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Towns of Bloominggrove, Cornwall and Monroe

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Forest of Dean Furnace.-This was on Forest of Dean Creek, and on a patent of that name, five miles west from Fort Montgomery, and on a bed of iron ore. This furnace made just twenty-one blasts when Fort Montgomery was taken by the English in 1777, and she never lit up her fires afterwards. It was apprehended that the close proximity of the English would make the works too hot even for the casting of pig iron, and the owners extinguished her fires.

Seamanville.-This is a small manufacturing establishment on the outlet of Round Pond, in the north west part of the town, and within a mile of Monroe Village, and owned by Mr. Peter Townsend. There is a grist mill at the place but no iron works. The N. Y. and Erie Rail Road runs through the place.

Monroe Village.-This is in the north West part of the town, on the head water of the Ramapo, or outlet of Round Pond, and west of Seamanville. The Rail Road runs through it. The grist mill is owned by Messrs. Daniel and Jeremiah Knight.

Turner's Depot .-This is the Rail Road Depot in this town. At the place there is a flour mill. It was originally called Centreville, because the roads concentrated there, and at the time it was the centre of population and business. Formerly there was a forge there, erected by Mr. Secor, but not in operation. Mr. Peter Turner, the patron of the village, has the honor of the name.

Woodbury.-This is on the stream issuing from Hazzard's Pond, in the north part of the town, and about two miles north of Highland Mills. Formerly there was a furnace in operation there, but by the consumption of all necessary materials to conduct it for several miles round, the owners were compelled to let it go down, and the establishment is in ruins. We have understood that the site has been purchased up recently with a view of erecting and starting a flour mill and other works. The name is from Woodbury Clove, and expresses a “dwelling place in the woods.”

As we have previously remarked, the Ponds of this town are numerous, beautiful and eminently beneficial; but we have not space to describe them individually as we should be pleased to do, and therefore must dismiss them after we have called their names. They are, Hazzard's Pond, Round Pond, Duckcedar Pond, Mount Basha Pond, Sterling Pond, Little Long Pond, Carr Pond, Island Pond, Slaughter's Pond, Long Pond, Sutherland's Pond, Cedar Pond, and some others of lesser note.

In the Geological survey of the county, the Ramapo is said to have its rise in “two ponds.” This we think is an error, as “two ponds” are on the east mountains, and their waters run into the Hudson near Fort Montgomery. Round Pond, in the west part of the town, is doubtless the head of the Ramapo, the outlet of which runs west, and is seen at Monroe Village, Seamanville and Turner's Depot, where it is called the Ramapo.

Duckcedar Pond is about two miles long and lies north and south. The water of the Pond is so nearly on a level with the vallies of Sterling and Ringwood, that during the Revolution, when the works on the Ramapo were liable to be interrupted by the English, a dam was placed across the outlet at the north, and the waters of the Pond made to flow to the south west, to supply the Ringwood furnace in New Jersey. This was a happy thought. This Pond is usually called Truxedo, which is probably a corruption of Duckcedar. It was a favorite haunt for that wild bird, and its margin was overgrown by the cedar trees.

Died, Feb. 22, 1802, the widow Nesbitt, aged 102 years, 20 days-born on 2d Feb., 1700. She lived in three different centuries-had two husbands--was the mother of fourteen sons and one daughter, and lived to see them all buried.

1804, 17th Dec. Mr. David Smith of Southfield, was killed by a fall from his horse, near Bloominggrove.

AGRICULTURAL PREMIUMS.
1821.	Lewis H. Roe,	best timothy seed, 5 bushels,	$5.00
	do do	best buck,	8.00
1822.	Lewis H. Roe,	best farm in the town,	10.00