The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-03-26
SERENADING IN SUFFOLK.
CUSTONS or THE HBORHOOD
or THE kLLSET MTEDER.
VIM are lhc,e cnlIea "caIllhunlplan sore.

i3UIutmE scraps isuuiCfS hpuui-hed.
Twice last month the Suffolk county
cour.. were urled to nut a ban uron the ii G.
hpnored rural custom OF screaadimg newly
welded cDul lee, but each time inCTectu9lly.
ON Feb. 10, william H. Trceman's daughter was
married at her fathers tavern, tho Rev re
House, at Amityvillc. At a large OUTLAY Of care
aud money, MIR. Freeman prepared wedding
supper that was credtablo to his taste and the
resources Of tue noighborhOod. notah',, nor
ton Of the repast was an immeDsS bridal cake.
80 heavily iced and richly ornamented that It
was left uncut to serve as show piece. Mr..
+ eeman invited his most intimate friends to
enjoy this meal, and engaged musicians. that
dance might follow the feast. Several negro
men a., """"n were employed to serve In the
dining hall aud dfes ing rooms. The young men
Of Amtyvlle heard Of these preparations. and
resolved to further celebrate the event with what
they called "calithunpiln sorenade" on
is.ge scale.
The wedding night was extremely dark. The
lights in the debpt, In Huopers store, and In
wrights saloon shone dimly. and the blaze that
came from the Illuminated hotel left the road
way so dark that objects three feet OF could
not he distinguished. Consequently the guests
thai gathered by twos and threes IN Freeman's
house were unaware that surrounding the tav-
rival the work of the musicians indoors. At
half past the festivities In the tavern
fairly under way, aud Just then the "calithum-
pien" players began overture. dozen Of
them beat tin pans and blew FISH horns another
d zen fred guns and pistols, and a muscular
fellow pounded huge gong. Three large dry
goods boxes had been dragged m front OF the
tavern and across the open tons rough fence
rails were pushed to ana fro with astounding
result ~ TO sound. a fellow who had planted
he & ~
hotel, loaded ana discharged II with ripidity,
shaking the entire neighborhoOd with each ex.
ulOsion. Jpon the piuzza that - built around
the tavern. ten or more serenaders beat Justify,
two Of them WITH pump handles wrenched OF
rails, and clubs.
ALSO uNGRATEFUL.
Justice Capen. one Of tho invited guests. ad
dressed the crowd from the front stoQp' but,
although hts remarks were received with ap-
| plause, no one but himself knows what he said.
While the noise proceeded. three or four sere-
nadets. ickened with burnt cork and suitably
dressed. joined the negroes IN The kitchen, and
after assisting themselves u whatever they
| fdncied throw open the doors Of the harroom.
| which had been closed for the evening, and let
In their comrades. Mr. Freeman controlled his
%rMn, weicnhea tne uninv'ted guess, anI
dispensed To them cigars ana beverages
untl all were supplied. Then lie asked
/ gained his place In ths bail room VIXEN
/ the guns and iistols were heard again,
| the cannon wa. fred OF. the gong beaten and
/ tue same paudemonium was rte-tatli-heu. ~
/ moment when the aiming room WIS deserted
/ a sereuader mounted the shoulders Of two COM
/ panions, and with long hay rake reached
/ through the window. and brought out the cle-
/ giant show cake and II was devourei az once by
/ thu crowd. although IN the house II had been
J deemed too costly ana beautiful to ne cut.
About midnight Ed. Jarvis. negro. and Israel
/ Nostrand, white man. danced c9mpeuuvey
] and nnisiy upon the uilzza. Volinlst broke
/ ore of the strings of his instrument. and Young
| Charley wood, a. guest, started oat TO get
/ when he was seized and carried T. WRIGHT
saloon; wnete he was detained until he had
Chichester, sold Wood fiddle string which he
| CHANGED to have, AMI he was permitted to re-
enaders wniled away the night. their number
gradually decreasing until at o'clock in the
! morning, one hour before the wedding party
broke UP, all had deserted the field
A TRIAL.
on Feb. ei at the complaint OF Mr.. Freeman.
fifteen young men of the village were arrested
ue by Gapn ROT OF
Court u Sessions. The hneen persons were
Israel Nosirand, Edw ID newst,ck, William
Pred. W ltenMck. Delaney KetchAm, Edwin I.
iurdy Jonn W; smith Daniel Cpicae-tsI David
Birch, Garrett Hon Ira smith, Thomas Rob oins,
AMI William saxon. Justice Chpon presided ~
/ their examination on the tLree sGcce sdi0g DAYS.
