New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-12-03
CHRONICLES OFBEAN HILL.


From The Troy Times.
Governor elect Cleveland denies the truth OF the
story that he was born IN Bean mn O3hn' GUY DGa
il the western suburb of rocky norwich new
London County, Connecticut, situate Gu the
Yantic river three crooked mites from tue guy
iiny vt the head of the Thames the Junction OF the
Yantic ana shetucket, settled IN 1860 Dy thlfty
five families FROM SaybrOoA ana Ne"-Lohtioh' On
q Mat nine miles square. purchased from ire cele-
hrated Mohegan chief meas. whose grave auu
monument the Dase laid by Andrew Jackson ~
1888 may sail be seen IN the heart OF the Low IL
How tins rocky eminence. with It's tnlce-cOlheIeu
nublie square, crowned with a monarch elm ecu
n nv old came to be called Bean ilIl Is question
psychologists have not yet settled: Sentimental
%nnng misses thought il Ill TO head their scented
HlIet-dolr with an alnalon to the pei Iiet Oh Ino
inhabitants, and wanted IL changed 10 w 90 IIIo
enthusiastic Democrats would name III achsoL-
vile but for 100 years II has been Bean dll ana
now the name has suddenly become Iainous' anu
for Why Though the prospective Governor ol tle
Empire state never naYe boy pilgrimage 70 'L1 p
.hriues of his ancestral Penaes were they not al
Renn TIllcrs7 Is he not the reputed son OF
Elcharl the cleric. Bean Iillleri whose I4theI
WAS deacon William, the sllveIsnith' bean
ttilier whose father was Aaron, poet preacher
and halter contemporary with Behedlc' Afholul.
and Bean Hitler! We're not Governor Grover
ancestors fed Ike other Yankees OF early day on
bean soup succ0tash and baked beans pII not
prudent hostesses IN those days with shreWd eye
To pruit. make the pOrrdce so INN lhat ~ Is re-
uorted of one bOaIder that he stripped OIL MS coat
and mounted his chair, at dinner, TO tie horror OF
80 lanJi,IC VINO asked " hat Is the matter, MI.
anJ was GONG TO dive for it, Was not one OF
the good danes OF those times famous Throughout
the colony for the thickness and ricpie'N o. IeI
bean soup whose husband. 10 - reported llNllSu
Governor or some other dlgultary nome 20 ore
with him promising him rare luxury 1t was
late the family had dneu, ana the mistress gone ouO
tor an Afternoon visit. Never minG.' SAID the
most here Is the pUrrdge pot stu on The crane ID
/ tpe chimney and forthwith bowls OF stehlhluE
uduId were spread upon the table. Nhe > soup ;
rnt A. Good As usual to-day" but by cru mUlng
bread into it they managed to make meal. Al
tea the husband SAID My de'r soes 70 .lV our
bean soup was not as GOOD As common W noio
/ did Won get Il o. "Out of the pot III Inc CHIuHel p
| corner Bless me- saws the horfol-sII4cAeu
/ vile that was my dish water" H..
Roiai beans bak ed salt pork and rye and Indian
bread we're the luAuries of Bean HIlI. beans every
saturday night. or the oven tops would IAN IN
! Why on Saturday nlghtf 1t was sad 10 oe COM
| meInorative In Indian war TIN es an alarm sent
! the settlers SQUIRTING through the MoodS 10 INC
block house II was saturday anu PROVISIONS Meig
short. one lazy SAID she leu an oven IlIl VI soVI
| things and two adventurous men stole through Tue
alder swamps and returned WIN NEole scaip' anu
! the garri-Oned community MADE q supper az 'ahT"
| bpans and brown breaG, and tEencef0rward ihe
custom prevailed till 10 has spread over Tue mon
along with hasty pudding To Wnich harrow ueui'
/ Gated AN ode and succotash, which the IIlgrim7
/ learned TO make OF the red Cane Coolies. lie an
| Gent Egyptians Herodotus tells Us, had the pdd
taste TO oatue and despse this pleasant ana mum
tious escu,ent To the priests .esPtcla.lS pcal'
/ were an adherence and an abomlnatlOn ecclesias
| tically. ana what good thing Is there that IN lts
turn. some nation eCceslasicS nave HV1 'ul Icu =
! their sacred noses at! Cicero Ullcues The l'l,
/ lowers of Pythagoras for iorhldding the use ol
beans i'm imitation of the gyptlans, rs II thty pos
se,,ed the power OF Initiating the mind a. We'll as
/ stomach and utestInes.' Egyptians aud Pythago'
reans hold low place in the opinion. Of your true
Beau-Hillers fot their CONTEMPT OF beans. hanhS-
| giving was regarded as sacred time century ago
| A negro slave of Governor HUNTINGTON OF Nor
wich, was thOughtlcssy chUpplng wood on mars,
dav THANKSGIVING Day. in late November. one oil
the Young ladies' called to him. "Sambo. you
mustn't cut wood today-it Is sunday" Sun.
dav" said Sambo rehccively; we no hah baked
beans asst night" A traveller IN prariedUm rode uI
10 a log house on saturday night as the family
were sitting down to supper His first sal al atioi
was Wien did you hear from Bean Iilu last !
How did yOu know We We're from Bean Hill
" By your bean pot. OF course