQryanta who fol- seemed more like an hour to my strained ; l|owed after. senses—before I heard the faintest j ! We instantly began to look for the movement. Then I discovered a littlej tfhief, but—mystery of mysteries—he rustle behind the tapestry, and a man; bad disappeared got out. When he did so I opened my j j That terrible man with the black hair eyes wide ; at that distance he could notjifnd white jock over his forehead had; possibly see whether they were open or j Vanished aa wwpletely as though he had shut He was a powerful man, of great rjeyer been. ' height and breath. He had a black j ' ^ beard and a quantity of thick black hair. I with hie feet<& the old oak door there was. not a trace of .his existence. I believe the servants doubted that he had 1 ever been, and only thought that the young lady who was foolish enough to sleep in the tapestry chamber had been visited by a new form of the ghost. Be that as it may, we never got a clew to where or how,the. man had vanished! Ten years later I was again On a visit at Asp'eifs Vale; This time, T did*not sleep in the tapestry room*. \ "• '-•• I now occupied almost cfceenaf,' mbd- eroarid nnghost-Iike room, and but for one' circumstance my visit would have been thoroughly unrermirkable. ' ' This was the circumstance which seems in a wonderful way to point ^a moral to my curious tale; I paid my visit to the Oliffords during the assizes. Squire Cliffoi'd, as one of the most influ- ential country magnates, was necessarily much occupied with ' his magisterial duties during this time. Every" morn- ing he went early into Lewes, the town where the assizes were held. One morning lie told usofa case which in terested him. "He is a hardened villian," he said; "ho has again been brought before me but has never yet been convicted. He is" unquestionably a thief ; indeed, one of the notorious characters in the place j but he is such a slippery dog, no jury has yet,found him guilty:. Well, be, is to be tried again tp-day, and I do hope we shall have, some luck with hrcu this time."' .:-.-., The squire went away, and it came into his wife's head and mine to pay a visit to the'court, and see for -ourselves tho prisoner in whom he was interested; No sooner said than done. We drove into Lewes, and presently found our- selves in the large a ad crowded build- ing. When we entered, the case under discussion had not begun, but a moment after a fresh prisoner was ushered into the dock. What was the matter found my sight growing myself bending forward me ? I I found with dim, and peering hard. The memory. of an old terror came back, the sensation of a couple of hours of mortal agony returned to me again. Who was in the prisoner's dock 1 I knew the man. He was my guest of the tapestry chamber of ten years ago. There he stood, surly, indifferent, with his vast t breadth-and height, his raven black hair, and that peculiar white lock flung back from bis brow. He did not glance at any one, but kept his eyes on the ground. I could not contain myself ; I forgot everything but my sense of discovery. I started to my feet and spoke. "Mr. Clifford, I. know that man ; he was in my room ten years ago. Do you j remember the night when I got the ter| rible fright in the tapestry chamber in your house ? There is the man who frightened me. I could never forget his face: There he stands." Whatever effect my words had on the squire and the judge, there is no doubt at all of their terrible significance to the prisoner. His indifference left him ; he stared with wide-open and terrified eyes at me. It was plain that if I recognized him, ! he alsd recognized me. All his bravado left him ; he muttered something, his face was blanched, then suddenly he fell on his knees and cov er<Jd it with his hand's. My evidence was remarkable and con- clusive ; and that day, for the first time, Hercules Armstrong was committed to prison. He had long been the terror to the neighborhood, and no one regretted the just punishment which had fallen on him. 'What his subsequent career may be I know not; this is the present end of a strange and perfectly true story.