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The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1885-10-09
Night Scenes i'm Bridgeton.

The following article is taken from the
Prohibition column of the Bridgeton Nees,
edited by Rev. r. l.. Gardiner, Of Shiloh,
and will. We think. apply very well to
W~oodstown:
The honorable business places of the
city close early and the better class of PEG
Pile go to their homes for rest. After these
are off the streets is the best time to see the
evil effects of the rum shops. Licensed
rum-sellers are very bold. They have pro
lection in the cursed work. If the law
was against them instead Of in their favor.
there would be few such scenes as | have
now to describe.
It was the two hours between eleven and
one O'Clock. The shops could make it pro-
fitable to keep open no longer, and turned
their victims out upon the streets. Upon
his one night a single person counted
seventeen men trying to make their way
home. staggering drunk. Three had
to have a mar on each side to hold them
up and get them home. Others had no
one to help them and had to sit down.
Most of these were young men.
Look at that officer, Who is he after
Wait here a moment and you will see.
There he goes taking two of Bridgeton's
young men to the lookup.
Strange that a city will join partnership
in the rum business for a small share of
the profits. when it expects to imprison and
fine every one who reaches the natural con-
dition that comes from said business.
But look again, quickly. or you will lose
part Of this object-lesson. The police has
scarcely disposed Of these two. when six
other young men are seen to 90 into that
licensed slop shop next door but II to the
lookup. 1t may be that some of them will
be ready for the officers in a little time.
The respectable run seller is doing his
best to get them ready, all aeeordihgt to lar.
But come along quickly, or you'll miss
some of the scenes. There. See those
two boys yonder? They cannot be
one whit more than 12 or IA years OF age.
Now they have dropped into that base
ment den, on South Laurel street.
Many young boys 60 here when the
other shops close to spend the balance Of
the night. That officer just now said,
..this place is often open till three o'clock
in the morning.
These were the scenes of one night.
This is what the rum traffic is doing for
Bridgeton.
Oh, if the christian people of this city
could see what fearful ravages it is max
ing under cover of darkness. | am sure
they would arouse and wipe out the curse
once for all. They certainly would never
sanction it again by license.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1885-10-09
PHILADELPHIA MARKETS.
CORRECTED EVERY THURSDAY BY W. c. GARRIs
1927 SOUTH FRONT ST., PHILADELPHIA.

CORRECTED EVERY THURSDAY BY w. c. GARRISON
327 SOUTH FRONT ST., PHILADELPHIA.
BuTTER-Prime PRINT &c to 25c; fair isc TO zoe;
roll l2c to l5c; common Sc to l0c per lib. Eggs22c
to pc. per doz. DRESSED PouLTEY-Fowls l3c to
lac per Ib Spring chickens l5c TO loo per ID
ducks lie to l5c per lib. 7c to Sc
per lb: fair SC to &c pc"lb.: lambs SC to &c per
lb; sheep Sc to &c per Id; fair &c to 3Lc peril b.
WooL-un washed 20c to 2lc per Id; washed 3Oe
to 3lc per lib. FEATHERs-Geese choice soc to soc
per lb; fair ~ to SOC per lib; turkey &c
10 SC per lb; duck 2sc TO 3c per ID: chicken
&c to SC per ID. G~AME-squabs iOc to 35c per
pair; pigeons 25c TO SOC per pair: reed birds 9Oc
TO sl.00 per doz English snipe 81. so to 800 per
doz; wood cock SOC. to sl.O0 per pair snappers
SC to l0c per lib: crabs si.25 to Si.50 per 100:
oysters extra $1,000 to $1,000 per 1000, prime 500
70 $500 per 1000, culls $3.50 to 500 per 1000.
FRUIT AND EGETABLES-Cabbage $I60 TO $50
per lbl; cranbcrries extra S2.95 to $500 per
crate, fair sl.50 to 500 per crate. Apples choice
Sl.25 to Sl.5O per Dbl fair T5c. toS 81 90 per Dbl. To-
matocs zoe 25e per bask. Lima Beans 2sc to SOC
per bask. Grapes Sc 10 4c per pound. Potatoes
prime 55c to 60c per bushel; culls 75c to 81 90 per
bushel. sweet potatoes extra 81. so to $l.75 per
Dbl; medium sl.G to 81 30 per Dbl; culls 75c to
Sl.GO per bib. White turnips $l.O0 TO SI.25 per
bbl. onions $3.50 10 500 per Dbl.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1885-10-09

