The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1886-02-05
E.OCAE NEWS.

Town meeting four weeks from next
Tuesday.
William Riley says this snow storm
makes him think of old times.
The Noolwich Township Protective
Association held It's annual meeting in
Garrison's Hall, Swcdesboro, last Monday.
Show MS the man who said we weren't
going to nave any winter, Hold him for
us till we can "waller" him in Il snow
bank.
j. s. Bradway is meeting with success in
his canvass for the Birds Eye View OF
Woodstown, having already booked nearly
a hundred orders for copies.
The shippers along the railroads have
been notified that what is called emp
ties will not be returned by them free,
but are sent back at the cost of the re-
ceiver.
The hosiery factory at Elmer is now run
hing on extra time. More power is needed
to run the machinery, and n new boiler and
1O-horse power engine will be secured to
fill the want.
Mr.. A. C. Lamar has resigned the posi-
ton of President and Treasurer of the
Elmer GIassworks. Mr.. John Robinson
has been elected President, and Mr.. A..
johnson, Treasurer,
lfyou find the pump frozen on some cold
morning, procure a lead pipe or any
kind oftube, and lower it to rest on the ice.
Into this pour hot water by the use of a
funnel. The force of the water in one spot
through the pipe will cause the ice to melt
rapidly.
An over Jealous young man a few days
ago sent % cents TO New York in answer
to an advertisement to learn O ''to make
$50 Il week at home working ON q capital
of ST." and received the following reply
printed on a slip of paper: "Fish for fools
as | do
The venerable Matthias I~Iitchncr, of
P%ittsgrove township, died on Sunday even
ing last after an illness of eleven months.
'Uncle Matte" rs he was Familiarity term
ed, was over so years old and was one OF
the oldest and b~est-known residents of the
county.
Prof. Pemberton Pierce. the efficient
vocal and instrumental teacher of Penns-
grove. was i'll Swedesboro on Monday
evening for the purpose of organizing a
class at that place. A sufficient number
was guaranteed him, and he will organize
IL class there next Monday.
The courts have decided that no boundary
fence can be made of barbed wire without
the consent of parties owning the adJoin-
ing land, and any man who puts n barbed-
wire fence along the highway renders him
self liable for all injuries resulting to stock
passing along said highway.
Nine men out of ten like to sec their
names in u paper, yet eight men out OF ten
will never give an item to the editor. If
xt,,., ,,n,I1 comedian that fhp editor Will
get it some way, and much prefers to have
it correct, they themselves would drop IN
with the item, in preference to having it
take a circuitous course ere the editorial
sanctum is reached.
1t is somewhat remarkable that the two
largest oak trees in New Jersey are grow
ing on land owned by the Society OF
Friends. Ono is in the grounds of the
Friends mectinglhouse at Crosswlck $.
and measures twenty-five feet and seven
inches in circumference. The other, OF
almost precisely the same size, is the his
toric old tree in the Friends burying
ground in Salem.
1t is not unlikely that the Legislature
may be asked to pass Il bill fixing a stand
ard barrel and %halEbarrel for measuring
and shipping apples, pears, potatoes
onions, etc. for as it now is n person CON
tracing for Il certain number OF barrels ot
produce may receive Il very different guam
tity from what is expected to be paid for.
Such a law would be welcomed both by
buyer and seller, aud would remove much
ground for pickering among produce deal
crs.
The regular quarterly meeting OF the
Board of Almshonse Trustees was held on
Monday, at the Almshonsc. The usual
routinc of business was transacted. and
David Nj. Baker, the present Steward, was
reelected for another year. There are ut
present scyenty-one inmates in the Aims
house. and there has been one death dur
ing the last quarter. There were several
candidates for the position Of Steward, 1t
having been rnmoretl that Mr.. Baker IN
tended Withdrawing, bnt he had concluded
to be a candidate, and was reelected.