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The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1885-10-17
THEY DON'T THINK OF THAT TILL
THEY'RE CID.

If had my time to come over again,
How nf.rn vnu'i, ear u man SAY 4:
kuov IL i. *. t". Ike other great men
wm:b th;ah # is :ufure dav.
Ms i...t-. ir".l AMT, have been very
sJc.l.
He has wo.tcl his ncalth and his gold ;
Tor iii. ~mit vii fioWn III u man when
hr'. ,.,,w".
liu i,- '!",'t t:,ink Of that time till
he's old.
Yet it's too late TO improve the
mind.
So yonng people heed what I say
By commencing in time to save every dime,
You prepare for . futur. day.
Men will say what fools they were,
And th9 chances they lost in their time
Cards, billiards and dice, "f course all fair,
At night wi /, the boys some vine;
They'll tell y"u they're sorry !hey went
it 80 fast,
wi b fortune they made Ia her bold.
They reprint Of tho past, but they get
broke at ! Ut.
But don's think of that till they're old.
Yet it's never, etc.
/ have heard men say vi h much regret,
That they never selected a wife:
Aud now wonld prefer being in jail or in
debt,
Than live Il Bachelors life +;
They feel he want Of daughter or SO.
For the world is treating them cold ;
They have paid for their fun, nov their
race is near run
But they don't think Of lla. till they're
old.
Yet it never, etc.
The ladies', too, l am sorry to say,
When young, think Of TO hing but dress:
A good honest man they will cast away,
F.r wealth is their aim they confess :
A girl WON'T look on a man who IS poor
Tlia s why they sometimes get sold
When they arc so hard TO please they
get left very sure !;
But they dou't think of That ill they're old.
Yet it's never, etc.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1885-10-17
Crop Prospects,.

Mr.. ". GaIl'and. formerly in the
United States Sub Treasury, but at
present representing the house of 4.
:. Cutler has just returned from a
business trip to the Techr, At. hafa.
Iaya. and Red River county. He
has he'n in every town on aud remote
from the railroad between this city
and Alexandra. His observations
regarding the cotton crop enable
him to say that while it viii not he
as large as anticipated ON week
back, yet it will be perfectly salts.
factory. The sugar crop. while the
acreage is small in comparison with
previous years. il, in quality, ia,
exceeding anything experienced il
years Several planters haze altea.
dv hrga" grinding. but thee are in
t.: minority THE majority prefer
ring TO take advantages of the splen
ia pleasant weather. realizing that
by the first of tie month the cane
will have fully ma,ured, and the
yield will he much larger in conse.
quence.--N. O. States.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1885-10-17
LEGISLATION in the Interest Ct Labor.

There Is manifested a decided dis
position among the labor Urganiza.
ton of Pennsylvania and New York
to secnre certain legislation 10 the
labor interests by taking q hand in
the election Of members Of the Leg,
lis'ature. The Trades assembly Of
New York. which has just adjourn
ed while declining to take any parl
in State politics as o body, agreed t,
support only those Democratic Or
Republican candidates Tor the tw"
branches Of the Legislature Of that
State who will pledge themselves to
support three or four measures hicls
the Assembly decided TO present dul
ing the coming session. The Min
crs' Union Of the Fourth district #
Pennsylvania, which held its convcn
ton at Dubois september /, adopted
q series # resolutions Of u slmila.
tenor.
The principle npon which these
labor bodies propose to act is in The
main a wise one. To form a sepat.
ate labor party and undertake t.
elect candidates that di.tinctiyc!y Ia
Dor men would only result in dcfra'
in a majority of instances. by cast
ing partisan politics to the wind and
uniting On the candidates presented
10y the regular political o,ganiza
tons who arc most in sympathy with
the labor element the chance OF Sc.
curing a majority Of Legislators
friendly to all needfnl and proper ia.
Dor legislation Will lie greatly in..
proved.
If the labor men iu either States
should be able to secure q majority
Of lawmakers friendly TO their inter.
ests. however, they should proceed
at ono to mrzzle a lot of noisy
bla,her-skites who want the earth
ana doa't seem to know yet what
the labor m"u have obtained in the
way Of legislation nor vha; they
may |egitimately hope to obtain. 4
series Of resolutions was adopted at
Duby;s the other day, for instance,
calling, among other things. for a
a law compelling employers 70 pay
their men in cash instead Of store
orders when there is such q law
already on the statute books Of the
State. They also demanded tina,
Congress should pass a bill requir.
ing employers throughout the United
States to pay their men every two
weeks a subject upon which Con-.
gross has no more constitutional
RICH, to legisla,e than it has to pass
a law that the moon shall he full
The year round.
Se'l>eless resolutions oflL;s nature
only serve to make their an,nnrss RI
lieu Gus and discred;t a righteous.
eaase- Tie labor men can't sen
ii" ignorant b'atherskitcs who thus
in!srcprcSeut them to The rccr Il mo-
meH, too 500 -Exch.rge. !,
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1885-10-17
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0sgtassn. ASean are aov seliias 70 to IS books per day. We
TX y. {. 0iE6LI PU8. CO., Cincinnati. q.
AGENTS seehss 81, ~ haw ~ nsysA ~ h.s
sSsssse.sz fs7tssss lire css q -
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1885-10-17
National Aid to Education.

