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This branch of the Spencer family and that represented by the late Chief-Justice Am- brose Spencer, and his son, Honorable John C. Spencer, were kindred, and claim a common ancestry. The family emigrated to New York from Connecticut, their original place of settlement in the New World, springing from an English ancestor, William Spencer, who came to Cambridge, Mass., before or early in the year 1631.
It appears that he returned to or visited England afterwards, for he married his wife, Alice, in that country about the year 1633. He was again a resident and a prominent man in Cambridge in 1634-5, and was afterwards one of the first settlersin Hartford, Conn. He was the eldest of three brothers, all of whom were among the early settlers of Hartford.
The family of the present Judge Spencer, on the maternal side, were purely Irish. His
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grandfather emigrated to this country from Ireland prior to the American Revolution, and served his adopted country as a soldier during the War of Independence.
Judge Spencer, before he had fully attained manhood, was thrown upon his own resources, and acquired his education and profession mainly by his own exertions. He commenced the practice of law in 1850, in his native county, and soon became popular and respected in his profession.
In 1854, he removed to Ogdensburg, St. Lawrence county, and, with Judge William C. Brown, formed the legal firm of Brown & Spencer, which for many years enjoyed a success- ful and profitable practice in the courts of Northern New York. In 1857 he was appointed United States District Attorney for the Northern District of New York.
The performance of the duties of that office extended his professional acquaintance into nearly every county of the State. After the expiration of his term of office, he removed to the city of New York, and entered upon the practice of his profession in that city. His energy and industry, added to his former professional reputation in the State, soon brought him clients and a very successful business.
In 1867, he entered into partnership with Hon. Charles A. Rapallo and other legal gentlemen, under the firm name of Rapallo & Spencer, which became familiar to the public and in the courts as associated with some of the most important causes of the day, including the famous Erie controversy and other equally important litigations connected with rail- road and steamship companies. The existence of that firm terminated with the election of its senior members to the bench-Mr. Rapallo to the Court of Appeals, and Mr. Spencer to the Superior Court of New York. He was a candidate at a later day for reelection as Judge, but was defeated by a small majority,
On his retirement from the bench and return to the active practice of his profession in New York city, the Judge was heartily welcomed, and his old clients renewed their allegi- ance. As years have worn away he has become more attached to his Manhattan Island (see description elsewhere,) and there he spends much of each summer, a practice dating back for twenty years. He has improved and beautified every thing he has touched, and is known as a liberal, progressive gentleman, taking a deep and healthy interest in all that relates to the St. Lawrence and the improvement of its Islands. Such men become, in a sense, public benefactors, and their memory should not die for want of proper recognition.
FRANK H. TAYLOR.
One of the prettiest of the many charming summer homes at Round Island is that of Frank H. Taylor, of Philadelphia, Pa., an early resident here, and whose unremitting work both as a writer for many publications and an artist has done much to increase the fame of this beautiful region through the country at large. Mr. Taylor, with his family, have resided here more than a dozen seasons, and participate actively in the social life of the river. The cosey little studio over the boat house at "Shady Ledge" is lined with studies of island scenes both in color and black and white, as well as many trophies gathered in years of travel. The historic article relating to Count Frontenac, from the pen of Mr. Taylor, which appears in this book, was originally prepared for reading at one of the annual series of "camp-fires," which, as every islander knows, are a feature of "Shady Ledge " hospitality, and which led to the adoption of the name for the handsome Hotel THE STUDIO OF FRANK H. TAYLOR Frontenac upon the same island.
BROOKLYN HEIGHTS, ROUND ISLAND
SUMMER RESIDENCE OF CHARLES A JOHNSON, EsQ., of 125 Montagu St., Brooklyn, N. Y., and 80 Broadway, New York.
BOAT HOUSE OF JOHN COOPER, ESQ., of 315 E. 28th St., New York.
SUMMER RESIDENCE OF JOHN COOPER, ESQ., of 315 E. 28th St., New York.
ODDACITE FISHER'S LANDING.
