The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1884-08-08

near Harrisonville station. was in town on
Tuesday evening with the first load ofwater
melons of the season. They were fine
looking fruit and We're retailing at thirty
cents. .--..
Hans Adamsen will lecture in the Bap-
tist Church on Monday night next, on
Siam, its people, religion and customs.
Tlrss-Iecture. will be illustrated by magic
lantern views and the lecturer will appear
in full native costume. Admission Is
cents, children 10 cents. .t- s-.4-
As showing how clearly defined the
lines Of storms are drawn it is worthy of
remark that in the hard rain of Saturday
afternoon last in Woodstown it did not
rain at all at the farm of Richard j..
Crispin, on the Salem road. less than a
mile distant, neither did it rain at Harrison
vile.
On Tuesday night last dogs got into
Smith & Hewitt's flock of sheep pasturing
in a lot in North w oodstown. and wounded
several. ''Gyp'' tic little terrier who
otficiates as assistant watchman at the
Bank was at first suspected of the crime,
but an dlt6t was successfully proven on
his behalf
Prof Jesse Y~Burk, ofthe PENNSYLVANIA
gentlemen, will soon visit our borough to
examine the .fora and also the fossils in
mari through this, section. = V00dst0nb
correspondent IN S~edesboro Times.
They will find fossils outside the mari
too if they are after that kind
( * company with a capital Of s25 600 in
which L. w. Synnott and others are inter
ested is about to be organized to supply
bly, with water Water works don't always
supply water, at least such as can be used.
For further calculation of this proposition
inquire Of the first Salem man you meet.
The East Lake Mill formerly known as
Dickson S mill, now owned and carried on
by Jonathan Webster has, with its sur
roundngs, been greatly improved of late.
The buildings have been whitewashed, the
doors of the mill painted, new fences built
and } the 'roadways leading 10 the, mill
.grayeled, culverted and.otherwise amended.
William Abels, Post Office Inspector.
visited WoodstowlG Last week on business
connected With thcP. o., and during his
stay paid the MONITOR office a very pleas
ant call. -.-.--
Mr.. Abels spoke i'm very complimentary
terms of the article in last weeks MONITOR
on Postal Notes and Money Orders" say
ing that it was the clearest popular explain
alton of the system that heshad seenS1 @
.Wm.rB. Foster the marble man has Just
finished and put up two very pretty small
toinbstones on one pedestal. for the graves
of Eddie and Emma, infant children Of
VIM. S. and Julia W. Goforth. Mr. Eos
ter has turned out some very creditable
work in his line since he has been in Woods
town. The large monument over the
grave of II. j. Stow at Alloway. is of his
workmanship -------.-------
MR. Smith.hass moved into the building
on Salem streetlately occupied by ID. Bal
linger, and will pursue his trade of broom
making there. Mr., Smith will also use the
building as a. store-room for the world-re-
nowned Mason & Hamlm organs, for
which he has the agency. His first invoice,
three of these celebrated organs, has been
received. Being professional musician,
and thoroughly reliable, Mr.. Smith should
receive the utmost encouragement in this
enterprise.
The Sharptown NJ E. church, since its
overhaulipg 1ast fail, presents Il very neat
and tasteful appeaiancc. 81 + 4
The Trustees have just completed sub
stantial new fence in front Of the addition
to their cemetery lately purchased, and on
Friday last we found our sEillful painter,
Thos. While, engaged i'll painting it. This
addition to the cemetery contains 81 acres
and cost S1000s oftwhich the price of one
acre was donated by the late Mrs. Maria
Thompson previous to her death, and hers
was the first grave opened in the new
ground. i't t'tt ~ tI'il
On Saturday night last Mrs. Sarah