Connecticut western news., 1899-09-28


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 Our return trip on Monday was via Millerton. which we found only frsc- ton of mile different
 On Sunday, accompanied by Mir and Mrs Fred Cutler. we drove from Dover Furnace some six miles west over Ches- nut Ridge to the Brothers of Nazareth Home
 In 1889 in the city of New York there was formed among Episcopalian young men . christian brotherhood or order known as the Brothers of Nazareth. l understand these young men were High Churchmen and they formed their order somewhat on monastic lines. They are vowed to celibaoy and good works. They were doniciled on 120th street, New York. until 1891 when Gen. J. Watts de Pey- ster of Tivoli, N. Y, presented them with farm on Dover mountain, in the township of Mountain Dale, about six miles from Dover.Furnsce. Here they built large square frame building and moved into it to work the farm and pursue their works of charity. The farm is within quarter of mile of Camby post office but the Brothers re- oeive their mail at Verbank. whi,h is three miles down the mountain to the west. Millbrook is five miles distant to the north and Dover Plains about seven to the east. The post office of Chestnut Ridge is two miles east of the Home, and abo 1t Ave miles to the south is Glove Hollow. e little hamlet wherein my grandfather. John A. Beckley, once ran an iron furnace.
 In 1893 Gen. de Peyster built for the order an elegant brick school building which is only short distance from the Home. A year or so ago the frame building burned down and last July the Brothers completed . $40, ,000 brick Home almost on the site of the old one. Here is home for old men and other deserving Episcopalians who are not able to care for themselves. Instead of becoming town.or county charges these less fortunate Episcopalians are sent to the Brothers of Nazareth who care for them. One of the Brothers is physi- elan and physical ailments are treated. I gathered the impression that all of the patients are males, and there arc no very young children. Those of tho pa. tie ,ts who a,e able are required to as. sist in the work of running the home and farm. Tho school is also charita- ble institution and the students come from deserving Episcopalian families who cannot afford to give their boys a school education, but the parents or friends are expected to con- tribute as much as possible. The school is taught by the Brothers.
 We were fortunate in that Mir and Mrs Cutler were acquainted with Broth ar Henry. who showed us about the | nicely appointed buildings, his most beautiful flower garden-which is in their oemetery-and introduced us to Brotler Superior Gilbert, who is the head of the order. These Episcopal | priests were somewhat of novel sight to us as they moved quietly about the place clad in their long. sombre colored | gowns, girted with leathern cords, and l wearing on their heads, when out If | doors, the little round black cap or else the low crowned, broad brimmed, black felt hat. Bear ia mind it was Sunday | when we saw them, but am told that | ! week day sees them in the field clad | in overalls andssfaImer's blouse. The | Brothers are not olergymen but are vis- tied periodically by some of the Episco. pal clergy. A New York gentleman, Douglass Payne, who was possessed of some means, went to the Home when out ! oA hCsAshs auo oiou bhChC y Caf UT tWo ago and is buried in the cemetery. His wife was with him. and she was so fav- | orably impressed with the Brothers and the excellent care they gave her husband | that she decided to spend the few re- years of her old age near them | and has built S50O0 cottage near the | Home. At her death this cottage will | pass to the order and be made home for indigent Episcopal clergymen. learned incidentally that the Home is not endowed and the extent of the | charities exercised by the Brothers is dependent upon donations or contribu- ions. and that persons interested may with Brother Superior Gill bert, Brothers of Nazareth Home, Yer bank. N. Y.
 John Wesley when he out Lose from he Protestant Episcopal Church of England and founded the Methodist Episcopal Church had a cause. Gen. J. Watts de Peyster when he built the hospital within au eighth of e mile of Ehe Brothers of Nazareth Home intend sd it for their use. but for some cause which is not made public he dis -skn u~otku~ nGlhx~k ~-l