. Harpers' New York and Erie rail-road guide book .. . e region deserve thestraicberry-leaf in its coronet. At Blauveltsville the road passes through a deep cutof clay, and a mile or two further passes over a long em-bankment, the view from which shows the height we haveattained above the river. The country here is very open,and, looking to the southeast, we can see the bold head-lands of the Palisades stretching away as far as (from pier nine miles) is the second sta-tion, and is nine miles from Pierrnont. It is a lonesome-looking spot, though plea-sant. A platform and abri
. Harpers' New York and Erie rail-road guide book .. . e region deserve thestraicberry-leaf in its coronet. At Blauveltsville the road passes through a deep cutof clay, and a mile or two further passes over a long em-bankment, the view from which shows the height we haveattained above the river. The country here is very open,and, looking to the southeast, we can see the bold head-lands of the Palisades stretching away as far as (from pier nine miles) is the second sta-tion, and is nine miles from Pierrnont. It is a lonesome-looking spot, though plea-sant. A platform and abrick grocery, the proprie-tor of which is also post-master, constitutes all to beseen at this region was originallysettled by Dutch Hugue-nots. The country in thisvicinity is very uninterest-ing and uncultivated, andits dull aspect will makeyou look with the more in-terest upon that little brownstone Gothic cottage on theright of the road, a mile and a half beyond architectural gem is of two stories, of elaborate de-. NEW VORK AND ERIE RAIL-ROAD. 29 sign and finish, and embowered in trees of various was built by Mr. Thorn, the celebrated Scottish self-taught mason-sculptor of Tarn OShanter and SouterJohnnie, who resided here for some months. A life-size statue of Washington, cut by him out of a single block
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