. The story of Cooperstown . manon the patent who could throw him in a wrestlingmatch. The wrestling took place in front of theRed Lion Inn. One contestant was finally suc-cessful, and the land was duly conveyed to thevictor. It is possible that some of the lots ownedby Judge Cooper were of no great value, for itis related that when his eldest son was showingthe sights of New York to the youngster of thefamily he took him to a pasty shop, and afterwatching the boy eat pasty after pasty said, Jim,eat all you want, but remember that each one coststhe old man a lot. Some idea of the position that
. The story of Cooperstown . manon the patent who could throw him in a wrestlingmatch. The wrestling took place in front of theRed Lion Inn. One contestant was finally suc-cessful, and the land was duly conveyed to thevictor. It is possible that some of the lots ownedby Judge Cooper were of no great value, for itis related that when his eldest son was showingthe sights of New York to the youngster of thefamily he took him to a pasty shop, and afterwatching the boy eat pasty after pasty said, Jim,eat all you want, but remember that each one coststhe old man a lot. Some idea of the position that the old manoccupied in the village which he founded may begained from the novel that the eater of the pastiesafterward entitled The Pioneers. In this book, ^ The original of Richard Jones, in The Pioneers, A VILLAGE IN THE MAKING 91 while historical accuracy is disclaimed, Judge Tem-ple is easily identified as an idealized JudgeCooper, and a faithful picture of life in the earlyvillage may be recognized; for, as the author. William CooperFrom the portrait by Gilbert Stuart says in his introduction, while the incidents of thetale are purely fiction, the literal facts are chieflyconnected with the natural and artificial objects,and the customs of the inhabitants. The villageof Templeton, in the novel, is the Cooperstown of 92 THE STORY OF COOPERSTOWN reality In its early days. The spirit of the times,and the character of the men who lived here arethus distinctly reflected in the placid current ofFenlmore Coopers first Leather-Stocking tale. Atthe present day the personal appearance of JudgeCooper himself is vividly recalled from the pastthrough the existence of three portraits, one byGilbert Stuart, one by Copley, and a third by anunknown artist. From these likenesses one gainsan impression of his kindly gray eye, firm counte-nance, and robust figure. His keen sense of humorrelieved the strain of many a hardship in the lifeof the frontier, for he is remembered as noble-looking,
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