The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-05-19
LONG ISLAND ROBIN HOODS.
MERRY MEN OF SUFFOLK GATHER
UNDER TEE GREENWOOD TREE
Don't Stay tho Deer So Much as Their An
cestors Did, but Their Ancestors Didn't
Have tho Eel Chowder That futile,

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In those days the eastern end OF the island was
gatherings OF ths deer hunters with their dogs,
They had a great hunt and toasted ON vent.
son after it was over. and. so their descendants
say with respectful caution. many of thom got
.eandniously drunk. Later the deer moved
tors meeting followed them. moving a mile or
more than ntt y years ago. There is a spring
taere; a remarkable thing in that par, Of Long
an: :'ida 'w z"oa n sic tho or m %S,S from D1,e any n,s main ,.n. t1as;
there ever since.
10 i clo oss t uns rs sprins 1 iestiv sn' s sas eIsntinr e psTa
sbont IN. msetino nioco 70 attract ths dssr
during the summer and fall. The planting
custom survived the dear. Sweet corn took
the place OF wheat ana oats me wives OF
members OF the association who objected
70 thelr husoano' absence at the meet
ihgs were 'oiu In inc spring that q
,uN a''enuance was aosoiuveiy necessary TO
the excuse was that the harvest" must be
naat,nns outitrod ,ha ons.on "a aD ma,u ,ne
acultivated patch. Just as the actual planting
had outliyed the deer.
The faaat Ia verv aim nle Starn .oonorv, IL
svident in All i = attributes % Snma n"obbiyybbss
toned" north siders gained control OF the meet.
eents for those that stayed aWay' N con,
seTvatives ,rebelled. and some, Of the north
near Riyerbead with indiYerent sucresa to 10 ~
number OF Years. The conserystiyes con.
tinphed T the garden meeting at 20 cents
one Of tts nnmber 81 10 cart AJAX {fbe AIM ni
t den. 'af Iss. AND Year the he ket saId to he the tboa ga5i
the lob WAS worth So He Insisted upon ~
mIs6s AZ was Ms,i m66 RSs Il r. as the anv fhrsaasurFn and na,r he
archs rebWmt ed him stifav Wiz ths IN mnatti[nIn,
thatifS2 wasn't enough TO Pay him ior cartiHs
t thsiss' W WIFI sh sn9m they egw woa aSa do { ah the essSslR,nf
'0 Fe:da his E ss'1 nst 'G liz f Gsst tS Of t ds, sf fon So: 81; a
Hing tbronrh The ninas ana snrnh opaL NV q
way to, raise many a, ghost Of rheumatism
a duf sI1ien less ss dete M0h ed f TO he chaarimI O Sh1y
the thick blue CARPET OF vIolets Under foot ttooIdd
that Il was spring. Blu wheH the morning aSo tasks
die oflthe Island from ouoene Septre Mnricbes
East Moriches. Eastport. Speonk. the Haamps..
tons, Riverhead. Manor and Calverton. man
ace MOVING clouds of dust 4 banaine over ro the
descendsnts Of The 'tdH eer al bn u1ters,o crna as 5es
mmerrily throu8h the sand tracks GIp tbe brn ~
sh A. ss 2o,d @ }sSd Is isl iIoI 81 iS s 5G q ls,s. ta,,.
garden are used but twice a year. a smaIl III i
q S!lSs s'IR3sSS S ,asEsa /, e "a = Sins ttfss gSy III bF!s 4,
fir nTss. nnd n pines 81 str sn ! bbsddnt nnt fbssir rae S;mb sap %
s sHF b V ssnsS riders tiisss' IN the ia lace sne som 11!aRs 50
ssm nd mmeh i To do q fi1 s Gnain the r fSrse to and rs drlyer
the brush on the the ct herI SIDE. WIN" Fhe leaves ca fese weee
The "Sarrdenn." an % op pep'I gra 81. se HolISw an With
the teams. tied in a fringe around it's edge.
fbst %as es storsyi the stranger with a Suddenness
The IRE was built early in the day. The main
body 81 Tuttles. with the ingredients Of The
long table was Set set up. with the Ben nSon 'o ono
In Other eqt words. a aI iifelsavine h patTS,m mann, w Tr;
the cook. The composition Of eei chnwder az s
the Hunters eardeners mnke II T. n n wondere
ful thing to have brought CHI sixty men MenuV SO
This is how Fred futile makes it: kofHh H.
outs fat pork in half-inch thick four-incbb
squares. He chops M cells and potatoes
TWO portions Of eel to ono Of ! POTATO t and ndd'hht eaps;
then he puts in Almost enough Waferto SAT Ia
top LAYER OF potatoes afoat and sets tbe not n nn
the Are. Eyery few minutns' he sttirrad tSa
mixture with a freshly cut stick. So did Frank
Brewster futile. 60 did TReoIore Tnttise
Even Uncle Silas Tuttle cana arnnnd and
shifted at II, N''' -"'o '""' a'o""u anu
Of all the notable persons who snuegled up
Cnele 81 Tuttie is chi"ff S mnm : ~ II M eeorthauay
we're Oualers. He inheriteI rom thaU roiig'
ious scrnnles aneinat rannvipa he hs M E n
church and In court which are tre sps byY
eyery court from On, Isiapd or 'ppEpy
head His hat is ~ ~ 81, H''tIhoe
crown ia nndented ami tba 0hM rir ,e'; inSS
down Mi oronnd az tha apga ~, pu rnnt
shelter over a stack OF salt hay. though
scarcely a srnv hair in bis secr Tu vbinSe 10 thss
color OF his hat. He wears n wommnn,s cionKe
with MANY nane. N. con sis.nti In as b,s bnt'
Ee drove ub alone. HItcbed bis Sorse and