The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-10-07

corning west jersey. Touching inc rumOr
that the water is not so good rs in the mother
country, he protests that he cannot remember
to havo tasted In any part Of England better
water than the springs of this place do YIELD"
and being wise in his generation, he adds:
Thereof is made very good beer and ale. and
here is also wine and cydcr" He IL aware, he
says that lazy, idle persons have writ much
ancnt the i'll properties Of tho country, and
specially concerning the vermn in it." He
would not wholly gainsay the existence Of bears.
wolves foxes, ratlesnakcs. and several other
creatures. since he has seen the Indians have
such skins TO sell" but he has travelled hum
drcds OF miles. yet never saw one OF those i'll
creatures" except two rattlcsnukos which he
despatched. As for the " muskctto n.y. no is
not troubled with IT in Burlington.
As we con John Crips's epistlc suspicion
crceps over us that England must have altered
wondrously for the better or Jersey strangely
for the worse in the course Of II couple Of ccntu-
rios. But this Is nothing to the account for
wardcd bv Mr.. Muhlon Stacy in 1850 and which
doubtless insured the wholesale emigration Of
all his kith and kin. Stacy says that he dare
vouch before the face Of all "gainsaycrs and
evil spies. that New Jersey. tako ii US wilder
ness. IS q" brave country though no placc will
please all" Hero he has seen an apple tree.
sprung from pppin kernel. yield e barrel Of
curious cy,ler." and nonchcs in such plenty
that some people took their carts n pcach-
gathering. Icould not he adds. "but smile at
tho conceit of IT," II is his Judgment that fruit
trees in the Jcrscvs "dcstrov Themselves by the
very weight Of their frut:" md ns regards
grain he has known this summer forty BUSH
oils Of bold vbcnt If ono busbcl sown."
And now let va SEQ what the settlers in East
Jersey thoupht 81 th,ir ncv nunrtera The go
rnllcI "t,vrlve urnnrio,ors who nur,hused This
half of tho nrovinan unon C,rtcr,t's bnnkruut
sale. appointcd one Thomas Kudynrd. a London
attorney. peputy Governor. some Of the Int
tors IMPRESSIONS Of Essex county in the year
1853 may DO not unacceptable. His habltntion
he tell. us il nj Elizabeth Town. which llos
ON n fresh. small river: with a tide shfps Of 30
or 80 tons como beforc our doors.n The moo.
ple. he confines. nro generally a "sobor nro-
tossing folk. ,hrew,l in their generation. cour-
toou. in their behavior. and resnectf,l IA us in
Office among them." He roes ON to mnLn n sur-
prisin, stninm,ut that a. Inns nnvcr md weather
onr-tenth rart IA cold M in England In tho
midst of winter and frosts no could nn1urn il
with loss clothes thnn in tho mother connirv
Tho people hero lin Elizabeth are generally
settled where tho lido reaches lint although
this il rood lnnI md well tin,barnd and ,l.nti-
fully snnplird with s,lt mnrsh. vet tLcre ia
much h.iter land bi,hrr ON Tho rivnr whore
b.v .,,,v -, ~, Win .n,all h,.,,a AMI ,,l,.r.,
mnnv nre nn,, .',tlin,," or ,bis I,nl-h,,r,L.
,ll, rof,rs q, tr, st,rcs ~ ,h,. .r,oi, ol,,, ,b,
.ro.sin,, of Morris ovc,uc--hn saws tina, vii.
liam penn "t,,L - vio,v this In, month ,,hon
here. and sn.d he Ind never soon s,,rh I,s,r,, il,
his nfep
Ga,v.n Io,vric who VIVA Doru,y c,ovor,or -
East Jersey Tho nox, veor neslC vri,,s. ,ha, he