The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1886-01-22
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respondent from this place, signed Tran
sient. did great injustice to the place aud
people aud to ny family.
This Is not .'God-forsakeD place. as
said correspondent says. Tic morals 81
the people. since have resided here, a a
whole. will compare fayorabiy with the
morals Of Woodstown as whole, which
many. If not most of yonr readers. are
| perfectly acquainted with Indeed, a. far
a. my observation has gone there Is far
less drunkenness IN proportion to the pop
olation than there is there.
To characterize the people here as
possessed Of ''narr0x- IniEdedness born
Of these Jersey sands, : is an unjust refiec-
ton on botI, the people and the soil capa-
bilities. The people in their mental breadth
viii average fairly with your people, tax
+ ing tire community through. and there are
not lacking some cultivated and exceed
+ ingly capable inteliects And a 70 the
/ raj, though farming has not been the bust
ness generally followed in this community.
nor. indeed, by the people Of the county,
/ yet there j. much land in this county of as
good natural quality as Is tie land Of
Salem county. and when brought under
cultivation and fertilized as highly a. that
/ Is, much Of which will be dome IN the near
future by the tllickening Of the population,
will respond a generously to the lAbors Of
the husbandman a. Salem county land
THE fling about -.old stagers'' Is nothing
short Of downright abuse, IS Is also in
connection herewith the fling about the
dearth in the churches. The church have
the honor to be pastor Of Is not dead
church. aud has not been since ! have
known it. With their pastor stricken
down with paralysis and for months help
less To help them, they have renovated and
Inodernilcd their church edifice into
most comfortable and slightly place for
public worsbip-at a cost Of several hun
drcd dollars-and have done it with better
Judgment than ever saw a similar piece
of work done
On the subject OF Temperance. do not
think many Of them endorse the third
party movement But in their personal
habits and advocacy Of the eausc-discon-
nccted from political action-they are tenn
peranee men every time The Senator
from this county, Hon J. j. Gardner. has
advocated and voted ii in the Senate of the
State every winter since he was elected,
and though this year. By the vote Of
Atlantic City, contemporaries man was
elected to tic lower House, yet the pre-
yious representative. DR.. North. was a
temperance man Indeed. taking the men
elected from this county during the last
twenty years and comparing them with
those elected from Salem county during
the same period. this county viii beat
Salem county in that respect, relatively.
twice over. or am more mistaken than
think am. And as 70 the manner Of my
personal treatment: If there IS = church IN
the Conference that has said more nice
things about their pastor than this church
has said about me, do not kn0w sehcre il
is located. Ny family physician. I9r D.
B. IngersoIl. has carefully and ably AZ
tended 10 uiy case since ! was stricken
down with paralysis on the 2Jth Of last
May. n also 10 the other members Of NY
family during the meantime who have
needed medical attendance, and declines 4
cent Of remuneration iud a:n told that
tie manifestation Of sympathy ia the con-
gregation on the Sabbath follow lug my be
ing stricken was positively sublime
spectacle. This people is not narrow-
minded people, nor DO they lack the finer
feelings and courtesies of onr nature.
Your said correspondent las dome an III
justice to the lecturer. MY wife, also.
Tie lecture Was an intensely earnest one.
tic product If :, loving mothers brain and
lcart iatent oily on saving the young from
entering tl4c drnnkard's path. and quite
lost, for lie time being, lp all other conSid-
Grafton And bad It been let lie Oh the
public mind a. it FELL. - BE- digested and
reflected npom with the acknowledged
goodness AMI sincerity Of the speaker 70
back it. the address would no doubt nave
resulted IN good, but 10 aas4peiatc tie
speech and sreAker in print With Tie lliugs
and hits Of personal dislike u the writer
on the people and place Was calculated to
hurt both the lecture and the lecturer. aud
tlll tle second thought sets 10 has done IT,
Youfs. etc
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