— OASSELL. ..' ' '•'. Chief-Justice McAdam, of the New York city court,.laysdown the law thus: In this State'a female is not of age until she arrives, at the age of 21. The parent is entitled to the, earnings of his child- ren during their minority, 60 long as he supports them or exercises toward them thos5e paternal duties dictated by nature and imposed;by law. If he neglects' these obligations he. loses his right to their wages, and they are in law emanci- pated. While every child would, as mat- ter of course, obey.Hvery reasonable command of the parent, disobedience is not criminal in the eyes of the law, and the child cannot be committed to an in- stitution ion such disobedience. If a chijld is. improperly treated or neglected by jibe parents the child iR thereby eman- cipated, and may apply its wagea to its own support, self-preservation being the first law of nature. When the> 4th of Mareh comes Grover Cleveland will lack but 14 days of being 48 years old^ Only one younger man has been inaugurated President, and that is tJ. S. Grants who lacked some six weeks of being 47 years old when he Centered the White House. Erank Pierce was three months over 48s and Arthur and Garfield were' each a trifie lees than 50. Alt the other Presidents have been older, William Henry Harrison, with his 68 years, being the oldest of them all at taking the oath of office. "Is my voice a baritone?" **Yes, a wheel-barrow tone." He wished to join Except for the marks he had made j the choir, but his services were not re- .i...*-. "* ,#»;.. . , „ ^ ^ — 4k —Choired. The Largest Stock —OF— FURNITURE .'•••.- O N | .'•' •'.;• Eastern Long Island! T£e subscriber ha«rinp added Terj materially to ate already large stock of Farrdtnre, and w which b« 18 constantly ailing more, would iuvltc tUe publio t# the following U!VPAKAL7,ELCD LOW PUICCSl P Good Mattress .... 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The uudersignod will openj the store in Hill's Block, corner; of Washington and Division Streets, opposite Fahys' Factory, on Monday, June 2d, 1884, where he wi» keep on hand a general assortment of the above named goods, and be ready to buy, sell, or trade. C. LJNDHOLM. Sag Harbor, May 31st, 1884. ltf RYDER'S Horse Liniment . AN INFALLIBLE REMEDY FOR LAMENESS IN HIP, SHOULDER. Ott STIFLE; COLLAR BOTLS, SADDLE , CHAFES, WRENCHED ANKLES CURBS. SPLINTS ; OR ANY SOUES ON A HORSE.: It will nof take the hair off, and heals quickly* do not pull" this remedy, but simply give the to*t|-. mohlals of reliable parties who have tried It and know its value. TRY IT AND YOU WIIX BE SATISFIBD. ' tot Testimonial*. Bridge Hampton, L. I., March 11.189C MR. RonKUT RYDER :—Dear Sir :—I am glad to ad<S rav testimony as to the valne of youriHnrse Liniment. It has worked wonders with one or tjvo lame horses of mine, that have been treated with; it, and I catv dllly recommend it to any person who has a lame horse. Yours truly, • R. ESTERBROOKK, J"», My horse was lame in the shoulder. Mr. Rydsr haft cured it. MRS. WM. I. CHASE, Bridge-Hampton, L, L Mr. L. O. Aldrlch. Sag Harbor, N. J„ says :' "Mir home was lame In the hip. I tried one bottlo of Ltsi> menc and eure<l it." MR. RYDER -—Dear Sir: -My horse! was lam© !n th© hip. One bottle and a half of your Horse Uuimcqt cured her. Vonrs, S. S. HALSEV, Brylge-Hampton. L. L Mr. ROBERT RYDER :—I have tried your Liniment onuay lame horse, and with Ueneflelal tffecta. Yooi% A. B. MULKORI), M. D., Bridge-Hampton. L. I. Ten 0«nice notilcw .... , j .81.00 Kiqrlit O u n c e ItoftlCM L...- tf# Pr0pare<l only an<l sold by ZIOBERT R. RYDER, Sag Ifarbor, K ^ For sale at SMITH BU'»S., Metn Streel, Fag Hsrtog, BENNRtT'S BLACKSMITH SHOP,; SonthampteB. HAM'L HAWBY'S BLACiiSMITU SHOP, BrtOja Hampton. ———w-— «• . i M . . , * .. 1111 Hi m M SAG HARBOR, HAMPTON ^ N D 8 TER ISLAND FAIR GROtrjTT> ASSOClATION. r Notice, In pursuance of the provisions of an set ot ths L«IP islature of the state of New York. et|tltl«sd "An act to facilitate the formation of Agricultural and Hortf» eulthral Soeieti<M, ,f -piiJ*sed April i3tu, 1855, and of the several acts of said Legislature amendatory thereof, notice Is here-liv given of the intention Of tlie stoclc- holders ol the ^Sag Harbor. Hampton and Sholter Island Fair Ground Association," »o vete, at thess- iiinU meeting of cald as-sooiatinn. to he held at tho oilleeof Edgar Mile*, M. D. f Irt the tillage e< 8a« Harbor, on the 1st Tuesday of .January, 1886. at fcw p. Ml. for an application u>the suprcrtte Coart at the tfec/>nd Judicial District of the state of New York, t* obtain the i e<iulslte order and power to s«ll all tJJO real estate of said aasociat ion. " . • » Y OBOROK ('.GIBBS, President. 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The first paxt. ofV the strange story jrhich I am about to tell happened some ten years ago:

Ten years ago I was in the first sor­row of my widowhood. I was childless,

„4 too, and when the grave closed over my husband I thought that- there • was no place for me in the world:

X was rich, young,, and my friends ahd my own reflection in .the .glass, told me

t l was beautiful. Of course I bad many acquaintances ;

what rich young widow has not ? But acquaintances and friends differ widely. I did not care for the people who^ flat­tered and made mueh of me, but I turn­ed, even in the first days of my trouble, to one friend.

She, too wai yonngand beautiful. We were schoolfellows ; we .were engaged at the same time ;. we were )uarried in the same month of the same year.

During the three years of my married life we-had seen little of each other, but when my husband died, and Mary Clif­ford wrote to me tenderly Oat of her fall heart, I answered back her love.

She asked me to stay with her, and I went .

How peaceful were those days spent in her beautiful home ! The house and place were called .Aspen's Vale... The house was many centuries old. I t s archi­tecture was remarkable ; its rooms can­ons. I t was a rambling old place, and of course it had a ghost. I t stood in the midst of very loTely grounds, overlook­ing wood and river. Altogether, it was one of the show places i n — shire.

I stayed with the Cliffords for a couple of months. During that time the house was quiet, visitors few—they eschewed company for my sake.

At the end of the two months I left them, comforted and helped, and with many promises of a by-and-by return-

Circumstances, however, too varied and too many to mention, prevented that second visit taking place for a couple of years. At the end of that time a great longing came over me to see Mary Clif­ford again. I must write to her, and promise a visit. I did so."

By return of post I got a short bu t characteristic reply :

DEAREST HONOR : Of coarse I long to see you. but unfortunately trie house is full. Large as it is, it is crammed from cellar to a t t i c

My dear, I don't want to refuse you, I do long to see you. Will you sleep in the Tnpestry room ? for of course it is empty. I dare not pu t anybody else there, but I don't think you, Honor, will be afraid of the ghost. If the Tapestry room will do, come, and a thousand wel­comes. I can put u p your maid.

Your loving friend, MARY CLIFFORD.

To tbis letter I m-ulo a short answer : I do not believe in the ghost. The

Tapestry room will do beautifully. Ex­pect me to morrow.

The next e v e n i n g ! arrived at Aspen's Vale in time for dinner. Tbe tapestry room looked charming. I fell in love with it on the spot, and vowed laugh­ingly t'nat the ghost and I would mak'e friends.

My maid, however, looked grave over my jesting remarks j it was plain tha t she believed in supernatural visitations.

Gayoty of heart, however, was over me-I could not resist the cheerful influence of my old friend's company. I felt hap­pier than I had done since my husband's death, and, after a very delighful eve­ning, retired to my room, feeling brave enough to encounter any number of ghosts that might chose to visit me.

The .tapostry room, was quite away from the rest of the house.; it wasat the end of the wing.

No other bed-rooms were in the wing. There were a smoking room and a little oriol chamber, which Mrs. Clifford in her early married life had ouriously fitted

j:up for herself, but now seldom oocupied. Neither did she believe in the ghost, but she conftSj3eil that this little oriel chamb­er had an eirio feel.

The morning room opposite, cheerful and pretty enough, was unused. I t s fur­niture was antique, it belonged to a bygone day, and, its inhabitants were dead. The smoking-room also was de­serted ; even try? fumes of tobacco bad left it, the squire preferring a modern part of the house. i

Altogether, this wing of the old house seemed dead. Visitors only came to it out of cariosity ; they pai<3 brief visits, and preferred doing so in broad dayligbt.

I t must have been quite a hundred years since the tapestry room in the far end of the wing had been slept in. Old as the other rooms in the wing looked, the t tpestry room bore quite the palm, of ancient appearance. There was not an article of furniture in it, no t a

Unble, which must not have seen the light r. n. VAUGIIN offers hi» wrric** to tsacitiiftns of, of centuries.

