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Drive at foot of hill east of the Cemetery
drivers were not at all in the minority. The ladies were really at the hour to give the laborers a hearty meal in the form of a picnic, and the interest taken by all in the matter of pork and the dinner, was evidenced by the zeal with which they worked. This year something over forty five dollars was paid by the ladies for blasting stumps with dynamite. In April of 1894. the young people of the town gave a "Female Minstrel" entertainment. one hundred and twenty-sit dollars and rien cents added to the treasurer's record. This fund was to be used toward building a pavilion for shelter in the park. Plans were submitted by two or three local architects, but the ex- pense was in excess of the sum deemed wise to expend, and
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there the matter rests as vet. A balance left from one of the season's lecture courses was divided between the Library and Forest Park Associations, giving to the Park fund about sixty- eight dollars. This and other small amounts made a total deposited in the bank for the pavilion fund a hundred and ninety-six dollars, or a little more. From this amount the ex- pense of putting in the water has been paid, and building a bridge over Fish Creek on the foot path to the Park. This, or perhaps the year following, a narrow strip of land was pur- chased of Richard Gardner (paid for by subscription from the citizens). in all perhaps four or five acres, which affords a short- er route to the Park for pedestrians. This commences in the valley at the foot of Third Street, crosses Fish Creek east of the factories in that locality, and intersects Woodland Avenue not far from the entrance. The drive is about three-fourths of a mile in extent, shaded and arched by luxuriant foliage. Large
East Side Drive.
numbers of our citizens advantage themselves of its cool, restful quietude, and doubtless many a brilliant idea has had its incep- tion within the confines of this sylvan retreat. Here we can "look through nature up to nature's God," and commune with Him whose hand ever fashions the beautiful. The same Trustees are in office at present as were at the time of its purchase, except that a vacancy was left when Mr. Batchelor was removed by death, and Mr. Andres Meeker chosen to fill it. In 1897 anoth- er tract of land, forty acres in extent. lying adjacent to Forest
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Park, and joining it on the cast, was obtained by the Trustees of the Cemetery Association. This was, in carly times, a por- tion of the Daniel Parke estate, at his death becoming the prop- erty of his son, George, thence to his heirs, and finally pur- chased by the Cemetery Association from Andres Mecker. This land is generously timbered with a growth of pine, and a portion was known as "the pines." Our former townsman, the Hon. I'.
The Pines.
C. Costello, now of New York City, generously offered to give one thousand dollars to build a drive through this territory, and otherwise improve it, if the towns-people would purchase the land. As before, the Trustees of the Cemetery Association did not feel at liberty to make this business arrangement without the consent of the lot-holders. To obtain their minds in the matter, a petition, as before, was circulated by W. T. Stevens, who labored untiringly and zealously in favor of the purchase. The former experience was repeated: some objected, but a majority were in favor of acquiring it. who encouraged the Trustees to secure it. Parties were negotiating, or taking steps to obtain it, with a view to cutting off the timber for lumber. thus removing a valuable pleasure resort, when their aims came to the knowledge of one who had desired to see it in the posses- sion of some one who would preserve it in its pristine beauty. It was Mr. Meeker who had this in mind, and its accomplishment he has lived to see. Seven hundred and seventy-five dollars was
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the purchase price. Mr. Costello's promised gift to the town was already in hand, when the land became a part of Forest Park. It was understood that Mr. Meeker should build the drive, and be allowed the timber which he cut in its course. Immediately, operations commenced, and a fine carriage drive twenty feet wide, and about a mile and a half in length is the result. This is named "Costello Road" as a courtesy to the generous donor. All praise to the level-headed business men who are the Trustees of the Cemetery Association; to Mr. Costello for the princely gift to his fellow townsmen ; to Mr. Meeker for his interest and labors in our behalf. The benefits of their ability and generosity will remain to future generations, and a grateful memory will live long after they have passed away. Would there were more who could and would foresee the needs and pleasures of those con- temporary, and those who come after them, in some such useful substantial manner. It is better to build while we live to see the results of it, than to leave a fund for some one to direct the use of after we are gone. It often happens that our desires are un- fulfilled, and it never meets our purpose. These men stand in the light of public benefactors to the village and town, and our people will not cease to appreciate the benefits of their thought- fulness and foresight.
