The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1877-07-04
MISCELLANY.
WEDNESDAY,, JysE 18th, 1877.

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 18th, 1877.
It is very cloudy snd damp. No one yet
brags of tenting out. One says, Seems kind
% rough--ain't used toit yet. Another says, I
think can stand it for the sake of learning
something. Another says, guess we will
make it 60. The greys are feeding, the la
dies are preparing breakfast, the boys are
tending the fire, the birds are singing most
melodiously and all goes well. Little Ben
seems to be the happiest one in the lot. He
seems to show strong proclivitios for be-
coming Naturalist.
10 o'clock, A. NJ. We are upon the sits
!" where vaior fought in other days the
battle field of Monmouth. Around the old
church we see the fragments Of grave stones,
broken by cannon balls upon the day of the
battle. They look as if much respect had
been shown them, ihasmuch as they seem to
lie just where they fell at the time Of their
fracture. The same sbundii4g in which the
good people of IT'S used to wor-
ship is now used by their grandchildren
for like purpose. Its architecture
is such as is peculiar to those good old times.
It is built of wood--two stories high, with q
spire-shingled upon the sides, and entered
by three doors upon the south side. The
doors are hung by means of large strap and
hook hinges, such az is used for barn doors
nowadays, fastened to the post by driving in
the hook, and to the outside of the door the
strap is made secure by means of large
wrought nails. The centre door is the largest
of the three, and fastened by means Of a mon
strous lock, from appearances the identical
one placed upon 1t when the editice was built.
The other doors are fastened from the inside.
Upon the outside Of all these doors are large
iron latches such as are usually made at our
smith shops, for garden gates. barn doors and
the like. These latches and this old lock
seem to be in good repair and often used.
Indeed everything around this venerable
building seems to be in the hands of those
who have just appreciation Of it's sacredness,
and who take delight in keeping things as
good as they were. We admire these things,
and we admire and respect those who are good
enough to preserve them. Oh how much
wiser 1t would be for those who live upon or
near other sites wherein our ancestors strug-
gled for freedom, to preserve without change
things that our patriotic ancestors handled.
Such things have an ineffable value. As we
place our hands upon these sacred latches
there arises within us an emotion that is in
describable, an emotion unknown to those who
do not enjoy the privilege of visiting these
halIowed grounds, and of placing their hands
upon these sacred things. In handling these
sacred old objects we seem to be almost clasp
ing the hands of those old worthless, and by
80 doing we seem to be linking the present
with the past.
The country hereabouts is beautiful, gently
undulatiug, easy Of tillage and very fertile.
AS we came along we were delighted with the
village of Freehold. 1t ID well laid out,
kept clean and neat, aud contains many hand
some edifces. Business here seemed active,
and the people intelligent, Industrious and
polite.
From camp Tuesday, near Dayton, to Eng
lishtown, we saw but two fields Of wheat,
There are numerous fields Of rye, and the
crop seems to be very promising. The corn
Is more forward here than 1t is in Hunterdon.
We see a few fields OF potatoes they look
well. The orchards Of apples are numerous.
large and thrifty. The trees here are more
umbrella shaped than those upon the redshale
Daisy abounds everywhere. In some places
we see not little garlic too, indeed one very
good field Of It, but as we were commenting
upon II, one Of the party said that he did not