Dutch Byways in New Jersey 
Dutch farmstead in New Jersey, which in 
line and simple details pleases one greatly. 
After these relics of the past have gone, 
however, it will be a sorry sight indeed for our 
descendants. 1 he modern farmhouse here in 
the East, in the South and in the great West, 
it matters not where one goes, is an abomina¬ 
tion, for it apes the town houses of the neigh¬ 
boring village, and the more prosperous the 
farmer the worse his house will be. 
Hackensack lies across the river from 
Bogota and is a very old town. \ he church¬ 
yard contains several stones of the seven¬ 
teenth century. The church has built into 
its brown stone walls inscribed stones, appar¬ 
ently of some other edifice, as they are set 
in a course about ten feet from the ground. 
The stones usually carry a monogram and 
date, 1647 being the one most often recur¬ 
ring, and in one place there is a tablet partly 
obliterated by time but showing a crest and 
inscription in Dutch. 
There are several interesting old houses in 
the town, but the little one shown is very 
attractive. It stands diagonally to the present 
street, with stores on the rear and cheap frame 
cottages on either side; but its character is on the goffle hill road, north raterson 
very apparent. The porch on the side is 
undoubtedly a somewhat modern addition. of these farmhouses had any originally, 
An interesting feature is the steps recessed into though they are now found very frequently, 
the house instead of being stuck out as is the In the corner of the overhanging eaves there 
modern practice. This cottage has no dor- is a small aperture for pigeons, 
mers, and I am inclined to think that none Further up the railroad one comes to a 
collection of houses now known 
as Maywood. Here are several 
attractive stone houses of the 
Dutch period, though they 
have been revamped as sum¬ 
mer homes and not a little 
altered by additions. Not far 
beyond is Paterson, for which 
few have a kind word, but in 
which, being a truly old town, 
there are some houses not at 
all unpleasant to look upon. 
The country, heretofore rolling 
or even fiat, becomes hilly di¬ 
rectly one passes Paterson, the 
engine pants audibly as it 
makes the steep ascent from 
here on, up into the Ramapo 
Mountain districts. At North 
maywood Paterson on the Goffle Hill 
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