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Early Implements.
CHAPTER XXIV.
Following is a list of the Supervisors representing the town of Camden from its organization as a town down to and includ- ing the present year.
Value Real Estate.
Value Person 1 Estate
1799. Jolin W. Bloomfield.
1800. John W. Bloomfield.
1801. John W. Bloomfield.
1802. John Rogers.
1803. John Humiston.
1804. John Humiston.
1805. John Humiston.
1806. Israel Stoddard.
1807. Israel Stoddard.
1808. Israel Stoddard.
1809. Elihu Curtiss.
1810. Elihu Curtiss.
1811.
Phineas Tuttle.
1812. Phineas Tuttle.
1813. Seth Dunbar.
1814. Seth Dunbar.
1815. Seth Dunbar.
1816.
Seth Dunbar.
1817.
Israel Stoddard.
$222,930
$10.189
222,930
8.421
1818. Israel Stoddard
195.844
10.935
1820.
Israel Stoddard.
192.744
8,663
1821. Israel Stoddard
193.194
0,262
1822. Israel Stoddard.
186,820
10,044
1823.
Israel Stoddard,
196.693
9,263
1824.
Israel Stoddard.
134.178
10,102
1825.
Seth Dunbar.
121.160
6.327
1826. Israel Stoddard.
123.124
-. 776
1827.
Israel Stoddard.
122.525
7.66;
1828.
Israel Stoddard.
124.586
6,200
1819. Israel Stoddard,
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Value Real Estate.
Value Personal Estate.
1829.
Seth Dunbar,
124,301
4,482
1830.
Seth Dunbar,
135,300
5,414
1831. Setlı Dunbar,
141,900
1832 Israel Stoddard,
141,014
6,860
1833 George L. Coe,
145,157
10,429.
1834. Lyman Curtiss,
144,860
8,650.
1835. Garrit Smitlı,
149,990
7,230
1836. John Smith,
154,250
6,150
1837.
Samuel B. Hinckly,
151,040
6,260
1838.
Samuel B. Hinckly,
156,314
6,220.
1839.
Seth Dunbar,
170,090
7,510.
1840.
Don A. Gatchell,
169,480
5,040.
1841.
Junius Woods,
169,980
9,590
1842.
Junius Woods,
170.770
11,400
1843.
Samuel B. Hinckly,
176.570
9,040
1844.
Horace Dunbar.
180,620
9,240
1845.
Horace Dunbar,
175.110
8.860
1846.
Ambrose Curtiss,
177,320
7.930.
1847.
Ambrose Curtiss.
1 80,200
11.980
1848.
Horace Dunbar,
184.685
10,400
1849.
Edwin S. Dunbar,
183.380
117.430
1850.
George W. Wood,
180,500
170.300'
1851.
Thomas D. Penfield,
452.590
164.840
1852.
Thomas D. Penfield,
347,260
149.390
1853.
Thomas D. Penfield.
343.850
127,600
1854.
E. S. Dunbar.
337.720
113,100
1855.
Jairus H. Munger.
311.250
17,560
1856.
Horace Dunbar.
306,490
4,230
1857.
Horace Dunbar,
303,220
3,600
1858.
Alfred Chamberlain,
294.849
9.300
1859.
Thomas D. Penfield,
293.589
9.550
1860.
Albert Bickford,
294,040
7.750
1861.
Thomas D. Penfield,
276,115
13.750
1862.
Pliny Phelps,
290,405
14.400
1863.
Patrick C. Costello,
293.970
13.000
1864.
Patrick C. Costello,
300,370
14,000
1865.
Patrick C. Costello,
296,550
8.350
1866.
Patrick C. Costello.
318,850
9.250
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Value Real lestatr.
Valde Per cal Ftale
1867. Henry S. Waterman,
316,250
12,850
1868. Henry S. Waterman,
338,450
12,350
1869. Benjamin D. Stone;
341,880
9,150
1870.
