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

W hatcVef effect the nominations made by
the Prohibition party may have upon the
Presidential election, the platform adop-
ted at Pittsburg and published at length in
the Ledgeisa very suggestive and profitable
piece of reading for the home circles of the
United States. 1t must bear some good
fruit in the future. if not now. Those who
have failed to read it should preserve the
paper that contains it, and be sure to give
ii full and careful perusal. .-....
This I'ittsburg Convention of the Prohbi-
tionists is the most formidable demonstra-
ton they have yet made, not only in the
number and influence of the delegates in at
tendance, but in the eamestncss and force of
the proceedings Their candidate for Pres
idcnt, too, John p. st. John, Ex-Governor of
Kansas, exactly fills the bill as the typical
exponent of the prohibition cause. He
might have been nominated without plat
folm forth results of his work in the cause
which that Convention had at heart is a
platform in itself Yet still the formal
statement of what underlies the movement,
so far as it relates to the evils resulting from
drunkenness and the liquor traffic, is good
thing and worthy of wide circulation.
The Prohibtionsts, while admitting that
they do not expect to elect their candidate,
declare that they intend to show their force
They should see to it that this purpose
holds out, for heretofore their votes have
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1884-08-08

"T'his church closed for tie sedson' is the
ominous placard now appearing upon many
of our would-be-fashionable churches in
different sections of the country. What
does it mean? Why this merely, that the
minister has been sent abroad and the Lead
inc wealthy members gone to the watering
places But what is to become of the poor
sheep. who have no money, can't get away
and have no shepherd? Why, they can
pass the interim in the saloons, taverns
billiard-rooms, etc. etc These aeeer close.
--Ttmpera1ce Gazette, ..4 .9aa s.ra.ss..3s
The prohibition movement promises to
affect both parties in this State. The
Democrats have jubilantly declared that
the temperance element would be
drawn almost entirely from the Repub-
leans and would not affect their vote. The
signs at present are the other way. 1t is
learned that Judge Morrow, of Warren
county, one of the most prominent Dem
ocrats in the northern part fthe State, is out
for St John. IIewas heprincpal speaker
at St John ratification meeting held at
Asbury, Warren county. 1t is also reported
that the Democratic Mayor of Plainfield
intends to support the Prohibition ticket.
The votes of the Prohbitionists i'll those
States in which they will present electoral
tickets will surprise some politicians, and
perhaps none more than the Democrats.
The ST. Louis Gl05e-Den0crd says that out
in Missouri the woods are full of old-line
Democrats, whose devotion to Prohibition
almost equals their persistency in wor-
shipping Andrew jackson. In New jer-
sey. as in other States. the Democrats have
declared that the temperance element
would be drawn almost entirely from the
Republicans but are somewhat dismayed
to find some of the prominent men of their
own party coming out in support of Ex
Governor st. John Prohibition this year
bids fair to be the refuge of the disaffected
of all parties. 1t is very possible that after
election day the Democrats will regard the
''eeld-water' vote in less jubilant man
ner than they do at present. Camden Con-
rier.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1884-08-08
4 CHURCH BURNED.
The Sudden Realization of u Rum
sellers wish.

The Methodists of Port Norris had, until
Saturday night, a neat church, built of
wood, butsubstantial and commodious and
in every way suited to their wants, except
that they wished to move it to II more
eligible location, which, after some dis
cussion was selected and an attempt made
to raise the necessary funds to place the
building ON rollers, and move il to the
desired site Rev. p. |. Corson. the pastor
of the church, a Jealous young clergyman,
who had frequently hurled the hot shot of
his fervid eloquence into the evils OF intern
perance, went from door to door soliciting
aid for the project. In the course of this
labor he met Charles Pulaski, q liquor
dealer of the town Thinking, no doubt,
that the DEVILS money is as good rs any
other if applied to the Lord $ use, and that
the end Sanctifies the means tile young
divine asked the rumseller for money to
helpmovethe church. Pulaski sneeringly
piled that he would give five dollars to see
the church burned down, to which the
clergyman returned that if the building
should be burned, Pulaski would be held
responsible. The latter started, and lalter-
ing out an apology, gave Mr.. Corson five
dollars .. U... .t u..F
Shortly after this enough money was
obtained TO Justify the moving of the
building, and the work was commenced.
On Saturday screws Were put under the
church. which was raised and put On roll
lers with the intention of using it as a
place of worship ON Sunday ndroling it
away the succeeding day. .l 1H. tfda,
On Saturday night however, those liv-
ing near the church We're startled by sight
of smoke and flames issuing from it., and
before the bucket brigade, which gathered
as rapidly as possible could do amy effect
ual service the entire building was in
flames, and in a short time it was re
duced to a smouldering pile Of embers
and ashes.
There Were unmistakable evidences that
the fire was Of incendiary origin, which
called strongly to mind the expressed wish
of Pulaski that the building should be
burned. There was no evidence, however
to show that he was in amy way connected
with the burning, and though the congre-
CATION is greatly ineensed, the origin of the
fire, which is yet mystery, is not really
ascribed 10 Pulaski. ..ll
There was So 900 insurance on the build
ing, which was valued at considerably
more than that, and subscriptions are al
ready being taken to rebuild the church on
the site TO which it was proposed to re-
move it, Comdea Courier.
The ticket Office of the Camden and Al
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1884-08-08
wooDsrows, FRIDAY, Arersr 5, ISL

