Walker High School - Pepper Pot Yearbook (Simsbury, CT)

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rggiiivious AME ICAN HOMES Cfv C! Q. 5 .f ye:-N t Y. 1 I lf: is 'Q if ' gsm, 1 M M 3 In - -ce .lk ,L -- .dT IS BELIEVED that John Howard Payne was born at East Hampton, Long Island, on June 9, l79l, in the cottage shown above. Payne left this home in his boyhood. He lived in Europe for a number of years and composed Home, Sweet Home in Paris. He had first heard the air in Italy sung by a peasant girl carrying a great basket of fruit and flowers. Engaging her in conversation, he en- deavored to learn the name of the air, but she could not remember it, so he iotted down the notes which have since become immortal. His song was originally sung in his operatic play Clari, the Maid of Milan in l823. CXW W Referring to Payne's old home, Gabriel Harrison, his bi- ographer, writes, One who has studied the character of John Howard Payne cannot fail to discover in his picture of the old homestead, lPayne had written a sketch of East Hampton in l837l a deep, unsubsiding love tor the place as if the spirit of his boyhood had come back to awaken memories ofa delightful past. Preserved against the ravages of time,weather, and fire,this famous old home is still standing and annually attracts many sightseers, The Home, through its agents and brokers, is Americas leading insurance protector of American Homes THE HOME LNSWLNJ5 NEW YORK

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