The sun., 1873-12-25
JOHN VISITS CO0PERSTOWN
mr. rrE7S oUEER PEOPLE Avn
SLLS UBJLCIS or INTEREST.

SLLS uBJLCIS or INTEREST,"
eouthdown Mutton and Cheese The Home oi
Leather ~ arhiua a-rh Grave IN the shores
oi The IIauuttd Lnke-A Pleasant Place.
Correspondence of The sun.
CuorEVsTowN, =. y, December, 1873
One great question was forever set at rest this
morning ON the cars. IL was settled 10y an ordi-
nary, very ordinary seaman from the Eric
Cannl. He said, "1he Dag don't cover the cargo
the deck does" when I asked him questions
In navigation such as "What kind OF scuttlcs
are used to scuttle vessels with, coal scuttles
house scuttles T" he said "he didn't know" and
before got through with him l found he knew
more about knitting needles than the Needle,
and was much more familiar with bean poles
than he was with tho North Pole. and he could
reef a stovc.pipe going under low bridge bet
ter than he could box the compass.
The next thing that happened was more than
an incidcnt-it almost rose TO the dignity OF an
episode. Two sheepish looking fellows got into
a dialogue about mutton and thought at one
time they'd liam" each other. one was an
Englshman. Tto swore "that there never was
and never would be mutton equal to Southdown
Southdown mutton didn't begin TO he as good
~ down South mutton,' and finally one Of EN-
SAYS be, What is your opinion, sir7'
saws !, Either Is good boiled, with caper
And | further observed, "There's c.s thing
We did beat England on. sure
SNs be: "M hat that, 'irf'
saws he, BAH
says /. We have finished talking about baa,
Says I've. Cheese never saw any cheese In
this nlarsted country thar d own over night
Nitnuut getting it insured"
Says l. Nh, pray, what kind of insurance
says lie, Life. sir; life"
Says !. "lf owned much English cheese I'd
SAYS no, t.whst kind, sir''
SAYS 1. Z" Marine"
Slys he, "Why SOP
Says /, Its 40 full OF sklppers."
ROMANTIC PLACE.
Cooperstown Is the yerv place where the man
was born who had rather GO with somebody
elsc's sister tu singing school than his own he
uctrNcd thi, weakness when hc was about
twenty years - age, ana he is now married.
THIS Is Cuopcrstnwn, forever made classic
ground by him who gave t. The world. " The
slayer II Was settled 10y Judge VIM. Cooper,
who removed from burlington, y. H., in l;-G,
when j. FenninIoTe was only one wear old. lie
Of whom wears after, when he was absent in
Europe, IlalieCk wrote
COOPER, whose nane !. with hia countrys woven.
tir.i in hrr n,', hrf p,onSSst !lS y mini.
His love for the young lana he lcft b,A.nd.
Ard .hroned her u The senate hall q lat!oa',
MAgutureut u- his uWu nina. creations.
A4d beautiful ar lie sieeu world OF thouEht-.
Cooper-town l. a beautiful place in summer.
bur just now the snow Is tpo deep for me tu
Judge Of the prospects OF next spring ErAs,
| truI. ,., - IL,
writing yarns In connection with wuoller stock
! incs comes more apiopus IA me than heather
/ stock u-s' and .- for the Deer SLAYER
beautiful Cooperstow n belle in a sleigh. with
two guoscs heads On the ruuner- in front, /. the
| only dear slcigher nave seen since arrived.
There is an " unsaited sea here, Otaego lake.
II is lovely sheet Of water ten miles in length.
| and two steamboats, plough it, bosom-when II
| pays to plough its bosom. salmon shad, or OF
! sego bass. grow In this lake, and Seth Green, who
knows something about ash, says they are dis
| tnct from those living in any other waters"
! They sometimes weigh as much as seven pounds,
and they used to catch rs many as ilye thousand
in a seine at single haul. They amt plenty
| now. Within the Ia-i two years they have
planted igOVO bass and trout Ia the lake, and In
sho ort time there VIII be splendid hsning.
OLD MEMORIES.
Persons of romantic or rum antic turns Of
! mind will ind tooprrstown one " the most de-
/ lightful places on earth. Let em come here
when the trees are rubed in green, and take a
sail On the lake ON whose banks the lroquois
once built their camp fires; while drinking In the
beauties Of the scene, have pointed out TO them
stocking $ cave and Imagine thsy can hear the
,augh of ths Indian maiden Wah-tn-Wah. moro
! musical than the ripiles Of the laf4c.
! Iquotc ION Hyde Bay, where the rushes
wave uu the shoals, the dim outline ~ Muskrat
Castle can be iraccd' ahd the fam, strains Of an
me water the even song Of Hstty at her mo-
ther grave
Inc a seat NJ ath Tue awning OF the buht ana
/ listen while they point out the favurte resorts
/ ~ Odd HITTER harry Hurry and greatest
/ II them al, "NAtty, :ihe Deer slayer until
/ you can fancy you see him "cuuing down from
the cave that bears his name, gliding Ia his
canoe across Blackuird bay, or crossing The
| Nl-tou, in haste to rescue from the panther =
cruel claws the fair form Of Elizabeth Temple,
] dear old Natty- faithful, kindly wrath the
| mrulor, Of my character and deeds viii haunt
the valley long alter tue very raIues of i's real
! men and women are forgotten, sav0 only the
/ man who gave thee to the World, the niau
whose grave Is htiy made near the shores Of the
Haunted Lake.
QUEER PEOPLE.
ANY one who don't like this kind Of doings
can stay ashore, and Ininglc with the people,
VINO are Just about the same as elsewhere.
| mingled among EN-, most Of EN- are mighty
nice, but some of EN- are queer. one Of 'em saw
fellow sningltns "A house aud no called him
Rufus and that same man, notwithstanding ..
hs II n tailor. takes a paper whose motto II
"measurcs not men.
yers abide here. A man was tried here once lpI
| perjury ia the eighth degree taboye zero lie
swOre " he was worth 5000 10 turned out he
wasn't. lie was cleared as follows II ws
proved that he had Sjtn; that he used glass - ul
| rye which made him see double, when made II
<l,UOJ. Then he used eve glasses, wnich caused
thinking he really had $2OJ. The jury IN az
| qutting him recommended that in handling
money hereafter he leave Oh both kinds o
! glasses, rye and eye.
was on Jury once. fellow wa, tried foI
rohuing on the high scas II was proved he die
II when the tide was ont, so u cuuldh nave
been on the hlRh seas, and l and the clever
| other lc'luWs let hi IN co.
They have barrel organs up here. saw on'
YESTERDAY, II WAS hour barrel with pig in II
It, song was rather shrller Than canary birds
4 eassy fellow who sponges his tailor here
wears chin-chilla overcoat JOuN.
Providing for Vacancies In the General Tern
OF the supreme Court.