The Monitor., 1886-10-08
SW edeSDOrO.

/. The choir of the Presbyterian church are
arranging TO hold concert. A quartette
of Philadelphia will participate.
Next Wednesday evening the young
ladies will meet and form Young Woman i
Christian Temperance Union. A number
of young gentlemen have been invited TO
participate.
Asher Bpwer's house is being repainted
The work/is being done by VIM Geiger. of
Mullica hnl
lIewes V Black has moved into his new
house, OH Lake avenue.
Arrangements are being made to re-
ceive General Fisk W hen he visits Swedes-
boro in a few weeks. Tommittees have
been appointed by the Good Templars and
the w. G. T. L.
Next Sunday evening childrens' ser
! Yce will be held in the Methodist church,
Consisting of Bible reading and singing, etc.
Thursday evening Prohibition meeting
WAS held in Meley's Hall. Rev. c. F..
Garrison made one of his effective speeches.
| He is sanguine of the election OF General
| Fisk. Mr.. Garrison was the former pastor
here. and is now settled in Trenton
Look out for tlisl The ladies of
| festival this evening and tomorrow
other refreshments will be supplied. The
proceeds to be applied to paying the ex-
| penses of the reading room.
! \ festival is talked of among the CON
gregation of the Presbyterian church.
| The Good Templars are preparing for an
entertainment to take place in November.
| The Presbyterian Sunday School has
changed its time of meeting from morn
| ing to afternoon
The glass factory commenced work yester-
terday. Fire has been in for several days.
The band which has been practieing for
some time, organized last Monday even
| ing. The name of the association will be
| the Swedesboro Cornet Band The ,fli-
GERS are as follows:Leader, Gee. /. Mayors;
President, David Haun: Secretary, Chas
II. ChrstmaB; Treasurer. Clfas. Griyer;
Teacher Geo. L. Mayors.
Rev. s. W. Clark, of Paterson, met a
Swedesboro man, on his way to the ). 5.
Convention at Williainstown, and engaged
his supply of sweet potatoes. Mr.. Clark
usually depends upon this vicinity for that
iayorite food.
A writer in the Salem Sunbeam speaks of
an old tree ON Alex. Blacks farm, now in
possession of Joseph Black, near Swedes-
boro. Conferring with persons of age in
tliAS ~ elflfttts et*hb TINS
large tree is thought not to be as old as it
is said to be- Several persons who saw the
tree in 1922 and 1929 said that it appeard
about as large rs a maple tree does when
about fifteen or eighteen years old. The
tree has been seen quite number of times
by the gentlemen who saw it in 1922.
They seem to think it might have been
started in 1900, but earlier than that it
seemed quite improbable. In other partic-
ulars the tree is rs ii was previously des-
cribed i'll two Gloucester county papers. 1t
seems that there is no means of reckoning
fairly the age of buttonwood trees, as the
growth is not uniform.
A short time ago the Lodge of Good
Templars of this place became possessed
of a complete outfit of regalias-otiieers
and members-which they very much
needed. They were making efforts to sup
ply themselves. 1t appears that when the
old Lodge disbanded about seven years
ago, these things with their record books
of all kinds we're put in a box and left in
charge of one of the members. A few
weeks ago the box was discovered and
turned over to the Lodge, which has been
putting them to use since
The Swedesboro W. c. T. L. was not
represented at the County Convention last
Friday, at Clayton.