The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-05-05
NEW YORK HERALD SUNDAY. MAY s. 878-oUINTUPLE SHEET

pretty finish. "To Railway, fonr miles" was the
nnger board passed ~ On. Am. l0s Three minutes
,alel ~ 1sorgss =, enue was motel Al sh sm. tne
'Hahway House. was shot by, and a. %
l3ni. Tie Whea. sheaf Hotel was placed astsrn.
This u structure used TO be stopping place Tor the
coach Is oil ops ago. Two miles out the road the
hahvy escoft was found, and though NOT quito so In
spir ing as that oil Elizabeth, It was formidable and
grliiying. Tue Tally Ho pulled up In front OF the
,opea Hotel at Oh. 2sm.. just ahead OF
6hedu!e Time, The last stage had been eleven mies
Snoignn sasutes and hearty gave tho travellers
y merry send on from point,
"o'ER HILL DALE"
Nj. Perry Belmont w.t.. bay and gray 1873 a.
was now tho coachman. HIS stage was 10 the ''Sgn
Board 'sor Stelton Church. two miles north OF New
deour was made fran ST. George avenue across tho
Six Roads to the Woodbridge turnpike, and over
',Cnany H,ir' 10 avoid the railroad track. Many OF
the 'sbreaks the road severe, but the stout
drag did not mind the jolts and never started q
bolt "ihem Jersey bridges" referring 10 Tho breaks,
SAID = farmer "s little woony." Uniontown was
passed through at ten O'clock aud six minutes later
Menlo Park was reached. This Is on the old New
Brunswick turnpike. and 10 now famous as the home
Of Edison. the inventor. In The old coaching days
MEMO Park and surroundings were not unknown A.
propr,e,ors Of the Union limo Of stages, smith
Freeman, kept tavern were relays or horses
we're ss..,oned Near Edis9a's present home
where the coaches now and then hated
'sBiliy Benson" was tho man guard and no carried =
property now belonging 10 N. +. Carman Is ravine
winch runs under the turnpike There pedder was
fOund murdered ABOUT Sxly-uVe years ugos luo
rsvlne was then dense mass Of timber land. and
years alter known as Murder Hollow" No one
ever tarried there, and Billy Benson, the mail guard
was always reudy with his bluuderbuss 10 repel
invaders One mile from Murder Hollow was
another dreaded place. ozark Lane" IT was
called, from the thick woods on either sde
through the toage oil which the penetrated
Here, IN 1880 Or 1881. Mr. Randolph, merchant Of
Rahway, disappeared aud never aitcrward seen.
He was paying attention young lady at Metuchen
aud, passing through there one night while home-
ward bound il was thought he was ioully dealt with
M ia MI nOc
found, but the body was never discovered
Menlo Park of to-day IS happily very different. Tue
.sTally Ho' passed through MetucDen at Ion. 25m.
little girl, daughter of Mr. Lewis Thomas presented
the whip with basket of pretily arranged hlacs, anu
tho little capped her tiny hands with glee when
Fownes blew his CHEEKY norm The s'Signooard," The
end OF Mr. Beimont's stage was reached AT ION. 46u
just sixteen minutes late The bad stretch Of road
habitation as It l., there we're over two hundred
persons awaiting the drag.
THROUGH NEW BRUNSWICK AND BEYOND.
1t required only three minutes tor tn.s change and
a, 1Oh. 49m. sir. lheo. A. Havemeyer, with four
browns sixteen hands all round, the coach spin
ming merrlIy along. Al Ilh. I'm. the old turnpike
bridge spauui the Rartan River was crossed, and
or three minutes later Moore's Hote, on Albany
street was reached. Here all New Brunswick seemed
be centred Way up the hilly street. SO Tar ms
could soc. dense mass of human beings
look ed Ike The Fourth OF July. the Mayor of the
Guy In tho gathering, as were all the prominent
citizsns Near the Masonc Temple stood two or three
scores of Rutgers students. VINO gave The whriing
drag their college cheer To six Mile Rum the emu vi
the the road Was lar most OF the way.
and Beekman's Hotel Was reached at llh. 45m still
fifteen minutes behind. The country Is rich In
farms highly cultivated Mr.. H. y. Fritsch,
the Austrian Consul NJ New York, then took
the coacnmans seat, and with chestnut
roam, l5 leaders, and two roans as wheelers
Id2 a very level lot continued the journey. II was
now llh. 4Sm.-Jast thrce minutes IN the cnange
Quick work. thai AT once the horses struck merry
pace and the drag bounded over the road IN way 10
set the blood dancing. Mr. Fritscn sent his 9orses
right up TO their collars and brides, making every
his share OF the work, aud At ia OSm. 'Littie
ROAD OF about three miles, and II is so bad the farmers
HILL still the amateur whip sent ms horses along
at u good pace, and soon Kingston was reached, the
time l2h zsni just eight minutes oil the fifteen
being made up. Good, Mr. Fritsch Two minutes
later the Delaware Raritan Canal and
tho Princeton pike reacned.
ENTHUSIASTIC PRINCETON.
Ten minutes more ana PRINCETON Was at hand
Statutes aud cheers the outskirts, and waving OF
catnbrics the drag wouna It's way Down past the
college buildings were numerous. A. l2h. AIM, only
eight minutes behind schedule time, the coach
sent up in front oil the University Hotc.
Here there was another ovation. The broad and
long balcony looked ike commencement
day. Hundreds OF ladies and their escorts,
and hundreds of students were gathered u
give the "Tuly-Hs'' q right royal welcome. When
photog had taken picture OF Inc TURNOUT
the members alighted, and ms they passed into the
Loiel the stients gave their college cheer, "Hurah,
burrah hurrah, SIS. BOOM, an ~ Their clothes
busted by wiling servants and IN lev minutes
luncheon the nssau being