The semi-weekly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1879-1882, 1882-01-26

| Some OF the Farmers that wont put
on mari, raise great many sand burs,
and garlic, but they cant sell it. Pap
py says what they raise the most in
this neighborhood is "Lies" and the
"women" work harder at it than the
"ulen." The Holly sope man says,
the stuff he gets from Viucsntown,
makes the best sope, cause there is
more lie" in it. The only work for
men around here, is digin mari, and
they will let them dig as many hours
as the want to for a dollar and 20
cents, countin there noonin in. The
mari is hawled out Of the pits on cars,
drawn by "perty little engine that.
runs in and out Of Vincentowo back
wards or forwards. They say she
can run out sideways" but one day
she tried it and ran off the track, but
the passengers dident know it till
somebody told them, because they
were going SO fast" She is the
only engine Oh she P R R. that
runs out on 2 different times, and she
cant do it both at onct. Oae day she
goes ont at and the next at TWO,
aud il makes it handy tor the people
that thinks Thursday is Friday some
times But she is very acomodsten
bout lettin you off anywsre, and if
you tell the conductor you are ia
hurry he will let you out and walk.
He is Big man, and he ought to
have bigger engine. Psppy says
when he goes to Fildelphy he.will get
me an engine just ike that, at the
IS OF store" There are three stores
10 Viucentown where you can get
something to ea', and a good many
small shops. Onc shop kept by j.
n, Heieubold hes every thing 10 you
can think Of, harness, snd sowin ma
chimes, and Tobacker, and stuffed
birdie, and watches and clocks, and
jswelry, and everything Even
trained dog, and Goas what pulls
sulkey with man in it, but it don't
live in the house Pappy says the
Goat is cheap, aud he would buy 1t
for me, but, they might take it for
Mary's little Lamb if I took it to soule.
1t il SO white. There is one Bank
here, and it is a good Bank, and a
safe Bank. It was SO safe to sopae
men that they took cut seven thous-
and dollars more than they put in.
Il is a generous Bank, becausethey
never took that MONEY back from the
men again. The men were ''poorv
guess. The Hotel Keeper don't keep
his money there, there ia no room for
it, and be is afraid it will bust, bat
Pappy says he will bust up before the
back does There is only one Hotel
here now and some people wont go
to that, because the landlord refuses
them hcker when they are dry" and
"sober," Ons man drank 10 times
without leaving the bar, aud then he
couldent divide with them, what had
none. Pappy says if it had been
"good licker," it would have killed
him, but it bein chad licker," he
throwedi it up, and got well. There
is another place where they buy Ticker
near the depo, and when they buy it
by the quart, they borrow a bottle
saying they will bring it back, but
they keep the bottles until they get a
good many and then bring them back
aud say they paid ten cents for them,
and trade the man bis own bottles for
q quart. Pappy says he keeps good
Ticker, but he wont let them drink il
on the premises, cause it is against
the laB. There are 2 drug stores
and 2 doctors, but for all that hardly
any body ever dies. The Doctors,
are good to the poor of the township,
but the township is not SO good to
the Doctors. They quarrel over their
bills every spring. There is one uu-
dertaker who berries every body what
dies any time a year He will berry
them any how they want to be herried;
in an old peak top cotfio, or fiat top.
They said he berried one man in
fat lid coffin, and his nose was SO long
that he had to cut it off and slip It
in his watch fob. Psppy says he
don't believe it but he 10 goin to let
him berry him when he dies, in q old
fashioned high top coffin Pappy has
got a big nose. 1 don't wsnt to be
berried, but / think be can beat some
funerals what / saw here from Holly.
There is post Office here and eny
body can carry the male over from
the depot, what wants to, If he il big
entugb, somtimes the boys aiat as big
as the male bag. The mae is called
over tae old fashion way. Every
thing is done 10 Vincsntown, the old
fashion way, Pappy says they think
it is best. There are 4 butchers here
and they all sell meat. One butcher
told the people at court, that Joe
Evans bought meat of him every hour
in the day. He will soon get rich if
be buys much at tiqe, but Pappy
says he only said thatto make both
sends meat" We have got a new
butcher here now who kills, and sells
by steam, but the engine don't ruu
yet, cause all the old cows was killed
before it it was commenced to be
bait. We have got 2 weelrite shops
aud one blacksmith what was here
used to work all nie, sometimes. He
moved out of Gen Tricks hons last
week and the Dite before be worked
all rite taking down the Grape arburs,
aud the doors, and things, and took
them all with him. 1t was a small
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