1t will be our aim, so far as possible, to
conduct the MONITOR so as to please every
body
We have an idea that this is easy to do;
leastWise those who never published a
newspaper seem to think so. and as they
are in large majority, and majorities
rule. it must be so.
The suggestions we have received di-
rectly and indirectly as to how we ought
to do would fill a book. Whether they
would fill the MoNIToRlu pocket-book if
carried out is open to doubt.
There is one class whose suggestions are
especially numerous, and this class we are
particularly anxious to please it is those
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to meet the approval of this class because
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somewhere near what they think it ought
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1884-08-08

The ticket Office of the Camden and AT
lantc Railroad at Haddonfeld was robbed
ON Monday night of $50. The thieves first
broke open the tool house of the Marion
and Medford Railroad, and obtaining crow
bars, wrenehed off the door of the safe il
the ticket office II is supposed that the
thieves were two colored men who were
proving around the station. The matter
has been placed in the hands Of private
detectives
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1884-08-08

The last great New York robbery is one
of the most remarkable on record. a man
supposed by his employers to be poor
stenographer had been living for some
time in a $50, 600 house over the river, i'll
Brooklyn; had been building rows of
houses in the same city and specializing in
Wall street without the knowledge of those
most closely associated wit]rhim and whose
securities he had stolen in order to build up
a fortune of his own. His employers, too.
were lawyers. whose profession would
seemingly put them on their guard against
trusting too much to mere appearances.
The securities We're stolen from safe, and
as they were considered permanent invest
ments had not been looked at by their
owner or custodians for years, but the
thief had guarded against any casual ex-
animation of the papers by substituting for
the real certificates of stock forged imita-
tions. The thief is of course at large, but
has not escaped apparently with much of
the plumber, having lost the greater part i'll
stock spcculations or locked it up III real
estate A rather curious story is told OF a
Trust Company that, having heard enough
about him to suspect his honesty, forced
him to return to New York last Sunday,
made itself secure and then let him go Tree
The plea is made that the officers did not
known at the time that he had committed
forgery but they knew enough OF his vii
lainy to cause them to guard very carefully
their own interests, and showed a censur-
able lack of public spirit in failing to guard
others.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1884-08-08
THIS OUGHT TO SUIT THERUM RING

1t is whispered in Democratic circles that
ex-Freeholder Riley, the Democratic leader
of Upper Pittsgrove, is willing to serve his
county IN the capacity Of either Senator or
Sheriff. 1t is reported, however, that ex-
Assemblyman Barber, of Upper Neck, will
be given the nomination for Sheriff on the
Democratic ticket, South .ietseymon.
James A. Bradley, the wealthy founder
Of Asbury Park, until now am influential
Republican, will support the Prohibition
candidates for the Presidency, and has
started newspaper, the Artesian, in their
interest
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1884-08-08


Judge johnson. of California in passing
sentence of death on a criminal said as fol-
lows; Nor shall the place be forgotten
in which occurred the shedding of blood
1t was one of the thousand ante-chambers
of hell. which mar like plague spots the
fair face of our state. You need not to be
told that | mean a tippling- shop-the
meeting places of satan's mnions. and the
foul cess-pool, which by spontaneous gen
ration, breeds and natures all that is
loathsome and disgusting in profanity,
babbline vulgarity and Sabbath breaking
| would not be the owner of a groggery for
the price of this globe converted into ore.
For the pitiful sum of dime he furnished
the poison which made the deceased fool
and his trembling culprit demon. How
paltry sum for two human lives. This
traffic is tolerated by law and therefore the
vcndor has committed an act not cognizable
by earthly tribunals; but in the sight of
Him who is unerring in wisdom lie who
deliberately furnishes the Intoxicating
draught which infiames men into violence.
cri'ajRis in moral turpitude of the deed.
Is it not high time that these sinks of vice
and crime should be held rigidly account
able to the laws of the land, and placed
under the ban of an enlightened and
virtuous public opinion ,"
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1884-08-08
THROUGH DIFFERENT GLASSES

