19th century Hague — Picnic at the preacher’s house

There was a feast at the preacher’s house.

“The picnic which was held last Saturday on the premises of the Rev. Joseph Dunn was a very enjoyable affair,” the Hague correspondent reported in The Morning Star of Glens Falls on Sept. 28, 1895. “The table was set in the elder’s new house and while the ladies were getting dinner the guests listened to music on the organ, accompanied by many voices.”

In other 19th century Hague news collected from historic newspapers of the region:

1895

• “The Baptist Church has a new Estey organ, the Hague correspondent reported in The Morning Star on Sept. 28.
• “Bert Lane is digging a cellar for a new house which he intends to build this fall,” the Hague correspondent reported on Oct. 5.

1882

• “Rumor has it that Dr. Oliver of Ticonderoga is to settle here at no distant day. We hope that is so, as there is no doctor closer than Ticonderoga, 9 miles distant,” the Hague correspondent reported in the Ticonderoga Sentinel on June 9.
• “There are more peddlers and sewing machine agents here than are wanted. Wish some of them would depart,” the Hague correspondent reported on June 9.
• “Lyman Bruce is about to erect a new grist mill on the premises that he has lately purchased from Rufus Rising and Mrs. Jos. Buffolph. He paid $600 (the equivalent of $18,558 in 2025 dollars) for the site,” the Hague correspondent reported on June 9.
• “The Hague mines are running day and night and are procuring a large amount of lead. Hollis Spaulding has the contract of hauling the lead from the mines to the lake and from there it is carried by boat to the village,” the Hague correspondent reported on July 7.
• “Mrs. Wheeler of the Trout House had a very handsome present one day last week in the shape of two oil painting from Mr. Samuel Overy of New York City. One of the pictures is of a bass and the other a perch as the fisherman was taking it out of the water with a red fly in its mouth. They are beauties,” the Hague correspondent reported on July 7.
• “Boarders are arriving in Hague, and the hotel and boarding housed proprietors begin to look cheerful,” the Hague correspondent reported on July 7. “The Phoenix has seven, the Hillside House has ten, and the Trout House nine guests, and more are expected every day. The rooms at the Hillside House and Trout House are all engaged for July.”

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