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THE WASHINGTON'STAR/ WASHTNGTON V. J., THUTtSl/ ‘.Y, VOTEMBER ,1sSchooley’s Mountain, puosla at tho Itonth House would par-ft!on. Former Judge William•H.'Mov-i' .3 llelPttto in■'#: Bftll. at Dorlticourt. Irow, n member of. the State Board ! ............ ......... 4 'i he earlier dnys of the hotela were [of hducntion, ntidltoLett G. Sanford,^'!_• . w • . ; tally-ho and stage coach dnys. tha county supervisor, also were prestmh’iAs It Was 50 Years 'O , jiieor, making the resort more aeccs-wBible. •Bath Room* 'Scarce.{From Newark Evening News), |dusty ball room and verandas of that: Doubtlcs* the two hotels present-'fbtt .glury llmt was Defineani l's t which was burinvuurt, un the slope i bd luxuries considered the height of has long,been gone. Windows once of Sclioolcy’a Mountain. j something or other In their day, andglowing with the light of chandeliers!. Passing nutamobilista-—probably, that may bo aa it may. An explqra-now look out of the blank walls like thousands of them—havo asked what;tJijn -of the interior of Dorincourt dull eyes occupied with old memories, la this still ini posing old pile stand- j inilcu to discover—-in the original and whcro ou summer nights was Ijiit dcJerted and empty by the road- jpUart at *Laat—a: single bath room, heard the music of violins and flutes «ide2 Once it wiis a: widely famous ‘There are now gus fixtures through-there falls on the ear only the stir-jsummer hotel, patronized by thejjbt the Imlliiim;, the making of giis ring of the, wind in the trees. I wealthy and the elect, and a News , *ro™ gasolene having been an inno-It’s a Sisrprlse! I..’■If ghosts'of old hellos fund beaux delight to revisit,the scenes of earthly merriment, and flirtations and . woqing, then they must return often, | in silent, smiling throngs, to theman who journeyed up there the 1 vatlon of the; late Sufy light earlier dther day found out some interest- jtoan that having been by candles and in# things about it. . I then by kerosene.“Yes, sir,” said Hod Prout. the], Both hotels were resort for fash-demon flivver 1st of Hairpin Turn,; ionablos from Pennsylvania prtnclwho had obliged with a life, “they pally* though they had many guests tell hie that way back some time the ^roni Now Jersey and New York andlnh-de-dnhs flora all around used to there_ usually were visitors from come here with their stage coachesi Washington. From Philadelphia and and their canopy tops and stay all I Washington the summer sojourners summer, drlvin’ around, playin’ cro- came by couch, and other horsc-jquetnntf havin’n whale of a time in (drawn vehicles of many kinds by. Will ^ct^ much tike it now, jwuy of Easton. Those from the northVYfli Hitllvt;;does it?” ‘reached their desination by way ofYftiii* Riinitv h docs not look much like it now. [Long Valley.** By the side of the road facing toward On the old registers arc said toII a eke Its town three miles away, i have appeared the names of men stands? the old building, deserted ex- j prominent in many walks of life. An ccpt for n caretaker who inhabits u i°U. account mentions, among fnm-79 liniive Pm«vult;f~ *liA I htUiMJ itl t,3e rcar’ whnt s* thc SO’s | visitors from Pennsylvania, Johnimui b. i lULCLia me coin j was u resort for fashionables, rival- bargcnt, onec candidate for Vicefrom pressure and stops thc ; Newport, Saratoga and Long! President; Vico President George M,' .. , VT t Branch, feu mounding it are grounds i Dallas, former Governor Edwardrvi111 unnn nc aminor! X'n fiii'n. ■ „____ . 