The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1885-10-30
The crop of celery is quite large.

The crop of celery is quite large.
You may shoot rabbits after tomorrow.
Samuel Reeves had a valuable COW to die
last week.
Festival at Alloway to night and to-mor-
row evening.
Isaac Homer this year raised $50 tons of
tomatoes from thirteen acres of land.
Steps are being taken to organize a
castle of Knights of the Golden Eagle in
Woodstown.
The railroad was well patronized by
Woodstowners this court. Woodstown
took up six full days OF the term.
The pumpkin crop this year is excep-
t~ionally large. Some corn fields can hardly
be crossed without stepping on a pump
kin.
Rev. o. b. McCurdy preached his fare
well sermon to the congregation of the
Presbyterian Church az this place last Sab
bath.
Josiah NJ. Jordan, residing on the road
to Auburn, has raised this season from
159, 900 hills II ,345 baskets of sweet pota-
toes.
The Teachers Institute of the county
will be held in Salem during the second
week of November, instead of the first as
stated last week.
Abbott & Coles, butchers, have sold
their goodwill and fixtures to a party by
the name of Smith, from Fairton, and
have retired from the business.
A slight fire took place at the residence
of Frances Diament, at Alloway, ON Sun
day evening, but beyond burning the floor
considerably 30 damage was done.
We have received a copy of u song,
called "Prohibition now is coming COM
posed for and used in Prohibition meet
ings by W. Cattell, J. NJ. Scott and w.
G.. Babcoek.
A second match game of baseball,
played between the Woodstown and Ped
ricktown clubs last Saturday, resulted in
a defeat for the Pedricktown club, the
score standing 90 to g..
On Sunday morning about twenty-five
persons will be received into the Metho-
dist Episcopal Church at Alloway ON pro-
baton. the fruits of the meetings that are
being held at P%entonville.
4 number OF cunning accidents have
already taken place. Newspapers have
these to chronicle every season, and il poo
pie will 90 cunning they should be eau
tious Of how they handle their guns.
The ladies of the Woman's Christian
Temperance Union will distribute hot cof
fee and sandwiches free on next Tuesday,
election day, at their room nearly over the
MONITOR Office. Everyone Will be wei
come.
A lecture will be given III The NJ. f.
Church at Mullica Hill. this evening (Fri-
day) at 1:3o o'clock. by Rev. Willis
Reeves. of i}ridgeton. Subject. "A Minis
ter's Doorbell Experience" Admission
VIII be Is cents; children 10 cents.
A fair and oyster festival will be held in
the old Presbyterian church, at Daretown,
on the afternoon and evenings of .Wednes-
and Thursday. November 18th and l9tll.
Fried oysters, salad, confectionery and
everything good will be served. y good
time is anticipated.
BENZ. Duffie'd, one of Gloucester
county's prosperous farmers, living near
Swedesboro, has Our thanks for a basket
of very fine and very large sweet potatoes.
They are not quite the size OF a cook stove,
but if they were a brighter yellow they
might easily be taken for pumpkins.
The buildings in construction in our
Borough are being pushed as rapidly as
possible. Dan Wares house on Salem
street is a neat and tasty dwelling. The
house of Esquire Holmes, nearly opposite,
(thc Nanmeter property by raising the
roof and re-modeling the anne and a new
back building is greatly changed and inl-
proved. DR.. Sarah Taylor's double dwell
ing on Main street. near the bank, is en-
closed and Aaron Cole is pushing work on
his house near the lumber yard. We I'M
derstand Lippincott Cole co~ntcmplates
erecting a new dwelling this season.