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The semi-weekly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1879-1882, 1881-08-25
THURSDAY. AUGUST 25, 1881.

The Presidents physicians say
that there has been some improve
ment in his condition since Monday.
He was able to take more food, and
the choking Of his throat, which has
been taxing his strength and disturb
ing his rest with coughing has been
further relieved. These were the
hopeful features of the case yesterday.
On the other hand the swelling of the
neck has not yielded to treatment, and
still threatens to add to the drain Of
another though comparatively slight
suppuration, to that exhausting de-
mand which has wasted the Presi-
dents body. The slight gain from
day to day since the relapse Of last
week amounts altogether to an i'm
provement. He is yet in a very crit
ical state but those who are near him
feel little encouraged as he has not
lost any ground in the past few days.
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been rendered excitable by sickness.
Mrs Thompson, of 313 Arch street
Camden, aged about so years, fell
down stairs on Sunday night, while
carrying a lamp, which fortunately,
was not lighted, and sustained serious
injuries.
Mr.. Meachman, the occupant of the
cottage at Asbury Park upon the roof
which the Ward boys found the dried
body OF dead man, has written to
Mr.. Ward that the body belonged to
medical student who owned the cot
tage, and who had placed it there to
dry.
Charles Thompson, baker of Cam
den, went to the house of John Long
worth on Monday morning to collect
bill, when the latter hit him in the
mouth Squire Toram held Long
worth in 500 bail to answer at Court,
when Longworth entered cross -ac-
ton against Thompson, stating that
the latter was the aggressor, and
Thompson was also held in 500 bail.
Joseph Clark was committed for
| fifteen days by the Mayor of Camden
on Monday, for insulting the wife Of
Charles N. Robinson, highly re.
spected colored citizen of Camden,
and member of the Board of Edu-
cation.
Alexander W. Kane, of Camden,
brakeman on the Camden and At
lantic Railroad, had his hand SO bad
ly crushed on Sunday night, while
coupling cars at Atlantic City, that
one Of his fingers had to be amputated.
Edward Ryan, aged so years, a res
ident of Jersey City, disappeared last
Friday, with large sum Of money.
1t is feared that he has been foully
dealt with.
Henry Diehl, who has been in State
prison several times for burglary
and robbery, was ARE ted on Mon
day morning and Committed to the
Camden jail by Justice Fowler, to
answer a charge Of stealing coat
from man in Delaware township
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WICKED FOR CLERGYMAN. = Rev.
-, Washington, D. G., writes: /
believe it to be all wrong and even
wicked for clergymen or other public men
to be led into giving testimonials to quack
doctors or vile stuffs called medicines,
but when really meritorious article
made of valuable remedies known to all,
that all physicians use and trust in daily,
we should freely commend it. l there
fore cheerfully and heartily commend
Hop Bitters for the good they have done
me and my friends, firmly believing they
have no equal for family use.-I will not
be without them" - eW York Baptisi
Weekly.
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Every resident of Burlington couu-
ty about this time ought to. begin to
make preparations for doing some
thing toward helping the Agricultural
Society along. If he doesn't make
any display Of live stock or articles Of
various kinds be should 60 and buy q
family ticket and thus by taking his
family help to swell the crowd aud do
what he can to make the fair q suc--
cess. Probably there 10 not single
farmer 10 the county who has shown
10 little public and private enterprise
~ to have made practice Of staying
away from the fair year after year.
Should there be person Of this sort
be can not lay claim TO being ener-
gstic. he certainly Is sort Of Rip
Van Wrinkle who sleeps through long
years while his neighbors are pro-
v
crossing. There can be no valid
excuse for anyone IL the county
masking practice Of staying Of home
during fair time. II Is . loss any
vay II is considered. The very small
admission fee charged will not prevent
the humblest from attending, and
once inside the gate the price of
admission Is returned with interest.
The fair this year promises to be the
largest ever held. by the society.
Applications for space arc already
coming in from those who wish to
make exhibits, and the only thing to
be feared is that the room for displays
will give out before everyone who
desires to exhibit articles and stock
are accommodated. The interest
heretofore taken by the agricultural
community has made our fairs sue
cessful. To this class, and to it alone,
can the directors look for support.
Withdraw their patronage and the
bottom falls out Of the entire thing.
The county fair is essentially coun-
try show. 1t is banding together
of farmers for their mutual benefit
and they are certain to acquire some
new ideas by being present. 1t is to
the interest Of both country and town
folks alike to have the fair successful,
and the intelligence Of the farmers of
Burlington county will make the fair
. success this season as it has every
year since the association was organ.
ICED. If the crowds keep on increas-
ing each season as they have of recent
years it will necessitate the addition
Of more land to the already spacious
fair grounds. Let the crowd and
display this year make the demand
for larger grounds imperative.
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The Burlington county Board Of
Freeholders, at their meeting last
week, paid bills for county advertising
amounting in the aggregate to 1865 "a,
but We do not find any charges for
"viewing bridges" in the published
report Burlington has number Of
bridges, but they must be of diff
ferent and better kind than ours,
since they are not "viewed" SO often.
-.Bridqefon Chronicle.
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Now Jersey has fgone into raising
sugar and will succeed, as she does
in everything that she fairly under
takes Cape May is the banner
county. Over eighty farmers have
planted sorghum there, one Of them
to the extent of one hundred and
forty acres. Experienced farmers in
Cape May county say that the average
yearly return of the products Of q
farm is not more than SIS per acre,
but with the sorghum cane, they
believe the return will be nearly
double. Bergen County Democrat.
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ner's Safe Kidney and Liver cure.
The outlook for the approaching
winter of 1882 is pleasing, from
present standpoint, but | will not
venture a Representation until the
latest possible date allowed by the
progress in publication of my annual
almanac, which is now engaging all
my attention. September having to
be closely studied, as well as the fore
part of October, I shall not issue any
special predictions for these periods,
but the almanac will commence with
the middle Of October, and give first
and foremost details Of weather for
the remainder of 1881 then monthly
probabilities and details for the win
teT and spring of 1882; and, finally,
general remarks and important FORE
casts for the succeeding summer and
autumn; these last to be again sup
plemented by monthly revisions in
plenty Of time for distribution, prior
to the arrival Of the respective
months. My desire is that the alma
mac may be placed in every section Of
North America by, or previous to,
the middle of October, 1881.
Henry G.. VENNoR.
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NOTICE
TO THE CITIZENS OF MOUNT HOLLY:
The undersigned, members of Good IN :
tent Steam Fire Engine Company have
been appointed committee to solicit sub
scriptions for new hose. All moneys paid
them will be thankfully received and prop
erly credited.
WILLIAM ]. BRANNAN
WILLIAM G. MORGAN
JOHN r. DEACON,
A. s BULLOCK,
u. c. BULLOCK.
March 1871.
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In the State of NesO Jersey.

