The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-07-31
EZRA D. AND LAFAYETTE.
4 LEGEND or "a GREiT BlNQUET
Ar LEBANON SPRINGS.
Curlosities Out Of mn old Hotel RcgiSter-
Distinguished People Who Travelled in
Stuip Columbia County Antiuuitips--

W AH'iN N'l'h' w NV III
State Columbia County Antiquities.
Fresh Memories Of the Revolution.
LEBANON SrrGNug, y. y, July 3O.-It il mover
very long before the summer visitor here hears
the name Of Lafayette. Here is the hotel where
lie stayed; here is the room whore he slept;
hero is the key of formidable size which locked
him in at night; here is the spring where ne
drank here Is the dining room whore a great
banquet was hold in his honor. and to which so
many people came that they were afraid the
floor would give way beneath them. Here
Is the entry in the worn, yellow register
Of Columbia Hail: June l3. lS25.-Mar-
quis de Lafayette and son, Gen. Solomon
Van Rensselaer,, Col. Clinton, Col. Bloods
good. Mai. J. II. Van S"hnick. AInjor II. V.
Do Witt. Cant. =. V. Il. Blecckcr. Lieut.. Wcb-
strr," and 80 on: "thc above. with Cant.
Spencer Iot Col. Coopcr's RcE'tl, raRoons
formed part of the escort TO the Massachusetts
line. Gen. La Faycttc did them the honor to
express sensible regret at parting with them.
Tho intention was for the escort to have gone
on to pittsilcld. hut u little brief authority de-
privcd them of the anticipated pleasure"
The little brief authority referred to in the
oil register was exercised, 1t Gems, by the
massachusetts, officials. The State line is only
Il few hundred feet east of the hotel. and the
Massachusetts, escort meant to- have n monop-
oily ot the Marquis from the moment he got on
Their territory. The New Workers. however,
made the most OF their opportunities. They
Kept him here at the hail IL long ms they, could,
and gave Il reception aud banquet which were
the talk of the COUNTRYSIDE for years. To this
day tho nll inhabitants tell OF that banquet
and rcrca! the stories 'l'ir fathers told about
II. One of thcsc tales .rI"rrns q certain Ezra
u. Snckctt. who has h .l l.,i 'nr many a year.
but had arrc.tty tr@uhi. tn IN alive.
other day. F." Ezra J. M, given ttol"weiil, t.
t GrSnka3r M1' hut a iGr ice }IiiGfe.I'2t 10 '$ "a, oa,n ns TEn nn z
%4S t 2I nj ns ,i mSs' E \%hsa t,%5. MAI MAJ the Et r SO d I
saw thai it was u powerful huol chance for en-
thp 'iasm, and ne hcgun to work mG to i good
friends tried TO keep him from going to the no.
ce.g,ion: hmt Ezra p; want E9tn, to be ksp,
trT to keep him Out, OF Latnyctte's sight any
troduced. and he shassayed AROUND through
the crowd Ill, he got introduced, too. HIS
evident that, he was u little-mcllow. Finally
ESria ). TmiG,lIowcdd and SSnthuSsd some more.
till by the time the toaSts and speeches were
lie wasn't sitting such a great way from the
head Of the table, and when the ISneechcs
ddf i.GS1io2 2n e m i"et f whiSTG 4t an4tGdefn his in fr Han% Dt 10
T wGaISrl Fry aE "a bike T he ,a Kind bS Of th hoped qso 10
he goi ur-vcry rlaEorately. He had to take
timG ~, and n Thought HI IT. t. r i e, ;. he G ioRhb have
behind his chair and leaned forward on il with
both hands; Then he Sthopp%Sd and kind Of
kTqtowigs' what IN the y;oriI he might say, But
throat sharply in a way Il" had;
",Ahem.m,m" says. h. Then he got bic
People that knew him begun to wrigGle. but
Ezra D. plucked up and went on.
