. Essex county, , illustrated . W. CRANE, COUNTY PROSECUTOR. once again forth from the hiding-place where thesegentlemen and lady Court House locators had buried itsbruised and mangled form embalmed, and from which theself-appointed ballot box puri/tca/orsoi our own day had wrestedit and who had not thus easily escaped, but being caught redhanded flirting the old mummy in full gaze of the honest voterand not a few of whom threw up their hands in the presenceof the judge, .and pointing over their shoulders with their thumbs,made rosy red the faces of others who had been enga
. Essex county, , illustrated . W. CRANE, COUNTY PROSECUTOR. once again forth from the hiding-place where thesegentlemen and lady Court House locators had buried itsbruised and mangled form embalmed, and from which theself-appointed ballot box puri/tca/orsoi our own day had wrestedit and who had not thus easily escaped, but being caught redhanded flirting the old mummy in full gaze of the honest voterand not a few of whom threw up their hands in the presenceof the judge, .and pointing over their shoulders with their thumbs,made rosy red the faces of others who had been engaged inthe nefarious business and fell under the thumbs shadow, andmarched forth to the court criers yeh yah to receive theirjust deserts. To what extremes the contest for the location of the CourtHouse was carried, makes the history of that short period inEssex Countys history (|uite interesting, but as it deals withwhat is told in very few words, we will only show to whatdepths the struggle reached and how bitterly the factions. opposed each other by (|Uoting a sentence from Mr. .Atkinsons•• History of Newark, which covers an occurrence which showsthe character of the contest: It is related that two highly respectable young Newarkers,William Halsey and Seth Woodruff, rode to Elizabethtown in agig during the pendency of the election and were assaulted witha bucket of tar thrown on them by one Austin Penny who, it isbelieved, was afterward indicted and punished. Elizabeth was then a part of Essex County and such, saysMr. Atkinson, was the height to which locality feeling ran thatit became dangerous for Newarkers to visit Elizabethtown, andvice versa. If we have not wearied the patience of our readers too muchin lingering too long around the walls of our County CourtHouse at the junction of Market Street and Springfield Avenue,or satiated the appetite for the beautiful and strangeness inarchiceclure by keeping the gaze too long fixed on Eg
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