The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-03-17
ODD JERSEY NAMES.
Double Trouble, Seven Stars
and Other Villages in
the Interior.


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the oldest names OF towns, noun
sa,ra &, p,,r,inaton ond Oscar co,,nt;es
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IN Inc southern part OF lne stare anu d
namas ,vbtla otbers were given bv hum
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tefs ana settlers many years ago. IN
Ocean county is a town of small proper
tons called Double Trouble. Nobody
,rso-a 49, ~ r
LOWS WIG gave me pace ene ann u
why it was given, but there it is, and 1t
may be that the name has hampered the
groa,th ~ ~ +un~n rhaaa - ao+hing
sto"en INC eoWH. inere - otnAi
about it to encourage a person who is
looking for a place to drive his stakes.
Nj CO.. 49, D.sL,e rso.h1o /. so,on
Stars : satt1amant ts.t poasts : ~
blacksmith shop. a grocery store and a
vatsring tro,,gh nv or,uin af tha
mama is az mvsterio,s &c re o.io;n ~
nalue - as mysterious as the origin OF
Double Trouble, but it may be that the
fact that seven country roads WINDING
thro.ab the Mines ana co,verga - tbap
point have something to do with it. The
twelve or thirteen people who constitute
tbe 1on,lation ~ ca,an $50 : n,oud
1o y seven STARS are pfoou
OF Inc name. and the maj who goes into
their presence and pokes fun at it is sure
to have his hands full of trouble.
Ocean County town Of about the same
size as Seven Stars. There appears to be no
exeuse for mentioning q bridge in connee-
there. During the suqnrner millions of
butterflies come to the loWlands around
fhe ! somn a of ts gath wIla sw resa 6g. from t5 sae I
overrun the swarnps. In all probability
this fact gave rise to- the name Butter
Old Hurricane Brook. Il tears along
through a deep ravine among boulders
and through the roots of great pine trees
s6at i far Is 5 fTo1t q sssina 61g Z Ha the ssas
Brook is whipped from end to end. and
it furnishes some of the best trout caught
Over on the coast is Mosquito Cove.
and when one visits the locality in July
and August he is left IN no doubt as to
why it was given that mans. 1t breeds
not of an inferior quality, as Jersey mos
quitoes go, either. Alligator comes in for
given for fixing such a name on the quiet
| little hamlet. There is no record of ALI
gator hunting having ever been pursued
In the locality. but it is a great place Far
| turtles. Snappers are Caught there in large
numbers and land terrapin are picked
1hara = INNS Rridoa snd lower
| sansnEum and as If fo eneonrags i'm
roisration success Prosnerfoyyn and New
pr6snan3 ha,a T,no thair nameS - the
hrsele an5 ave asnS o+har isaio,lsIv n,
w.nn;o a ova var tha ,nan ~ pnr-
i;naiap M fha 6rst nema Il attrac+
nnst = eo ~ x ne ef BE- Psroai 1t tThese
aaseiaio5 \ slau o. RausSnai ~ W. 1eiat
are naruiy. enuagn sa o,, :, IL az ~
~ heeR 'hs pa slds y IL ~ NJ s.noa size
ayospabn, &c y. ra = = .me I h,i 80
am1 enaaaGtsr as batsalrrumn, pus o nm
tsh q Snrugglsi IA t frem na me e esrv
70 LIT LoeaiI.y propaoiy iIoh sme gaanas
poul9ef Win q concave suriaee. ina
STANDS IN the outskirts OF Ine Town, anu
pounoeo corn VIII stone pesties. MILL
Misery Is a small eleVaaion covered MIN
rocks and scrub pines. ana not far from
Z IS 0ng,s HAT, an lmms ,e poulder.
SNAPPED ike a ounces cap. Waolhg
river is a shallow stream that creeps
slowly along over O. level country. and
Fox Chase IS the summit Of a high ele-
laid their course. On this elminence fox
hunters take their stand and wait for
the game to put in an appearance.
Brindleton Is in the MIDST OF a dairy
district, and there is probably. some con-
nsetlon etWee the nams OF the town
Bcgs years G was a Famous hunting
GROUND Tor deer hunters, DIT Is now Gull
tvateg by growers o. cranperrles, MARY
q apoul tWsnty persons bultoWn IS a
me naluSg 81 the outIer and mig pro-
a ara I 9,s1laets, anu n Maftna ano Caae9
the SOUND of the locomotive whistles
: / nn = aeloelous soulio' Out II Is
az tJof W., /, f3 H.. arn ru,,a
+bo aoIs - KY ga va" "a. l, aes glbry 9urang
ens uass ! y rss si1ge eo d ing WIEN II was
Srasbing &c }tn3S Pa y IVES NJ ahu ~.
ara Tabarna caud+ dnen- ! mn .nsre
Tha ISL e ! iviood eoforad anu sis,a4 =
N n 4 prosperous zfer?.s1 agrieu,tural district It
Is ,ns pl.hcspal S5aaion go the kinkofa
ovar 1ubieb +a-S nassanaaa ned.troau,
a day. The train IS connrsosed of one car
sitting en- one side Of the partition and
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