As the time approaches for the as
eemhling Of the new Congress, the
question Of extending National ail
to public education in tbs States thai
require it, is being more generally
discussed. The propose measure.
especially in the South, fals many
supporters and bit few opponents.
Ia Lonisiona. tie measure his re
ceiveG the endorsement OF the Educa.
tionai Association. the General As.
semhlv, the Governor and other high
authorities. Hence, we are grallt
ed to state that, with few exceptions,
the press has beeu found il harmony
with these sources Of opinion, which
regard the prompt and general cda.
cation Of 'he masses as an imperatiyr
necessity 10 Tic welfare Of on, state.
aud county.
The sudan ANTICIPATION and rqaa-
~ sudden enfranchi>emcnt of til,
colorcd people. occurring ahou; III,
close Of a war that lad reduced mar;
States from athnencc 70 s:r~aigAtencA
circumstances made it next to i'm
possible FOR theis' taxpayrte to lnr.
nish the mcans required TO educa;,
tile quadrnp'ed number o. chitrcl
OF all colors depending npcn thu
public schools for their education.
Ignorance has been the cause OF
our greatest troubles, and it is still.
the stumbling block to the establish
ment Of a social condition withon,
which it canuot be hoped that til,
South vi attain that degree Q
morality and stability Of %govornn,en,
it needs to become a contented and
prosperous region.
lis useless 10 talk about imm;gra,
ton aud the rapii development oil
our resources. 80 long as the world
knows that the dc<tinies If these
states are at the mercy Of Ignorance.
swayed to and fro by tho ambitions
Of more or less scrupulous men. Nee
seeking homes for their families are
not coming TO a country where ignor
nnce fosters SO much vice and engen
dcrs the appalling proportion Of
crime which is the great curse and
public bnt,hen Of the South.
The National government owed
TO humanity, at the close OF The war,
to provide he means to educate the
eDfranchised and the whites that had
been reduced to %neces>itiOus circum
stances, to IA condition Of enlighten
n,ent that would pcrn.i, Them 10 exer
else intelIigeut'y al! the duties of
citizenship.
In view Of the necessities Of Ctr
situations, it would be well for our
Representatives in Congress to un
derstand that the people will moi,
excuse their failure to give All ear
nest and active support to this
important measure, hy reason Of any
tancicd constitutional violation, ort
antagonism to some political tcchni
caiity.
The people Of The South have no,
tie means to educate Tie great mass
"e children requiring education. 4
great government. . great political
party, at thi- period OF civilization,
cannot evade the responsibility that
our situation imnvses.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1885-10-17
Repairs Badly Needed.

The following is a copy Of a rain
'er's bill for work done in a Scotch
church. II is needless to rcma,k
that the bniIdihg must have bee,
sadly out Of repair. Here is thu
receiptcd claim as We found it, NC
matter where.
70 filling up a chink in the RED
Sea. and repairing the damages o.
Pharoah's host.
ITO a new pair of hands for Dan
icl in the lions den. and a new Sc,
Of teeth for the Iioness.
40 repairing Nebuchadnezzar's
beard.
"To cleaning the whales belly
vanishing Jonah's face, and mend,
ing his left arm.
TO a new skirt for Joseph's gar.
ment.
TO a sheet anchor, a jury mast.
and a long boat for Noah's ak.
TO giving a blush to the cheek
OF Eve On presenting the apple to
Adam.
TO painting a new city iu the
land of Nod.
ITO cleaning the garden of Eden
after Adams expulsion.
10 making a bride for the Sam.
ar'tan's horse, and mendiug Que of
his legs
10 putting a new handle to
Moses basket fitting bnlrnshcs.
10 adding more fuel to the fire
of ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS furnace.
"Ncc'd payment, D. T."
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1885-10-17
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Doo01saR - IaaAss, relieves
o0o D0l0o - witch 1he2 0Fo
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posA0oo the blo01, A0A -.
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The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1885-10-17

Free! Cards and Chromos.

