The sun., 1886-09-05
ORANGES AND EAGLE ROCK.
A MAGNIFICENT MOUNTAIN view zEN
MILES FROM NEW YORE.

| that within thirty minutes by rail to Orange.
N. j.. and thirty more by stage there ia a noun
| tain top commanding view almost unrivalled
In extent beauty. variety. and interest bined.
Eagle Rock. the highest point In the Orange
| Mountains. 10 only thirteen miles By rail
and stage from Hoboken ferry Less. per-
haps. by the Erie Railway from Jersey
| City. In an air line II 10 probably
not moro than ten miles from New York. It is
| a bare. bald ledge OF trap rock. juttinR like q
bold promoutory into tho Orange Valley below.
a precipice with Llowellyn Park nestled around
| it's base. II faces tho Atlantic and. with an
altitude Of $50 feet. commands by It's topo-
| graphical position view Of all the country
betweon the mountain and the city and beyond
| IL seaward. aud stretching from Long Branch
| or thereahouts on the New Jersey coast to the
Highlands Of the Hudson on the north.
The tourist rarely finds his way to Eagle
Rock. It In out OF tho usual line OF travel. It
10 not q popular summer resort No big hotel.
with French walters and colored hall boys.
and brass hand to play In a pavilion on o
green. grassy lawn. has as yet bddon the gay
| gregarious throng OF city dudes and damsels
and thoir se!f-induleent easy-goinR elders to
come and catch the breath OF tho pure noun
tain breeses which fan tho lofty crest OF Eagle
Rock: to refresh their oity-worn natures and
eyes tired OF the glare and glitter OF Gotham
with the ma.chless view of their beloved city
and it's surroundings spread like q glorious
pageant In front OF this demonstrating Hill.
o E"So M9cs Is m oey n %n wh
ington in New Hampshire. but relatively to its
surroundings and practically IL 70 higher. 1t
lie % betwoen Il sn Newark. 500 feet above the en.
trance 70 Lleweyn Park. and $50 feet above the
apart. from whose dizzy height. i You cannot
see actually the Kingdoms OF the world ard
the glory thereof In moment OF time" you do
see. as your eye sweeps the horiznn. that
prou,lest 81 American cities. the metropolis of
represent ali or more than satan exhibited
two thousani years ago on that Judoan hilltop
in the wilderness Of Gall ee.
driven over from Newark by = daughter Of
kensacky; behind spaq q fleet oaya which
well as Of horsefssh. She watches the progress
drive. ike a feminine vanderbilt. among H The
Oranges; :,,A A. we rolled roll over those finely
ofps pso the ps aHd
getner BY tho many trslns Of tho Morris and
ius @ wthSn the last ten years @ and fs sed PIne me-
when s. yoa y, roach n;;1 Eagle Rost." SAID ny
Oranges are destined to ucrpstuai e growth.
They arc n ns persnnia! 9s the Florida orange
come here to spend a summer, fnd il 50 de:
lightful that they linger On and on into fall and
dents. You see there is no salt air here. The
sea brsezes lose their briny ,envor as thoy
Bewes ths ofnre
valley an and @ Newark. This IN 4. T. m mountain air; 80
n Ing winds f Of Of tho seabonrd. which tortnrs the
threats Hn and 1n lrncf the nostEs and Of
New York RS settle down on. here @ and build
homes for themselves. This is practically New
m mm2rk. or Newark. or BROOKLYN: Ms You choose:
Sunday tlhoy have their own churches. you
soc. out herel; they can go to the theatres
city and return tho same night. Ladies' ran
and do frequently run into the city In the morn
dIner lust t"s' as yon the pafk pag
To- make shopping tour, around the retail
AS my friend rlntted tock in the beauty OF
the drive. There were ciean-shaven lawns va
On their green vevety grounds were seen like
6rght Pssshes Of smtr'hfery on plush us "wsr
nph m g sn, c'ef es sIe 81 s Hnd
f%1ia Ss9 ootns E%h IKE dark Of
dark chocolate-col"rei ear,h and cmernd
ra s so Anns ad
IN flo vers and climbers that they Iook"d as II
they had grown ur ont OF tLe earth Tho vines
quaint balconies, seem to have ,akon possess
among the yellow sh hhgi.s and the T rcd. Or
or usH" stoo srss" srsy vail. al and w"aher boards
III. housss in The 0rnnx.s n.s are M r., rnon so mag
tie tHst,''n' msnsfons ms s tst alarm th" dsIn,abo
ground aiong p & ,hs Hm.isoD. I, they ,ayo ,,s :
in the mod"rn craze for color in artistic cot
tngr nrrhitcctnre. h-nn,y that rivals even that
H GPp wch "fnr ha rnSo Waa do GG VAS
the most beautiful locality he saw in Amer lea:
thing s ho Beatty IN 't o sort "l
Anps sG s9sEe ssa sSw
vsrmi,i%a; But even ihis ,eolot eomt'Ha!iqn
fowcrsand leaf plants IN arti stic comb nations.
makes moro rLresinH nnd ha'm4nious on
arsn inr.S facior in tho t.iTertts . OF tnese
Residences in the ORANGES Even tho Noun,
Sote S ASHnss %ns the pnGDG pnH, bn.h, rna 5TcN
red. with n dark. invisible ,groen. Corn-
sr adnr scaas d look. s1ss
Ts s "a It's psys n1est t
sids iot,Hi with hugo. owe rercens. and its lawn
and loapinE fountain In front throwing silvery
Ing willows. drPppipe t1eir, ,antastio snad"w.
be confessed that the bright coIors chosen OF
late years for these modern rural residences
roundngs as they do on similar eiinces Mt
Sonhrisht; Red Bank. Long Beach, and othor
seaside places.
r4ssin. into Llewellyn Park through It's
lordy gateway tho heroic sized bronze hust OF
its founder. Llewslyn Hhskell, planted on u
granite pedestal In the midst Of velvety grass
plot on the loft the lodge on tho right. winding
through ravines at he bottom o. which inner
and gloom under shadow and sunshine. crys-
tai brooks fed by ,mountain springs; over hiIl.
through Ieaiy gla4gs. past The magnificent.
es. the Barrs, the Tichenors. by Edison's iordly
domain, by Castewood. tho prln "eiy poHs"ssion
o. the Equitable Iifo Insurance Company. by
f{elhurst AMI Nutwnd lrighthurst and Brier
Hill, and many another rich domain, sometimes
IN the darkiing depths OF Tuip avenue anon
Clubbing np through the linmble by n short
cut 70 Park. mud finally to Mouutan avenue
passing tho old wnaIher worn stons Pilgrims
Crdss rlahted hero before tn" Revolutionary
war 10y the first settlers that came from rOnnec-
ticut.upwarl and onward still.we emerge finally
from tue park Turning abruptly eastward wa
find ourselves, after climbing Il preciptous
hilI. on q level plateau; Inttlng ont and form
ing diziy precipice droppng abruptly into
the valley apd park below. It's further ex-
tlomty Ihe bald, barc rock named for tho
bird OF freedom,