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The Monitor., 1888-05-11

"Why do the boys leave the farm?"
walls a writer in an agricultural journal.
Well, dear brother, there are several rea-
sons. One is that the boy if not sixty-fye
years old at his birth. Then, is there is n
hoe on the farm weighing fourteen onnces,
bright as niekel-plate and sharp as razor,
and another hoe weighing somewhat less
than 4 breaking pillow, with an edge on it
like hammer, and sapling with the
bark on for handle, the hired man takes
one and the boy gets the other, and every
man in America known which is the other.
Did you ever stand with such hoe in
your hands away down i'll a corn row on
some airless still, hot summer day, twenty
acres of corn blades ana tassels willing
abont you, standing fourteen inches higher
than your head, shutting out every last
trace of breathable air, and then hear a
locust down in the edge of the timber
strike up his long, strident, monotonous
call 10 make il ten times hotter? And all
this time a cool creek not a mile away,
lettering in deep, silent pools in the shady
places in the woods, or breaking into mer-
ry dancing ripples over the pebbles And
in the deep holes, the fish just lying
around waiting for a boy? Well, then,
you know why some boys leave the farm.
Srill, boys can be kept ON the farms and
made to stay there all their lives. Nou
drive a long spike through a boys abdo-
men and through live oak tree, and
clinch or bolt it on the other side, and
then saw off the boys legs and break his
back, and he will stay on the farm. Yes,
there are some other ways we know. but
this is the only infallible method.-Robert
Burdette.
The Monitor., 1888-05-11
1icd.

AYIs-Af Sharptown. May 9Th, Ruth '. Avis,
widow OF the late Charles Avis, aged 81 years.
The relatives ana friends OF the family are
respectfully invited To attend the funeral
from her late residence in sharptown, ON sat
urday morning, lsth inst, at half past ten
O'Clock. services at the sharptown NJ. f..
Church.
ELKINToN-On sunday May 9Th, AT her late
residence. No. 800 spruce street, Philadelphia,
Mrs. sarah is. Elkinton.
zANE-In Upper Penn's Neck, April %,
lsss, Isabella A., wife Of Joseph NJ. Zane, aged
81 years.
6ILI--Near bridgeport April goth, J. Clark
Gil, aged ~ years.
LLOYD-In O. r Neck township, May I'd,
1873, Matilda Lloyd. aged Is years.
PEDRICk-In Pedricktown, May sd, l6ss,
Mary Joan, wife OF Robert G. Pedrick, aged 81
years
SILVERs-At Swedesbero May lst, Emma
Il. siIvers, aged IS years
THUMBL ERT-Sear MonroeyilIe, May I'd,
Frederick u. Thumblert, aged - years.
HAINES-In Berkley, May 7th, Rachel
Haines. in her 18th year.
HERITAG E--Near Clarksboro, May 7th,
Charles T. Heritage, in his 18th year.
The Monitor., 1888-05-11

The new Board Of Freeholders for Gloui-
cester county on Wednesday elected Ell
wood j. Davis, Of Clayton, director. There
was contest over the office of county col
lector. Joseph raul. who has held the
Office for about twenty years, and who was
formerly an active Republican, but has for
two or three years past refused to support
the party candidates for the Legislature
because Of their being in favor of temper
ance legislation, hoped TO be reelected by
the votes of the five Democrats in the
board with enough Republicans to give
him majority. The Republican party
generally wanted to unload Paul last year,
but he had too many personal friends in
the board and worked through. The fight
against him was made more vigorously at
the Spring elections this year, and seven
new members were chosen. The board
comprises seventeen members, and ten of
the number cast their ballots for Ex-Sher-
if Charles S. kniseil who was the RepHb-
lican caucus candidate against Paul. The
board appropriated $50, ,000 for the county
expenses for the year. inelnding 5000 for
principal on bonded debt, $500 for last
years deficiency and $1,000 for improve
ment abOnt the county buildings.
The Monitor., 1888-05-11
Drunken Mans plight.

