S. M. Shaw

“ At the annual meeting of the County Medical Society, held in July, 65 members were present, and a resolution was passed adopting the Washingtonian pledge. The movement was one of great popularity, and it accomplished much good. Governor Bouck, who had been in attendance at a meeting of the Board of Trustees of Hartwick Seminary, of which he was a member, stopped over night in Cooperstown at the Eagle Hotel. ≈ 64 Doct. John Russell, long a resident of this village, the father of Mrs. Judge Nelson, died the 2d of August, in the 71st year of his age. ”

“ Party politics ran very high in Cooperstown this year, and many meetings were held in and near the village. The village had long been noted for its many prominent and active politicians. The County Jail, which succeeded the old log structure, was burned Dec. ”

“ The loss was about $10,000; the insurance only one-half that amount. A large number of persons in the employ of the Messrs. Phinney, were obliged to leave the village after this disaster, from a lack of employment, and thus it was a serious affair in respect to the interests of the place, as the business was removed to Buffalo. The original of the following paper, in the handwriting of Col. J. H. Prentiss. was handed us by Mr. George W. Ernst, while on a visit to Cooperstown, the day on which the preceding paragraph was put in type, and we give it as of interest in this connection. ”