We will send free by mail a eample set Of on
iarge German, French, and A lerican Chrome
81 over 100 different designs, on receipt Of stamp
Tor postage. We will also senG free by mail as
samples, ten of our beautiful Chromos, on receip,
Of ten cents to pay for packing and postage ; also
enclose a confidential price list Of our large oil
:hromos. Agents wanted. Address F. GLxAsos
Z Co, 46 Summer Street, Boston, Mass.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1885-10-17

COLLEGE, NEWARK, NEW JERSEY.
Occupies three Buildings. Largest and Best. More
positions for graduates than all OF aer schools COM
bined. Life bcholarship, $40. Write for circulars.
COLEMAN, PALMS q CO., Proprietors.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1885-10-17
The Times Democrat Almanac,
OR YEAR BOOK.

VIM be eent free The I'm. AE.NANAChas
deserve4liy tame a wide popularity. 1t prs.
sentAi in . condensed shape , large amount Of
Information. local. sectional and general, which
isin Almost egniar requos, by the student the
politician. the business man. and by all iDtsll,.
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usual quantity OF finely engraved aud appror
pria,eilustrations. will contain . Largo double.
page. accurately designed and artistcally On.
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grounds and location Of The Worlds Industrial
and Cotton Centennial Exposition.
Remittances can lie made with but little In.
convenience or trouble from any po.toffos. BIZ
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For al purposes adaress
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The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1885-01-30
The Reading Room.

We visited the reading room of the W.
G. T. L. last Tuesday evening and found
it cheerful and well lighted, with a good
stock of books and papers. In addition to
the reading matter there is one long table
containing a variety of instructive games
such as Attitude, Authors, Wal of Words,
Lotto. etc. Examining the cards and inquir-
ing as to the games the ladies in attendance
kindly volunteered to instruct us in the
mysteries of a game in which the forming
of words by cards taken from the hand and
the table was the principal feature. Moth
ing but our Unborn modesty prevents us
from telling how we carried CONSERVATION
into the camp of our adversaries, captured
their builds, made sweeps, and at the end
of the game came out with the most words
spelled, and with two prizes and two double
prizes and gained such a reputation for being
a.'bad man'that our fair opponents refused
to repeat the contest. Parents encourage
your children to visit the room and visit it
occasionally yourselves, to see what the
ladies are doing for the benefit of the youth
of our community,
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1885-01-30

Some person, a pupil, it is suspected.
piled a lot of rubbish under the Second
ward school building in Bridgeton. At
eleven o'clock on Friday. the %janitor being
sent to attend the furnace at an unusual
time, found the rubbish IN fire. He noti-
fed the principal of the school, who went
to each classroom and quietly told the
teachers to dismiss the pupils. All the
three hundred children were safely ont of
the building before they knew there was
any fire. The flames were ex~tinguished
before doing any damage.
A stock company has been formed in
Millvilie for the purpose Of making extern
sive Improvements at Ocean City. They
have purchased one mile of land which is
in the heart of the town, fronting the ocean.
The piece contains about ten blocks with
the railroad running through it, and the
turnpike a block distant. A small build
ing is about being erected for the SUI
perintendent and workmen who in a short
time will commence the building of a large
summer hotel. fifty-two feet front OH the
ocean and seventy-two feet deep. The
hotel is to nave a verandah extending
around the entire building, and is to be
two stories high. AS soon as suitable
weather comes other improvements will
be commenced, such as grading streets,
and building a beach walk.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1885-01-30
The Incubator.

We took occasion to pay another visit to
the chicken roost of our friend }. II. Peter
son last Tuesday afternoon. Our intcn-
lions, however, were strictly honorable, be-
ing no more or less than to see the process
of Matching 300 little chicks without the
help of a hen or hens. AS we entered the
door a shrill chipping saluted our ears
which proceeded from the incubator and
also from the brooder, a sort of shallow
box kept warm by a lamp beneath, in
which the young chicks are placed, the
top being about as high as their backs and
so arranged that it can be raised as the
chicks increase in size. The young ''broil-
ers'' seemed as ''peart'' and healthy as it
was possible for chickens to be. In the
trays of the incubator were eggs in all
stages of transmutation into chickens, some
just ''pipped,' through which the feeble
chirp of the inmate could be heard, Others
with the late tenant kicking Justify and
chirping in a way that sounded very much
like eff you let me out of this I'll never
get into such a scrape again. Mr.. Peter
son says that so far the hatch is better than
he expected. Now what we want to know
forthwith, is, which is the mother of these
chickens-the hen who laid the eggs or this
incubator. There lisa new field opened for
debating societies nowadays.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1885-01-30
BEFORE the Courts.

