. The story of Cooperstown . antic emo-tions, and to the love of the spectacular. Someof the addresses such as that of Brander Mat-thews on Fenimore Cooper, were valuable con-tributions to the literary annals of of spectators were attracted to Coopers-town by the celebration, and in one day there wereat least 15,000 people in the village which in-cluded only about 2,500 in its normal old village and lake offered an effective back-ground to the scenes of carnival. Natty Bumppoat home in his log cabin, Chingachgook with hiscanoe, appeared in living representation i
. The story of Cooperstown . antic emo-tions, and to the love of the spectacular. Someof the addresses such as that of Brander Mat-thews on Fenimore Cooper, were valuable con-tributions to the literary annals of of spectators were attracted to Coopers-town by the celebration, and in one day there wereat least 15,000 people in the village which in-cluded only about 2,500 in its normal old village and lake offered an effective back-ground to the scenes of carnival. Natty Bumppoat home in his log cabin, Chingachgook with hiscanoe, appeared in living representation in the lineof floats that paraded the village to set forth thehistoric and romantic memories of the place. Achorus of village schoolgirls dressed in white, and 420 THE STORY OF COOPERSTOWN with flowing hair, presented an exquisite scene atCoopers grave in Christ churchyard, bringingtheir tribute of flowers, and singing the lyric writ-ten by Andrew B. Saxton to the music of AndrewAUez. Otsego Lake offered a superb spectacle in. J. B. SloteThe Lyric at Coopers Grave the calm summer night, reflecting the glare ofrockets and the bursting into bloom of aerial gar-dens of flame. There were moments of utterdarkness suddenly dispelled by dazzling cataractsof fire that made one aware of thousands of pallidfaces thronging the shore, while the effulgence setthe waters ablaze from Council Rock to the Sleep-ing Lion, and flung a weird splendor upon theforests of the surrounding hills. TWENTIETH CENTURY BEGINNINGS 421 A lovable patriarch of the village was SamuelM. Shaw, well known throughout the state as edi-tor of the Freemans Journal. He had once beenan editor of the Argus, in Albany, and becameeditor and proprietor of the Freemans Journalin Cooperstown in 1851. In this position he con-tinued more than half a century, and had a historyalmost unique in village journalism. When he be-gan his work Shaw was regarded as an innovator,for he was one of the first editors in the countryto introduce
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