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The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1888-01-06

The Young Mems Prohibition League of
New Jersey was formed in Trenton on Sat
urday. Tie organization consists of tenn
perance workers in all parts of the state.
About hundred signed the roll of mem
bcrShip and the following officers were
elected President, Frank G. Smith, of
Bridgeton; Vice Presidents, Robert ]. $.
White, of Mohtclair, and NJ ). Morgan, OF
Princeton; Secretary, David W. Garrigues,
of Woodbury.; Treasurer, d. +. Merritt, of
Montclair, with an Executive Committee
OF one from each Congressional district
and an advisory committee of one from
each county. The constitution states that
the organization is intended to solidify Il e
young men Of the party and cooperate
with the parent organization in its efforts
to secure prohibition. Local clubs are to
be organized in one hundred towns The
money received as dues is to be spent for
campaign purposes. Old gold viii be the
color of the League and the members will
wear small ribbons of that hue The
next falls campaign.
The new City Council of Atlanta, Ga,
which consists OF ten anti Prohibitionists
and five ProhibitionistS, held its first meet
ing on Monday. The license to sell liquor
was reduced to $1,000, the limits of per
MISSILE sale were extended and the hour
OF closing liquor shops was changed Ia 10
O'Clock Beer licenses may be granted in
any part Of the city, bnt the penalty for
selling whisky under snch licenses is made
thirty days in the chain gang without al
tentative.
There arc a number Of candidates FOR
tine position on the Supreme Court bench
made vacant by the death of joel Parker.
The most prominent are Charles T. Hen
Erickson, prosecutor of the pleas of Bur
lington County; Hon. c. T. Cowenhover,
lay judge Of MiddlrseX County; Judge
G. u. w Nroom. Of Trenton; TX Prosceu-
tor Of the Pleas Richard jenkins and
Judge Miller, Of the Camden District
Court.
Col. Theodore Hyatt, President of the
Pennsylvania Military Academy, at Chcs-
ter, died on Saturday from kidney tron-
bles. His funeral ON Wednesday was
largely attended.
joel Parker, OK Governor of the State and
Judge Of the Supreme Court, died suddenly
at the honse of friend in Philadelphia ON
Monday morning, in the seventy second
year of his age.
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0Manamakcr's


Philadelphia, Monday Jan. =, lsss
II Ne7o Years Letter, Hom Tohn
ITanamahey to his H1ends
c9e,J1ohere'
We mark 1887 with a star
in the history of our business.
The bright and good old year
fades out, but not so its cxpcr-
fence and cncourogemcnts.
Ten thousand thanks to those
who helped TO crowd the year
with gratifying incident
Accept our most hearty good
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1888-01-06

The rush Of business is over and
we have taken advantage Of the lcis-
ure afforded TO look over our stock
and hunt up such goods as have
been neglected during our busy sea
son and shall mark them down, as
we are anxious TO close out, at prices
that will move them quickly Our
stock is full and varied in many lines
and customers can get better attcn-
ton, better service, and lower prices
on many articles than heretofore,
simply because we would rather sell
many of the goods We have, suited
to winter only, without profit, than
to carry them over till next season.
This holds good at both stores,
whether for dry goods, boots, shoes.
or clothing. lfyou have any needs
in our line well try TO give you a
good trade if you pay us visit.
All the Ladies' and children's coats
we have are for sale at lower prices
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w. C. 7. u. DEPARTMENT.
lauglling derisiyely.

