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The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1885-01-09

Show us a person in a community who
has a great many enemies, and We viii
show you somebody every time. 1t is
only they who possess brains. courage and
iron-will that come in conflict with all
the rough edges Of society and the selfish
ness, Of humanity in general. No soft
headed, lazy, stupid ignora1nus IS ever going
to meet any Of the breakers ollie, because
he does not ascend far enough intothe lab
yrinth Of existence TO raise commotion.-
Egchdage.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1885-01-09

Senator Voorhees, thought he had asked
a poser in a recent speech in Indiana when
he inquired: My farmer friends, what is
to become of your great corn crop, in this
country If Prohibition is adopted" There
was a great pause, and then an old Demo-
cratic farmer spoke up, saying: 'Do |
understand Mr.. Voorhees,, that you really
want an answer to that question:" Eyes.
my friend,' said the Senator, Il am seek
ing information ''Well, them replied
the farmer, Il will tell you what we will
do with Il corn crop. We will raise
more pork and less hell,' The Senator
made many more speeches in the campaign,
but never asked that easily answered ques-
ton again.-Er.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1885-01-09

The Prohibitionists of New Jersey east a
larger vote, proportionally, than any State
in the union except Michigan, in the
late presidential election.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1885-01-09

We acknowledge the receipt Of very neat
and pretty ANIMALS from the thriving up
Jersey dailies, the Camden Past. and tae
Trenton Times.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1885-01-09


WEDNESnAY Y, FEBRUARY 4. 1855.
Between the hours of land 3 O'Clock, Z. NJ. of
said day, all the following described valuable
farms, in P~ilesgrove township, to-wit:
No. / Is that certain farm of l47 acres, situa-
ted near Harrisonvilie, in Pilesgrove township,
Salem county. 1t is divided into fields of con
venient size, well fenced. The improvements
are a good, nearly new dwelling house, large
ana commodious, a large barn, in perfect or
der, n good wagon house, and otherFout-build-
ings Two apple orchards.in full bearing, on
the premises. The soil Isl Well adapted for
either grain or truck. 1t Is within mile OF
H~arrlsonville, Il thrifty country town. This
whole farm is undertake with good mari.
No. Is that certain very desirable farm of 20
acres, about . miles from Woodstown, ON the
main road between Salenfand Woodstown, adj
joins lands of John Hunt, decd, and William
Austin. Is divided INFO fields of convenient
size, and is well FENCED. A good large sized
and convenient dwelling. a good barn and II
new wagon house. THE soil is loamy, and is in
an excellent state of cultivation. thrifty
apple orchard ON the remise These are
very desirable farms and will be positively
SOLD. Any peYon wishing to view these prem
lses can be shown the same by calling ON Jo-
seph StrattoH on No. /, and Benjamin Dixon ON
No. :. Conhitions easy, and made known al
JOSIAH MORRIS,
JOS. HUNT,
MARY NJ. billiard.
an44t
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1885-01-09

Pr~esident-eleet Cleveland presented his
resignation Of the G|overnorslip Of New
York on Tuesday.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1885-01-09

A liquor seller in Plainfeld recently
signed the pledge at a meeting held by the
w. G. T. L., of that place.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1885-01-09
An Old Story.

Mary Barnes.
Arrested on the 9th of last July.
Committed to the House of Correction
for six months for being an habitual drunk
and disorderly person, not insane.
Released on the 18th of December.
Killed a few hours afterwards by a train
on the B. & @. r. r.
Only a fallen woman dead by the railroad
track.
Only a quiet face, marked by sin, cursed
by drunkenness.
Only another victim of the Rum Power
gone to the Judgment seat of God.
But sin lieth at the door.
Whose door?
OF the liquor seller.
Surely all the waters in all the seas can
not cleanse the liquor sellers hands.
Whose door?
The door Of the rich. respectable, honor
ed wholesale liquor dealer.
Blood upon his fine paintings, blood
stains ON his rich tapestries.
Written in letters OF blood across the
page of his richly bound family bible.
Woe unto him who giveth his neighbor
drink"
Whose door?
At your door, my brother. if by your
vote and influence you favor the liquor
traffic.
Sin lieth at the door of our national
government crouching lion, the rum
power, liideous, strong. cunning. crafty,
devilisll.
Some day the people will rise in their
might and Stay the dragon.
But until that time?
Pale dead faces of women, of men, of
little children sink into the grave, killed
by the liquor curse.
Can we let the work go ON, knowing
that We must meet this arm of the slain at
Judgment Da ". Harks. in Butt
more Ueeb{V.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1885-01-09
woopsrows. FRIDAY. JAsrAar 9, 1875

