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The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1888-03-16
zinc I.aay and uer servant.

At Il Temperance meeting we held ia oal town,
1t may be year ago,
4 Quaker lady rose up TO speak,
Quaker lady, aged ana weak,
With hair as white a. snow.
reverent stiffness came over the crowd,
As we aIl bent forward to hear
While she told story in Quaker phrase
Simple and sweet, like her peoples Way-.
In voice sim firm ana clear
In our household. she said. many years now
gone by
when was i new.wed wife,
We had n servant much given IL drink.
lettering hard by the fearful brink
Ola drunkard's death in life
Deeply grieyed Ger the man and his sin.
And said: Il entreat thee, shun
Thy evil habit, and take the pledge,
Thou art so near a nerilous edge.
Abstain. OF thou art undone
al your table. good madam. I wait" he re-
piled.
And when company comes 10 dine.
place three glasses. by your command,
Three glasses fair. at each guests right hand.
And serve them all with wine"
"And every day by your chair do stand
Throughout the whole of the year;
And every DAY your glass fill:
You always drink it. thinking no i'll
Why shouldn't l have my beer2''
The words OF that man went home TO my soul
And my conscience smete me sore:
y know thou hast done 50. James, / said;
aThou hast and take the blame on my head
Thou shalt do 50 no more.
greatly l fear that my tbouehtiess WAYS
May lead thy soul to death:
Bnt If thou wilt abstain. by help divine,
From thy spirits and beer. / wil!leave my wine
From now 10 my latest breath
So we took the pledge, aud FOR many vear
We kept our temperance vow,
And a happy home and children dear
Had James: and all of u left revere
His name and memory now.
And when lie was dyins he thanked God for
me,
As only the dying can,
That the Lord had helped me TO make that
stand
Against evil ways. ana TO stretch ont my hand
To save a sinking man.
/ trust thar his soul is safe above,
For he sought the Lord Of truth;
And | thank my God now I'm feebleand old.
Aud the days Of The years OF my life are nish
told,
p For the pledge l took in my YOUTH
Ysna3sranes Record
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Iauke. at the NffaIs.

The battle between man and the saloon
RACES, and it is likely to increase in inten-
sity till tue end comes, because the saloon
is an unnatural product IN orr civilization.
Veterans in the contest of today have
witnessed, alternately, success and failure
in all the organized movements Of temper
ance people. But there " i'll not be any
permanent backward steps in the temper
ance refoTm-all signs Of the times point
forward. There seem 10 be but two spe-
cial and well aimed movements to reach
the life of the saloon and destroy it--one
by the Womens Christian Temperance
Union and the other by the temperance
political party. Strangely enough the one
uses moral and tie other proposes legal
means; the one is composed wholly Of
women and the other of men. They
are intensely in earnest and moved by a
powerful conviction that the American
system of saloons must and shall be over
thrown. These two organizations are using
as their weapons literature and tie plat
form, the ballot aud prayer to compass
their end. No better agency can be en-
pl0yed for the promotion Of Just cause.
That the atmosphere Of cur toans and
cities is surcharged VI it'll temperance cleo
tricity is evident from the elashing of pc
litieal forces and the sensitive condition of
society on the issues of total abstinence
and prohibition. Temperance seems to be
the only great moral problem that looms
above our social or political horizon All
else has assumed the quiet of an establish
ed order OF things; and this order of
things is nov being almost forbidden in
the Wild scramble for office, power and
patronage, but thoughtful and good men
should stop aud consider that eaukcr is
eating at the very gitals OF the Govern
ment.- Ndutauqadn
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The world moves fast. aud Iowa is NOV
ing right along in the same direction. Just
look at the innovations that are creeping
IN, in high official circles toe. A bright.
golden haired, ten-yeaf old girl is the edge
that prizes open the jaws OF conservative
custom; she has just been appointed a
page in the Iowa House of Representa-
tives. She will be page those hardy leg
islators viii love to sean. and they will
refuse to turn over a new leaf, especially
if she attends strictly TO business. But
that is not all, A little girl is homeo-
pathic dose of woman's rights, but last
week they asked aud permitted a full
grown woman, preacher too with Rev.
to her name, to open the daily session OF
the Legislature with prayer thing that
was never heard of before We have not
heard the rock to its centre because Of it.
neither have we heard that Iowa women
were demoTalized and unsexed in conse-
qnenee. The world does move
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s,,e n,lser rra.ns

