If circumstances were wanted to furnish proof of the littleness of Troy, it can be found in the fact that its citizens got a law passed by the last legislature allowing them to tax the county to raise their Recorder’s… Continue Reading →
For a period of time, in compliance with a state law enacted in 1847, there was a “colored department” or “colored school” in School District 1. Here again is a relatively little-explored topic. It seems possible that such a school… Continue Reading →
LOCAL SUMMARY ————————- ☞ RAPID INCREASE—We learn from the Clerk of School District No. 5, of this town, which comprises that section lying north of Reed’s tavern [the tavern seems to have been at 727 Second Avenue, above 120th Street],… Continue Reading →
A Sleigh Ride. On Tuesday last our Military Company, for once in the season, threw away “dull care” in the recreation of a fine sleigh ride. Proceeding to Troy they crossed over to West Troy, and passing through Cohoes, from… Continue Reading →
GAIETY.—The “out squirts of the town,” as [Benjamin Penhallow Shillaber’s character] Mrs. Partington would say, are getting famous for gaiety and fun. Last evening, we understand, the good people of Batestown rejoiced exceedingly over the excellencies of a good supper… Continue Reading →
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