Pleasantville weekly press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1890-1911, 1895-11-06


all the table would accommodate at one
time. The barrels were unpacked and
pretty soon "the tables fairly groaned, y
to use the words of banquet reporter,
"wi1h the delicacies of the season."
Abont noon the excursionists began to
straggle in. Their jaunts cross country
had given them appetites like ostriches
and colored their cheeks like red roses.
They were at once given seats at the
table and a corps of walters and wait
satisfying the cravings of their palates.
There was no wait, no speeches-not
even the saying of grace-and it is quite
unnecessary to say that every one ate a
good hearty dinner. Following is the
bill of fare:
Baked Pork Sardnes Smoked Bee
Boiled Ham Picked Salmon
French Peas Boston Baked Beans
Vienna Bread Sharpless Butter
Pickles Catsup
Peach. Apple, Mince, Lemon and
,-..ou,,.a o,;noaS Cocoanut PIES Fancy cates
Pears Grapes Apples
French Coffee
Cigars
After the visitors were fed, the con-
tingent of the Estelle population who
Cbllle uDWu W tbC ciotiOi w w hOhOf
to their guests We're carefully looked
after, so far as the sinner man" was con-
cernnd. and even then there was a large
supply OF food left untouched. This Was
taken in charge by Jesse Risley, one of
the "Estelleans,' who divided 1T among
those in need of it. One of the ladies in
the party remarked she would like to
board with D. L. Risley because be knew
Il al 4
gest that if he ever leaves the real estate
business he would make a gigantic sue
cess as hotel caterer.
After dinner the visitors followed their
own sweet incinations. Some few
went into the cars and took blissful'
snooze, most of the ladies went out
riding and gathering Autumn leaves,
while majority OF the men visited farms
they had bought or intended to buy.
At O'Clock the conductor shouted
sAll aboard" the locomotive shrieked a
long loud farewell and the train and its
precious freight started towards Phila-
delphia.
1t was extremely gratifying to the
Estelle people to hear SO many cOmpli-
mentary remarks made about their
homes, their farms, their prospects, and
the general air of happiness and unity
that prevails here. Most of the visitors
had never been here before and they were
astonished when they found that Estelle
is really all that had been claimed for it.
About fourteen months ago no oneliyed
at this place though hunters came here
in crowds during the open game seasons,
and the country hereabouts had been
uninhabited for probably 100 years.
The cause of this, very few of the present
generation know There are few, also,
who could tell you that New Jersey was
once the greatest iron producing state in
the Union and that at what is now
EstelIe there existed the celebrated Etna
Furnace where iron was manufactured
from bog iron ore. In those days there
were no railroads and the vast mineral
deposits of the mountainous regions OF
Pennsylvania and other States were not
only undeveloped but undiscovered. The
Jersey iron was hauled to the nearest
rivers and from thence shipped to New
York and other points. With the dis
covery of steam and the application of it
to locomotion the scene quickly changed.
The green face of Pennsylvania become
marked with railroad tracks and the
earth began to give up her boarded trea-
sures. Mines We're dug, furnaces estab-
lished, and the railroads bore their pro-
ducts into all parts OF the country. New
Jersey having no railroads then, the
-Etna and other furnaces could not com
pete with those that had superior facIll,
ties for transportation, and the natural
result ensned-tne Jersey furnaces failed
to pay and were uetlmately deserted.
One OF the leading families in the
Southern part OF the State a. that time