The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1857-05-18


Tie stream having nothing .bos, that would recon-
q, "A pvri,cuIarly 10 the attention Of the uoyasew
pics quietly along It's sandy bed, as though nsue
ben hs had not gown IN worm more than ars mno
two feet Deep and about three and han miles long
rises near the middle OF the Notch, IL source beng
urns and flows IN towards the Psssic river. The pearls
re chiefly found hall mile from It's source, though thsy
,e moie or less alopg It's entire length lmmeo@tey
fter Bowers discovery great rush was made ior ms
lace from tie adjoining country me stream was oM-
ently searched from rs source TO s efux, by men,
,omen ind even children, ambition OF gaining sudden
prtuue many muscles found some persons found
calls, bot ros,, cold, exhausted, ard disappointed,
lfer having spent the last remains Of hight
Went home and gave ihcr bodies due repose at night
TIE pearl IL hery IN his stream Is considered about at
N end though small pearls are srll found IN IT. otner
sreams the chief points OF attraction The Tor
Of land about the Cot quite peculiar seems as
hough n liver bad at time other flowed through
One point Farsi Mountain, bordering on IT, Is eoo
Get high Many Revolutionary rcminct nces are connecied
With the place.
EocK ROAD RRooK.
The second pace where there was rush to End the
bearing muscles was Rock Road brook Cherry
Lane brook :. Is frequently called So, having the
Notch carly 81 the morning. We started for Paterson
thence 10 Rock Road brook which Is four miles above It,
The heavy clouds seowled black and ominoas Of rain, but
the country birds sung country songs-ahe country air
blew frehhe green seds spread far away 70 The right
he oNs-d were simos, hid with blossoms,
which. altogether, made II seem IKE glorious
Jste dsy the denizen OF the great city. be-
tween Paterson and Cherry Lane brook It Is an
unassrnnne country and the latter place con
ssts * one house and one barn Hating before the
house addressed matrony looking woman, the lady
Of the house. who mailing upfhe board fence in front
oft Her consisted OF two pettcoas extending just
"s ssSs and hood Thus sooouUed with battle axe and
srEe hand abe manning The deences OF her castle,
determined that no hostile band Of wandering qnadrupeds
shoad pass walls Of her cabbage growing gar
den, unless the porcus WAS lot down or breach made
in them. Judicious, Amasonian, mstronly old womnl
This worthy parsonage answered questions with be-
coming courtesy Conce ming the pearl fishery shospoke
thus
found, but hsnt none Of TIT IA don't believe N
EN- Its Jest stories they are getting mp; anyhow don't
believe have BEEN found in ths brook live as nigh
any body, guess, and han't seen none of 'em."
REPoRrn-But, Madam, saw several very line last
nigh, that out Of it, and one from this very brock
AATsoNIy LADY-wel the BRONX " down there: yOn can
down and han' seen none, and It's all gos up
Al this home thrust va thought necessary inform
the lady that we had mot the remosst or de-
sue q going muscle nshing on her lands which announce
there might be something In 1t "arter all "for, said
she, "whvn girl we had niger who used TO goa
found little white stone among them about the size OF
q little marble. ! didn't know what It was, and don't
know what has become OF It" here the good lady
stopped 10 sigh After being earnestly cautioned against
going down the lane lest We should get wet we LETT her,
leap. The fence into The Sarnyard wbics created an I'm
and other barnyard BIRDS who seemed 70 claim
that locality their domicl and went down the lane to
rarest gems were grown, without costing anything.
