The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-11-04

VT. heniNH nictNr II Daniel We1eter, Dninfd Tor
the Hone Club, u my property and hang IN No. rs
! LEI n ton aveGu,. Mr.. Healy, TIE artist, was at my
house In March. 1899, and sot Tor some time in front
I Of the picture. which recalltd o him vtry many cher.
lshed memories. The p c rr was in ne poss, sst n OF
Justice So el Blat ,hio ii for ON years, and pa Sed
from him to n G. when The h e then surviving m I'm.
hers OF h, Zone Club. MICS : II. GrinnelI, Gen. janus
Bow n and my fa'her, uei. James Watson ws5b,
drew or n, aniitf to my father. Gen. webb d cd
lie o o Gen. Bowen, u Gen. D. presented the picture
to Mrs. j.. Watson Webb, In order that my fathers
" shes M q II be carried OFT, and I retain this tele.
brated pic,ure Of Daniel Webster. | have Mr.. Healy's
lie tiers and other papers relating TO the picture in
my o session."
We hank Ar. webb for his interesting letter.
=. In the boundary on Connecticut why the Jagged
linel What cause prevented the contindance q The
nam ccuntyl = How did New York state acquire
:i5,,st, on sppn,sp,'y giving 4 60 c2nnsSiisS, 3 The
ton localing II with New Jersey. MT.
I. In 1904 an agreement was made between Col.
Nicolls. the first English Governor OF New York,
and Winthrop. Governor Of Connecticut, that the
dividing line between the two co'onics should run
about twenty miles from any part Of Hudson's
River;' and the line was described CNov. sOl Us run.
ming from The head OF Mamaroneck Creek to the north.
northwest until II reaches the Massachusetts line.
This wat ConnectIcut's kind propositions, accepted
by Nlcoll; instead Of being twenty miles from the
Hudson. II began about ten miles from It. aud
crossed the river at pcrkskIIl. The Duke of
York. proprietor Of New York. never accepted
this line, however. In 1888 the question of the
boundary was brought up aRain by Connects.
cuti and commissioners. IN October, 1884, laid
down the line as II exists still. Connecticut had To
allow the line to be moved eastward until II really
was about twenty miles from the Hudson, and in do.
ing so gave to New York tho town " Rye. The line
runs between Rye and Greenwich. aud, having passed
those towns. turns eastward. doubtless because OF
some compromise. You Will IND the facts In Brod.
heads History OF New York. H.. M .lSu and Az. with
authorities cited; and In bottoms aud Scharf's histories
~ Westchester county, and In some history " Fairfield
county, connecticut. 2. Long Island was granted spe.
officially to the Duke Of York by the patcntsot 1904 and
1874. The west end had been settled by the Dutch about
1890, the cast end ny the English about 1910. The same
commissioners, who In 1904 fNed the line Mt twenty
miles from Hudsons River. declared that Long Island
was under the government OF the Duke OF York tDcc.
|, 1 1891, and II has been n part ~ New York ever
since. .. By the patents Of 1904 aud 1874 the Duke
Of York received oil the lands between the west side
Of the Connecticut and the east side Of Delaware Bay.
In June. 1854. the Duke gave to Lord Derke .cy and Sir
George Cartereta a tract Of land, which Is now New
Jersey. bounded on the cast part by the main sea,
and ! art by Hudsons River" In 1898 It was decided
that as one OF the outlets Ut the Hudson ran around
the island. 1t belonged to New York; this was decided
because the Duke was an x!ous to recover new Jersey,
and had offered Della ware to them In exchangei but
could not give Della ware because Of Lord l%Ialtimore's
prior claim. SO while New Jersey remained In n
" parous state" his Grace seized as much as he could.
and so saved Staten Island for this state. See Brod.
heads New York. vol. Ill., chapters | tos
I often hear allus!on made to ".the New England
idea" What is the New England idea: Is there any.
there anything special TO which one Is supposed to be
referring in making use OF the phrase? sit a quota.
We don't ind any especial thing referred to by this
expression. There is New England theology or
rather. there was; for the war OF 1912 did away with
that. The congregational Church was practically q
G,.ta rh,,r,h aud ..aa alr,nst the ,I-i,a - 4.
New England Federal party. New churches grew UP
even In New England: and the Evangelicals or strict
Congregationalists, seeing themselves pushed to the
wall. tried TO assert themselves by having laws passed
making sunday observances strlcter than ever. This
produced a political reaction; and In the end the old
ecclesiastical establishment In New England was de-
stroyed. Or II may be that the expression refers 10
the town meeting system" or to the now inequitable
system OF representation in some OF the New England
Legislatures, by which every town. no matter what Its
siEe, has a representative in the Legislature. But the
expression on the whole seems indefinite.
Please let me know when the arst horse car wasr u
In New York city, and in what street. N. HowE.
About 1882. when the Fourth avenue line began to
operate.
Please inform me ~ bottle securely corked and low.
srsd to a certain depth n me GSs1n. would upon
would he fresh. Is glass porous' READER.
II is said that the bottle would contain water ans
that the water would he salt. The great pressure Of
~
Is not porous.
insignificant, have Identical names. 4 contends that
3 Fs an ar1iy to the 70 %'n iipG. . , i + % Gsci.l ss p sss; ss
visited philadelphia in New York 4 insists that
p Phi 2 IN SeS S" YORK.. "otsssrSiss the 10 auditor iai mih is f lmpSs.d
iarss a ins % spGt 81 sh sGn nnas !. ' in MN S%m 'S Saff.. 'n asa Isr
rsaGITin so !" nor, nav ! s s.1n s 5ssI 1t yn %a1,+r be M. hon
: sRsst mann. Of owned sny rp I'd III NJ. oi R"nsc saf ( i 1ss .Grss 9" %
use the article a. thus, " a Dexter was owned by John
s Ss, owned 3 I IN I e sa 1s1, Il is proper to say .Pe1,er
We agree with A, II Is customary nowadays to
speak of yachts without using the article before their
names; but the custom has not extended To war
ships, and we think It should not go so far. So, too.
in the matter ot Dexter. There was only one Dexter;
II John Smith owned a horse OF that name, II was, as
you say, "a" Dexter, not Dexter himself.
snprs 4 no sns ,l ,df IA y ., ana saS'r E M nse sho Sr 1 iook 2 bSS b SaM
inferlSTliy. he b use q q badly g PrsfSTaS,s IN ths
asiTste What be believes 70 = b a d i { if%H'T The 80 SEN !.
tIenSss, g That book Looks bad, and That book looks
the latter is applicable To any grade, but evi
use of the wOrdt A. LIS.
Bis right. BADLY is an adverb and cannot qualify
the noun 4" shoes" as A intends II shall. There is no
such difference as A thinks there is In the uses OF the
Adverb and the adjective. II he means that the book
Fan see, but that It's sight is dim, he should say that
It looks badly" II he means that II is dilapidated.
he should say that ut looks bad. Euphony, however,
fayors the nse OF the adyerb and the noun. which
grammar forblds.
way TO write The abbreviatlon Of Esquire, Esq"
= Es9rs and state authority: D In writings date
on tssi' or Angus. H. iSst and state suthorityl
system Of stenography is taught free; also Where is IL
Taught, a charge being made for %tuitionr
!. william Douglas Of England; Annie was the