New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-07-19

Sing Is t,st before the old tavern Is -hed where
the road the Indian Brook. the source OF the
village water supply. Here the thoroughfare takes
a sweep Of amos; half circle and crosses the brook
over a bridge Of rustic character
Reference to files Of county newspapers published
in show that the following lines OF stages ran
from Sing Sing that time: Connecting the VILE
lage with Peekskill the next important village on
the north was the Accommodation Coach leav.
ing Sing Sing $50 m, and returning LETT
Colonel Williamss hotel NJ p. m: fare each way
80 cents Then there thu Daily Stage Line"
whose stages left Colonel Wllliams's hotel. Peeks-
kill at $50 a. m. arriving AZ Sing Sing at a m.
in time for the stage to Ncw-York. Leaving sing
Sing from S VI. Tompknss hotel At p m. tbs
stage arrived in Peekskill al o'clock: fare each
way 81. William Lane the proprietor OF this
line which must have possessed some peculiar ex.
ceence as il charged Just double the fare or the
opposition stages. Going TO NeW-York from sing
Sing was the Village Line" which left the lower
pier at S:i5 a m, and J. Lambert's hotel. on tns
hill at d. m every day. Returning. stage left
No y Bowery New-York City. every morning at
o'clock In the announcement. the location No.
p Bowery is further identified By the words Mira
Parkers"
IN THE POLK AND CLAY CAMPAIGN.
AT the where the town lines Of what was
then Mount Pleasant, but since changed TO Os-
shining. and Cortandt and Newcastle met, ana
within short distance OF the southern boundary
Of Yorktown. the tavern in the early years or
tho century was a favorite gathering place for
the farmers of the surrounding country, where
crops were talked about and politics discussed.
The old tavern was the scene Of many spirited po-
ltical meetings particularly in the Polk and clay
campaign of 1874 at which tim" the Democrats
erected a hickory pole then the symbol OF the
party in front OF the tavern. There WAS great
time over the erection OF the pole, which was
drawn by two-score OF oxen TO its proper place.
and the event duly celebrated with any
quantity of speech making and hard cider few
nights afterward number Of Wings rom sing
Sing up and cut the pole down, ald, then
there was trouble new pole wa, erected oy ana
Jealous followers OF Henry clay made an attack
on the pole h PG n S0 ss
Sing Sing boys were driven 10 their boats, IN
which they had come. and which FORMED con-
venent means Of retreat
The last time political p9lerhasln.sb d o Members psrs
Of the then newly formed Republican party stec,ea
pGs n hS1Gn Si
there was a great gathering Of which anecdotes
are still told by those who were you'hfui eye
Men we'll along in years sometimes tell Of the
bowl OF hickory ashes that in those days stood
on the bar OF the old tavern II was customary
then for every man to s%seien his own into today Tor
brown Havana. at that. was provided The bowl
Of e w6 for 6 Show n 'h deep dyo
ton 70 the Symbol OF his party. would deposit 4
pS0rfu and 81 after fe tossing Of the decocon Would
smack his lips In aggravatng token 10 wing
bvstander OF its excellent flavor OF the true Do
mocracy.
HOUSE THAT HAS SEEN BETTER DAYS
With the disappearance Of the stage coaches. the
old tavern ceased 10 have daily communication
with the outside world. and the population OF the
neghborhood has fallen of. so the house is like
many another that has seen better days" To tho
lover old times however the place IS full OF In
teresting lions. while the surrounding coun-
try affords a wonderful field for the seeker after
rural beauty and picturesque OF tangled
wood tree-e uncovered streams and rocky hillsides.
1t might be said that modern customs are 90.
served at the tavern at the present time. at least
far the Ralnes liquor law - concerned. ON
visiting the place Sunday or two ago the bar OF
the tavern was found locked securely while In the
little ba room men were seated at tables eating
sandwiches and drinking their beer with all the
regularity and legality required by that somewhas
peculiar piece OF excise legislation.