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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-10-31
TANNING AN UGLY HORSE.
m The Lewiston Journal.


H. G. Foss, Of the firm of Dingley, Foss q Com
ppuch about horses and raised as many good ones
in his day as any other man In kennebec county
Mr. FOss tells you now and then story not LOT
publication but only TO pass away the Drei hsuhour
xwhii. the horse car Is coming around the turn
:" / remember said he the other Gay 70 . incna
In onr hearing the first horse ever bought He
was handsome. fell In love with him, and on
trp over cross country years ago; ! oought nun and
nad twas it s167O for him, including blanket. sur
Jingle and halter. led him home and put MN INTO
,ha stall along some time In the early forenoon.
~ After dinner father came In from feeding the
horses and sSt he, 'orstio, did you know that new
horse ri your was ugly 1t was news to me, ana
was interested. He told me and showed me coat
,bat the morse had torn of from INN he went into
.hc stall TO feed him. We handled him tenderly for
TWO or three days. learned his history and found
and did as well could by him. for my father
80 q very gentle man with horses and never beat
,hen, l had read this new book Black Beauty ana
nv father followed out It's principle even In those
Snvs. Well one day, the next week. we had the
horse out m the floor Ny father wal cleaning up the
roor with rake and was brushing down my horse,
when suddenly he made dash at my father Just ~
scet and whinnying and screaming like . mad beast
Nv father lift the horse with the rake for protection
and the horse jumped back and broke the halter ana
in a moment, was loose In the stable noor: ,
wilder hOrse I never saw. We hnhIiy beat MN
SssE from his attack upon u.s. and he made complete
tour Of the stable 4 carpenter: bench stood near
the wall Of the stable with Just little room between
Hssh In between tho wall and the bench and got stuck
there I Jumped TO the bench and grabbed the morse
Nv the head and nose and forced his head down on
xs bench Than I sang out 10 father 10 'get tho
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-10-31

home Implies gardens and stables fields and pastures
nocks and herds. And there are many such no'aoie
homes within hours reach of Wall Street. lhere
o neighborhoOd in the hills Of NewJersey, only twenty
nine miles from The Tribune Office. which Is being rap
idly built up with beautiful country honses' Dut MONO
of Thorn is close to any other as TO takc away no
the nelghberhood its appearance Of actual country.
rb.rs is annie room and there is 40 sugge ,tion OF
crowdng This neighborlood ten or twelve years ago
was given up to the most primitive methods OF iar'
ing and the gayest thing to be seen anywhere aoou'
was the Knave OF Hearts which hung over the OLD store
tavern at Bernardsville. This little village is oniS
two miles away from DaskinS Ridge where oeiore VIC
Revolutionary War Lord Stirling built IAN Imposing
,r.r.,on with large drawing room and banQnenng
hall with stucco ceiling long array OF ofhcas win
coach.houses ba,chouscs bcwhouses all theSe sNr'-
ing psved quadrangle and showing eiided Vsne'
dIsporting over the cupolas." All THIS lch ihVo
wreck before Che beginning Of this century.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-10-31

