The articles in “From the Archives” are reprinted from previous editions of The New Jersey Herald, which began publication in 1829; the Sussex Register, which began in 1814; and the Sussex Independent, which began in 1871. The stories appear in their original form, although some have been edited for length. 100 YEARS AGO May 12, 1904 Swartswood John LAYTON lost from his dairy last week a valuable cow from pneumonia. The "Lake House" is receiving a new coat of paint. Samuel MILLER, of Newton, is wielding the brush. Ralph DECKER, County School Superintendent of Sussex, was a guest at the Lake House Wednesday night of last week. Mr. Norman KAYS, who has had charge of our school since Jan. last, has accepted the school at Statesville the coming school year. Miss Frances CRISPIN has been reengaged at Mount Benevolence. Swartswood has many attractions for the city people, who , tiring of the city with its unceasing turmoil and bustle, can get near to nature's heart in the hills and vales of the foot hills of the Blue Mountains. Walter REYNOLDS, of Newark, is another who has come in our midst to enjoy a summer, with only the music of the buzzing bees and the silver throated songsters to jar its quietness, with the expectation, if everything proves favorable, of buying the place which he now occupies some two miles back of our village, belonging to Andrew HAMMOND. Branchville and Vicinity Frank LYONS is again in charge of the boat house. He has purchased a new gasoline steam launch, twenty-three feet long, for the accommodations of the summer people. The launch will hold fifteen people. Theodore H. ROE, the veterinary surgeon residing a couple of miles out of town, met with an accident on Thursday night which will confine him to the house for some time. He was in the barn attending to a sick horse, when he stepped on a bottle, which threw him, spraining his ankle severely. The Board of Education met on Friday evening last and re-engaged Prof. H.D. MCCONNELL as principal of the Borough school. The assistants will be engaged on Friday next. The Board did a wise think in re-engaging Mr. McConnell as he is an excellent teacher, and is well liked by the majority of the pupils. Linda's family genealogy: http://www.poundscammarotofamilygenealogy.1afm.com/Index.htm Researching the following surnames: Cammaroto,Caminiti, DeFeo,Ferriolo, Gaspardino, Giraulo, Meinardi, Briggs, Christie, Demarest, DeGroot, Cressor, Pounds, Lawler, Mc Auslin Cressor and Sohier.