Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1909-12-15

~ NE of the cleverest women that ever lived in Newark was the gifted
Elizabeth Ctmantne Kinney, who wrote excellent poetry and charm
- ing prose. and who in her time wa a star In h most select. American
York city, where she was born in 1910 HI CAV her a splendid education
She a a sister of William E Dodge, the phlanthr0pist She wa married
mother of the late Edmund Clarence stedman, the banker poet who lived
In 1871 she married William Burnet Kinney. who as editor and proprietor
of the Newark Daily Advertiser avn the Newark EVENING STAB. made
that paper influential in State and national politics.
After her marriage to the editor Mrs. Kinney wrote man. interesting let
manuel AM at Tuns she wasa favorme in oonrt circles circles because Of hers social,
Florence, Italy. where she and her husband lived for severaly years after they
quilted the Sandman court and where she 3 a star in the literary circle
with the Brownings, the Tennysons, the Tronopes and Powers. the gifted Irish
world of art Her letters were not only copied in the leading American news
papers but also in BackwoOds Magazine, the Edinburgh Review and other
the newspapers Of the great cities throughout the world.
rored a beautiful lake. in another an italian moonlight and in others she drew
pictures Of the children and nan women Of that t.. land N of sn and clear blue skies.
she wrotet the poem, "Divident Hill" descriptive IF the scene at thu fixing of
ne oounaar nhe tween NewafNa AM iAao''h'0" D. the Early settlers
Mrs, Kinney and her husband returned to the United states early in 1885,,
and he delivered the Grafton in May of that year at the observance in the First
Church IF the 2oth anniversary of the settlement Of Newark. A poem by Mrs.
ing nga survived f%s' her husband pn sG s" who os e@a in 1851 she No a SUNNI y : !" 1882 nay
The late Thomas 4. Kinney, an o Mrs. Kinney succeeded his father as
e eSnSru N o% yraua % pe u Memsf ta Dh aT aaser pa w h es cnnafsn 1nsrs CRANE Ms
Ghrarsn "a p. wn4am a. B. n mnn Ty., 5hs Ia Ty sina Mrs W. n csm Up ell Clark; mrs :,
the Mutual Benefit Life Insurance compan
A memorable event in the early history of Newark and Enzabahtown va
the fixing Of the boundary line between the two little settlements on May 90
1868. The commissioners from each place met o a knoll of land, and the diWd-
dent Hill. west to what is % orange Mountains The agreement a sane.
for the Advertiser in memory Of the historic event;
pIvIDENT HILL.
Pause here, o muse!t that fancys ~ N mere 1t stands-a temple DID,,
May trace the footprints STILL Which crumbhng Time still braves;
OF men that centuries N by, Though ages have their cycles rolled
with prayer ordained this HILL Above those patriots graves.
As lifts the misty veil Of years, &
Such Visions rre arise, A Christ TRANSPORTED o. the height
as when the gorious mast ppears The three beheld with W
Before enchanted eyes. near, HIS radiant forn' n Vhte'
The ancient prophets saw
II see. from midst tn faithful few, sa OF this summit I behold
Whose deeds yet live sublime With beatifc sight,
Whose guneless spirits. brave as true Once moreo ur prayjE stes of old,
Are models "for all time" AS spirits clothe> m light
A groups upon this height convened
In Solemn pravert hev stand A halo crows the sacred hill q
Men an whose sturdy wisdom, leaned And thexte glad voices rase
| The settlers Of the land. a sons qat 10th tn conclave T-
Their fayers are turned t D pratsei
In mutual owe tic line they trace Art mayIot for these saints Of old
That will therfnomes divide The mfhle urn invent;
land ave magk the chosen place Yet hm4he Future shall behold as
IL That nr4xnA hath sancHdad:Z ThH axnn tuEk 6n6Munk 49,