The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1886-04-02
Darefoun Dots.

''While the earth remaneth. the seed
time and harvest should not cease. was
promise of the Lord to Noah and all the
children of men after the destruction of
the world by flood And so in the course
of the fultillment of that promise another
''seetltime'' is here, and we venture the as
sertion that never in all the history of this
country has the Eastern farmer, at least,
commenced the preparation of the soil for
the seed from which the harvest is to
come. with so little encouragement or hope
nf inst remuneration for the toni necessary
for good results, as theNp present spring.
Wages for farm labor nearly as high as
Just subsequent to the war, with farm pro
ducts on the average as low as at amy time
for fifty years, and the prospect now of
another wonderfully large crop of wheat.
with competition from the cheap and fer
tile lands of the West by reason of the all
vantagcs of railroad facilities, leaves the
future so dark that not a CLEAN of hope
breaks through it, But the millions of
earth must be fed, and if the law Of sup
ply and demand no longer operates to justly
compensate the farmer for his slayish
toll he must suffer the consequences Of
bad choice of vacations.
Mrs. Jane Ewing Boggs, widowed sis
ter of Dir. Ewing, who since 1878 has pre-
sided over his household was laid to rest
to-day (Tuesday), in the Presbyterian
cemetery here She died ON Thursday
last. having lived in this community since
October 1885. Her brother was pastor of
the PRESBYTERIAN church of Plymouth, Pa,
during the prevalence of that deadly epi-
demic that ravaged it little more than
wear ago. She was victim of it and
though she recovered sufficiently from its
effects to enable her to follow her brother
to this place month or so after he came,
She was never able to mingle or TO enjoy
social intercourse with his Pensioners in
consequence Of an almost total proStration
of her nervous system. The Rev. VIM. II.
Gill. Of Philadelphia, preached the funeral
Sermon and gave a sketch of her life, and
from it we learned that she descended
through distinguished line of ancestry
eminent in religion and literature.
On Sunday March 18th, fourteen persons
united with the Presbyterian church here
on profession of faith, eight of whom re,
ceived the rite of baptism.
Harry. son of |. ]. Newkirk, who left
Montana last November to spend the
winter with his parents, will start for his
distant home in the West next week. He
is engaged in sheep husbandry, and reports
almost fabulous profits from money in
vested in that business.
Mrs. VIM. Kcely started on Tuesday even
ing of this week to join her family in far
away Oregon. This will now make the
third time she has gone West to make it
her home. But she has never been salts
fed with that country as permanent
abiding place and has divided her time for
for the past four or five years between two
Of her children here and with the other
part of her family in Oregon.
Ambrose Whitaker, who has lived for
many years at Shirley and almost all Of his
life in this neighborhood, died ON Thurs
day March 18th, having reached the ripe
age gilmore than fourscore years. lie lived
a life OF cclihaey, but Notwithstanding
this mistake Of his life he was useful
membeF Of the community in which he
has lived ).