laughing derisiyely.
Well, suppose, my friend, it is slow
poison Does that help the matter? Ii is
terrible thing to be poisoned, and yon
die suddenly, and perhaps in your limo
cence; but is it any better to have your
pretended friend and boom companion fol-
low you for years and poison you inch by
inch in morning bitters and festive glass;
il trusted beer and sparkling wine, and
hen you feel aud complain of the fatal
effects, persuade you to take another dose
Of the same poison? Would it not seem
far more wicked decd, because it is thus
slow and long drawn out? Does not the
very slowncss Of it make it more horrible?
Read tl,e old-tme stories Of secret poison
ing-how the victim pinned by inches, thin,
pale, and ghost-lil<e, feeling sure Of his
fate and fearing everybody; but never able
to find ont when or by whom the fatal
grains were administered. Is it any better
when it comes in the draught you prize so
highly and fondly consider your panacea
for all ills? Is it any better that it staffs
out the Skin witl innumerable diseases,
makes the liver a mass of obesity, the
breath a miasm, and the face a earicature
Of humanity?
If anybody ever doubted that beer is
poison, let him consider well the condition
Of thorough going beef. drinkcr, and, if
he is not himself under the influence Of tile
iecciver so that he can not Judge anything
correctly lie will come to the conclusion,
that if beer is a slow poison, it is mighty
sure and it makes pretty thorough work
Of it,
And it roisonS the soul as well as the
body 1t brutalizcs The feelings, it de-
stroys good desires, Selffespect, common
decency, tenderness and Kindness, and fills
the mind full Of stupidity and grossness.
The victim is unloyely in life and offensive
in death M swift poison could have
made such heap of desolatiou--and beer
did it all
Docs it help matters in the least to call
it slow poison? Why, in view of fall This,
shonld intelligent human beings drink
beer at alia ''Bteause sentence against an
evil work is not executed speedily, there
fore HE heart Of The sons Of men is fully
sci in them to do evil
Oh, no, friends, all nature works ON
water, and We believe that God meant
man should do The same.
Take the water, friends, aud all the good
things that 90 with it, Gods blessing is
in it.
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AT THE
New Store under the Opera House

We can show 4 bang ltiysian
Fur Beaver Over Coat for men at
$500, just the thing for people who
are exposed to outdoor life. Also
for young gents dress an all wool
Riverside Corkscrew Of medium
weight. Silk lined sleeves and silk
faced. The best $1,000 worth of
over coat VIC have yet seen. We
know party who bought one at a
Clothing Store on Chestnut St,
Phila., at SI5.oo-no better than
the one we show you for $40.
Mems full winter suits at $3.50,
sS.75 and $1,000. Beautiful all
wool black English worsted suits,
either in frock or sack, $1,000. Far
ahead of anything we ever had at
that price. They're good enough
for best Sunday dress. Children's
nice apiece suits at $3.50. Boys
school suits, coat, pants and vest,
for 10 to IS years, at SAYS. All
kinds clothing at lowest possible
prices, bought with careful intelli-
gencc and long experience. You
don't get cotton for wool with us.
We tell you the truthful anatomy Of
the goods we sell you
Ladies' Pebble Shoes, all leather.
no shoddy, $50 10 $500. Ladies
Dongola Kid, $500 to $3.50. Both
round and square toe; either Com
mon sense or French heel. A special
make of Women's Side-seam, hand
bound Lace Pebble Shoes, made
wide on bottom with low heel eX
prcssly for comfort and good, honest
service, $3.50. You can save money
if you will look at our stock before
you buy shoes. Also, the neatest,
incest So 90 Gents fine dress shoe,
either in Congress, Lace or Button.
all widths. They are cut from best
tannery calf, whole vamp, with Don
COLA top. 1t gets away with all
other $500 shoes we've yet seen or
heard Of Cur price, S2.75. See
sample pair in the window
1t makes no difference what others
may claim to know or do in the
shoe business, you'll find us on
hand for all the needs and emergcn-
cies. We have not been asleep all
the s. years we've been in business.
1t don't make any difference where
others claim t. get their goods or
how cheap they claim to buy them.
nor how cheap they claim TO sell
them, we can buy rs cheap or cheap
er, can and do sell as cheap or
cheaper. Our success in business is
not mere luck. five didn't know
what we were about, we'd been out
of existence a ,ng time ago.
Try one of Burts Shirts at IS cts.
or SI.Oo.
Mems working pants, our own
make, also shirts, both made at our
factory. 1t don't pay the housewife
to make these things. We do it by
steam and do it at little cost.
All kinds of Hats. every grade and
kind for men and boys. Shoes of all
kinds, and boys and mems boots in
the usual variety. Our shoe trade
is growing, our hat trade is grow
ing, and our clothing trade is grow
ing. People are fast learning that
they can buy everything we keep TO
sell at lower prices of us than else
where-whether in city or country.
Stop in, if only TO look and make in
quiry. You can draw your own
conclusions as to the truth OF our
statements.
i. b. HUMpHEEys.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1888-01-06

