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The news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1882-1891, 1882-06-22

The prospective distintegration OF
the Egyptian obelisk, in consequence
of the injurious influences Of our harsh
climate, as alluded to the other day,
is by no means false alarm, as some
have supposed. General Di Cesnola,
who certainly is qualified to know
something about it, says: 'sThere is no
doubt about the injurious action of a
cold winter upon the Egyptian gran
lite. The action of frost is slow but
sure. The frosts of London and Paris
are nothing compared with those we
have here, besides which there is a
dryness in our American atmosphere
which seems to be injurious to calcar-
eous stone.
The obelisk must either be sheathed
in winter or put under cover. The
proposition to put it in the great hall
Of the Museum will amount to moth
ing The museum is not the place
for it; besides the directors would
never give their consent. Moreover,
the cost of the transfer is enormous.
$4,000 is the lowest estimate; one
end Of the building would have to be
knocked out, and the ponderous mach
inery and incline plane of enormous
timbers would have to be constructed
all over again. The museum would
also have to be closed for year or
more. Sheathing the obelisk in win
ter would not cost so much as putting
it into the museum, and it is monu-
ument peculiarly suited to the OPEN
air p Exchange.
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THE HANDKERCHIEF BOY.

How He Played IL ON the Old Man.
A boy went into tore the other
morning, limping, and seemed to be
broken up generally. The proprietor
asked him if he wouldn't sit down,
and he said he couldn't very well, as
his back was lame. He seemed dis
couraged, and the proprietor asked
him what was the matter.
"Well," said he, "there is no en-
couragement for boy to have any
fun nowadays. fla boy tries to play
an innocent joke he gets kicked all
over the house. You see, my old man
is ne spring chicken, and though his
eyes are not what they used to be-,
yet he can see pretty girl further
than | can. The other day l wrote a
note in fine hand, and addressed it
to him, asking him to be on certain
corner at halEpsst seven on Saturday
evening, and signed the name of Dali
sy to it.
CAT supper time pa was all shaved
up, and had his hair plastered over
the bald spot, and he got on some
clean cuffs and said he was going to
the lodge to initiate some candidates,
and he might not be in till late. He
didn't eat much supper, and hurried
off. | winked at ma, but didn't say
anything. At half-past seven l went
down town, and he was standing there
BY the post Office corner, in dark
place. | went by him, and said:
"HellO, pa, what are you doing
there?"
"He said he was waiting for man.
went down the street, and pretty
soon | went up on the other corner,
and he was standing there. You see,
he didn't know what corner Daisy was
going to be on, and he had to cover
the whole four corners. I asked him
if he hadn't found his man yet and he
said no, the man was little late.
went up the street, and saw pc cross
over by the drug store, and / could
see a girl going by with a waterproof
Oh, but she skited along, and pa look.
ed kind Of solemn the way he does
when I ask him for new clothes. |
turned and came back, and be was
standing there in the doorway, and
| said:
"Pa' you will catch cold if you
stand round waiting for man. You
go down to the lodge, and let nae lay
for the man."
"Pa said : "Never you mind; you q
about your business, and viii attend
to the man"
"Well, when boys pa tells him
TO never mind, my experience is thai
the boy wants to go right away from
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"ls the snake editor inf" asked a
sunburned and starved-lookiDg indi-
vidual who sauntered into the office
last week, and on being assured that
the man over in the corner with the
red nose was the man who possessed
the most vivid imagination for that
line of work and had the most expe-
rience with the creatures, he went
over to him and said "Mister, Tve
a lot of relations in the city and n
leetle farm back here Always, and sum-
mer is comm on right smart. Now
III give you two dollars if you'll snake
my locality up 10 the queens taste,
two dollars to just say that Sol Budd
was blowing last week and turned nm
q nest of over hundred rattlesnakes
and pilots, and that they scattered all
over the farm without any of them
being killed. Winokie is whsr / live
and here is your money. Now I de-
pend on you to picter them snakes
graphic, as they say in the papers.
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HINTS TO FARMERs.