The State Legislature meets next Tues
day.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1885-01-09

At the opening Of the Burlington County
Courts. at Mount Holly, Judge Parker, in
referring to the killing of Pitman Borden.
at Burlington, by Thomas Riley, said the
trouble had originated in a drinking sa-
loon, of which there were TOO many in
Burlington, but as they We're licensed by
common council. the court could do Moth
ing except punish the saloon keepers when
they violated the law. and in the future
such violations would be punished by i'm
%prisonment instead Of a fine. -I'lainfeld
Times.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1885-01-09

In the Philadelphia Ledqer's record of
obituaries for the year just ended, are the
following instances Of longevity, in this
state: William Meyers, aged 1912 years,
died at Quinton, Salem county, n. j.. ON
July 6. He was in the war of 1912. Chloe
Lloyd was an inmate of the Home for
Aged and Infirm Colored Persons. and her
death, which took place November IS.
having occurred suddenly, a coroner's in
quest was deemed requisite. As she was
said to be l05 years old, the verdict death
from old agc" wasnot an unreasonable one.
She was born a slave in New Jersey.
After a service of nearly half a century as
cook in well-known Philadelphia families.
she secured admission to the Home. where
she remained active and in good heal tn
until her death. Mary S. Dem died No
yember 0 at the age of 93. She was born
in Salem county, n. J. She was the
mother Of tour children, all of whom sur
yiyed her. Mary ITacket died November
8, aged 98 years. She was born in New
jersey and lived in Salem until forty years
ago, after which she was a resident OF this
city. Her death was due to a fall received
a few weeks before her death.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1885-01-09

Important suits to Atlantic City land
owners are about to be brought by the
Camden and Atlantic Land Company. 1t
seems that about 1850 the company owned
1000 feet Of ocean front, extending from
near South Carolina avenue eastward.
When it sold that part lying westward of
North Carolina avenue it conveyed TO ordi-
nary high-water mark of the ocean. and.
therefore, it make no claims TO accre-
tons 10 the west Of that avenue. The bal
ance OF the 1850 feet it conveyed by sundry
deeds to "storm-tide line of the Atlantic
Ocean. The company claims that it did
not convey TO ordinary high-water mark,
nor did it SO intend to convey, but meant
to leave a strip belonging to itself lying be-
tween storm-tide line and the ordinary
high-water line. Its object in this was to
allow all purchasers Of its lots the priyi-
lege of erecting bath houses along that part
of the ocean front and to provide sand 70
fill the ponds on the lands owned by them
adjacent. TO this strip Of land the sea has
made accretiOnS some ten or twelve hum
dred feet wide. Under the laws of this
State the owner of the lands adjoining or
binary higli-water mark is entitled to the
accretions, and the company therefore puts
in its claim under this virtue. The parties
owning the lots also claim the accretions
that have formed in front Of them. The
suits are to be brought TO test the legality
Of the respective claims.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1885-01-09

Mrs. c. B. Buell., Secretary of the n. w.
c. I. III i'll a note to the Union Signal
touches upon the unfermented wine ques-
ton:
The half was not told in my account of
our southern trip, in last weeks paper. |
want to say in addition that at Natchez. as
well as Eicksburg, the Jewish Rabbi was
present and that lie was most cordial in
his manner and expression. After our
meeting closed he came to me and taking
my hand, said: Il want to tell you that
you have my sympathy, but there is one
thing you ought to try to get the Christian
clergy to do and that is to Danish alec
holic wine from their communion tables"
But, said !, did not the Jews use fer
mented wine at the passover feast?''
Never, he replied, and | never use it in
any of the ~obseryances of my church."
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1885-01-09

