Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-11-03

attend hamlet or hshermen'S hutS, old me houses of datc unknown, gray gable, weather beaten, beautiful in m antique Iccay, houses of the days when gallant ars came home from dim voyages on fab llous seas, and Atlantic timers" wero not.
 A Quaint old Seaport.
 The old village of Amagansett was settled in the vigorous days not far from tho Maylower. In tho little cemetery of the quaint old hamlet whero ''our rude forefathers" sleep is a Gravc marked:
 Born Icn.
 Died lsCS.
 In little AmagansCtt therc arc still standing gallant old clocks, grim and tall, still recording, with pondcrous tick-tick, the dizzy flight of our fashions and fan cics, our bicycles and Ferris wheels, clocks that were once colonial, clocks that beat out the hour of n nations birth when old Amagansctt raised q cheer that shook the very sea gull's wing in its long sweep along tho wave. And still upon his arm No. 1 of the life saving crew bears proudly today, tattOocd, the image of liberty, an eagle (rampant), u flag that wrestlcs to the zenith and n dim hint Of the Father of His Country in the tattoOed clouds
 In old AmaganSCtt there Is quaint china that was ''sct out for supper and lifted  when Washington was n baby in arms; :hcrc are odd pictures that contort the great currents of history in marvellous wise; therc arc old moss covered seats un- der tho shadow of tho ancient roofs wherc, in the mild summer sunshine, the old retired" seamcn sat, pipe in mouth, and pulled and pulled away at the wonderful tales of the 25o feet whale and of the sea Uerpcnt that loOmcd up on the port bow in I.s-. IL .s..l,. NHN
 Tho old village of AmaGanSCtt Is an ancient whaling station. Tho life saving men $ fathers arc whalcrS. The life say ing mons fathers fathers were whalcrs. TEe whole hamlet would arise and leave tho land of their nativity if q whale would | only give them q chance. The ornament that is the only feature approaching land scapc gardening on the tiny grass plots ir | front Of the doors Is n portion of a whale ': | spinal apparatus. You arc offcrcd n neat prcsent to hcar back tu town-thc left ril of n right whale. On the long sand dun, | hill is the shed whcrC the whales find aT end on end in hugo iron tubs, kettles thai | could have cooked comfortably Jack tn, ] Giant Killers dinner. l havc bCcn iuVit Cd to ''whalC, or, as the AIuagansCttCr | have 1t, w ail"
 The Life Saving station. The sea pCrmcatC= everything and every | body. Littlc AmIgauSCtt hears hut thu | boom of the enrolling waVC and the Cry | of tho sea gull sweeping across the blue | There arc coils of rupc on the shorc tha | onCc did brave duty in the lift of tho top gallant You go to the sturc-pnStOflic' for your mail, and you run into the If, saving crew, wonderful flavor abou them of scamanship and tarrcd rupo anC | "iolly old dog" Their dwelling, tho \ | l.. =. S-AmaEansctt life saving station l -is a tiny house Some distance back iron the beach, too far by far for instant, aCtiv' service. For the gallant fellows who hOl' their lives in their hands tho house hai | but poor accommodation of comfort.
 Tho gun carriage which is attached l. | tho life saving car carries the shot lin boxes, tho hawscr, the tripod, tho hOx fo tho code signals, the brccchcs buoy. sigma lanterns. rCd and white, and rcd and whit signal flags. On either side of this lii line car arc tho torChliGhts for nigh work.
 This apparatus k used only when sucl q surf Is running that tho litcbOat cannO be launched Twice week the men sr through this life linC' drill. I had tn plcasurc of hanging brtwcvn heaven nn' earth in the life buoy and uf coming dow tho life line with tho paco of n Derby win ncr.
 The gun carriage Is rolled out tO tn knoll, whero tho tall polo tu rcprCscnt th mast of n sinking ship is planted. Tn tripod Is set up. Tho captain waves th rcd signal dag and the lifo line whizzC through tho air, shot from the gun car riagc. Like a rocket il reaches the mast Ono of the life saving crew, who rcprcscnt | for the moment n sailor on the bark, fms tens 1t to the mast IL carries out the Laws