This is the planting season, and by
a wise provision Of nature the plantin
will grow without extra effort on your
part.
You need not trouble yourself
about planting dogs feet. The dogs
will take care of that matter. The
richer the soil and the more valuable
the seed in it, the more kindly the
dogs will take to it.
Lawn is the best dressing for grass
seed.
If you would fatten your neighbours
hen crop spare not the seed
Now set out tomato plants. By
the time they come into bearing the
fruit will be cheap in the market.
Therefore if yours do not ripen per-
fectly, you will be as we'll of as any Of
your neighbors.
1t is time your potatoes were start
ed. The Colorado beetle is anxiously
awaiting the appearance of the vines
and unless you push things, the poor
creature will be short Of provisions.
Pinch back your gerauium shoots
if the frost hasn't already pinched
them.
Plant your beets deep; if of the
bipedal variety, the deeper the bet
ter.
Bean poles are hardy, and no dan
ger Of late frOsts need be- apprehend-
ed. Plant in rows and thin out later
in the season.
OF course your peas are up a foot
or two ere this. IF they are not it is
your duty to say they are. Every
enterprisiDg farmer is expected to lie
about his peas.
As to beans, you know them.
Soak before planting, mulch with
salt pork, and keep in warm place
till wanted.
Cabbages do best in hot water.
Pick out good sized plants, we'll.
headed, and dress with salt and pcp.
per.
Don't neglect you asparagus bed.
Manure literally and sprinkle with
brine. By the triaing outlay of ten
or twenty dollars you can count upon
an enormous crop. A good bed
properly taken care Of will yield at
least fifty cents worth of vegetables
during the season.
Commercial fetilizers are the most
profitable. Should you lose your
way home you can easily find it il
your farm be plentifully dressed with
them and your Olfactories are not
uncommonly dull
When trimming your raspberries
do not throw away the stout canes.
You may find use for them when
your trees are full of green fruit and
small boys.
Now is the time to trim hoe han
dies. Care must be taken however,
that they do not get sunburned.
Keep them under cover when the
mercury rises above 500.
Ifyou would have your wheel
barrows thrive, keep the soil about
them constantly stirred, and mulch
with lard oil or tallow.
0leomargariEe does best on fat
lands. 1t is better adapted than but
ter for this climate, as it does not
droop SO readily during the warm
days.
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settled by emigrants from Scotland
about 1884.
Springfield, Bloomfield, " estfeld
and places with a like ending were
named, it is safe to say, after the locali-
ties in Connecticut or other parts of
New England whence comes the first
settlers.
Washington, from a boy who had a
hatchet and wouldn't tell lie.
Hunterdon county, from George
Robert Hunter. The county was set
off in 1713
Lambertville, from John Lambert,
the first postmaster, about 1912. 1t
had previously been called George
town.
Bergen, from Bergen-op-zoom in
Holland, whence came the first set
tiers.
Mercer county, from the gallant
general, Hugh Mercer, (of Virginia.,
who fell at the battle of Princeton,
January 8, 1777.
New Brunswick settled by some
Dutch families from Albany and emf
grants from Connecticut in 1880, re-
ceived this name by mutual agreement
10 honor of the Hanoverian dynasty
of Great Britain, which began with
George of Brunswick and Luueburg.
Paterson, from Governor William
Paterson, who signed the charter of
incorporation in 1871.
Hackettstown, from Samuel Hack
cit, a 'arge laudholder previous to the
Revolution.
Morris county from Lewis Morris,
Governor of the colony in 1873.
Madison formerly Bottle or Battle
HID, from President James Madison.
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Moasses.