Benjamin D. Stone,
348,940
10,150
1871.
Curtis J. Wright,
350,220
10,500
1872.
Curtis J. Wright,
354.170
7,800
1873.
Spencer J. Upson,
353.530
0,650
1874.
Spencer J. Upson,
345,335
4.250
1875. Byron A. Curtiss,
346,240
3,900
1876.
Byron A. Curtiss,
1,329, 144
140,750
1877.
Thomas D. Penfield,
1,107,810
116,800
1878.
Thomas D. Penfield,
892,410
106,750
1879.
Thomas D. Penfield,
868,260
77,250
1880.
Thomas D. Penfield,
870,800
88,170
1881.
Thomas D. Penfield,
875.460
84.850
1882.
Benjamin D. Stone,
880,610
80.370
1883.
Benjamin D. Stone.
896.753
77.150
1884.
Chauncey M. Phelps, Total 1,031.963
1885.
Chauncey M. Phelps,
1,072,288
170,007
1886.
Thomas D. P'enfield, Total, 1.014.593
1887.
Jabez Ford.
851,200
13,600
1888.
Jabez Ford,
926,000
73.600
1889.
Andrew W. Craig,
876,810
20,250
1890.
Andrew W. Craig, Total real and personal, 916,167
1891. Orson C. Woods.
832,110
60,800
1892.
Orson C. Woods,
839.130
64.150
1893.
William H. Gifford,
843.610
62,900
1894. William H. Gifford.
859.740
62.550
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1895. William H. Gifford,
1,004.003
32.150
1896.
William S. Peck.
870.540
62,900
1897. William S. Peck.
Following are the Supervisors serving more than one term
John W. Bloomfield
3
John Humiston
3
Israel Stoddard
15
Elihu Curtiss
2
Phineas Tuttle
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Seth Dunbar 9
Samuel B. Hinckly 3
Horace Dunbar 5.
Ambrose Curtiss
2
Edwin S. Dunbar
3
Thomas D. Penfield 11
Patrick C. Costello
H. S. Waterman 2
Benjamin D. Stone
1
Curtis J. Wright
2
Spencer J. Upson
2
Byron A. Curtiss
2
Chauncey M. Phelps
2
Jabez Ford 2
A. W. Craig
2
Orson C. Woods 2
William H. Gifford 3
CHAPTER XXV.
GLEANINGS.
Married.
At Camden, N. Y., by the Rev. Henry Smith, May 28, 1828, David Johnson and Miss Laura Wilson. (Parents of Mrs. James H. Gamble).
Isaac Porter established the first brick kiln in Camden in 1804. It does not appear where it was located.
In 1842 when John Jamieson built the house at present the home of Mr. Eugene Conant, an unusual ceremony took place. After the frame was erected, the rafters in place, and all ready. James Jamieson, a son of the builder, mounted upon one of the timbers, broke a bottle of champagne, pouring it on the wood. christening the structure "The Cottage." a name it still bears. It was a matter of much comment, and in those days. when champagne did not flow as freely as now, was considered a "waste of material" by men of judgment.
When the famous Dan Rice first started in the circus business. Camden was one of the towns in which he first exhibited in 1820. Nearly one half his audience were Oneida Indians. At that time they were very numerous in this vicinity, as they went from their Fish Creek Reservation north, to Osceola and the Salmon River country, for fishing and trapping.
In early times, before Second Street was extended north. what is now Washington Street was then a foot path, and was called "Pig Alley."
It was a primitive pastime for the early white settlers in Cam- den to place coppers on a stump, which stood in front of the Col- ton Tavern, and give them to the Indian who shot at and hit the mark. A copper was seldom missed by the arrow of the red man.
When our informant was a young girl, her father had some dealings with the Indians, which occasionally brought them to the house. A string of bright beads which she wore about her neck, was removed and carried away by one of them, to the re-
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gret of the child, but it was thought best to let it pass without making trouble, so she did not recover her treasure.
