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The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1884-12-26
Effect of a Temperance wave.

1t is said Of the 300 or 400 employees of
the Crump Label Company, at Montclair,
n. j., which recently refused to print labels
for liquor, wine, beer, or cider, there are
not more than half a dozen who have not
signed the pledge. Some Of them were
hard drinkers. When the great temper
ance movement started in Montclair, the
men began to feel its influence, and the
company felt that it should do something
to show its sympathy with the men-and
so declined all alliance with the liquor bus
mess.
Enough liquor, it is calculated, was con
sumed in Great Britain last year to make
a lake a mile long, a mile wide and thirty
five feet deep.
Mrs. Samel Chew, of Germantown, has
donated 800 to the W. G. +. t.. Of Glou-
ccster City to assist them in their cndeay-
ors to relieve the poor.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1884-12-26

Joseph Hutchinson, o~fSharptown, show
ed us the other day a copy Of the Ulster
comfy Gazette, published at Kingston, N.
y, by samuel Freer & Son. The copy
shown us is dated January 4th. 1880, and
is in heavy mourning for the death of
George Washington, and contain an ac-
count of the funeral ceremonies of the il
lustrious dead. The paper is in good state
of preservation, and affords a fair %illustra-
tion of newspaper art Of that date
W00dstorn N0HjtOf.
1t should be, as it was only printed
about a month ago. Thousands Of them
were sold at one cent each at the cere-
monies of unwilling the Monmouth Battle
CamdeR Democrat.
That's all right, but the copy we are
talking about isn't one of that kind. It's
a genuine, simon pure, 5ona tde, anthem
tic, no-mistake-about-it, old time piece of
ancient newspaper work, with every indi-
cation on its face of being 104 years of age.
What does the Democrat take us for?
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1884-12-26

The Camden Pas. one of our brightest
exchanges. gives signs OF substantial pros
perity. by frequently appearing of late in a
double sheet.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1884-12-26

Governor Albeit began the preparation
of his annual message to the legislature on
Tuesday.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1884-12-26

New Jersey at present cannot pay her
debts. She cannot pay even the smallest
bill presented against her. This situation
Of affairs is caused 10y the continued illness
of State Treasurer Wright. All checks
have to be signed by him. lie las been
dangerously sick with a fever for over a
fortnight. Hundreds of bills have been
audited and hundreds of checks drawn, but
they cannot be signed. Should Ids illness
continue a week longer the situation would
be very embarrassing. Yearly salaries
will be due and the expenses connected
with the meeting of the Legislature would
require settlement. The Governor has the
power to appoint a pro ten, treasurer when
ever he deems the inability sufficient, but
lie does not like 70 make an appointment
yet, as Mr.. Wright's recovery is daily
hoped for.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1884-12-26

Two young men who raised $4,000 at their
home in Youngstown, Ohio, and went TO
New Orleans TO buy the right or concession
for the exclusive sale Of lager beer at the
Exhibition. were %beuumbed, after they had
made their offer. by the intelligence that
SCj. 900 had already been refused for the
privilege they sought, and that it would
cost a cool hundred thousand to secure it.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1884-12-26
The Rum shop Photographed.

The grog-shop is a tWo-cdgcd sword, and
cuts both ways at once. Ii is a rotating
machine for the sharing of souls. Itcatches
our young men and boys before they reach
the church or Sabbath-school-whilc they
are on their way-and mars or neutralizes
the blessed lessons there impaired. Be
tween the two there is the old, ''irreprosSible
conflict over again. 1t is war to the knife,
and knife to the hilt, and only one can win.
And in this warfare. we Of Christ's army
are out-numbered There are twelve sa-
looms to every church, twelve bar-keepers
to every minister. The church opens its
doors two or three days in the week. The
saloon grinds on and on with its mill Of de-
~struction all the days of every week, all the
months of every year. That we are out
numbered is not all. We are out-generaled
as well. The people of the rum-shops pro-
pose in their hearts not only to MAJ and
neutralize, but to obliterate and displace
the lessons Of the church and Sunday
school. They have their series of lessons
with which our international Series can
not at all compete. They have studied
closely the tastes, tendencies and preference
of boys and young men, their natural and
innocent taste for variety, fondness for
amusement, preference for young company,
and they pander to all these in ways that
take hold upon death.-Fraaces L. WI
lard.
a temperance lecturer in London has
given recently some curious statistics in re-
gard to the amount expended in intoXicat-
ing liquor. He estimated the annual aver
age thus spent III the last ten years at $780,
900, 600. This gives an expenditure Of 500
600, 600 every month, of SO, 000, 900 every
week, and Of $25 every second, night and
day. There are 8, sos, 4S0 letters in the BIZ
bic, and if $205 were placed on every letter
this would represent the annual expendi-
ture. The grain consumed by the brew
ers and distillers is sufficient to provide
four loaves per week to every family in
the United Kingdom. These, certainly. are
startling facts, as they do not include the
United States.
Persistence and faith are the cardinal
virtues of w. G. +. t. women. 1T is no
use to ask for Constitutional Prohibition. :"
said a gentleman to one Of our leaders-'lt
will take ten years to win. "IfH yedTS!' she
replied. lis that all? Then wen begin
petioning this year, aud tl.ercM only be
! mine ic6.'
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Practical Temperance Lectures.