We have large stock of all kinds. There,
has been heavy advance in prices in the
last month. We are s till selling at the old
figures.
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--s-40NS-
ORIGIN OF SOME JERSEY NAMES.
New Jersey was SO called in COM
pliment Of Sir George Carteret, one
of the two individuals to whom the
Duke of York conveyed (June %,
1864 q portion of the extensive terri
tory granted to him by his brother,
King Charles III, for his defence Of
the Island Of Jersey, on the coast Of
Normandy, against the Long Parlia-
ment during the civil war.
Newark, which was settled in May,
1866, by emigrants from Connecticut
was called thus by Rev. Abraham
Pierson, the first minister, in memory
of Newark, in Nottingham, England,
where he had been episcopally or
dained before he succeeded to Presby-
terianism.
Elizabeth, formerly Elizabetbtown,
from Lady Elizabeth Carteret, wife
and executrix of Sir George.
Cape May, from Cornelius Jacobe
Mey, commander of the ship dis
patched in 1923 from Holland with
settlers, provisions and articles of trade
who discovered this one of the two
headlands since called "Capes Of the
Delaware" Henlopen is the other.
Salem, SO called by Quaker, John
Fenwick, who arrived here from Lon.
don in 1915, being one of the two
who had bought out Lord Berkley's
half of the Duke of York's grant
Smith in his History, says that he
probably called the place Of this land.
ing Salem, "from the peaceful aspect
it then bore; but it is just as likely
and more 30, that he. named it with.
out any reference to the looks of the
country, after the ancient city of the
Jebuscans - Salem, i. e., peace -
which the Jews, after they had taken
it, heightened into Jerusalem.
Perth Amboy. The prefix Perth
was given Amboy in 1852 in honor 0,
james Drummond, Earl of Perth, in
Scotland, who became one of the later
proprietors of East New Jersey, and
who was devoted Catholic.
Camden, from an English noble.
man, Charles Pratt, Earl of Camden,
who uniformly opposed the ill-advised
policy towards the American colonies
| Cumberland county, so-calIed 1747
by the bigoted Governor Jonathan
Belcher, in honor of the ferocious
duke who conquered at Culloden.
Railway is supposed TO have derived
its name from an Indian Chief called
Rahwack, who is said to have lived
where the town now stands; but deri.
vstions from Indian names are very
eonjectural.
Scotch Plins, from having been
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A good corn crop may be secured
by wearing tight-ftting boots A
double crop may be obtained by
judicious pairing:
No farmer need be without a crop
Of squash bugs. Five cents worth Of
seed will raise $1,000 to each squash
plant.
Turnips should be set out early,
they do best on trellises though some
time they are trained to poles.
Apples should not be dug before
August. Care should be taken that
they are not cut by the hoe, unless
you wish to dry them; in which case
it is a great saving of time to slice
while hoeing.
By all means keep fowls Farmers
who keep hens invariably find that
their seed come up quicker than
those who do not.
Farmers do not find the milk well
profitable. A good pump is better
and surer.
Strawberries TO be profitable,
should be put in shallow boxes
If you have any cats on the place
mulch with boot jacks, and add
plentiful dressing Of old boots
Curry combs should be set in rows.
Plant your pitchforks under the
shade Of your cherry trees, points up.
Should your neighbors boy fall from
the tree they will prevent his striking
the ground.
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Hope never dies. ofcourae the under.
taker has no interest in hope.
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inra week in your own town. Terms
Xhh and IS OUTFIT free. Address h, Hal.
kuu LETT & Co., Portland, Maine.
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there, aud | went down the street. 1
thought | would cross over and 90 up
the other side, and see how long he
would stay. There was girl or two
going up head of me, and l seen a
man hurrying across from the drug
store to the other corner. 1t was pa,
and as the girls went along and never
looked around, pa looked mad, and
stepped into the door way. It was
about eight O'Clock then, and pa was
tired, and | felt sorry for him, and l
went up to him. and asked him for
a half dollar to 60 to the theatre
| never knew him to shell out SO quick.
He gave me dollar, and told him
| would go and get it changed and
bring him back the half-dollar, but he
said | needn't mind the change.
at is awful mean of boy thst has
been treated well to play it on his pa
in that way, and | felt ashamed. AS
| turned the corner and saw him
standing there shivering, waiting for
the man, my conscience troubled me,
and | told policeman to go and tell
pa that Daisy had been taken sick,
and would not be there that evening.
swell, when I went home the joke
was SO good | told ma about it, and
she was mad at me for treating Do
that way. | heard pa come home
about eleven o'clock, and ma was real
kind to him. She told him to warm
his feet, cause they were just like
chunks of ice. Then she asked how
many they initiated in the lodge, and
he said six, and then she asked him
if they initiated Daisy into the lodge,
and then she began to cry.
"In the morning pa took me into
the basement, and gave me the hard
est talking to that l ever had, with a
bed-slat. He said he knew that /
wrote that note all the time, and he
thought he would pretend that he was
looking for Daisy, just to fool me.
But what did he give me that dollar
for 7
"Ma aud pa don't seem to call each
other pet any more, and as for me,
they both look at me as though / was
hard citizen. / am going to Mis-
souri, to take Jesse James place
There is no encouragement for boy
here"
And the boy limped out to separate
couple of dogs that were fighting.
Morning journal and courier., 1882-08-03

