19th century Ti — No cattle drives in downtown

Downtown Ticonderoga should not resemble the Old West.

“Take care of your cattle. The Road Commissioner means business,” the Ticonderoga Sentinel warned on May 30, 1879.

“Terrible excitement! What about? Why the order prohibiting cattle running in the highways.”

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

• New retail businesses were opening at Old Ti.

“We espied a new tin shop one day last week located over the store of Wm. Hooper & Co.,“ the Ticonderoga Sentinel reported on May 2, 1879.

“C. W. Ostrander, formerly of Plattsburgh, has opened a new grocery store and provision depot in the store formerly occupied by R. Stafford & Co.”

“John Woodard’s bakery will go into blast at once; sales room in Weed’s Block,” the Ticonderoga Sentinel reported on June 13, 1879.

• “Miss Annie McCambridge is to teach the summer school in the Tuffertown District, Ticonderoga. Miss McCambridge taught the winter term,” the Ticonderoga Sentinel reported on May 2, 1879.
• “Our cemetery is being enclosed with a new fence, which is a step in the right direction,” the Chilson correspondent reported in the Ticonderoga Sentinel on May 23, 1879.
• “The debt of the Congregational Church Society is virtually paid,” the Ticonderoga Sentinel reported on May 30, 1879.
• “Ladies, just step into Thayer & Washburn’s and look at those nice lace waisted gloves — perfect beauties,” the Ticonderoga Sentinel reported on May 30, 1879.
• “The shores of our lakes are to be visited by a number of Boston journalists. They will tarry awhile among the Adirondacks,” the Ticonderoga Sentinel reported on June 6, 1879.

The Boston journalists just might meet up with a prominent politician.

“It is rumored that Ex-Governor (John Thompson) Hoffman will spend time this summer in the vicinity of Lake George,” the Ticonderoga Sentinel reported on June 13, 1879.

• “For sale — a new side-spring buggy wagon and a buckboard wagon, which may be seen at Wilson’s wheelwright shop, Ticonderoga,” the wheelwright advertised in the Ticonderoga Sentinel on June 6, 1879.
• “The new sidewalk on Lake George Avenue, just above the west terminus of 2nd Street, is a decided improvement,” the Ticonderoga Sentinel reported on June 6, 1879. “A good railing over the trestle would be another improvement.”
• “The sidewalk on Exchange Street, west of the new iron bridge, is to be extended to Weedville, and will be pushed forward as soon as possible,” the Ticonderoga Sentinel reported on June 13, 1879.

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