Adopted by The Right Worthy Grand Lodge
in 1873:
l. Total abstinence from All Intoxicating
liquors Is Il beverage.
. No License in amy form or under any CIR
cumstaHccs, for the sale of liquors 10 be used
~ Il beverage.
3. The ABSOLUTE PROHIBITION of the mitnutac
ture, importation and sale Of Intoxicating
liquors for such pulposcs-prohbitio by the
will OF the people. expressed in due form oi
law, with the penalties deserved for crime Oh
such enonnity.
1. The creation Of a healthy public opinion
upon the subject, by The active dissemination
OF truth in All the modes known To an ehlighi-
encd philanthropy.
!. The election tgond, honest men 10 al
minister the law.
D. Persistence in efforts to save individuals
ana communities from difcful Il SconfS"
against any forms of opposition and dihicnIty
until our success l. complete ana universal
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0alanai,taIser's

wishes and cordial congratula-
tions.
The impetus given by the
great current Of events dash
ing through last year carries
us forward to attempt larger
things for the new year.
1888 shall be indeed Il leap
year: better service and useful
ness in every direction.
In this lightning age we can
not rest on past achievement or
crawl laggard-like along.
Not even for one day shall
the store 90 into winter quar-
tiers after its busy season, but
with tomorrow, the first full
business day OF the new year,
we shall open the new cam
paign.
Circumstances combine to
help us do some fine things for
our friends from the beginning
of the new year.
We haven't more than a
single sentence to say about
great sales. We are making
them every day. That's what
the store is for. We always
have lots of goods that are
marked down.
A daily drum-bcats calls up
all the old soldiers fgoods and
gives them a doublequlck step
toward the door.
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cali for Meeting of Prohibition ESecu.
i've Committee.

The members OF the State Executive
Committee Of the Prohibition Party for
the State Of New Jersey, are hereby request
ed to meet at Temperance Hall, III the
City of Trenton, upon the Goth day Of Jan.
1883, at II o'clock Of that day, for the pnr-
pose Of fixing a time and place for the hold
ing ola State Convention Of said party in
the state of New Jersey, and the issuing of
a call for such State Convention to select
delegates to the National enyention of the
Prohibition Party, to be held at the City of
indianapolis upon the 9th day Of june
1888. for the nomination of candidates Of
said party, for the Offices of President and
Vice President Of the United States-and
also to transact such other business as may
properly come before such committee.
THOMAS Y. CAToR,
Chairman State Ex. Committee,
II ID. OFpYKE. Secretary.
The Prohibition Presidential train
Schedule of 1888.
Conductor, General Clinton b. Fisk.
"Get on beard childrent"
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DISTRICT CHIEF TEMrLAR.

by authority of the executive committee
the date of the next meeting of District
Lodge Ne. VII has been changed to Jan
oath, as will appear by notice in this
column.
Woodstown Lodge will have "1unch
basket auction" next Tuesday evening
The meetings at this lodge are growing in
interest In the t~o years Of its existence
10t persons have been initiated INTO the
ORDER or an average of one for each meet
ing
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1888-01-06

Itlooks as though the Legislature was
going to give US "lIigh License" this
winter-or nothing. This means 10000
more Prohibition votes next fall. Paste
this in your hat.
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Chief relnplar, T. :. Fog@, Woodstown.
Counsellor Hos = Bradway, WoodstoWn-
Vice Tcmpiar NJ. \. Reccc. Muliic1 I'LL.
Supb. Juvenile Temples, May sparks, Ped
ricktoWn.
Secretary Thco. y. Brown, Swedesboro.
Asst sec'y. Frank Warrington, Swedesboro.
Treasurer, William Geiger, Mullica Hill.
Chlplain, Rev. W. n. ogborn, bridgeport
Marshal. ChalkIey Kirby. iiarrisonvile:
Dep Marshal, Lille Borton. liarrisonNiile.
Guard Rchcccl II. Jones, IiarrisonViile
Sentinel. Olive Robinson, IlarrisonViil
District Lecturer, Rev. ". y. ogborn, Bridge
port.
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The Bridgeton Neins suggests that a
Pat Rooney has so much tronble in Salem
county he had better purchase the Salem
Lecture Hall, to be sold tomorrow. A
good idea. This would be good time to
buy He might make a small payment
down and then with the damages dine him
in the suit against the Woodstown Opera
House proprietor--wbe he gets them-he
could complete the purchase What he has
got and what lie has got to get will be,
we should think, amply sufficient for the
PURPOSE.
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Chain bloodthiIsty tiger in your back
yard. live him a long ow-licenSc or a
shot high-liceuse chain, as You choose.
Then send your children out to play in the
yard. Invite the neighbours children in
also and let them have good time, simply
warning them not to 90 too close to the
tiger. II they disregard the warning and
get hurt it. is their own fault, and they
shonld not blame you. The tiger has right
to live, and so long as he is restrained you
won't interfere with him, aud Your neigh
bors must not, no matter how careless
their children are in running into danger.
The above probably will not strike the ay-
eragc reader as being very smart, bat it is
quite as smart and bright an idea as that
of regulating the rum traffic by high or
low license laws and turning it upon the
community aud telling every man 10 look
ont for himself, is inst What the present
rum system of government does. About
the best thing to do with the tiger it to cut
off it's tail close mp to the place where his
ears are fastened on. And about the best
thing to do with the rum tiger, which is
about as much good to the community as
4 common tiger wonld be in your back
yard is to pound it to death with Prohibit
ton votes Dr. Graw's tiger viii please
take notice
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1888-01-06