John Lane, of Birmingham, died Sunday
He leaves wife-his fourth.
The estate of the late Mrs Judge Miller in.
ventories 1885,, 900.
Mr.. Samuel A.. Cotter, of Ansonia, was
Frustrated by another stroke of paralysis at
his cottage at Merwin's Point recently Miss
Jennie Cotter, his daughter, who has been ill
of fever at the cottage, is convalescent.
Mrs. Hobart l.. Hotchkiss, wife of LAWYER
Hotchkiss, of this city, came near being
drowned while bathing at Indian Neck, Tues
day. The surf drew her beyond her depth.
William Bryan, ST., of the Montowese res.
cued her.
VIM. T. Grant, of Orange, was buried last
Sunday from the Congregational church in
that town. He was native of Norfolk. Va.
He had resided in Orange for thirty years
past. At one time he represented that town
in the Legislature.
The firm of Case & Deming has become
that of Case, Maltbie & Deming here and
Case, Maltbie & Bryan in Hartford. Judge
Briscoe goes out of the Hartford firm. and
Theodore NJ Maltbie and Percy S. Bryant
comes into the New Haven concern.
Charles A. Stokes, formerly lieutenant in
the National Blues died yesterday afternoon
of consumption. He was son of Policeman
Stokes. He was machinist by trade, resid-
ing at 104 ST. John street, and a man of fam
lily, and respected citizen with many friends
to mourn his loss
Mrs. Abby Ann Sherwood, widow of the
late Samuel Sherwood, of Derby an estima-
BILE Christian lady, died Monday, aged about
80. She was granddaughter of Rev. Rich
ard Mansfield, D. D., who was rector of st.
James parish in Derby over seventy years.
Mrs. 3. reeeiYed a paralytic stroke some Eve
Morning journal and courier., 1882-08-03
Excursions

The Sarsfeld Guard will picnic at Savin
Rock before long.
The Baptist mission Sunday school of Shell
ton and the First Baptist Sunday school of
Meriden picnic at High Rock on the 18th.
Supt. Beach was present at High Rock at
the combined picnic of the Episcopal
churches theirs on Tuesday and engaged
the grove to the Church of the Ascension for
next year. The date is July 81.
The regular excursion of the steamer John
Fl. Starin to Glen Island will take place to-
day, when she will leave Starin pier, foot
of Brewery street, at 9!3O sharp. These ex'
cursions are much sought by families and so.
cieties and have been better patronized this
year than ever before. Thomas orchestrs
furnishes music for dancing and no liquors
are sold on board. Fare for tho trip u
cents.
The picnic given by Bridgeport Company
| G, Fifth battalion at Parlor Rock Tuesday
was complete success in every way. There
| was large attendance and the programme
| was carried out in very satisfactory man
! ner. The picnic train returned home be
| tween six and seven o'clock in the evening
| In the evening a grand ball was held in the
| armory of Company G in Curtis building
There was a large crowd present and the
| dancing was kept up till late hour.
The Veteran Firemen's association viii
| hold their regular meeting this evening, whe1
| a mass of business connected with the annua
| excursion or reunion will be presented. I
| is understood that this year the associate,
has voted to go to Osprey Beach, hayins
| chartered the steamer Elm City for this pur
pose. They will take their wives and fami
| lies with them, and after delightful sal
| through the Sound will enjoy an old fashion
| ed Rhode Island clambake at the beach. Thu
fare for the trip is only rs cents, with an ad
| ditiona1 charge of SO cents to those who de
sire to partake of the bake. The American
band is engaged for the occasion and will
| furnish dancing and promenade musloe. Onl,
a few stateroonls remain unsold, and earl.
application to Chief Hendrick at his ofic
will secure these. The price for stateroom
| is only So.
Morning journal and courier., 1882-08-03
LOCAL NEWS.



There were 494 arrests in July, Of which
SO were females.
Mithra Lodge, K of P, of Bridgeport, had
it's annual picnic yesterday at High Rock.
They had a special train of twelve cars.
James Mills, supposed to belong in Ansonia,
was found dead In bed at the Belden House
in New London yesterday. The cause was
heart disease.
Superintendent w. W. Ward of the West
week over the road was the largest yet in the
history of the road.
Ex-Registrar William E. Baldwin lies very
i'll at his residence on Dixwel1 avenue and is
not expected to recover. He has been con
fined to the house by disease most of the
time for year and half.
The Board of Selectmen will hold thei,
regular meeting this evening, when the con
tract between committees for the removal Of
garbage for the city will probably be rati
fed. Other important business will proba
bly, be presented.
The fall regatta of the New Haven Yach
club will be given sometime in September
Last evening the Vixen started on a foul
days cruise, going to the westward and stop
ping on the return at New Rochelle. TIL,
Vixen returned here from the club cruise tn,
previous evening. All on board pronounced
the trip gay one.
A horse OF takes place at Hamilton Parl
next Wednesday afternoon at o'clock il
which considerable interest is taken. TIL
horses entered are William Warmers hors
John, William Siebert's Dick and John Viii
lians' Bill. All are inside of three minutes
though none have records. The whole purs
amounts to $500.
Morning journal and courier., 1882-08-03
Simmer Notes.