The tedium of Borough life was relieved
on Tuesday by a jury trial before Esquire
Holmes, between Oliver H. Wriggins, of
Sh%arptown. and James Crawford, of PENIS
Neck, ''below Wiley's school house." The
suit was ON a promissory note given by
John Crawford to the plaintiff and purport-
ing to be signed by James Crawford, his
father, who, however, ~strenuously denied
his signature, or mark rather, for both the
makers signed with IA cross. The subscrib-
ing witness was equally certain that the
mark was the true and lawful sign manual
of the defendant, James Crawford, there
being no dispute as to the other signature.
The Jury Twelve mem remained ont for a
couple of hours and standing ! to 5. with
no prospect of al agreement, they pre-
scented a petition TO the court, setting forth
their inability to agree, and We're dis
charged. The cause was adjourned for
two weeks, when another jury will have
an opportunity to sit on the case.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1885-01-30
The S,au~hter-House to be Moved.

The slaughter-house, which for an I'M
known number of years has occupied a
place in the heart of Woodstown, is to be
removed in the spring to a location outside
of the Borough limits where the odors un-
avoidably arising from it and its surround
ings will not be so offensive to the nostrils
or detrimental to health. This is patient
waiting at last rewarded. The slaughter
houses at Salem are also to be moved out
side the city boundaries i'll the spring.
Now, if the Woodstown authorities will
give their attention to sundry other nui-
sances in the shape of sinking hog-pens,
foul privies and nasty drains, which
each summer are an offense and a menace
to the health of the whole community, it
may be that the health of our town, another
year, will be better than it has been for the
past season.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1885-01-30
harried.


HuNT-ToMLINsoM.-At the parsonage in
Shiloh. y. j., by Rev. T. L.. Gardiner, on Jan.
l4fh, Mr.. William Hunt, Jr., of Hancoek's
Bridge, and Miss Lizzie Tolnlinson, of Shiloh.
LIPPINCOTT-BELDEN-At the residence
of the brides parents, in salem, on the 2lst
inst, by the Rev, W. V. LouderbOugh, assisted
by Rev. James Moore, Mr.. Harry q. Lippin-
colt and Miss Mary W. Belden, daughter of
Hon. j. c. Belden. all of Salem.
DUBoIs-KEEN.-At the residence of the
brides parents, in Warrington, on Wednes-
day Jan. 2lst.. 1885. by Rev. j. Ward Clark, Mr..
Albert Dubois. of Elmer, \. j., to Miss Lizzie
Keen, daughter of John r. Keen.
DAVENPORT -LEDDEN. At the NJ. f.
Parsonage, KNOXVILLE, Gloucester county, on
Thursday, Jan. 22d., 1885, by Rev. A. j. Greg
DRY, Mr.. Israel Davenport, of Clayton, y. j.,
to Miss Lizzie Ledden, daughter of Henry
Ledden, Unionville, Nj.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES brides home, on
the nth inst, by Rev. William ID. Hires, Mr..
Elmer Ogden and Miss Jennie Parker. both of
Hopeweil.
HANNON-REEXES-At Harmony, on the
10Th inst. by Rev. W. W. Pratt, Amos Harmon,
of / eer1ield to Miss Anna Reeves, of Harmony.
LEwELLEN -ROBINSON.-At the resi-
dence of the brides parents, on the 4th inst,
by Rev. Charles D.. Sinkinson, Howard Z. Lew
ellen and Miss Mary L. Robinson, all of Bridge
port.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1885-01-30

Michael Whalen, Jr., on Saturday night,
while under the influence of the cup which
cheers and inebriates, became too enthusi-
astic for the peace and comfort of others in
his immediate vicinity. He visited the
Skating Rink and earnestly desired to dis
play his skill, but the proprietor demurred,
as the attraction had not been duly adver-
tised. Michael's protests were so vehe-
ment that they came under the official
notice of Marshal Duffy, who escorted the
disappointed aspirant for skatorial honors
from the rink with the injunction to quit
behavin," under threats of the 'lock-up.';
The lookup evidently had no terrors for
Michael for he soon returned and the re-
suit was that he was placed in durance
vile where he remained until Monday
night when he was liberated on payment
of fine and costs.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1885-01-30
south Jersey Notes.