p. r.
,rrs mart NJ somerset County is beautifully plctur
.eoue and its altitude makes 1t decided change from
New. York When speaking OF mountains eleht nun
dred or . thousand feet do not seem 10 amount -
much but that much elevation from the sea ieNei
makes a great difference in the atmosphere and II
seems sufficient, too, to prevent the propagation vi
that miserable pest, the Jersey mosquito George b.
poat the New-York architect the writer be ieves
Tho noneer OF this colony. He bought great deal OF
land and built house. other than the one nc ho"
lives In Following him came the lat" Andrc" v
stout, whose Old place has Just been b"u9" W
1o,n Baentine, the brewer. OF Newark Shortly hi'er
Mr. stout's settlement in the neghborhood CAM
George l. Seney, who in buying land and projecting
.unrovements pursued the same tactics which had
made him famous as railway builder and philah-
t,ropist. What he did or proposed 70 90 was on
large scale and attracted attention so that IN h'c
while there was land "boom when s~e'ru
very ouickly and then collapsed The result oil this
rise and fall in values is that there Is S'f'eN p
In the township not owned by rich man "hch IS hot
,,,-4c,ped for more than 1t would fetch If sold at
auction. .,
After the collapse Of the land boom" J. Coleman
Drayton buiIt his stone house and Samuel Borrowe
enlarged the farmhouse which his sddt ons have maze
~ attractive still later Miss Boudnot made hcrsei
home in little stone farmhouse. and 1t was only last
year that Frederic p. Olcott built large wooden
house in the Colonial style Mr.. Post calls his place
4rlarcmont.' II is beautifully situated on an eie
vsted plateau and 1t is hard to believe that tue nous
"a buil. arc, I'd an old farmhouse which wa on INC
nare whcn Mr Post bought t. such Is the TACT
how.vcr and the genial owner in planning how lie
Ala what he has at Claremont. saws that the house
merely crew. lie must. however. Lave had deihIt"
49, ~ oh, hc meant to do before he let the house
hern N grow for that it in fnshed there Is
tastefuI completeness about ii which Is rarely seen IN
structures parts Of which were aftertionshS. The
Grounds are laid out with skill. ana the gardener
..h.ve hort cultnral triumphs Of which the whoe
n.iehaorlood is proud. The picture does not snow
The noble semi conservatory In the rear OF Mr.
Posts home. This gets oil the sun that siheN' ana
through II when the autumn winds are chill stream
OF warm light foods tie house
Upon the same plateau as Mr. Posts house, ana
about half mile away is that Dc coleman nI''
ION. the sonin-law of william Ator. MIR. Post was
the architect Of Mr. Drayton's house. which was ou'
NJ stone ouarried on the place. When 1t was Just
finished It had o hard. cold ana almost io,pnuns
spucarance but IL gets softer with time and the vines
that are climbing the walls will soon leave ht'ie u
b. ssan except . mass Of green with the winoo"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-10-31

which served both as hall and bowling alley. me
whole Of tie lower floor Of the new bniinhg "a>
on nm TO one large which was TO do duty 1or
L,ui,rls and music Above this room, the stairs
.ytinr from beside the fireplace. were made several
!, droons for bachelors. This billiard room is lhe
81 ry of the Hut and the fireplace Is the glory OF
IN. room No ordinary Grewood can be used III thiS
,,,. ,itablo Grepacc, which will hold log /" ieet
long The unsmoothed rafterS show In the cellihe
and the walls are covered with tapestry IL Is not.
ar course fine room fine room would be out OF
MACE in such a house but for conor-conioTt ID Il
lar % sense-no room could excel ii. The farmhouse
ide j. carried out IN stables and barns, and nuccu III
everything The house does not stand In the must
81 \ lawn laboriousy cropped hut in meadow "here
tho grass grows freely and is cut for hay Mr.. LOT
,,rc.s Uut is unuuc stionably the most Interesting
hnuse in the county. There is free AMI unos'eh'a-
TINS bospuality dispensed which accoidS pleasantly
win the biz rooms wide piazzas and the DSht WHICH
End, if, way unohstrhctcd into every part
Across the highway from tho Hut" Is MISS
rnrdinot's picturesque and o!dtme stone cottage
This. too was "a farmhouse til purchased by MISE
noudino who is representative Of her historic IAN
lIy Her grandfather one OF the early JUSTICES Oh
tho Supreme Court OF the state u NcwJersey ana Ills
brother her great uncle the President Of the Con-
ncntal Congress during the Revolutionary war wheh
Washington was In the field, and when peace was ae
clarcd Miss Boudnott greatunclc alone sisheo u's
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-10-31

,ita who VAS a Miss Boudinot; Lady Fry ant, whose
full length portrait painted by knellar) so like the
Mss IOudlnOt TN II 1t were not for the dress
~ ~ tun hundred wears ago would he taken for her
picture This picture shows IN various u.s. part. OF the
jicssans who entered the I1Oudnot mansion al ELIZA
.cth in the Revolutionary War and dd all the damage
shev Gould There are also In this house four we'll
T"9xn neces OF statuary, examples OF sixteenth cen
fury work and representing Asia Airsa Europe ana
uot on the return of the French Minister as token
Of regard for the Kindness he had received at te hanas
NJ M lloudnOt In the corner STANDS the dsome
toll imtch clock which the property Oi Richard
stockton the sgner Of the Declaration OF
The h0spitabe mansion Of the President OF the CONT
mental Congress- and while on his table used oy zen en-
eral WashnctOn General Lafayette ana many OF ue
other distinguished people OF that tlme. sntrounneu
nv thase thlncs the charming hostess 0 the present
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-10-31
VEGETABLE SILK FROM ALASKA
%, Cranrisro Examiner.

