Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-08-15
ROUND OLD RYE bEACH
Old Man Taylor and the Fare
He Lost.
ONIONS PASS AS MONEY
Parson ROBBIE and the Near Neigh
boris Firewood.
NO EXCITEMENT ON TAP THERE
But tbs a Grand Place for Rest and
Recreation, Health and
Happiness.
BY WILLIAM F.. CURTIS.

By WILLIAM F.. CURTIS.
Special Correspondence of The Star and the Chicago
Recordierad.
RYE BEACH, y. H.. August 10. 1897
You can go by trolley from Exeter to any
OF the neightoring towns. and even . Bos-
ton. or Portland Ne In this part q New
Hampshire the roads are superb for auto
mobiles and bicycle riding as well as for
carriages. Passengers are conveyed from
Northampton. the railway station, over to
Rye Beach, Bears Head. Straws Point and
other seashore resorts by automobile in
stead of by stage, as was.done when l used
10 spend my vacations here years ago. In
those days an eccentric character named
Taylor used to haul passengers and bag
gage back and forth on an old-fashionei
Concord coach and charged 30 cents for
the journey. Taylor always collected his
fare In advance and would never start un-
III he had the money in his pocket. Ha-
bitual visitors who knew his peculiarities
used 70 refuse payment to tease him. but
he "oUldn I stir till every fare was paid
Then he would climb to the box, unwrap
the lines from around the brake-bar, cluck
to his horses and jog along. asking Ques-
lions of those who sat with him as to their
destination and how long they were going
to stay.
Old TAYLOR was very fnquisitive He
wanted to knaw all about everybody and
Won continue to ask questions until his
curiosity WAS satisfied And he vas equal
], communicative. Being full OF informa-
ton and quaint philosophy, he made an in
tercsting companion. 1t was worth 80 cents
~ any time 10 ride back and forth on the
box o. that stage Just 10 hear Taylor talk
one tire ! asked him why he insisted upon
collecting fares In advance. He leaned
over in confidential manner and, in an
UudtrtOuc. explained:
a man died on ne onct on the way to
the beach and | was never able 70 collect
lis fare | tried the family AMI the exec
utOrs and the county but l couldn't collect
cent: aud I don't low that to happen on
me GEgiu.'
Vegetables Sound Currency.
Nearby is The lite village of Greenland.
whore The Rav. Edward ROBBIE u. D., has
bnaH preaching the gospel of Christ with
earnest eloquenca in the Congrs ational
Church for ffty-four years. He came here
dir city from the theological seminary.
when h was boy OF twenty-five and has
given his life for his sheep He knows
every man, woman and child IN ell the
country found. except the summer beard
ers and Is acquante with many of then,
who come herr regularly each season and
attend his church. He has baptized and
married nearly every living person in the
community and has buried their parents
Dr. Robe would remind you OF the Vicar of
Wakefield in appearance IN character and
IN that sincere and Cumpreh usve sympathy
that embraces every sinner as well as every
saint In his parish
As the parish Is small and the people poor
you may infer that Dr.. ROBBIE does not re-
Ceive large salary. Some of his parish
toner's pay their share of his support in hay
for hts horse and vegetables and eggs for
his table. and a barrel OF potatoes + tust
as good as cash In these parts One of thu
most prpniDenf in tba -Io oil
ways attends church twice on Sunday Is
equally prominent in tha prayer meetings
and Is an amateur Cortrov ersionalist in
theology. is known as the nearest" man I'm
the county-that is, he Is very panur!ous
Down in this part Of the country. when a
man IS SttnEy thu neighEors say he is
near This particular man had not con-
tF5uted dollar to the church or to Dr.
Runln's salary az long as any one could re-
member. although he is well off and owns
fine farm and r. S1wmin. When q commit
tee got after him with "A determination TO
max" him pay his share he finally consented
to give load of slabs-the waste outside
rips from the logs for fuel for the parson-
age.
How big a Ioad7' incurred = n,an,bar NJ
the committee
An you can haul" was the reply.
When the news ran through the parish
the young men got together and decided IN
take the savmill man at his word They
htched eight b05slcds together. load d on
all the slabs they found at tn, mill and
hauled them 70 the parsonage with four
teen Yok" of oxen stopping to let every
girl In the parish who had kodak ma % q
picture Of that remarkable load The saw
MIL man expoStuLtted and finally became
furious with rage. hut the committee were
present I" testify % his Offer TO give the
parson all the slabs they could haul in one
load. and n" had to submit He declared
that II was the last thing ned ever give to
TIE church. but they told him h could
taFe n out N preaching
The parson has had dry frcwool ever
since an pile VIII last at least one more
winter for. as one OF the boys said:
we stacked up all we could OUTSIDE and
PUt the res; in the woodshed"
All the Comforts of Home.
Every farm In this part of the country
has a hig white house and big cluster OF
barns connected with It by a WOO lshed
and Toulouse. so that cUld winter morn
lnGs and evenings the men folks don't have
70 so outside to 80 the chores The snow
may nile up mountain high rs II often
does and the bll2zar's NAV rare IN,
everything IS comfortable inside the build
inEs and the stock as well as the naonIa
have a good time. There IS a library and 81
piano in every one of these big houses ana
pile Of current magazines and DC,Ssna pars
on the center table. They read the latest
novels ana the CUrrcn: volumes OF travel
and play classical music on the piano the
women folks do, after washing the dishes
and doing the other houss.vork. In nearly
every family YOU VIII ind one or more col
legr graduates among the women as we'll
as the men. and season tickets To Gresg's
lectures and the Boston Symphony con
CeTtS- In the SD MINOR every family takes
"Go@pauy,' which is the polite term 10 ap-
p!> :" f"trd"fS. an ] nowhere in all the
world can ms BILE person find more com
fOEt and pleasure II he or she is willing IN
I've &C yoTd.HE To Tie rules OF this corner
OF NauE"eland. which includes plain food
ana p.outy % t. Pie AMI Cqk. are more
HA2r .ant than bot o. muttoa. You can