When Ex-Governor st. John was MAX
ing a speech at the Prohibition Convention
at Syracuse a question was sent TO him in
writing by a Republican. asking him how
much the Democrats had paid him last fall,
the questioner adding: II have proof OF
the fact that you sold out Now, my
friends, " the Ex-Governor said, IN answer
to the question, II want to say, once for
all. that the Democratic party, neither
directly nor indirectly, neither officially
o unofficially, was ever so mean
as even to attempt to communicate
with me. | brand the man who asked this
question as a malicious, infamous, black
hearted coward, and challenge him to step
forth and produce the proof of which he
alleges himself to be possessed. The Re
publican party unblushingly acknowledges
that 1t had a hand in the bribery business,
but it never had money enough to bride
me-
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1885-10-09
Awful Responsibility.

Some weeks ago a friend ~ofours, timidly,
yet ~impelled by the awful feeling of indiv-
idual responsibility before God in the mat
ter, read a paper at a lodge-meeting in
Newcastle, showing how great and vicious
all influence drink and the drink-shops
have in fostering the brazen immortality OF
the streets. A teetotaler. sometime a
barman, confirmed this to me with parti-
culars heart-piercing as well as revolving.
And to-day, while the foul ulcer is still
spreading, and respectable society has
scarce recovered breath from tie report of
the secret commission of the Pal Nall
G0zeue, reformers. with paralyzed nerve
and brain. can scarce conceivehow to move
towards extirpating. or at any rate check
ing, the terrible evil. One class should
receive invigorated impulse from the wave
Of frenzied excitement and that is the tenn
perancs party. On almostevery page ofthe
report drink shows itself as an agent in the
soul-snaring, soul destroying traffic. Some
time aga one of the poor wfetches said,
DHb ~ A4t NAiih. bhi 6Atf tb4sN libL
exist" Perhaps she exaggerated: I will
not seek to argue the question. 10th was
to mention it but we see our responsible
ity towards the thief, the infidel. the drunk
ard, the pauper, the murderer, and if that
feeling is too nice to allow us to stoOp in
an attempt to rescue the outcast and pre-
vent the ranks Of shame from receiving
more recruits, then our religion is hypocrisy.
our philanthropy a sham. Root out pub
lic-houses- and one potent agency Of sin
and shame will be abolished.-Neccnsne
(Engldnd) Eeomiaer.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1885-10-09
For TBE MONITOR.
Little Sermons.

III }. II. :.
By the river of Grog lies deaths dismal
beg.
When a man attempts to argue the right
eousness Of the rum traffic he is trying TO
shoot lions with tissue wads from a punk
pop-gun.
In the wet of a drunk is quenched man
hoods spHnk.
When you think your church might ex-
clude you for alliance with the liquor
infamy. hurry off and join some other
church in which there is no danger of them
touching your conscience or troubling your
case on thai question. Birds Of a feather,
you know. A crow in a flock of doves is
not according to the fitness of things.
Truth is never afraid Of discussion. 1t
IS only error that tries to mystify ears and
keep tongues silent. The man who wishes
to buy another mans silence confesses to
be of his father, the devil.
In the love of eggnog reason lives in a
fog.
The world is full Of parasites. They
fasten themselves for gain on every good
thing. BY them it is not fair to judge any
good thing, unless they have taken it into
their control. Barnacles can so possess a
ship that the only thing to do is to destroy
it. But, therefore. a few barnacles here
and there is no condemnation Of the ship.
Unworthy men sucker on to the temper
anee cause, and often in quite large num-
bers: but only a fool condemns the noble
ship for the barnacles that would impede
its way.
Woe aud rum together CONF
Away love lies.
y broke heart sigh-, in ruin cries
~ reason dies.
And still do we this death agree
To help, TO l~egalizc,
Until its He'll has scorched u well.
And our own boy in ruin dies
or our loved girl in awful swirl
0fdrunkard's wife has wrecked her life:
Then, then we may vote ~ we pray.
And sadly say, most sadly say.
Alas too late has come my hate
Ofthis dread woe that wounds me 30.
From ale comes all.
Shameless abuse of the right fast makes
it friends.
When the devil shows his anger he
shows himself, and the men he has been
deceiying are undeceived. Get the whisky
men downright mad, and they will. by
their violence, make prohibition converts
faster than the eloquence Of orators. Stir
up a skunk if you want him killed. is as
true in morals as in matter.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1885-10-09