*»• ***< End of Loo* *iewf«* * PUNU: Ai*ctioneer. j The furniture was all of the blackest Farsc4» having any Smv<* i*«»»» l property or real \ , , * M M * wtt«h taey wufe to Ui*pv»e a/, c*s do «o by j oak ; the bedstead the usual four-poster f e i ^ ^ n r ? ^ which our ancestors loved to stretch 1 | ihemaelveg. But the curious feature of. FURNITURE REPAIRED i (the roocl* tbafc wbicb save lt Ua n&m(^ j . V » * * M ** ^ jwaa the tapestry. Not an inob of the

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*>»« osjewy • ntf on ress-| completely with very ancient and very * * No. 10 iecJsanic St. \ faded tapestry. There was a story about

this tapestry. O o ^ Damo Clifford, of I j ^ y ^ ^ ^ y ^ ^ m r ^ ^ f^^vamm^ JoD£, long by-gone days, had worked it, I

with the help of her maidens. She had come to an untimely end on the very day on which the Sjgreat work of her life had been, completed.

I t does not mat te r to this story what became of the; proud and fair dame, but it was her -ghost which- was said to haunt the wing, and the tapestry chamb­er in particular: ' Warden, my maid, as she helped m£ -to undress, looked ^quite pale1 With tenjor. ',',' , ' : ,v! ' '.

"They 4o, s a j , . ma'amr as I)ame Clare J.Clifford appears with her head tucked under her arm, and threads from the-old tapestry hanging to her skeleton fing­ers. She's dressed in gray silk, tjiat don't rustle never a bit, though 'tis' eo thick it might stand all alone, they do say. 'Tis awfal lonesome for you, madam, to sleep here alone, and I'll stay here with you with pleasure if it comes to that ; though my nerves aren't none of the strongest.

T'thanked Warden, however, and as sured her that I was not in the least afraid { and she, with a well-relieved face, left me alone. I heard her foot­steps echoing down the corridor—'they died away. .1 was now out of reach ol all human help, for in this distant wing, no possible sounds could reach anv other inhabitants of Aspen's Va.e.

I think I have implied that I was brave. In my girlhood, in my ' sho r t married life, even in the sad d 3pressior of my early widowhood, I h*d never known physical fear, nevertheless, whei the last of Warden's footsteps echoec, out and died, and that profouncj stillness followed which can be oppressive, I hac. a curious sensation. ! - -

I did not call it fear. I did not kno\t it for that grim and pale faced tyrant!; but it made me uncomfortable, and caused my heart to beat irregularly.

The sensation was this—I felt that '.'. was not alone.

Of course it,was fancy ; and what had I to do with fancy *

I determined to banish this uncomfor­table feeling from my mind, a n i stirring the fire to a cheerful blaze. I diew one of the black oak chairs near it and sajt down. j

Warden had looked so pale and frightp ened before she left me, that o it of conL sideration for her feelings I had allowe^ her to leave the jewels which I had worn on the dressing table.

There they lay, a set of very valuable brilliants. There was an old fashioned mirror over the mantel-piece, and as j[ sat by the fire I saw the reflection of my diamonds in the glass. As I noticed their sparkle, again that strange sensa­tion returned, this time more strongly, this time with a cold shiver, I was not alone. .

Who was in the tapestry chamber ? Was i t the ghost 1 Was tha.t story truer, after all ? Of course, I did not believe il;. I laughed aloud as the idea came to me. I felt that I was get t ing qu: te silly and nervous. There was nothing for me but to got into bed as quickly a?; possible.

I was about to rise from n y easy chair and go over to the old-fashioned four-poster, when again my attention was at­tracted to the glassx>ver my head. I: was hung in such a way as to reveal a large portion of the room, and I now saw,,not the diamonds, bilt—something else.

In the folds of the dim and old worlc tapestry I saw. something move and glit ter.. I looked again and there was nc mistaking it—it was an eye, a human eye, looking rixedly at me through a hole in the canvass. Now I knew why I felt that I was not alone.

There was some one hidden in between the tapestry hangings "and tho wall of the chamber. Some one—not a ghost. The eye was human, or I had never looked on human eye before. I was alone with a thief, perhaps with worse,' and gems of immense value lay within his reach. I was absolutely alone, not a soul could hear the most agonized cry for hel'p in this distant room.

Now I knew—if I had ever doubted it before—that I was a very brave woman.

