New-York daily tribune., 1858-11-15
SUSSEX sCHOOIS-SUSSEX AND WARREN
OLD TINES IN SUSSEX.
coneropsence e'rte n. Y. Tribune.


only $40 were colorri. OF these woman was a
slave. At that tine the coanty reported bnt three
academies, with FIVE teachers a.! 10 pupils. In her
public schools were 6,0al pupils al Of whom bu III
were natives The county had LOIS adults who conld
rot r. ad AMI write which l. abe one in every 2i
of the whole population. LIT i be added, al but .
of these were a.ives The last report Of the State
suc.rinterdep; of Public Schools shows that in 1851
there were in these schools in Sussex County 6,6si
pupils which .s an advance 1850. Smce
,bat wear tie cause OF Common Schools has
received yery decided impulse and the effect
n due tine will be visible in the humber Of aiults
cannot read and write. Two vesks since Teach
Institute after ded IN tins town 10y sOue n.y.
five or forty teachers from different parts OF the
county. II ras ably conducted by Mr.. Smith, tue
Principal Of the Newton Presbyteral Academy. ihe
Excursions Of the leading parts OF common scno1l
education oreditable to the teachers ana hop-fal
for tie county. There many s.'n Of their nt-n-
ian to give II the interest possible ~ trese schools
ty the adoption Of ell the improve meuis within their
reach. Thtre many obs;ruc;ions yet to be taken
out of The WY before the Sussex Common SCHOOLS VII
become what they ought - be. Amo eg there arr 10
be r-,koned the inyet-rGte pn iliices nt not II cS
against any education which goes beyond the npest
rudimeuts. What possible use can L be To farmer
or farmer vile 10 know anything about geography
grammar, bookkeeping, chemistry, composition,
and such pursuits There Is p very coasiderab"
Of this feeling IN the lny. Adj IN THIS tneexprnse-
Of good schools, ard You have no easy difficulty to en-
counter. Here. elsewhere you indifferent
teachers Of either at very low price, bat rxper.
enoe shows that the light which she'd by sach teachers
il ia kness They may be bette uow but not much.
But To- have suc teachers in the public
schools al Newton. Rrandeyle, Still Teter, freipa,
AnGover, Sparta, ana other equally favored places,
costs money, tor they can command their pncr some
wnere else Il tter patrons here are not disposed To
pay IT, Beside this, there Is stil u.Ore Formidable
obstacle IL the Gy0fhv OF patrols. But progress IN
these ard other respects quite apparent, ana If cnee
be serious baskset 70 prevent T. the censis of 1870
will not report ODE in every t<enty.One IN Sussex as
lot able 10 read and WRITE
Beside these public schools there are several private
schools and acsGeues. The Presbyterial Aca emy ut
Newton for several years has been doing thorough
work for large body of pupils OF both sexes. At the
present time IL is patronZed principally "a a male
academy H. the same town are ~" private srhopls
taught by la1ics. One oi these Is under the MANAGE
utnt ol the Mlsses Lind and admirable school tor
young ladies. The other, conducted by Miss McCHr-
Ter il said he q capital schpol for children. In
Saltwater the district school j. almost equivalent to
academy In DeckertO.n Mr. Cook has an acaiemy
foI boys and at Vantage Mr. Stiles has also acafe
ny for boys Probably there private schools
IN the county, but | do not remember any other. |
mention these facts TO show that popular education is
becoming more aud more thought of, ami that great
changes may be looked tor. Ii is singular fact that
Warren county, formerly pnrt of Susser having
within COO many people as Sussex, lad IN $50 only
:,s7 adults VITO could not read and write, which ID
about IN every ifty-iiye But to show that Sus-
not clear dawn at the foot, may mention that
Atlantic County, with less than 900 people, had
IJO0 a0ults who could hot read ami write, in
every nine And Passaic, with 22b}S people, had
1873 adults who could not read aud write which il
hot quite one 10 every ten. In this latter y9S
foregners. Bat excepting them, Passaic had
80 Iave adults who could rot read and write. As
time along the changes in Sussex viii be tor the
better because II has good land an permanent pop
ulatOn to woIk OF.