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REV. JOHN FERDINAND DAYAN,
Well known as a distinguished minister in the Methodist Episcopal Church, was born in the town of Lyme, Jefferson County, N. Y., January 23rd, 1819. His father was Dr. John Dayan, a distinguished physician, who came from Lowville, where he was educated and studied medicine with Dr. Perry, also a distinguished surgeon in his day. Soon after obtain- ing his degree, Dr. John Dayan married Polly Henry, of Lowville, N. Y., whose father was a captain in the Revolutionary army, and among the earliest settlers of Lewis county. The Doctor emigrated to the town of Lyme, where he commenced the practice of his profession, and continued it until his death by accidental drowning in July, 1835, in his 42nd year.
The Dayan family trace their descent from a prominent Austrian family, in which were three celebrated military generals, the last of whom was that field marshal who was commander-in-chief of all the armies under Maria Theresa, in her seven years' war against Frederick the Great. The family was originally of German origin-a town bearing the name of Daun, still existing in that country. About a hundred years ago the name
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was Americanized by changing the spelling from Dann to Dayan. On leaving college, the paternal grandfather of Mr. Dayan came to America during the Revolutionary war. He landed in New York in 1780 and died in Amsterdam, N. Y., in 1793.
After the death of his father, the subject of this sketch went to live with his uncle, Judge Charles Dayan, of Lowville, N. Y. There he entered the Lowville Academy. After com- pleting his academic course, he studied law. Just previous to his being admitted to the bar, he became interested in the study of the Bible as a law book, which led to his conversion and connection with the Methodist Episcopal Church in the spring of 1842. Under the pastoral guidance of Rev. James Erwin, he united with the Black River Conference in 1844, and entered upon the work of the ministry in which he continued until 1867, when his failing health necessitated his giving it up.
In 1845 he was united in marriage to Miss Clarissa Julia Chase, eldest daughter of Rev. Squire Chase, one of the earliest missionaries to darkest Africa. The writer remembers him as a man of extraordinary force and capacity. He was one of the best organizers the Metho- dist hierarchy could command at that time. Of stalwart frame, his presence was com- manding. He possessed a voice of great volume, and it reached to the uttermost parts of the largest church. He was regarded as the ablest preacher in the old Black River Conference.
Rev. Mr. Dayan served the following charges : LeRay, Adams, Clayton, Syracuse, Fairfield, Lowville, Theresa, Cape Vincent, Ilion, Carthage.
At Theresa, the writer and his family sat under his preaching. His manner was pur- suasive, his diction classical, his sermons more than interesting-they touched the lieart. The largest revival remembered in Theresa was during his pastorate, and when he left that charge he carried with him the affectionate remembrance of every member of the church and congregation.
In 1866 he was made Presiding Elder of the Watertown District, a position calling for a robust constitution and endless industry. His labors in that position impaired his liealth, and he relinquished with many regrets his cherished life-work.
Mr. Dayan was in every respect a progressive man, and in 1872-3 he had given much thought to tlie project of opening a Christian summer resort among the Thousand Islands. To him more than to any other one man, is due not only the inception of the plan but its reduction to a practical basis. Not that his plan met with disfavor or that some capitalist could not be found who would invest money enough to try the experiment. But the details were enormous ; the amount of tact required was surprising, for local jealousies had to be placated, the enthusiasm of the Methodists aroused, and the organization so poised as to be distinctly religious, yet not repelling those who were not church-members nor church-goers. In all these intricate manipulations Mr. Dayan showed himself an adept-manifesting a busi- ness capacity that surprised his friends. His plans found ample fruition, and the Thousand Island Park stands to-day his ablest advocate. (See the article upon the Park, p 168c, for a more complete description. ) For six years Mr. Dayan was the manager of that Associa- tion, and, up to the time he resigned from its board of control, it owed to his forethought, perseverance and zeal all that it was.
Thenceforward his life has merged gradually into the "sere and yellow leaf." With health much impaired he waits patiently for that passing hence which will reveal to him the blessedness of those who, through evil and good report, in hours of deepest despondency, even when tormented by doubts and uncertainties, have yet steadily stood for Christ and his glorious cause ; and who, having been faithful over a few things, shall surely be called to the command of higher things, and even reign with Him whose faithful servant he has been for nearly sixty years.
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Some Summer Resorts
(Above Alexandria Bay.)