The Rev. A. e. Ballard, the agent of the
New Jersey Temperance Alliance, has an
nounced that he will support Blaine and
Logan i'll preference to Governor st. John
for President Il am well satisfied with
Mr.. Blaine record as an earnest temper
ance advocate" said Mr. Ballard, ''and |
think that the temperance cause will be
safe in his hands. ''-1rehton CazeHe.
And we win venture to say that Mr..
Ballard is doing and has done more real
genuine good for the cause of temperance
in this State than any other dozen of the
imp1acticables who always imagine that
they are helping the cause by indirectly
supporting the Democratic ticket. - Cdmdell
C0Wier.
1t is reported that Rev. DR.. Ballard says
he cannot support the Prohibition ticket.
We hope the report is not true, but if the
Doctor still honestly believes i'll the per-
petuity Of the license system, it is his
privilege to do so; and to be consistent he
must Of course continue, as in the past, to
support one or the other--it makes no
difference whicll-of the old parties. When
these conflict with the Prohibition party,
the Doctor has the legal right to choose
which he will serve.-Nelc Jersey Ledger.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1884-08-08

Joseph Trimble, Past Grand Master of
the Masons in New Jersey, died at his resi-
denee in Philadelphia last week
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1884-08-08

The Prohibition party is a growing party
but it is still too small to count for much
in national election. In 1872 they poled
5,60S votes in the whole country In 1876
they numbered 9.322. and in 1880 10305
The only States in which they counted
more than |. 600 were New York Pennsyl-
vania and Ohio. In Michigan they had 942
i'll Massachusetts, $50, and in Iowa 592
The Greenbackers, in 1880, polled BOT. 740
votes i'll the whole country; that is. they
were about thirty times as numerous as
the Prohibitionists, although their ''princi-
Piles Were far less meritorious. and, in fact.
positively baneful. The vote cast by the
Prohibition party i'll Presidential elections
is, however, no measure of their real
strength. In Maine, Vermont MassaelIu-
sets, Ohio and Iowa they are very nearly a
match for either of the other parties when
the issues are ASSOCIATED from national pol
tiles, and the question to be voted upon re-
lates strictly to the liquor traffic Indeed.
nothing has given the Republican party so
much trouble in State elections a. the tenn
perance issue. Their continuity of power
in local government has been more than
once severely shaken by the Prohbitionists,
whose perseverance is untlagging. and
whose capacity to seize every favorable oc-
casion seems to be inutitiye. -The Notjon
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1884-08-08
A BIG DAY FOR ATLANTIC.
The whole Beach Front Packed With
Fathers.

Sunday was great day for Atlantic City
have its holsteries been more crowded All
of Saturday they came pouring in by thou
sands, train after train load, those with
quarters already secured looking serene
and Supremacy happy, while those less ia
vored in that respect had an anxious cast
of countenance which they stroye in vain
to hide. Nor was this spirit of anxiety
without cause, for those who had not al
ready ordered rooms had no assurance that
they would find any, except at large out
lay Of worriment. Therefore, towards eve
ming on Saturday, scores of men, buster on
arm and gripsack in hand, could be seen
Fastening from hotel to hotel, and from
boarding house to clearinghouse in search
of lodging places. That they all succeeded
| have reason to believe, for this is a great
place for accommodating strangers. ..-t.
The scenes along the beach Sunday from
early morning until late in the day were ex-
cecdngly animating. tits doubtful whether
there have been more than few occasions
when so many persons We're engaged in bath
ing at any one time along the shore, or so
many spectators, From below the Excur-
sion house as far up as Massachusetts, avenue
the water was literally alive with humanity
and apparently happy humanity.
Here and there your eye would fall npon
a shiyering bather, who should have beenin
the batll-house putting on warm clothing
but the great mass Of the thousands had a
rollicking look and action that left room
for no other inference than that they were
enjoying life or at least that part of it
which comprehended the part they were
playing at that moment.
At the Inlet, earlier in the day and until
the twilight of evening, the demand for
yachts was brisk. The day was perfection,
and with just enough of breeze to make
sailing delightful to those who do not al
ways long for "a wet sheet and flowing
sea"
Here are some railway statistics that will
give an idea of the travel toAtlantic on
Saturday and Sunday: Saturday, West Jer-
sey, 140 car loads Camden and Atlantic.
125, Sunday, both roads 100 cars, while the
Narrow Gauge had every car at its com
mand in use. The grand total is put al 42j
carloads, and about 1000 people. ,....
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1884-08-08

