The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-10-10

| flee at tho age of 20, was intimately COIL
nected with him for thirty-iive years
and was elected as his successor to Con-
sress. We had the privilege OF KNOW
Ing Mr.. Stevens In his home life. His
housekeepcr's name was Mrs. Lydia
Smith, not Brown. She was not buried
beside him. She lies in the negro Gene
terry. with her two children by a drunken
/ husband.
Mr.. Stevens Is buried in "A private ceine
tery-not a negro in it-and his Ian
caster friends take pleasure In
strangers his grave. 1t makes one feel
sad to think that great and good men
can be 80 mlsrepresented. Il. ID.
1t runs In my mind that the hot air.
OF caloric engines. as they were called.
that were used In the ship Ericsson were
manufacture at the works OF Hogg &
Delamater. iron workers and engine
builders In New York city.
AZ remember. failure was due to lack
OF speed, tho Ericsson averaging about
nine miles an hour. and {, the fact
that the form of this novel construction
required an undue share of space in
the vessels hold.
Mr.. Ericsson sought to utilize his in
vention In the form OF stationary en-
gines OF small power ana some Of these
were constructed and used. and later
with further notifications were, | be-
lleve. continued In use.
] met Mr.. Ericsson in the office of
Davis 4 Hoeg Ohe latter brother of the
engine builder and also Of Thomas
Hogg. Minister 60 to Japan and a
noted horticulturist), where | had made
my beginning in the study OF architec-
tural work. There had been constructed
1 for Mr. Eri,1app IN ,n,an ,,.o.lI,. .,.l.t
OF n hot air tcaloric) engine designed
for varied uses. and this Mr.. Ericsson
taught me how to operate thing which
| quickly learned to Ito. very much to
my elation. There may be some lapses
here. but this is my best recollection.
JOHN ". CULVER, G. r..
Formerly chief engineer and superin-
tendent OF the Brooklyn parks. &c.
In reference 10 the ship Ericsson: The
writer was taken by his father In the
winter OF 1s52-53 to Greenpolnt. Brook
lyn. to meet a man or the Ericsson, then
being built there. Her caloric engines
We're built ard put In place by Hogg n
pelamater and were aftcrward replaced
by "A pair OF inclined steam engines. The
snip made some voyages TO Aspinwall.
IL was afterward the good forum. q.
the writer to he employed during Ia,
civil war ut the De'anatcr iron works
where tile monitor Dictator and engine,
for the Puritan and the vessels % that
. class were built and where Capt. Fries.
son was almost a daily visitor.
W. j. DoNSE.
During the civil war the Ericsson wa.
used as a troop ship ,uitdcr stcaln) lot
the United States Government. Ate,
the war she was sold to private parties
who took ont her engines and ma.., hpi
"a full rugged sailing ship. In 1865 IN,
was sold TO How,S Il Crowell of Eostn,
Tor $2O, 900. Capt Mathews of Cap.
Cod was her master. MI this lnform,,
ton | got when | Vas IN her as chIe'
mate.
The Ericsson always loaded In SUI
tons Line on South strect. for san Fran
cisco. then Liverpool. with grain. Thi
was In the good old times for Soutl
street. when grain freights out o
Frisco were from three TO four pounds
ton. Thou came a gradual cbbing ~ tn,
tide in freights. The skyscrapers wer.
the beauty q! South street, but they wrr,
finally driven out Of existence. aud viii
them disappeared many old familiar
faces.
The Ericsson's huh was solid ,imbe
frdnle caulhed betwe.u tn" S.suns. th-i
planhci over. ii.Si'i. aud out. Then,
were vel holes IA her h.igr> nui
hnidsh!ps. The ilnoring could L- talk.
up IN sections, then Hii down again
There never WIS any cause to u>c tl
pumps. Two Thousand tons ~ wlet
were discharged ia Queen dock. Live,
pool. and only one bag MAS stained |
was laid aside for those .u m" graf
business to see, his being lunked upo
as something remarkable. Very ,,romi
nent men visited the shin.
CAPT. y Il. WAsdRuGS
Referring 10 NJ G's inquiry for IN
derivation OF the word Stoke rogcs. per
NIT me to say that the manor Of S,ok
derives It's name Of Stoke rog,s from
it's heiress. Amjca tor AmiccD de Stuk,
who married Robert I'oges tor pugisl
a knight Of the shire NJ Buckingham 3
the twelfth century.
The name Pogis has been traced -
Barring Gould to pugoys and also :
Puchay. near the historic cathedral cit
of Evreux. France. In English the nan
became Poggis and Roggjs. II has bee
. claimed that Dgier 1'oggys cai,,c u\o
wit the tonquerur and was given IA
manor OF Beddinefeld in suffolk, an
that his descendants assumed IN, nam
of Beddingtield. but this descent Ia,
Il, been challenged.
On consulting IIarri>uu's "Sunlam.
!, of the United Kingdom | find no refer
N''V w u hH as iuN spelled, li
!. Pogg and pogge. which IL traced bac
to medieval English Puggc, a Norkshn
name. from Pocgu, an assumed Nsriai
OF Anglo-Saxon pohha. a pouch or bag
Examining the BoggiS form. lin
this traced tn Bogg, which may bc Il,
rived from either ~ the tr,luNlr-
" 90 RugG, u dwcllcr IN y hog '2l I,uggi
re boGs X son. ,ENlCrrrhrnF I'M.
-. In answer Ia the inquiry of NJ. ,
d. regarding the derivation Of the wnr,
Stoke l'oges, I beg leave to offer what
lea me from al, old bookseller AT StoI
US PoEes while visiting Gray's count,
c~hurchyard tomb "a short time ago
oil The history of Stoke Poges goes ba,
Ito An~glo-Saxon times, when the man,
al was held by Siret. a man of Earl Ilarol
Siret may have shared the fate nf h
q, lord at the battle Of Hastings his LAND
!" at any rate, were confscated, and
the date of the compilation OF the Dom,
day Book ,i0S6 A. ID they were he
by William Fitz-Ansculf as part
that extensive ftef which lay In twcl
to counties and had Dudley Castle for /
head"
81. From tftz-Ansculf. Stoke passed wi
other manors to the Taganell fAmii
mr. and then to tho de Someries. Nho
tenant Robert Poges-l290 to 1890 A.
he -save to the parish the name, his ow
~, which it has held ever since.
JoHN J. ENRiGHT.
Jack Donohue, in his commune
ton on the old Red House in Harlel