The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-07-29
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FAIRLY complete history of a w which finally arrived might b
nkened to a diamond with many facets 1t is necessary to walk around
It, peer under and over IT, or to turn it carefully this way an that to get evens
neeting impression of its every phase. So with Newark While the foundation q
its arvelo manufacturing future was being laid and while the church va yet
a predominant force in tow affairs there were other interesting hdenshts 10
be observed. me who complied a rather comprehensive account of the growth
ofNewark said . it that it was ia better equipped with hotels before the -
ginning of tn nineteenth century than it was at thu time h as wrians-iss
Newark IA wen more a exclusive gateway between New England and New
York and the South and West than it is today. OF itshoselres al that time thsrs
catered tic sportsmen, particularly those Southern gentlemen of much leisure
and wealth who made it their headquarters in season
It's ga and feuive sign showed al anmatede expression of he sign painters
impression of the elimination of a fox INT in very bright colors. Horses dogs
and Ike have perhaps beer a trhe better done by Rosa Bonheur, but it is
doubtful if the many admirers of the sign would Ia Omitted it, even if an
opportunity for comparison had been given.
This sign portrayed a aord person in m excessively rec coat-pehaps moth
ing rdderf has ever been negouated-in tn act of subtractng n unfortunats
fox from its brush while a large band o excited hounds leaped frsnticany abou.
in the bright viot. light of the foreground n dagrunted huntsmen hurryins
forward filled u p the background. Red was the motif of the picture, and even
the hounds were affected by it In spite of his n the clifford House al n o
doubt a very lively and pleasant place to top as as evidenced by its
prosperity. r.
hen here was thu Alnng House further down Broad street to the south
and on the asst sde of the street 1t became better known even than its dis
dnguished contemporary, is it "a here, it is said. the great Taueyrand, in e
exile, spent nos of his time between 1872 and 1895. The one-ume power
of France taught his language here n himself took lessons in chair-maIng,
Christianity" in the Anng House. where he lived fr a Ions period. There er.
other n IN roadhouses, tut non of hem gained such distinction as to sfv.
them a lasting place in history. Its development in this direction need o be
surprising when it is remembered that the town at the end of the Revolutionary
War vas III years old, almost the g of the United states today. Also it a
actually a great deal further rom New York tina 1t is no.. III 1894 the first
stage coach Inc between h two cities was aabHshed The coach, which
seated sx,. left the clifford House in the morning with a flourish Oft umpes
and returned in the afternoon. Rude ferries took it across h Passaic NJ thu
Hacknsack rivers and the journey eros the Hudson was often dangerous a.
it was accomplished in narrow sanboats Later bridges were built across the
two smaller riversa M that helped a great deal #
That the Sentinel of Freedom began to protest vigorously against slavery
in 1875 should not De overlooked, as it was to keep that agitation up until New.
was finally free of slaves twenty five years later. ~ tn4
After a disastrous fire in the toy he first cal for volunteer dremen ".
made in January 1884, n many of tn pubnc-sphited responde with alacrity
1t as a pleasant n hopeful characteristic of hi tow that when TIL
public wealw "a in a bad way n needed considerable assistance 1t vas nevs
found necessary to d. ny drafting. - @ ~ -,