The sun., 1910-06-19
OYyER BAYS WELCOME LAST
BIT NOT EVEN ran STORH
coz 20 SPOIL TH.lT GEEETTNG.


OtEsR BAr. June D. There may
have bean -higErr DAYS m she htsi ory
of this yillaEr rsn for a mixture u hoFs
ard de-Verafiuu. - disappointment and
thaa OF complete and absolute "a, .siactlou
tbs had them all looking hA" a peacsfu
Sshhath afternoon
There have bsen several arches II
trinmph. tNo arrests of trouhlesOms
visitors, faG Il an nations without mum
ber o counle q imported organizai ions
and one o. two native ones 10 Gauss a
parade. sidrshoVs along the byways
and pink Iemoaais and an President
Those and thundersior useful for
purpcses q contrast made thrS yuUe
q day with Oyster Rav
Ard Nien Neighlor Roosevelt finally
landed and told them how natural II was
% walk hehilt a had up the village
street and had called al the Old tuners
by their Tin namss, they thought this
clp u hapTinr-s cuu'dnt he any fuller
vi houi srAling over And then be came
upNnh tha trump card ard aid he was
plsaasd 20 So tina the life oysters
wete making SUCH a good shoWing and
ailcT thai they were rrady to let him
Rnen oar 20 ~ agamore HiE
SposSag Of thai thunin~s'1rm Nhich
cana - closs - spoili1g "se-vthing
tRn-o ives ~ se.nolt ~ th" ceiehratprs
that passed through a more thrilling half
hour than did the Gardal city volnntes-
h.n.usn Oyster Raw and Garden city
Rp = rs'lro'i journer apart. - Whel
ons Of tas mid,fternoon t-r.rs glidci
into Minebla those who d.s.egardet
regulations E1d thrust their heads OUT
of the wInt5Ws % So That that hand On
tho pllifrlm vas plCring about we-e
rewarded hy the sight of .'mething mot-
than ffty ve-y. vs-y rel shirts Be
neafh ttom pEluitHtei ~" ms1'Y hearts
~ Ga-fsn City's fire fighters
chef Rh Tompkius l~i toe smoke
oaters INT, the train and thas took IL on
the rm For tho rey' fey minutss they
oecu1ioi themselves by kindlng the ciga-s
pszssd around in a box b. nirle' Jacob
son. ths hosecart foreman Thol the
lowpTing hank IT clouds came reg-c.
and neaFe-
They Sonderei Il the rain vas going
"a kgep up. In a minute there wasn ~
any doubt Il came doKn m hucsetiuls
horaheads. lakes and oceans. ami y m IL
was a scattering play Of lightning Just
when II was liVeliest a brakeman STUCK
kis drenrhed head In the door and shouted
Oyster BAY
Not much.' sang out the Grrmen.
You don't set us out of he-e. Aud
they we're right He didnf until that
tnin had % 90 back - Neg ORR fifteen
minutes later. For where fr. had no
tsrfefs water certainly had plenty Not
until the last moment did they duck out
into the rain and run the few hundred
feet % The platform. There tL'y found
tho celebrators lowering around under
tie shelter and disnally Contrmplat ing
tne soggy banners that sagrsd m their
arches IN the street
they stood there ConsOlng With -toa .
other for upward of ~ hour unj >o1. .
eagle eyed person spotted a little Yre D.,
i1 the clouds Then they beg1U rfr,.stIlg
plans First and foremost hers w..
not a telegraph hne working 90 they hRd .
no way ~ keeping tabs on their uairhhrr .
Then they found that one II the lr.l o. Z
poles opposite the town hell bed Jsen
hl0wn down Thst couldn't BE- rem. --i,
% they had 60 chop II sw,v 4 few
electric light wire- als1 hsd rp OBJ. cg;
away But these thing d.dnf tssa ~
very long and by the time they wa-.
flashed the roads had d1ed og'
Whea a puff Of smoke stertei o. r1r- on
the platform tho sherida and CIT sIFole
hal the har riest kind at q time ua.H'a.
ilg the police lines a0d a. 'Hp trEt
iew in every Oyster Re-" throat ragr',
burst as Col. Roosevelt appearei on th"
, facs platform. He Jumle1 down trr
steps and began graspirg hart,
! am glad 70 see you. 10y Gs1rg~.
vas what he said - the owner ~ every
palm Al t.r yi.lgar.
Rat had been able % sCGr.sn gp .i1-"
~ NJ ged % hear him sly TINS 'r tine.
you don't know how glad Hr' .. 90 home
lE4in-
They hustled b m night .rr - tta pit
l1rm 4 cllch had been pr .gl.ai ia
; ise he wanted ~ ride. ruf r'Hrr wrs
bone of that Tor the OnlIusi tag
l1ruugh the muddy rJso b.. % ddaH
..ith the crowd fling ur gsFs ne ind HIu
Nir- Roswell Alice LHnTw .rrH md
ktnel Roosevelt trampei N NJ tIu and
.ney were swallowed a. in tho rr vd Dr..
f1re long
sore of the tovn folk formed q Hrti,
.qu4Es around them md k',y'. fT'w
lgcr % tL- speech making place In Oh.
B owd there was no i'm - Con r-ugsm.n
iliilm " tOcks, senate lod . Reeve
sierfit' " Emlen ROJr vel' md fhs l
rola2or of the Colonel's gtidrp aN ,
b whom had come on the train Ifav }
~ melted away US sopu .s 'TH tam @
,topped Is
A Lttle stand IN the middle Of tr. b.,r.
.all diamond was the dertiuAapu 90 tho o.
'olonels guides he passei tt-Dlgh r
ia@6 Oi violently salUting organ SIt .ous Z
J "a mounted the steps % Rpt q mighty \
= .r of greeting FOR 7everll moments Z
! st'od there with his fingers out ~ q
ms length. futterinR N answer ~ d
niles and bows and more noisy welcomes
over IN the baseball bleachar- hatfnd u
NJ wire netting wera all m" Nfi.tga school 9
,lildrsn They showed signs II luU-tIna 4
Ito song almost Immediately .g
See mere exclaimed tho eV-Prssi.
'ant. why can't We bring those Chtiiren 5
yer here.- a
But the committee won out and from u
telr distant place the children came d
= zht out with Home Again two verses 9
nd chorus Then the-e had - he l0t 3
core h9l!ering before t1l lDunRs cogd c
Ie,iver tho welcome .u
iue Colonel delivered hi, replf Nth d
y much ugDr - n be hadn't be O. having q
lssf day even for min &
"lI lsalIilaN. ana You NY lIsH'lta
q negh1lr- be began Cries II D
lhats ~ drowned hIs voice Then Z
% continued
I hope ! need not tell you how glad .
am D. be hack With YOU aEan My :
fip -trrted Dr the 23d lav 1f March u
n e. az a feu many uf you came q Wn z
Q tre station 20 Dit me good-by This ]
! tho cad When ! have finished v hat Z
hese 20 say he-" th" trip b. ended
= II seont ~. natural a. gs' back here $
nd o. walk Hp the street behind the q
and and y zee the chllIran auI In haa. b