The story of Martha's Vineyard, from the lips of its inhabitants, newspaper files and those who have visited its shores, including stray notes on local history and industries; . The coiutortable Home Club. THE HOME CLUBEvery place hasits talk-centre. Inthe old days thiswas the so-calledCorn Exchange,where the principalcommodity waslanguage and everymember a capital-ist, but of late theHome Club hascome into being,and those withideas to exchangenaturally drift through its welcoming doors and gather on theshady veranda or around its blazing hearthstone, according toseason. The building is probab
The story of Martha's Vineyard, from the lips of its inhabitants, newspaper files and those who have visited its shores, including stray notes on local history and industries; . The coiutortable Home Club. THE HOME CLUBEvery place hasits talk-centre. Inthe old days thiswas the so-calledCorn Exchange,where the principalcommodity waslanguage and everymember a capital-ist, but of late theHome Club hascome into being,and those withideas to exchangenaturally drift through its welcoming doors and gather on theshady veranda or around its blazing hearthstone, according toseason. The building is probably seventy-five or eighty yearsold, and was for long the home of Capt. Alexander Fisher, an old-time whaleman. The writer has anOctober memory ofthe ample hearth andits bright wood firethat invites to socialconverse and com-fort galore. Much ofthe material in thisvolume is due to aseries of evenings Mam .smet trom ; 52 MARTHAS VINEYARD. thus pleasantly spent within the circle of its generous hospital-ity, a circle where even the stranger is allowed to poke the fire. The club is accessible to Summer residents as well as tothose to the Vineyard born, and thus is both a popular andpopulous centre of attraction the year round, with intereststhat radiate from one end of the country to the other, while, ofcourse, yon bark that goes where traffic blows, or whereblows that greasy old friend of Edgartowns prosperous days,is a never ending source of story and reminiscence. Among the clubs treasures is an interesting reminder of thelate unpleasantness with Spain—the masthead light of AdmiralCerveras flagship, which was done to death in a shell game onthe southern coast of Cuba. MR. RICHARD L. PEASE. While the limits of this book prohibit the taking up all ofthe notable characters the island has produced, the writer feelsso indebted to Mr. Richard L. Pease for the many facts he hasstored in the pages of th
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