The semi-weekly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1879-1882, 1881-09-05
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An intelligence office in this city
would prove great convenience to
housekeepers Embracing Edgewater
aud Beverly, it is believed it would be
literally patronized.
The National Bureau Of Engraving
Company are running steadily night
and day and employ fully $50 hands.
Their cash weekly labor accounts foots
up $500 and monthly consumption
of gas amounts to 800
Burlington and Newark are thus
far the only two contributing cities in
this State to the Mrs. Garfield fund
The offerings Of our city amounted to
1927 so. Newark S25. Score good
old Burlipgtonone.
Messrs T P. & S. s. Smith having
take possession of their new shoe
factory, will commence operations we
learn about the 10th of this month
They will employ about one hundred
operatives and will manufacture
women's, misses and infants shoes.
IF you want to enjoy comfortable
shave drop in at Robinson's on Broad
near Stacy street, and just sit down
in one of his new and luxurious
automatic barber chairs.
Friends of the temperance cause
will make a note of the temperance
meeting at the Broad street NJ. e.
church this evening.
The arrival of Mr.. James Taylor
and daughter from Europe per steam
er "Bothnia" Of the Cunard line at
New York is anticipated tomorrow.
9,306, is the aggregate number of
quarts of milk shipped weekly from
this depot in this city.
VERY SUDDEN DEATH.
On Thursday evening Mr.. B. F.
Gauutt a well-to-do and respected
Bur'ingtonian, and grocer of some
twelve years good standing in this
city, complained Of neuralgia pains
near the region of his heart, and with
which he has been more or less
troubled for some time past. Friday
morning he was apparently as well
as usual until about midday, when
con versing with his son with whom
he was engaged in business, his head
suddenly dropped on one side, and in
an instant, and without a struggle,
be expired. His malady was an af-
lection of the heart. Mr. Gauntt was
60 years Of age at the time of his
death, and leaves wife and 8 child
rem, 5 daughters and 3 sons to mourn
his loss. In former years Mr.. Gauntt
was drover and well-known in this
and neighboring states. His funeral
occurs as per notice in this issue to-
morrow (Tuesday) Pm.
LAYING DOWN THE SHOVEL AND HOE.
Yes, Burlington's respected and
veteran gardener, NathanielN Stowell
has at last peacefully "laid down the
shovel and the hoe" at the ripe old
age of 80. Mr.. Stowell was born in
1892 at Temple, N. H., and in which
town his father, very active man,
established the first glass blowine
furnace IN this country. Until ABOUT
1912, Nathaniel's eye sight having
become impaired 10 the printing
business in which his early years
were engaged, in Boston, he aban-
doned that employment, and enlisted
in the naval service, joining the U.
s. Naval ship Constitution at Phila-
delphia. Returning from that pro-
fession, he settled in Burlington and
where for nearly half a century, be
has successfully pursued farming and
gardening. He first introduced
strawberries and tomatoes in this city,
and of the latter, not at that early
period the popular vegetable of our
day, Gen." as he once told the
writer, supplied the daily demand i"
He was also the originator of Stowelps
evergreen sweet corn for table use,
by far the most delicate and finest
variety ever grown His reminiscent
ces of the past were exceedingly inter-
esting. Of one Of his early trips from