Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1900-09-12
THE FATE OF LANDMARKS

Charles Hemstreet, whose "Nooks
and Corners of Old New York; has at.
tracted attention, met with some odd
experiences while he was collecting
material for his book. One day during
his rambles through the byways he
came to the head of Coenties slip
where once stood the Stadt Hugs, the
first city hall Of tue New Netherlands
A memorial tablet had been placed on
the building which occupied the site,
but at this time the house was being
remodeled, and the tablet, brass slab
two feet square, had been removed
Mr.. Hemstreet, who regards such
things as memorial tablets as sacred,
was anxious to know whether this one
was being properly cared for. After
an hour of search he found the precious
tablet in the gutter under mass of
brick. Then he sought the foreman of
the workers.
'See here" he said, pointing to the
tablet; what is that doing there?"
The foreman answered quietly, "Why
it's holdin up them bricks so the wa
ter can run through the gutter"
More than ever excited, the author
researcher exclaimed
Vandalism. Vandalism! Do you
know what ancient building once stood
on this land?"
Sure" replied the foreman; "a sa-
loom"
"a saloon? Why, man, 200 years ago
the Stadt Hugs stood here. That brass
tablet Is the link which binds the pres
ent with the past. That must be pre-
served; that must be treated as tender
ly as
Say" interrupted the foreman, "do
you own this ere house we're putin
up?"
NO" exclaimed the historian, "but
the feeling of patriotism makes me
hold this historic spot sacred''
WELL" he replied, 'if you come
around here hollerin and interruptin
my work and claimin property that
don't belong to you I'll have you arrest
ed. That piece of brass is holdin up
them bricks all right, and it's goin to
keep on holdin them up. If you don't
want to get into trouble, you better
chase Yourself"
And the excited historian, noting the
gathering crowd, decided the advice
was good and went on his way in ST.
lence.-Saturday Evening Post.
Mosquitoes Poster Canary Birds.
Owners of canary birds will receive
a valuable tip by reading this story:
A well known educator of youths
in this city has for years had as pet
one or more of the songsters hung in
cages about his house. In the summer
1t is one of his chief delights to sit
on his front porch and listen to them.
Recently he noticed that two of his
birds We're becoming droopy, irritable
and very restless and that little spots
of blood mysteriously made their ap-
pearance on the bottom of the cage.
He watched the canaries closely for
the next few nights and made the as
founding discovery that they were be-
ing nearly bitten to death by mosqui-
toes. In speaking of the affair he said ::
Il watched one of the birds narrow
ly for long while and wondered why
1t kept hopping from one foot to the
other. l saw the mosquitoes in the
cage, but 1t never entered my mind
that they were attacking the canary
until saw tiny spot of blood on the
birds leg. l picked the bird up and
saw that 1t had just received a well
developed mosquito bite.
"The only vulnerable part of the ca.
nary is the leg, where the skin is very
thin and tender and almost unprotect-
ed by feathers. The mosquitoes ap-
pear to know the tenderness of the
skin and attack in such numbers that
In the course of time they could seri-
ously injure the health of the bird by
draining it of blood l blocked the
game by draping each cage with mos
quito netting. My canaries are now
well protected and happy. l suffer so
much myself from mosquitoes that it
Is astonishing | did not think of them
In connection with the birds before."-
Baltimore Sun.