Telegram-herald., 1889-05-20
WHERE EASE Is F0U Nd
sag Harbor Is = Nest OF Philos-
ophers.
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S-.g Harbor that every bo.ly gets along
sonlsho~ whether they ~osk or nok.
There = OI.e gentleman here v ho runs =
weeAly paper Il Ls ole of the oldest
papers Ia the country. Sometimes tie
editor - here, sometimes lie . I-ot fOT =
year o. more. Sometimes his son runs
il. Sometimes the printers 10. some
times It runs itself or seems 70, bGt IL
gets there al tie same. And u - not !.
b.-d paper either. II = man here makes
up bis mlnd when Young thai De won't
work Tor a living and keeps It 50 made
ap he gets along somehow though how
nobody exactly knows. and us doubtful
II he does himself. There's a positive
genius here for getting along IN ali easy,
informal. don n't-eaTe- a-Cent sort Of way.
was in paint shop here the other
day. The proprietor Was boosted up
on the top of an empty box near the
store. IL vas half past ID in the morn
ing Around him were several OF the
towns people who rarely have much
else 10 Go al half past 10 of a spring
morning save keep themselves easy,
talk the thing over. tell how the uni
verse ought properly 10 be wound up
and kept IN running order or how many
eels were caught in the "cove" yester-
day, or who Is going 70 get married and
WHY they should not get married. A
man entered in hurry quite an un-
usual thing here). and said: lis my paint
ready?' What paint!' asked the pro
prietor. without moving from his box.
Why" said the customer, Il came here
at half past this morning and told
your clerk all about il and how | wanted
il mixed
'Yon did, hey?" replied the proprietor.
Nv ell, should Ike 10 know what bust
ness my clerk had 10 open this shop at
such an unearthly hour - half past : in
the morning." BY this time he had got
oil his bCx and commenced leisurely 10
bestir himself regarding his customer.
"What kind OF paint do YOU want?' he
asked Red replied the customer
What do YOU want red paint for?'' ITO
paint carriage wheels" How many?
One carriage wheelg' "No, four wheels"
said tho customer.
''You see," said the proprietor, ad
dressing himself TO me, I'VE do busi-
ness in Sag Harbor with dignity. We
don't jump around and hurry from our
seats as they DO in New York when
customer comes in. We wait, and if
he's in hurry give him time TO cool off"
By this time the customer had fallen
in with the chat Of the party and seemed
70 have forgotten his hurry. AS | turned
To leave the proprietor followed me out.
He hadn't finished mixing the paint and
seemed in no hurry TO finish. He stood
BY the front door and discoursed in this
vein: THAT man I'm putting this order
up for was off his center when he came
in here. He was in hurry. That's a
state of mind we don't encourage in this
town. You see how easy and comfort
able he is now. He thought when he
came in he wanted To paint that carriage
today. But he doesn't. lie won't paint
it today. He's got too much sense, now
that he's got some company and is com
fortably fixed in the store, TO do any
painting today. Nobody acts in that
way if we can help it.
Now was born here; haven always
lived here; wish had. / lost twelve
years of my life by going away! was
for part of that time boss of the paint
ing department in one OF the biggest
carriage factories in New York city. /
got big wages. worked early and late,
was full of care and responsibility, took
Iittic oaSo or comfort, and at the end Of
each year found myself no better OF
than at the end of the last. /
got sick of it at last, and came
back to Sag Harbor. / found people
here who. during all the time / had been
away, had done next TO nothing, and
were about as well off as /. They had
small shops, did two cent business,
owned their skiffs, and If they pleased
shut Up those shops and went fishing or
sailing or blackberrying or beach piam-
ming in the summer. / said 10 myself:
Here Is liberty. if there isn't 50 much
money | pitched in and did likewise.
Now | can 1.-Two in q house, with some
land and grass 10 step on, and not in the
sixth story Of rabbit hutch. called a
fat, really q tenement house in disguise.
Here I have some air fit TO breathe.
some water fit To drink, lots of clean salt
water TO bathe in and q fiue country TO
look on from my windows. ! can slut
up shop when l please, and II customer
comes and I'm going out sailing and
haven't the time % wait on him ! can
tell him 70 go somewhere else"
- he talked on. His customer seemed
90 have forgotten what he had como for
in such a hurry, and had harmonized
with tho group inside.
The leading town tailor gave me In
similar vein his experience thus;
Yes. | went 20 New York years ago.
and was boss cutter Of big firm there
stood it for four years. worked my
self nearly to death, Eot more money
than I can make hers. had no time 20
mvself. couidn't 20 a-ishing nor smell
any clean salt water, 50 said one day -
my employer. I'm going 70 retire from
business and 60 to sag Harbor % live
'Whatr' said he Retire You re-
tire from business Why. I've been
working ike a slave here Tor over twenty
years AMI | haven't time nor money
enough Jet - retire on
"sWeli. have" I said, I've got 900
clear. and I'm going to Sag Harhor