Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1899-05-13
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SPECIAL CORRESPONDENCE.
Sheridan Shook. who died few
lays ago at his home hare, was an o ld
character; theatre manager. as litter.
.te, but 1t as igDorant rs John Stet.
ton, OF Boston fame; Republican
politician who used to boast that "in
80 We, he hadn't drawn II breath
hat wasn't favored with giu;" strong
enough to knock Il bully down and
lever enough to decide on the merits
,t play by having it read to him; hs
lad long STAGE passed ont of remem.
)rance Shaok was - years old Mt
Ais death; he begal life Tor himself at
4, and 10 years later own,d the but
er and cheese store in New York in
which he was first employed. In 1871
lie built the Union Square theatre aud
,ntered into partnership with A. NJ.
Palmer, and under their manag ment
his held high place among New
FORK playhouses for dozen yeas.
Union square. always noted place
or actors. His part in politics was
ntert sting; he was ona OF the EARLIEST
.ctive members of the Repubica
,arty; a member OF tn. first nltioa
convention, that no minated Fremo IT.
md leading lv,ca'e of I.incolns
nomination in 1869. President Lin
'oln appointed him internal revenue
collector, and he held the Office until
emovel by President Grant in 1859.
de was one of Thurlow Weeds lieu
enants. OF late years Shook dis
ikel actors and theatres AMI
Werything connected with them.
No object possesses greater interest
this city than the humble little
lwelling where Ell gar Allen Po, live
or years No one familiar with the
ife story of Po, can look at the one
md a-half story white-painted struc-
nre without recalling ths bitterness,
oy and sorrow combined that h era
vruug from his heart and brain his
greatest stories The cottay ye ~ it
tands today is about twenty feet back
rom the new Oldham roal. 1t
ests on the brow of hill, an
is porch commanded in Poe's time,
weeping view OF the surrounding
country. The cottage is in no sense
,pen to the public. 1t is occupied by
private family, AMI visitors are no!
permitted to enter. On the front, EN-
,lazoned in bright colors, we'll up in
he middle, where there is no danger
If its not being seen, is II dentists
Iign, bearing in small letters above the
,roprietor's name the legend
EDGAR ALLAN POE.
1S45-1Sl9.
Above this sign has been pante Ito
Issist the Identification, n small black
md silent raven. Scarcely day in
he year passes but tourists or visitors
rom the city come to see ths land
mark. To many it is a pilgrimage to
Mecca.
The circumstances attending the
'ecent divorce of Henry Il. Sloane of
his city from his wife and the imme-
liate marriage OF the woman to Perry
Belmont are attracting scrutiny even
n the American Babylon. 'High So
'iety" is severely injured in popular
'steem by such performances, while
he eastern courts at first glancs seem
degraded to the level of an Oklahoma
" Dakota "divorce MILL" The SIM
If this city is particularly severe
lpon the judicial officers of New
York, saying: ''The divorce OBJ
aimed by Henry L. Sloane from
his wife was secured by prac-
ices of dangerous secrecy, by some
extraordinary mitigation, if not, iu-
Iced, by an actual defiance of those
'ules of legal procedure which expe.
ience has shown to be necessary for
he maintenance of justice and the
preservation of individual rights, and
With which all ordinary litigants in
lourt are forced to comply. The oi-
'ials concerned in the Sloane divorce
teserve public condemnation.
The naming of Edward F. Croker
IS acting fire chief of New York to
,ucceed Hugh Bonner, is an ominons
performance for this city. Allowing
hat Croker is an able deputy in the
department., yet the fact that he is
,ephew OF the Tammany boss indi-
.ates with absolute assurance that the
politics of the hall has cotton hold of
he very place in which it conld do the
most mischief Many years have
,assed since the New York fire depart
nent was taken ont Of politics, and it
ias grown to be, through the man
ust displaced, the most efficient in the
world.
Howard Gould's floating palace, the
,arque-rigged steam yacht Niagara is
,ound for Norway this week. With
Mr.. and Mrs. Goul few of the mil
ionaire yachtsman's Wall street
'riends sailed. 1t is Mr.. Goulds
wish to visit the Lofolex Islands,
North Cape, and returning into the
'kager Rock, south Of Norway, to
.nter into the gulf of Bothnia, sailing
or home in time to reach here before
he Americas cup races in October
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
,ere has had its spring opening. 1t
renovated from top to bottom"
whatever that means. Among the
pictures are two Illnesses. one OF them
,eing the dark and sullen picture
'alled "The Delaware Valley" which
vas shown in Mr.. Gilrs exhibition in
his city few years ago.
In the absence of Mr.. Croker his
ambitious understudy, Mr.. Carroll,
will have to do some hard work if he
wants to keep the Tammany machine
rom getting out of gear. There are
hints of friction in some parts of the