Later On.....

A TENNIS FAN alerts me to an omission from the blog: information about the "US OPEN" which began this morning at 11:00. Andre Agassi is scheduled to play at 7:00 P.M. (weather permitting) and we'll be watching on the USA Television network!

Many readers, too, are studying the schedule of events at the New York State Fair!


A mid-day check of activities in the village: quiet and peaceful. Topsoil was being spread and smoothed around the edges of the Park, along the sidewalks and in all the areas that had been roughed up by heavy equipment. Perhaps the sod truck will come tomorrow morning.




Out in the country, roadside bouquets of goldenrod, Joe Pye weed and jewelweed are at their best and the less-attractive shrubs in hedgerows are heavily draped with wild Clematis, or "Virgin's Bower."


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A few miles North of the village, at "Hubbard's Corners," Project Manager David Staley watches as two of six employees of the New York State Museum conduct an archaeological dig. Barring the discovery of significant artifacts, the New York State Department of Transportation will move forward with its plans to reconfigure the intersection of State Route 12 and Summit Road.

A few miles North of the village, at "Hubbard's Corners," Project Manager David Staley watches as two of six employees of the New York State Museum conduct an archaeological dig. Barring the discovery of significant artifacts, the New York State Department of Transportation will move forward with its plans to reconfigure the intersection of State Route 12 and Summit Road.

During my conversation with Mr. Staley, he asked if I were familiar with the names of either William Henry Burleigh or his wife, Celia. I was not. They had, according to his research, once been residents of the Hubbard House and in 1870 had listed their occupation as "Literature." But there was more to it than that, he explained, and - completely intrigued - I came right home and did a little Googling of my own. Celia Burleigh. Tomorrow I'll try to get to the Library and the microfilm index to see if there are any references to either of the couple's activities in the Waterville area.