Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-07-05

hideous cry and so ran away all into the
woods.
This was the first Massachusetts invasion
AT the close OF the same century came an
other company of New Englanders, loyal
lists who fled from the States after the col
onles were declared independent. They
converted the fort and trading posts into a
town Stanch old Parson Andrews, bearing
with him the royal arms that he had taken
from his Connecticut church, affixed them
above his new pulpit, and the faithful Of
ms flock gathered about him under the
Unlon Jack. So many years have passed
that even the descendant of q revolution
ary parson and the descendant of Puritan
soldier may admire their unconquerable
fidelity to their conseiences.
The Glories of the Past.
Parson Andrews son married the daughter
OF British officer, thus acquiring Ministers
Island, the beautiful island that is still the
family estate. One day, j and called at
the cottage where the present head of the
family lives The old mansion was burned,
years ago, and the family moved to farm
house which, enlarged and improved, is
their dwelling now. 1t looks like an
English cottage; and, sitting in the pretty,
old-fashlOned drawing room, amid the claw
footed tables, the old miniatures and the
old china, facing the rosewood spinet on
which Parson Andrews daughter may have
played Handel's melodies to her soldier
lover; with the soft-voiced, gray-haired
gentle woman opposite, the faded glories of
st. Andrews seemed to brighten into q
semblance of the past.
Short-lived glories they were. The forests
once plundered, the shipping trade de-
parted. A sanguine citizen built railway
L Irafn fh4 L l. =.
| fortune and the iron rails never knew the
sound of wheels. There followed period
when the town was 'the sleeping beauty by
| the sea" Canadians came to it, summers,
but apart from the ripple Of their gaiety,
| nothing stirred the monotony of life. Then
there came
The Last Yankee Invasion.
This time they came in peaceful guise.
They brought thousands of acres They
called themselves the st. Andrews Land
Company, and it is a question whether they
captured st. Andrews or ST. Andrews
captured them. Of course, in such town.
there are divers objects of interest. Every
stranger is expected to visit the Indian
camp and the blockhouse, Ft.. Tipperary
and the Scotch kirk. The kirk is white
building with bell tower and the picture
of q green, green oak displayed on the fac
ade. Here, the Scotch Presbyterians, of
whom there is goodly number in st. An
drews, worship and receive the word from
an unconscionably high old pulpit. Ira
ditiOn has pretty story about the church.
1t was built, early in the century, by gen.
erous but opinionated Scotchman. He
wanted a church that suited him, within
and without, and as the shortest, peaceable
route to his own will and way, he built and
furnished and kept the church giving the
11Cn NJ 10 thn ,l
they paid the taxes. How grateful the con-
gregation was, one cannot decide; perhaps
they grumbled and criticised John Scott's
taste, and wondered why, when he was
about it, ga man of his means,'' he couldn't
pay the taxes; it is certain, anyhow, that
they did not pay the taxes themselves
Then the giver rose up in his wrath and
the following Sunday, when they assembled
they found the doors locked and John Scott
ready with fiery discourse on their sins of
1ean n,bs% bsS%mehOw peace must have
was left to them at his death, with this queer
proviso-as if John Scott will push his
finger into their affairs, even from the grave
every year the picture of an oak tree
was to have fresh coat of paint. Punctu-
ally, every year it has had the legal coat,
until it is as glossy as basrelief
The Governor and His Family.
There are dozens of interesting traditions
afoat in St. Andrews, and more than dozens
of interesting characters. A placid old
gentleman, whose pretty cottage on the hill
we noticed the first day, is the father of
Canadian journalism, and perfect mine of
information. Generally, some time in the |
day, one will see, either in the hotel or on |
the streets, handsome, elderly man, to
whom every one bows. Sometimes he is in
8 pony carriage driven. by dark-eyed |
young man, or by sweet-faced and Titan |
haired lady. This is Sir Leonard Tilley, |
the. Governor; the young man is his son, |
and the charming woman his wife. They |
are all greatly loved in st. Andrews; and |
any old inhabitant will like nothing better
than to tell stories of Sir Leonard's elo- |
quence when he was the member from st. |
Johns. Lady Tilley entertains delightfully."-, |
and many a wanderer from the States car
ries back grateful memories of her home
and her cook-and j. wishes me to add |
her Jersey cows.
In this respect, the hospitality of st.
Andrews, there is so much to say. Canon
Mrs. Ketchem and Miss Ketchem,
Sir Charles Upper and a score of other
kind hosts and hostesses have captured
more American hearts than Church's men
took captives. Canon Ketchem has some
rare old books in his library that are worth
j
that would take longer journey than to
st. Andrews to have an evening
With So Famous Whist Player
rs he. Why, often wonder to myself, do
;he American clergy, so neglect one great
means of happiness; why do they not play
whist more? A clergyman in the States as
learned, polished and devoted to his work
Is Canon Ketchem, if he plays whist at all,
will play mOngrel game beneath contempt
-''to oblige." Yet, actually whist, apart
rom all its intellectual claims, is lively
means of grace. There is no manner of
loubt in my mind that large share of
Canon Ketchem's general courtesy and
vide charity is due to his spiritual con-
iicts and victories tr,8Syyer the green baize
With his partners from the States who ask !
1t intervals "What is trump" or trium-
,hantly spend the last trump ON his safe
mall suit card, "because they have lost the
tactics with 'sCouldn't we have
made another trick if you'd saved your
Iueen?"
st. Andrews air is specific for hay
ever. Possibly, one reason is the extraor-
linary dryness of the atmosphere, which is
more. like mountain than sea air, yet has the {
Iuality of sea air in its salt refreshment; {
possibly another is that the pine woods are ,
N absorbent. Be the reason what it may, {
lay fever sufferers can drive, ride, walk, I
ish in wet clothes or keep flowers in their I
ooms and never feel twinge. The fishing i
privileges of st. Andrews are large, both in
he bay for salt water fish and in the lakes
nd streams for salmon trout. The sailing is
inc, and they are to have kind of pond for ,
athers in kitty's Cove this year. The