1t is said that Governor Albeit is almost
angry enough to go out in the woods and
hate himself to death for permitting Secre-
tary Kelsey and Hon. II. S. Little get into
the management of the Democratic State
Committee, all because he didn't like Cleve-
land when he was nominated half so well as
he did few days later. Mr. Albeit is a
shrewd sort of a politician, but he is too
demonstrative and noisy with his speaking
tube to be match for either Mr.. Kelsey
or Mr.. Little.-May's Londing Record
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1884-08-08

Rev. Allen j. Hires, Of Kinston, North
Carolina, in a private letter TO VIM. L.
Flitcraft, says of the candidate for Vice
President ON the Prohibition Ticket Will
liam Daniel | am well acquainted with.
He is a slawyerb by profession, just about
your feet and inches physically, member
of the Methodist Church. and best of ALL a
man OF pure life, a christian gentleman.
Moreover he has made no little sacrifice
and endured no little persecution for the
sake of the temperance cause. He is the
kind OF man | most desire to see in high
places, but unfortunately the kind most
difficult to elect ..-l.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1884-08-08

The MONITOR is in favor Of, and will adj
vocate, Constitutional prohibition of the
manufacture and sale of alcoholic liquors
as a beverage. As to the most effective
course to pursue i'll securing the necessary
legislation, there is diversity Of opinion
among our best temperance people. Our
aim will he to unite rather than antagonize
these Representatives of the cause We
shall from time to time. present to our
readers the different phases of the question
that we may, as far as possible, enlighten
them upon the subject, and enable them to
arrive at a correct conclusion.
The Bridgeton Ghronicle complains that
the telegraph service of that growing town
is insufficient, and gays that it is a disgrace
to the place that there is no telegraph Office
open at night and on Sundays The Phil
adelphia and New York papers have special
correspondents in that city who have news
to send by telegraph almost every night,
but they cannot send it except by letter,
and by the time it reaches its destination.
it is too late for publication.
Nothing goes SO far to prove the perfect
safety of the Cape May beach as the fact
that this year, although the season is now
half passed, there has not been single ac-
cident at bathing. III commenting upon
this fact the Wdee says: "As we have re
peatedly remarked, AN accident on our beach
can only happen to those who invite it, AZ
it slopes 50 regularly and gradually as to
preclude the possibility Of suddenly reaching
deep parts "r u 8r s,
A fire at Millerstown i'll this State
caused by tile explosion Of an old lamp
destroyed thirty Thousand dollars worth
Of property. What caused the explosion is
not stated, but it is quite probable that a
few cents more paid for better quality of
oil would have saved the greater part Of
this loss. It is anything but economical 70
use cheap oils or lamps that are in the
slightest degree defective. --Pb61a. Ledgor.
There are now seven Presidential tickets
in the field. They are: Republican James
G. Blaine; Democratic, Grover Cleveland;
Prohibition. John p st. John; American
Prohibition, Jonathan Blanchard; Anti
Monopoly and Greenbaek- Labor, Benjamin
i. Butler
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1884-08-08

1t will be our aim, 50 far as possible, to
conduct the MONITOR so as to please every
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-04-25
Peter Put-OR..

1 know a little boy whose real name
we will say is Peter Parsons, but the,
boys call him Peter Put-of because he
has such q way of putting off both busi-
ness and pleasure.
He can learn his lessons, well, but no.
is almost always at the bottom of his
class, because he has put off learning
his task from one hour to another until
it is too late. He can walk or run as
fast as any boy in town, but fine is sent
On an errand, the errand never gets
done in season, because he puts otfstart-
ing from one moment to another; and
for the same reason he is almost always
Late at school, because he never can be
made to see that it is drawing near to
nine o'clock.
If letters are given him to post, they
never get in in time for the mail; and If
he is to go away by the boat OF train,
the whole family has to exert itself to
hurry Peter out of the house, lest he de-
fer starting till the hour be past.
He delays in his play as in his work.
He puts off reading the library-book un.
til it is time to send it back; he waits to
join the game until it is too late; and
generally comes up q little behind-hand
for everything, from Monday morning
until Saturday night, and then begins
the new week by being too late for
church and Sunday-school. Peter is
quite conscious Of his own fault, and
means to reform some time. but he puts
off the date OF the reformation so con-
stantly, that manhood and old age will
probably overtake this boy, and find,
him still only worthy of the name Of
Peter Put-oH.-LitNe Soeve7.