"The imminence'of the peril steadied the nerves which a few minutes before were beginning strangely to quiver. I never started nor exeltimed. I felt that I had in no way betrayed my knowledge to my terrible, guest. I sat perfectly still, thinking' out tho situation and- my chances of escape. '• I

Nothing but consummate coolness could win the victory. I resolved to be very cool. With-a.fervent and passion­ate cry to One above for succor, I rose from my chair, and going to the dress­ing-table, I slipped several costly rings off my fingers. I left them scattered carelessly about. I denuded myself of all but my.wedding-ring.

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I noticed bia features, which were toler-ably regular,

' a n o t h e r , peculiarity locks was one perfectly ier thick white lock was lis forehead—so white ire instantly revealed it

I aiso notice among his rave* white. One. rati flung back off was it that tiie to me. f:'.

The man did ' pot glance toward the bed ; he went'straight, with no particu­larly quiet s % v to the dressing-table, I closed my eyes now, bu t I heard bin* taking up pQr^tr iukets and dropping them agaiOv -txhen he approached the bed-side. I:*jfoljb him come close ; I felt his breath as . he bent over me. I was lying on my^side ; my eyes were s h u t ; I was broatiling gently.

He went away again ; he returned to the dressing-table. I heard him rather noisily strike a, match. Then, with a lighted candle in hishand, he oncemore approached'the bed. This time he bent very low indeed, and I felt the. heat of the flame as .:tie passed it slowly before my closed ejea. I lay still, however ; not a movement, not a hurried breath betrayed me;^

I heard bioigive a short satisfied sigh. Again candle in hand, he returped to the dressing table. Once morp I heard the clinking sound of my trinkets as they fell through his fingers.

There waaa pause, and then—for no reason that Icould ever explain—he left the triukc&sJMiiouched on thp table and went to the door.

He openedr-the door and went out. I did; not know what he went for—per haps to fetches companion, certainly to return—but I did know that my oppor tunity had come.

In an instant, quicker than thought, I had started from my feigned slumbers; I was at tho dobr, I had bolted and locked it. • There were several bolts to this old-fashioned dpor, there were even chains.

I drew every bolt, I made every rusty chain secure: I was not an instant too soon. I hadVscArcely fastened the last chain, with fingers that trembled, before the thief returned.

Ho saw that, he had been outwitted, and his savage anger knew no bounds. He kicked at the door, he called on me wildly to open i t ; he assured me that he had accomplices outside, that they wonld soon bursi -t&e-^eld door from its hingesf| and my life would be the forfeit-

To my terror, I perceived that his words were no idle boast. The old door, secured by its many fastenings on the one side, was >weak on the other ; its hinges were nearly eaten through with r u s t ; they needed but some vigorous, kicks to burst them from their resting places in the wood.

I knew that I was only protected for a few minutes, that even if the thief was alone he had but to continue to assail the door vigorously as he was now doing for1-a little longer, to gain a fresh en­trance into my, chamber. ,.

I rushed to the window, threw up the sash, and bent half out. In to the clear calm air of the night I sent my s t rong young voice. '. . * : •

"Help, help !—thieves !—fire !—dan­ger !—help, Kelp I1'

I shouted t W t t words over and over, but there was no response except an echo. My room looked into a distance shrub­be ry ; the hour was late, the whole household was in bed.

The thiefj' outside was evidently making way with the rusty hinges, and I was preparing, at the ris;k of any conse­quence, the moment he entered.the room to |eap fromVthe window, when I heard a dog bark.,, *i ',. ,

I redouble^ my cries. The bark of the, dog was followed by footsteps ; they came nearer, treading down fallen branches, which crackled under the wel­come steps." The next instant a man came and stood , under the window and looked up at . m e . I perceived by hfs dress that he was a villager,' probably taking a shor tcu t to his house. He stood under the window; he seemed terrified; perhaps ha took me for the ghost. He was not however, all a coward, for he spdke

"What is wrong ?" he said. a I am

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This is wrong," I answered in extreme danger—extreme There is not a moment: to lose, stantly—instantly, ' and wake bouse, and say that I , Mrs. Crawford, am in extieme'danger in the tapestry wing. Go at once—at once 1"

I spoke distinctly, and the man seem­ed t o understand. He flew aWay, the *og following him. \. '