Terence Connolly, of Newton, on
Saturday entered upon his forty. fifth
day of fasting. He exists entirely on
water, except that several times dur.
ing the past week he has been in.
duced to take few drops Of brandy
in the water. There is no change in
bis condition. His voice is strong,
he is cheerful and says he feels as
well as at any time during the past
three weeks.
Francis Davis, colored man, of Pat
erson, after being in jail forty.six days
fer threatening his wife with violence
was discharged on Saturday by Judge
Woodruff, in his own recognizance, on
the ground that there was no such
offence known to the laws ofthe State.
The Judge also stated that the Record
er who made the committal was liable
to prosecution for false imprisonment.
George Freund, who shot himself
accidentally on the 4th of July with
q 32.calibre pistol, it was supposed
fatally, and who was taken to New
ark hospital, has so far recovered that
be is able 10 dress himself and walk
about his room. The physicians have
been unable to extract the ball, which
Ia lodged near the heart.
Charles Davenport, . youth, who
for some time past has lived near
Waterford, Camden county, has been
committed to jail to answer the charge
of placing q tie across the track Of the
Camden and Atlantic Railroad, q
short distance above Waterford, with
the evident intention Of wrecking o
train. The tie was found on the
track by two reaidents Of the neigh
borhood shortly before . train was
due oa Sunday Of last week, since
whlsh the SAse has been in the hands
Of . detective, resulting % above.
Isaao Hyde, aged 1s years, arrived
from England, July 9, and went to
Paterson, where en- Friday he stole q
horse, and was sentenced to the State
prison for five years.
The body Of Eliza Wilson, aged 80
years, was found 10 the canal at Jer-
sey City, on Saturday morning She
has been before the Police Court two
or three times for drunkenness, and the
last time said that, if she could not
resist the temptation to drink, she
would commit suicide.
Frederick Benjamin, Of New York,
was killed by railroad train at Mon.
mouth Junction, on Saturday morn.
ing.
Rev. Asa s. Cotton, an Episcopal
clergyman, died 10 Princeton, last
Friday night, aged u years.
Professor George II. Cook, the
State Geologist, has come to the con-
clusion that the land in Cape May
and Cumberland counties is gradually
but certainly settling.
1t is rumored that new and hand
some Cathedral will be built for the
accommodation Of the new Bishop OF
Trenton.
The Board of Directors Of the Ocean
Grove Camp Meeting Association
have passed an ordinance forbidding
the use of bicycles on the streets.
On Saturday evening Mrs. Fran.
ces Fl. Dudley, residing ON Orange
Mountain, near the residence Of Gen.
eral Mcclellan, committed suicide by
shooting herself in the head with a
pistol during paroxysm of rage
caused by a dispute with her husband
relative to the style of carriage she
should take a ride in. She had only
been married a year, and had lately
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The friend of delicate ladies lis War
ner's Safe Kidney and Liver cure.
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CPoNGEs AND CHAMoIs SKINS, AL.
y kinds very low, at L. MILLER'S Drug
store, ~ Main street, Mount Holly.
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General Hancock has refused al
Avitations to public dinners since the
I'd of July, when the President was
shot, on the ground that it would not
be proper, while the President, his
ex-oAicio commander-in. chief, is how
sring between life and death.
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A little over two years ago many
people predicted that THE News
would not live three months. 1t would
be real pleasure to show these people
our subscription list, row that the
paper has become known throughout
the county.
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We drop the discussion. Herald.
Wise conclusion. And thus en-
deth the second lesson. Selah.
Beware
Of entrance to quarrel; but being in
Bearit that the opposer may bewareo Of thee.
Mirror. shakespeare.
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"MY BACK ACHES so, and / feel miser-
oble," said Woodworking man. The
Doctor questioned him and found he had
been habitually costive for years and now
his kidneys were disordered and his whole
system deranged. Kidney-Wort was rec
commended and faithfully taken and in a
short time every trouble was removed.
The cleansing and tonic power of his
medicine on the bowels and kidneys is
wonderful. - bnQeqationalist.
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Toodles always kept coffin in the
house. Had he lived now he would have
kept Warmers Safe Kidney and Liver
Cure.
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Pope LEO says that he will never
leave Rome until compelled to do SO
by force.
Smyrna times., 1881-11-16