Ezekiel H. Trowbridge, ir., and family are
at Fenwick.
Thomas r. Trowbridge, jr., and family are
at Litchfeld.
Mr.. F. Fl. Hart goes as far as Kansas on
his annual vacation.
Rev. Mr.. McGivney, of St. Mary's church,
is on weeks vacation at Southport, Conn.
Rev. Mr.. Burnes, pastor of the M. E.
oh urch in Birmingham. has returned from a
four weeks vacation.
The Hon. Fl. c. Robinson and family, OF
House in Stonington.
Edwin Phelps and family of Brooklyn, L.
l., go to make up the pleasant colony spend
ing the summer at Short Beach.
President Watrous, of the Consolidated
road, left yesterday morning for Martha'a
Vineyard, where he will remain the rest OF
the week.
Mr.. George T. Stone, at Monson & Carpen.
ter's, takes his annual vacation commencing
o-day. going to various watering places, both
seashore and inland.
Mrs. William Franklin, Mrs. Starr Fl. Bar
mum and Mrs. Chamberlain left yesterday
morning for Saratoga, where they will re-
main three or four weeks.
Henry A. Mix, of the City Market restau-
rant, is arranging to go away next week on q
| sword and blue fishing trip with his cousin,
who commands forty ton schooner yacht.
Assistant Superintendent Coogan, of the
| almshouse, starts in a week for respite from
his labors, going to Troy N. Y, and on his
return Superintendent Sanford will recuper-
ate at Avon, Conn.
Mrs. George s. Lincoln, of Hartford. and
her son, Mr.. George F. Lincoln, United States
| consul at Stettin, Germany, were passengers
on the steamer Gellert which came SO near
burning on her voyage.
Mr.. Ezekiel Trowbridge and family have
gone to the Profile House, White Mountains,
which they visit every year. TO the list OF
guests in the Profile House will be added this
year the families of ex-Secretary B. Fl. Bris
| tow, of New York. and Justice Stanley Mat
thews, of the United States Supreme Court
Eight years ago there we're only half 8
dozen houses at Short Beach, five OF six miles
from this city, but to-day there are at least
| seventy five. The majority of these are plain
and unpretending and their cost ranged from
| $500 to $4,000 or possibly $3, 900 each. Mr..
| Stanley, of the Stanley Rule and Level com
pany, New Britain, is building a summer resi-
dence that will exceed all others at Short
Beach in cost and elegance.
Morning journal and courier., 1882-08-03
Accidents,

William Pfuderer, youth employed at the
Clock shop, lost finger by its coming in
contact with a drop press yesterday morning.
Isaac Bowen, an employe of the rolling
mill in Birmingham, was accidentally struck
in the head Tuesday afternoon with an iron
bar, receiving a severe wound. He was I'M
conscious for few moments and bled pro-
fusely.
Elmer E. Burke, of Shelton, who last win
ter injured his hand by a revolver shot, while
hunting few days since near Saugerties, n
Y, received a terrible wound in the same
hand by the explosion of his shotgun. The
barrel of the gun was blown to atoms and
the young mans escape from further injury
was exceedingly fortunate.
Thomas O'Neil, of North Bank street, while
working under the Wall street bridge on the
Canal railroad, had a very narrow escape
from getting killed on Tuesday. He was
carrying a log out of the way and one end
of it was struck by train. He was knocked
down and his hip badly bruised and one small
bone in his leg was broken. Officer Mccoy
ern helped him to the street and doctor
soon attended.
Morning journal and courier., 1882-08-03
A Connecticut Boy After ScaIps - Cory


Dime Novels.
Tuesday afternoon the employees in the
passenger waiting room of the Pennsylvania
railroad in Jersey City called the attention of
the policeman on duty to boy who had been
hanging around the place all day. The Off
Ger questioned the youth and finally took him
to the police headquarters. He was we'll
dressed and intelligent and made no secret of
the fact that he was bound west. He said
that his name was Lewis Tuttle, IA years
old that his parents live in Waterbury, Ct,
whencs he had come and that he had intend
ed first to travel through the Molly Mcguire
districts around ,Wilkesbarre and Scranton
before going on the plains. In the satchel
which ne carried we're several CORY dime nov
els, books on magic and couple of boxes of
salve; of the latter he offered the chief one,
saying that it would enable him to handle or
walk on red hot bars of iron: The daring
youth was locked up and the Waterbury po-
lice were notified.