Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-12-05

chapter in this series and that may
be later accorded l.. In passing ii
may be recorded that the stone part,
that on the Front street line, was
erected by John, the son of Elisha,
above mentioned, according to the
family records. His death in 1872
fixes the date of the erection of the
old structure as before that year.
The frame part was there, too, be-
fore the Revolution.
All of Mr.. Parker's connections
were on the royal side, but by his
! strict neutrality he escaped confisca-
ton and after peace he took the
oath of allegiance to the new gov
! eminent before Thomas Farmer, a
justice of the peace, and this oath
is a priced possession of the writer
of this sketch.
AS early as 1889 Mr.. Parker was
urged to stand for congress-, but
| hesitated until 1t was too late. About
! this time he wrote to a relative in
England and spoke of the constitu-
ton, which, he hoped, would be
adopted by the states, for, he said,
another one could not be framed
I without some bloody noses. In this
letter he predicted the election of
Washington for president and
Adams for vice president. He noted
the fact in this letter that the cleo
ton of representatives began Febru-
airy II, on which date siXty-three
years before he was born.
Like his son James and his son
Cortlandt and some of his family,
this James Parker was a man of tall
stature and large frame. Also, it is
recorded, he possessed a mind of
more than ordinary strength and
vigor, attributes which still mark
the family in this later generation.
Mr.. Parker died 1897. His son, who
was known as Uncle Jimmy, was
born March 3, 1875. He served in
congress for many years, was collec-
tor of the Port of Perth Amboy
1S29-33 and was a commissioner for
New Jersey to fix the boundary line
between New York and New Jersey,
a dispute of years being ended by
the work of this joint commission.
His son James was the father of
Captain James," known to all but
the younger part of III population,
a dignified gentleman of the old
school, alike proud of his ancestry
his prominence in the church of
his fathers. Another son of older
James was Cortlandt, who died in
1907, after a long life of usefulness
and honor. He declined more APP
pointments than are often rendered
to one man and served his state and
nation as a private citizen. He was
an orator of great ability and for
three score years was much sought
after where men of brilliant talent
were to be interested and entertain
ed.
The ancestral home of the Park
ers, now almsot two centuries old,
is still in possession of the family,
although no member has occupied
it since Captain James Parker and
his wife left it years ago in extreme
age to make their homes with their
daughter, Mrs. Emily Lanier. In
conversation a few months ago with
the congressman whose remains are
on the way to this ancient home of
the Parkers for final interment, he
expressed the wish hat there might
be some way arranged by the city
for the use again of the old mansion
as at least a summer residence for
the family. He suggested hat the
acquisition of the old safe company
property by the city made 1t possible
| for that part of the city to be again
used for residential purposes and he
said that he would be delighted to
again come to old Amboy each year
for a few months rest and recrea-
ton.
And well may the family be proud
of the old place and of the part they
and their ancestors played in its
growth and development. In Europe
such things are more common, but
in this newer land it seldom hap
pens that seven or more generations
of a single family occupy a single
property, much less the same build.
ing, and that Is what the Parker'
have done In this ancient capital o.
the Province of East Jersey il
America.
can be cut and handled quite roughl,
without pain to the owner. This i
a comforting fact TO remember whel
the papers report that some hard.
patient has taken only a local an
aesthetic so that he can watch tn
operation performed upon himself
Cutting through the body wall woul,
NC PAINFUL Jul lllt iOidl diidCoAlltlAN
usually an injection of cocaine, stop
all sensation there. And once tn
surgeon gets inside the body he cal
cut away at his hearts content with
out bothering the patient at all. Thi
fact led investigators to the conclu
sion that they must look for specia
pain organs in the body.
i, = .
Everybody knows that sticking
needle into the flesh is a painful
experience. But only those who hav
experimental upon themselves wit
considerable care realize that Their
are many spots to be found wher
/ a needle can be thrust deeply int
the body without causing the slight
est sensation. Again, there ar
/, places where the slightest touch {
|, the needles point arouse pain in
/, stantly. These are called "pai
t Spots" and have been plotted OF
) with considerable care by psyche
i, logical Investigators, as a seama
| plots Out islands on a navigator
/ map. 1t is estimated that the aver
! age number of pain spots on III
= human body is about 5000 900.
: After this discovery it was though
that the problem of pain organs wa
' solved. Each pain spot was foun
to lie near the end of a tiny nerN
hbril, and it was believed that a
i organ too small to be seen with I'll
l microscope must be attached to II
nerve ending to give rise to the fee
r ing of pain. But such theoretici
. 'organs have never been found.
4 On the contrary. it has since bee
found that only those nerves whic
have no special organs, called zen
organs attached to them can cau'
pain at the slightest touch. Bl
/, other end organs which at first PR
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