At the regular Sunday meeting Of the
Working Peoples international Associa-
ton, in Chicago last Sunday, speeches of
a violent Socialistic and anarchist tenor
were made by c. 5. Griffin, \. r. Parsons
and others. August Spires advocated
murder, because by it murder could be
prevented y Miss Lee declared herself
ready to shoulder a musket to kill a mean,
dirty, awful capitalist. and a Mrs. Par
sons expressed a wish that the ministers
would in the future tell their starving
Pensioners to trust in dynamite, in
stead Of to trust in Cod"
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1885-01-09

How many times may a bottle travel to
the apothecarys? is a question that was
brought up in a Connecticut Court recently.
The prescription on this particular bottle
called for a pint of gin. 1t was recorded
and numbered by the Rockville druggist,
and a few days later the bottle was again
returned to be filled. For repeating the
prescription he was summoned to appear
before a magistrate ON the charge of. Illegal
liquor selling. Testimony of physicians
was introduced to show whether q liquor
prescription differed from an ordinary one,
and, though the doctors all agreed that it
was precisely the same as any other, they
did not agree as to who owned a prescrip-
ton. \ three-cornered testimony was
elected, one NJ. d. being of the opinion
that a prescription belongs to the druggist,
another holding that it was the property
of the doctor, and a third that, as the pa
tient paid for the prescription, it certainly
should be his. The complaint against the
druggist was dismissed because there was
nothing to show an intent to furnish a reg
ular supply Of liquor in defiance of the law,
as the prosecuting agent for a Law and
Order society had claimed. But it starts
discussion OH a very important point. viz,
how many times should liquor or morphine
prescriptions be filled? Physicians who
give them for an emergency, and may be
unaware they are used for the qualification
of a habit, have not adopted any marking
of a prescription to show how often it NAV
be filled. Even this would be of little use
i: the prescription or a copy of it is held by
such a patient, who chooses to take it from
place to place. Druggists frequently fur
nish copies of prescriptions for their Gus
toners uses in travelling. If each apoth-
ecary could stamp upon each succeeding
duplicate the number of times a bottle had
been filled when it left his hand, some
check on this abuse of liquor or morphine
prescriptions might be reached. = Public
Ledger.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1885-01-09

One bale horse blankets, at 65 cents, just.
received at +. b. Humphreys.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1885-01-09

The exhibit Of the New Jersey State de
partments to be made at the New Orleans
Exposition has been completed by the ship
ment Of the contributions Of the Adiutant
General and Of the superintendent of
Public Instruction. In the former are
three cannon balls, two twcnty-pounders
and a twelve-pounder, dug up in 1882,
where a cellar was being eNcayatcd on
Greene street, in Trenton. With them
and three feet below the surface were found
traces Of foundation walls, supposed to he
those Of the building-the first cut nail
factory in this eountry-in which q stand
was made by part of the 1000 or 5000
British troops that came from Princeton in
January, I'M. to attack Trenton and re-
tricve the IIessian defeat of the previous
Christmas. The cannon balls are I'M
doubleday a part Of those with which
Washington repealed the attack. Other
mouth battle-ground are in the collection.
and also a canteen from the Battle of
Trenton, and two discharge papers Of New
Jersey soldiers from the Continental Army.
one of them in good condition and signed
by Washington. The school exhibit is the
largest collection ever made of the work of
the State schools. 1t is twice the size of
that shown at the Philadelphia Centennial.
Twenty-nine thousand pupils are repre-
scented, of whom about two thousand be
long to private schools.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1885-01-09

