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'ItOP BOTTOM (t he: postoilice name)
. or Foster (the , name of the rail-1
road station,) is one of the most ;
thriving boroughs on .the line of the D.
L. &W. Railroad. It is about eighteen;
miles by rail from Montrose and eleven
miles direct, via country roads. The
village lids in a picturesque valley..on '
eitherside of wh'
Ilia. are high hills, hence
the Ideation is not as favorable 'for vil
lage purpOses as those of some other i
towns in the counts', as the valley there ,
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is narrow and can be reached from the ; the flour and feed mill located in Kings
cast
and west only by passing over hills , , ley and conducted by Stearns. Brothers. a
that are almost mountainous in height, • J. F. Cool - • . This mill was built in.r 9ol. . 1
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roads that are difficult to keep in re- ,
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UT of the little band of farmers and ped in a most thorough
hair; nevertheless, the community has VP' . burghers who comprised' the town. products turned out from it rank with.
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prospered and is at present a distrib-; of Montrose thirty years `ago • there the best in the land and they are in
uting point' for a considerable area.' 'went dawn into Bcranton a Mr. John p.. great demand. The "Best of All" flour =
One of the natural advantages is the! Cool, a Young man of twenty-four or particularly is a brand that has few =,
twenty-ffve. whci wished mach his for- equals and no superiors for making = _
water-power of Martin's creek, which is tune in the.city, then a smaller
utilized to a fair ex.e.lz, but could no town than the one which- now graces wholesome' and delicious bread, rolls, -
doubt be still m - i 6 of the greatest ad-i the valley of the Lacliiiwarina. After etc. The firm is composed of Coe H. -
spending some
whitime in the city without and George A. Steains, both' of whom = • •
vantage for t:.e l• , k anon of new enter -1 finding4nythin _ch exactly suited
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'are natives of Harford. George Stearns = .
prises requiring ',Aver. In • rB6 . the ffm, he .decicle g
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is county superintendent of schools. A = .
Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Rail- nothing - better than to ,bunt and .
Produce Taken in Exchange. .
road built a substantial depot building. inspect lumber, in which a:rgreat deal brief sketch of Prof. Stearn§ appears _ Co untry
position, in took a course 1.- at night ofthe ' '
Trains occasionally stopped there as far of skill and training -is required. He elsewhere. . . .
back as 1852, but after the depot was accordingly
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built .and regular railroad facilities ob- tchciol. Mr. Cool very soon obtained a .
one of- the lumber yards of tile houses in Kingsley is owned - and t
tamed, the general business of the place
began to grow, new and substantial the city, where he il - oved himself so Operated by G.. W. B. Tiffany, who hal ......,
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dences were constfEucted, and the popu- expert in his' line. For a number of • h b oo t s, shoes, tdbacco,
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lation was fast increased. Hop Bottom ;.- years ho continued in this occupation,.
was the original name of the village. the lumber demand growing- and the• in = Coe H
etc. Mr. Tiffany was at one time his E H.
Stearns,
After the increase of railroad business ,business ' oming more profitable each life engaged in journalism. He is a F..
the name of the station was changed to ' year, is. greater number Of' people native of Schuylkill comity, Pa. He' E
Foster, the name of the postoffi_e also flocked f m the East to the rich min- I . d ' in•
ive - awhile New Jersey, came to =
being changed to that title in 187 Ining centers In snite of the progress '
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a short time the village and po.stoflice which•he bad made, he and 'his wife, .
Kingsley about three years ago and has = .
. reclaimed the name of Hop Bottom, formerly Miss Emilia Allen 'of South since been one of its leading and rep- = -
• but the name of the railroad station has Montrose, spoke frequently of the many resentative citizens and business =
men.
since beep continued as'Foster. happy days which they bad
spent in • •
He is a grandson of the late - Dalton
, Mr. .E. M. Tiffany is one of the oldest and around' Montrose, and finally h
at Tiffany,
and most prominent citizens of the yil. the handsome home of Enoch 'Cool. at Tiffany, who, was well and favorably =
lage. He was engaged in mercantil e South Montrose, was left vacant by his known to the older residents' of Mont
business
there for rrtany years, finally death, they bought the place stocked rose. .