A New CRAZE.-There are indications
OF new archaic, aesthetic and dyspeptic
development which may affect not only
our business and bosoms, but our stOmachs
as well. Somebody in England has dis
covered, and will shortly publish a tram
script of a series of cooking recipes and
bills Of fare of the fifteenth century
That date is about two centuries before
Queen Anne; and whoever would be ut
tcrly utter in serving dinner, according
to the correct date and style, must go
back two hundred years or so, in the din
ingroom furnishing, and substitute wooden
bowls and pewter platters for "kcramics" :"
And as to the forks, not even in the palace
i'll England were they known till the six
teenth Sentury. Bluff Harry, the much
married, who died i'll 1547, never used
a fork. The great Queen Bess had several
presented to her, but used the article only
ON state occasions, probably when the for
elgn Ambassadors were present who had
brought her the aesthetic" article, as a
gift fit for sovereign. High breeding,
i'll those days, consisted in skill in so using
the fingers that the hand should not be
smeared quite to the wrists. This accom-
plishment, by the way, might be useful
now, at picnics or with travellers who re-
gale themselves in railway cars. AS to
the nature of the viands, we may infer,
in the condition of the nineteenth century
stomach, that the grace before meat might
be with reserve of doubt:
May good digestion wait on appetite
And health on both"
Smyrna times., 1881-11-16
Moir's Cannery.