One night last week the sleeping resi-
dents of Richman's Mills were awakened by
the cries of some one in distress. Reaching
the spot where trouble existed, those who
answered the call discovered a man sitting
on the mill race bridge drenched with
wafer and horse and carriage lying in the
stream. 1t appears that the man whom
they found seated upon the bridge was in
toxicated, and in attempting to drive over
the bridge drove off into the water He
managed to crawl ont himself but the
horse, with its head above water laid help
less and fast to the submerged vehicle.
Lodging for the rest of the night was fur
nished for the inebriated traveller, a stable
for his horse and next morning, sober and
wiser, the stranger proceeded on his journey
home which is in the vicinity of Shirley.
The Monitor., 1888-05-11
Grand sunday school Gathering.

The sixth annual district convention of
the fifth district, comprising Cape May,
Cumberland, Gloucester and Salem coun-
ties, in connection with the semi-annual
convention of the Cumberland County
Sunday school Association, will be held in
the nj. f. Church, of Vineland, on We'd
nesday, May 22d, 1888. Arrangements are
being completed for combined Conven-
tion as above, for which eminent spea kers
will be secured, and no effort spared by the
Executive Committee to make the gather
ing one of marked interest and profit. The
morning session will be given TO county
work, and delegation is desired from
every Sunday school in the county En-
tertainment will be provided by the citi-
zens of Vineland. Full progra mines in
detail will be furnished before Con vention.
The Monitor., 1888-05-11
Cost Them a Dollar Each.

The Yorktown correspondent of the Ell
mer Times says: Crank Smith and George
Barton, of Yorktown, who visited the
circus at Salem, Monday decided to pass
into the uuseum and see the cnrioa tiles.
After viewing the curiosities, a stranger
stepped up to the young men asking them
to visit another part of the museum which
they had not visited. The young men,
willing to see all they could for ten cents,
stepped into the side tent where the stran-
ger kindly asked them to take a seat. Tue
young men seating themselves the stranger
began feeling of their heads. The young
men thinking that feeling of their heads
was doing them no good, began to push
out of the tent when the stranger demand
ed dollar each, which the young men gave
him and got out, but they say they will
not visit dime museums again.
The Monitor., 1888-05-11

Mrs. Ruth Stowe is visiting her brother,
Mr.. G. ID. Burroughs, in Bridgeton.
Mr.. and Mrs. VIM ITollworth. of Phila-
delphia, were visiting relatives here last
week.
Thomas Shourds, of Hancock's Bridge,
was severely injured by being thrown
from wagon on Tuesday.
Misses Mary and Annie Dickinson, who
have been spending the winter in the
sonth, return home next week.
i. w. Albright, of the Philadelphia
Ledger, has been trying the pickerel fish
ing in the vicinity of Mays Landing.
William S. Vanneman, Of Ma nnington,
was one of the ia doctors who graduated
from the University Of Pennsylvania last
week.
Mrs. Carrie Richman, wife of Mayor
Richman, of our Borough, is spending a
few weeks with Mrs J. r. Turner in At
lantic City.
Conductor Charles Shull is confined to
his residence in Salem by illness. His
place is temporarily filled by Conductor
James Fogg.
Station Agent Mole, of Yorktown,
started on short trip to Europe on Tues
day. George Citizens, formerly ageLt at
Hustled station, is filling Mr.. Mole's place
during his absence.
Mr.. and Mrs. Eliakim Smith, of l.. A.
Creek, have been married more than sixty
years, during which time Mrs. Smith has
never been i'll enough to require the SER
vices of physician.
On Wednesday evening of last week Mr.
Allen b. Ware and Miss Lizzie Foster
were united in matrim ony at Daretown. at
s o'clock, by the Rev. DR.. Ewing. Mr.
Frank Garrison was groomsman and Ella
Foster bridesmaid.
Miss Maggie Burns, of Woodstown, was
married ON Tuesday morning to Mr.. Ed
ward Herman, of Quinton. The ceremony
was performed in the Catholic church at
Swedesboro, by Rev Mr.. Tracey, in the
presence oft invited friends of the couple
after which they started on trip to Wash
ington.. They will make their home in
Quinton.
The Monitor., 1888-05-11
QUESTION OF HEALTH