Al the American Temperance union
meeting in ChieI,erinG Han lately Mrs.
Mary a. Livermore said
For many years have anchored my
hope in the Republican party. My first in
terest in politics began with the nomna-
tion Of Holm G. Fremont Then tlic cry
was John and leasiei" was the only
woman on the floor Of the convention that
nominated Lincoln vas what was then
a very rare thing, a woman reporter, and
sat among the other reporters. When
men wcpt and kissed each other because
the man they longed for had been chosen,
! was urged by my fellow reporters 10
stand up with them and cheer. said
WASH t good at cheering, but | wonld wave
my handkerchief. you do, they said,
The chairman viii see that you are wo
man, AID Will oIder you out did wave
my handkerchief, and was ordered ont.
But the reporters aronnd me came to my
aid They told the policeman who APP
preached 10 take me ont that they would
pitch him ont Of the indow if lac did not
leave me alone; that had the same right
there as themselves, and | stayed
We women protested against the giving
of The ballot to the negro before giving it
TO women. Henry Wilson said to me:
This is the ncgro's hour; when lie has Sc.
cured the ballot your time will come.
Then we were forgotten. All this | have
ignored 1t was not until last year gave
up the party, when the Republicans ia my
own state promised tn submit Prohibit
ton amendment 10 the people, and then
themselves defeated il in the Legislature,
aud recommended high license, the abomi-
nation of true temperance people. A last
after weeks OF anxiety, ! have decided that
| can depend no Longer upon The liepuhli-
can party and must lorsake it.
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oPRIcEn4 T. ". G. r. a., WaopstoWS:
President, MISS ALIDA TURNER.
Cor. >, creutIy. Miss JOS EPHfNE MACsLIIoNER,
Rec Secretary. NJ ISIS n AET ANNA COLES.
Treasurer. Miss MoLLIE SMITH.
Time Of meeting " G, 7 L Thursday after
noon At O'Clock.
Time OF meeting y " G. + L Monday
evening at 10 O'Clock.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE W. c. 7. o.,
OF WooOSToWf4, N. J.

oyF.cERs or THE SALEM COUNTY woMAN's CHRIST
IAN TEMPERANCE UHIoS:
Pres MRs REBECCA =. PATTERSON, Salem.
Cor. See, Mrs. II. \. CAWLl;Y, " oOdStoWu.
Rec sec. Mrs O. !. GRoFF Pennsgrovc.
Treas MIss MAGGIE CEIsPIS. SharptowH.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1888-01-06

In the death of Joel Parker New Jersey
loses one of its foremost citizens. Not a
great man in the usual aeceptation Of the
term, but an honest man and a useful one,
qualities that make a citizen more yalua-
bic and longer remembered than the facti-
tious greatness Of these modern times. As
q public man he was patriotic and faithful
His record as Governor during the troub-
lous times OF the Rebellion would alone
be n lasting monument to his usefulness.
As Judge lie was upright, kindly in his
intercourse with the members of the Bar,
benevolent and lcnient in his dealings with
offenders who manifested 4 proper contri-
ton. lie vas 4 man Of unblemished rep
ntation, and one whose memory Jersey
men will ever cherish, and of whose ser
vices they viii ever feel proud
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INDEPENDENT Order Of Good TemplaTS,
With District of New Jersey,
Comprising the Counties Of Salem and Gloucester
Faith, Hope and Charity.
OIIR PI EDGE.