Riding on the swift express at night
prayed for all on board orr tIain-for en-
gineer and fireman, conductor and brake
man, and for every passenger prayed
that we might all go through in safety.
But voice whispered TO my spirit: ''Wiiat
about the other trains that thundered
toward or after yoa in this great dark
ness" Aye, what Of them? Their safety
aud our own were closely linked, for were
We not ON the same track, controlled 10y
the same Law? SO ia life's rapid transit
We are all on the same road and it is not
enough to gnard our own--we must heed
the other trains, hold aloit the lights that
guide, recognize the right Of way, and
whisper in the car Of Heaven; Good bless
us every one. Francs E. Willard.
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From Philadelphia papers we compile
the following notes of the blizzard else
where.
The papers have very little news from
other points of the country.
All trains We're abandoned on Tnesda y
on the Amboy division, T. II. X.
Not single passenger or freight train
arrived in New York City on Monday.
Eighteen trains were fast in the snow on
Il miles of track ON the New York
Central r. h.
Twenty vessels are said to have gone
ashore at the Delaware Capes, and six
lives reported lost.
At the New Jersey Conference which
was to have met at Camden on Wednes-
day only 16 members were present ont of
200.
Camden was threatened with water
famine. The high winds made the tide in
the Delaware so low that the water could
not be pumped iuto the reservoirs.
Tuesday night ferry boat started from
Vine street wharf for Camden and got
fast in the middle of the river and remain
ed there from +. NJ. 10 II z. NJ.
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w. C. T.U. DEPARTMENT.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

IF there is one passage in the letters of
American travellers in Europe more tire
some than another, it is this: During our
six weeks stay in Paris we did not see a
single drunken person" Then they travel
through Switzerland, Germany, Austria,
they do not see a drunken person. They
attribute the sobriety of the people to the
fact that everybody drinks wine and beer;
drink it all the time, and lots of it. With
no high license and prohibition nonsense
to bother them; consequently they never
get drunk. Wcll. now, the only inference
one can draw from these remarkable let
tcrs is either thar the writers themselves
were blind drunk all the time they were in
Paris, or the Partisan trunkard is most
successful hider. Because, while cur tray-
elers last year did not see a single instance
of drunkenness in Paris, the official police
records state the police of Paris saw and
arrested. on sn average, one hundred and
fifty people every day, between January
LIST aud April 3oth, for being drunk on the
streets. So many drunkards are not ar
rested in New York, and yet these travel
ers of ours always contrast tie snbriety of
Europe With the excuses of America. 1t
is just as well to bear in mind the official
report while reading these letters, and,
perhaps, if the writers drank less and
thought more, they would remember that
official returns will not always agree with
letters from the guide-book.
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Nations pes,royed by Drink.

The great empires of antiquity might
still have been tlourishing, but for certain
destructive agencies cherished within their
own bosoms. Babylon was conquered,
not SO much by the arms Of the Modes and
Persians, as by drunkenness and revclry
Had it not been for the debauchery Of her
king, and the general effeminacy of her
people, she might long have reared her
lofty brow among the nations, with her
hanging gardens and fair palaces, the adj
miration and delight of all beholders
Persia fell, not so much by the energy
and valor Of the Greek armies as by the
drunkness OF her kings and people. Had
it not been for this, that wonderful people
might still have been . power in the world
Greece in her turn fell, not se much by
the PROV ess Of the Roman arms, as by her
own discord aud efleminacy. Save for
this, Athens, in art, science and manners,
might still have been the worlds wonder
and example Rome fell, not SO much by
the hordes of Goths, Huns and Nandals
descending upon her plains and assaulting
her cities. as by the careless ease and
scottish indifference OF her people.
Wine and spoil took away the heart of
that great nation, aud unnervtd its mighty
arm But for this, Rome from seven hills
might still have been controlling the des-
tinies OF the world or at least. leading in
the van of tie nations. Irish World
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rus coon r0urtArs' rtsqroNM.

