Monmouth weekly herald. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1854-1860, 1859-03-03
For the Monmouth Weekly Herald
HloTUkL UE MUM MUU1d;
OR,
The Papers of James Careful, Esq
NO. III.

NJ. III.
CITIzENs:-I am plain old man, little
given to wit or grandiloquencc. | speak
in language too plain, know, TO cope
with the styles OF these days, and have
none Of those sparkling gems with which
to deck the story | am telling. But |
know my theme by heart. for have lived
in my beloved Monmouth County many
many years All its brooks, and hills,
and valleys are familiar to me, and many
time have plucked the flowers that
grew upon its sunny banks, and O! how
often have bounded down yonder pleas
ant valley, climbed the hills that form it,
and drank from the dashing Indian
Drink that little sparkling rivulet en-
ticing beauty. Please indulge an old
mans memory, that loves to linger around
the dear scenes Of his early days. But
to return to our history.
The stern realities Of thorough bust
ness life first began to dawn upon this
tranquil province in 1880. Five years
earlier it was established as a County.
but its boundaries were not definitely
settled till the year 1710. East New Jvr
sey was now becoming the most wealthy
part Of the province.
AS bees, when they have left their hives,
sometimes so off into the forests, AID do
not return to the music of tin pans, so the
Yankees, having left their New England
hive, did not return to the .iingling of cop
per coin, but swarmed at the ringing Of
silver in Monmouth.
In order to compete with the Yankees
in the various tradings and barterings,
which were constantly going on, the
Dutch began to sharpen up their fiat,
sleepy looking visages, by shrewd activ-
ity and the Scotch began to sharpen
their already keen perceptives, by look
ing doubly cautious, whenever a Yankee
advanced toward them while the Yam
KEGS themselves looked sharper and bluer
than the razors they sold, and daily grew
grayer eyed, slyer. and more on the alert
for what ever might turn up. Ever alive
to their own interests, they soon conceiv-
ed the idea Of forming closer connection
with the Scotch, and Dutch, in order to
entice them into plan for building up
villages. This idea took well, for the
ingenious Yankees painted most vivid
pictures of wondrous cities, that wou
eventually grow up, outvieing the famous
cities .of Europe, and secretly, they drew
their own future likenesses, as merchant
princes-a branch of the fine arts, much
in vogue at the present day. The Dutch
and Scotch, however, upon serious con
sideraticn, resolved to have nothing to
do with the New Englanders, and to form
an allied power Of themselves, for the
purpose Of keeping the Yankees at re-
spectful distance, and leaving them to
their wandering, and trading proclivities
Now this was perfectly agreeable to them,
for no sooner had the allies settled a viii
lage, and set the mercantile machinery in
motion, than few artful Yankees came
upon them, and persuaded the Dutch that
fishing was more lucrative to them, and
tie Scotch, that farming was their natu
raj ayeeatop. Thus they soon gained
soc possession Of the main trading posts
in Monmouth.
Here We must bid farewell to the Yam
KEGS. Like a small tributary emptying
itself into the placid silver bosomed lake,
SO they, having flown into the affections
Of the Dutch aud Scotch maidens, are lost
forever and to day, dear reader, you and
| have running through our veins tinct-
ure Of this very Yankee genius, implanted
nearly two centuries ago.
Whenever you feel over solicitous to
close a bargain in your own favor, know
that the Yankee blood is coursing red
hot through your veins. If ever you find
yourself growing inquisitive, beyond the
endurance Of your neighbors, attribute
the cause to Yankee blood, and the right
nail is hit on the head, If your eyes are
gray, your height six feet, ! our hair straw
color, and your features sharp as a Con-
necticut church steeple, know that yon
have vastly more than an equal distribu
ton Of Yankee Doodle in you. By this
sigD too, can distinguish the natives Of
Middletown-their noses are sharp.
Does an inhabitant Of Raritan pass me, l
take cognizance Of the pucker of his
mouth. Give me one peep at your sleek.
likely looking individual, Of Dutch,
Scotch. and Yankee blood compounded,
and LII have no difficulty in finding him
q home in Freehold. Do I see a man
with terrible organ Of destructiveness.
[ am positive he is from Marlboro, where
they sometimes have Primary Meet
ings," sc.
But from our observations Of these very
noticeable features, let US again glance
back upon the primeval days from whence
these peculiarities arose. Nearly two
hundred years have passed since the curl
ing smoke first rose from infant villages,
and blacksmiths anvils first rang out a
merry song Of labor, since bells first
pealed their tocsin of universal charity
and the high brow Of intelligence began
to plan its future destiny. 1t was in 1886
that this delightful county first began to
teen with industrial avocations, and quiet
smiling valleys, bore here and there,
upon their ample bosoms, rich crops Of
dancing tassels, " bowling with the food
of man." The forests. that before had
echoed back naught save the Indian maid
ems song, now resounds again, as stroke
after stroke is leveled at the trunk Of the
giant oak.
Many were the appliances of ingenious
skill made to the different branches of
mechanics in this day, and the whole
country seemed to awake as from slum
Der of unknown ages.
Mddletown is the oldest village in the
County. 1t dates its birth back to 1866,
and SO early as 1856 it contained over
100 families Many thousand acres of
land were purchased of the Indians, by
g ~ men and "a associates :" so Won see |