The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1897-07-10
sACHEM's man AND GUILroRD.
Few Stray Notes by the Wnysidc-Ihe
Fields Luxuriant-The Sunday Hayins
Questionable Mystery of Saohem's

Questionable Mystery of saohem's
Head.
New Havener writes: at is the
opinion of the writer that Guilford was
made for the convenience of Sachem's
Head, and it has answered its purpose
50 well that historians have dealt
generously and truthfully with this an
cient town, and the inhabitants have
labored night and day. except Sundays,
to keep up the character of their home.
Passing through a part of Guilford.
known as Leete's Island, last Saturday
and noticing the large amount of hay
that was out, / asked one of the sturdy
farmers If there was not a strong prob
ability that a good deal of mild Sab
bath breaking would be committed the
next day In securing the hay? He said
he rather thought not, and referred the
matter very properly to his wife for
confirmation, and she said that she
had once heard of some man in Guilford
who made hay while the Sunday sun
(not the New York Sum shone upon it,
but no such deed had ever been done on
Leetes Island to her knownelge.' The
young man of the family who had
grown a bit sarcastic by living In the
city, remarked that in his opinion six
days work in week was all any Gull
ford man could stand, and intimated
that 1t was not that they loved right
eousness more but rather that they
! loved work less, which was the reason
of their goodness. AS the matter had
now become a family affair / took a
sorrowful farewell of this most hospit-
able household and fastened on to
Sachem's Head. Let me say in passing
that l have never seen such beautiful
| fields of grass in New Haven county as
I saw all the way from East Haven,
and beginning even at the -Four Cor
ners as those that lined the road all the
way. Upon the fields that had been
lately moWn the piles Of new made hay
stood thick on the ground while the
choicest fields seemed to have been let
a little longer so that the best and larg
! est crops might be secured little later
While the hot summer days have some
what held themselves aloof till very re-
Gently The other growing crops are III
fine condition. the savory and odorifer
Gus onion being In excellent health, as
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liam S., If you have tears p,Spare to
shed them now or a, little later on
when get little bigger and stronger.
But while we have been moralizing up
on the excellent reputation Of the Gull
ford people and the bountiful gifts Of
a just and merciful Providence, to
| them the spot of all spots in this histor-
ic town Is opening up to our view
Just below the Sachem's Head station
on the Shore Line railroad we come to
the forks of the road, and it makes no
difference which we take our welcome
| from, Mine Host Sperry and his amia-
BILE wife will be just as cordial whether
we approach the charming little hotel
| from the east or the west or coming by
water approach from the south, The
| Bankers. God bless them, having served
their genera ton long and faithfully
and made a great number of personal
friends from all quarters. have been
compelled by the infirn1ities of age to
retire from active service and may be
found at one of the cottages where all
their former guests and always friends
| will find a warm greeting. 1t is an
ideal place.
| For the benefit of the Wheelman and
bicycle woman let me say that on going
south from the station they should
avoid the first left hand road as we'll
as the second right hand road. The
first left will bring them to the hotel
| all right, but the road Is not so good
for wheels, while the second right"
| has hard climbing and will bring them
to the Italian quarters near the granite
quarry of Hughes Brothers and Bangs
and the card road across lots is not
admirable.
II have been at great pains TO investi-
s.ate the story of the sactan and bis
head, the taking off of which gave the
name to this spot I found the identi-
cal pole upon which his head was ele-
waited still standing on the extreme
point of the rocks and though this pole
has been often renewed its identity has
not been in the least disturbed. The
| head is still there to be seen only with
| the eye of very strong faith, but let
no visitor be alarmed at the gruesome
spectacle. for whatever 1t was once 1t
| is now certainly the head of a good In
dian. In former times the hotel guests
were inclined TO stimulate their faith
and look at the head through peculiar
kind of glass that often showed two
or three heads In place of one The
present guests are satisfied with more
simple faith and only one head IS to be
| found there now and that is Sachem's
| Head.
| Among the large number OF guests
who were at the Sachem's Head hotel
on the Fourth We're Mr.. S. A. Galpin
and family Of New Haven, DR.. It, o.
| Edwards, Mrs. Edwards and Miss
| Blanche Edwards Mr.. Plimpton and
| Mrs. Plmpton Of Hartford, Mrs. Ely
and Miss Ely, Mrs. Malcolm Smith,
Master Smith and Miss Alice Smith
from New Jersey, Mrs. Muller and
child and Miss Muller from Chicago,
Mr.. C. E. Mitchell and Mrs. Mitchell,
also his son, wife and child from New
York city, Mr.. Smith from Montreal.
and number of fine young gentlemen
who We're busy as could be in looking
after the young ladies. The numbers
of young people was a marked and
pleasant feature of life in this cosy lit
| tie hotel that overlooks Long Island
Sound. and enjoys a we'll deserved pop
ularity AS neither the board of health
nor the old Sanitarian' has ever Wis
tied this place officially. the sanitary
| conditions are excellent"
THE STEAMER MARGARET.