The New York herald., 1845-09-04
BLOOMFIELD, N. j., Aug. 18th, 1S45.

BIooMFIELD, N. j., Aug. 18th, 1S45.
Quiet PHlage-Bea,aiful Girls and old Maids
Grand Hoar-Jack o. Laathern-Ne,v Yorkers at
Discount
am at present rusncahng for few days in this
lonely but interesting village, and presumng you
have never had correspondent here, must give
you some little description of the place. 1t is loca-
ted about five miles from Newark, and lies chiefly
upon two roads, ,one, the Dover turnpike, from New
ark, and the other Patterson road, which branches
off from the turnpike just at the commencement of
the village. The principal part lies upon the Patter-
road, upon which is situated the Church, 'front.'
ing which is large and beautiful SCREEN" or COM
mon, extending nearly the whole length
Of the village, which is surrounded by posts, (and
chains by and by inerspersed with beautiful fruit
and shade trees, which are planted a certain dis
tance apart and completely encircling the whole
spot On either side the dwellings of the prnci-
pal citizens, chieflv built In neat manner, some of
which are after the style OF the modern finish OF our
own city On one side s large brick edfice,
which Is occupied a Classical and English
School for young men; and nearly opposite is an ex-
| tensive female srminary-at this school there are
many very beautiful young ladies', some of whom
are from New York. These two academies COM
bined together, contribute TO make the place very
lively and happy If You should visit ,hi. place,
do 50 by al means on Sunday when you will bave
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When the bell is tolling for church, many prim old
MAIDS may be seen vending their way towards the
church, followed with not few ''luckless wits, "
stalking in their BEST with one eye on the other SEX
and the other the church door as matter of
course; and carriage after carriage rolls along bear
ing bright eyes and beautiful smiles to render pras-
es toward their Creator for his mercy and ben IL
cence; and lastly, though not least, YOU see whole
regiment of young and beautiful girls, walking two
and two with Their principal at their head, for by
tins time you would have found outhat theywere the
pupils OF the female seminary: while nearly behind
them, are coming the Academy Bows In the same
manner On the whole, there is something in the
Sabbath here. that delight the eye and is deeply in
terestng to the mind.
! Though almost strictly puritancal and Methods
teal IN their thoughts and actions vet these villa
gers often the subject OF merry Joke or giddy
froc. One of the rdrest of these happened not
more than three days ago Upon looking out of my
window In the morning, saw quite a crowd OF the
inhabitants gazing very attentlvely upon something
which seemed very interesting, posted upon the
"pole OF liberty" near the dwelling where was re-
siding Curiosity impelled me to hasten out, and
as drew near, to my surprise horror was depected
on every countenance. Some were lifting their
hands to heaven, others crying out, 'save us! save
u.s." What can It be, thought |, as was trying in
VAIN to get view OF the ''monstrons thing" 1t
Can't be war with Mexico, thought no. that sure
y cannot strike such horror to these quiet villagers
Heaven US" cried |, with the rest, thinking il
must be something new from Miller BY this time
! got near enough to read the following
To the inhabitants of Bloomfield and its vicnity:-An
amateur company Of ladies and gentlemen from New
York have consented by the advice ofnumerous friends
to give theatrical representation for hight only
this village The members Of this company have been
informed that the people of this place desirous of
theatre and that they have had hitherto blush for the
want of institution of this kind have an oppor-
tunity by patronisng the humble endeavors Of these
followers Of Thesps to establish permanent "Tempe
to the Muses. in the fourshing village of Bloomfield
We will not descant upon its benefits is universally
aditted that the stage highly beneficial TO the morals
of uyh ch hold q
part. And more particularly the young led by its
sublime teachings in the paths Of religion virtue and
| honor
The performances will take place Monday evening,
Aug 18th, with Brwer's celebrated play of the
LADY OF LYONS
TO be followed by the Defence of the Stage before the
Roman Tribunal in character by gentleman Of the
company. The whole to conclude with the farce Of
COLONEL WILDFIRE,
Accompanied by song.
church. to be recognised by coored lights Doors oper
at half past sx-performances to at half past
seven. Admttance twenty five cents-childrcn hall
price.
Nothing was talked of for the next forty-eght
hours, but the horrid theatrical company. The old
maids wondered what the world was coming to-
| The old folks talked OF the laws, sheriff, consta-
! bles &c. &C.; and the young ladies' God bless
them, wondered il the young Thespis was good
/ looking.
| Thus time passed on tills Monday evening, when
after tea sailed forth to the sport There were
| eight or ten groups of dlers on the Common and
many others scattered over the "green," and quite
"A "sprinkling' of our before mentioned young la
dies in front of their school house. Suddenly and
simultaneously, red and blue light, though both
quite small were seen about S..h Of mile oil, and
| Il rush was immediately made Tor it. ! ran with the
Others and on reaching the spot where the light
seen, it as suddenly disappeared. | concluded from
what observed of it that 1t w-o'- '-the-wlsp
| and so it undoubtedly was. So after waiting till
about eight o'clock and seeing nothing more, the
multitude, thinking they had been most awully took
! IN, began to drop oil one by one till they were all
dispersed. fingered about listening to the most
exquisite music ever heard, emanating from the
seminary opposite To- TO where mere stood, and shortly at
Morpheus, and left the good village of Bloomfield as
peaceful as it had been before the "Amateur Thea
trlcal Company had threatened to contaminate it
with their "subme teachings in the paths OF re-
igion, virtue and honor"
Fort HAMILTON, lst September, 1915.
The Ball at the Hamilton, House