Early settlers kept their coals with which to start fires buried in the ashes through the night. In the family of Mr. Abram Hennis, who dwelt in the "Oak Opening," they were allowed to "die out" by the children, who in the absence of their parents, did not know how to keep them alive. To get a fire to cook their suppers, they must go to a distant neighbor's through the forest, for a shovel full. In making the trip a black bear crossed the path of the child, and both being frightened, fled in opposite directions. We believe the child to have been Katharine Hennis (the late Mrs. James Jones). Matches were an unknown article in those days. Older people understood how to get a spark from a flint, but children could not do it.
An Indian and a white man once ran a race through Main Street to the bridge, at the foot of it. The prize was a jug of rum, and the white man won it. He was quite sober at the start, however, which could hardly be said of the competitor. The poor red man had been made tipsy by the friends of the winner, previous to the start.
It is related that in 1814 Jonathan Barnes was in need of material for bread for his family. Going to his rye field hie pro- cured some. thrashed enough to get a half bushel of grain, took it to Cropper Mill. got it ground, returning home at 9 o'clock at night. His wife made a short-cake. He had not tasted a mouthful of bread for three days. This was the best he ever ate, although it was as black as his boot.
"Pat No-Doubt," as he was known. came from Ireland to Camden about 1850, as he often told the children, "on horseback, between two ships." He had an insatiate love for whisky, and after taking a "drop too much of the craythur." would relate exaggerated stories. Upon one occasion he ran into the bar- room of a public house, out of breath, and much excited, de- claring that a thousand boys were pursuing him. "Oh no, Pat," said the proprietor. "there are not one thousand boys in the town." Then said Pat. "there are five hundred, and no doubt of it." "Not as many as that. Pat." replied the inn-keeper. "Well, then there were one hundred coming after me as fast as
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ever they could run, and no doubt of it." "You are mistaken, Pat, there could not have been one hundred boys after you." "Then there were fifty," rejoined the son of Erin. "No, not hity Pat, for had there been, I should have heard them." said the landlord. "Well then it was Lem Smith's boy, and some other one, and you need not doubt it." From this time on he was called "Pat No-Doubt," and was never known by any other name.
The first house built on Church Street was the Manger House built by William York in 1842, and soon after the Upson house was built.
The first house on Second Street north of Union Street Was built by Freeman Washburn, now owned and occupied by W. I. Stoddard.
The first house on Third Street was built and owned by Horace McIntire.
In the early days of our town a worthless specimen of human ity, fond of drink, and a decided distaste for labor. spent much time at the lower tavern. He was offered a dollar if he would stand all day on a pine stump opposite the tavern the propost- tion made him by Capt. Baird. He accepted it, and stood all day long in the bitter cold air, chopping vigorously to keep warm.
CONCLUDING CHAPTER.
The work necessary to the making of this book has been per- formed with the greatest pleasure. though prosecuted some of the time under circumstances of disadvantage and discourage- ment. Now that it is done, we have no apologies to offer. nor regrets to express, save that those who form the subject of this volume have not received from our pens as high commendation as they deserve. It must be remembered that early in our work, we asked, through the columns of the "Advance-Journal," for items of local pioneer interest from every one. If any are omit- ted, it surely is not our fault. Undoubtedly, with all care taken, such will be the case. Some will be found to have been unmen- tioned, and perhaps undue prominence given to others-due alone to the interest, or lack of it, by their descendants.
Mistakes and misapprehensions in a work of this kind are un- avoidable, especially in such matters as were never before brought into history, and derived from so many different sources. Especially will the reader be gratified with the faces. of honored citizens, familiar still to some, and greatly revered by all. Many pictures that enrich these pages have been long cherished as priceless treasures by relatives and friends. They will be warmly welcomed in many homes, and will give to future generations a more vivid realization of the days and scenes with which they were connected. The public will join with the authors in thanks to those persons who have so generously aid- ed in the reproduction of these valuable pictures. Others which were greatly desired it has been impossible for various reasons. to secure.
As some of the records of events come down to the present time, it seems but fitting that our pictures should include a life-long living representative of the town, Hon. Thomas De Milt Penfield, which his friends and constituents will highly value. Grateful thanks are due to the many friends who have given the writers invaluable information. Below we give the names of some who have aided us in the work: Mr. H. M.