The Wilmington Gazette thus describes
this new cannery, an advertisement of
which appears in our columns:
Active operations commenced on Mon
day at ]. Moir Clark & Sons new Brandy
wine cannery, in this city. The foremen
who are to have charge of the respective
departments have arrived here from the
firms main works in London, Aberdeen
and Scotland.
The managing director, Mr.. J. Mor
Clark, has superintended the work up to
the present time, as we'll as corresponded
with and visited farmers, in company
with Mr.. J. Il. Budd, of this city, for the
purpose of urging them to commence the
growing of vegetables for use in the new
establishment. The capacity of the works,
it is said, will be 100000 pounds per an
mum, and much of this will be vegetables,
and the largest quantity will, it is sup
posed, be grown in Delaware, though con-
tracts are being made with parties in
Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Maryland.
The meat and game will come princi-
pally from the West, though Mr.. Clark is
about visiting the waters along the Ches.-
peake bay, for the purpose of obtaining
the celebrated canvass-back ducks, to can
for the wealthy customers of the firm in
London. The hands to be employed will
number from 200 to 500, according to the
season, and these will be residents of Will
mington, or other places that may have a
supernuity of labor. The first work in
the new factory will be the canning Of oys-
ters, for shipment, and n contract has been
made with parties at Crislield, for 900
bushels each week. Then will follow
meats, poultry and game, of all kinds
valued in this country for table use, in
Guiding the diamond back terrapins, which
are found at times, in great numbers, in
the small rivers emptying in the Chesa-
peake bay.
The firm, who have houses, in addition
to the one in London, at Aberdeen aud
Seville, have expended about 100000
upon the one on the Brandywine, and it
has has been established in this country
because of the abundant supply of all the
articles needed, and the great demand
abroad for almost all kinds of canned
goods shipped from the United States
The method Of preserving provisions,
known as the Aberdeen process, and which
is to be continued here, was invented by
John Moir, the originator Of the firm.
Smyrna times., 1881-11-16

SENSIBLE ADvIcE.-You are asked
every day through the columns of news
papers and by your Druggist to use some
thing for your Dyspepsia and Liver Com
plaint that you know nothing about, you
get discouraged spending money with but
little success. Now to give you satisfac-
tory proof that Green's August Flower
will cure you of Dyspepsia and Liver Com
plaint with all its effects, such as sour
stomach, Sick Headache, Habitual Costive-
ness, palpitation of the Heart, Heartburn,
Water-brash, Fullness at the pit of the
stomach, Yellow Skin, Coated Tongue,
Indigestion, Swimming of the Head, Low
Spirits, &C., we ask You to go to Your
Druggist, Jas. p. HOflecker, Smyrna, Del,
and get sample bottle of Green's August
Flower for 10 cents and try it, or a regular
size for rs cents. Two doses will relieve
you.
Smyrna times., 1881-11-16

De sure HOW W keep the potatoes IN q
dark, dry, cool, airy place, where they
will not freeze. Potatoes are potatoes, this
year.
Take one cup of rice, steam it until
tender, about pint of sweet milk and
three eggs, thicken with tablespoonful
of flour, and bake until brown in gem
pans. Mullins.
She keeps her kitchen table so bright
by using brick to scour it, Fine sand used
to be used very much to whiten wooden
articles, and bath brick is just the thing
where sand cannot be had.
Cayenne pepper, scattered in the haunts
of silver moths will rOut them, This will
be good news to those troubled with this
pest. Will not some housewife tell our
readers how to get rid of little red ants? ?
Muslin should always be shrunk before
it is made into shr s. 1t is impossible to
make correct allowance for shrinkage.
and it makes chubby" cross to be choked
with tight band, or to find his sleeves
too short.
Why should farmers wives buy chanois
skins and other expensive things to wash
windows with? 4 clean turkey wing and
warm water will make any ordinary win
dow look bright and clear, without injury
or any other fuss. and trouble.
If possible buy an oil-cIoth which has
been made for several years, as the longer
it has lain unwashed the better it will
wear, the paint being harder. Never
scrub. Sweep with a soft hair brush, and
wash with soft cloth dipped in milk and
water. Don't use soap. Rub dry with
handful Of rags.
For corn bread stir one teaspoonfu of
baking soda into one pint Of buttermilk
until it is light Then add one egg,
little salt, lard the size Of an egg, and corn
meal enough to make the batter not too
stiff. Spread it half-nch thick in your
pan, and it will bake in twenty minutes if
your oven is in good order.
Avoid putting watch on a mar!" .!.l5
or near anything excessively cold. The
sudden transition from heat to cold CON
tracing the metal may sometimes cause
the main spring to break. Indeed, the
cold cOagulatuS the oil; and the wheel
work and pivOts working less freely affect
the regularity of the timc-ktcper.
"Susie" sends us the following for pie
crust: FOGr and half cups OF lour and
one OF lard or butter. with wafer enough
to make stilI dough; ii desired particu-
larly nice, mix halt OF the shortening into
four cups Of flour, with little salt, mix
with cold water rather still, roll out thin,
spread with the remainder of shortening.
silt over flour and roll up.
One of our best country cousins" sends
Il recipe for "Abbies Ginger Cakes -
One tull tablespoon Of lard, one-half tea
cup of hot water, two tumblers of baking
| or New Orleans mOlasses, two teaspoon
luls OF salt, two dessertspoontuls of baking
soda, flour enough to make soft dough,
roll moderately thin. They are very
much like bakers scakes.-Edrm journal.
To make cranberry sauce cover the ber-
ries with water, and boil till they all pop
or are soft; then add a pound OF sugar for
a quart of berries, and cook a short time
! longer. If an extra article is desired,
Strain the berries, after they are cooked
soft, through colander, and add a pound
of sugar to pint OF the strained liquor
and continue cooking till it is as thick as
desired.
Smyrna times., 1881-11-16

