The Old Badger The Badger contacts aviators First published in The Freeman’s Journal August 2, 1978 “They tell us at the drugstore that since the aviators came here, the business done in lip rouge, ordinary rouge, and other forms of calsomine has almost doubled. And Schneider and Raubacher, who do most of the clothes cleaning say that the way the officers’ uniforms catch up talcum powder along the sleeves and shoulder is something awful.” — The Freeman’s Journal, July 16,…
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Bound Volumes August 12, 2021 Compiled by Tom Heitz/SHARON STUART, with resources courtesy of The Fenimore Art Museum Research Library 210 YEARS AGO Quoted from the London Courier – “It is well known to the world that his majesty’s government (partly from the contempt in which it has held the men who have so disgracefully conducted public affairs in America) have not heretofore thought it expedient to resent their marked ill will and injurious acts towards Great Britain. These provocations…
Up On Hawthorn Hill Walking unveils a world of hidden wonders Two days ago, after visiting a friend in the village, I walked home, a jaunt of about five miles. I am a walker by nature, but it has been a while since I have taken a walk of any substantial length. Most of our walks around here are two to three miles. That, coupled with working in the gardens and doing chores up here on the hill, usually serves…
Reporters Notebook A novice’s guide to opera, Glimmerglass style As a 30-something Oneonta resident who arrived from Brooklyn three months ago, it can be somewhat difficult finding things to do that don’t involve sitting at home and watching endless amounts of anime (for more information on this, see my previous column). However, one of the first things I heard about upon arriving in Oneonta, and since I also spend a lot of time at The Freeman’s Journal office in Cooperstown,…
Life Sketches Letting go of the past is a challenge at any age My son Jonathan called me the other night to tell me he missed the old house in Brooklyn. He had lived there his whole life, as I did mine, except for the Army and my longest winter in Richfield Springs. I told him I missed the house, too, and described my last days there. We had sold to a builder, so I knew the old Victorian was…
Bound Volumes August 5, 2021 Compiled by Tom Heitz/SHARON STUART, with resources courtesy of The Fenimore Art Museum Research Library 210 YEARS AGO Wisdom for the Merchant – Are you a merchant? Enter on your day book everything you let go on credit at the moment you dispose of it; never put it off till another time. The memory is treacherous and you may forget the number or price. Post your books every Saturday. Look frequently at your accounts. He…
Life Sketches Fighting the burdock seems to be my mission Burdock is an enemy I’ve been trying to eradicate since we moved to the farm. It was growing thick all around the barn, so, first I weed-whacked it and later mowed it and now there’s only grass where there once stood a Velcro-like mob waiting to take hold of your pants, socks and bootlaces. When these sticky weeds are at the edge of a hayfield or in a hedgerow it’s…
Life in the Time of Covid-19 Here we go again with the coronavirus pandemic Several months ago, I stopped writing my weekly column on life in the time of Covid-19. The rollout of the vaccinations was going well locally, the numbers of people hospitalized locally were low, and organizations were opening up. The Rotary Club that I belong to in Cooperstown was making plans to go back to meetings in person. I was also recovering from major surgery and it…
Up On Hawthorn Hill Looking at language changes with displeasure Despite knowing all too well that language is always evolving, there are some aspects of its constant evolution that stick in my craw. My wife is the unfortunate recipient of my constant grousing about things I hear people say on the radio every morning. If I were to compile a list it would be long and, well, possibly annoying to some (especially the guilty!) and characterized as pretty nitpicky. So…
HOMETOWN HISTORY July 29, 2021 Compiled by Tom Heitz/SHARON STUART, with resources courtesy of The Fenimore Art Museum Research Library 135 Years Ago It would be difficult for the lover of wild and picturesque scenery to imagine a more delightful trip than that afforded by a ride at this season over the New York, Ontario, and Western railroad between Sidney Plains and Middletown. The road winds its way through the wildest regions of Delaware and Sullivan counties, traveling up mountain…