Referring to reports in relation to the
financial embarrassments Of the New Or
leans Exposition. Director General Burke
says the expenses to January LIST rave been
s250,000 more than the management esti-
mated. Tie total expenditures t. De
cember lst We're inside the subscriptions.
loans and donations. Since then, the pur-
chase of a necessary railroad and the lay
ing Of side tracks, the employment Of barge
lines and laborers to handle freight, the
advancing of money for freight charges on
exhibits not prepaid, and a continuance
Of u%nfayorable weather (thirty-live days
rain) have doubled expenses. The Director
General says, however, that the receipts
were ample for the current expenses even
during the bad weather. and with fine
weather the revenues viii be ten times the
amount Of the expenses.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1885-01-09
PUBLIC SALE
7MUABLE FARMS


WILL h sold at public sale, at the hotel of
comfy NeWJerSeV. on
Grand Rapids morning telegram., 1885-05-08
j. s. Crosby 4 Co.

The insurance and real estate agen-
cy of J. ). Crosby IL Co., is one of
the oldest in this city, having be. n
established in 1853, since which time
it has been one of the prominent in
stitutions of the city. Beginning
when Grand Rapids was in its infan-
cy, the business has gradually in
Creased with the demands of the
growing city until to-day it is per
haps second 10 mona in Western
Michigan. The firm is at present
composed of Ex-Lieutenant Governor
NJ. ). Crosby and Mrs. Amelia Crosby
and their office is at present located
at No. ; Canal street where 1t has
been for ten years past. They repre-
sent fine list of fine insurance com
panies, including some of the strong
est and most reliable companies in
this country, as follows: California,
North British and Mercantile, Orient,
Commercial Union, Royal, London
and Provincial, Union, British Amer
ca, and the Sun
They also conduct an extensive
real estate and loan business and
persons dealing with them have the
assurance of commanding long and
successful experience and integrity,
and that their interests will receive
prompt attention. Hon. VI. 5. Crosby,
the active member of the firm has
been for four years Lieutenant Cover
nor of Michigan and has held other
important official positions and has
thus acquired an extended acquain
tance that is of much value in con
Quoting his business. He is alsC
Vice President of the Valley City
Milling Co. and is connected will
several others of the prominent bus
nes institutions of the city.
Grand Rapids morning telegram., 1885-05-08
PAUL ". FRIEDRICH.

One u ne neatest anJ most popu-
lar resorts for music loving people Ia
the '.tzte. l. thls gentiemans store al
Ne. "a Monroe street IL addition
- Bls large sSle>room on
the ground hoor, Mr. Friedrich has
recently 6tted ap large aud pleas
ant music parlor on the second door
which compares fayorably with any
thing Of the kind in the west Here
viii always bc found fall ine Of
all the most desirable musical Instra-
ments Manufactured IA tins country,
and people from the eity or oat Of
town, whether they desire 10 pOr-
chase OF not, sill tind tins a most de-
slrable place 10 secure information
regarding the merits of different
instruments, 10 pass an hour pleas
antly, OF 10 consult their musical
friends regarding musical or other
matters. Mr.. Friedrich invites all 10
call al his parlors, and will do has
best % make them feel entirely al
/ uONiC- lie II thc tluNcl auu ttrl
known music dealer IN the city, and
has carried on the business most sue
cessfully here for long time. About
twelve years ago he started in busi-
ness in a small way, and founded the
firm of Friedrich Bros, which was
dissolved in 1882. Since that time he
has secured the agency for some OF
the finest pianos and organs made IN
this country, and has devoted him
self exclusively 10 their sale He
sells the celebrated Stelnway
Sohmer, Hardman and Behr pianos
and in the organ line handles the
well known instruments made by the
Estey and Packard companies. Al
of these instruments are very favor
ably known throughout the State
which fact is proven by their large
and constantly increasing sale. In
deed, the Sohmer piano is univer
sally recognized as one of the very
best pianos made, and never fails L
give complete satisfaction. Mr.
Friedrich ; methods of doing business
are liberal and fair, and no one whc
deals with him has ever had jus
cause for complaint.
Grand Rapids morning telegram., 1885-05-08