This plain question comes home to every
housekeeper. We all desire pure and
wholesome food, and this cannot be had
with the use OF impure or poisonous bak-
ing postler There can be no longer a
questioniha all the cheaper, lower grades
of baking powders contain either alum,
lime or phosphate acid. As loathg as We
may be to admit so much against what
may have been some of our household
gods, there can be no gainsaying fhe unan-
imous testimony of the official schemists.
| Indeed, ANALYSTS seem to find no baking
powder entirely free from sorhe one Of
these objectionable ingredients except the
Royal, and that they report as Schcmieally
pure We find some of the powders ad-
vcrtised as pare, Ia coutain4 under the
tests of Professors Chandler4 Habirshaw
and others, hearty twelve Eper cent. of
lime, while others are made from alum
with no creampf tartar. This, we pre-
sumo, accounts for their laek OF leavening
power as sometimes complained of by the
cook. and for tile bitter taste found in the
biscuits So frequently complained of by
ourselves.
But aside from the iaferiorty Of the
work done Dy these powiiers, the physi-
clans assure us that limefan alum taken
ltiAO tttC ~ NlCil NhtAh --F N''+'
are inlurions. Their physiological effects
are indigestion. dyspepsia, or worse evils.
The question naturally arises, why do
these cheap baking powder makers use
these things? Alum Isl three cents pound,
lime still cheaper. while cream of tartar
costs thirty-five or forty. The reasons for
the chemical purity ef the Royal Baking
Powder were recendy4 given in the New
York Times in an Interesting description
of new method fer Fssfning argols, or
crude cream of taEfar 1t seems that 1T Is
only under this process chat cream of tar
tar can be freed from the lime natural TO
it aud rendered chemically pure; that the
patents and planf for this cost the Royal
Powder Baking Company about half
million dollars, ,sand that they maintain ex-
elusive controlbf the rigfits.
Professor MeMurtrie, late chief chemist
of the Department of Agriculture, at
Washington, ID. G., madean examination
of this process. and reported upon the re-
suits attained in the refined cream of tar
tar. The following extract fiem this re-
port would Seem to answer the question
repeated al the head of This article, and
which is 50 frequently proponnded by she
housekeepr;
Il haveSexamined the cream of tartar
used by tie Royal Baking Powder Com
pany in the manufacture " their baking
powder, and find it to be perfectly pure
and free from lime in any form. The
chemical tests to which | have submitted
the Royal Baking Powder prove it per
fectly healthful and free FROM every dele
terions substance. The Royal Baking
Powder is purest in quality and highest
in strength of any baking powder Of winch
/ have know ledge
The Monitor., 1888-05-11

IN tie Camden Court last week Judge
Garrison rendered decision of great i'm
portance TO beneficial societies. lie grant
ed a non suit i'll the case of the estate of
Horace Hammell to recover 100 from
Camden Lodge, No. 155, |. o. O. f., for
sick benefits. The non-snit was granted
on the ground that no application had been
made to recover the benefits through the
proper channels of the lodge. Hammell
was in State Prison from December, 1881,
the time from which his administrator
claimed sick benefits, and the evidence
showed that he had neither applied to the
nearest lodge or to the grand lodge for re-
lief
The Monitor., 1888-05-11

