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The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1888-09-07

voted in favor of prohibition. Salem
county, small in size, gives about 1000 ma
jority against license, and Warren county,
in the northern end of the State, out OF
5000 votes cast gave about 900 majority
for local option. 1t was expected that Sa-
lem county would go dry by a small ma
jority, but in Warren the whisky men were
certain of winning. Money was spent free
" in both counties by the liquor men, but
they were short in votes. 1t certainly
looks anything but bright for the "wets'
of New Jersey. The first three counties
to vote upon the question have not only de-
cided in favor of prohibition, but by such
majorities as to astonish the temperance
people themselves -PhHadelphia Call.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1888-09-07
Extract from Marsbaii's Great speech
when TIC Gave mp Drinking.

would not exchange the physical sen
s%ations, the mere sense of animal being,
which belong to a man who totally ~refrains
from all that can intoxieate his brain or
derangc his nervous structure, the elastic
ity with which he bounds from his couch
in the morning, the feeling with which he
drinks in through his clear eyes the beauty
and grandeur of surrounding nature;
say, sir, | would not exchange my con
scious being as a strictly temperance man,
the sense of renovated youth, the glad
play with which my pulse now beats
healthful music, the bounding v~ivocity
with which the lile-blood courses it's ex-
ulting way through every fibre of my
frame, the communion high which my
healthful ear and eye hold with all the
gorgeous universe of God, the splendors of
the morning, the s~oftness of the evening
sky, the bloom, the beauty, the veroure
Of the earth, the music of the air, and
of the waters, with all the grand
poetry about me, in association with ex-
ternal nature reopened to the five avenues
of sense; no, sir, though seorn point its
slow finger at me as | passed through want
and restitution and every element of earth
ly misery, save my crime, meet my waking
eye from day to day; not for the brightest
and noblest wreath that ever encircles a
statesman's brow; MOI if some angel com
missioned by heaven or some demon sent
fresh from hell to test the resisting strength
of virtuous resolution should tempt me
back, with all the wealth and the honors
which a world can bestow; not for all that
time can give would cast from me this
precious pledge of a liberated mind-this
talisman against temptation, and plunge
again into the dangers and horrors which
once beset my path, so help me heaven, as
l would spurn beneath my very feet all the
gifts the Universe could offer, and live and
die as | am-poor and sober.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1888-09-07
a Bfa. storm.

No doubt your readers have heard of the
terrible storm that visited western Penn
sylyania last week. Your correspondent
had the pleasure, or misfortune. to be in
the "bliZzard" that visited the cast last
March and now in the last of August it
was his misfortune to be in the S~everest
rain storm that western Pennsylvania has
had within the recollection of the oldest in
habitant of Connellsville. On August 21st
myself and a deacon of the Baptist church
left III the morning train for Fairchance,
q town in the mountains. The rain was
falling steadily. After we arrived at
Fairchance we took a buggy for the Old
Frame, so called from an old frame Pres
byterian building in a still more ancient
graveyard. The place is underlaid with
coal beds and must in q few years develop.
The Baptists in this vicinity had organized
a church and wished to be recognized. 1t
was for this council, held about seven
miles distant, we were bound. After rid
ing with the rain driving in our faces we
finally arrived at our destination. There
the rain was falling not in drops but in
masses, coming harder and harder and
continued all the afternoon and evening.
You now the Baptist objects to sprink-
ling, so in this case there was no sprink-
ling but q deluge, so most of us attended
the council through the storm.
The morning cleared off bright, beauti-
full and refreshing. We started to drive
back to the station. The roads were Gov
cred With water; some places higher than
others were washed, dug out or covered
with rails, trees and other distractions.
Huge rocks were lifted and washed from
the hillsides into the fields and roadsidcs,
and the corn, field after field, almost
ruined. BY perseverance,, fording streams
and covered roads, we finally arrived at
the station only to learn that railroads
were so washed that no trains could go
over the roads for more than a week.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1888-09-07
a Day OF

All white ribbon women will notice that
the day of prayer (announccd in my recent
address as president of the Worlds w. G.
r. u is Sunday, Oct. IA, on which day
WI hope for a temperance sermon in the
morning, a temperance speech in the Sun
day school and a temperance mass meeting
in the evening. The fifteenth annual meet
ing of the National Woman's Christian
Temperance union will be held in Metro
politan opera house, New York, Oct. 10 to
90 inclusive .-Frances Willard.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1888-09-07

We don't know how near we may COM
to laying ourselves open to proceedings fol
contempt, but we cannot refrain from ex-
pressing wonder that the Gloucester Coun-
ty Court should rave been in such haste to
grant tavern licenses on Tuesday last i'll
face of the fact that the people were to
vote only the next day OF the license ques-
ton, as the usual custom of the court has
been to act on such applications at a latei
day in the term.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1888-09-07
The Temperance Millennium.