The old established and reliable
dye house of G.. A. Berwin, and
known as the Eagle Steam Dye
House, occupies the front rank
among dye houses in the city. 1t is
not an institution of mushroom
growth, that to-day flourishes and to-
morrow is numbered among the
things of hepast, but it is thorough
ly established business and fully
equipped with all modern facilities
for first class work. Mr.. Berwin
owns the fine brick block in which
his house is located at "a Canal ST.,
and has taken especial care to tit it
out with the most approved machin-
cry, and all necessary facilities for
speedy work. He is prepared to do
dyeing of all kinds in the best manner
possible, and makes speciality of
coloring silks and woolens in every
shade. He also pays attention TO
securing, dyeing and repairing gents
clothing. Persons from a distance
desiring work done, should cores
pond with Mr.. Berwin.
Grand Rapids morning telegram., 1885-05-08
Grand Rapids Grain and
Seed Co.

For over eighteen years the estab-
hshment Of ". l. L4moresUx has
been the recognized hsA6ouarters IL
col, grain and seeds, and the pres
ent ira, the Grand Rapids Gram
and Seed Company, l. one OF The
representative business houses Of this
citg. The Ofhee and salesroom are
located 81 No. CANA street, where
the four floors are taxed 10 their at
most capacity ia caring for the ex-
tensiye stock carried by the company
4 large warehouse for storage belong
ing u them Is situated on the corner
Of lonia aud William streets The
tirln deal Ia ali kinds of field and
garden seeds, aud also keep a com
plete stock Of garden implements.
They make speciality of beans, hav-
ing large picker with a capacity Of
one hundred bushels per day, and in
this One article their business
amounts u from eight 10 fifteen
thousand bushels a year. The trans
actions ia grain are very large, the
purchases IA wheat aggregaung hve
hundred ears per annum. In the
third department of their business,
wool, they are specially prominent
buying on an average more wool
than any house III the State, exceed
ing IN amount over million pounds
during year. All OF these several
departments are thoroughly systema
tized and managed with gratifying
success. The trade of the house il
rapidly growing, and it is largely due
To the promptness and satisfactory
manner with which all orders en-
trusted 10 them are executed.
Grand Rapids morning telegram., 1885-05-08
Chase Brothers Piano Co.

This company while 1t has been
loc ited In this city but a short time,
is entitled TO be ranked with the lead
ing manufacturers which have given
Grand Rapids It's widespread reputa-
ton As a manufacturing city.
Mr. NJ J. Chase and his sons have
a national reputation as piano makers
and have long since placed their
pianos among the leading standard
pianos of the United States. They
are used by the leading musical in
stitutions Of the west and south. Ten
years ago, lin 1879 the Sisters Of
Notre Dame, of Cincinnati, wrote Mr.
Chase, "we have fifteen of your
pianos in our institution and we find
them unsurpassed in tone, finish and
durability"
When the great College of Music
of Cincinnati was started with Theo-
dOre Thomas as Musical Director,
their pianos were adopted after a
sharp competition with some of the
best eastern pianos. Since that time
they have been adopted by the Con
servstory of Music, Miss Bauer,
President, by the College of Music of
Cincinnati, Dora Nelson Gebharlt,
President, which has fourteen of their
Upright Grand Pianos, and the Wes-
leyan Female College, Or Brown,
President, has a like number, show
ing a good record for one city. as
many of these pianos were manufact-
ured on orders especially for voice
culture. Chase Bros. occupV the
whole Of the four story building 81
u 65 Front street. on the west side.
formerly occupied by Luther Il sum
mer. and We were surprised az the
amount If work they have in course
'of construction and are turning ont.
They brought about twenty-five Of
their best piano makers with them,
and have employed quite number
Of cabinet makers and other workmen
here. some Of their action and tone
regulators rank among the best in
the country. and there J. no question
but they can DO a. good work IN
Grand Rapids a. they could IN Nev
York or Boston. In fact We DO not
believe there : any piano made IN
this country that is IA any respect
superior - those made IN Grand
Rapids. ard this being the case. Il -
. the interest 0f oHr people 70 buy
pianos made A. home. There are
6fteeu or sxteeu different Kinds q
lumber used in piano, and Al bat
one kind : furnished from Mchigsn
70 eastern piano makers. Chsse Bros.