",DistinGnIshcd sir. says he. whether you
die in america or in France. may the tears of
free, people water your grave,
checr;d' $" they like to have BROUGHT down
both tn" floor and the roof, and lafayette vas
they lcft the tables the Marquis went edglng
round through the crowd, looking hero and
there and everywhere III he came across Ezra
ell and asked Ezra for his autograph. Yes. siri
and he didn't ask another soul, either"
The old register has been pored over by gen.
e~rations OF visitors AT the hotel. On the fly leaf
at the end is the following entry:
Aug. 1, 1871 have looked through this old regia-
ter to-day with great interest and some profit.
EZRA CORNELL. Ithaca, \. Y.
The old yellow pages are. in fact. q blue cook
country. The hotel stood on the stage road
between Albany and Boston then. and there
lie and privote:a great TODD over goentlemen
with servts and loPsGs.I Aug, p; ls23:
and 5 Is H lore Sh''FyAi day Ia e or r't two before S came
George Peabody of Baltimore and Hon.
time nitTps"n arrival Hon E'' De Wit, Clinton and
LADY aHI:, M fvo IS4E SSJ iSay and and LADY sd on r S6d
llll 4. INFl'lb Nlld iHttN iI'i SO-pis uiib
dooire ,,iiIaiIl,, %Al!iIr5S'd GopIEiiiiiigE Ifaatisr' Of IqSeoe
4t55" nns. Cir. Z ' i. | Hdem 'Su; "%G H 16r%s shcT T'ss
TI@shtRnEE,%"s;, D; c. Nh p A y s ! l3 i23m G HnTo
One iiEcs to Picture ia liio II tho place them
SAYS tat at u nue.. I1tc ate, when ?he w4s =
child. the summer brought scores and scores OF
There wrrs stables tuiI' Of saddle horses,
She SAYS. -" 2nH every morning gay Iar1'Gs OF
member The settlement and enthusiasm Of il
all; was a littln girl then, wearing a sunb2n.
net to protect my complrXiom, because at that
serve the d~elcacy of II girls skin, not to destroy
it as is the fashion nov, 60 A .h,, ! ,h use? 'cnr to tpr n
the hack fell over my fncc like the wells on the
ladies' tidinG hats, Then ! would mount 9
N wa; mis- IaIy's father, Judge Hampt9a
rtte' J Judge TjlI did only i !, y Year, but his
treasury u rare old china and fnrn!ture.,
Columbia COUNT Is bout as nr2nd a district
The GirthpIace Of samuel J, Tildcn; the home o.
Martin Van Buren,. stephen a: Douglas was
T T}r% az arc old / families here and old, houses.
each with its old story. Here in the village is q
ings lived during the Revolution: lie found 10
advisable. 80 The story goes; To- hi1e IN his eel
Ir a GTr rntc t@ ani Yh IN his s'i hours oaq one 81 1 1SIuStsr na im-
prisonmcnt he Whitfield phsentmindedly at one
of The beams used as UNDERMINING until he ale
most whitfield it in two,
"Tkey used to call the Tories cowboys in
those DAYS said the old inhabitant, because
they bought stock and sold 1t to the. British.
Well. sir. every man on III" road out there was
Il cowboy. But" he added brneyolently. of
cOurs" their descendants amt to blame ana we
don't twit EN- about it,"
Whcn Samuel Tjldcn. nephew and namesako
of Gov. Ti!dcn, built n fine house nj Lebanon
) Centre lie lad tn" family coat Of arms carved
+ on n great marble tablet and put up In, an end
wall of tho house. The people OF the neiGhbor-
| hood eyed The marble tablet for some time with
5 II good deal Of. curiosity and then they eoneiud-
cd to take AN interest in RcncaiORy themselves,
: There are n few falnilice in the county which
= possess renms Of y%aly5hle old records. and With
= One ofthsm smiled . litt'e uS he told about IT,,
= We got our ancestry traced back 70 l21OI
when our furCfath"rS came over to England
with William the Conuurror. There's several
4 other families around hcm,, that can 60 back