The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-08-03
pride OF Mr.. Morton and the admiration of

INTERIOR OF
pride OF Mr.. Morton and the admiration Of
stock fanciers everywhere for years.
More than 5000 chickens were also burned,
and 1000 eggs, 700 OF which would have
Matched out to-day. as wei! as nine farm
horses. or the whole herd OF Imported Guern-
seys-106 in number-only ten were Cotton out
of the burning building alive. Two Of these
died afterward. The eight that were saved
were among the poorest in the herd. which
was valued at $4,000. and 1t will be almost
impossible to replace many OF the more val
liable cows.
Among the best-known Of the cows burned
were Passagere. May Blossom. Belle Of the
Hill. Bienfaitrice. Cream Horn. Lady Beautl-
full. Mango. Good Morning. Bella Luce. Diss 3.
and Chamoinesse. or the bulls there were
Midas. Safeguard. and Young Acytle. Each
one OF these mentioned was worth q thousand
dollars. Some Of them were more valuable.
Mrs. Morton and her five daughters watched
the destruction and aided the men at work &C.
casionally by suggestion.
Mr.. Morton's farm consists OF about
1000 acres. 1t fronts on the Hudson
River, and is the largest single estate
on the line OF the Central Railroad
The ex-vice- Presidents fine mansion is on
tho southern end OF the estate. overlooking the
finest part OF the property. 1t is within sight
Of the river and surrounded by broad lawns
Tho one-half OF the estate that is within the
view OF this house is nagnifcently laid out. A
intersected. however; By fine drives.
were about a quarter Of q mile from tho house
and were directly on the river front The main
assn Tpaes the
was destroyed by fire last M July: That nre was
caused Dy lightning: The new S, barn was be-
plete in the United States.
Being the newest 1t combined all the best
men. and it had many add1t,e9al ones Of IS
own. The main building was 201 feet long by 20
es IL Y na 81 AZ? 8 so s ia sSs ss Th hs
siios. each a feet deep, a tool and engine
and ample Railways. no less than 10 ordinary
stalls. and 46 hox stalls on the first floor In
the basement there were the same number OF
The gEESSin room had twenty car leads q
%as much u" srasr
than would be necessary to admit a freight
train. The barn was lifted to accom- modatee
also to house all tho grain. hay. and other
feed that was needed
on the second or main floor. They stood In
TIVE rows facing each other and were locked
IN. There WAS wide feeding alley, between
concerned. no point had been overlooked in
the construction Of this barn. There were box
ran on suspended tracks. and by means q
which manure and everything unclean were
There were great troughs running along the
front Of the stalls. and constant supply % OF
Rnre ~ water was kent running through them en-
nsnDsr sloys that the dfawinE q ,aleyerIst
barn or the third floor. was n storage room
for hay and feed. stock Of hay. consisting OF
mere than 3oH tons had Just been lila sid in
capable Of accommodating more than 1900
chickens. That. too; was supposed to be the
South OF the hennery was the dairy. hand
some three-s story Queen Anne building South
few fcet from that was the Incubator building.
which contained ten incupatols and 1000
eggs in process OF Matching.
10 the lett OF the incubator building was tho
farmhouse. where the foreman OF the farm apd
the fifteen men who were employed about the
west OF the barn m and about 100 feet away was
o big machine shop Betwoen that and the
bS5ps. ns ep wa H2p x % this
were the farmhouse and the dairy.
Thieves b 81 Ss ys.s and
not not sven az E.pt oIosed Thts is IN order that
n q s h s hf ess oa aes ss
s eve HaH wa "a Eoswell Bsssh, ths foreman;
Tss s at Of are ssd
In the building. and at this season OF the year
the current 10 not turned on and they are not
dark.
it WAS dusk on Tuesday and tho work had
all been finished when Foreman Beach made
for the night Everything was In place. There
was no sign Of a fire. and the place was cool
and comfortable.
There was brisk broeze blowing through
tho windows and open doors. The folks In the
farmhouse were all In bed and asleep 10y
O'Clock. and nothing happened to disturb any
Of them until 81 o'clock in the morning
OF tho foreman. She lay In bed u few minutes.
feeling. she says, as II something was wrong.
but not suspeetIng what II WAS. She could sec
the first strea.s OF the morning light coming
over the hills. and she got IN and went to the
window to look out.
Before she reached tho window she heard
the cattle In the harm raising great racket,
umns OF smoke coming from every window
and the open door Of the big structure. Even
before she could scream, names seemed to
jump out from everywhere. and then the cries
OF the cattle were almost drowned
Mira Beach stood stock still for u moment
before she could realize what was happening
Then she screamed at the top OF her voice,
Every one OF the fifteen mon In the house
was up In an instant They were most Of them
men who had been employed at the farm q
year ago when the barn was burned. and thoy
knew what the scream meant. Then the fine
herd of cattle had been out to pasture and
mono OF them were lost.
men thought as much ~ their charges "a they
did Il themselves They di Int lose an instant.
Some Of thgm nn III oil out lust ne they h'sl Igir