The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1895-12-04
CAPTAIN klDO'S HOUSE.
Still Standing Near Ailenwood. n. D., and
an Object of Interest.

Still Standing Near Ailenwood. n. j., and
an Object of Interest.
Between the quaint little hamlet
of Allenwood, N. j., and the village
of Sea Girt, made famous through
the annual encampment of the New
Jersey state militia, stands an old
fashioned shingle house which ante
dates the recollection of ever the
oldest resident and has become the
show place of the country. Not
only does the great age Of the Old
house make it interesting to visit
ors, but also the story that the body
of the late lamented Captain Kidd,
whose treasure is buried somewhere
along the coast and has been search
ed for from Florida to Maine, lies
uneasy in its grave and makes peri
odical visits to the house once occu-
pied by that wealthy but somewhat
erratic gentleman.
The house is q two story structure,
conspicuous chiefly for the fact that
instead of having only a shingle
roof, as was customary in the days
when the house was built, it is con-
struoted altogether of shingles and
presents the appearance of having
been built with the idea to repel an
attack should any such emergency
occur. The old men of Allenwood
say that the house was built years
before Washington assumed the
office of president Of the United
States, and that one of the early set
tiers in that part of the country,
Morris by name, cut each and every.
Single by hand and with only the
assistance given by a strong pocket
knife.
The house is at the junction of
three roads, one leading to Allen
wood, one to Sea Girt and one to
Brielle, another small town four
miles away. A mile or'two from
the house the Manasquan riverfo ws
steadily or it's t%ortuous route to
mother ocean, and several times in
the memory of the present inhabit-
ants the banks of the river have
been searched for relics of Captain
Kidd, while many persons have
gained permission from the farmers
and armed with charts and maps
have dug for miles around for the
missing buried treasure. Even now
q party is hard at work on the Toms
river, but ten miles from the house,
diligently working on the old claim
and believing that each new day
will sec discoveries which will make
work for the treasure hunters un-
necessary in the future. And still
the glittering prospect is held as a
bait before their eyes, and when the
patience of n party of searohers
gives out another is ready and wait
ing to take up the pick and shovel
and keep up the good work.
The old Morris house, as it is still
called, is now on the TiltQn farm,
old Grandfather Tilton having pur-
chased the farm from the Morrisos
many years ago. The farmhouse of
the Tilton family is but q stones
throw from the old house, which is
tenanted by several of the farm
helpers during the busy season. The
room in which it is alleged that
Kids ghost walks is at the top of
the house, and it is said that when
travelling through that part of the
country he would always stop at
the Morris house, where he was sure
of q welcome and q bed. Icould
find nobody during a recent visit to
that part Of Monmouth county who
would confess to having seen the
ghost, but it is o fable which has
been handed down from father to
son that on stated occasions he
would be heard moving about in his
room until early in the morning, as
he was won't to do in the early days
of the settling of New Jersey when
visiting at the old house.
The house was built with but few
windows, and although several have
been added recently there are only
eight, and two doors on the front,
while the sides have one each. Cap
tain Kidd's room was under the
caves of the roof, and only one win.
dow furnished him with light and
air when he slept in it. The window
opened out on the rear of the house,
and it is said that even now on
stormy nights the captains head is
often thrust out, as though survey
ing the heavens and figuring upon
the kind of weather q day would
bring forth.-New York Herald.