1 ■lt; i r*_____n . 1 •I£ there era tire:: who hava | ■; thought that tfccyjtculd not j. jtdkq cod lifffif e:3 nautSsll-I mciit, Uiore io c curpriae in . . I store for thmawheniiicy toko I;.!ilSllllSIl:It is plecsinj' to the' palato | aJS) and jp assimilated so | ‘ ffiyL readily that it is the t mff oxeisptional person (. i’rf who cannot take it | jlijL easily Ifyouarcrun- s ^ - douin in strength, ) lake Scott's Emulsion ! j, nj.toiiiGtltl, St.J. S2-3JA thin mctiicr.Leii plastef that l'omovcs corns, iintl cnllusas inpain soon as applied. No ctn e-all, no icondor-wprkiir. Just a lt;3000 CORN RKMOVl'K oC Uio HUlJscrlOcr.. Charles II. {I Irmly. Administrator of Charles S, Car- } tv?, i tec case il.'-wilt tie audited and) stated ti\* the Surrogate, natl reported jtu th« Orphiiua' Court t»f tUo County of--------------„ ---......... ........... —------- Warren,- un Friday, the third day of ;rovuiing thirty-eight acres, and all ! Coles, Dr. George. B. Wood, Richard ! November next, at 10 o'clock A. M« Ini about is the shade of noble trees. Its [Vans and General CadwnUaiter. 5,l*,Vi ^nnnil- i end to the road, U thc original build- \ From New Jersey visited there Gnr- l-nilon will Lie made fortlio allowttnco ? tag, the nucleus of the great sum-] ret D. Wall, Peter D. Vroom, Philc-! or: couunliJslonM nnd cnnnscl fco. ' - ' •* - • • ... ...... ^ j Dated fSupt.25c pacIiajfQ at any clitiy sioi’o, Of by mail fromOenderslio! Drug Co.NEWTON, N. J.I THOUGHT HE HAD HEART TROUBLEjraer hotel on the mountain, n plain, (raon Dickinson, W, L. Layton, Gov-\sturdy structure of stone covered jcinor Williain Pennington, Samuel | with cement. Back of. that.is the first i L. Southard, Theoilui’u Freltnghuy-* addition, of brick, and at one cm! is tsen and Frederick T. Frclinghuysen. ju more modern addition of wood, I Some visitors from New York are s Scatty red about arc several other Jsnid ta have been Jacob LeRoy, C. buildings, one ii bowling alley and Y* Roostsvelt, former Governor G. I others once used as living quarters i D, Morgan, Rev. Dr. Speneer H. Cone j for the help. [and Rev, Dr. Geergo B. Chcever.. When Fftjiu'on Throned Tbithos-. !Ami Wns sailt;i K^osta returned By auto from 11.u ™alorn section K m°tim,!s forof the state olio nxb, DodWiiuit l0g * 101ly yE!,rs-Passaic Cilizen Says All Mis Troubles Disappeared When Ttittlac Ended Dysptpsttt.192:.uiiAHDias nuAmv AdnilnfHtrntor. riiSltlosbvrff.U. J.u!Ll lit Ulh Ia.Sniiirlllrat111 UlliI.MmsFItllC. X. .1. t I ho ftnl le^ll on Owri'agc enlved hy Hus Wtmrtl i.f Oom-t ..r (I. Titwn t.r riiiliq^hii|-gh«9nv, Ndvvinhi-r IMli. IjlL'f. ul It 1’. .\1„ tit ivlilrli thui! Ihiy ii hi I l'Lv uitimed him! read byt.I.im-iforover the state ruiul: from Long Vul-ley to Ilackettstown.''Along the now* much* used automobile road there rolled in the old days when fashion [and wealth foregathered here, drawnhy the beauty unit fecalthlulwn o£ ... .. c* u ,----Un country and the famous mineral ■ ^Ttirc ^l03f3 Lruiaj to a group from - ■■ spring nearby, many a gay barouche I ,v who watched their work j |;t/Watchlnj School Children’* Work.The children of the Quaker Grove school, near AHamuchy, subjects of an experiment in education under Irivtl the auspices of Columbia University, i ful - ttlitelli.