The Monitor., 1885-09-25

Although we have had no heavy frost
yet the leaves on some of the trees are be-
ginning to turn and give to the foliage of
the woods variegated appearance.
Woodstown is rapidly growing i'll i'm
portance as freight station. The amount
shipped and received is very large and con-
stantly increasing.
The farmers about Woodbury. are real
izing thirty cents per basket for sweet
potatoes at present and the shipments by
boat and rail are very heavy. They are
afraid to keep them.
r. l.. Crispin, on the Salem road, near
the Fair Grounds, has seed wheat of the
Delaware Dot variety for sale which is
highly recommended. Our farmer friends
should give him call.
The Pilesgrove Prohibition club held a
meeting last Monday evening, and ap-
pointed delegates to represent the town
ship in the Prohibition County Convention
to be held at Woodstown, on Wednesday
of next week
The expected eclipse of the moon took
place about midnight on Wednesday night.
The phenomenon was watched with con-
siderable interest by astronomers. The
eclipse was very distinct about 80 o'clock
yesterday morning.
The twenty-third annual convention of
the Salem County Sunday School Asso-
citation was held in St. Paul's Church at
Pennsgrove, on Wednesday. The reports
of the secretaries showed the schools to be
in prosperous condition.
A series of Temperance meetings is to be
held in the M. E. Church at Alloway The
first took place last evening on which oc-
casion the speaker was Rev. Jacob Price,
of Quinton. Rev. James Rogers, of Elmer
and Rev. William S. Zane, of Salem,
will deliver addresses at an early date.
The members of the Woman's Christian
Temperance Union at their meeting yester-
day extended a vote of thanks to those
officers of the West Jersey Agricultural
and Horticultural Association to whom
they were indebted for favors and atten-
tions received during the Fair.
Slight touches of frost were noticed in
different localities on yesterday morning,
but there was not enough to do any damage.
A hard frost just now would entail hun
dreds of dollars of loss on the men who are
raising tomatoes for the canneries, to say
nothing of the disadvantage to the packers.
The young people of both sexes in our
town couldn't do much better thing than
organize autumn leaf excursions to the
many favored points in the vicinity of our
town. A few weeks more and the leaves
will put on their autumnal garb. Already
the sumac is turning to deep rud, the
golden rod is heavy with sunshine, and
ferns are changing to a rich bronze.
The Brdgeton Patriot sharply crticises
those who were responsible for the var
iolis gambling schemes that were tolerated
at the late Cumberland County Fair The
criticism is good for all fairs and all places.
Gambling is crime against the State and
ought to be stopped. Any citizen has
power to arrest those engaging in it.
Where the authorities are in collusion with
the crooks or Indifferent to them. good
citizens ought to raid the gamblers and
sponge EN- out"
Wheeler & Son, of Salem had at the Fair
last week a fine display of silyerware,
watches and jewelry entered for competi-
ton and valued at s2500. 1t presented a
fine appearance and at first glance would
strike the average observer as entitled to
the premium. but the judges thought diff
ferently and awarded the premium to a
competitor ON an exhibit of what, it is
claimed, was plated ware, while the silver
part of Wheeler & Sons display was solid
silver. The situation seems to require some
explanation, and Wheeler & Son give their
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