New-York tribune., 1890-08-28
A GALA DAY FOR SOUTHOLD
THE TOWN CELEBRATES IT'S .5oTH ANN
VERSARY
MANY VISITORS AND rLDNTY OF ENTHUSIASM
AN GRAFTON By THE REV. DIR.
SETTLERS.


Iors,nds of visitors from all over Long Island Con
necticut and other places there 70 uhi'c WIN
them in making tie day u great success. Eary III
the morning people began pouring III from t''c h0s"
boring towns and other points, ni'l son'"o'" wa"
full The historic old town has never wi'hesseu -
many people together before. 49,,
when the Rev. DR.. Whitaker began morning eN-
o-cscs in the First Church the building was crowded
and the platform was filled with hgucstS. DR. Wih'aNer
referred briefly 10 the history OF the town. ana teh
tbo choir sang Souholds ojOth Anniversary u un'
time OF "Warsaw." Prayer was then Oiicich pS '"e
Rev v T. Albeit. The Rev. J. ii. Halou rc'n "
Icsson from the old Barnabas Horton family biDie'
which was printed in the sixteenth century i"c
Rev. Dr. Richard s. storrs then delivered al o'a''on
attinr TO the occasion. Among other tiing' nc sa"
The two and half centuries OF years when nave
silently Joined the past since the $'"ci'h' W
men OF this typical American town have witheSu' 's "
rrov wide various in the aggregate effect an aStonsh'
Inc change in the conditions and relation OF peoples eap
,Iiv n those peoples whose place In modern hs'oN IL
most d,sn quished and with which our phonc co""
has been choicest we got, perhaps, our el'ar'S' nP
~ tho u,ngth of the period which presents iCS 'o'
,to,v as we recall some particulars o. the change anu
il n fact OF encouraging significance tlat almost "'oF
ho lines NJ change have in IN" direction OF p'er
things; toward the limitation OF dcspouc 'u''o''' w
wider extension and hrmcr establishments VI P'P
dom toward more general cducaton with 'r''i '"'
more anlmat.ng Christian faith toward improved mo'h'n
isrs w,den.d commerce the multiplication "Ithm ''''
nation o. the institutes and ministries Of o'h's" o"'
the association Of nations in happier re''"'' ,,,,
prevailing trend In the general movement u '''''@
societies hardly be mistaken. a.,
II e hard 10 recognize the fact that at the th' OF e
,oren, NJ this village Hartford aud NcwlIa'rh were
insignificant hamlcts including each ch"f'h anu t',
yard with few poor houses taat ON! Wv ,,, ,o
winding bcpath anticipated in Ncw-tnRanu tnat 'o",
nrehcnslyc railway system which now oN'ila'H - 80
, of iron that only an unlmportont hnddlc OF hou''
around a small for: marked the Sitr oi th' WS,
ri0ceut commercial metropolis one oi the uh'"''''
II the world that the Swcdes and Films were Just
ming their short-livcd colony on The D'Ia"'''' ''" W
o,o than forty years were still N elap-o before ~ p'
loving Quakcrs were 10 take advantage o' "''v '
aant 10 william Penn, which "aN n'' maj "'-' ,,
over all the Iesounding co'Une"rl 'Nf" 49,.
,rdaus rerc lords paramount wh'r" IN R'h'i" ''"''
,bev ara scarcely recalled br legend o. ht'E'
stating. trains Il chronological inquiry or Inspiring
81 Christian charity . ,,o c,lo
,,.s %, piymou,h Massachusetts, Connecticut anu NV
uorer whose brief life dI not b"rin TIL ui''' N,''
after thi. town was settled ha' been Succ''u'u y. WV
humcrs. organized union of ionyionr l""'.''
,yuherant With yigor. proudly INDEPENDENT '' "' '
but FOR National concerns c'hl'' >" ~ r.,,.h
no,h,c IN, the splitting q the continent can uS'''"
and thc rnchinr poverty 81 n" time 70 which W, I'N
,rtntiy look back la, bocn followed b' Una, E ,t
wealth which makes The Nation on % 'h' ~ -.
,,ord and 10 which mne. m'ado" n|" "a 80.
, IN. rr,lre the cotton field. tn" sucai h'u' "' w." "
and Osbc,I,s even quarry and forest, nuI'' ''' '''
,ntetprl.e 4 man. adding prod f'"1-N 81 U' ,
our fntur. history H. secure A. thht "' wv ~
,. moral ufe remains which in thr i"'hu ~ |
coruonwcalt,s whea peril dG not iiitth or "''"'"'
,ra,e thor, and when their rude daily ''lH'"'' W."
from the Bible consr'Ia'ioh a"u p''"". - ,a'i,'
continue Ntiilv intcgTating. no.N ''"'""N' y
t, ,le nation which started from their seminal "''"
no uoupd allrars to u, possib' progress. u WI" NV
-, ,,,,,nf for e.. throne ae' for IT. luh'I''''
nut II thi, fails all falls. Multiplying f'"'' VIA "
r,o,ect Will only indeed. mOrc int-4y cNP' ''' ~
cratic Institutions will show no form oi -"
ooucnce Of speakers Of the press can oay 'dd '
- d.cav Alienation aud collision. colu-ioh ana dlNso
Will follow swiftly moral decline ana our "'7'" W.
