New-York tribune., 1903-07-26


she stepped backward in alarm, forgetting the
precipice behind her. In moment her body was
falling to the rocks below. The young chief hurried
around to the base of the cliff where her body lay
Tenderly he arranged the clothing and rubbed her
hands. He smoothed back her hair and brought
water and mostened her forehead. 1t was all in
vain. Life had fed
The next morning when the settlers. who had
spent an anxious night searching for the young
woman, found her body lying at the foot of Bethel
Rock. they also found it the mangled corpse
of Waramaukeag.
The valley in which Woodbury. lies had been the
home of a comparatively numerous tribe of Ind
ians. Indian names abound The home and fort
ress OF Pomperaug. which has already been re-
ferred to- has borne to this day the name OF
Castle Rock because of the to which 1t was
put by the InOlan chieftain. On the whole, the
Indians lived peaceably with the white men who
had made their home with them. The red men
and the white men. well were afraid OF the
Indians to the north anG -.le Mohawks. For
number of years in the early part of the eighteenth
century several OF the most centrally located
houses were fortified by palisades. and sentinels
on the Sabbath Day were stationed on Lodge Rock,
opposite the church. to warn those gathered with
in Of an approaching enemy. Here they sat
throughout the service, the drums with which
they had called the people to worship lying the
ground at their sides.
One OF the palisaded houses was that OF the sue
cessor Of 'PaTson'' Walker bv name Anthony
Stoddard. "Parson" Stoodard had several daugh-
terS. One day they were talking in of the up
per OF the house about something which
apparently required degree of secrecy.
II think 1t would be fun to party and
invite John, William and David. don't you?' SAID
one of the girls.
Would you dare? You know father is saving
the tea for use in sickness when he
has company. Besides. how would cook it?
Do you know how? And where would you have it;
could you get them into house without their
haiy1p ,ylxr
girls who was more timId.
Leave that to me-" replied the first speaker.
Let's invite them to come Monday night
Monday night came. ana the girls in OF
the upper roums busi.y stirring up In 1re-
place. Swung in It's mouth was crane on which
hung an iron pot. One OF the girls was at the win
dow. There they are"' she suddenly exclaimed.
low whistle heard outside. Putting her
head out, she whispered hoarsely between her
hands to the young men below, You'll find lad
der against the house; put it UP to the window
without making any noise and come up" She
could be seen silently directing with her hand
those outside Of the window to the hiding place OF
the ladder. Soon almost inauoible thump
against the side of the house indicated that it
been found and placed in position One after
other the heads of the three young entered
the window.
They cautious to talk in low tones, and one
of the girls produced packet of tea leaves. How
do you cook t?" she asked None of the young
had tea before. and had never heard
how it should be prepared. 4ney could not answer
the question The other girls did seem have
any more definite knowledge of the process. and
under the circumstances were precluded from ask
ing their parents.
81 think it ought to be boiled like SOUP" at last
ventured another Of the young women. Let's cook
it that way" This method agreed upon, and
part OF the packet emptied into the pot and
water poured over the crisp leaves. When the
crane had been pushed in the blaze one of the
girls stirred the contents of the pot AT last. after
much boiling and steaming. the tea declared
prepared and the crane, swung back. huge
platter was produced and the contents. suggesting
green's, surrounded by quantity of liquor Of the
same color. were turned into It, Gathering round
all partook of the mess. New-England courtesy
forbade any unfavorable comments. therefore. for
this reason, probably tradition does not indicate
the real opinion of the party of the new dish which
had just been introduced in the country. and which
a number of years afterward made so much trouble
for Great Britain and the colonies. In due time
the party so suggestive of boarding school girls
lark. broke up, and the young men retired in the
same way they had entered. They had had a good
time. Notwithstanding the tea incident. which had
only added to the fun.
A little to the west of THE Street" on a cross
road stands old gambrel rooted house. One
would never question its antiquity after entering
it, for the have that odor of wasps which
pervades the garrets OF old farmhouses, and may
never be acquired. in the manner some furniture
used to-day acquires its appearance of age In one
Of its rooms the Rev. Samuel Seabury. on March 25
l6S, was elected the Bishop OF the Episcopal Church
for Connecticut. He the first Episcopal Bishop
IN the United States. During the Revolution the
house was occupied by the Rev. John Rutgers
Marshall. the rector of the church IN Woodbury..
AS in the case of nearly all the clergymen of the
English Church at the time of the Revolution. the
loyalty Of the Rev. Mr.. Marshall to the cause Of
the revolving colonies questioned. He was
suspected of being a Tory Being summoned be-
fore committee he forbidden to go beyond
a certain prescribed boundary From that time for
ward ne was never week days Only on
sundays, when he was not IN danger of arrest,
would he be seen issuing from his house he set
out TO hold services. Close watch kept of his
house but he never seen 10 leave it on any
other day. Persons who called failed to see him.
IL was surnised that he had a room in which
to hide himself After his DEATH when the house
was searched. none could be found however
Many years later the house occupied by a
deacon Of one Of the churches. In the in
which Bishop Seabury had been elected to Office
The deacon decided to let the children have It for
their toys and while he was putting in some
shelves he discovered trap door In the back
close down TO the floor. With little exeFtion he
succeeded in pulling 1t open. 1t revealed a space
beneath the floor of the house about three feet In
height Crawling down into 1t he found room
about six feet square and high enough for person
to stand erect in it. There a passage to IL
from the cellar. This has generally been believed
TO be the room In which the Rev. Mr.. Marshall
spent his week days. and prepared his sermons
during that momentous period
DUCK CATCHERS" OF THE EAST SIDE.
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