There's IL shout along the temperance lines,
there's victory in view,
There's Il mighty army forming, of the faith
full ones and true;
They have Joined the glorious host OF Him
that jonrneyed far and long,
To receive His promised kingdom, and return
with shout and song.
Through the long, long night of ages, they
have waited for the day
When the sun should rise in righteousness,
and chase the gloom away.
Now, "Behold the bridegroom cometh.' is the
faithful watchman's cry,
And the glorious day is streaming all along
the eastern sky.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1888-09-07
England Made India Drunken.

Archdeacon Farrar's declaration that
England found India sober and made it
drunken, has been called in question; but
moro comfortable if he had kept still, for
DR.. Farrar has proved beyond question
that what he said was true. Mr.. Barton,
of Madras, declares that among the Hin
docs ''thc vice of drunkenness had disap-
peared till re-introduced under British
rule" The curse of tho civilized world is
strong drink.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1888-09-07
w. c.. T. u.

vehemently opposed Father Eliiott's de-
nunciation of the liquor sellers as being
''non-C Catholic"
But the sympathy of the convention was
evidently with Father Elliott. A vote Of
thanks was given him, and a similar vote
of thanks to Father Hogan was almost
unanimously refused. This action marks
a decided advance in the position of the
teal politics.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1888-09-07

With the September issue Book NeacS
(John Wanamaker, Philadelphia) enters
on it's seventh year. Book Nens has long
passed the experimental stage and now
easily ranks as the foremost publication OF
it's kind. The leading article is by Julian
Hawthorne, who describes with his usual
felicity the quality he calls atmosphere
in the literary art. The monthly chat
''With the New Books and the reviews
are fully up to the standard; the miscellany
is varied and Interesting, and accompany
ing the number is an excellent woodcut OF
the late f. 7. Roe.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1888-09-07
0Wanamaker's
Open all day on Saturdays.

When you come to the city
bear in mind that Wanamaker's
is a meeting and resting and
waiting place as well as the big.
gest store in the world. There
are reading and sitting and re
firing rooms for you; telephone,
telegraph, and mail facilities.
Your parcels will be cared for
without charge. We try to
make you welcome whether you
care to buy or not.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1888-09-07
WANAMAKERS |
4 l4Acres Il
i FLooRsRAcE i
! PHILADELPHIA ]
81

You know that there is no
worthy hot weather Tor any
weather. thing for wear OIL home
use but we have it. If you can't
come to the store, write for
whatever you want, samples or
goods. Shopping by mail has
come to be simple and certain.
A few scratches of a pen, and all
the facilities of the store are
yours.
IoIN WANAMAKER.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1888-09-07

AT the recent woman's suffrage festival
in Boston one ofthe most charming compli-
ments ever paid by a son to a mother was
related of the author of ben IIur." When
Mrs. Wallace, the aged mother of Gen.
Lew Wallace, came forward to speak, Mrs.
Livermore introduced her as the mother of
'Ben Hur," and then told that when that
famous book was written the son allowed
his mothers to be the first eyes that looked
on it. Upon reading it the mother com
plimented the son on the marvellous insight
he displayed in depicting the character in
the mother of the hero, whereupon the son
answered, "Mother, it is you I have de-
picted there " Looking at the grand, an
tique face of Mrs. Wallace one could vel
believe this.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1888-09-07

The Salem county preachers are Il dry
lot. We don't mean they are dry preach
ers. That is, we don't wish to be under
stood that they are always dry. We mean
not on Sundays in the pulpit, but they
were dry last Tuesday. We hope they
will see what we are trying to Get at and
take no offence.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1888-09-07

Local Option is a "step," in the temper
ance reform. New Jersey has taken that
step, but it is not a sitting down place.
Let us take the next step as quickly as
possible and tarry not until our feet arc
plated on the solid ground of Constitu-
tional Prohibition.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1888-09-07

Nobody was ashamed to go out and
work for the Temperance ticket but it re-
quired more efirontery than the average
man possesses to openly invite his neigh
Dor TO vote for rum. Consequently but
little work was done at the polls by the
license party and their efforts were mainly
under cover.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1888-09-07

The Democratic strongholds of old Salem
county come up with surprising majorities
for no-liccnse. If the Democratic candi-
date for legislature this fall wants to COM
NIT political suicide, let him pledge him.
self to set the will of these Democratic
townships aside by repeating the local OPP
ton law.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1888-09-07

