that the king's coat of arms was gray-in other words it was 8. gray coat of arms.

This house and the neighborhood around went by this name till shortly sfter the war of the Revolution, when it became changed to "Grey Court."

The incident which changed it was as follows: The Cheescocks', and Wawayanda patents adjoined each other, but the former was the oldest. In a dispute about their respective locations, it became necessary to establish the boundaries of Cheescocks' first, for where that ended, Wawayanda began. There was a tribunal agreed upon by the parties to settle the question, and the court held its sessions at the Grey coat," which were continued for several weeks.— The exact year we do not know, but it was when De Witt Clinton, Peter Bull of Hamptonburgh and William Mulliner, Esq., of New Windsor, were young men; for they, with the whole country side for many miles round, were present. So long did the trial last and the court continue its sessions, that it became a common answer, from all going towards Greycoat, to the inquiry, "Where are you going?"—" To the Grey Court." By common consent, the community transferred a part of the odium to the court, which had previously been bestowed upon the sign, and by it intended to say, that the court was as durable and fixed at the place, as the grey goose was on the sign. From that time to this, the place has been known by "Greycourt" in all public and private writings. This case is very similar to some of the English etymologies, and may be relied on as accurate.

The Greycourt meadows, above referred to, are principally within this town, and make an area of five hundred acres of peat, of several feet deep. At some places they are bottomless, as far as tested by the piles of the N. Y. and Erie Rail Road, and probably cover up-ponds and lakes beneath.There are meadows in Europe, which have been cultivated for centuries, which have been recently found to be only the external coverings of lakes and ponds of water.

August 16, 1825.

Amzi Roe, a young man residing near the village of Chester, was killed by lightning. He had just finished topping off a stack of hay when a shower came up. To keep clear of the rain, he laid down as nearly under the side of the stack as possible, when the fluid, attracted by the heat of the hay, no doubt, struck the stack, and made its way to the young man.

1828. Anthony Davis died, aged 61

Philp Fink, at the Fair held at Harleam for the city and county

of New York, took two premiums for Fat Cattle,-together

Thomas Watters,
Joseph Wood,
Jonas Seely, jr.
Abraham Vail,

1824. Jonas Seely,
Harman Fink,
do. do
Thomas Watters,
Jonas Seely,
Henry W. Denton,
Phineas Terry,

1819.

do do

do do
Theophilus Howell,
Benjamin Strong,
Abraham Vail,
Daniel Carpenter,
Theophilus Howell,
Joseph Wood, jr.,
Daniel Carpenter,
Thomas Watters,
Joseph Wood,

Mr. Fink sold a pair of oxen to Mr. Gibbon in New York for 25 cents per pound. They were exhibited in the city to gratify public curiosity as to size and beauty of formation. The Agricultural Society employed an artist to take the likeness of these extraordinary animals. One of them was thought to be the largest and most perfect animal bred in the State or Union, of the neat kind. His live weight was 3,084 lbs. The great Columbus ox weighed 2,962, and the Deleware ox 2,683. The great Brighton ox of Springfield, Massachusetts, was thought to be the largest ever produced till the Fink ox was exhibited. The improvement in the breed of cattle at the time was attributed to the influence of agricultural societies of the county and elsewhere.

1821. Gen. Vail killed a hog less than two years old-weight 722 lbs 1823. Daniel Carpenter raised corn which yielded 95 bushels to the acre. Abraham Vail made 2,319 lbs. of butter from 15 cows. The buttermilk was fed to the cows. The butter was made from May to the 10th of October. 1825. The dwelling house of Mr. James Horton was consumed by fire. An old lady, after being severely burnt, jumped from a window in the second story, and was safely caught by some persons in the street below.

TOWNS OF

BLOOMINGGROVE,

CORNWALL AND MONROE.

Up to 1764 the district covered by these towns was a part of the old town of Goshen, at which time the Colonial Assembly passed an act to divide Goshen into two precincts, and the old town of Cornwall was erected; since which it has been divided into these three towns.

In physical outline and natural condition, this district is much more diversified in appearance than any we have previously considered. At the west in Bloominggrove, they have the smooth and undulating lands found in other towns, but as it runs east and approximates the Hudson, and southerly towards the line of Rockland, it terminates in a mountain range, broken up and variegated in general aspect, by bold, craggy and elevated peaks. The whole area is triangular in shape, with one angle resting on the line of New Jersey, the eastern side of which extending from the Jersey line to near the mouth of Murderers' creek, is the broad segment of a mountain circle, with here and there an occasional breach. These are the Grampian hills of Orange. While this elevated range is severed by many deep glens and vallies, the Alpine hights hold within their rocky crests, ponds and lakes of pure water, which glitter like diamonds in the noontide sun. Rude and forbidding, as this region of hills and rocks and mountain crags may at first sight appear to the eye of a superficial observer, yet, to the true lover of nature in the exhibition of her noblest works, and to the practical mind of the really utilitarian, for a thousand purposes, the whole is well arranged and unsurpassed by any thing of the kind in the county. Here are found without stint or measure, granite, mica or isingglass stone, and every quality of iron ore, with other minerals, treasures of present and future wealth to the nation. As early as 1778, during the war of the Revolution, the great chain passed across the Hudson at

West Point, was made from the mineral of this region. In this respect, as regards quality and quantity, the county of Orange stands unrivalled by any other in the state.

The time will come, when these hills, mountains, deep glens and sparkling lakes, shall be the descriptive themes of some native bard, who like Scott or Burns, caught up in spirit and wrapped in poetic fire, will harmoniously weave them, one and all, into the thrilling lays of the lowland and mountain muse. The time will come, when these elevated hights of dreary aspect, these hills overhung and darkened with vines and forest trees, and these lakes of picturesque beauty, unknown to the common mind, decorated with the wildest garniture of nature, and visited by the wing of the wild bird, shall be associated in the minds of our children's children, with all that is pastoral, pleasing and heroic. True, Monroe cannot be made equal in agricultural beauty to other more champaign localities, and wave with a golden harvest; for though her hills and mountains may be denuded of their vegetable ornaments, they cannot be levelled down nor driven over by the ploughshare; yet the time will come, when every nook and corner throughout the broad and variegated mass shall hold a freeman's cottage, teaming with life and highland cheer, whose tenants, honest and hardy, will sleep amidst the thunders which rock them to rest, and the lightnings that play around and gleam up their mountain dwellings.

Bloominggrove and Cornwall may be considered agricultural towns, while Monroe is largely devoted to manufactures. The nature of her manufactures are principally of the same general character, and confined chiefly to iron products. The agriculture of Bloominggrove is largely inclined to stock and beef-feeding, and may raise grain sufficient for home consumption. The products of Cornwall are of a more diversified character, embracing butter, grain, stock, fruit, with manufactures to a limited extent. It is thought, that there is no locality of the county equal to Cornwall for the growing of all the choice varieties of fruit. That town we think has the honor of cultivating the fruits first in the county, and it is due to Mr. Noah Townsend of Bethlehem, who began the nursery business as early perhaps as 1790.— In 1805 he advertised that he could supply the public with fruit trees of various kinds. This gave a sudden start, a strong impetus to the business, which others have happily improved upon and enlarged.

In all the various departments above referred to, the pro