The Monitor., 1885-05-01
LOCAL NEWS.

The country summer resorts are being
fitted up
\ few weeks more and the strawberry
festivals will bloom.
Everybody we meet has had an ample
sufficency Of winter.
The small boy is counting the stone
bruise by going barefoot.
Book agents, pacl; peddlers and tramps
are swarming on the roads.
If you are not a subscriber but borrow
er. hadn't you better subscribe at once?
The contract for carrying the mail be-
tween Woodstown and Sharptown has
been awarded to Edwin Royal to take
effect July 1st, 1885.
The slaughter house is gone, but all
through the Borough the stench-breeding
pig-pen is ready for the summer campaign.
The pig-pen should go.
A number OF the persons appointed by
the last Legislature as commissioners of
deeds for this county have not yet taken
out their commissions.
1t is Illegal to kill any song or insectiv-
orous bird in the State Of New Jersey, for
any cause whatever, under penalty of so
for each and every bird so killed
Several parties of young ladies and gem
tlemen have been out to the woods gather
ing trailing arbutus. The flowers opened
very rapidly during the warm days of last
week.
And now the young farmer turneth out
early, and, getting into his Sunday suit,
bringeth out the young colt and the new
buggy, and inviteth We damsel on whom
he is sweet to take ride.
4 Wisconsin farmer recommends as
sure cure for potato bugs to plant two flax
seeds in each hill of potatoes. He says the
bugs will shun it every time. For ten
wears he has been successful in growing
potatoes.
We learn that the fan festival and apron
bazaar held by the ladies of the Harrison
vile w. G. T. L.. was successful socially
and financially, very pleasant time be-
ing had, and the attendance being remark
ably good.
Spring flower foragng parties are the
latest wrinkle. Trailing arbutus consti-
tutes the bulk of the plunder. One of our
school teachers, whom we will call Expert
euce, because she is a dear teacher, pre-
scented us with small blossom from her
boquet the other evening.
We received a copy of a. B. Flitcraft's
Woodstown Directory, revised for the en-
suing year. and it is complete as far as
thorough canvass could accomplish Mr..
Fltcraft Will furnish. gratis. extra pages
to those who have the old directory. lie
has also few copies for sale at low price.
Just now the proper thing to do is to
find fouf Ms on the silver dollar. One is
in ''AnierieaH one in ''Unum, and there
are two others--the initials of the man who
engraved the die-that can only be found
by the strongest and keenest pair of eyes.
They are there, plain and well defined.
4 delightful rain ON Tuesday afternoon
filled the cisterns and freshened up nature
generally. 1t likewise cooled the atmos-
phere which did not particularly stand in
need OF ii, and Wednesday morning was a
slice OF blustry, chilly March left over from
moving day dinner, as it were. The clerk
of the weather must be labored with.
This is the day on which the girl wanted
her mother to
Wake and call me early,
Call me early. mother dear,
SO that she could go out into the woods
and play Queen Of May" while the dear
old lady staid at home and did up the
housework. Plenty more left OF the same
sort.
An exchange gives this warning to
farmers: ''1hose who use common fertili-
zer phosphates should handle them care
fully. Nearly all these commercial ferti-
lizers are partly composed of blood, flesh
and bones of dead animals which have
come to their death by disease. II by ac-
cident the fertilizer comes in contact with
a flesh wound or chapped hands, it may
result in absorption and severe blood pois-
oning.
These are the days when the small boy
hietl himself to the brooks and creeks
within reach of his domieile, and with
sleeves rolled mp and trousers legs ditto
gaily wooeth the festive sucker from his
retreat under the banks Of the stream, or
standing on the bank with long-handled
net, while his companion proddeth with
long pole, captureth ye fish as the Flat
terer captured Bunyan,s pilgrims with
in the compass OF a net. Then goeth the
small boy home and ''mom' frieth ye fish
and dad sayeth they they are 'scrump-
tous' and seeketh wherewitl he may pun
ish ye small boy for getting his feet wet.
Selah.