The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-10-23
NINETY YEARS AGO
Quaint DesCripIionsof 0lden
Time New Jersey Taken
From an Old Geog-
raphy.
HOW THE STATE HAS CHANGED
College settlements Eulogized-
Efficacy of Hot Milk as a Cos
metic-All About Per-
fumes.
HOW THE STATE HAS CHANGED

tereSttng account OF olueu LII"
Jersey taken from an old geography
In a remarkable good state Oh preset
walton is an old geograghy' lssueu ~
1907, which has just come ihto ,
hands of the writer. Its type is the old
wood lettering of long ago ana
printed on straw paper, with Whicn
nh old stvle letter S is used. On the
are familiar. The binding of this DOOR
is in good condition, and the pearos
that forms the covers are still intact
The old style etter S is used On the
first mage of this text book OF years ago
NAV he found a statement to the eHecl
that the volume is "a Compendius sys-
tenn of Universal Geography designed TOT
schools. Compiled from the latest anu
most distinguished European ana Amer
lean travellers, voyagers and Gsosraph-
ers BY Elijah Parish, d. D. Minister
of Bayfield,. Mass.
In the introduction one is told tnat
geography is a description OF the edr'h
with its various divisions, natural ana
artificial; but more is generally unue
stood. The productions. the curlosiues'
manners. customs, government ana rene-
ion of different nations. and wen as.
tronomy are included in the science Oh
geography"
Then under general remarks anu uei-
nation necessary to be understooo tne
reader meets with the fohoWins para
praph. ,iaan+
1.-The earth is a globe. RMS Is eso ~
from it's having been sailed aroma by
.a,,erol navigators. from its circular
shadow on the moon in an eclipse. etc.
Following a description of America, IT'S
boundaries and extent. there Is given d
single, paragraph under the head OF III
visions of America. that reads as 1oi-
lowe. s.North America is lnnaplleu ny
Indians and emigrants, or their deSceho-
ants from several nations OF huIope.
Nav Mexico. California, East and west
FLORIDA belong to Spain. Great Britain
claims all the countries 1nhaplteo Wy
Europeans north and east or the Ohteu
States. excepting Greenland, wnlch pc
longs to Denmark. The country DC
tween Canada and Florida is the territory
of the United States"
Under the sub-head, Greenland Is
found the story of that country as 1t
was then known. 1T has never peen
essertaineG.' so runs the story, "o
which continent this country pelohss' VI
whether to either; but g~eograpners ue-
scribe it as belonging to America. inns
region was discovered IN the eehth cen
fltrT. DY people ITQIn ICSicAAs
from which is about 200 miles.
The present number of missionaries III
these dismal regions is sixteen, who nave
lately had great success. The popula-
ton of Greenland has been estimated at
10 600 subjects of Denmark They
are sprightly, ~good-natured people.
When two persons quarrel, one chai-
lenges the other to contend in verse. ne
who first wants words to express MIN
self in this duel of harmony Is
ouished. In this way q%uarrels end WITH
out blood or lawyers fees"
The States provinces are taken up
in their order and discussed. Many OLD
matters are related that are well worm
reading by the young people OF to-day
who are too often prone to forget the
history of their country.
Coming to New Jersey, the student OF
this geography away back in 1897, was m
formed that the State was ounde by
Hudson river and the sea on the east
by the sea on the south, west by Della
ware bay and river and north by a nne
drawn from the mouth OF the MahacKa-
mack river to a point on HUDSON river.
A few extracts from the TURNER hss-
hes cIv vffDA DIvaIsIoNs AND PoPluLAz
SAVES. lsa F e, s State w4 Is ai Il iss T fsGs
thirteenth counties. Cape May, Cumber-
terdon, Sussex, Bergen, Essex, Middiesex,
Monmouth, Somerset and Morris.
"WATERSINPassasck and asc seniaeas
Staten's Island. A long beach four or nye
miles from the shore forms a bay extend
Gaape May. through this beach are a
number of openings which communicate
with the ocean. Near the top OF 2 noun
miles long and nearly half as wide. Pas
saick is a sluggish, winding. stream. ~
rises in Morris county. directing us
with the Hackensack at the head of
Newark Bay. 1t is navigable ten miles.
In this river is a grand cataract. Inc
Hackensack rises in Bergen county ana
falls into Newark bay, being. navigabie
fifteen miles. The sources of the Rar1tan
are in Morris and Hunterdon counties,
into Arthur KuN sound. 1t is ~navigapie
sixteen miles, one mile wide at the mouth
these q nnumber of other rivers and creeks
are navigable several miles.
" BRIDGES.-On the post road, from
over the h~ackensack, 1,Ooo. feet long.
and another over the PassaIck, DIV 1eet
long. Across the Raritan in BBGn9nswti66s e
falls at Trenton a noble brldse crosses
STRADE.SThe Commerce of the State
York and Philadelphia; They export
wheat, flour, horses, live cattlo and
hams; also lumber. fax seed. leather
and iron. In Morris county are thirty
or forty FORCES. furnaces. rolling and
sCHARACTER-The inhabitants of
the State are a collection of low Dutch.
man English, Scotch, Irish, and
Now Englanders and their descendants.
people of different nations settled by
cIpaify with each other; this continues
the peculIiarity Of their i srt different IS : sne s saIo
the people trade with Philadelphia, and
Of course. initiate the fashions g,t Of that that
York. This produces a conformity
with their customs Schools are not, not
pie suffer much in their education.
"RELIGION.-In the State. are fifty
congregations of Presbyterians, for
ty of the Quakers, thirty of
the Baptists, t~wenty-eight OF
the Dutch Reformed, twenty-five
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