rror, The san Francisco Examiner. IA. a,
The latest addition To william Benz, co M, rolls
crros from the North Is q 6unch OF nun. uu,snoetion
Thai ARA deserving Of more than Inc Sas"a. issl 70
~ The curious for the reason thai thes yM cot
nav industry Vt valuable propoItohS' r. appso-
ton the sailors call them, but "a hiuen NJ mJefA
nristn name would be vegetable siiN, ~. wv, Of tho
mora resembles tho floss that bursts ou' M.knn
nod at the tips Of the stalks oil TINS etsisv h. 6nest
piant than would similar sized BUNCH v. - bsf "
rrocoon SILK The bOls are nom an rch s w. sbout
two inches Is diameter. and the tnreaoS ,hrea In
the same length. There are thousands Va 1t ,hresA
each boll and each thread Is IS ifc ~ INC tss moro
Of the silk worm They possess gIe;n Ms, about -
T,st ne, than silk and the threats have Just wv
sThs cooring is As rich that OF svasm , yuS -
set breath parts the boil 10 the very ne sasue
sH~ f,r Of q sealskin separates under u'o 10 bo
cnsncn And the roots Of the threads are seaoss
~ = iiShf orange, which shade, through ''"
coll r n silver gray al tho tips. ,,nsar stem,
rne support Of the bOlls Il single s,e tiny
boiovr and ieadess and Of pale green co~' al. long,
NOD scarcey quarter Of an Inch thFR oy induenoa
}ncloscs the dose until II bursts under u"
W The plant was discovered BY ParW,,s. Shh
brntsrs from the scaling schooner L. H. Mus fhey
vistns the Interior In quest of fresh h., a. evSs
nincksd few specimens, and report T., I'M .reading
a thckly that pedestrians cannot heip n,,sss miles
under foot. and that beds Of 1t cover eou''''
u The specimens now here are to be Ply S he boil:
hands Of experts In order 70 ascera.S anythaS .
arc susceptible Of being worked up 'h'' '
commercial valuA
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-10-31
THE COSMOS FLOWER.
som Tho Washington Post.


The cosmos flower, which has come to be all the
rage here this fall. has interesting history. which
Mr. small the florist related 10 POST reporter
Yesterday 1t Is Indigenous to Mexico, where 1t grows
wild In The field like the daisy In this climate Some
fomr wears ago German florist In HObohen. y. j..
some of the plants from imported SEEDS and
Introduced the flowers In w-iork. Then the plant
anpeared in the Sodiersl Home gardens at Hampton
urar Fortress Monroe, where 1t was found that II
n.nu,d bloom as lat, as January and February.
count Of the mllder climate. a gentleman near
Alexandria. Va, then secured quantity OF the seed
and began to grow the plant for the market,
mneinp with such success that he has now several
arres Covered with the cosmos blooms, and he ships
immense quantities to New-iork daily: 40
M small saws that the plant cannot be grown with
orpai success farther north than this city. II
cumbs 10 the frost This is the first year that 1t
has become common, but Just now great branche,
OF It adorn the windows OF each florists establish
meni and can be bought cheaply In the marhet or
OF the bows OF, the street. The flower makes pretty
interior decoration. will keep fresh for four or
five days II placed in Of water Immediately after
II is cut The white. blossoms are the handsomest,
resembling nrrcissus In their white petals and gold
heart. b,ir there are other tlnts tina, are highly
prlzed The cosmos is apt to be a. popular ere long
is the chry SAINT hcmum although florists will always
prefer the latter.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-10-31

neighborhood and they were so pleased with IT tia'
this farm purchased with the intention OF ononS
a commodious house higher ground some 200 yaius
bach of the present house When the ht tel az Whc"
the family were boarding closed in the autumn the
Borrowes not ready TO 20 to town. So th-S
tried the experiment of camping ont In the Ola storc
house. or the Hut" they called 1t then ana nave
called ii since. To make the place more haD'aoie
another room was added rapidly and broad Sheu
put up to serve piazza. The experiment oi
camping in The Hut so satisfactory la' De'oro
the next spring few rooms were added ana ,io
next summer and autumn were spent there Als
adding Of rooms was lcpt up for several years u"''
Mr. Borrowe had the llrccSt and most original house
e., Tho reirhborhood After the first house had grown
to large proportions Mr.. Borrowe still lacked
billiard and music and tcnpin alley. To pro
vide these he constructed large building behind te
main house and in the same farmhouse style OF arcm
lecture and connected the two with long STRUCTURE
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-10-31
nEoRaE B. POSTS HOUSE

