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Glo: No, this is the only chapter related specifically to the Pines. But I continue to seek out other texts to post here! Best regards, Jerseyman

Tom: Really? I can’t imagine who that would be?!?!?!?! :ninja: Jerseyman

Tom: As someone who has worked in a museum setting during his career, I would urge you to have Karl and the folks there reconsider their paint-scheme ideas. Now please don’t tell my fellow Pennsy aficionados that I wrote this, but having an all-PRR train could prove to be rather boring. I...

oji, et al.: The Pullman-Standard Company constructed this boxcar, hence the “PS 1.” This car firm turned out this model of car by the tens of thousands, making it a ubiquitous fixture upon America’s railroad system. Glad to see it arrived; does the museum plan to restore the original paint...

Folks: At Bob’s request, here is the story titled Between the Lupin and the Laurel. This version is the one published in Scribner’s Magazine and I have included the four illustrations that accompanied the original article. I hope you enjoy the read and will have some fun determining the real...

Scott: I received that regifted box of chocolates and was saddened to see most of the bottoms pushed in by someone seeking a particular flavor! :cry: I’m glad you are enjoying these texts! Merry Christmas to you and yours. :) Best regards, Jerseyman

Bob: I do have Henry van Dyke’s Between the Lupin and the Laurel. He first prepared this text as a story in his book Days Off and Other Digressions, published by Charles Scribner. Since Scribner also published Scribner’s Magazine, the editors selected Between the Lupin and the Laurel to be...

Folks: As promised, here is another article from the past about the Pines. This one features writing by the same author as the piece on cycling through the Pines. Please enjoy yet another installment of my Christmas gift to you all, my friends! Outdoors, Volume XXXVI, No. 6, September...

Kevin: Yes, Joe Mulliner was a fairly well known highwayman of the Pines and there are several books and articles containing information concerning him. Fenton was a real person who hailed from Monmouth County. Historians really do not know that much about him, but there is a very rare book...

Glo: All of the texts that I post are in public domain to avoid any copyright issues. I have numerous other pieces in my files that are definitely not in public domain or in the gray shadowland of uncertainty, so I will not post them for fear of causing Ben some grief from potential copyright...

Folks: Here is Everett Tomlinson’s account of Fenton the Outlaw, a Pine Barren Robber known as the Baron of the Pines (not to be confused with John!) active during the American War for Independence. Enjoy! Excerpted from Everett Titsworth Tomlinson, Stories of the American Revolution, Part...

Folks: Here is a fictionalized account of a nineteenth-century bridal party’s encounter with a fast-moving forest fire in the Pine Barrens. It is a harrowing read, but before you know it, you will again be able to sit back in your seat! Sorry—no illustrations with this one. Graham’s Lady’s...

Folks: Although this account of a bicycle ride through the Pines is a bit short on historical substance, it is, nonetheless, a pleasant read and I have included all of the illustrations that accompanied the original article. Outlook, Volume 26, April 1895, pp. 32-40 WE had...

Al, et al.: Note, too, the brief description of the farmstead that stood at Munyon Field in the second paragraph. Even those who do not hold a strong interest in natural history should read through both transcriptions, for the tidbits of historical information make the reads, albeit long...

Bob: That is my comment at the end concerning spelling in both this posting and the previous botanical posting. My fingers were flying rather quickly last night with the transcription of these two articles, so I may have misspelled some of the names. Send me a list and I will make the...

Folks: Here is another account of a trip by botanists into the Pine Barrens from circa 1900: Proceedings of The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 1900. 1901, pp. 544-549 THE PINE BARRENS OF NEW JERSEY. BY C. F. SAUNDERS. Lying between the New Jersey Southern Railroad and...

Folks: The account below will interest both the naturalists and the historians among us, so please enjoy the read! Extracted from: The Friend. A Religious and Literary Journal. Volume LVIII, No. 50 (Seventh-Day, Seventh Month 18, 1885, p. 395) BOTANIZING AT ATSION. About the...

Turtle: I did most of what you suggest: I came in the house and climbed into the whirlpool bath with the water about as hot as I could stand it. I did not take the warm shower, but I did have some New England clam chowder with horseradish garnish for dinner, along with a fresh salad and an...

Based on LARGO’s timely alarm, I have deleted the content of this message. Thank you, George, for keeping me straight! Best regards, Jerseyman

Folks: Okay—I’ve seen enough snow and I am now ready for spring! :siren: It took me 5.5 hours to clean my driveway, my front walks, and my back walk. I finally surrendered to my tiredness while trying to remove the ice patches from the portion of my driveway closer to the garage. Of course...