I instantly threw myself on my knees, ;md in the' •'"tefjible moments that fol owed I pmy^d5 as I had never prayed nefore. Would the man be in time 1

Must my y6ao^ life be sacrificed ? A h ! no. f0od was good. I heard

joyful sounds ; : the thief s attack on the door ceased edddeuly, and the next io-

The room, however, was stilj brilliant j stant thesquire/s hearty voice was heard, with the light of th* fire on the hearth.- vLet me ^ Honor | ' What is wrong

I got into my bed, laid my head on child f" . u ^ : » . : - ^ ^ •- • ; the pillow, and closed my eyes. „ r j ' I did let h imin , and his wife and sev-

I t may have been ten minutes—it j eral alarmed-lppking aQryanta who fol-seemed more like an hour to my strained ; l|owed after. senses—before I heard the faintest j ! We instantly began to look for the movement. Then I discovered a littlej tfhief, but—mystery of mysteries—he rustle behind the tapestry, and a man; bad disappeared got out. When he did so I opened my j j That terrible man with the black hair eyes wide ; at that distance he could notjifnd white jock over his forehead h a d ; possibly see whether they were open or j Vanished aa wwplete ly as though he had s h u t He was a powerful man, of great rjeyer been. ' height and breath. He had a black j ' ^ beard and a quantity of thick black hair. I with hie feet<& the old oak door there

was. not a trace of .his existence. I believe the servants doubted that he

had1 ever been, and only thought that the young lady who was foolish enough to sleep in the tapestry chamber had been visited by a new form of the ghost. Be that as it may, we never got a clew to where or how,the. man had vanished!

Ten years later I was again On a visit at Asp'eifs Vale; This time, T did*not sleep in the tapestry room*. \ "• '-•• I now occupied almost cfceenaf,' mbd-eroar id nnghost-Iike room, and but for one' circumstance my visit would have been thoroughly unrermirkable. ' '

This was the circumstance which seems in a wonderful way to point a moral to my curious tale; I paid my visit to the Oliffords during the assizes. Squire Cliffoi'd, as one of the most influ­ential country magnates, was necessarily much occupied with ' his magisterial duties during this time. Every" morn­ing he went early into Lewes, the town where the assizes were held. One morning lie told u s o f a case which in terested him.

"He is a hardened villian," he sa id ; "ho has again been brought before me but has never yet been convicted. He is" unquestionably a thief ; indeed, one of the notorious characters in the place j but he is such a slippery dog, no jury has yet,found him guilty:. Well, be, is to be tried again tp-day, and I do hope we shall have, some luck with hrcu this t ime . " ' . : - . - . ,

The squire went away, and it came into his wife's head and mine to pay a visit to the'court, and see for -ourselves tho prisoner in whom he was interested;

No sooner said than done. We drove into Lewes, and presently found our­selves in the large a ad crowded build­ing. When we entered, the case under discussion had not begun, but a moment after a fresh prisoner was ushered into the dock.

What was the matter found my sight growing myself bending forward

me ? I I found

with dim, and peering

hard. The memory. of an old terror came back, the sensation of a couple of hours of mortal agony returned to me again. Who was in the prisoner's dock 1 I knew the man. He was my guest of the tapestry chamber of ten years ago.

There he stood, surly, indifferent, with his vast t breadth-and height, his raven black hair, and that peculiar white lock flung back from bis brow. He did not glance at any one, but kept his eyes on the ground.

I could not contain myself ; I forgot everything but my sense of discovery. I started to my feet and spoke.

"Mr. Clifford, I . know that man ; he was in my room ten years ago. Do you j remember the night when I got the te r | rible fright in the tapestry chamber in your house ? There is the man who frightened me. I could never forget his face: There he stands."

Whatever effect my words had on the squire and the judge, there is no doubt at all of their terrible significance to the prisoner. His indifference left him ; he stared with wide-open and terrified eyes at me. I t was plain that if I recognized him, !he alsd recognized me.

All his bravado left him ; he muttered something, his face was blanched, then suddenly he fell on his knees and cov er<Jd it with his hand's.

My evidence was remarkable and con­clusive ; and that day, for the first time, Hercules Armstrong was committed to prison. He had long been the terror to the neighborhood, and no one regretted the just punishment which had fallen on him. ' W h a t his subsequent career may be I know n o t ; this is the present end of a strange and perfectly true story.— OASSELL. .. ' ' '• ' .