Come out and hear the band Of the Pat
Muldoon Company, who will parade on
our streets next Thursday at noon.
The commencement exercises of the
Woodstown Public School will be held on
Friday, June 9th, when the term will end
Seats for the Pat Mnldoon performance
in the Opera House next Thursday night
are now on sale at the Opera House build
ing.
Duncan Clark's Female Minstrels had a
very light audience to witness their per-
formance in the New Opera House on
Tuesday night.
The word saloon" has become so I'M
popular that the ice cream men have dis
carded it, "lce cream parlor" is now the
right expression.
As April showers are now thing of the
past, you will now have a chance to Go
your white washing without the fear of its
being washed off.
The anticipated trouble in swearing in
Freeholder Pedriek, of Odmans, did not
disclose itself at the annual meeting of the
Board in Salem on Wednesday.
Dir. Carr, who was at the head OF the
Pawnee Indian Medicine Company when
they were in Woodstown, is in town to-
day distributing advertisements of the med
icine.
b. G. Rulon, of Mulica Hill, has splen-
did lot of plants for farmers and gardeners,
including all varieties of cabbage, toma-
toes, egg plants, cauiflowers, baets, and
peppers.
The members of the Young Woman's S
Christian Temperance Union of this place
will hold strawberry festival on the 25th
and Goth inst. The place~and further par
tienlars will be published later.
Highly perfumed and affeetionate letters
are now being received by the country
aunts and cousins from their city relatives,
who have been SO very busy all winter that
they conld not find any time to write.
A Young man of this place hired team
of one of our liverymen to drive to Salem.
lie drove from Salem to Bridgeton The
liveryman is abont to bring suit for dam
ages done to his horse from over-driving.
The Strawberry Festival of the NJ. E.
Sunday School in MeAllister's Hall last
night was fairly patronized. 1t has been
decided to hold it over tonight and to-
morrow night. Go and help the good
work along.
Mrs Sarah b. Elkinton, formerly of this
place, died on Sunday at her late residence
in Philadelphia, and was inferred in the
cemetery at Swedesboro on Wednesday
morning The funeral WAS attended by
several Woodstown people.
The Borough Council of Clayton has
voted to impose on each pool table within
the borough limits license fee of S125.
This has killed the pool business in Clay
ton. Suppose our Woodstown council try
the same thing, and thus stop some of our
young men from frequenting the dens
where such games are found.
At this season look out for the paragraph
.sSticE to your woolens until they stick to
you," and the like. This is good enough
advice if it means do not lay the woolens
away for good, but if it means that you
should not put on thinner shirt on 4
warm day it is bad advice. Get ont your
thin clothing and wear it on warm days
and be comfortable, and when it gets cold
again put on heavier clothing. More cold
and like diseases are caught from over
heating and cooling off in drafts than from
being cold at all times.
The Monitor., 1888-05-11
Fun by the FOoriighfs.

Next Thursday evening the Opera House
will close for the season after the most
prosperous year it has yet had. The COM
pany selected for the closing event have
been especially picked for their qualifica-
tion to produce mirth and close the season
with every one in good humor. The Pat
Muldoon Company are famous the world
over for their fun-making qualities, and
the following from the Pittsburg Dispatch
is but one from Thousand testimonials of
their worth:
The Pat Muldoon Comedy Company, un-
,ler the management of Robinson " Me
Allister, gave us one of the brightest en-
tertainments of the season to a packed
house. A show so full of laughs without
an offensive feature is one of the treats we
seldom get. The entire performance was
of such excellence that to praise any one
portion would hardly be fair. Onr great
est compliment is come again and We will
fill the house.
The Monitor., 1888-05-11
for "A Local Option Election

Petitions were presented to Judge Reed.
at Bridgeton, on Wednesday, for special
election in this county under the new local
option law. A committee presented the
petitions in person on Monday, but certi-
fled copy Of the vote in the county last fall
being necessary, the matter had to be de
ferred until Wednesday. More than one
tenth of TIE voters of the county, the re-
quired number, have been secured to The pc
titions.in Salem and the various townships,
three not having been heard from, as fol-
lows: Alloways, Lower Alloways Creek
and Upper Penn's Neck. The petitions
contains 919 names, as follows: Salem 245;
QuiHton Sc; Elsinboro 30; Lower Penns
Neck 107; Warrington IS; Pittsgrove 10;
Pilesgrove 152; Upper Pittsgrove G2 Old
mans 40
The Monitor., 1888-05-11
S A L E M,
n. J.

were appointed committee to view two
bridges in Pilesgrove township, one on
Salem street, by Ayares' shop, and one at
Webster's mills.
Director Griscom announced the stand
ing committees for the year as follows:
Public Bnildings-Griscom, Humphreys,
Allen.
Audlting-Pedrick, Mayhem. Rogers.
Loans-Humphreys Shute, Beyis.
Claims-AIayhew, Baker, Emmell.
Penn's Neck Bridge-Freas, Baker, Fox.
Covered Bridge-Shnte, Fox, Allen.
On motion, adjourned to meet the sec
ond "Wednesday in June.
The Monitor., 1888-05-11
Marricd.

