Historic Newark; a collection of the facts & traditions about the most interesting sites, streets and buildings of the city; . ute to their merry host. I fell in with a fox-chase,says Duke de la Rochefoucauld-Liancourt in his Travels, in my shortjourney on this road. It is a common diversion with the gentlemen ofJersey, at least in these parts, and here, as in England, every one joins inthe chase, who either has a horse of his own or can borrow one. OLD MORTON BREWERY Prior to the early thirties several short-lived attempts had beenmade to start a definite brewing business in Newark. Ever sinc
Historic Newark; a collection of the facts & traditions about the most interesting sites, streets and buildings of the city; . ute to their merry host. I fell in with a fox-chase,says Duke de la Rochefoucauld-Liancourt in his Travels, in my shortjourney on this road. It is a common diversion with the gentlemen ofJersey, at least in these parts, and here, as in England, every one joins inthe chase, who either has a horse of his own or can borrow one. OLD MORTON BREWERY Prior to the early thirties several short-lived attempts had beenmade to start a definite brewing business in Newark. Ever sinceCaleb Johnson in 1795 advertised that he was brewing ale, porterand table beer, for a number of decades the business of being a brewerwas a somewhat popular, but not an altogether successful one, untilThomas Morton came to Belleville from New York, and thence toNewark in 1831, and definitely established, in the big stone buildingon High Street near Orange, the Morton Brewery. To ThomasMorton, therefore, is due the credit of starting this great business inthe town that not long afterward became a city. SO HISTORIC NEWARK. THE CEDARS, HOME OF FRANK FORESTER It stood on the banks of the Passaic on ground that is now a part of Mount Pleasant CemeteryFrom the Life and Writings of Frank Forester by David W. Judd The building on High Street was for years used by the Mortonfamily for brewing purposes. After the suspension of brewing in theeighties the old place was rented for a pickle factory, and was from thattime on used for various industries. Gradually it fell into decay, andmore than a dozen years ago was torn down to make room for factoriesthat were built on its site. FRANK FORESTERS SOMBRE LIFE AT THE CEDARS I have a home where the soft shadows fallFrom the dim pine-tree, and the rivers sighLike voices of the dead wails ever nigh. Henry William Herbert. Henry William Herbert, one of the greatest sporting authoritiesAmerica has produced, whose books are now eagerly sought by col
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