The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-05-20
FONT LEES DEMoNsrRAT1yE W1DoU.
Mrs. Parrish yet Annoy Ing the Liquor Sellers
and sunday breakers.

In a dilapidated frame house. situated
upon the steep. rocky sides Of Fort Lee II IN. on
the Hudson. dwclls the Temperance reform
widow Mrs. Mary Parrish. A partly dcmolish.
ed brick structure stands between the house
and the road and there is neither fence nor
hedge to separate the premises from the public
highway. The house Itself is without paint
and altogether has an unkcmpt ana uncanny
appearances brokcn-down Night Of steps
leads 10 tho front door, which swings upon
singl hinge. The appearance Of the exterior
is a fair exponent Of the interior Of the house,
The first story is used for kitchen and bedroom.
In the centre il q stove with two pipes attached.
One Of these projects from the north side of the
house. and the other from the south. This is
an arrangement cOntrivcd by the widow her
self whereby the smoke Is always discharged
from the lee side Of the dwelling.
AEEcqiy i@r or aGNHnfhea IN ysars ana hayng
oven an animal 10 enter her dwelling until
last summer. Then. while waging a war
agninst the sale Of liquor she WIS set upon by
John Ianlon and severely benten This de-
cdoi her to sccur" some watch dogs. 70 this
end she had her cellar filed with straw and the
windows removed. and now all the dogs in the
neiehborhood mnkt the place n rendezvous.
While reporter for The sun stood yesterday
on the front steps, eighteen hungry looking
dogs lran"d en mhSsc. ana rent the air with
howis. The neghb0rs say that at night there
urr somctimes SIXTY dogs there
The " idow Parrish is a small. nervous liitln
woman 60 years Of Hgr. Owing 10 her continued
assaults upon the sunday liquor traffic, She has
made herself extremely unpopulur For mlirs
around -he is known ms the " tch. and many OF
the uniphhOr- believe She Possesses super
natural powrrs As nn INSTANCE oi this. there is
"a lrscnt. m the nrighhoriopl that nn stormy
nights an rluh"lnted woman n sonnet mos soon
STANDING on the ultN of the root with extended
arm. and llowinE hair.
There are sN liquor snloons IN Fort Lee. four
of Vl.i D. nrn llr"n- ~, rh"s" hlrcr ARE Kept hy
Churlrs Dinklc. T.. liu'h"ist"r, Joseph Slo~srr,
aud John Gloes.r All w'rr IA iull husl v ~ r.
dnN although WIN closed do9rs. s"vrl
uuNr business IN tho lln'r, lu hNd hrnn
inr 'e'l to 1--WE II up through the nern V of tl"
widow. one 0l these. Mr. john Nrl-"r. urges
business bar that he refused 10 pny the " dow
Tor me privilege. There is no evidence. how
eyer. g. su-tt n Is charge, lidl mil" h"."W
IN n loon kclt by Henry Stewart who
IL s-iiug be"r on revenue Incense
dlt.l July. 1861 THIS man hQs not
been troubled hy her. II is alleged, although
every ou' else in the business. even though
\ lunI with u license, has brrn brought bvlnr"
the Grand Jury Tor ndi tmrnt Thrse latter
siv thni Mr. Stewart supplies the widow with
stewart denied the charg" yesterday, and, ike
his ne ghhnrs, sad he considered the wounn n
from his premises Tor dsordrrly conduit.
Certain II is thHt ia" liaunr war Is inJur-
Ing the pHce financially, OF the eight hotols
that were formerly opened 10 received guests
all 'pt one ARE closed. Ihls one. too, IL
burrly paying expenses.
Last week she snnt word to Capt lonry
who commands the steamboat Pleasant Valley
that ii he andrd passengers there ON Sundiy
from New York after May -, she would hHYe
him arr .sied under the SUNDAY law Th" Cap
tam. WHO hns been on tho river Tor over tlrty
what he WIS going 10 do about II. ." DO ahut
II - answered he, why, II she can stop NY
hnnt she can stop all the llObOkrn hnl Jrrsry
Cty lerryhoals' Tor we are ali governed by the