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Chapman, Dr. A. 11. Smith, William Swanson, Harry Goodyear. Lucius Goodyear, Ambrose Brington, Mr. and Mrs. Com Stoddard, Pling Phelps, Mrs. A. S. Parker (deceasedy, Martin H. Stevens, M. P. B. Cook, Mrs. Barber, George Phelps, J. H. Tracy, W. H. Gifford, Mrs. Sarah Men, Mrs. Hildah Jude son, and many others. With this, our labors end in this dirve- tion. We earnestly hope the book will meet with the approval of its readers, and candidly admit that it has entailed more of this and research than we had an idea of when first considering it Something more than two years have been given by each of the authors to compiling it. The time has been willingh given and we cordially submit the result of our efforts to the reader
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HISTORY OF FRENCHMAN'S ISLAND.
From an issue of the "Camden Journal" of 1877, we copy the following, which may interest readers of to-day; also to pre- serve to our community the history of a spot so many visit liv- ing in Camden. As follows:
"As much interest is being manifested this season in this pleasant summer resort, we copy the following interesting sketch from the "Utica Herald," of September 17. 1859, kindly furnished by H. A. Case, Esq .:
"Frenchan's Island, situated in Oneida Lake, about three miles west of Constantia village, Oswego County, contains twenty-eight acres of land, and derives its name from a histor- ical incident of no little interest, which has been made the theme of much elegant romance in books and pamphlets. Even history has lent the weight and authority appertaining to its name and general character to the narration and embellishment oi pretended facts, gathered from the vague and uncertain tradi- tions current in the neighborhood of the island, without any re- gard to their authenticity, when real facts were published thirty years ago, and were familiar in all well-informed circles of so- ciety in this country. We propose to vindicate truth, and re- vive real facts, by presenting a brief outline of them. During the French Revolution, and after the overthrow of the monarchy and the succession of the Robespierre reign in 1793. the nobil- ity were brought to the block by scores every day, and their property confiscated.
The spirit and energy of the revolution was directed against rank, property and social order. Flight, therefore, was the only security for life among the higher classes, and the emigration to this country was immense. Families of high distinction left their homes and property without a moment's preparation; and in the train of exiles to the United States were crowned princes and dukes of the royal household. In the general rush came a young nobleman with a young and beautiful wife. They landed on our shores, and followed the trail of emigration west, until they reached Oneida Lake, which then lay in the great thoroughfare of trade and travel. Attracted by the beautiful island and the primitive forest with which it was covered, they
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landed on it, erected a neat cabin, and made their home there. At the period of their arrival on the island, George Scriba, proprietor of Scriba's Patent, had commenced a settlement at Constantia, which he called Rotterdam, in 1793, and had a large number of mechanics employed there, in erecting dwell- ings, mills, stores and public houses. The inmates of the humble dwelling upon the island became at once the objects of curiosity and speculation among Scriba's settlers, and the navigators of the lake. A light canoe lying at the island's home indicated that its owner was in communication with the main shore on the north bank of the lake, and is said to have sold gold and silver trinkets to a blacksmith at Constantia, for double the price of old iron. Boatmen navigating the lake had seen a young lady of surpassing beauty, habited in a foreign garb. laboring with her own hands in a little garden, and also heard the notes of a violin when passing at the hour of nightfall. The dwellers in the most magnificent palaces, and the members of the most polished society of the Old World, seemed to realize in the profound solitudes of nature the very natural desire for 'A lodge in some vast wilderness: some boundless contiguity of shade.' As time rolled on, the place of their residence be- came more and more extensivly known. Of its duration we have not at hand any authentic data, but infer. from contempo- raneous results, that it must have been a year or two. At length Chancellor Livingston, who acted as minister at the French Court, under the commission of the Continental Congress during the revolution, which post he resigned at the close of the war, and before the treaty of Paris in 1783. heard of the exile, and made a tour to Oneida Lake. His visit there is de- scribed in an article entitled 'The Exile.' published in 1830, in a book called 'The Scrap Table,' compiled from matter previous- ly published in newspapers and pamphlets, from which we de- rive many of our facts, authenticated by the Chancellor himself. He went to the island alone in a skiff, and landed near the door of the cabin, and the manner of his reception as an entire stranger, and the interview that followed, in which the Chan- cellor made himself and his business known, were of the most touching character: but the limits assigned to our article will not admit of details. The reception, which was rather beliger-
