. Harpers' New York and Erie rail-road guide book .. . es its well-spent life in the bosom of the Passaic, inJersey. A spacious hotel, which is located near MonroeWorks station, affords good accommodations to those wish-ing to spend the summer in that quiet region, and to thosesturdy pedestrians who care not to tramp eight or ninemiles to Sufferns, and thus examine the interesting val-ley we are now leaving. A few miles beyond Monroe Works, the very crest of thehill-sides are carried by the plow, and the shaven ridge ismarked with fences and dotted with trees, converting theheights into the ch
. Harpers' New York and Erie rail-road guide book .. . es its well-spent life in the bosom of the Passaic, inJersey. A spacious hotel, which is located near MonroeWorks station, affords good accommodations to those wish-ing to spend the summer in that quiet region, and to thosesturdy pedestrians who care not to tramp eight or ninemiles to Sufferns, and thus examine the interesting val-ley we are now leaving. A few miles beyond Monroe Works, the very crest of thehill-sides are carried by the plow, and the shaven ridge ismarked with fences and dotted with trees, converting theheights into the character of Orange county summits. Weare now fairly in sight of the land flowing with milk andbutter, and the receding hills seem to bow their heads,and sink lovingly in the embrace of the wide fields andpastures stretching flatly before us. Now and then, how-ever, the mountains close up near us, as is the case onapproaching the next station, called Turners (from New York 47 miles, from Dunkirk 413miles). This is the most important station on the road. \i:W TORK AND ERIE B V1L-ROAD. 43 thus far, showing some-tiling more than a plat-form for idlers and milk-kettles. Large freight-houses, and the numer-ous farm-wagons stand-ing near, show that thisis a great convergingpoint for travelers andproduce to an importantback country. The place was formerly called Centerville,but now is named after the owner of a hotel in the village,in the rear of the station, where are also extensive flour-mills. He is proprietor of the surrounding land, on whichthere is plenty of game, so that Turners is a favorite re-sort for a days sport to our city gentry. The road now enters a fine rolling country, where thevast pasturages and scant woods show that we are enter-ing the heart of the dairy region, that has made Orangecounty, to house-keepers from Maine to Texas, a synonymwith butter and milk ; and one of the largest of these de-pots we recognize in the next stopping-place, the village ofMonroe (from
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