Frederic p olcott president OF the Central TrnSs'
Company the newest conner ms IN and s .rother in sd
,eon go that he has several hundred acres Ie
picture shows what Of home tins Wal .ck and
man mas .ahles arc on the place and It s understood
that Mr. Oco means to bred horses are
q, the berkshire Eli: in Massachusetts. and
the remark often heard that prHpa s Therc who
soon pe 10 nd kenesses in what they see at hons
70 WHAT they have abroad are remneea by .c
lin and vai,eys of Tuscany In Italy. Bnt IL Is pre
onmsh to have fame It's own aocount, and doubt
less it WILL
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-10-31

In Speaking of this establishment, Donald w.
ntcheI, in recent article says that all tAc aspect
Of this in its pamy days and Its management mast
have been rather foreign than American The homes
in the Bernardsvle neglborhOod, however are NOR
eughly American The owners are business ana pro
fessional who are conspicuous III the a" 'i> %
New York The country people, when In cr'i'ca'
mood say that the custom of banging and docht 'e
tails of the horses is English and bTbaron' cn' Is
scarcely to be believed that any of th' gentlemen WING
in this ncichborhood do it because i' either the one
or the other.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-10-31
A VOTING EyGLIsHMAN SHOT IN KENTUCKF.

MiddlesLorougl KY, oct. 30.-Norris Watts. son OF
Edward Hanny Watts, OF London, England rich
capitast and one OF the syndicate which is building
Tho large iron and steel plants in this city, was shot
through the groin yesterday afternoon by an unknown
psrson while out hunting in the woods near Cumber
land Gap, Tenn. Mr.. Watts is not expected to live.
London. Oct. 3O.-The father Of Norris Watts, the
young Englishmsn who was shot In Tennessee yesIer
ship-owners OF Cardiff, Newport and London. ont Of
founders OF the town OF Mddlesborough, Ky.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-10-31
courtesy the hos

dsy sui dIspenses with old fashioned courtesy mo nov
nifaiIties OF the house. 49,. 4. <n.
,.rs Sn,,t Nv the late Andrew v. Stout and recenv
,Sm,rrhsscd by the Newark brewer, John BaiicnunS.
trsrre IN America and like the rest Of tho STRUCTURES
Of thst period Is made hldeous by French mansen
% he mace is, however, In beautiful cutveton
IA =, easily susceptible OF being made Is pretty ss
y NOV cornfortAblc.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-10-31

treaty with Great Britain. The letter which General
Washington wrote to him this occasion is beauti-
fully preserved. and is Of the striking relics In
Miss BOudiLots interesting collection This collection
,hc has her pariOr at the cottage The pa ing OF
General Washington by Charles Wilson Pcale Is also In
the house. The furniture in the parlor is of that
nrrd while the books In the library belonged to the
G.tinCui, he'd scholars and statesmen OF the family
The walls are hung with family portraits OF Elias and
elisha EoudinOt and their ancc tors Richard stockton
md MS wife who Miss Boudinot William Brad
ford Attorney General Of the United States aud his
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-10-31

The politcness OF this pleases me very much. OF
course {he teller knows that the mistake 10 mine but,
with kind OF Chinese olvility he puts the unpleasant
fact in tho form Of . mere opinion. Perhaps this
banks from the old and courtly days II only remains
10 add that my bank account overdrawn, not because
NV resources are stratened, but because have such
lavish careless. muniaDsat way Of throwing mopey
about
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-10-31
JERSEY COUNTRY HOMES.
THE pERNARDsvnLE NEIGHBoRHooD
SOME BEAUTIFUL BITS OF scENERY-PLAcEs
WHICH ATTRACT ArTENTIoN-THE Dor

