Woodside, the North End of Newark, N.J.: Its History, Legends and Ghost Stories Gathered from the Records and the Older Inhabitants Now LivingHine, C. G. (Charles Gilbert)
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Woodside, the North End of Newark, N.J.: Its History, Legends and Ghost Stories Gathered from the Records and the Older Inhabitants Now Living
Hine, C. G. (Charles Gilbert)
Hine, C. C. (Charles Cole), 1825-1897; Woodside (Newark, N.J.) -- History
“First meeting to organize, September 2, 1867.
“Cornerstone laid, November 29, 1867.
“Rev. Samuel Hall, rector, February 8, 1868, to February 8, 1873, when
he resigned to become rector of the Church of the Redeemer, Morristown.
“Rev. H. H. Barbour, rector from April 17, 1873, to November 1, 1875.
“November 1, 1874, rectory occupied. Rev. Francis A. Henry, rector from
April 29, 1876, to October 2, 1876.
“Rev. I. B. Wetherell, rector from November 29, 1876, to April 18, 1877.
“Rev. I. H. McCandless, rector from April 18, 1877, to November 1, 1877.
“Rev. George C. Pennell, S. T. D., rector from January, 1878, to January
15, 1880.
“Rev. Arthur B. Conger, rector from March 28, 1880, to April 1, 1882.
Resigned on account of illness.
“Rev. A. L. Wood, rector from September 11, 1882, to September 1, 1891.
“Rev. Frank Albion Sanborn, B. D., rector, September 1, 1891.”
He was followed by Rev. George W. Lincoln, who was succeeded by Rev.
Rowland S. Nichols, the present incumbent.
A WOODSIDE MOLASSES JAR.
That the women of Woodside were unusually attractive there is no
denying. Of one of them it is told that she found herself in Newark
rather late one evening after the cars had ceased to run and, being
alone and unable to secure a livery team (for Newark was as primitive in
its way forty years ago as was Woodside) she applied at the police
station for help and an officer was sent with her on the walk home. They
evidently had a very pleasant trip, for it was not more than three days
later that the officer appeared at the lady’s home, dressed in his best,
only to find that she was married. An introduction to the husband
somewhat cooled his ardor.
CAPT. KIDD IN THE WINSER BACK YARD.
There is a tradition that Captain Kidd buried treasure at a point in the
Winser back yard where an ancient apple tree flourished when we were
young, and the following facts seem to show good foundation for the
belief:—
We are told that oft during the quiet of the night (this was before the
day of the trolley and its outrageous roar) the sound of a pick being
driven vigorously into the earth could be heard from the direction of
the old tree, but when the hearers gazed out into the dark no one could
be seen. Those watching with the sick frequently noted such sounds, and
as there were no visible diggers and the following morning no
indications that the earth had been disturbed, it seems impossible that
the work could have been done by other than the shades of the departed
pirates. What, indeed, is to prevent our supposing that the ghost of the
pirate captain himself was on hand, superintending the work in his old
burying ground?
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