The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-01-09

n COUNTRY or SANDY WASTES and
TANGLED SWAMI lam.


shipwreck-A Keepers "Reminiscences.
A chilly breeze blew up from the sea
into the streets Of sag IInrbor on Wednesday
afternoon as Nr. John De stro strapped his
bright little by mare Buckwheats to a HIGHT
running carriage, and, staudlne on the steps OF
the hotel, said to the driver. Now, Tin, It's
tust twenty-eight miles and half TO Montauk
Point light, and you'il have 70 drive pretty
smart " you yet further than STATIONS to-
night" Tim garrity Ia the name Of the driver
and Str ,tton 10 the man who keeps tho last
house ON MOntauk peninsula before the light
house is reached. Get up" said Tim 10 the
mare, and thu team ratified through the pleasant
streets " old fashioned Sag II ubOr. and out
into wilderness OF oaks and tangled birches
and evergreens. The road lie through a swamp
Of stunted trees, from whose limbs mana long fee
tooDe of gray moss. Acree " desert moss patch
the hillsides, black, Shiny pools abound, aud the
bleak wind from the sea whirs clouds of rasp-
ing sand upon the face and hands Of the travel
ler Low headlands stretch along the coast. and
over them the spray breaks In showers. Scream
ing seagulls soar overhead. and the ocean breaks
upon the crags with asuen ro r.
"a aice country this" says rim, the driver;
MS bad enough IN summer, but In winter e ten
tmes worse. I've been over onto Mont lux
half q dozen times, out It's worse to day than
svcr saw II before. 'Tisn't once IN several weeks
that anybody comes over here, aud then ts
mostly lighthouse men, who bring over sup
plies. OF the life-saving men, or the Inspectors
Of the Lighthouse Department. A man wants
20 have good horse and good gude when he
comes out here, or he'll never see nome again,
for be will wander on tie track and get stran led
IN the mire run OF the cllns into the ga; that
you'Il see further on Once last summer bo-
Beve, . Sag Harbor man undertook to drive
some ladies aud gentlemen out here, md he got
OF the pa h and didu't know where to go. 1t
came on dark night, ant The sea 70 red and
the wind ulew, aud he drove this wav aud u Il
for -evcral hOufs. At last he got to the top of
the highest hill On the Point he party were
chilled and terrified and the driver started or
sluue to the lgh house. lie had a long and
hard time getting to u. Cant. BENNETT wis On
dnty, nd he left 70 rescue the - rty lie found
step would nave a"nt them town a hundred feet
on the rocky str md. He led them to the light
house. aud thev At we'd there all nilht. here
aim any of EN- tnat wants to come to MOntBuk
IN the night again.
A BREAK Down.
Suddenly long reach ~ b ack water Ia en-
cou ,tere : the morse stufnhl.s ana hal ~
There IL no bridge. no craft for eros ing, an ~
h seems impossible To pa>e around the uiarsu,
there Is nothing left but To try to ford T..
brlash. splash gues the horse for minute or
two, and then there Il . sui .en giving way. The
sarri ~ turned and wr ncned, and the AMI
mai nOundtrs ma tallS below the water.
ave are stuckl" * 'iaimsd 1im a. ne spr lng
from the carriage. IAN we've got to get out"
Wurk'n5w ~ deep In the water. the horse /.
~ length unpucNled from the harness, aud
sprnrng tn It, feet, II regalns the sh ur, le wing
most Of the tackle hanging to tae shafts ~ tnr
vehicle, which II ueeply set In the miTe. and
must be abandoned. The resi- ot the way To-
Bir'ttln's IL made on foot. slowly and with
oinicuIt, Ast - little sea cottage comes int @
view. with its pirlur hight streaming out thrp Ach
tiers uf gr en winter I'll tnts the farmer appear
tnR In The porch says, 81 : no use trying 20 get
" the Point tu-pignt. you'd gct hurt as sur as
fate. There's not the ali -htcst chhn e ( driv
ins hor.r over thuse hills AMI marshes. !
wouldn't undertake to ~ to tho ii hit tonight
with team for less tnan hundred dollars. "
MI Str ton extends oners OF hospitality for
the night, and It IL finally decided To put up
with him.
Soon after our start In the morning a high
summit Ia attained. nd up through the mist
sw,lls up IN unusual sound, unlike my that II $
yet been heard on the way. II il deep and pro-
benged, and comes at regular intervals.
