. The story of Cooperstown . the lake andin the village. That a souvenir of the visit mightbe preserved the Archbishop and the Bishop werephotographed together on the front porch ofFernleigh. Apparently some prosaic adviser hadrepresented to the Archbishop that his usual cos-tume would make him undesirably conspicuous inAmerica, for during his tour of this country thePrimate of all England abandoned the pictu-resque every-day dress of an English bishop, withits knickerbockers and gaiters, in favor of the in-ternational hideousness of pantaloons. At the timeof the photograph Bishop Potter was w
. The story of Cooperstown . the lake andin the village. That a souvenir of the visit mightbe preserved the Archbishop and the Bishop werephotographed together on the front porch ofFernleigh. Apparently some prosaic adviser hadrepresented to the Archbishop that his usual cos-tume would make him undesirably conspicuous inAmerica, for during his tour of this country thePrimate of all England abandoned the pictu-resque every-day dress of an English bishop, withits knickerbockers and gaiters, in favor of the in-ternational hideousness of pantaloons. At the timeof the photograph Bishop Potter was wearing leg-gings, having just returned from riding, so that thetwo bishops appeared to have exchanged costumes. TWENTIETH CENTURY BEGINNINGS 405 The Archbishop desired not to have anythinglike a public reception, but it was intimated to afew neighbors that they would be welcomed atFernleigh on a certain evening. At this gatheringthe most regal figure, who, in the ancient fineryof her apparel, wearing a headdress topped with. The Archbishop with Bishop Potter an ostrich plume, may be said to have eclipsedthe most distinguished guests, was Susan AugustaCooper, granddaughter of the novelist, represent-ing, as it were, the very foundation of the Cooper was one of the most characteristicsurvivals of the old regime in Cooperstown. Shelived next door to Fernleigh in Byberry Cottage,which had been built as a home for the two un-married daughters of the novelist shortly after 406 THE STORY OF COOPERSTOWN the burning of Otsego Hall, and largely out ofmaterial rescued from it, including the oakendoors, the balusters of the stairway, and two book-cases from Coopers library which were trans-ferred to the cottage. Susan Augusta Coopertook up her residence there with her mother andaunts in 1875, and when she died in 1915. hadbeen the sole occupant of the cottage for manyyears. She was a type of old-fashioned neighbor-liness, and made a specialty of ministration tothe needs of sic
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