No member shall make, buy, sell, use FUR
nish or cause 10 be furnished to others rs Il
beverage any spirituous or malt liquors, wine
or cider and every member shall discountec
nance the manufacture, sale and nSc Thereon
in AL proper ways
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1888-01-06

"Bcer a poison, eh? Well it must be
very slow poison. I've drank il a score oi
years, and I'm not dead vet, and The
hocr-diinker pours ont another mugful,
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oFFIcEEs ". c. r. H.. woonsfows
President. MRs NSNIE +. SoUDEg.
Cor. Secretary, MRs J. " HUMPHgIys.
Recording Secretary. Mrs. my DAVIS.
Treasurer, Mrs. krTH STOW
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1888-01-06

The thirtieth animal meeting Of the New
Jersey Editorial Association will be held
at the State Street House, Trenton. ON
Monday, January Is, 1888, at 10 o'clock,
A NJ
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NOTICE.

FJNil r. annual meeting of the Stockholders OF
/ 'The First National Bank OF " oodstown,"
for The election OF Directors will be held nj
the Banking House on Third-duy, First Mo
10Th, ISIS, ut > o'clock, l.. Nj
VIM Il. fLITCRAFT, Cashier
WoodsioWn, n. j. ., 18th Mo. q, 1851. dg5t
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1888-01-06

Senator Newell. of Salem county makes
the follow inc 1rr,lv Ia tbe questions pra-
pounded by 7Ho Ne.o lori World
favor HIGH license because I think if
would better the state Of affairs in my
c"n&Y. ith 10" licenses nearly every
-, :, - ~, ~" ~ ~, ,,",r.
vnuno men and bovs found in these low
licensed houses that | ever heard of being
IN our hlgh-iicensed hotels. we never had
ny '"S ''I ''' WIZ ',' ','5
low license we have had A Great deal of
tronble in our courts Grand Jurors con
tfHnaily ma 1t necessary TO hna bllls
a,'is' VA 'oao'a - '''a ~, 1%ai ~
troubIe to the pnblic officers and rypense
to the taxpayers Of our county
ith high license we nave 9aale IA"
I',o,, ro.,,acted I, ,,o ,r,,rie
~. i i -
toti9ir i,,t,,.st -, ,cs,e,, and ahid nv
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1888-01-06

A recent telegram from IIamnlonton, n.
J., mentions the dangerous and probably
fatal Illness Of boy Of fifteen in that
town. who, on Thanksgiving Day, con
slmed eighty cigarettes > and Of whom it
is said 'that it has been his regular habit
to smoke two and three packages a day
for the past sin months" Ills physician
is reported as saying: That lad of bis
age should die of narcotic poisoning from
excessive cigarette smoking should not he
matter Of surprise and also as adding
chat the tobacco habit is particularly in
furious to yonng and growing boys. "
Alas, What mutitudes are being TINS in
.iured. Physicians everywhere shonld
sound the alarm.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1888-01-06

o. $40 to loan on good security. win lie di-
- vided. Apply 10 FoGG Il RIoHMAN,
oodstown, y. !.
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LOCAL ADVERTISEMENTS.

Advertisements inserted under this head
vi he charge int the rate of cts Il line for
hrst Insertion and cts per line tor each sub
scqucnt insertion.
VINO RENT-The dwelling and acres ofland
i in NoodStown now occupied by Samuel
Dean. SARAH and MARY II. DICKSON, or
FOGG & HICKMAN. Dcc3D-tf
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1888-01-06

Some one observed few years ago
the fact that from 1898 to 1915 Young men
in this country learned to smoke at from
20 to 2j years of age; during the next de
cadc, from 1915 to 1853. young America
mastered the smokers art al from 20 to =
years old; and from 1853 to 1865, yonHg
America was an adept in the smokers art
at from 10 Ia 3; from 1865 to 1875, boys of
the genus youngest America, from 3 to q,
learned to pick mp the StnmpS of cigars
their fathers had thrown away, and 10 take
their first lesson in the manly art in alleys,
barns and woodSheds And 10 follow the
law of precocity, from 1870 TO 1885 the he
ginnings of this vice " i'll date from back,
IN other words the curse, with all its
force, vi he upon the fountains OF life
The relentless law Of hcredity i'll begin
to call for the blood of the unborn. There
is truth in this Never before in our com
try and perhaps never before in all the
world, were so many very small boys to
he seen smoking as are 20 be seen day
all over the land This generation gather
ing seed from the previous generation, is
sow ing to the wind, and a terrible tornado
Of destruction will be the harvest ere many
generations. il ma remedy or antidote IS
found. Tobacco IahefitaHce