WARE-F0sTEB-o May "a, at the resi-
dence of the brides parents, by the Rev John
Ewing, u. -, Allen h. Ware and Lizzie A
Foster, both OF Daretown n j.
PADGETT-PATTERS May 8, lsss,
AT the Baptist Parsonage. by Rev. j. J. Davies
Mr.. EphfHim Pagdett and Miss sarah NJ Pat
tersnn, both of Harmersville this county
GIBSON -AIIEN-At Bridgeport April Is,
lsy ". n. 0gborn. Robert :. Gibson. OF Cam
den, and Miss Ella Allen, of Bridgeport.
HEWITT AYLDR-In Woodbury. May
ID by Rev. l. L. Fowler Isaac Hewittand Mrs.
Annie NJ. Taylor, both of Woodbury..
EAsTLACk-PETEBs = On May Sd, by
Rev. +. c. iippineoft Harry &. Eastlack. OF
Alfnonesson- and sarah G. Peters, of Mount
Ephraln.
The Monitor., 1888-05-11
lust over the County Lines.

The Pawnee Indian Medicine Company
commenced their entertainments in Harri-
sonville last night.
Mayor Watkins and Prosecutor Perry,
of Woodbury., will be the orators for Gen.
Howell Post ON Memorial Day
John l.. Riley, the HarrisonviIle butcher,
is building a one story meat market 12x24
feet in SIZE on his property in that place.
Judge Reed has appointed the Goth inst.
as the date on which he will consider and
hear arguments concerning the Local OPP
tion election in Cumberland county.
The new creamery building at Harrison
vile is enclosed, and will be ready for the
reception of the machinery in few days.
Thomas B. Parker, carpenter, is doing the
work.
George w. Brick, of Woodbury., who
was stricken with apoplexy, died on Mon
day night. The deceased was known
throughout South Jersey, and was engaged
in the wholesale liquor trade in Phia-
delphia.
The city council of Milyille has voted
$50 to the G. A. Il. Post for Decoration
Day expenses; Bridgeton's council have
appropriated $75 to the Post at Bridgeton,
and Woodbury's council have donated $25
for the same purpose.
Charles p Heritage, living on farm
near Clarksbero, died last Monday morn
ing from an attack of apoplexy which
came on him last Thursday. AT that time
he was ont in the field, when suddenly he
complained of pain in the head and began
TO reel backwards. He was caught by
some one working with him and laid down.
He never spoke again, although he ling
cred four days.
Our neighboring town of Swedesboro is
walked up over an effort to run street
across the middle of the Railroad Com
pany's freight yard. Part of the citizens
ask for it and part oppose. The company
| object and offer i'm its place two streets, one
at each end OF their yard, where the dan
ger to life and limb wonld not be so great.
After a session of five hours the surveyors
laid the matter over until next Friday.
Belmont Perry represented the West Jer-
sey Railroad and Thos. c. French the ap-
plicants.
The Monitor., 1888-05-11
LOCAL NEWS.