store
disposing of his to a young man, it. -
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John W. Bisbee, who had been a clerk befof improvements. thc •
pr0v,...„ ten settled
for him from boyhood.. Mr. Tiffany, to the kind of life they loved best
while practically retired' .from active After three or four years calls began
businets, cantinues his interest in a num- to come from the city for him to return
ber of lines in the county, one of which to his
.former position. ' Although he
is a director of the Farmers National dearly loved the country life, like every
Bank of Montrose. Mr. Tiffany owns
,man who has once been drawn into the
one of the ' handsomest homes in the current of- swiftly moving events and
county, an illustration of which appears continual changes of a city, he found it
in this edition. It is a mansion that hard to get out, but 'be succeeded, and
would reflect credit upon any commu- after closing up his affairs at South
nity, and is one of the chief attractions Montrose and selling. his borne, ihe and
of Hop Bottom. • his wife turned their backs on the farm
The Foster House at Hop Bottom is for the last time.,z. : ,. - , .
one of the best kept hostelries in Sus- After his return tOSemnton he seem
quehanna county. The rooms are neat ed to like his work better than ever and
and comfortable and „Landlord Stone threw himself with renewed vigor into
is always, "on the job" to see that guests the business Thit was a valuable man
get plenty of everything the markets and an asset to the yards, and lie was
afford (including-pie three times a day) made yard manager, and his bots told ,
to satisfy the inner man. A neat cafe him that if he
-, wished it, his posit:on c
is attached. and if all the hotel keepers would helife long, . .
in the county were as particular to- Mr. Cool, though.'had put together a
strictly keep keep within the bounds of the small fortune, sufficient to support. him
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laws, therewould be less coin-, self asd his wife " comfort during the 'c - •
.plaintiff . from the temperance element. rest 6' eirAatnr . lives; 30, as be was ' t .
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and, hunter and the office of his hotel-is as he and - wile both of i simple
graced with a number of thk•phiesof zhe tastes, they were satisfied to pause in -.:..,_
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evidence of which his business is con- home. Mr. Cool is 4 man of about fift--
stantly increasi ng.
J. W. Bisbee o:induCts one of the laig- lead a very' careful. lite: -He' h4s gone
est and best' general stores in town. through none of the wear and tear that.
His place presents a very neat and at- soon ages a man, and he, and kiis wife
tractive appearance, and it is at all have the happy facalty of knowing how,
times stocked with a dependable ling of to enjoy them elves when they- have
dry goods, dress goods, boots, shoes, any time on their hands; so,:"; as he
groceries. etc. Mr. Bisbee is one of gradually drops the strings
,whidh con
the - brightest and most progressive nect him with his-business life, he- will
young business - men in the Hop Bottom. be better fitted to occrpy his. time to
section. He was for a-long time a clerk the best advantage as he and his wife
for Mr E.
Jr Mr. - M. Tiffany, whom be suc- travel down the road toward the sunset
ceeded in the business, and no one is of old age. .
more popular with the purchasing pub
lic.
Frank R. Zuhmerman conducts at:
Hopßottom one of the largest and most
important feed and grist mills in the
county. It is fitted up with modern . Loca l Agents for the Cele
appliances and i 3 kept busy to. its ut- brated D. L. &W. Coal
• most capacity all the time. Mr. Zim- -
merman makes a specialty of buckwheat The agency for Delaware, Lacka
grinding, and all of his feeds ate high wanna & Western coal in Montrose and
grade. vicinity is conducted by Messrs. Pope&
Robertsißrothers' grocery and general Stroud, and they are kept busy; nearly
store is a model of neatness. The all the time, so great is the demand for
Messrs. Roberts are two of the Most this coal. As to quality, no anthracite
„. popular merchants in Hopßottom and mined in Pennsylvania is superior - to
their business is one that reflects .credit the D L. &W. coal. It has been time-.
