The sun., 1891-07-10
GREAT MEN FROM OWEGO.
REsfINIsCKNCES OF THEM BT THEIR
OLD ASsOqATES btf

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REDf1NIsChNCEs OF THEW BF THEIR
OLD AssOWA1ES
Anerna 80 OF sne s,e .sr.. ao". sy oeIe'
Tiogs county people VIII NOT forget Ior many
years the 1uDilant ceieoranon on inc tonrth OF
July When tne imposinR eoioiers anu Sahors
Monument was unVeileu. from tne mis- ana
valleys OF tnat county tnousahas iouno tneir
way 70 oweso wnere tue shais h"u ,n oeen erect
cd In 'front.' OF the oours nouse' Inc railway
trains carried 10 ermiesoi v'sno,s; anu stioh
through tne man streets ono o"eo 'has oueeies'
coaehes' puckboaras' ana ah sotso Q, venioies
had oeeh orouRhs INTO ose ~. ,ne s'kntseers'
oweRo ID not a dig toun' put IL ls most peau-
thuhS sNus'ea on 'pe o,o"" "uu om "snusauo-
hanna' ana many people ot woalh ana I'M
portanos reside mere, .he .owh ". moreover.
closely associateo win now io,k cry ana new
iorR state poliucs anu WIN p,ooklyn soclal
life. Ex-senator Thomas Z. Piatt was born
there nearly sixty years ago ine oio nome-
stead OF Mr.. Platt is stu there and also the
moro modern residence that he occupied when
ne was nopreeon'"'i'0 AZ oon1'''' o"fis III
tho seventies.
was int. -est,nr to .., observe , the greeting:
wnics eAoeha.o' aa Ia. % viz es a.. Inu
for T. .. the rurpose OF making the address at the
.,n,aiIna ~ tha monument. Here IN Nav
1nveHnx .. 'nn d., ~ .u'u an au...ro ~ NV NV
Yr. Senator ras aa hss
and POSSIBLY no man ous n.mse.. coula wr'se ~
IN this occasion was William smyth, ,ormerly
y, nadauovne IN owepo Mr. smvth ia over al.
isss tall. and ho is the editor Of the oveso
Times he ~ was IKE s,st ,a'heF IT, TO s
school teacher and. in fact. fitted the ex-
Senator for his entrance in Yale College, The
fact may not be uninterestins thas mr.. smytn
occasionally had cause to uso the birch on Mr..
Plat; i In return for this: N Nj: Plat. made Mr..
The neiehbors and friends of Mr.. llatt told
VERY 20 daatrv ~
~! tne,e mas esiuence VI sp4.u u iuoia.ry VI
Tom" plntt. as they sa!l him; he had been
boy among tns% n, ana .ne1 npoke , G nun as thsy
.r.a,, Mr. Plat. with being the frat IN ,ss
county to Introduce an OK roast and q barbecue
!or political sapnplen an =, bpurposen Ihis he dd
hen sot ito almost Biz crowd
was s' pubis6eI through the Country as the
first barbecue aud buck roasting Of Tiogs
eoSn'ff;l M ffla,t had engaged tho services o, the
local tuichsr. i His iirst nume inc was Moses a. and
his last name sounded like one Of the numer-
OF of Th
Ha TStn he Sk Ts s
he invitei MIR. fiatt and ali the other sounS
sni aident RepuE loans Of oyero 10 feass
While House ia as familiar to him Us lis own
sDs In ,hs n
at Delmonico's, John Chamb erlains, and ali
the swell places in the country. But he. says
gave @ on that occasion In 1885. Moses had a
Comfortable home, and he had lots Of good
% as ,he host @ M ana Il ns tho head Of The table then
IL hIs shirt sleeves Turning up his cuffs A he
thinks that that was the first public dinner he
ever attended. and he has never forgotten it.
erest day sesos week aeo was sneSestsd By the S
presence Of the old father Of Gen. Isaac S, Cat
q etgd 10 ae s 81 a
Tracy. and bis son. the General. Secretary
Tracy had been q school teacher. like Mr..
Of t6e young man secured to him an education
0Sr soS hS sos sea M ssx St af mines
teayher. The little school where he taught wa.
sSss & Sst F s ba .,
toash schoo nov hsespse e tas Rss s0 IN toHeS
neighborhOod. The champion bully OF tho
Sohooi. Wesley TanDens had brapaed all along
that every sc6o ii teacher who came 10 can.
neWana fIais had been licked. He proposed
The same medIcine for Young Tracy. who
trnmned every morning from his home In
6as g, own auite stout In the last year, but in
those days he was a tail and vigorous stripping.
Wesley Tappen thoueht It was time ms 10 lick he
new school ieacIer. i.pne Tracy said it
BE battle. Young Tracy fnished Wesley Tap
pen. but In that scrmmaee The Secretary re-
to bis grave. "''e'- ''N ''''
REL But one OF the most interestinn events In
bis lie was when his son. the General became
. Democrat Young Catlin had been District
Captain in IN. i09th' New York Volunteers. Of
which Mr.. Tracy, through the in fuence OF Gov
Euwin d. Morpan. was made the ColoneI
Young Catlin wSs T known as the fehter of the
Sanv d ,p Was Ssdssa to to
with lie mean Of transcription: The Young
and thera IN. ottc;sio ~ tha oil Aihanv