The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-07-22
TWO OLD MEMS QUIET HOME.
.yrtR RETIREwhNr fR0H THE CITY
m sOfNTRy HtRHfT ICE


-. Clothed h, thuicc IN H"as- Nc"'-
n..rn .rM Nutk Family ttnmnuee.
r.r.,d from Bound Brook to Martins
,su..,e.fi- .r,leedk through marrow gorge
lt...u.N,o uluutain- tiSine -te "piV NJ" OBJ
n.. v.,.. and i..n stretches aei'ss " Iei'ho
.,,l,nt while, -uftuuIIru uN the ruE "i".'l"-
,,-.fa lN uOI utalu th"lh b'y"hu MAR
,,,a, d.. if. scent o,,nfihues. EVins over small
,,IIl.u 10 i..t,,s ntounothcr charm-
i..,,.I. ,..iey far down winch one can Soc tho
..f..ni white hou- = of Liberty Conner.
Tb,- r,il. iand may hc considered a branch ~
Ill.,. p,..Ii, Nurv. About half way between
Mlr.u-.ll. AMI Lduriy Conner stands a
ou,er,v -hapei ui1 house. clorely Ovrrl.nns 10y
er,nt willows and aiWitu- 1r,. :. and hail aid
den los tai. aowtrin4. plants and vines % various
Sons. Every pass,r-by looks with curiosity at
th- quaint and ancient mansion 'iIp""efed
amid foliage. Even metaphors accu-i'n't to-
Soc II since their iulhn dnNr no, Vet l.aiird
10 pass II hy with such indifference IS ucy
n,,urd H. other dwellings. Chndr'n. tfudAinK
n NJ the dusty road with pals ut hlt kn'tr''s
entnnred on the n"ighboring mountain, stop Co
,e.rt through thu bars uf tine rickety .satc. The
oId house covers a mystery. SiIan-c stories
a..t about tAe valley conc' rnins tho dw.lcis
there But ia All the tales that are told ,h're
are none ol dI-.rrdlt Even gossip respects
nrsiu.fle blamcless lives Of the two kindly
a,,d men WHO lead there thc cNl-ton c ot her-
rit-. A SIS reporter. calling on them, found
H. vouue,rui the two iu Ia, garden. seated l'-
meath the long. pendant braneAes ot hue
willow trce near the kitchen door, Near hlm
eaa d. ph.w-a sturdy. gO1d-loukin man of
about 3uNculS. seemingly and az his icet played
t,vs sprightlv boys. children Of the nephew Tho
boy and their father were there on avistt, once
or twice each summer they spend "a few days
with the old men. and they are the only visitors
who eyer -lecp beneath that roof Tvs 'nty y'a'-
axe. tn, youn.: mans mother used. occasionally.
T. visit there. tut then she ceased TO do 80. and
sim, thai time no woman = loot mas crossed TIE
threshold OF the hermitage.
Samuel j. and J. C. Poocy are the names oi
III, hormts. 1t was the hitter who WIS found
IN the garden To-, the reporter. H. 20 man Of
strange appearance. Ills hair, white a- SNOW.
lri-tlr- M nearly three inches from hi- s'ulr.
and seems uuAcmut. HI beard. ais" white. -
long and po.ni"d. and las 'y's are l.f-,, r0"Ndi
NM WY ",1 ,YHY a .g,'hi Is IN 1T .R.. Is. a
r~niaI -mii. phys uron his features his ,Ni.r
l. Loud and rur,ry. ami Wh' IA 10, i- amused D =
laughter h ringing. hearty. and Ecnun'. l'o
him and ono h. surprised 2, loatn thnt ~ has
Tor several years bccn M invalid -ui.'r'ns
him and his broth or ~ saw 4 u .iu. ls 4oirc n.
TINT they nave not WISHED th Hir is,''. Or Hnui-
for ten years. They wash themselves wlIDA
u 'y feel like doing So; put. seeing "a -. "a.
would not IND II difficult 90 helievc that Toy
hlln t tclt like IL for SUI five years. ~ nil
events. this does not -e' IA tAclr ye.t .og 81. az
tn -. ,,.
isfir visitor. Mr. Pool"v led the wy lhtN tut
kitchen whore his brother. slt' ng almost ~
darkness, was inisuroN iln shlhE ~ supper.
Mr. samuel J. Poolcy-or IA" squire. as ha
l. ~ virtue ct ni- Ollie, known laos .ou-
rably moro aged H. st.A moy'- about
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