Happily the temperance cause is not
wholly dependent for its progress on the
zeal and influence of its practical advocates.
The habits of men are not, and cannot be.
matters of indifference to those who en-
ploy them. especially when the trusts com
mitted are large and continuous. 1t is
said that the number of employers
who make Incorporate habits al insup-
cradle objection TO their service, is in
creasin. every year. As an example
the entire community is closely inter
ested in the habits of those who have the
conduct Of public c~onveyances. And thus
it is that on all well-managed railroads, in
diligence in strong drink is not only dis
couraged but is now considered ground for
dismissal. In other lines of business, also,
the man who is known to drink liquor finds
himself at a disadvantage when it is a
question between him and one who does
not. such practical Temperance lectures
are having their effect. Thousands of en-
ployers in city and country are thus unob-
~trusive, vet very effective advocates of So
briefly. Their influence is being felt, and
it should be recognized as among the hope
full auguries of the time.-IAe E~caHgeltst.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1884-12-26

Just on the eve Of the Christmas holidays
the sanitary inspectors of New York seized
and destroyed between 5000 and 1900
pounds of colored candies, which they de
clared to be poisonous. In thirteen out OF
sixty-four candy manufactures poisonous
c%oloring matter was used to save expense,
and partly perhaps through ignorance.
At first the candies were simply carted to
a waste heap and thrown upon it, but
scores of children soon gathered at the pile,
so carbolic acid was used to disinfect the
candy and make it unpalatable. The in
genuity OF the Youngsters was afterwards
devoted to trying to clean off the aci and
leave some traces Of the lost Christmas
sweets, but without much success.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1884-12-26

WoopsrowN, FRIDAY, pEcENBEG Il, ISSL.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1884-12-26

The New York hdepeadent last week
warned Republicans of the machine
stripe" that they had better call a halt in
their ostracism of such of their former
brethren as saw fit from motives of duty to
oppose Mr.. Blaine. 1t says: In our judg-
ment this is not the way to make friends or
gain strength, but to make enemies and
drive away permanently from the Republic
can ranks tens Of thousands of the very
best men of the nation. This is called a
free country. and much is said, and justly,
too, about "a free ballot, but some Of our
Republican friends appear to have entire
ly forgotten these important matters.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1884-12-26

The chieffeature ofthe dedication Ger, mo
MES Of the Washington monumen was to
nave been an Grafton by Robert c. Vim
throp, Who spoke a companion piece at the
laying Of the cornerstone a half-century or
80 ago. But Mr.. Winthrop is reported to
be dangerously i'll of pneumonia. At his
advanced age this Is a most serious bust
ness. and even if he should recover from
the attack. it is not likely he could take
risk of exposure and e~xertion during his
conyalesceEce
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1884-12-26

Entered at the Post Office at Woodstown, "a,
second Glass Matter.
The Monitor., 1884-10-31