WINTER FLOWERS The past season
has been good one for florists. 1t is an
encouraging sign to see more attention
paid to the cultivation of flowers. With
very little trouble almost any housekeeper
can have a few flowers to cheer the gloom
of long, mOnotonous winter A room
kept ut q temperature of forty-fve de-
grees, is warm enough for blooming, hardy
roses, geraniums, ftIschias, night blooming
jessamiHe, oxalis, allyssum and many other
floral beauties. The Gala lily will bloom
any time during the winter in moderate
temperature, and hyacinth and crocus
bulbs planted even now in pots, will bloc m
in january.
Smyrna times., 1881-11-16

Every young man who plants q tree
does that which May be Of comfort and
benefit to him in old age. Every old man
who plants q tree does that for which
another generation will remember him
and thank him. No man who plants q
tree has lived altogether in vain.
Smyrna times., 1881-11-16
NOTICE TO SHIPPERS.

All Heavy Freight intended to be hauled to BIst ,H
hy our Teams should be reported at our OAce 'HV
niqbt previous to departure of Boat. -. 49,
ANY Small Packages should be reported at tue
O'iice o' 'e'-' wv J. F. TYGERT Il co.
Smyrna times., 1881-11-16
Abstract Of Statement. 1850.
DIRECTORS
AGENTS:

ANDREW J. WILSON. Geners, Agent. DOveF,
Geo. ". Williams. Ne,rark. C. A. RawiiRs BgldeerFs
Geo. B. Money. Del. City. LeERd " bapfs; LssI sI
J. s HggiRgtOR. Smyrna. JOAN ". BooaeR' Lass'S
4. Jackson Jr.. CdmdtR. Henry ". Baker Nv.S v,osr.
Jas B. Anderson Ffederica n T. D0uRing, ,Gsofy'''
Reynedr Williams Milford Jdmfs fVRdsr. A1ReH' t,s,
George Moore. FELTON,. B. T. hagamoH !o w.
CT Harrington Pennington SUsseE.
JaiRes N. VdAdyke ChestertorR. Nd -, M
John p MdRlire, & GreCRSo0roas"~' ~
Jeremiah b. Fletcher, Preston Nd. -, M
Charles Collins, Berlin. Nd "a, M
Hia G. Dickinson, POeOmOsf CRV ~
al business esScommunieatiOn should be dddTtS''""
WINE. DENNEY, Jr., Seey,
March A ,sSo DOVER, DEL
Smyrna times., 1881-11-16

SMYRNA BRANCH TRAINS-Addtional to those
above leave Smyrna for Clayton 1855 A. N, 30 and
745 P. NJ Leave Clayton for Smyrna 1.Gh. 1893. llO
\ ~ and 4.30 and 500 P VI to make connection with
trains North and South) from Clayton. -.
H. +. KEENEY, Supt
Smyrna times., 1881-11-16

1t Is the height Of folly to wait until you are
in bed with disease that may last months.
when you can be cured by q timely use Of
Parker's Ginger Tonic. We have known sick
families made the healthiest by jt--Obserper
Smyrna times., 1881-11-16

Every one is acquainted with the old
nursery story about the hen that Matched
the ducks, and how one fine day they
went swimming in the pond near by, and
the inducements she offered them to keep
out of the water; but it may not be gener-
ally known that whenever poultry has
anything to talk about in the latter da. 8,
the conversation always turns to the be. e.
fits their species have derived from the use
of M. B. Roberts Poultry Powder. 25
cents per package, sold by all druggists.