HOW NELSON GOT CHRISTENED "SLEEPY HOLLOW.”

Ashburton Guardian, Volume V, Issue 1428, 9 December 1886, Page 3

HOW NELSON GOT CHR ISTENED "SLEEPY HOLLOW.”

A writer in the pre«n tells the fol owj g ■tory t —ln the early days - f No't-on, et the population bt k m,, to iucnr.S', eo d wooden buildings 1 efi:nw more namer-r b, It was thought advl able to s m system of fire prevenuop, and to tin? crd aauffijiont sura was raiser! for the purchase of a hand fire-engine When it arr-veri l was necessary that it. atv u'd bo plac under cover, and a lu filing was o ec ed th« facsiraiio of one oc-uyied by an *iud i taker adjoining. cna m rnin - aala ni of fire was given, and a x *« T eli mtans jltceeded to tiio she I, t.-.rew 'h ' -liting ga’e* and barnemln- ’h •!>•.- 8; tree o i to rh- ahafca were tcon on 'h-n way to the fire. On rrriving lior they at one ■ proceeded to unaMpth** hose, ®t-t , when to their disgust ihey found ihu 'hry hai gone into the wrong shed, andi ste-d of running up the fire engine h d tak n the hearse. •he ina ter wts no:s“0 a' ■nt next d»y, an* sn old indenti.y remarked. “ Well we m?y fnir'y claim a right to n e title cf * Slot pv It' n»," and to this rfi y it has never teen fi rgo ton.