ly that it almost cut her throat. Her
face was swollen and her lips were blue.
A cup stood on the washstand. containing
a small quantity of laudanum. The only
window in the room had been tightly closed.
The crack under the door and the keyhole
Were stuffed with underclothing. The plug
in an unused gas pipe had been pulled out
The room was filled with gas to suffocat-
ing degree, Two notes in lead pencil lay
on the table. They Were written on the
fiy-leaves of book One asked Mrs. Sci
fert to let Mrs. Logan's brothers know of
her fate, and gave their addresses, which
are; Jerome Fegley, 241s Reese street, and
Thomas Fegley, 2816 Poplar street. The
other read as follows:
DEAR BROTHERS AND SIsTERs:-I have
lived as long as | could bear it. For these
two weeks have lived in misery but be-
fore that | was - My dear husband has
forsaken me and his dear little boy that
thought there was no one like his papa ana
was looking for him every day, but hope
he will often think of the best friend he
had for the last six years. | gave up all
iol INN anu VIII le loI HlIl. anu nope he
will forgive me for what | have done. and
l hope will soon meet each other in the
other world, for | forgive him. and hope
my dear little boy will. Howard will be
three years old the 9th day of next March,
Please bury him in my arms. Dear broth
ers, forgive me and take care of my trunk
and bury me wherever you wish to. Good
bye to all and every one, and to our dear
papa. Howard said the last word
Nothing was known yesterday of the
whereabouts of Jesse Logan. He has not
seen his wife since his visit to her on Mon
day. The Coroner took charge of the bod
ies.-Phila Press. Oct. 2jth
The Monitor., 1884-10-31

| gift, any man admittedly without private
character of common morality-then it is
| high time we all know it and know who
they are who are willing to do it. 1t is
sometimes the wisest strategy in war to
draw the enemy's fire, and thus know just
where they are and all there is to contend
with So those who will see TO it that they
vote according to conscience. need not he
afraid of the clear judgment of history, or
that they will be held responsible for the
revealing fire Of the opposition.
/ feel there has been no time like the
present to take this great moral question
away from being tossed between opposing
parties and kicked by both, to a place by
itself as matter of imperative national con
Germ, and where all righteous questions can
adhere to it, and expect right settlement.
Reform of civil service is already tread
ing in the domain of law, and can be fixed
in the practice of this nation by the same
quality Of reasoning that belongs to this
we are discussing. All needed protection
to the labor and industry Of the country
must be given. No party, say what they
may in party warfare, will ever dare to ig-
more it, when sober nation demands it;
but labor will always be mulcted in heavy
taxation, to keep demagogues howling for
it and at the same time expressing it while
this nation legalizes, and so sanctions, the
multitudes of drinking resorts, the effect
of which ON their frequenters is befogged
brain, benumbed conscience and the
steady transit of the toiler's earnings into
the drnk-seller's TILL
There is dire need of | rejection for the
workman's brain, and the expenditure of
his earnings. After that, labor will find
that the true interests of labor and capital
are identical. l have no sympathy with
methods of personal assault in carrying on
this great campaign, which | deyoutly
trust is not to end this year. There is
enough in the principles concerned, in the
burning facts that cannot be denied; and
there is a shining goal to aim at. even the
best welfare of this whole nation-of its
homes that are more precious than all its
gold and silver, its children and youth so
infinitely beyond all other values. These
are enough to equip all advocacy, enough
to reach all hearts at last.
So ii comes about that | will stand up
and be counted as voting for st. John and
Daniel. thankful for their unstained names,
and fully believing that if every man votes
by the conscience of his best moments ON
these matters, they will come SO near being
in Washington next March as to greatly
surprise the opposition.-Joln 3. Cough Ia
The Fotce.
The Monitor., 1884-10-31
OUT IN THE STORM.

When the winds and the waves have awaken
To echo each others moan.
When the ships are speeding to harbor
She stands on the shore alone.
Around her the storm-clouds gather,
And the white squall spreads its wings,
And the clamor of warning forces
From the soul of the tempest springs.
Oh, wild and wide are the surges,
And strong are the powers of the air
And God-He knows, and none other,
What the human heart can bear
The fear and the hope and the longing
Stir in her a vague unrest;
For the boy that WAS rocked on her bosom,
Now rocks on the oceans breast.
But far as the waves can wander,
And fast as the winds can fly
From the deepest depths of the ocean
To the highest heights of the sky,
Through the tears of a lonely vigil
Through the gloom of a dumb despair,
To the ear of her pitying Father
Is waited mothers prayer
The Monitor., 1884-10-31
VOL. I.
A DINNER AND A KISS.

