Another olde towne scrapbook : which is a much more personal and impertinent compendium of olde town tales than the first one and tells about the peculiar laws, customs and behavior of the folks hereabouts from the very beginning of things Author: Hoffman, Robert V. Description: Another olde towne scrapbook : which is a much more personal and impertinent compendium of olde town tales than the first one and tells about the peculiar laws, customs and behavior of the folks hereabouts from the very beginning of things. Westfield, N.J.: Published privately by the author, 1984. View this book online Subject(s): Westfield (N.J.) -- History. New Jersey -- Union County -- Westfield. Table of Contents: Title page Front matter The old Raritan Road By foot, horseback or stage Tomahawks, trade and taxes "Ware of pains and penalties" The Jersey Blue Laws Ye olde towne tavern Avoid sippling and tippling Hear ye, saints and sinners At the Stage Coach Inn The singing school teacher Where Samuel Downer kept store The storied Piatt Cottage Plainfields historic Quaker meeting David Bakers house Ye doctors and lawyers O, ye thieves and counterfeiters! Right on the barrel head! The miller of Cranes Ford May be Westfields oldest house Politics as usual When Abraham Lincoln came to town The townsman at home Bloodgoods--The old swimmin hole When Scotch Plains divorced the olde towne The Greater Johnson "Four more years for Grover" "Ouch!" said brother Ripley The gentlemen of the jury Cranfords carnival--Hail and farewell Hucksters and hams The ball and chain gang The great Chevantnier When Zeba Wilson wowed em Uncle Al Drake entertains Uncle Al hits the high spots Brooms, parades and politics A perilous prelude Dr. Appleton Morgan, scholar and skeptic Lest we forget When the horse was king How Gates broke the English bookies When Mr. Morgan came to town On the great toe of J. P. Morgan And now hes a crack shot The bikes made the dust fly It happened at the Wheelmens Fair Dr. Cooper foils a highwayman Dr. Wright spurns greatness Dr. Wright turns demonologist Psychology a la carte The making of an educator Solid ground for argument Evolution of a swamp The railroad builds the plaza The hold-up era A stew and a stick-up man Lets all be thankful! Evangelist mills - A study in contrasts The "y" of the gay nineties The town pump and trough The making of a pastor Calvinist, up-to-date The glass blowers of Scotch Plains The wood carver of Westfield The artist sees life The Boy Scouts From Jersey City to Mauch Chunk Autobiography of the scribe

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