The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-02-18
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! states.
The chief justice, Mr. Jay. aud the Sec
| retaries of the Treasury and War Depart
| ments, accompanied me some distance
! out of the city. A bout 10 o'clock it began
| TO rain and continued TO do so till II,
| when we arrived at the house of one
! Hoyatt, who keeps a tavern at King S
! Bridge, where we. that is Mai. jackson,
! Mr.. Lear and Myself, with six servants,
/ which composed my Retinue. dined. AT
| ter dinner, through frequent light show
! ers, we proceeded to the Tavern of Mrs.
! Haviland, at Rye; who keeps very neat
| and decent inn.
The road for the greater part, indeed,
/ fer the whole way, was very rough ana
| stoney, but the land strong, well covered
| with grass and a luXuriant crop Of Indian
corn intermixed with Pompious. (which
were yet unPatheredl in the fields. We
met four droves of beef cattle, for the
! New York market about thirty in a
! drove some of which were very fine
also, flock of sheep for the same place.
| We scarcely passed a farm house that
did not add in geese.
The cattle seemed to be of a good quail
ity, and their hogs large, but rather long
legged No dwelling house is seen with
out stone or brick chimney, and rarely
any without shingled roof-generally
the sides are Of shingles also.
The distance of this days travel was
81 miles, in which we passed through
after leaving the bridge, East Chester,
New Rochelle and Mamaroneck; but as
these places Though they have houses Of
worship in them) are not regularly laid
out, they are scarcely 10 be distinguished
from the intermediate farms, which are
very close tOgether-and separated as one
Enclosure is from another, by fences OF
stone, which are indeed easily made, as
the country is immensely stony. Upon
inquiry we find their crops Of wheat and
rye have been abundant-though of the
first they had sown rather sparingly on
account of the destruction which had of
late years been made of that grain by
what is called the Hessian fly.
FRIDAY, 10TH.
At o'clock we left the Widow Havi-
lands, and after passing Horse Neck. six
miles distant from Rye. the road through
which is hilly and immensely stoneY, and
trying TO wheels and carriages, we break
tasted at Stamford, which is six miles
further (at one Webb's), a tolerable good
house but not equal in appearance or re-
atty to Mrs Haviland's. In this town
are an Episcopal church and a meeting
house AT Norwalk, which is ten miles
further, we made halt to feed our horses.
To the lower end of this town sea vessels
come, and at the other end are mills,
stores, and an Episcopal and Presbyterian
church. -- s--. -.-
From hence to Fairfield, where we
dined and lodged, is twelve miles, and
part of IL very rough road, but not equal
TO that thro Horse Neck The superb
landscape, however, which is to be seen
from the meeting house of the latter, is
rich regalia. We found all the farmers
busily engaged in gathering, grinding and
extracting the Juice of their apples, The
crop of which they say, is rather above
mediocrity. The average crop of wheat,
they add, is about fifteen bushels to the
acre from their faliow land-often twenty
and from that to twenty-five. The
destructive evidences of British cruelty
are yet visible in Norwalk and at Fair
field. The chimneys of many burnt
houses stand in them yet. The principal
exports from Norwalk and Fairfield is
horses and cattle-salted beef and pork
lumber and Indian corn to the West In
dies, and, in small degree, wheat and
-four
SATURDAY, 10TH.
A little after sunrise, we left Fairfield,
and passing through FIT. Fairfield, break
tasted at Stratford, which is ten miles
from Fairfield, and is a pretty village over
near Stratford river. The road between
these two places is not on the whole bad
for this country-in some pla 3es very
cd, especially through FIT. Fairfield, web.
There are two decent looking churches
IN this place, though small, viz: an Epis-
copal and Presbyterian or Congregation
alist (as they call themselves). AT STRAIT
ford there is the same. AT this point !
was received with an effort of military
parade; and was attended to the ferry,
which is near a mile from the center OF
the town by several gentlemen on horse
back. \ The ferry is near
half mile; and sometimes much incom-
NODDED by winds and cross tides. The
navigation of vessels of about IS tons
extends up to Dandy, ten miles higher,
where, it is said, there is a pretty brisk
trade. AT Stratford they are establish
ing mandatory of duck, and have
LACEY turned out about 400 bolts. From
the ferry it is about three miles to Mil
ford, which is situated more uneven and
stony ground than the last three villages
| through which we passed. In this
place there is but one church, or, in other
words, but one steeple-but there are
Grist and Saw mills, and a handsome
Cascade over the Tumbling dam. But
one of the prettiest things of this kind is
at Stamford, occasioned also by damming
the water for their mills; it is near 100
yards in width, and the water now being
| of proper height, and the rays of the
! sun striking on it as we passed, had a
! pretty effect on the foaming water as it
! fell. From Milford we took the lower
Road through West Haven, part of which
was good and part rough and arrived at
| New Haven before two O'Clock; we had
time to walk through several parts of the
| City before Dinner By taking the lower
Road, we missed Committee of the As
sembly, who had been appointed to wait
| upon and escort me to the town-to pre-
| pare an addreSs-and to conduct me,
| when should leave the City, as far as
| they should judge proper.
| The City of New Haven occupies a
! good deal of ground, but is thinly though
! regularly laid out and built. The num-
Der of souls in it is said to be about 200
/ There is an Episcopal church and three
| congregational meeting houses and a
| college, in which there are at this time
! about 100 students under the auspices of
! Doctor Styles. The Harbor of the Place
| is good for large vessels-abt. 10 belong
| to it. The Linnen manufacture does not
| appear TO be of so much Importance as l
had been led to believe. In a word, l
could hear but little of it
MONDAY, 10TH.
Left New Haven at 8 o'clock and ar
rived at Wallingfold, 10 miles, by half al
ter o'clock, where we breakfasued and
/ took walk through the Town In COM
/ ing to it, we passed drought East Haven
| about midway; after riding along the
/ river of that name about miles, on