ROUND ISLAND PARK was incorporated in 1879 with a capital of $50,000, in shares of $100. The island contains about 175 acres, and has been laid out into 400 lots, besides avenues, ornamental parks, picnic grounds, etc. It is one mile long and fron1 800 to 1,200 feet wide, and lies about a quarter of a mile from the mainland, and a mile and a half from Clayton village. This park was originally under the patronage of the Baptists, but its man- agement is now non-sectarian. A dock 260 feet long and 14 feet in depth was built, and in 1880 an hotel 50 by 200 feet, four stories high, was erected. In 1889 the hotel was enlarged and improved, and will now accommodate 400 guests.
CENTRAL PARK is located upon the mainland, about midway between Alexandria Bay and Thousand Island Park. This park was incorporated about 1881, with a capital stock of $25,000. A commodious hotel and cottages have been erected, with sufficient dockage and other improvements, making about $40,000 invested.
GRAND VIEW PARK was laid out as a public park in 1885, on the northwestern point of Wells Island, containing 25 acres. Hamilton Child, of Syracuse, in 1886 erected a cottage there, which is now used as a hotel. It has 228 building lots, and has hourly connection witlı Thousand Island Park.
GRENNELL, ISLAND PARK is named for its proprietor, who for 30 years has resided upon a small island near the point upon which the park is located, with which his island is con- nected by a bridge. The park was started in 1882. A hotel has been erected upon the smaller island, and several private cottages have been erected on the larger island.
AT JOLLY OAKS, below The Thousand Island Park, Mr. J. L. Norton, of Carthage, has a fine cottage, and spends much of the hot weather there, amidst old friends, among whom are Hon. W. W. Butterfield, of Redwood, Dr. N. D. Ferguson, Mrs. H. G. Kellogg, O. P. Greene, of Carthage, and others, forming an agreeable company.
FREDERICK ISLAND, a short distance below Jolly Oaks, is another popular resort, the Summer home of Mr. C. L. Frederick, also of Carthage. He has three islands, two of them united by a neat bridge, the group forming a most attractive place.
PROSPECT PARK occupies a tract of 50 acres upon Bartlett Point, about one mile up stream from Clayton. The point commands a fine prospect and was the scene of an engage- ment in the war of 1812.
EDGEWOOD PARK is located upon the mainland, near Alexandria Bay. A fine club- house and several cottages have been erected, and the place has been incorporated as the Edgewood Park Association, comprising mostly people from Cleveland.
HANCOCK OR MURRAY ISLAND is now known as Murray Hill Park. The island was purchased of Capt. J. A. Taylor by a syndicate. The island is well located, and will proba- bly become a popular resort.
THE SEVEN ISLES, a place where, in 1895, it is proposed to start a place of popular resort, is already mentioned (on p. 160,) as well as herein shown in two interesting views.
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BROOKLYN TERRACE, THOUSAND ISLAND PARK. SUMMER RESIDENCE OF BYRON A. BROOKS, OF BROOKLYN, N. Y.
BYRON A. BROOKS
WAS born in Theresa, December 12, 1845, of most industrious and respectable parents. He displayed a naturally imaginative temperament, inherited from his mother, illy in accord with his rude surroundings, and with a mechanical and inventive taste derived from his father. He attended the village school summer and winter, but the best part of his educa- tion was acquired in the fields and waters and about the shops and factories of his native village, which seems to him now an almost ideal home for a boy, thoughi its moral influences might have been better. He hegan to teach a country school in the town of Clayton before he was 16, and the next winter near Cape Vincent. He attended the Gouverneur Wesleyan Seminary, whence he graduated in 1866, and went to teach in the Antwerp Liberal Literary Institute. He entered Wesleyan University at Middletown, Conn., in 1867, graduating in 1871, among the " honor men," though he was out over half of the time teaching-one year as principal of Antwerp Seminary. After graduating he lived 10 years in New York city, engaging in teaching and literary work.
In 1874, he became interested in the new type writer, and in 1875 invented the "Upper " and "Lower" case machine, afterwards known as the "Remington No. 2," which has made millions of money for its proprietors. He has ever since been connected with that business, taking out nearly thirty patents, including several in printing, telegraph and type-forming machines. He has also perfected and placed on the market the "Brooks Typewriter," which is superior to all.