in lSaA;
l. Total abstinence from an Intoxicating
lianurs rs n beverage.
= Ne license in amy form or under amy cir
cumsianees. for the sale 1T liquors To be used
rs a beverage
:. Tho AfsoLVrR rRoaanr1oN of the Ganntac
tarc. Importation and sale OF Intoxicating
liquors for s0sth purposes prohibition by the
viii OF the people. expressed in due form of
law, With the penalties deserved for a crime OF
such enarmity.
:. The creation of healthy public opinion
upon the subject, by the active dissemination
of truth in ali the modes known to am enlight-
ened philanthropy.
!. The election good, honest men to ad-
minister the law.
g. Persistence iii efforts to save individuals
and communities from so direful scourge
against any forms of opposition aud difficulty
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Especially for whisky men please read
this and then ask how you can pursue
your occupation; Come, ye blessed of
my father, inherit the kingdom prepared
for YOU from the foundation of the world
For | was hungeTed and We gave me meat;
thirsty, and ye gave me drink; naked and
We clothed me; sick and in prison, and We
visited me
How does this matter apply to tue liquor
dealer, a manufacturer or seller
Let the Judge ask of the liquor man.
did We feed the hungry"
No, made the hungry more hungry,
and took from him thu means by which he
might have lived ~
Ibid We give the least of my brethren
drjnk2"
Eyes, gave him drink, but instead of
refreshing him it turned iato fire with
him and made him less man cursed
him.
did ye find him naked and clothed
him?''
''No ] found him clothed aud in his
tight mind, and took from him his gar
ments and left him naked, in poverty and
Distress"
Did We find him in prison and visited
him2n
mo, found him happy in his liberty
with father, mother, sisters and brothers,
or wife and children, active aud free and
honorable in business, and lowered him
from his freedom and placed him in prison
ia shame and wretehedpess and disgrace. -
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We are making great preparations
Tor trade this Spring. and all begin
ners in housekeeping, and those al
ready in business for themselves
who have need for anything in our
stock Will find us better prepared
than ever before TO serve their inter
ests. We do not undertake ia keen
everything. but we do undertake
to keep most everything needed to
start up housekeeping; beside all
tins we give you the benefit OF our
selections. based on our active ser.
vice OF thirty-fve years, during all
which time we have been learnino
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The scraps of news brought to this city
by those who have walked from the i'm
prisoned trains, are to tile effect that the
storm was general along the eastern sea-
board.-.Standard.
" ho would have believed week ago
that for four days the people of Salem
would have to depend for news from any
part of the world upon those who have
walked instead of by telegraph
special" That's what the matters been,
however
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The Register says that Bowen avenue"
was the issue IN Tuesdays borodgh cleo
tion, and claims to have made the discoy
cry several weeks ago. We wouldn't have
known it if the Register hadn't mentioned
it. And we apprehend that the only place
where it was made an issue was in the
columns ofthe REGISTER and the mind of its
publisher There was an Issue. however,
which the Register found it convenient to
lose sight Of The issue Of free speech
against gag law. 1t was forced Gu the
people and the people took it up with the
result that might have been expected
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The Reqister affects to regard the pro-
ceedings at the borough caucus on Friday
night last as huge joke Maybe it was,
hut joking Of that kind is apt to sour on
the stomaehs Of decent people and cause a
reyulsion of feeling. We apprehend that
when a citizen and taxpayer Of this Dor
ough again rises to express bis views On
borough affairs IN 4 public meeting, called
for the purpose of discussing municipal
affairs and nominating officers to manage
them for the people, lie will be accorded
decent treatment, whatever those views
may be. The people OF Woodstown do
not relish ''saud-lnt" methods in local poll
ties. They have put up with good deal
in the last three or four years. but there is
a proverbial last straw which eventually
breaks the back Of the most patient and
submissive camel
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How they voted.

Twenty-six thousand women voted in
Kansas last April, in two hundred and
fifty towns and cities. Here is the result,
as stated by Hon. F. 5. Adams, secretary
OF the State Historical Society:
"Women have voted with good iudg-
ment, and for the common welfare. 1.-THE
question was as 10 better school manage
ment, they voted for the best. If it was
for street, sanitary or other reforms, they
voted prudently for what it would seem
the good of all demanded. If it was for
the change Of an administration notorious
~ involved In speculations with water
works or other corporations, they voted to
deliver the city from such corrupt en-
tanglements. If political parties, controll-
cd by saloon Influences, put up candidates
with the odoT of whisky on their garments,
the women rebuked the party managers,
and voted for candidates who would better
promote the moral welfare of the commu-
nifty. In every instance they voted for the
freeing of the community from those de-
moralizing influences and temptations
from which every good woman would de-
liver those of her own household"
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1Wanamakers
rhiIaaelnhia. Monaay. March +. IS

