The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-09-30

Rpecial -MOtnor CITY &rcoA
Them with Clans, . Hymn and . Parade
To-day the VIII All ca 70 Church.
The EiIisdAlea and SquAmpAnnockN.
The Kinderhooks. AncTams,
Yell loud: Come home, New Workers.
And eat imported clans"
In the chill gray dawn Of yesterday a
special train OF Ave Pullman cars, all stunned
with the Columbia County Association Oh
the City Of New York, pulled out oil the
Grand Central Station with a snort
beaded north to Hudson, n. Y, oiumo'
countiansInNew York had been honing togo
back in q body and look their county sea
over and review the volunteer IRE depart
ment. Hudson hoard c! the hontnG and wrote
to invite its sons-and daughters-that nAo
Aoated down the river during the past year
and had become Manhattanized, 70 come
I'D for a few old home days. take a loon ana
all would be forgiven.
Practically every Columbia county prodl-
gal in Greater New York climbed aboard
that special train yesterday morning a
few hours later Hudson sndthe wanderers
were greeting each other efusively, Hudson
hailing the prodigals from afar and falling
on their necks and weeping happily. Co.
hirelings. and kill the fatted clam n bake
IL. For these, our sons, were lost and have
been found again. and you've got your
nerve with you. Jim, to come JACK 70
this place wearing a plug hail"
And az I live, there's Willie Hogan
Willie, I sure am glad to
"Oh, cut out the Willie. In q police cap
tain in New York now, and besides I'm old
enough by this time to be called
Well, William then. Willie, is hat a vest
or wall paper1 Well, IW-be-dinged!
Mercy me, but New York1l be dull to-
day with all you folks up here in a body.
Hudson town was just beginning to feel
it's real glory when the city folks rolled
into town, but the Manhattanized prodi-
gals had begun to pin roses on themselves
hours before, or as soon as the train slid
out of the Grand Central. They sanntereo
from car to car counting. Columbia noses,
and preened themseles when they learned
that everybody hat had ever been any
body in Columbia county was among the
Home Folks except Corse Payton, the
actor, who couldn't tear himself from his
art, and c. Fairbanks, who Is almost as
well known as Mr.. Paytoni -.I--.
G., Fairbanks at present 70 Vloe-Preetdent
the United States. The Home Folks
admit that he il a member OF the assocla-
ton, but add that the Vice-President Is
boastins e he ssys ne Is from ho mo 4tSmOi
OOUILNs HIS AaAA 1Aa1 -
nom AusterlitL, and so the Vice President
has bean permitted to become an honorary
member. He never can get any further,
say the Home Folks, though he try TIL ne
melts.
car filled with bottled goods that made
the Mauhattani1ed complain OF the ewaytng
Of the train before Tarrytown was reacned;
Joy was further increased at.the END OF the
nun when the prodigals learned that ex-
A.-oINr ChOata WQR ION tho lO0 Inn
Hudson. and that he would take a look at
tina New Workers where hey passed the
Hotel Worth while .parading from the
station to the Court House to 6esweloomed
by Mayor Henry Hudson OF Hudson.
II was Clink Skulard, who is the town
ooet and Ia not to be confused with Clinton
Soollard, who first % note the fact
that Mr.. hoat would revlewea parade
led by Capt. Rote. This meant that Chnk
must add hastily a Choate-Rot verse
10 the thirty-two stanzas Of his original
columbia Home Days song, which he
has been building for weeks. At the station
Cink distributed printed copies OF his
song for the wanderers 70 sing "nne Pa go
10 the tune Of @Greenland's Icy Montana
Cant. Rote and his militia army, thirty
eight strong, stood at attention in the
ofinR while the kissing and neck railing
was under way on the station platform:
In front of the army was the white helmeted
Hudson brass band, tuning up for Green.
land's'S Ahead Of the band were Chief
Of Police Lane and a squad OF six police,
who led the parade just az the New
York police head professions on Dewey
DAYS and things. The other member
OF the Hudson police force had to remain
on duty at Louis Costa's fruit stand on
Warren street, becaus Sc the stand runs
around the corner OF Eighth street and
Louis can't watch two sides OF mis- Ouliding
when the bebadged Manhattanized had
lined up back Of the soldiers and the women
guests in carriages and Capt. Rore had
said -Forrrd mch-ch,ch,' 50 tnet ntle
Are gonRe, church bells, steam whistles and
Emafl boys Of Hudson detonated. Up the
hill toward Warren street the captain
marched his men, and when he bad marcned
them up the hill he marched them DOWN
Warren street was as bebadged as the
New Workers. Macy's tin shop had let the
bookkeeper and the clerk on Tor the DAY,
and il & not too much to say that there
were many like Instances TO show now
Hudson had be- Iripped in the holiday
spirit. While the parade was marching up
tKe incline of Warren Street and down again
a string OF two:trolley; cars was stalled ior
twenty-five minutes. At Warren and Fourth
streets. where the great crush OF o~nlookere
was thickest, there were over one hundred
LEGISLATORS on the north side OF the corners
alone. The jim Spear company in The lrlsn
P~awnbrokers" put out a notice IN 'front.' OF
the Elk Theatre that the usual Saturday
matinee would be omitted because OF the
manv other attractions in town.
Clink Skulard walked sidewise with the
procession 80 that he could watch the time
heats OF the drum major and direct the
marching chorusS at the same time. The
marchers were.too busy, however, yelling
Hello, Fred. and -Howdy, Tom to sing,
90 Clink was a soiolst.
Oh. see the nags s-nutter.
oh, smell the baking clam;
Out loose. dear guests, for we don't give
A continental damnl
The band had been playing When Johnnie
COMMUNICATING Home downo nFront street
where the pavement isn't perfect, but when
n swung into Warren street with its vitri-
led brick that one could walk over blind
folded without stumbling, the band linen got
Town TO art. Players eyelids dropped
dreamily, and with lamps closed with emo
ton the musicians bit into "Greenland'i
tgS Mountains"
THAT wa when Clink Skulard waded into
the frst stanza OF the Home Song" down
near Warren and Front street.
From Greenport's limestone mountain.
Prom Copake's coral strands,
whore the cold water fountain
In rockv silence stands.