THE roo HORN.
-It's whale" says Inn, a. he draws no the
Fsps ana urnes the morse toa standstll. Then
10 listens and tries O. peer through the Zoe
Again IN" peculi r sound b9oms ~ and wakes
but IN tell YOU what II Is. |, IL the great fog
whistle on the Point. and Il II blowing o warn
Ieuces near the shore" A. the lighthouse 10
neared the fog irImpet SOU nd Iouuef and
louder A. length the LIQUIDS seem to
creams out, the ngure Of a man is
seon walking along the crest OF a hill, aud rim
SAYS that Mont uk l. In sight he man IL Cap.
Jere'l Wade, Keeper II the lighthouse. aud as
bis visitors apuro ca he welcomes them from
the stoopnf M mule red pam ed house with a
hesry "GuNd murninI."
ayes, we'll 20 iisnt up into the lighthouse"
he said. But inst 81 down here by tue kitchen
stIve and WARM yourselves.
The kitchen IL on the eastern side OF the li'tle
house-a whitewashed, che rful room, and is
hll-d with he inpleInen Of the lighthouse
service. biz cooking stove SENDS a lax rious
glow through the ON. and "oid Dut, tue
dos, and "Dlck," the I, fourteen years old
and al CAV a. a Scotland pony, lie together
under the beartn. Ine wives OF the two Zen
bett bruthrrs (Nho are assistant keepers) over
see The domestic duties of the dweiiug. lhree
ehildrcn anu friend complete tue members ~
the household.
/. III. tower il about eighty feet high from the
base" said Cap. VIDE a. he began tho ascent
of the rOu II ircase that runs uD the interior II
he nehth"use, land 10 about thirty feet ~ di-
apiraI staircase winds with little landings long
dist noes. The walls are of 5 Ind stone outside,
anu OF clean, well set bricks within. la le Sits
~ the masonry furnish light and ventilation,
Crawling up AN iron ladder near the top aud
thr"nsn I marrow Trap ao'r tne y.sit9r j. as ed
OF the keepers sits and watches the blazing
Same aoOve him.
" he hght ls FASH" said the keeper, "And
this frame pointlng t. a little turret II metal
wheels and l.vers) IL the clock. We wind he
clock up at hiPht. and a long, heavy weight that
doscend- through 20 passage IN the walls governs
the movements uf the nl-n bv IT. slow descent
There IL a II sh every iva minu'es."
- OF tour hours e On. iheY wnie the DIRE iry
hours w reading the PAGERS. smoking. ana
watchinE IN" hght. ,nd, a. C-pt. Made said, iii
blinking over past sins"
THE LiGHr.
Up another iron star and the balcony Is
reached. H. chvcrinf IA OF mex storm gllss.
that entirely turr',un me chamber containing
the light. The VI i-s e So IA Of peculiar shape
and Is formed OF nfty four storm paurs sci
together u form acute angles, maklng the
most powerful lenses possible. Nv day person
standing Inside ana looking through these lcnses
nirvs.e dr Htatiou oil The most beautiful cplur-
The lamp has three distinct chambers: the
outer ri ~ that girds the ual ny, and IS called
Abe lantern; the fash, winch X rcvnlvi ~
eh ,mher, composed of strong leu.ts; and vi Nlt
that another siuiiai chamber, ii tina centre 81
winch II the Arglnd burner. lhe burner =,
composed ~ eieht rSllndrlcal CHAMBERS four 81
that II hxed immediately above II; on tue lainI
nLe there ~ An opeuiug In the inner Oh mhrr-
~ hght Uelng req area On that side. through
uss apei tdru the keeper ge' access 20 the lam y
The MOntauk li'ht Ia of the frat order, ana n
enc ~ tue largest employed Tor signals. At sun
Get every daN the kt, per, VINO IL men on dutN
hghts the burner, aud remains on guard MI ne u
relieved sous iurr later. Before ia" morning
watch comes down. after eXtinguishhg ths
hane AZ sun1e, the keener tnen on dutY must
clean the ldmp aud prepare II Tor use the follow
M night The rlirs must h. -GOired. the urd3-
mouniing AMI utensl cleaned me hd-n ciVCi
g0trln az, ana the ~nlte curttiua drawn arounl
HE T,hscturs.
II the glass were not shielded In the GHv,
said the CAPTAIN, " the sun puuftng In tnrgugl