WHICH ATTRACT ATTENTIoN-THE BOZ
ROWE "HrT" AND OTHER HOUSES.
II f. becoming moro evident every year that the
prosperous men of affairs are inclined TO make the'r
real homes in the country rather than in town. busi
ness interests make It desirable that these homes sha
DO in the ncghborhood Of cities, but many OF them r'
nevertheless actually country homes. though rom
them the busy cities may be reached In not many
Minutes over hour. New-Jerseysnce inc
., r.,,roohs has furnished room for The homes OF
thousands Of persons who. though engaged In New
York each day, prefer to go to the country TO sleep
euch persons have bult up the hundreds OF pretty
rttle suburban villages along the railways Which 70
uest from Jersey City and Hobokcn These are not
properly denominated as country homes. country
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-10-31
THE GEyTLEXAyLY BANK TELLER.

From The Boston Post.
1t always amuses me when l receive notice to
the effect that my bank account Is Overdrawn land,
by the way trust that shall fall In nobodys estima
lion through the frank admission that am sometimes
overtaken by this m!sfOrtune). The manner OF II
Is fills: A messenger not the pOstman, brings me q
letter couched In the following terms
Dear sir make your account overdrawn 1878 81
IT is usually little less than that, and think the
mistake Is yours. Yours truly.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-10-31
Az .,psgJp COMPANY CHARTERED

r-nicaeo Oct, 30 (speciaD.-The secretary Oh 49, AZ.
to-day granted permission for the organization ~
chicago Air ship Company to operate and Sao a.
in air ships and balloons capital stock, 800" w.
corporstors. G. o. Shields. F. B. Boeeart anu ..
Atwood.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1890-08-07

arms reach of the very best surface OBJ
tainable. | refer to the glass in this
cigar case. Don't believe it2" Bingham
asked, as a gentleman raised his eye
brows In doubt. "Just look Bingham
took a match from the box, drew it
swiftly across the glass, and it lit as had
the glass been sandpaper. Tie doubter
even then was not wholly satisfied, and
he tried it himself with the same result.
"Any glass is just as good, and even
safety matches, usually unlightable ex-
cept on the box on which they come, can
be lit on glass" continued Bingham.
''Now remember this when you next take
a match. And another thing: When you
desire to apply stamp to an envelope
don't ruin your appetite by lunching off
the mucilage and run the risk, besides,
of having the stamp insutficiently stuck,
but place the stamp in tho proper cor
ner, moisten its face with your tongue,
and the operation will result more salts
factorily all around. "-[Chicago Post.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1890-08-07
Writing with Both Hands.

Owing to the popularity of typewriters.
penmanship is becoming lost accom-
plishment among business men; but one
gentleman of this city writes letters with
both hands at once. He is E. G. Cockey.
of the Western Union building, and he
consented to show a reporter how to make
manifolding machine of himself.
AFTER endless practice, he said, 81
at last found that l was capable of writing
with both hands at once, and in this way
| have done considerable writing of a
business nature. OF late years, however,
all my writing has been done by dicta-
ton to a stenographer
Mr.. Cockey drew pad from drawer
in his desk, and taking lead pencil in
each hand he wrote the reporters name
towards the left with the left hand, and
towards the right with the right hand.
''This is one way of writing it, said
Mr.. Cockey, ''but perhaps you would
like to see it written this way and he
wrote the name upside down with both
hands. Finally he wrote long sentence
simultaneously with both hands.-TNew
York World.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1890-08-07
Hermetically Sealed Minnows.

At intervals during the past two years
the feasibility of transporting minnows
in Theoretically sealed jars, etc., has been
discussed in your valuable journal. re-
Gently met In Cleveland that expert fiy
caster and enthusiastic angler J. T.
Hasbrouck. Upon one occasion he ran
across a veritable old Izaak Walton fish
ing for bass, and observed that he carried
his minnows in bottle securely corked
In conversation on the SUBJECT he was as
sured that they might be easily trans
ported for long distances if put in two
or three gallon jug filled two-thirds full
of water and tightly corked or sealed. A
short time since, upon my recommends
tion, the plan was tried by member of
our angling association, and the minnows.
when turned into bait pals at the end of
a seventeen-mile drive were found to be
in splendid condition, only one of the
entire lot having turned up. As it is of
great importance to many of the vast
army of anglers throughout the land,
hasten TO give the result of the practical
experiment. IL Forest and Stream.