The Penn's Grove record., 1885-05-02
SATURDAY, NAY 2, 1885.
S.

Now is the time to throw physic
[~arsenic] to the dogs.
Wouldn't it be well to have some Of
our old Blue laws r~esurrected?
Bible reading next Sabbath evening
at Emanuel Church, by the pastor.
The dancing pavilion at Augustine
Pier has been converted into a roller
skating rink.
The next teachers examination in
this county will be held On next We'd
nesday, May the6th.
The Brick NJ. f. Sunday School ex-
poets to hold a festival some time i'll
the latter part of May,
The penalty for killing song OF insec-
tivorous birds in this state is fifty dol
lars for each offence.
John Cook, of the Cove, has caught
the largest shad in this section. 1t
weighed s pounds 3 ounces.
TIE welcomed shower on Sunday
and the warm sunshine brought out
the peach and cherry blossoms.
The change in nature is most beauti-
full when from winter tbraldom it
burst forth irto yerdant spriEg.
Arbutus, ~crocuses, daffodils, and
''aweet violetS" are in bloom and gath
cred by The lovers of the beautiful.
On Tuesday, John Vanneman tore
a painful cash in his thumb Ivy having
it caught in the barb of a wire fence.
Mr.. Pemberton Pierce has received
by express from a friend in Mississip
pi amocking bird. 1t is Il perfect
mocker.
Owing to the low price Of shad many
are now sold on shore. Shad wagons
from back in the country are daily
visitors to our town.
The blowout on Wednesday hindered
fishing and caused the straw hats and
linen busters that had been Premature
ly brought ont TO be laid aside.
The Board of,Chosen Freeholders have
been invited to meet the Board OF Trus-
tees at the Salem co. Aims House on
Monday, May 18th, at II O'Clock A. N.
VIM. p. Denny has secured the SER
vices of a first class carriage painter and
solicits the patronage of his old friends
and many new ones Whe desire repair
ipg done.
If u citizens don't get the old can
non out of the river soon Delaware
will claim it as she cl inns the whole
river. 1t may be re ID in case of
war or another celebrate
On next Saturday evening, the 9th,
the PennsgrOve Cornet Band will hold
"a festival in Odd Fellows Hall. There
will be an abundance of cake, ice can
and lemonade, and music by the band.
AL invited.
The farmers are busily preparing
their grounds for corn planting. The
time when | Indians planted their corn
Was "When the oak leaf was as large
as a squirrels ear" which time Will
sooa be here.
On Tuesday night some dogs got in
Ut. Paulin's log pen and killed
eight young pigs about u month old
and drug some of them away. The
loss was appraised on Tuesday and the
township will foot the bill.
The oyster season is ver and ice
cream is now the ~delicacy. Our popu-
lar restaursetur, T. J. White keeps
constantly on hand a fresh and full
supply of all the toGthsOme d~elicacies
the appetite many crave.
The Wilmington Erery Evening
publishes dispatches from all points of
the peach growing districts of the pen
iDsula, which concur in predicting an
unusually large crop, ''unless some I'M
foreseen disaster shall occur"
On Wednesday while Charles Diver
was at the depot loading manure his
horse became scared at an incoming
train and run away, and threw Mr..
ID. out Of the wagon. Fortunately he
was not hurt nor any damage done al
though the team ran all the way home
before n was s,oyrped.