Henry C. fl.ts 81 HUNTINGTON defended them,
/ and Rlcard Jennings conducted the Prosecution.
| Mr.. llatt argued that an essential feature u a
riot-ihe presence VI terror or al .<m-was Lack
/ ING 10 this case. In proof whereof Charles W.
/ smith, who was one u toe guests at the Revere
House, swore that he uidn't remember II ariug
II was paying particuiar attention to the
Indies said he, g,ayeiy' - aud can say that
Mrs Amy Bircl, VINO scent the night In aues-
tion opposite the h u, "didn tuink 1t Was as
noisy 49, usual that night"
"Siadam." Interrupted Ricard Jennings. in
establishment, what Aind u 4 dam place Is
thisf"
Fletcher Chichester agreed with Mrs. Birch.
Some witnesses proved aioi- Tor is many Of the
Freeman cave them permission To play IA long
As they did not tfespass on his premises. md
one witness swore that Coo Ireland, guest AZ
the wedding party rushed out Of the hotel at
one o'clock in the III ming, procured his gun,
discharged both b rrel. IN the air, and returned
TO the party, thereby proving that the guests 81
the house cooperlied with the scr anddefs. Final
", LAWYER Pratt reminded Justice Capon that
when he sat with Judge barnard az the Kelsey
trial he was party 10 iIiLg that q man no
held M lartern Tor crp" d - SCI their victim
tarred and featheled could not he convicted of
riot. How. then, could a few young men be
convicted merely for little jubilee upon a fes-
on the ground that no terror caused ny
Their acts. aud because the evidence against the
particular persons arrested WAS not sutieien 10
warrant holding them.
AAOruER SOCIAL EVENT.
Almost the entire population Of the little sea.
| port of >etAuket attended IA calithuinpiar
sercnade' rendered to the granddausnter OF
Capt Harry Tyler on her wedding ni ght, Jan
"a. CAPTAIN Harry prepared wedding supper
and provided music for the entertainment OF
the invited company aud John Hawkins, the
young bridegroom, spread the news OF the Afaii
among the seiau ket Youth adding always
| NoDe hlpN-t an luluuftoh WulcN was IN ef
Ureteu as desire for a screnade. At b O'Clock
on the wedding evening, tue youthful pair
the clergyman and the guests gathered ut Cant
! lyler's, aud about 80 men, women, and chill
dr,n Assem- lei III the roadway near 10y. Among
the latter were m ny bearing muskets, shot
guns, hugles, fish horns, and " Coukers,' sea
SHELLS when produce "A proui-i Dus noise when
blown. Tho dry goods box with Weil-resine 4
edges, had It's pla' among tho Instruments
| When tho wedding ceremony be Fan in the
house, the seren lders lighted Nh immense bon
fire aud began tho noise. At hali-past In the
evening. alter an hear ana a haif Of continuous
music, tue orchestra ana the rc~t Of the sem,
hl3go dispersed. Early IN February nfteer
young men, selected from these rioters
were arrested, aai were brought before
| Justice Rogero flr examination. The, all plead
ed not guilty, ana .uuun the motion Ol thtlrCOun
sci. strong spear II this citN.c oh WAS gr nteC
a parato examination. This inyestigati OI
began ~ Feb. -, and continued SIX DAYS, Jus
lice john :. Ice OF PORT Jefferson being a. 3D.
ciuted With Justice Rogers upon tho bench
/ Carleton Jayne's large lal WAS used rs cour
room, and was crowded caCl day with an as
hCmOlage Of persons from Setauket, Port Jot
ferson. stony Brook, and few from Amityyille
twenty five miles distant. Daring the tfitl bust
ness was To "A great degree SUSPENDED in Sc
tuket, and tho residents crowded the hall jus
as they are wont 10 do al "town meetin."
SUFFOLK TRIAL
The main testimony for the prosecution wa
g. en- los Mrs. Capt. Tyler and her daughter, Mrs
" alter Jones. Inc substance Of it was that
tie rioters made " AN awful NOISE ana fright