II is amusing to notice tho eagerneSs
with which the old party newspapers seize
npon any utterances Of any prominent man
in social or religious circles which have a
tendency to disparagc the thifd party pro-
hibitiom movement. The latest thing in
this line is an expression Of the views Of
Bishop Merrill, in which he deprecates
third party action. and his letter is her
aided abroad by the nti-prohibition press
as though it finally and conclusively at
tied the question. The good Bishop, to
whom we concedc all honesty Of conviction,
seems to assume that the taking Of the
question Of temperance into the political
arena will Danish it from the church and
the family and put a stop to all work III
the cause on moral lines. Why this should
be we fail to see. Why A should cease
teaching temperance to his family and
from the pulpit, why lie should stand by
and see the drunkard go the devil and his
family to the poor house simply because b
thinks that the liquor traffic can be sup
pressed sooner by voting onIy for law
makers aud officials who are in favor Of its
suppression, in preference to those who
won't commit themselves one way or an
other, aud acts accordingly, viii hardly
bear a reasonable explanation. The moral
field Of temperance work is as broad and
free as ever, and laborers are as much
needed and work is just as abundant and
its rewards as sure and as great. Because
a portion of the workmen think they see
in another field an opportunity sooner to
accomplish their labor is no good reason
why the others should throw down their
implements and go back to the house in a
sulky lit. Swearing they viii do no more
work till those contrary fellows come back
aud work their way, aud meanwhile the
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1885-10-09

a clergyman in a meeting Of Presbytcfg.
at Philadelphia last Monday took occasion
to denonnce certain pictures in the cntranc,
Of the ttirard House as indecent, and
strongly eensured District Attorney Ora
ham, WHO happened to be present in the
meeting, for not taking legal measures to
remoy them. The matter was reported in
the papers and now the chances are that
every eountryman who visits Philadelphia
in the next six months Will take in the
tiirard House as one Of the sights. such is
human nature.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1885-10-09
Temperance vs.. Intemperance.

The following personal history related
by Mr.. Alt, at a temperance meeting in
Newark on Wednesday evening Of last
week, demonstrates very wildly the curse
of intemperance and the blessing Of tenn
perance:
Fifteen years ago, he said, 4 stood like
this on a platform, on a pier in New York,
looking down into the dark waters, think
ing over what | had done. Two months
previous to this | had a good business. |
was invited to a ball given to the Putnam
Phalanx, and so eagerly were invitations
to this ball sought that | could have sold
my ticket for 500 He went to the ball,
however, got tight and found himself next
morning at D~elmonico's. He went from
bad to worse until he pulled up ON the edge
of Pier No. II, North river. Eliminating on
the fact that he had lost everything. i
knew, said the speakcrin awe-struck tones,
that a few days more of sucha life would
see me stretched ont a 1ifeless corpse,
and then my poor mother and heart-broken
wife would read in the newspapers that
| died from drink. Why not prevent this,
why not end all this misery by burying
myself beneath the dark still waters?
There was no one near that | could see. and
my poor mother would be spared the shame
Of knowing what my end was. moments
hesitation and ! sprang into the water,
Just as ! thought that all was about over,
some man who had heard the splash, OWED
in and brought me out The speaker
then went on to tell about his being brought
to the Toombs and getting sent up for six
months to Blackwcll's Island. Once lie
lay in Raymond Street Jail for eight days
in tie delirium t%reInens, and he had been
locked up seyenty-twO times in all. He
is now a prosperous merchant in Brook
lyn.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1885-10-09

Bishop Merrili's autithird party article
was copied by several liquor papers. with
approving comments. 1t has been
published IN tract form aud viii be used
for e~leetioueering purposes by tie RePub-
LEANS.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1885-10-09

The case Of Rev. Mangasar Mangasarian,
Of Philadelphia, bids fair to develop some
first-elass specimens Of religious or rather
sectarian bigotry. The reverend gentle
man, finding that his convictions were diff
ferent from the creed Of the church Of
which he was a preacher, instead of re-
naming in the church aud preaching con
trary TO its teachings m%anfully %retires from
his pulpit and asks his Presbytery TO dis
miss him, which to the average wayfarer
would seem to be about the only thing
left to do. But some Of his fellow min
listers do not Ike the idea of his going ont
1uietly and peaceably, but promise them
selves the pleasure of kicking him ont. In
other words they are willing for him 20 90
but they want to regulate the order Of his
going in their own way. Consequently
charges ave been preferred against him of
heresy with a view to his formal deposition
from the Presbyterian ministry, all OF
which will be a warning to other members
desiring 10 leave their church to get ont
first and give their reasons afterw ards.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1885-10-09

