The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1874-08-12

1 the descent where the load is doubled but the
teams are not increased.
| A popularity that must not fail to note,
4 is, that every load of stone that passes over
! this thoroughfare is weighed as it goes
through certain toll-gate, so that every man
must know just how much he has on, and the
toll is incorporation to the.weight carried, af-
ter the following manner. Every team draw
ing stone, whether his load weighs 100 lbs. or
ceeds this last named weight, he is required
to pay one cent for every additional hundred.
This system allows no cheating.
Geologically speaking these tagging slabs
belong to the Hamilton epoch of the Hamil-
ton period of the Devonan age. They are
comparatively barren of fossil, and from this
very circumstance they are the more valuable
as pavers-since fossil spot in stone seldom
wears even with the remaining surface They
are an Argillaceous Sandstone, which splits
up into slabs of almost any desirable size.
have seen several 10 #. by 10 f., but such are
difficult to handle-and the expense of trans
portation is immense ;-othcrwise many a
kttcitH utoi III W iildttc VI " Slu2l
and so attractive are they to my eye, that if
lived in this vicinity | would have one for my
parlor floor.
As we passed along for the first three miles,
we saw several fine fields of cabbage, few
acres Of onions, some patches of carrots, and
some of bccts. We saw almost no wheat--a
few one and two-acre fields, and about the
same amount of rye. The growth had been
very good from the appearance of the stubble
and the number and size of the shocks, which
yet stand in the fields. The fields were inva-
riably lisides. The corn is in small patch
es,--I think we saw perhaps 40 acres in all, in
the course of our journey from Kingston to
the Catskils, a distance of Is miles, think
we saw no cornfield of over three acres--many
of them about one-half an acre. 1t looked
well, although / thought it had received at
the hands of the cultivator hardly fair play.
Very few patches of oats grow here--but they
look we'll. The cattle here compare very I'M
favorably with those we have seen along the
rest of our journey, although this natural
lily is a cattle country. We have not seen a
single sheep in our whole days ride. In fact,
tho farmers here have not the time to till their
soil and take care of their stocl--it takes all
their time to dig and cart stone, which they
say pays best"
Huntefdohlaiis,you may thanK fortune .l'at
your farms are not unaeriaiu ny hagglnS-
stone, nor YET Win rock rich n any KIND o.
ore. If mines of gold as rich as those Of Cal
| ifornia or Australia should underlay the
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anu ouf h'ucriies "ouiu soon eiso p'aoo ~
.i'e inio'''i NATIVE O'e'''' ,'S'J ~
hofses would DO suspefsedea py 'hose clumsy
t'o"n Oieeus 'n''o ''o on'y s"'""o0 -
uis''''ns our sncepT-we wo''', nave no''' :"
Tue aecouh' % .ho ,''ner uoss' @"u w
Derhsn'ies' our ouhoiAs' anu gu, one'''' =,
WOMB pe KNOWN no 'nole' --anu "na' - sun
WORSE our sons VINO no" '''inA y pe'pe'''''-
ing our customs ana improving our in'pio'o-
MENUS WHOSE pfiuc ~ ~ " haso nappy "on''.'
anu " i'se upon INC oioa'eS' pfinop'es u
ian'i'ropny-w'ioa are oon.en' 70 "oof rom
sun % sun ~ asrcu''u'''' pursuits io' . 'e'',
sonaoie compensation pe aes'"ueo
lneo copn'ving 'can'secrs anu slfewu speoui'-
TORS until theif CONSEQUENCES "arpcu' suppress
eu' ehleepieo ana AZ h's' sino'nereu ou' ~
'ne'r snaip prac'lces - pursuit - '''o'a'"a'.
gam, Win thelr scah'y MONIES anu n0s 'ooseu
lamincs' wou'a MAKE a"epiofao'e Gnu y
mos. curious ,ine' ~ no W. 80. oA,'".sse
our proau anu 'esei ao'es io' 'o'n'ns p0''9''
i'is iioo'c " s"c'' ~ '''e ''o'''' - %
sur 'he son .nas - may pfo'u'o a'o.o GU
uan'iy .i'ae WHICH y ioluileu ~ '"s'''i my
'e's hooe 70 'enu 'l'e neru, ~ - ''op'e " 'o"-
yer our country inoie ie.si'o .na. o','e'' '''s
NC peneniseu u'cfeos' = y ''o0'e " ~ aop'e
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