Chief-Justice McAdam, of the New York city court , . laysdown the law t h u s : In this State 'a female is not of age until she arrives, at the age of 21. The parent is entitled to the, earnings of his child­ren during their minority, 60 long as he supports them or exercises toward them thos5e paternal duties dictated by nature and imposed;by law. If he neglects' these obligations he. loses his right to their wages, and they are in law emanci­pated. While every child would, as mat­ter of course, obey.Hvery reasonable command of the parent, disobedience is not criminal in the eyes of the law, and the child cannot be committed to an in­stitution ion such disobedience. If a chijld is. improperly treated or neglected by jibe parents the child iR thereby eman­cipated, and may apply its wagea to its own support, self-preservation being the first law of nature.

When the> 4th of Mareh comes Grover Cleveland will lack but 14 days of being 48 years old^ Only one younger man has been inaugurated President, and that is tJ . S. Grants who lacked some six weeks of being 47 years old when he

Centered the White House. Erank Pierce was three months over 48s and Arthur and Garfield were' each a trifie lees than 50. Alt the other Presidents have been older, William Henry Harrison, with his 68 years, being the oldest of them all a t taking the oath of office.

" I s my voice a bari tone?" **Yes, a wheel-barrow tone." He wished to join

Except for the marks he had made j the choir, bu t his services were not re-. i . . . * - . "* ,#»;.. . , „ ^ ^ — 4 k — C h o i r e d .

The Largest Stock — O F —

FURNITURE . ' • • • . - — O N — | . ' • ' • ' . ; •

Eas te rn Long I s land! T£e subscriber ha«rinp added Terj materially to ate

already large stock of Farrdtnre, and w which b« 18 constantly a i l ing more, would iuvltc tUe publio t# the following

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P Good M a t t r e s s . . . . ' .......," J 13 QQL Good Hair M a t t r e s s , . . . . , / 10 0ft •Walnut Chamber Suits.;, ' . 80 00 Extension Tables 5 50 Good Chairs 40 Parlor S u i t s - 35 00 Good'BedPil low. 75 Cane Seat C h a i r s . . , , . 75 Bed S p r i n g . . . . . . . ' . , 1 25 Best Woven- wire ; S p r i n g 4 50. A Goose Feather Bed. 25 lbs 18 00

. Loungps $5.75, SG.50 to $9.50. Cottage Bedroom Suits for$ir., il*, $20 to $30.

Looking Glasses trotn 25c. to $25. Also COO Blaekwalrnit aiid imitation of Blackwainat

chairs, purchased at a closinjr ont nale, and so m a t they c i n be Hold at less than New York manufactur­er's prices.

Aiso a genera! assortment of furniture at equally low prices ; including

OTXCKSR 6L W I L L O W G O O D S And other articles not usually found in a country

store. "

To appreciate my prices goods.

Jt /s ooacHsary to eoo Uia

GE0BGE KIERNAN, SAO HARBOR, L. I.

S E C O N D H A N D FURNITURE,

Sewing Machines, AND ALL KINDS OF

H O U S E H O L D GOODS, Bought, Sold, and Exchanged.

The uudersignod will openj the store in Hill's Block, corner; of Washington and Division Streets, opposite Fahys' Factory, on Monday, June 2d, 1884, where he wi» keep on hand a general assortment of the above named goods, and be ready to buy, sell, or trade.

C. LJNDHOLM. Sag Harbor, May 31st, 1884. ltf

R Y D E R ' S

Horse Liniment . A N INFALLIBLE REMEDY FOR

LAMENESS IN HIP, SHOULDER. Ott STIFLE; COLLAR BOTLS, SADDLE , CHAFES, WRENCHED ANKLES

CURBS. SPLINTS ; OR ANY SOUES ON A HORSE.:

It will nof take the hair off, and heals quickly* W« do not pull" this remedy, but simply give the to*t|-. mohlals of reliable parties who have tried It and know its value. TRY IT AND YOU WIIX BE SATISFIBD. '

tot T e s t i m o n i a l * .