81 have brought your dinner, father,
The blacksmith's daughter said,
As she took from her arms kettle
And lifted its shining lid.
''There's not any pie or pudding,
So l will give you this
And upon his toil-worn forehead
She left a childish kiss
The blacksmith took off his apron
And dined in happy mood,
Wondering much at the SAVIOR
Hid in his humble food.
While about him were visions
Full of prophetic bliss;
But he never thought of the magic
In his little daughters kiss.
While she with her kettle swinging,
Merrily trudged away,
stopping at sight of a squirrel,
Catching some wild birds lay;
And l thought how many shadow
OF life and fate we would miss,
If always our frugal dinners
Were seasoned with kiss.
The Monitor., 1884-10-31

Slight of Misunderstanding an offer.
Something that always goes against the
grain-the reaper.
1t take very little expedition and energy
to catch cold.
Il have lasting love-" remarked the
girl whose lover was a shoemaker.
An oyster is alw avs in bed at seasonable
hours unless he is called out by rake.
A new opera is called THE Orange Girl. :
1t is expected to provoke ''peels'' of laugh
ter
A mans domestic relations don't bother
him half SO much as the relations of his
domestic.
''Yes, Adolphus there is terrible gap
between us, said Susannah. when her par
lor young man gave a yawn at l.30 y. Nj.
Jones asked his WIFE why is hus-
band like dough? He expected she would
give it mp and was going to tell her it was
because a woman needs him, but she said
because il was hard to get off her hands
The Monitor., 1884-10-31

The family physician asked the clergy
man satirically how the patriarchs came 70
live 50 long. because they toek no phys
ic. said the minister
The Monitor., 1884-10-31

'.Why do you badger me so much about
my nose ?" asked Snifkins, Grossly 1
had nothing to do with 1t. mo, re-
piled Mrs s., but you have had great
deal to do with the coloring of 1t.
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prpuBLluAN STATE CONVENTION.

:, I. orderrd that Convention Of the State 10
hold A, pa,kellbu,g on Wednesday, July 80, 1ss4,a
m O'CLOCK 4. H., 10 nominate candidates Tor Cover.
nor, state Superintendent oil Free sehools' Auai'
tor, Treasurer, Alto, ney .seneial, ana two' JUDGES
al The supreme Court, Of Appeals, to DO vosed loI
At tho general election to be held on the second
rreuasy al October re1t; sud 10 nominate six
p,,.t1entiai electors TO DO voted for n the PteAi'
dental election 10 DO held on the fourth day Of
M ,cmber next; to select = State Central Commit.
Tea. and 10 transact such other business AZ may
oomc before said Convention.
Tho Republican electors Of West Virginia and all
o,hcr voters without regard 10 past political achlia.
tIous, who arc opposcd 10 the coulte Of The Demo-
c,a,,c administration Of this State In creating =
deh, In violation Of the express provisions Of our
Constitution; to the oppitsSive assessnenn Illegal
" imposed upon the people; to the unequal and
burdepsomc taxation cauked by the supplemental
a., s1nent order Of the present Naturalization; AL
v,o isyor the low est taxation compatible with L 0
nuh,ic interest; OF e~icvat1ng and dignilyin. Amer
lam labor; protecting and extending home Indus
trle,: giving free pol urar education 70 the nahsca
n, the ueople; securing frtcsunIsgs and an honest
counting u ballots: ercctuslly protecting all hu'
man z,sh,s in every see.ion Of our common coun.
trv and who ceslc TO promote friendly feeling
and pe,usneu. ha,m.ny throughout the State BY
maintaining a Stats and government pledged 10
these objects and principles. are cordially invited
to attend this Convention and participate inis de.
alterations.
va would recommend 10 County Committees
early action In the matter Ct holding county meet
inss Tor the purpose OF appointing eelesases to the
State Convention, and that one delegate Tor ever,
one hundred votes cas-, for Garfield and Arthur be
the basis Of ,ep,c,en,s ten 10 the State Convention.
By orde, Of tho slatp Central Committee.
". J. W. C0wDnN. Secretary.
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4AtAIuyts' ~ ##.Es =a-.-ra "HEHf aH-#N#r-|H.. -
Paris hrs found q new sensation in q
bird charmer, who hs3 been astonishing
the b~oulevardiera with bis po#e,s. A b.!
was made between him and a NJ. Loizsy,
| a gentleman who was rather skeptical In
such matters. The conditions were that
NJ. Loi.sy should furnish a dozen birds,
which wero lo-be st the disposal OF the
charmer for fifteen minutes. At the end
Of that time NJ. Picard WAS to open the cage
which contained them, aud each bird WAS
10 ali 1ht on q cer;sin arbutus, brought up.
on the ground by him and placed Ut q dis.
tsnce OF 100 meters from the point where
they were liberated. For each bird
which did not obey the charm
within q quarter Of an hour NJ.
Picard was to pay n. Loi.ey 20 francs; and
for esch bird which did NJ. loizsy was to
pay NJ. Picard the came sum. When the
lime for the ttst arrived so large and 80
curious a. crowd had gathered on the
Champs de Mays that it ives impossible to
maint.in the neediul space Of 100 meters
around The spot whers the cage was placed.
Forty meters was all the distance that
could be secured. The results, therefore,
we're not accepted es determining the bet,
aud smother trial will be made. The
birds, however-released under these con.
ditions-1ew one by one to the arbutus and
perched on its branches, to the graat eston.
,ishment, 1t ia said Of the spectators. NJ.
picard's charm consists, it Is believed, in
impregnatiug these b~ranclts with q color
lecs and mysterious liquid, the secret OF
which is as yet his own.
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Deceived By u hooking BIRD.