Ernst Becker has his new advertisement
in another column.
The Woodstown creamery is receiving
nearly G000 pounds of milk day.
About seventy dollars We're cleared by
the Presbyterians from their festival last
week
We were in error last week in stating
that court would commence on the 25th.
1t begins next Tuesday, the 18th inst.
Owing to the late spring our farmers are
rushed with their work, and very few OF
them are seen ON our streets during the
day.
Oar force enjoyed splendid treat of
Davis celebrate ed ice cream, on Monday,
presented with the compliments of Ernst
Becker.
The Band of Hope will hold their last
meeting, for the season to morrow, and 1t
is desired that all the members shall be
present.
The regular monthly meeting of the
Pilesgrove Prohibition Society will be held
at the residence of Joseph Macaltioner on
Monday night.
Josiah NJ. Hewitt, Allen Moore and w.
ship in the Republican Convention held at
Trenton ON Wednesday.
The proprietors of the Richmantown
creamery state that they are receiving be-
tween 1000 and 5000 pounds of milk daily.
The average last month was $500 pounds.
The Philadelphia milk dealers have fixed
the price of milk for the month of May at )
cents per quart. South Jersey dairymcn
are considering the advisability OF not ship
ping any milk at that price.
Chancellor McGill has granted decree
of absolute divorce between Gilbert Run
ner, Of West lIallock, Illinois, formerly OF
this county, and Jennie Runner, OF Salem.
Tie application was made by the last
named.
Pat Mul,loon's Comedy Company will
perform in the Opera House at this place
next Thursday night. This is good
company, and it is probably the last pei
formance that i'll be given in the Opera
House this season
In order to prevent any delay OF the iae-
tory work Messrs. Reed and Jess went to
work ut three o'clock at the Woodstown
creamery on Wednesday morning to make
some repairs in the engine room ana M
ished the lob before the wagons began to
arrive
Justices Richman, of Upper Pittsgroye;
Wood and Aeon, of Salem; Shoemaker, oi
Manninpton: and Cooke, of Lower Neck,
were sworn in by County CLERK Coles on
Thnrs5ay Tho commissions for all the
'n",N,'s5. aIoot,J in u,rch are at the
~Iars; os',p. - ,a'ae ne,;ce
''o'N oo9
The Ladies Aid Society, oi Shafptowii;c ~
will hold Strawberry Festlva, IN tne N %
p Hall at that place today ana to-ihoi'o"'
18th and 18th inst, afternoon ana evening"
Strawberries, cakes, fruits ice cream, an e'o'
will be provided III apni'u''',e 81 ae ,ha
The Monitor., 1888-05-11
AserIons Accident. :

Walter the young son of Section Fore
man Charles Carr, while playing with
some companions ON the railroad trestle
over the run in Macaltioner's meadow on
Tuesday evening, fell to the ground, strlk-
ing his head in the descent, and breaking
his arm in two places, above and below his
elbow. lie was removed TO his home, where
his arm was set and his injuries tonnd to be
OF very serious nature, but ualess some
internal injuries have been sustained u rs
thought he will recover.
The Monitor., 1888-05-11
Local Option in GIouecster County.

The first application for an election un-
der the new local option high license law
of New Jersey was made before Judge
Garrison, of the Supreme Court, at his
Camden chambers by citizens of Glonces-
ter county at quarter past twelve O'Clock
on Saturday. The petition, which was in
sections, contained the names of 2,iS9
voters, or forty-three and two-thirds per
cent of the entire voting population of the
county, which is 6, ,299. The petition sim
ply asked that an election be held. Judge
Garrison suggested that the statutory re
auirement be met by adding that the
names were more than one tenth of the
legal voters. This was done. A second
hitch arose as to what papers the notice of
hearing would be published in. The law
requires that it shall be published in all
papers qualified to print the State laws.
Judge Garrison interpreted this to mean
all papers having the necessary age and
other requirements which wonld warrant
the Controller in designating them toprint
the laws There are eight newspapers in
Gloucester county, and all are of the legal
age, so the order of publication was made
to include all This was done to provide
against all possible emergencies and at
tacks, and was also a suggestion of Judge
Garrison whose entire attitude favored
the granting of the petition in the full
spirit of the statute. Tuesday, the fourth
day of June, was set down To hear the pc
tition. DIR. McGeorge, who led the dele
cation of citizens, stated that Tuesday, the
fourth day of September, would be called
FOR on which to hold the election, as that
day met all the statutory requirements.