-a frorlilivd fli'tk f ■ I'siuli l lJ nruI f.M' lit ip Cull[drawn by blooded horses and cantoi-ed pedigreed nags surmounted by -\ beauty demurely, riding side-saddle,The wonder ful nnwew irf 'I’-mf-w ^tre I auc^2‘?^a3)t -SCtrts 'earing the last, nxuin vw ftSMr Ta.S.HrniM ‘h^word ia rl}™ to * «» ^y. The this itwtim.- thf jirWuI herielii'iiiry 1hJ{KJS? taJly-ho’s horn^raiigBeiUiiiain. MiuiIwvIh* of thll Summer j (Plough the hills whore thc automo-St.. p!i!wnii% N. .i., :t nmcliiaijit for iliel“?’s strident aqnawk now is heard Merrick ijvahi Vo., who vebiteK his ,.x. | and—well, everything was about as IHgiiuiee in tiie ng wvu-ils: j one would imagine it have been about“My trouble.* siaru'd soiucthiu^ iivrr j fashtoiiiible summering place in two years ;i;i uiilt u jiatu in my j-leml- I pur grandfathers’ and great-gtuud-ileifj mill. buck, which gut 10 he bud | fathers' day. There was an other f niuhi Imii[3v euduro it, l ha.t no ap- [great hotel not fur away, more fauj-iMfrvoften 1 curing iiotliias for hmik- ions, perhaps,, than Doiincou.-t, hut Epr. aiul my siuiimck wsiu hi sitnli a Did i all its ^buildings except one cottage . ;»■'! ■'•■iTiiiii foinl. would. HiishLiy .and the remains of the barn haveirai kill.nut us.they, tilled iiir.c-j mli ^passed away. That was the Heath ' Housiand delivered short addresses.The visitors included Felix M, | rioncr Warburg, James Russel!, dean of K,‘w 1 Teachers' College; Miss Mabel Car- {pjreci ncjr, head of the rural education de-;Atttn: pnrtinent of Teachers’ College, and ! Harvey 0. .^Jsnior,^ Fannie W. Dunn, of the same institu- txovemhor =ml, h2J,-SIoHt Iry day an a v; fill pain-wi.ml it•.t'tt'' iii in lei!. i-nw iiiiii wuik . si Htiiuiuj resort goes back to the inception andM. II. I niH JJ. HI. \..lh I.. ilW, .INI ,si;i( . . . ____------t leftiuiii!History of the ancient fashionable'ibiirr itbuilding of the tunipikc running over i \ Schooley'ss Mountain—the present !lt; motel* road. The turnpike connecting • '• Morristown and-KflMou was «barter- =: ...eel in 1S0G and completed in 1810. i id i Apparently a forward-looking citizen ; ] of that time was Joseph Heath, who : pudifiiu: ! ;*iV.rlt;’ I s«.t in ITUli bought a tract of land bor- . V |isihos :• i-«- ;:!! s’ni. derir.g on the prospective turnpike j it my b.-ait. As^’ii' of Joseph Culver. Shortly after the j L.k-I; a it-1 i.iy rim:! • opcuiag ut the lurajiike he put up a •■».l 1 ..... ......troubtv. I lust llwdi all the tiiui-. Iitui in. viierjjy nr.il Mi so’ tlrwl i.inl pbiyfil out th:-- it h:?:-! i ,r m- il j.:y .ki.iv t v.iis cu..-:iimUHl all h.r rial V.i-ad-.o-lr;Hii-1 .me! rlimumiti-I usi-,1 i„ !m very i:«’Vvsislit UJld fevl aim[ OUIIUIII^, VMJIVU- feHV-*-\ipitilt;,- ftVtlJCIl was ' ;(the lirdt of four or five detached ;j ] buildings comprising the Heath ■ i iHouiie. The Alpha was at first con- •ammm wm ’Uectal m a t.K.reiag iioujo. . iIt: 11C heath cngagod Epr.rr.tm : l I.V :ill sw( ■L-.iss’M* lM“s! 1. »™»ser.. who Bracluallv : ;m:.de aduitions and tn 1S2A purcaas-ed the property. He had married [ | Heath’s daughter. Up until1S50, j vBieh the hotel reached Its greatest lt;capacity, of about JCO guests, nddU j tions and improvements were made j from time to time. Later the prop- ) erty passed through the possession of -1J dilterent owners, thc latest proprietor j j being J. Warren Coleman, who gave ■ I up the business as unprofitable in i J lBtlfl, when there was a public sale. -I lt;The present owner lived on the place 11 w residence for some time, later;:Found at I'iisi—i’artsian Supi KesuUs ill Three Days. I b:i*e's yimdfalling .mi, ■living hall I and lmve Kealiis ilh damlrutl iliat iieh llki1 wqiplytlie pciiuilie t’urisjian rago [Hlt;iiillt;I j selling the buildings wliieh were torn !n1/1 ’ir i.