The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-08-10
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The Remark able Mortuary Mouuneat or
Cennectlout Dancing Mnnfnr.

| She &ennrknbIe MOrtuary Monument OF =
Cennectieut Daneing Master.
NORWICH. Aug. e.-Thousands Of people In
southern New England. who know iovs Cur
don Cady personally or through his rcpu-
tation As the most famous dancing mnstsr In
Connecticut. will be surprised to learn that he
| has lately begun to reflect upon his latter end.
lis fact. though and Gurdon doesn't deny
the soft impeachment Mr.. Cady was in Nor
| witch few days ago and he readily acquainted
some OF his numerous friends with the novel
turn his mortuary reflections have taken. lie
has lust erected n marble family monument in
his lot in the Dayvillo village cemetery in
Windham county. and it is the most curious
and wonderful monument that the mind Of
man evor conceived OF. In the words OF a
| Dayville friend OF tho eminent dancing master.
There mover will be but ono Gurdon Cady.
and there probably never will be another
monument like tho ono he has placed in tho
| Dayville cemetery plot"
1t Is straight shaft of handsome white mar
| BILE. abouttwelve feet III. with square. broad
base. The marbe-yard artist expended n great
| time hewing meaningless arabeslue carvings
emb9dying the homely and pathetic IDEAS that
Gnrdon desired should be craven on tho shaft.
four sides Of the monolith. ind each one Upi.
| nes Q predominant sentiment in the bosom OF
| ure of high born and g registered Jersey
Hna s the
%siSw % If Words ssssd b. s1 and ais Is
n S SGG h Ct ss the sna Raady ni M s5ysa
which 0hs x6 grsyen image typies Mr. Cadys fo
not meant to imply. however that Gurd on is
ready for immortality Just yet; not at all.
| form, OF expression with which he has started
| tne dances going in IA hundred and ono DIFF
s"EoR ssS snss s she fa nse
tion: "At Rest" On the, third side is tho
Wh tho carved etEs Sns t Ella to
dumb nn,;, anmals;" On the fourth side is tho
| Mr. Cady personally directed tho hand Of the
and provided him with his working models:
description Of It. It Just ilils the bill woadn't
have It altered in a single iota. 1t expresses
rnee dur "a dsa n mhnt hat
| monument Of tho Cady family should be. OK
sdy with
word in every Connecticut home: rnbicund.
suave easy. noble. hearted country gontieman:
United one For the fk first twSnts
ilyE years of his professional career every body
s% Of Sg& has
Gurdon." and no newspaper article. noting his
aappearaance at any ball or summer excursion
considered to he finished production without
H the s|rpemsntHry note Honest durdon
race of d-time Connecticut dancing masters,
with her building material. Mr. Caly Is 20
to 90 not aHy
and Gf he xs 81 %a aboSt
l Nnf or ia 1tfyhk Id
burst Of sunshine In cloudS S Weath ,0 Il Mr.
asd Of 6on
nocticut for more than fifty years. and his first
am lie ABOUT ther walk IN s H9 d
Guilty, but Gurdon moves Just a., nimbly and
q the od f% a%nd ySnhu feet in
attained in the role OF prompter. not that Of a
people no ball may be rightly accounted great
unless Gurdon Cady is thore 20 prompt, Tho
Gurdon" is to be rrompter at an entertain
ment Is worth more to its managers in mer-
prssse than M m adser a.sr of Of
the most horid and ELUSIVE style. About the
Tst hs the % ths a pnr,
;%;s, ssssasa that vsTy
holds his towering form. with ruddy face
and hair . on tho PEo%ptGr Plat
ioIlt; hii Ichuy. ems out W. Nhuy IN mel
every corner Of the most spacious hall; then
No W. then. we're of. First c-o-u-p-l-e for
| ward and back! Say-l-u-t-c ycr PARTNERS"
| Then tho changes that Gurdon rings on the
stereotyped forms In calling off " are marvels
humor. Indeed It Is the bland. broad. hearty
good nature. the breezy. CHEEKY personality Of
| the man. even more than his skill in PROMPT
| ing that have made him n universal favorite
with young and old in southern New England
| lie Is an every day sort Of Il man. moreover.
| Democrat DemOCrntS.
| d-school Democracy.
! ION Gurdon Is not prompting or teaching
dancing he is farming on his broad and beau
| titul farm at Dayvlle thirty miles north Of
| this city. on the Norwich and Worcester divi-
sion OF the New York and New England Rail
is so proud OF as his dainty. full -hlooded Jer-
sey cows: next in his affection are his cats and
| hens and pigeons. and II is n queer. nissan
| thropic. and suspicious beast or bird that does
not go right up to Gurdon on first meeting
and treat him with all confidence imaginable.
| few years ago Mr.. Cady had sudden
| severe attack of sickness. and the newspapers
| reported him dead. but he was up again in n
day or two. and the obituary notices Of him
pleased him immensely: To q sun reporter
send-or but don't try to kill mo again" Mr.
| Cady evidently is good for twenty years more
OF prompting and dancing. With his departure
| from the field the last one Of tho old-fash oncd
country dancing masters wi have gone hence
city. who died a few years ago. and who kept
on teaching dangling until he was more than
| 80 years old. Until few weeks before his
| death he was as straight asa ramrod and as
| light on his feet as a ball Of thistle down. He
never weighed more than 100 pounds.