Ii We take the census and compare the Counties of
Sussex ard Warren together We ind that Sussex has
some "A, 600 more acres of improved land than War
rem valued 500 go than 10 the latter county;
yet the farming Implements Of Warren are set down
sc0OUU higher than in Sussex, she has nearly 900
Horses than Suss' X, but not as many mch cows
as Sussex by 900 and lar hess number Of and
other cattle. Warren has 1900 more sheep tnan Sus
SEX but IN hogs Sussex is 1000 abe 1d. The live
stock OF Sussex set down at 81 ,D497 7l9, aad in War
reD at S745%O. The two counties annually raise each
about d quarter of n million of bushels OF rye, but
Sussex Co. 900 bushels of wheat, while Warren
rases nearly 20DO0O bushels. Warren raises nearly
twice as much Indian com and oats Sussex. Tue
latter beats the former very considerably in Irish
potatoes, but Warren, excepting HuIterioD, raises
pounds oi wool than any county in the State. In
rasing barley, Sussex in 1850 mad only Is bushels aud
Warren l23 bushels Sussex raises /, 5000 bushels OF
buckwbeat aId Warren III $50. But IN daries Sus-
quite ahead, producing ,S6,6lO pounds of
butter, while Warren raises lg3, ,259 pounds.
These few specimens IN whict the agriculture
Of these two fire counties may be compared Wnile
speaking on this topic rcIi1 ded o interesting
passage Mr. Edsalls centennial address, describing
farming IMPLEMENTS and comit rs Of the early settler
OF Sussex.
There was not at this time-l73S-a school nor 8
ss ,hs in ooeTaon. Sether this mil
any which erected for % thereafter per
formed any other op, ration than that of grinding tue
boiling being by hand for which purpose seves
were an Indispensable domestic uteusil. There
bardly any roads laid ont. Wagons
known save in the Minsipk region, and there they
were mainly constructed If wood; the wheels were
fbnuff frtrt er. en- felDas
held together with wooden pins. Sleir were IN gem
eral use, ruiely constructed, and sDOd with wood.
Flax, tow, and rswhile wore the materials Of which
harness made. The plow aud harrow ifered but
little from those in use ~ or % years ago
A blade some twenty inches in length, fastened to
wooden handle, and somewhat resembling hemp
hook was tie instrument wberewIth wheat and rye
cut The reaper aso carried with him snul
iron hook TO gather up rhe sheaves as ne
toiied bis weary way thr, ugh tue burtened
fields. Fails we're in and horses were
occasion ally employed to tread ont the gram; while
the operation of cleaning facilitated by fans
posed Of willow rode. Scythes, cradles and tanning
mills came into simultaneously about the yesr
E5O L first saw.mlls were l,cated-one at Car
perters Point, another on ta;brook and thiri At
The mouth of the Paulnskl.' H. the log-cabin, of
the poreers If this county says the Rev. Peter
KHnouse of Wautasel there furniture 10
dszsle without profit. Oiled paper migat serve Tor
window glass. pail Of water for mirror, pine
kno: for a candle, and the wheel and the loom naie
the music of the family. TIE father supplied the
fax and the wool and the fair hands Of oar mother.
and their daughters furnished the thread, the cloth
and the ready y-nlade garments. They rich IN
their Owl resources. Their wants were few aut
simple. The trencher and the wooden bowl were
the china, and pewter was the silver ware OF the
family, with TX ard water for their tea burnt
crust lor heir coffee ald brown bread for their cake
"GrocerIes,' adds Mr. Edsal, and merchandise
figured small in the Ist Of the family necessaries
lnstead Of silks sans, casslneres gems, pearls and
cosmetics to sdorn and besutity the talr sex their
forms were clad in the faxen tissues and insey.woo