The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1884-08-29

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nothings. What was wanted was a RENE
dy. AS physician, | may sympathetieally
inform my patient that he is a sick mana
very sick man. Well, he knows that
better than | can tell him. If | retire
without prescribing for his relief, and pos
sible cure would justly be deemed not
much less than humbug. quack and
fraud; and any bill sent in for med
ical advice would probably be spat
| upon. So reasoned the women. Sew
eral suggested the panacea for the ills
under which we are afflicted. hence. the
cruel criticism quoted from the Chautau-
qua assembly Herald. Added to that,
| Chancellor Vincent, before an immense as
semblage, said in speaking of the expected
| visit of General Logan, also General Black
of Illinois, that these were gentlemen, and
| would be gentlemanly enough to forbear
the mentioning of politics, as had been
done during the session of the W. {. I. l..
So politics were not to be thought of at
Chautauqua. Just so.
The w. c. 7. I. closed their labors here
at 3.30P. NJ, Saturday, August l6. Within
half an hour, General Logan stood upon
the same platform, SO recently, but very
hastily vacated by the w. c. T. |. \
perfect ovation was given him. No politi-
cal significance in all this? Perhaps not.
The lookers-on supposed this was General
Logan's last appearance. concert was
given in the evening; over 10000 were
present, including a line eight and ten deep
on the rim of the immense circle of the am
phitheatre At its close Chancellor Vincent
came forward and announced that General
Logan would shake hands with his friends
as they would pass him at a certain point. y
The Herald says: General Logan shook
hands with ten thousand people" No pu-
litical significance in that. Perhaps not
Let me quote again from the veracious
Herald: "A person was introduced to Gen
eral Logan; he pulled back his coat and
showed the General his badge of Blaine.
He had no Logan badge on. but he quickly
said, General, this means both of you.
There was great applause" August Is,
the Hera{d again says: There was ire
mendous crowd of politicians at Chautau-
qua on Saturday." Now let me also give
the associated press dispatch, VERBATIM
"CHAUTAUQUA, August 16.-Logan ar
rived at noon and was received with 4 royal
greeting as he landed. He was received at
Mayville by Lewis Miller, President of the
Chautauqua Assembly. and other leading
gentlemen, also, by the Yoang MEMS Blaine
and Logaa G1vJ Of Ltmestoecn, and escort
ed to the hotel, where he was greeted by
cheers from 4 large number of ladies and
gentlemen. lie was addressed by Rev.
John H. Vincent. Superintendent of In
struetion.
General Grant and General Garfield and
now, General Logan. each i'll their turn.
have visited Chautauqua. but if the AsSoci-
alton thinks We are so soft as not to discov-
err any political meaning in their visits, just
previous to the presidential election, each
being a candidate. the modicum of astute-
ness which we heretofore have been accrcd-
place the Ounce block.
The pyramid Finch built was a grand
and lofty one. The Womans Christian
Temperance Union was its apex. When
completed, the assembled multitudes rose
to their feet and rent the air with an invol-
untary shout that made the very raftcrs
ring, and. simultaneously. eight thousand
kerchiefs-Chautauqua lilieS-waved
before the plumed knight. Such a sponta-
neous outburst of enthusiasm rarely occurs.
One might as well have tried to stop the
wmrwind
BY official request we 90 to Ridgway,
Elk county, Pennsylvania for one week, it
making our third professional visit to that
place
Yours. for God and Home and Native
| land, +. /. s.
STATE NEWS.
Bridgeton has st. John Prohibition
Club.
Bridgeton's telephone system is now in
complete working order.
The Boonton silk mill turns out from
10, 900 to IL, 600 yards of silk dress goods
per week.
| The voters of Vineland decided by vote
of 213 to 100 on Tuesday not to adopt
the water works system.
The Prohibitionists of Camden county,
have nominated Charles b. Coles for
Sheriff, and he has accepted
The indications are that the Millville
Bicycle Tournament talked for the last of
this month will not come off.
William Hoffman, of Tuckahoe, claims
to have new variety of water melons, in
which the seeds are all in one end
1t is said that the wheels of the old grist
mill at the Silver Lakes, near Burlington
which have been resting from their revc-
lutionary labors year or more were set
in motion again and made a few turns by
the shock of the late earthquake.
Glassboro is to have Telephone Ex-
change The poles will soon be put up, and