Dec 20,
1962
Footnotes
to L.I. History
By Thomas R. Bayles
The advance for April 14, 1877
carries the following items.
“The Ida B. Silsbe,
Capt. Terry has arrived.
“The O. P. Smith
with seed oysters starts for Providence.
“The Robert Mills,
Capt. E. Dayton, has started on her second trip to Providence with
seed oysters.
“The Lilie D.
Dayton, Capt Ruland, is loading for Providence.”
The same issue of
The Advance carries the ad of Scudder Hawkins, which reads, “Scudder
Hawkins desires to inform the people of Patchogue and surrounding
district that he has opened the Railroad Avenue House, on Main
Street opposite Railroad Avenue as a restaurant and oyster saloon
with meals at all hours, and ice cream and confectionery.”
Hammond Mills &
Co. advertise in The Advance for January 1902 the following
groceries, “Armour’s sugar cured hams 11 cents a pound, oatmeal 7
pounds for 25¢, potatoes 95¢ a bushel, eggs 25¢ a dozen, California
prunes 5¢a pound, good coffee 2 pounds for 25¢, butter 25¢ a pound,
red Alaska salmon 15¢ (now about 90¢), string beans, lima beans,
peas, corn, 3 cans for 25¢, Pancake mixture 10 pounds for 25¢.”
Wm. H. Harris
advertised the same time dry oak wood at $4 a cord with sawing and
splitting two cuts $1.50 a cord extra.
E. H. Terry & Co.
advertised in The Advance for November 27, 1875 as follows,
“The Old Patchogue
Grist Mill, the West Mill, the undersigned having purchased the old
Jayne Mill, and put it in thorough order, are now prepared to say to
the public, “Come On,” We have settled here and mean Business. All
custom work done with dispatch and grain of every description kept
constantly on hand for sale at the lowest market price. Wheat, rye,
oats, corn and buckwheat bought for cash. We are practical millers
and have come to stay. – E. H. Terry & Co.
The Advance for
November 27, 1875 carried the ad of the Patchogue Union Free School,
which states that the Fall Term will commence of Monday, September
6, 1875, and non-resident pupils will be received for the term of 14
weeks for $7 and that pupils from a distance can obtain board at
reasonable prices. E. T. Moore, Clerk.
The following
resolution was adopted by the Town Board in November 1875:
“Resolved, That
this Board will lease lots in the South Bay for the purpose of
planting and growing oysters, not exceeding six acres to any one
person, for the annual rent of $2 per acre, to be paid annually in
advance.”
Another ad dated
Oct. 4, 1875 reads: “I hereby notify all Ministers and Justices of
the Peace, not to marry any of my children who are minors, and I
forbid all persons having any dealings with them without my order,
neither harbor not trust them under penalty of the law, William L.
Raynor.”
L. W. Pelletreau
and A. W. Kaler advertise their Swan River Mill with Flour Feed &
Grain and satisfaction guaranteed.
In November 1875
J. M. Smith advertises in The Advance his stock of goods as follows,
“J. M. Smith will offer on Monday his entire stock of dry goods at
cost for cash and cash only. This stock consists of dress goods,
Alpaccas, Delains, Prints, Muslins, Cotton Flannels, White, Red and
Blue All Wood Flannels, Men’s Wear, Hosiery, Notions, etc., also my
entire stock of Boots and Shoes at cost. This stock of goods is
complete and will be sold at cost, and no humbug. This opportunity
is offered at the right time when money is scarce.”
F. Oldis
advertises his oyster saloon in the same month with oysters in every
style, “Raws, Stews, Fries, Roasts, or Broils. Oysters by the quart
or bushel, and the best oyster crackers the market affords.”
The Suffolk Herald
was published in Patchogue in 1864 with M. C. Swezey, proprietor,
and A. V. Davis, editor. The Herald claimed to be the only paper
published in a circuit of 25 miles from Patchogue.