The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1900-11-15

distance from the foot of High Peak to
the top is three miles.
The last place which l visited before
leaving the Catsllills was Stamford.
Stamford was settled more than one
hundred years ago by people from
Stamford Conn. The well kept lawns
and absence of fences give a park-like
appearance to this little town. The
streets are lighted by electricity and
it has an abundant supply of pure wa
ter. There are five churches of different
denominations.
Among the drives which l took while
in Stamford was one to the head waters
of the Delaware river; another through
Churchill Park and to the arch bridge
at Almeda. This bridge is one of the
seven wonders of Delaware county. The
structure is a double span of As feet and
80 feet, respectively, with a twelve foot
abutment in the middle sunk eight feet
below the bed of the river. Both spans
are thirty feet wide with four towers
on each side deliberately finished with
hewn bluestone and granite. The bridge
and filled approaches to the roadway
were all done at the expense of James
Mclean, a wealthy New York gentle
man who spends his summers there
with a number of his city friends. The
cost of the bridge will be 100000, which
Mr.. Mclean will present to the towns
of Stamford and Almeda.
A tour of the Catsklls would not be
complete without visit to Roxbury,
fifteen miles from Stamford, to see the
handsome memorial church built by
Miss Helen Gould in memory of her ia
Their. 1t is called the Jay Gould Memo
rial church." and is built of ST. Law
renee county granite and cost $3.50, 900.
There are two memorial windows. One
cost $15,000 the other 100000 Two
Others cost $4,000 each. The grounds
about the church are beautifully laid
out Miss Gould has neat cottage
near the church where she spends sew
eral weeks each summer
From Stamford I went to Coopertown,
which is the county seat of Otsego
county. The town is situated at the
foot of Otsego lake, a pretty sheet of
water nine miles long and about three
miles wide. The town was named for
Judge Cooper, the father of James Fen
more Cooper, the writer. The father
and son and other members of the Coop
er family are buried in the cemetery in
the rear of the Episcopal church.
took a sail on the lake, going as far
as the Kingtisher Tower. A fine gym |
nasium known as the alfred Corning
Clark Gymnasium" was given to the
town by Mrs. Clark; also a public libra
ry building which is used by the Y M.
A criy Nv inn
expenses of the gymnasium and of the
public library and Y. M. c. A. are main
tanned by Mrs. Clark. During my stay
in Coopertown, I took a drive of thirty
five miles one day going up one side of |
the lake and returning the other with a
visit to Cherry Valley About two miles |
this side of Cherry Valley was pointed .
1ut to us the exact spot where the In |
1ians and Tories came down the noun
,ain side into the valley to murder and |
olunder the inhabitants of this peace
iul little settlement on that eYentful
lay of November II, ITS.
A monument has been erected in the
Cherry Valley cemetery to the memo
y of those who persisted in this awful
massacre The remains of about forty
persons are buried in a common grave
beneath this monument, which was
'rected in 1878 by the Daughters of the
American Revolution.
A committee has been appointed by
he Otsego chapter of the Daughters of
he American Revolution, located at
'oopeftoWn, to make arrangements for
he proper marking of the old Sullivan
lam at the source of the Susquehanna
liver. The monument will consist of a
arge granite boulder, upon which will
re fastened bronze tablet, suitably
Inscribed The boulder will be placed at
he very source of the river near the
astern shore, and was being placed in
'ositfon at the time of my visit to Cop
rstoWn. Charles D. Sherman.
MR. KOEHNEvS LECTURES