Philadelphia, Monday, March l., 1855.
There are quiet but power
full human relations, like those
of parent and child, of which
you never speak, they are SO
simple, so natural. You will
doubtless cry "4bsu2a" when
we say that into the same rank
fall the relations between this
store and the public. You
walk the street. Do you ever
stop to say 1T is my right to
walk the street. or, For
walking purposes, the street is
nine? Or do you say thanks
to the air you breathe
You walk through the store,
do you question any more as to
your rights here than on the
street? You note in your visits
the touch of the passing seasons
merchandise has its year
equally with the calender or the
Church-but do you not take it
all as you do the touches of sun,
air, or foliage-your own to en-
joy?
You sit in the waiting rooms,
are you any less at home than
in your own library
This freedom is the store
charm. We mean to make ii
more charming. Some charms
are spoiled when mentioned.
Fun is impossible when the wit
is asked to be witty. Happiness,
when made conscious of itself
by speech, ceases. Not SO this
quiet power that We call tie
Sto5'e.
Isn't this strange talk about
a retail store? Perhaps you
never thought of it before.
But its true.
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The blizzard knocked things endwise.
You can take this in political sense or
otherwise as you please. 1t is sort Of
double entendre, as it were.
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Those patriots who were sorry to see
Mr.. Richman enter upon the canvass for
the mayoralty are doubtless sorrier than
ever now.
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Tie morning of the day before election
is late hour to trot out candidate for
the mayoralty, but it was time enough ia
this instance. The ticket earned record.
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Independent Order Of Good fGmplarS.
With District of New Jersey,
Comprising The coaa,ics Of Salem and Gloucester
Faith. Hone and Charity.
Gus pIEnGE.

No member shall make. buy, SELL use. fur
niSh. or cause 10 he FURNISHED 10 others rs
beverage, any SpiritslNus ef malt liquors., wine
or cider; and every member shah Oiscountc-
nance the nntactusa. sale aMd use thereof
in All proper WAYS
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oFFronns y. ". c. 7. U, wooDsTowN

VtFIUfIis l. ". . 7 % W ~
President, Miss ALIDA TURNER.
Cor. secretary, Miss JosEPHINE dAcALTioNER'
Rec. Secretary, N Iss MARY ANA toLEs
Treasurer, Miss NOBLE SMITH.
Time of meeting " C. a. L. Thursday after
noon al > o'clock.
Time of meeting y ". e T. q Monday
evening at $50 O'Clock.
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DISTRICT oYFlcERs.

Chief Templar, f. 5. Fogg Woodstown.
Counsellor, Jos. ). Broadway. Woodstown.
Vice Templar, NJ. A. Reece, Mullica Hill.
Supt. Juvenile Temples, May Sparks, Ped
riektown.
Secretary. Theo. n. Grown, Swedesboro.
Asst Secy. Frank Warrington, Swedesboro.
Treasurer, William Geiger, Muiiiea Hill
Chaplain, Rev. ". n oghorn, Bridgeport.
Marshal, Chaikley kirby, Harrisonyllle.
Dep. Marshal, Lille Bofton, Harrisonyflle.
Guard, Rebeecsl IL. Jones, HarrisonSille
Sentinel. Olive Robinson, Harrisonville.
District lecturer. Rev. W N. oghorn, Bridge
port.
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Fine Worsted and Cashmere
Jerseys at about half the regu-
lar Prize. We have just taken
oyer the entire stock more than
$500 OF one of the best Jersey
manufacturers in the world.
Latest shapes and styles of Plain,
Braided and Fancy Goods.
Not a thing out of the way with
any of them. Just the sorts
you would be likely to choose.
Just the colors. In the little
prices you get the benefit OF our
big purchase.
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The outside world is open before us
where to choose once more. -Four days I'M
prisonment is pretty tough.
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Salem has gone ''wet''-at least that's
the music of the ballot-box this morning.
Standard
Uncomfortable music. a sort of ''Hark
from the Tombs' tune, so to speak.
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OFFICERS W. c. r. u, woopsTowN:
President, Mrs. ANNIE +. SoUDER.
Cor Secretary, Mus. j w HUMPHREYS
Recording Secretary. MRS AMY DAVIS.
Treasurer, MIS- RU1H STOW.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE ". c. 7. u,
OF MOOpSToWN, N. ].