Maybee and English, the temperance re-
vivalists, are in Hackensack holding meet
ings every night in Templar Hall, and
OF Sunday evenings in one of the
churches. A reform club of young men
has been organized with Charles Harris, a
New York broker, as president.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1885-10-09

The Philada. Daily Nete. and there is
but n Of the kind. does itself proud IN its
anniversary edition Of Saturday last.
The Mas Is bright and sassy, and mas
crowded IN and made big elb0w-room for
itself among its larger sized, but no better
filed. coutempOraries.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1885-10-09

aholc crop can lie angatlered for all
they care. This Is just about the position
these so-called temperance men assume
wh0 pirate abont tie causc being put back
twenty scars 5y tic third party movement.
II il Is put back st H5li be because such as
tEey omit work %, BY their os % reason
ing. tBe dcscrtion ~ tl.e contrary fellows
wiap eonf stay Wnl them makes it neces-
saGy that they sI1ogld work al tie harder.
Bat ii dos not follow that because the
third party Hfcl are third party men that
they have suspended an Efforts in the way
Of moral saasiou. Can't they work both
ways Are they mst everywhere aud al
ways found ia lall sympathy with all tenn
perAuee work OF whatever line Let the
Republican temperance man be a Republi-
can still. Let tbs Democratic temperance
man remain a Democrat If he choose, but,
ladies and gentlemen. let the temperance
man whose conscience. in view Of tie pres
ent attitude Of parties and Of the liquor
traffic. VIII not allow him 10 be either a
Democrat or a Republican. be a Pro-
hibitien;st-a third party Prohibitiouist if
you please-and do you your work as it lies
nearest your hand aud let him do his and
when victory comes, let it come by what
means it will; let Us all unite in thanksgiy-
ing for the end achieved rather than in
quarreling over the means.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1885-10-09

High license makes the worst kind of
monopoly, in the wickedest business the
world ever knew. Therefore it is worse
than a failure.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1885-10-09

When you see tais paragraph marked
with . pencil mark it indicates that your
subscription expires with the number IN
which il IS 80 marked. Tie paper will be-
continued to your address for a few follow
ing numbers until you have lad an oppOf-
tunity 10 notify as. Il you have not alreaoy
done -. whether or not you desire to re
rev.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1885-10-09

\ crazy politician wants liquor kept ont
of politics. How would it work TO start
in by keeping it out Of politicians ?-Nea'
ReJablic.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1885-10-09

You can't un Rum aud Christianity to-
gether ard have thern both flourish.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1885-10-09

The Treasury Department is receiving
an increased demand for small currency,
which is regarded as 4 sign Of revival in
the bnalnes. Of Tie country.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1885-10-09

We claim to be a. amenabIe to argu-
ment and logic as most people and while
We have our W. views, are open 10 convie.
ton of their fallaey if it be fairly shown MS;
We are strongly IN favor Of the prohibition
by Law and by public opinion. of the traffic
in Intoxicating drinks. VIZ believe the
business should be %outIawed, placed be-
yond the protection or countenance of law
and that the state should not with one
hand grant the license to seIl thai which
promotes disorder. poverty and crime and
with the other seek to punish, or tax the
people 10 provide for. the disorder. crime
and poverty which the license system en-
couragss and fosters. But We hear that
prohibition does not prohibit, that there
is nlore drunkenness in communities where
prohibition exists than where the license
system has sway, and we find men ad,o-
eating high license AZ a substitute for
prohibition and a more eifcctual means of
promoting temperance. And now what we
want to know is tliis-and we want some
advocate Of high license to give us a plain,
straightforward answer, laying aside all
questions Of the morality Of licensing crime
in any shape, and dealing only with the
one point Of enforcement Of law-why and
how will it be any easier to enforce a high
license law thsn a prohibitory law In
other words, if a ma will violate a strict
%psohibitory law why would he not as
readily violate the modified form Of pro-
hibitory Law that forbids him to sell with
our license? Won't the law breaker be a
law breaker under orc law as well as an
othcr2 VIII the law have any more terror
for the citizen In high license shape than
in the prolibitory mood ? If a man would
sell in spite Of a positive prohibition would
he not also sell in spite Of a demand for
license which it does not suit his convent
ence to pay? According to anti-prolibition
logic, if a glass Of whisky can be pur-
chased in Portland, prohibition in Maine
is a failure and so, under high license, if
every surreptitious vendor without license
is not etfectnally suppressed and driven out
the system must be a failure. Now if you
can successfully enforce a law which says
TO \. b.: You must not sell except on
payment of $500" can you not enforce
it with the tax at 81, 900? 0,G00? or i'll
short, prohibit it altogether? Isn't high
license. after all, prohibition up to a Ger
tain point? And, if successful to that
point, can't tie line be moved a little
further still? Who shall decide when
it has reached its utmost limit? 1t is a
matter Of experiment, perhaps, and for
our part We prefer to begin experimenting,
if you put it that way, by putting the line
at absolute prohibition. and if public senti-
mcnt needs to be first educated to that
point, educate it as raridIyand thoroughly
as possible. No halting halfway; no
taking Of blood money into the treasury:
no partnership between law-making and
law-breaking unless, indeed, some better
argument be advanced in favor thereof than
any We have yet heard.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1885-10-09
No. 399.
REPORT

