The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1874-09-02

the Hudson at the Slatesburg Ferry, in order
| that we might follow down the East bank Of
the river. The road is perhaps the best |
have ever travelled, and leads through very
rich and most delightful country. The farms
are large and well titled. The corn is fine,
the oats, which they are just beginning to
harvest, is very good, and the grass crop is
excellent The fruit trees of all kinds are
full The cattle are excellent Well may
Duchess Co. be noted for its CATTLE To-day
saw, for the first time, yoke of Alderney
oxen. l was SO much impressed with the
circumstance, and with their matchless be auty,
that stopped, and made special inquiry about
them. They were the property of Mr.----
Dinsmore, who, we learned, land actually saw
for ourselves) had large herd of this kind of
cattle. These oxen were six years old, in Or
binary working order and weighed about 1900
lbs. The cows of this herd, differed very
little, in size from that of the ordinary stock.
AS we passed along we saw several other
herds of the pure Attorney breed-and we
were, for the first time, persuaded that the
Aldernies, after all, if they get enough to eat,
and are not MIXED to death, are fine cattle.
Indeed the only handsome cattle that we have
seen, in this famous county (namely Dutchess)
are of this stock.
The appearance of the country between
Rhinecliff, opposite Rondout, and Poughkeep-
sic, space Of 10 miles, is truly splendid.
On either side of the road, all the way, is q
row of large shade trees, that seem as if they
baA baa t,1o talf full 1k0
Sometimes Elms will be the trees on one side
for half mile and then the next space,
equally as long, will be occupied by Sugar
Maple; then perhaps, Locusts of gigantic
size; and then Sycamore, and SO on till the
two long lines of the roadside are completed.
Between the road and the river for the most
part, the land is occupied by wealthy people,
who have built upon it handsome residences,
and have divided much of the ground into
splendid groves and lawns. On the other
side are the choicest farms, with good and
well arranged buildings.
As pass along see several fields of cab
bage--some Of onions and a few patches--say
one or two acres each-of carrots.
Poughkeepsie is often called the Queen
City of the Hudson; and indeed she we'll de-
serves the name. Every thing here Is truly
splendid consequently, we shall only mention
a few things, which by every one who sees
them arc considered superb. And chief
among these is '' Eastman's Place "a match
less home-and Eastman's College. While
here we visited the Vassar Female College
which is said to be the most commodious,
and the finest female institution OF learning In
the world. The grounds and the buildings
are said to have cost over 81 100000 The
collection of birds, in the ornithological
museum, is rare. Everything about Pougb-
keepsie is done on the grandest scale, and in
the mist tasteful manner.
From this city to Fishkill the country is
beautiful, and fertile. Fine, well titled farms,
with fine stock, good fences and excellent
buildings adorn each side Of the road. The
crops look wel-corn, oats, rye, buckwhcat
and cabbage thrive here.
Cozzens' Landing, 8 O'Clock A. NJ. We arc
now in the heart of the Highlands, and as the
day is far spent, we have encamped for the
night. We are in sight, and in hearing of
the charming music of that worldwide re-
puted Cozzens Hotel, magnificent building,
calculated to accommodate about 400 guests.
The peculiar noise that reverbrates from
ten-pin alley is so loud here, that we fear that
we will not be able to sleep.
Soon after we left Fishkill the surface be-
came hilly, and the road gave evidences of a
less amount of travel. The Highlands, so far
as have been able to see, are Of the Azoic
formation, Geologically speaking, the rock
being Micaceous Sandstone, which works
well for building purposes. In this region
most of the farms are fenced with stone. The
land Is not so easily titled here, as that though
which we passed during the earlier part of the
day. In many places, the solid rock sticks
through the soil but when an arabic patch
occurs, it receives due attention, and produces
well. Nothing is.neglected here. When corn
can not be planted, nor oats sown, apples are
cultivated. Thus no soil lays idle. The cat
tie look well, and there are a great many of
them, mostly of the native stock. notice an
abundance of apples, and plenty Of plums and
Of berries.
frvington, 2 P. M. Tuesday.
We broke up camp and commenced our
journey about A. NJ All the way to Peeks-
kill we had very hiily road but for the
most part it lead through an agricultural dis
trict. Farming here is carried on under diff
culties but it is well done,-and every foot
of ground is made to produce something
Stone of the best quality for building, abounds
everywhere land the farms are entirely
| fenced with them These fences are good,
| they are not mere stone rows as have often
seen elsewhere.
From Peekskill to Sing Sing the country is
still billy and stony-but not so rugged. 1t is
well titled, and the crops look fine-=the cat
tie are handsome.
As we passed the prison at Sing Sing, we
saw not few of those fellows who wear pants
with the stripes running around the legs,
working in the gardens, in the quarries, &C.,
&c. They seemed like a clever, willing, well
fed set of fellows land yet almost any OF
them would have been willing to go with us
| on; a very slight invitation, | guess and no
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