The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1886-01-29
william, Riley :. Called 10 order.

William Riley - Called 10 Order.
PHILADELPHIA. Jan ED. 1856.
EplToR or TIE MoSIToB
DEAR SIN :-Iu your paper OF last week
VIM. Riley. speaking Of tile great snow
storm Of 1881, says that it came in Febiu-
airy. Please tell WIN. he is certainly mis-
taken remember we'll though boy
was, that that SNOW commenced on Friday
night, Dee. 31st 1880, and quit showing
ON Sunday, Jan. Cd. 1881. think VIM.
must stand corrected this time.
O.;E THAT REMMHERs.
We received. last Friday the above
communication from friend in Philadiei-
phia who spent his carly days in Woods
town. and at the earliest opportunity we
sought out VIM. Riley. whom we found at
his woedpile making heroic efforts to
''Slug'' an obstFeporous billet of wood in
which his axe had become fastened Dog
gone the axe - he exclaimed Il wish |
hadn't sold my beetle and wedges when
broke mp farmin and made a vandue I'd
had the stuifin out of this chunk long
ago and lie gave the head. Of the axe
vi ,iols pound on his cheppine block. when
10 the helve was split in two. and VIII
liam stoed with The end Of il in his hand.
while Tie axe and thc chunk, nseparably
Joined tooethor. went rollino twenty feet
away Then the old gentleman discovered
our presence We saw that If was no
time To infrodnce a difference Of opinion
and merely remarked that it was fine,
seasonable weather and that the snow
seemed to hang on He eyed us suspi-
ciously fer moment and then asked us if
we ever used proianc language. We adj
o,-,,erience y hen the ordinary ,,lraseolagv
Of every dav life had seemed inadeanate 10
= duo cxprtssion Of onirion on tLe subject
before MS s.yell : lie said 81 exi,ecf
vnu Rave come down here 10 orf me To
talk about something or other for Won TO
mt in that ere MoxIToR. brt don't feel
mueh like taIkin' inst now However IL
Won will lust LET ont on the man that made
that axe-helve for five minutes and cuss
him Good for me I'll talk to Won
darcs,l-t do if myself since ioined tbe
mcatin' house We told him that +be
lanonaoe at our command wonld not be
sufficient To do Justice to fhe subject and
were reminded OF the story of the man
thc bows and the load of notatoes which
we related to him. and it so pleased the old
gentlemen that bv the time we had fin
ishcd he was in rood hunlor and cordially
invited ms into The house. where Mrs.
Riley hustled around and rave us a seat on
the hearth in front of a glowing wood fire
which would have eenforted t6e heart Of
\ i,jnn and SET ont an old fashinned mipce
nic Win an ;nvitation m s.Reach 10 now
and hrIn Yourself !" which we cbeerrnlIv
occentod We Turned the conversation To
the weather and gradually drifted to the
sno,, and then TO the bio storm OF which
bo had nrev;ouslv fold rs and finally
showed him the note we had received
nWelI we'll ~ he said sAYho sent Won
dis - We cave him tbe name and he
Soid IT tboucbt 7 knowcd that hand
write Me- and The man what wrote that
poto was bovs +onether and many n dis
nnte we used 10 lave Sometimes one was
rolf and sometimes 'totbcr Ihain't seen
him for Good many wears. but NC erowed
mn +orether 'tiu he went To town and 7
sfaid Iaro In Jersey 7 reckon he rot to
tbinkin' about old times and Thought he'd
have another ARGUMENT with me. Mebbc
bis memory hollis ont better Than mine
H. moran 20 wears 400 that storm was.
an miubt he mistaken about lis beir' in
February or inst how LONG ii lasted. but
ono th;,,r e1re II was q l,in storm and
DUE Won forgat II vouno man There
bo;n.t baon no SIGH in yonr time There
,ras . LID, onn i, ~ INF Il WANT no touch
~ +bat was tellin' Won az You t,Il nv
nld friend IN tow,, that I amt a coin to
ouarrel with him and I'd like 10 hear from
him aqrin and If he ever Gets down this
wav did man Riley's latch strings
banoin' outside and he'll be right down
welcome Take another Niece of bic.
'sYes do chimed in Mrs. Riley. "There's
a nIantv of II an Won re welcome. I made
thass i,1st lilo my mother Shaved me when