The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-08-23
GREATEST CLAMBAKE EYER!
CHAMBERS UP AT RED HOOK, AND
1000 WILL TELL you so.

600 CLANS And COFn-And Beer
Few Cigars and Moro CLANS Parade
and Speeches and Still More CLANS.
There have been clambakes and clam
bakes from the time Of the invention OF
the first clam, but never has there been
such a feed Of CLAIMS to equal that given
Yesterday up the Hudson st Red Hook by
the great-grandson OF the first John Jacob
Aston, young Robert Winthrop Chsnler,
the Duchess county man Of leisure who
works while the rest Of us sleep. Jake
Woodin, the star clambakster Of the Hudson,
saws that the bake given yesterday at Mr..
Chanler's expense to the Duchess county
.Grangers and the volunteer firemen has
never been approached in aesthetic COM
~nleteness and continuity, and II Jake doesn't
know, nobody does.
All Red Hook closed up shop for the day
special ~trains-afteen cars TO the train
ran from Poughkeepeie up through the
farming districts on the Central New Eng
land branch railway, picked up the farmers
and their families and dumped them at the
olambakery at Chanler Park. Flags waved
from the farmers houses. Volunteer
aremen paraded the streets, or street, OF
Red Hook, capes thrown back bravely
90 that the young lady Changers could see
the red lining. Cap'n How Ellsworth's
Red Hook Hotel added roast chicken to
the bill Of fare. Democratic Pete, the prize
bull that Robert Chanler bought from
Judge Alton B. Parker and presented to
the farmers Of Duchess, was in q state OF
nervous prostration long before half Of
the SEE volunteer fremen, with red shirts
eglow, got into town.
When the smoke cleared away Robert
Winthrop Chanler and his brother, Lewis
stuyvesant Chanler. found that they had
been stung for 85 900 CLAIMS, 1900 bluefish,
80 barrels of sweet potatoes. 1900 pounds
OF chicken, 5000 ears OF corn, 5000 bottles
OF beer, 5000 bottles OF soft drinks, 5000
cigars and 1900 lobsters-the edible kind.
Also the Chanler Hook and Ladder Com
pany of Red Hook led the parade. The
Chanler Brass Band gave an all day concert
The Chanler Baseball Club played a game
in the afternoon with the Chathams Of New
Jersey. The 5000 Chanler stallion, Ten
nessee Pointer, also a gift to the farmers
from Robert, was on exhibition at a nearby
stock farm, The Chanler Ladies' Auxiliary
waited on the 5000 guests, always the
watchful eye OF Miss Margaret Aston Chan
Ter. And all these things happened In and
around Chanler Park, the big ball park
presented to the farmers by RobertWinthrop
Chanler.
And down In Poughkeepsie Bob Hunter,
Re publican boss Of that part Of Duchess
county that isn't farm land, bit his nails
and wondered il there is anything In the
r1mor that Robert Chanler wants to be the
neYt Sheriff OF Duchess county
The first man on the Job bright and early
Yesterday morning was r. Chanler. Two
hours before the excursion trains could
even think Of beginning to arrive In Red
to do but work all day and night to GUST
Bob Hunters gang from Duchess county
politics, paint landscapes, outline. mural
decorations for assistants to paint In, read
French plays, practise scientific farming,
travel, fish, motor, talk faster than any n
in the State and superintend his team OF
college ball players, a fire company, q Tree
stock farm and a brass band-hours before
the excursion trains had arrived he had
driven across country three miles behind
gang hadn't stolen CHAMBER Park during the
night or torn up the tracks OF the Central
New England.
Of shaving for the festivities. The. family
had interfered to the extent o. having HIM
brand new collar. He had discarded the
old corncob pipe for an actual cigar, and
while his mind was on something else
some one had sneaked up and shned nus
shoes. All these embellishments evidently
gave him much annoyance, but as the
dav wore on and the dust covered the shiny
Shoes and his collar began to wilt under
the strain, be became Bob Chanler and
h'H aHsow aEslnBi obl' called out snowden
Thompson, as the fam, farmes : d d'clook IN n fr t6e
morning, the Thompson family .carry,all
loaded to the quarter deck with Mrs.
Thompson and the children.
MY Godl Glad to see you'll yelled back
Bob Chanler. Great day for bake. ehfs
Hook hat trails down the Albany post
road for a mile or 80 the, natives were on
their porches, twining red, white and blue
bunting among the vineclad porch columns.
Aged grandfathers, dressed In their best
black alpaca coats and with White et 4nnc mes
falling across billed shirts K milk pouring
from a can, had taken up their stations on
porch steps to await the greatest parade
Red Hook has ever known and feeling
somehow that the Fourth OF July was back
again.
Then down the tree arched street began
the procession Of farm carriages, bringing
visitors to town by the hundreds. One by
one the cinder paths at each side OF the road
began to blossom into color as uniformed
fremen and bandmen strolled out into the
sunlight for a preliminary airing 80 that
the splendor OF their clothes nigh t be broken
by degrees upon the white frocked country
girls. And when noon had arrived and the
population Of Red Hook had 5welled from
Its normal 200 to over 1000 Robert winthrop
Chanler looked things over and decided that,
after all, the efforts Of Bob Hunter, Emil
Morschauser and the rest OF the gang down
at Poughkeepsie to bust up the show had
been unavailing.
For there had beer heated ed ofts by the
gang during the last ten days to keep the
Poughkeepsie volunteer ffremen away from
the Chanler clambake and parede yester-
day. Some time ago Bob Chanler end his
sister, Miss Margaret, joined the Red Hook
lodge Of the Dutohess county Gra ngers'
society, AS the time approached for the
annual Changers picnic Bob Chanler, Miss
Margare and Lewis Stuyvesa Mt Chanlcr
invited all the Grangers to picnic at CHAMBER
Park this year as guests Of the CHAMBER
family. Also the Poughkeepsie f1remen
were invited to Join with the fremen OF
Red Hook and vicinity In a parade before
One company Of Poughkeepsie iremen,
called the Booth Hose Company, has among
is members young Emil Morschauser:
Emil's brother Charles is the personal
counsel Of ex-Sheriff Allan Hoffman, against
whom Lewis 8. Chanler has brought suit
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