kss York Sun,
In u second story window Of . dwelling
In Filth avenue, Brooklyn, around the cor
ner from the Flatbush avenue depot OF the
Long leland railroad, aud overlooking The
Watering place for the horses on e1.Deacon
Richardson's Seventh End Filth avenue
horse Car lines, hapSs q talented mocking
bird In q cage. It pipes all day, and keepe
II MP until late at night. Regular. passen'
gers on the horse CARS have learned 70 look
for The BIRDS notes. II whistles like .
master for his dog, chirps like a robin pro.
dIc,ipg rain, elucks like a hen with her
brood, and tqusaks like . hurt chicken. Ol
iate Il hiss learned to Initiate the whistlet
which conductors on the open horse CAFE
uas. .s=
To the grief otthe hostler with the water,
pals, tho bird succeeds to perfection In dc
ceivInx the horses. The water supply H.
kept in three pals on q low bench place
between the tracks. To save time both o.
the horses are watered simultaneously b!
two men who hold the full pals Of wattl
to the horses mouths. When the horsee
,hirs. Is satisi ID The conductor sounds th'
whistle twice, and the driver loossna th.
brake. Then the horses start Now, Will
yet the horses noses are In the wa.er.pailI
the bird eounds two whistles.
The heraes, taken by snrtrise, and ,ex
pecting the whipif they delay, tip the pail
Of water over the hostlers with their nose
and plunge for ward. OF course they can
not 20 ahead, f,r the brake Is on, and the,
are held back to finish their drink, but ID
air assumss o blue tings, owing to the pic
turesque profanity Of the driver and host
| ien.
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"I #"."Ha .| .,# H...|-.. .It f.
her waist, This action pivea tone and force
to ihe pop-belps to hold a fellow up
while making 1t. Some fellows take nat.
urally 10 popping. and are going Of al tho
time. To others Il is a painful and labor.
ous proceeding, only to be attempted once
In q lifetime and then only as ANAL 4 pop
% they can possibly 9et away with. When
& fellows pop 10 acceptable TO . girl It In.
s,sntly involves a kiss. When It is not &C.
ceptsbie kissing Ia no. involved. When 4
fellow pops he always pops at his best eirl.
There Ia no exception to this rule. Popping
10 q very ancipntan honorable institution,
and the girIa like It. A Rirf who hrs never
heard q pop never copiessps as much. She
invents 4 pop 70 that the other sir1e CANNOT
get the dead wood on her. We believe IN
popping, and shall probably experiment. Ii
that direction some day.
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W enle rn idea or n Live Town.

SAttu'yts- -E-n-.TfNr ... AH..F., d .L'tH.
"Wsl, Dodge City may have been q
rough place. I reckon it WIT. But it
never cams up 10 Newton. Why, New
ton had rs many rs half adczsn ftst.clces
murders in one night. TIE man that
didn't carry q pistol wal Of no account in
those days. I recolipct once sleeping in q
room with thirteen bads, two men to each
bed, and a pistol under a vest or a pair Of
psnts placed beneath the pillow every time.
That was when the cattle droveto Newton.
Most every building in the town WI, full
OF bullet holc,. My father bought q
dsuce.house building and moved 1t down
to Hutchinson for other purposes, and
psop!e used to walk around 1t and look at
it and admire the round holes in the win
dow psnes. There wasn't a whole light in
ina hous5. Then when Newton ceased
10 bs . great cattle shipping point, the
rough busines, came along TO Dodge City.
Il missed Hutchinson for the reason that
It wei q temperance town. But there's ca
looms enough in D >dge City. Why, the
mayor is a saloon keeper, his bar. lender is
city clerk, the two marshals arc ex.dance.
house men, aud the school directors are
some Of tht m in the same FIX"