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New Jersey Herald- May 6, 1909 issue

An Old Landmark. Found Near Warbasses Junction.

Last week while John Daniel, of Warbasses Junction, was walking along the track of the Sussex Railroad near the swamp, he discovered a large red-leg turtle near the roadbed, which he exhibited in Newton on Saturday. It proved quite a curiosity, and from the inscription on the shell, evidently is an "old timer" in that neighborhood. On the lower shell were cut the letters, D. L. & W. R. R., 1877. The upper shell gave abundance of evidence that its turtleship had many narrow escapes from the gunners who frequent the big meadows between Newton and Warbasses, as the shell bore many marks of shots, and an outer edge had been broken off, leaving half the imprint of the shot. Mr. Daniel says the turtle was steering toward the Susquehanna railroad and was probably on its way to see if the old box car station was still in service. After he has inscribed the date of his find on the shell of the turtle, Mr. Daniel will release it again. If it escapes the prey of "Jimmy" Quackenbush's wild cat, it may again come into the possession of some traveler in that neighborhood.

[Kevin Wright - Question: Is this a hoax? The D. L. & W. didn't acquire the Sussex Railroad until 1881.]

[Dave Rutan - Unsure. John I. Blair had a lot to do with the construction of the line to Franklin. Maybe he enlisted some D. L. & W. help?]
Article sent to me by Kevin Wright. 
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