In 1876, he published "King Saul, or A Tragedy." In 1882, "Those Children and Their Teachers ;" "Phil Vernon and His Schoolinasters." In 1893, "Earth Revisited," and is at present engaged upon a historical romance of the present century in Northern New York called, the "American Spirit." He expects to devote most of his time to literary persuits in future.
His grandfather, Dr. James Brooks, was the first physician in the town of Theresa, and his father was well known as one of nature's nobleman, "an honest man." Byron A. illus- trates what comnon Schools and an academic education may do to bring out adinirable traits in a young man, unsuspected before he began to "grow through books."
. . . Solid Vestibule Trains to and from the Thousand Islands . . .
Stopping Only at Principal Cities and making the following Very Fast Time :
New York, 8 hours ; Albany, 5 hours ; Utica, 3 hours ; Niagara Falls, 8} hours ; Buffalo, 8 hours; Rochester, 6} hours ; Syracuse, 3} hours, connecting with fast Express and Limited trains to and from Chicago, St. Louis, Cincinnati, Detroit, Toledo, Pittsburg, Cleveland and the west ; also with Boston and New England points.
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The following lines, by Caleb Lyon, of Lyonsdale, are very old, but will be read with interest :
The Thousand Isles, the Thousand Isles, Dimpled, the wave around them smiles, Kissed by a thousand red-lipped flowers, Gemmed by a thousand emerald howers ; A thousand birds their praises wake, By rocky glade and plumy brake, A thousand cedars' fragrant shade Fall where the Indians' children played ; And fancy's dream my heart beguiles, While singing thee, the Thousand Isles.
No vestal virgin guards their groves, No Cupid breathes of Cyprian loves, No Satyr's form at eve is seen, No Dryad peeps the trees between, No Venus rises from their shore, No loved Adonis, red with gore, No pale Endymion wooed to sleep, No hrave Leander breasts their deep, No Ganymede-no Pleiades- Theirs are a New World's memories.
There St. Lawrence geutlest flows, There the south wind softest hlows, There the lilies whitest bloom, There the birch hath leafiest gloom, There the red deer feed in spring, There doth glitter wood duck's wing, There leap the mascolonge at morn, There the loon's night song is borne, There is the fisherman's paradise, With trolling skiff at red sunrise.
The Thousand Isles, the Thousand Isles, Their charm from every care heguiles ; Titian alone hath grace to paint The triumph of their patron saint, Whose waves return on memory's tide, La Salle and Piquet side by side. Proud Frontenac and hold Champlain There act their wanderings o'er again ; And while the golden sunlight smiles, Pilgrims shall greet thee, Thousand Isles.
THE RIVER OF DREAMS.
A Souvenir of the St. Lawrence .- From Geraldine.
"Tis the river of dreams. You may float in your boat on the bloom-hordered streams, .
Where its islands like emeralds matchless are set, And forget that you live, and as quickly forget That they die in that world you have left ; for the calm
Of content is within you, the blessing of balm Is upon you forever. Mortality sleeps While you dream, an immortal: some mistiness creeps Like a veil of forgetfulness over your past, And it is not. Your day is eternal, to last Without darkness, or change, or the shadow of dread. Blessed isles, where to-day and to-morrow are wed In such fullness of bliss. Blessed river that smiles In such beauty and peace hy the beautiful isles.
AMONG THE ISLANDS. ELIZABETH WINSLOW ALLDERDICE.
(In the "Continent.")
Dreaming we sailed one summer's day, A day so long ago, Dreaming as only idlers may In summer noontide's glow,
Dreaming as only light hearts can Before the weight of years Has fettered mirth with cruel han And freighted life with tears.
Sailing 'mid islands green and fair On broad St. Lawrence tide, Where worldly thought and worldly care All entrance are denied- Nothing hut nature still and sweet, Nature beyond compare, The shining water 'neath our feet, Around the summer air.
White clouds move slowly o'er the hlue, White shadows lie below ; They stir not at our gliding through, So lazily we go. The fisher's craft with sails nufurled Drift with us down the tide, While yachts from out the busy world Far in the offing ride.
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