Bridge Hampton, L. I., March 11.189C MR. RonKUT RYDER :—Dear Sir :—I am glad to ad<S

rav testimony as to the valne of youriHnrse Liniment. It has worked wonders with one or tjvo lame horses of mine, that have been treated with; it, and I catv dllly recommend it to any person who has a lame horse. Yours truly, • • R. ESTERBROOKK, J"»,

My horse was lame in the shoulder. Mr. Rydsr haft cured it. MRS. WM. I. CHASE,

Bridge-Hampton, L, L Mr. L. O. Aldrlch. Sag Harbor, N. J„ says :' "Mir

home was lame In the hip. I tried one bottlo of Ltsi> menc and eure<l it."

MR. RYDER -—Dear Sir: -My horse! was lam© !n th© hip. One bottle and a half of your Horse Uuimcqt cured her. Vonrs,

S. S. HALSEV, Brylge-Hampton. L. L Mr. ROBERT RYDER :—I have tried your Liniment

onuay lame horse, and with Ueneflelal tffecta. Yooi% A. B. MULKORI), M. D.,

Bridge-Hampton. L. I . T e n 0 « n i c e n o t i l c w . . . . , j . 8 1 . 0 0 Kiqrlit O u n c e ItoftlCM L.. .- t f #

Pr0pare<l only an<l sold by

ZIOBERT R. RYDER, Sag Ifarbor, K ^ For sale at SMITH BU'»S., Metn Streel, Fag Hsr tog , B E N N R t T ' S BLACKSMITH SHOP,; SonthampteB. HAM'L HAWBY'S BLACiiSMITU SHOP, BrtOja Hampton.

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SAG HARBOR, HAMPTON ^ N D 8 TER ISLAND FAIR GROtrjTT>

ASSOClATION.r

Notice, In pursuance of the provisions of an s e t ot ths L«IP

islature of the s ta te of New York. et|tltl«sd "An act to facilitate the formation of Agricultural and Hortf» eulthral Soeieti<M,,f-piiJ*sed April i3tu, 1855, and of the severa l acts of said Legislature amendatory thereof, not ice Is here-liv given of the intention Of tlie stoclc-holders o l the ^Sag Harbor. Hampton and Sholter Island Fair Ground Association," »o ve te , at t h e s s -iiinU meet ing of cald as-sooiatinn. to he held at tho o i l l eeof Edgar Mile*, M. D. f Irt the t i l lage e< 8 a « Harbor, on the 1st Tuesday of .January, 1886. at fcw p. Ml. for an application u>the suprcrtte Coart at the tfec/>nd Judicial District of the s ta te of N e w York, t* obtain the i e<iulslte order and power to s«ll all tJJO real es tate of said aasociat ion. " . • » Y

OBOROK ( ' .GIBBS, President .

CHARLES W. PAVNE,secreiary. it

4 T a apeclaf term of the Supreme 'Courts held s i >r\..the Court llouse, Itiverhead, suilolk Count;

T a apeclaf term of the Supreme 'Court*

October, 1884, Prfsent Charles > . ?H the ilxb day of ,Brown, Justice;

NEW YORK Sl'PREME COrRT.-In the matter of the petition of Ttie buffollc bnortmgCiub for lea.ro t o assume the name of The llampton Club.

Ou reading add ililng the duly vertOed petitiosi • * The Suffolk Sporting Cluh, for leave to assume the name of "The Hampton Club," snd; proof of d a s publication of notice of the application for six weeks Now on motion of Thomas F. Biagooa,of Counsel tot the petitioner. It is ordered, that the Suffolk sport­ing Club, be and It is hereby authorized tossaa iM the corporate name of "The IIamnion Club." from and wftor-tbe sad day of November, lsS4. And M It further ordered, that a copy of the or :er be psbliah-ed at lesst onee in each week, for four weeki in Tfte CORRECTOR newaparer. ptiWirtd at Sas Harbor, Sof-•folk County, belnjt the county in wfclcft the said Suf­folk Sporting Club, has Its business oillcc.

Enter A true copy C.i F. BBOWJk

HOVLHES W. SWEEZKY. Clerk, TUOS. F. BISCiOOU, AU'y.

Sag Harbor, ?f. T. 4 » . . . ; • ] • > • 1

Corporation N o t i c e , VILLAGE Ot SAG HARBOR '

Notice is hereby given that the Trustees will here ­after pay no Mils against the Village e x c e p t those contracted by them personally, or on their • iU | sm order. By order WM. LOW E N , Clerk.

Sag-Harbor. Jan . 15tb, 18S4.

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