upon the town. Keeping the best of tried and has not been found wanting
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goods, selling at a close margin of profits 5n any respect, hence the output' in this
section is very large. This celebrated
to - V uniformly polite toward all who en- their doors, tney have succeeded in 'coal is promptly delivereeLand guaran
i. uil •ng up a very satisfactory trade, teed in every respect. When one buys
Far ers will find in A. Cirrello a.buy- D. L. & W. 'coal he gets ; fuel that is
er of v ,
.eggs, piultry and anything mined with , care and •
selected for
else that s •inarketdble, at the ruling customers—not for a day but con
market pri s. He also is an expert tinuotis patonage. i
shoemaker atipairs ladies' and 'gen- - This .firm has been in business in
tlemen's shoes o ~ short notice - and in , Montrose about eihteen years. •• mr. E.
the best possible thanner. \
. P.' Pope was born- in--431t5 illtn, Susque
. banna county, in 5838 and is.therefore
one of oldest business men in Mont
rose. - lie lived in Gibson npviaid of
forty-five years and for a lOng time was
engaged in woolen manufanturing: • He
served as constable of Gibson township,
eight years and in 5882 was ;elected
,sheriff' of the county. That. year he
came to Montrose. At the closeof his
term as sheriff "he ran the Searle stage
and express routes to Alford and New
Milford and when the Del. Lacic'a &
W. built the branch to Montrose Mr.
Pope continued as agent for the:United
States Express Company.
Mr. Billings Stroud shoitly afterward
became associated' with Mr. Pope .as
the D. L. & W. coal agents, and they
handled the "Lackawanna dusky dia•
monds'! two or three years, when Rich
ard' B. Stroud,• widely and poPularly
known as "Dick," took his father's
plate in the firm and this continues.
Mr. Pope also does general hauling
and teaming. He makes a specialty, in
that branch of the business, in hauling
freight and baggage to and frOM , the
railway stations;, also moving i pianos,
safes, and all such work, which he and
his Men gives most careful attention,
and he also conduCts a: bus line to the
depots. He is one of - oar most :public
spirited citizens. . i'l•
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it was a . part
_of Waterford township,
which name wap changed to Hop`Bot
to, S Id fir
Jm in 1823. ant _mally the name of
the township and pdstoilice was chang
ed
,to Broaklyn r l There are some in
teresting facts c6nnected with the early
settlement of Brooklyn, among which
were the babies rocked , in sap-troughs,
dug from divided logs of wood; the
household distati, spinning -wheel and
loom; the adventures among panthers,
bears and wolves; the bread material
pounded in hollo
Iv stumps, etc.; which
- . cannot be described in detail for lack
of space. Brooklyn has been the home
of early youth and m,anhood of a large
'number of well-known citizens of Mont
rose and elsewhere—men who have
gone out from the confines al the old
settlement t 6 carve out their fortunes,.
and in nearly every instance these men
have
,exhibited traits of chatacter in
keeping with the honest, sturdy habits
and customs of their native, heath.
The, present township officials of Brook- v •
lyn are: Assessor, D. J. Ring; super-' -, •
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'visors. C. A..Corson,' B. L. Jewett, C. S• J BAIL
T. Otto; poormasters, W. L. 'Kent, L. _
S. Ely; justices of the peace, E. P. Ely., /
• E. L.Weston; constable, L. Tewksbury.
There are several industries and en- A
terprises carried on in the village which I)
are out of the, ordinary. Among these F.,
is the-incidry conducted by S ; J. Bailey
in the manufacture of trunk slats, fruit 1 4 •
crates, etc. Mr Bailey finds ready
• sale for the entire output of his busy
little faCtory.
Luther S. Ely owns and conduits
what is undoubtedly one of the oldest, A
best and most progressive general stores V
'in that part of the county. Mr. Ely is pp
a native of Brooklyn and is in the prime woe
of life.' He is personally a very agree
able
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and popular gentleman and has votes ahead of his ticket, but unfor- imited to the confines of such a•str‘all
friends in numbers, which was shown tunately was unable to overcome • the 'place. He is a broad-gauge, liberal and
very forcibly a few years ago; when he • large•Republican.vote. rogressive business man and citizen,
was the Democratic nominee for regis- While he hat spent nearly all of his andhis counsel and advice are often
ter and recorder for Susquehanna cows- life in Brooklyn, he has a breadth of I .sought by his many friends and ac.
ty, by t unaing more than a thousand view equal to those who have not been quaintances. ' .
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