have to be written. a. that .; other r"HH nv "
t,,,cd NJ times b. great advance aud passing ur"'s'
uoriods O, splendid achievement, but a. 'i'~ihS " ' ~
h,.,s,c, and di.honor n1y ccnnd ny hope tha' u'
is not TO be- | certainly no Ie''l"'''' "'', ''
found faith In Gods purpose foi The r"'r WN'," ~ ~
wonderfully planted aud trained. anu WIN" - ~
ductcd 10 such marvellous success
ono of the features Of the dav IN which every one
tool; direct interest the procession ImN N"S
formed at Man-st and RaIlrold ave. sh'f'N "'''''
. u. III. and proceeded t. oak Lawn where ihe "'l''
noon exercise, began at oclpclI James y -"
hul Of Hircrhcad. surrogate Of suffolk county WIS
,r,roducct and made an address other adhrc''''
were made. a.,
The dav ended With exercises at : 80 p ~ IN '''
RI, church which, vas again crowded. The opcnlht
dd,,.. ,r,s made bv Henry 4. Reeves, aup'f'oi "i
,outhod After PRAYER the Rev. ID. L. Aii''t SUM
~ rhc on House at home Charles j.. M"''c l''
loved with an address and then an oiiI'"I '"ns "'
the Rev Dr. Whitaker. entitled fhc "FHS'l" "'"
,n ga. .,ns ly the choir Letter were r'ad from
thc Rev PROXY J.. Chantlcy. vicar ~ s""'h""''' wv"
~ Irn,rlcH and school To- pccor oi @nl"lK '"Hh'F
r,,,.pd 4 letter was also read fIow frc'i1'N'
u.rri,,, conrr,tul;tng The town upon It, --"'h ann'
corr, and wishing II success and wcii'r. H''
ue meeting was adjourned tie good i"lh' 90 S'n'h'"
,u.cd thc whole cclcbraticn over and oon'hdrd u''
IL had been q great success. .
'rro pc,. Iohn yonnrs was the first 1t'lcr Of South
| id I'm lc37 lie WAS the son of The I"V. 'hFi''o
| hr vorpr. tlie Vicar Of ~Outlivoi. suffolk Comfy
| t,,,,d Iobn Yonng; and IT., va Joan ana slN
| chi,dcer John Thomas, Aunic, Rachel, May ana
ro.cph went first to the Ncw-Havcn colony FRO"
| there they sailed across Long lsland H"hhp T" wv
| placc now known rs Houthold. Johh i"u'E9 p"i
chased nj, land from the Indians othcr' i"iio"'o
| tbc youngs two years later. The also 'un' IRON
.outhvoi The settler named t,cir home after th"i
| native TOWN. In 1910 larg, tra"t OF lana was 9hr
| chased from the Indians. church OF TIC Tuilt"
| faith WAS organized october 81. 1O4c.
| William Well, the Of the Rev. William wells
| ~ Norwich England. and prcLcnca-y OF th'
Cathedral there was the Gr-t lawyer Of oontiold lie
| ras also the first recorder Of the town. The old
| Town records in his beautiful handwriting are cN
hbi,cd with pride by the settler, Of s0uiholh at tn
| Diescnt time. larilahu> Horton. WHO came IRON
Toscy Iriccstcr,hirs England. enjoyed the atncLo.
| of being the nchc-i man IN southom: oth"r prom
| ncnt men among the .etil'rs Wci' .Ho"ri N,h'rii
| Thomas BENEDICT. Richard Icnamin, John Eooth
| Richard Brown, Lieutenant John l;ndd licnry iHs,
| John Conklng John Conroy. charlie N.1"cr, lalpl
Goldsmith. William Hallnck. John Gilbert Stmuc
King Thomas M1pcs. George Miller, Thomas Moore
| Pccr PAYNE Prrricr Thomas Reeves william salmon
John svPczcy Richard aud r. oma Terry, John Tucker
| John and Henry Tuihlll. tapinn John thdcrlill
| Joseph Young> and Captain John l"iug~
Governor John YOnnCs wa = d'S"endlnt ot tN
first pastor. Governor DickcrSon' of New %'cr'ey
and his brOth"r, Mahlor DiclcrsOn Sccrc'ary OF Tn
| Navy also senator Dckeron. were de'c'n1nuts o
Philemon Dickcr,on. Mr. Corvin secretary OF th
| Treasury was q descendant Of Mathl1s Cor"lr tn
| Rev Or. Aliiah Wmas. founder 81 the Bangor The
Oloeical Seminary. ard the Rev. DR.. Enoch C. WW1S
the prison reformer. were descendants OF l'arnal1
| Wim4s. Roscoe COnSnr linemg7 ~ JONI
| COnklin. MaOr-Gcnc7l Henry ". lltll"fS. the poe
F.tz Green Iallcch the Rev. Dr. wiz nm ll1ork. O
the American Tract society, and General ll1lOck, q
! The Iournpl Of Commerce wcr" all dciccndans q
| william IIallock. benjamin Harrison. President q
the Tinted states Is 2 descendant Of william rn.hlI
| The Rev. Dr. :. lrcnrcus Eiward u. g. and Wrn1al
| Prime Of "Thc New Yori observer a, well ~ VIII
| lam c Prime and John Lc1yard, are dc ic,ndln;s u
the Rev. John Lcdyari.
SOnthold today iS a wealthy town with pl"'rrceTu
scenery. II Is situated ~ Souihod Hav an inlet q