. Harper's New York and Erie rail-road guide book : containing a description of the scenery, rivers, towns, villages, and most important works on the road ; with one hundred and thirty-six engravings by Lossing and Barritt, from original sketches made expressly for this work by William Macleod . course, like the mastodon, with a gay andsprightly appearance I), though at last obliged to giveway I He also thinks this giant must have been theproduct of one of those unequaled matches between heav-en and earth, of which he had read in the traditions of theJewish rabbins. But we will not wade deeper
. Harper's New York and Erie rail-road guide book : containing a description of the scenery, rivers, towns, villages, and most important works on the road ; with one hundred and thirty-six engravings by Lossing and Barritt, from original sketches made expressly for this work by William Macleod . course, like the mastodon, with a gay andsprightly appearance I), though at last obliged to giveway I He also thinks this giant must have been theproduct of one of those unequaled matches between heav-en and earth, of which he had read in the traditions of theJewish rabbins. But we will not wade deeper into thissubject, for fear of being mired ourselves; and with thisnotice of the fossil products of Orange (quite as remarka-ble as the statistics of milk and butter), we will hurryacross the meadows to the prettily-situated town of Chester (from New York 55 miles, from Dunkirk 405miles). This is the largest village we have met goingfrom Piermont, from which it is distant 41 miles, and fromits station presents a business-like appearance. The vil-lage is divided into two parts. East and West Chester,separated by a high hill, topped with neat dwellings, sur-rounded by gardens. East Chester, that lies near the sta-tion, possesses numerous large store-houses, showing the 44 GUIDE-BOOK OF THE. amount of business done here The population is ahout1500. The view from the station, looking east, afibrds afine view of the Tneadoivs we have crossed, and to the
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