**V.Iil'Jlr i **own and removed, but retaining the : ii ul wifi.L nlnlish Men siirii of dsmilutff. jrirfi T.T„ntt, nrP^nfwl the lnnri An :excel-stnp lu-iiinp Hcnlp and f;dlnp ludd promote a new piuwlii, «r n funiloil.Thouaamis run testify to •Ictice; seme wlm icami liahl k!ult in their iilimidnnl: liuhl. wliile iuli-ers who sitflVred for years with dandruiT and it chi up head slt;il ii dua«,'«fo1 sculp after jiist it few days’ use fit' this simple home ireal mi1 lit.No matier whothrr !»lt;itiered with full-il)S ililil', gray li;t if, mat led. strinsy hair, daiHlmfl' or I Idling .sen in. WlllhiTa Opera Tl™ Pharmacy wants you to try Pftrisiitn Sage—jutt will not lie lt;lis-appointed. It’s s\ svkmlflle ju'cptivnlian ipplius all hair miwls.that I,the Public30-DAY SALElid will continue until iber 2055 tu 40 per cent. or. all ourjusn Cleaners ie Ironsdr.t Electric Heaters1 oui- yearly sale and see the Hfiply House ia Lohii:li andland. Heath presented the land on which the present Schooley’s Moun-! tain Presbyterian Church, built in I 1S70 and repluL'ing the old stone [ churcli built in 1821), now stands.Only One Cottage Left, |There remains on the site of thc ’ old Heath House only one cottage and I a decaying burn uncl carriage shed. ; Tally-ho's, traps and other stylish j vehicles of Hie SO’a once stood under j the surviving; roof, but there is noth-1 mg there row, unless one excepts the -ruin .of the body and top of a pline- j ton such as comeliness would ride ; forth in fifty years ago, languidly; shading her face with a parasol the \ size of a traffic policeman’s hand. IAbout the time'the turnpike was; opened Conover Bo'wno built him a i home near the mineral spring., This, i situated on a ledge by the side of the road, n half mile from the Ileath House in the direction a£,Hncketts-town, spouted forth what was known as chalybeate water, highly thought of and recommended in that early day as a cure for any one' of a number of1 things that might ail one. Lofcnl tradition used to’.have = it. thatthe fill' 1-nntil I-I .nmr inec trieEaston, Pa.VM3-5Vthe Indians for centuries came to drink of this water, thus fortifying themselves to prevail mightily on the war path and the trail of game. At [the time the two hotels flourished I there was a spring house on the ledge, reached hy a gently sloping path, remains of which are still visible, in the center of which the water spouted up, fountain-like, from a pipe. .In 1820 Bowne built Belmont Hall, later Dorincourt, which stands about a half mile east, and up the mountain, from the site of thc Ileath House. He latersold it to William Gibson of Madison, who also became . the owner of the mineral spring. It, passed from Gibson to his daughter, and from her to David Crowell, who ran it for a number of years, until 1904, The present, owncr^iacnsh-h^ made many improvements, has never run the place as a hotel.The' rivalry between the two hotels, when they were in their glory, was always good naturwd, it ia said. Of a Saturday night there would he u sail at the Heath House, which the gueati at Doi-incourt. would atteiui, and I be following Saturday night the
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