The new iron bridge over Stoe creek is
now open for travel.
The Salvation Army has commenced a
campaign in Bridgeton.
The project of lighting Millville with
electric lights has been abandoned.
Bridgeton h~ouseholders and storekeepers
are excited over a possible increase in rents.
The River and Harbor Bill now pending
in Congress gives $40, 600 to Maurice river.
Freebooter Horner is taking the proper
legal steps to remove the sunken barge in
Oldman's creek.
Daniel Ingersoll has been justice Of the
peace at P~leasantville, Atlantic county,
thirty-nine consecutive years.
The fires at Fisher & Morgan's glass
works at Clayton, are DOW out. without
any immediate prospect of starting.
The prospect now is that there will be
more building in Glassboro in 1885 than
there was in 1884. when fifty houses were
erected.
The telephone cable between Camden
and Philadelphia has been broken, and
communication between the two cities in
cut off.
Camden is to have a homeopathic dispen-
sary and hospital. The movement towards
this cause was started by some ladies in
that city.
According to the State superintendent
recent report, of the 7011 children of school
age in Salem county, but 547S attended
school last year.
Twenty-eight licenses have been taken
out by Camden liquor sellers. There are
still ninety applicants who have failed to
pay the license fee.
Thomas Shourls, of Haneock's Bridge.
has been engaged to furnish "a report of
the Haneoek's Bridge massacre. TO appear
in the Adiutant Generals report when
issued.
The recent annual report of the Superin-
tendent of the Trenton Lunatic Asylum
shows that Salem county has % inmates in
that institution. Salem county, quota in
the Asylum is &c.
The skating rink at Elmer in Reeds
Hall is to be closed as soon as the contract
runs out. 1t has proven a great annoy
ance TO the store below. having broken off
the plastering and otherwise caused lam
age.
Mrs. Bruen, of Clayton, gave a very in
teresting temperance address in the Presby-
terrain Church, Salem, on Wednesday even
ing of last week. after which she formed a
Young Women's Christian Temperance
Union.
According to the Millyille Republican, the
next session of the New Jersey Conference
will have a serious question to deal with.
1t is. s'slall the law of the church prohibit
ting ministers from engaging in secular
business be enforced2 .
Rudolphus Bingham, of the Trustees
If the Cooper Hospital in Camden, which
was completed in 1876 at a cost of 500, :
600, and has never been opened for the adj
mission of patients, says that it will be
opened in the spring. the permanent fund
Of 500, 600 set aside Tor its maintenance,
having now reached a figure which will
support it.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1885-01-30
ituar

Ephraim Coles, thar whom no man was
better known to II people or more highly
respected, died on Sunday morning at the
residence of his daughter, Mrs. Isabella
McAllister, and was buried on Wednesday
in the NJ. E. cemetery, by the side of his
wife with whom he had lived happily for
over fifty years, and whom he survived but
a few days. A large number of our citi-
zens and many from a distance, assembled
at the M. E. Church, where funeral services
were held to do honor to to his memory.
Israel Apologize, a former highly re-
spected resident of Woodstown, but for
several years past living in Philadelphia,
died at the residence of his daughter, Mrs.
Kirkbride, S49 N. 10Th St., on Wednesday
evening last, after a painful illness. Mr..
Apologize was over so years of age. He
lived for many years in the dwelling next
the NJ. +. church, now owned by Charles
P. Reeve, and while here was an active and
useful member of the NJ. f. church.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1885-01-30
LOCAL NEWS.

Keep a sharp lookout for the grounding
next Monday.
An annual meeting of the Pilesgrove
Dairy Association will be held next Mon
day to elect a new board of directors.
Vim. S. Mattson, of Ha%rrisonville, has
purchased a house on Railroad Avenue in
our Borough and will move to Woods
town in the spring.
Sheriff Kelly took Michael Kilbridge,
sentenced at the last term of Court to Is
months in State Prison, to Trenton on Tues
day morning.
The roads have been exceedingly rough
since the cold weather set in a few days
ago and the strength. of running gear is
being severely tried.
J. II. Peterson & Son succeeded in Sc
curing nearly enough ice last week to fill
their house.. About half a days work will
finish the job, if the ice offers again.
We make no charge for publishing the
announcement of marriages and deaths and
are always anxious to have them sent in for
publication. 1t can be lone OF a postal
card.