What an elysiumi What fortune-favored spot! BENG
nant ashesi Pearly muscles and elAmsl Wealthy aque
Gus citizens, worth hundred times your weigh. in godl
Gem.growpg stream Thus thought fancy; when, hook
ing up we could not see single human being as iAr Is
stream. No person was fishing pearls there Il was the
quic.cst place tha Ger the sun shOne on" The very
brook too lazy to bubble. There fear Of the
So, according g he law q ineris they must stay alive
AtnaS
or direction. In short ID was nothing but the cen
tire Of half dried swamp, which extended some
during Its entire length, which Eve miles, Is
fall Of springs As told the Lady, desired not " fish
n have been found ere yousa
got i've small but very fine pearls in IL some ten years
ago. but not knowing what they were kept them tn the
received $3.50 for them. lady here had very
large and pefec Of the finest coors several years
pediar for dress, which ,dress probably, her
or ak thousand dollars P<etiy CT 2ensive for q country
woman
HoBoxus STREAM
Prom Back Rock brook we went 70 Hohokus stream,
which the centre OF attr action and the degngs
" situated egh, miles north Of Paterson Just before
irving ct the village hich consists Of house. viz
hotel railroad depo-wc met rustic looking fellow,
when the following conversation took place.
RrroK1lss-Yes. IN raining at the time, but pro
baby the attention Of the knight Of the quill Like that OF
Bu1Io-Whsis your hurry
RkpoKISR don't think worth white 10 answer this.
PrsrvEuso Rrsuo-I say, did you find your way up TO
the Gres, Nolsh last night
IEJoKrER looks at hun.
LOeUAoous RusDc Oaughing)-why, knew you ~ far
R,rorrn makes up his mind Thai Il might be some
person who has Hospitality entertained or other served
NJ an therefore making up his mind W at the ageeea
BILE, says)-ohl yes, / beg your pardon, sir-I-I was
thinking AZ something else did not look Al you; no ooe
could mistake your FEATURES after seeing them.
Rfr1T1r a
about stoppec)-l have just been Gut pearl nshing With
four others We started al o'clock This morning, but the
water high the rain and ali the little streams
pour into 40 much mud, thai cast the bottom,
and then so oold gave up The others have gone
70 Try q new place.
RI,usIkS-Did you find any pcarkf
EruC-No, rot tais time, bat am going to- Why, the
pearl q. heTy haiui begun yot has boon cold people
cant - into the water and wade about wat ill be-
comes warm weaiber-then you'll ace Why, all the
dreams all about here are fdll Of them. guess New
Jersey will be the frat Eia,e In the Union yet
RHFol1Es--Tbst b prcbicmaucal.
Rrs11c looks dub0usly at reporter bat continues
Now, you fellows are great drawba9 W as; We no
sooner End good place Than you fellows hold OF IT.
then al the world kno where n, by the papers. Now
body wssTe H. won't oven teil the New York je sci
lcrs-xitre I eel the peAri-Shere get them. But,
come, ~ill tell yoa uomcthirgi you mnsnt say aay
EsukrKK regards the heavens.
RUsuc oonlnues-wel school master, named David
Brands 1d thai VII Ie he wss teaching In Warren,
forty mos from Paterson, be used 10 dig there
them, thai he found plenty Of these peas In
we're Of tie sg and most beautiful kind The children
used 10 play with them mar les He cut In two
see What them There plenty Of them In tina,
brook. lie wanted 10 20 do Fn with him; but no,
would not though ! and the ouackenbusnes went down
there. tonr want you 10 say anything about H. now
Well carly spring and the water was very high,
we could only SCI 70 muscles; but got enough 70
s,u,ry us that they there. l found boy who
knew scnehirg about u, % bribed him 10 keep ali the
little sones Le found In The muscles for The poo
pie around the bcel tried ~ pamp ~ 10 zee what
Granted, but they ooui not come They asked about
tha M nd told fhorri
was all boas NJ, cir the pearl fishery has
mepoed yet Good day, sir. Exit er s0stssre
Bobokrs steam the largest one In which
the trar growing shell fab have been found
ard bids fair ~ exceed all the others. Ts fishery
has just been In It, and far has been very
successful II s pretty, romantic little spot, the stream
running along in quite gorge between two hills The
name VI the place Is Indian and the hollo~ rock
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