XII. - INDUSTRIAL PURSUITS

Aside from the cultivation of the fertile soil of the town its industrial history is brief, and is summed up in the statement that there is no water-power within its present limits. So that we are obliged to dismiss the subject with almost as brief a statement as the writer on Ireland , who under the caption of "Frogs,í sagely remarked, "There are no frogs in Ireland," and closed his chapter.

The manufacture of brick is carried on to a considerable extent now in the town. The clay for the purpose is found in abundance south of the village. Easton Van Wagenen established the yard at this point over a decade of years ago, and Andrew J. Abrams is the present manufacturer.

As a farming town New Paltz ranks among the first in the county, its fertile flats and vales yielding rich crops.