or tia condition of the FIRST NAyIoNAL BANK
~ of woodstown, at Woods6wn, in the
state of New jersey, at the cloT OF business,
10th month LIST, lsS5.
RES0I-PGESf
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1885-10-09
L ERAL NEWS.

There were over 500 deaths from small
pox in Montreal during the month of Sep
TENDER.
~Swarthmore College is trying to raise
money to put a 800 telescope into her
college building.
Tie Hartford Globe of a few days ago in
an account from a correspondent of Jum-
bo's tragic death at st. Thomas. Ont, as
serted that the hangers of the Barnum
show ordered Scott to lead the elephant on
the track with a view of having the animal
killed. The correspondent is a Bridgeport
man. and in his article dared Barnum,
Scott. or any of the managers t" deny the
story. Mr.. Barnum has entered suit
against the publishers of the GLoje, placing
damages at $50, 900.
On the Presidents return from the
Adirondack mountains he found awaiting
him at the White House the following let
ter from Mrs. Helen Hunt jackson. the
weIl-known authoress FL. H." and ad-
yocate of Indian rights, which was written
BY her four days before her death, August
12, 1885:
80 Grocer Clecelqnd, President Of tie
United Stdtes-Dear Sir: From my death
bed | send send you a message of heart
felt thanks for what you have already done
for the Indians. | ask you to read my
Century of Dishonor. | am dying hap
pier for the belief | have that it is your
hand that is destined to strike the first
blow towards lifting this burden of infamy
from our country and righting wrongs of
the Indian race. With respect and graft
tude. HELEN Jackson.
Unless an unexpected delay ccurs the
most gigantic subterranean explosion that
the world has ever seen will take place
some time this week. At the appointed
time Flood Rock. in Hell Gate, will be
blown up by the firing of a mine of 2i5.-
600 pounds of dynamite. and after the loose
rock has been removed it is hoped to have
a channel of twenty-six feet clear water
where the dangerous obstruction now lies.
The excavations have been going on since
the summer Of 1915 under the immediate
superintendent of Gen. John Newton and
other officers of the United States Engineer
Corps, and are now complete. To give an
idea Of the great work accomplished it may
be mentioned that Flood Rock covers an
area of nine acres. From the shaft. gal
leries and tunnels that have been excavat-
ed 10000 cubic feet of stone have been
taken, and there remains a honey-combed
mass of 215. 600 cubic feet which will be
blown up. The mine will be fired by what
i knownas the electric and sympathetic pro-
eesses. The main galleries are charged
with explosives which will be connected by
copper wire with a land battery located a
thousand feet from Flood Rock. \ simple
of the finger on a button at the
battery viii fire the initial charges in the
galleries, and the conclusion will explode
the canisters in the chambers ~bysympathy.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1885-10-09

We heard a good clergyman who
was in favor Of high license, becoming
heated in an argument with a prohibit
zionist, say: Il say, make the price high
they cause more than half the expense
Of ouF prisons, asylu,ns and criminal courts
let them pay for it-yes; make them pay
forit."
Dear sister, you with a drinking son or
husband: what price would you put upon
him? How much money should you think
would pay for the misery which one saloon
OF bar-room will cause?