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ent, was soon followed by explanations, and a most affecting scene. When the conversation reached that point of amicable relations, at which the Count of St. Hilary introduced his lady with all the titles of nobility attached to her name, the Chan- cellor exclaimed, 'Heavens! can it be possible? Do I indeed, behold the danguter of Clairmont? Is it in the wilds of Ameri- ca that the belle of Quartier St. Germain holds her levee?' The lady and her husband looked astonished. 'Do you not remem- ber me?' continued the Chancellor. 'Have you forgotten the Champs Elysees and the fete given in honor of your birthday, in which I participated so largely as your father's American friend?' As if awakened from a dream, the lady threw herself upon her husband's arm, and wept. The Chancellor was so moved by the plaintive tones of her voice, and the unaffected expression of her grief, as to shed some natural tears in spite of himself. After mutual explanations, and a welcome to the hos- pitalities of the cabin, the Chancellor expressed his happiness at having found the very persons about whom he had been so deeply solicitous, and ended by offering them an asylum under his own roof, and the society of a family who would be devoted to their comfort. After hearing a relation of the horrid trage- dies they had witnessed, their escape from Paris to England. and their arrival in New York, and the misfortunes that had driven them into solitude, the Chancellor seized the hand of the Countess, and urged her not to delay her departure for a moment. 'The hospitality I have shared in your father's home shall, in all but its splendor, be returned in mine; come on the banks of the Hudson, and await tranquility, and the restoration of your fortune.' The Chancellor ordered up his batteau, and took them off with their most valuable effects, to his splendid mansion on the cast bank of the Hudson, which he named Clairmont, as he did the first steamboat that navigated the Hud- son, in honor of the lady's family. Here occurs an interregnum in the written history of Count St. Hilary; but subsequent facts justify the inference, that upon the restoration of order in France, under the iron rule of Napoleon, they returned to Paris. One morning in 1803. Chancellor Livingston appeared at Paris by appointment, with a number of Americans, on the banks of
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the Seine, to witness a second experiment or attempt of Robert Fulton to navigate the river with a small steamboat in which the Chancellor was interested. 'It was presently seen,' says the Chancellor, 'coming along with tolerable speed, and all were proud of the ingenuity of our countryman, and were intently gazing upon this specimen of his talent, when a dashing equipage came rolling along, and drew up near the place where we stood.' 'Eh bien,' said a lovely woman in the prime of life, seated on the back seat of the carriage. 'Oui, Oui,' replied a gentleman who sat next her, on whose breast a red ribbon was displayed. A recognition immediately took place, and the Chancellor says, 'In an instant I was at the side of the fair Genevieve, and the Count St. Hilary. Our mutual adventures were quickly related. I learned that fortune had smiled upon the interesting exiles. They were again in affluence and case, and as one who had known them intimately on the banks of the Hudson, I was the object of their marked attention and un- varying friendship. I was soon, although an undistinguished traveler, in the enjoyment of a brilliant society, and the re- ceived guest in a circle never to be forgotten.' To return to 'Frenchman's Island:' Ine sudden manner in which the cabin and its furniture was left, gave rise to all sorts of conjectures and stories among the dwellers upon the lake shore. Some be- lieved the islanders had been murdered and thrown into the lake, others that they had run away. The blacksmith at Con- stantia was grieved that he had not purchased more of the Countess' jewels, which by virtue of his art. he estimated at double the price of old iron. The remains of the cabin and fruit trees planted by St. Hilary are still to be seen on the island."
To keep the historic importance of this romantic spot in the minds of our residents, it is deemed wise to reprint it in our book. From time to time newspaper accounts have been given of it, but such are destroyed. We wish to record it.
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