The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-03-03

President -ent to the senate among the
nominations IL pO-tnIarterS the name
81 JoHN DwTEE for postmaster at Hud-
sOn tall- Mr.. DwYLE ~ the pTc~en,
postmaster AT Sandy Hill NJ set there
- M ouch village ~ Hudson fRll-. The
peorle 81 SANDY Hill ar. to vote upon
the proprSed change or name ga March
~. 4 despatch from the village SayS
that the residents have practically
agree'i upon the new designation al
though the formal vote has not been
taken. such a 10 II ne,-es-ary under
the general village Law. which permits
The narne Of village IA he changed
only upon the adoption IL n proposi-
ton therefor AZ an annual election The
statute further provides that the prop
"s,tIOn must CONTAIN the prop"~ed now
name and he accompanied by the writ
ten consent nG the PoSimaster-C General
" the nned States To- such change
We aSs,Ime tina, this has already bcen
obtained az Mr. DwYER would not have
hem nominated for postmaster of Hud-
son Falls.
Sandy Hill has been SANDY Hill for AZ
least one hundred years. II was inCor-
pnTated a. a village under that name
in iSi0 by sI-s'Ial act Of the IegiSla-
Iure az tho tSO Incorporated villages
~ the state Of New Work only ten are
~ I'D n SANDY Hill in date Of incorpo-
RATION These ten Villages. with their
date "f incorporation. are: Athens. in
Greeris county. 1856: Ballston spa. Sar-
atnga county. iSp7: Ca,skiH. Greene
county .ISl6; CaZenoNia, Madison county.
lSl0: tOoTerstown. Oisego county. ISO5
Goshen. Orange county Isa: Herkimer.
Hcrklmer county. 1877: Montgomery.
Orange county. 1910: oxford. ChcnangO
county. 1875 and Whitehall. Washing
ton county. ISS
The name NJ a chartered village A
century I'D ought not tn he changed
without the hest of reasons: indeed We
arc disposed to ASSERT that It ought not
:" be change'i under any circumstance.
than the attempt few. years ago tn
change the name of Spconk on Long
Island to Remsenburg. The latter ar
pellatIon was supposed tn he more ell
phonIOu- than the characteristic old
Indian name NJ AZ one time under
similar influences the Long Island
Railroad Company changed the name
Of It's station ~ Good Ground on the
Montauk division Ia Raw Head. hut il
had sense enough after n short interval
tn restore the DID name In private
business and IN public aRaIrs SANDY Hin
has ALWAYS been known as SANDY Hill:
courts have been held ~ SANDY Hill
ans. statesmen have hailed frum there.
notably the late General CHARLES
HUGHEs. who was the most striking
figure on Governor TTLDEN's star and
whn rivalled the Tall sycamore 81 the
Wabash in statur" Hudson tallS IL a
tame and weak name A. compared with
sandy Hill. IL Is - tame that u will
eat out of your hand while SANDY Hill
speaks NJ The DAYS when PAINTERS and
Wild Indians roamei the forests be,w veu
Albany and Lake George.
The old charter 81 SANDY Hill contain,
much thar - interesting 10 the student
of social history. The trustees of the
village were authorized to regulate and
deteTInine the time and places ~ bath
ing and swimming IN the Hudson River.
and !, was their duty to prohibit iying
kites, rolling hoops playing hall and
practising other dangerous sports in The
streets Of sald village or any 81 them
They might also compel fire buckets to
bc kept in every building in which fires
were used Hudson balls will nov ap-
propriate these memories Of the pas,
The passing n! SANDY Hill il prep.S-
ferrous performance