e,FFiCERs OF THE SALEM COUNTY woMANiS cIRisr-
IAN TEMPERANCE UNION;
Pres, MRS REBEcc.A p. PATTERSON, salem.
Cor Sec, Mrs. II. a. CAWLEI, oodstoNh.
Rec Sec Mrs. q. }. CROFT, PennsSroNe
Tre,is Mrs MAGGIE CRIsPIN, SharptoWh.
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LODGE DIRECTORY, WITH NAMES OF LODGE pEPU-
TIES AND NfGHT OF NETTING
District Deputy, +. S. Fogg, Woodstown.
6. Nazarene, Rev. ". \. 0gborn, Bridge
port, Friday.
a. HarrisonvfIc, J. W. +. Wilkinson, liar
IisonyiiIe. Saturday.
100 sincerity. m E. E, DeGront, Mullica
Hill, Monday.
10 Jefferson, H. H. Temlin, jefferson, Wed
nesday.
los. " oodstown, Joseph 5. Broadway, Woods
town, Tuesday.
ia. swedesboro, Theodore Brown. swedes-
boTo, Monday.
lei simpson. {. L. Johnston, Mantua, Mon
day.
~. Good Intent. c. c. Barber Pedricktown.
Monday.
Lodge Deputies and Others are respectfully
requested 10 notify us OF any inaecuIaey in
the foregoing directory.
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II looks very much a though somebody
was making a desperate effort to burn out
this town. TIE number II fires among
out buildings in tliickly-built portions Of
the town has been shockingly out Of pro-
portion, aud the circumstances connected
with each point 10 an ineendiary origin.
Just a year aga The barn on the Bow en-
property was bnruel 10 the middle Of the
night, and nothing but tue Stiffness of the
air saved the entire business part Of the
toxin from destruction. Yesterday morn
ing tie barn Of E. B. Humphreys was de
siroyed. aud had The wind Of day OF two
befure prevailed we do not see how the loss
of thousands Of dollars worth of property
could possibly have been aserted There
is moral to these events which this slow
moving town win possibly after while
catch ON 10. The MoNIToR has been en-
deavoring to enforce it IN lis humble way
for some years past.
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Are you thinking Of the New
Carpet? We are ready for
you. More space, more styles.
more novelties, more price
pull, taking all sorts together,
than we have ever had before.
There is not such another
carpet store in the world, per
haps. More than 10000 square
feet on one floor. IN acre and
an eighM Of room hedged in
and windrowed with rolls on
rolls OF carpet and heaps on
heaps Of floor coverings of
every worthy sort
The Administers and VIII
tons were never handsomer,
and we never before had such
a handy place or such a perfect
light to show them in.
Every leading make Of the
sturdy, reliable, liked-by-every-
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What's the matter with Boss Carr?
Giles all right"
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The rats got into the grain bin and
raised havoc.
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The rum ring in Salem county is to be
knocked out, and don't You forget it.
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To our esteemed contemporaries. clad
to see you at last.
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The story of dress goods
goes on day after day like the
murmur of the sea in a shell.
Challis mingle in their folds
the warmth ofthe wild rose and
the GOODNESS of the camelia.
Prices hedge between. Ameri-
can, 2oc; best French. soc and
6oc.
Checks. A hundred kinds.
| hickest maybe in the Cling
hams that cover the counters
as closely as heather blossoms
crowd on a scotch moor. An
derson's, 4oc, Zephyr, soc.
American Ginghams are un-
conventional, in quality, design,
color and price. They radiate
neatness and economy, and 90
with a grace anywhere. 27in.,
aoc; 3l1A in, 25c
New designs in the Sateens
day by day. Every pattern as
fresh as a flower cup. No
need TO sigh for a silk or a
satin while these printed won
ders can be had for so little.
Peerless, IeHc; fine French
SIC; best French, SIZE.
The crinkly, wiry, spider
webby Crates. 1aHc A
Babel of STYLES
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Somebody IS looking love, pull down the
blind
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Charles IT. Richman, having scooped in
the assessorship, has taken off his coat to
scoop in the mayorship. Let her go!--
Register.