IF the will of the majority is the law OF
the land, then the run business is being
prosecuted in defiance Of law in Salem
county. The rum selling fraternity must
feel particularly comfortable under the
CIRCUMSTANCES.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1888-09-07

The mistake the run party made was in
not holding meetings and inviting the pub
lie to come out and hear a few statements
showing the beneficial effects of rum.
Can it be possible that they had no argu-
ments in its favor?
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1888-09-07

1T was funny to see the tavern keepers
using an extract from a Republican organ,
edited by a temperance man, as an argu-
ment in favor of the county voting wet"
1t wouldn't work, however, and the editor
aforesaid didn't intend it to work that
WaV.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1888-09-07
DEPARTMENT OF THE W. c. 7. u,
OF WOODSTOWN, N. j.

orYloERs OF THE SALEM COUNTY woMAN's CHRIST
IAN TEMPERANCE UNION:
pres, Mrs. REBECcA p. PATTERSON, Salem.
Cor. Sec, MRs. IL. \. CAwLEY, Woodstown'
Rec. Sec, Mrs. O. j. GRoFF, PennsgroNe.
Treas, MRs. MAGGIE CRIsPIN, Sharptown.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1888-09-07

Brother Blaine has been paying his re-
spects CD to tho Prohibitionists. If we
had known in time We could have told him
to say something new, instead of falling
back on the t~ime-honored and moss-grown
rot about the Prollibitionists and the Dem
ocrats. We fear our lodging ~ex-candidate
is growing Slightly malicious. 1t don't
matter, however.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1888-09-07

With one exception (Downe township,
in Cum beiland,) Pilesgroye gives the big
gest no-license majority of any township
in any county where elections have been
held. 'Rah! 'Rah! 'Rah.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1888-09-07

Some folks were surprised at the large
number of drinking men who voted against
rum. 1t don't surprise us in the least. If
the drinking men don't know what hurts
them, who ought to know To our mind
there is something pathetic in the efforts of
those who have been stung by the serpent
of the still to remoye him from their path.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1888-09-07

Elsinboro can go out into the meadows
and with herself, and Alloway-
well, Alloway did we'll in not doing any
worse than she did.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1888-09-07

1t is said that there were some large
transactions in coats" on Tuesday. We
have heard of whiskcy manufactured from
corn and rye, and oats appear to have been
utilized to manufacture whiskey votes.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1888-09-07

We promised the Salem folks last Mon
day $50 dry majority from old ~Pilesgrove.
Wehav'n'theard them complain that Piles
grove didn't come to time.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1888-09-07

The street corner lawyers made heavy
arguments against the local option law but
the jury came in "agin 'em"
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1888-09-07

The battle on Tuesday was the people
against rum-the home against the saloon.
The saloon got knocked endwise and
there's trouble in the land.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1888-09-07

The local option law is not what the
Prohibitlonists wanted, but when it came
to voting run or no rum, nobody had any
doubts how they would vote. They did
yeoman service.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1888-09-07

The rum element in Pilesgroye has been
caliry in the county. Pilesgrove has stood
it for a long time, but the time came to
kick and she kicked to some purpose.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1888-09-07

The licensed tavern keepers to the peo-
pie of Salem county-"Don't vote no.
license, for it shuts us up and let's the
quart places keep on"
The people of Salem county to the
licensed tavern keepers-"Ah there! we're
after you as well as the quart Places
And the people ''got EN-"
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1888-09-07

Shake, Gloucester! Though the bound
ing pillows of Oldman's creek roll between
us, we're with you on the no-license ques-
ton.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1888-09-07

HoLsTEIN STOCK w, P.kLippincott 4
o ofp H%oIstein stock Srom New York State which
they will hold af nrivate sy1e. The lot con
sists of ten registdeed hyffers q calves six
one bull, six months old Then there are 10
six months old ealves,Gom X to z Holslein,
the balance being year1ngI ! two-year-olo
~. L~IPPINCOTT Il co.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1888-09-07

Have you heard the echoes from the
hillsides of old Warren?
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1888-09-07

If the Local Option law closes the quart
places, there is no better time than right
now to put it in force against them.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1888-09-07

If there were any party lines drawn IN
the late election we failed to notice them.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1888-09-07

The dampness of the ocean flowing over
the seaside resorts prevented Cape May
from going dry.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1888-09-07

Wonder if the crop of coats ran short
and there was not enough to go round?
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1888-09-07
Building Lot for Sale.

A desirable building lot on Main street, adj
N dining Josiah NJ. Bricks residence, ~
offered for sale il applied for soon.
aupl7 FOGG & HICKMAN.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1888-09-07

They dropped their ballots in tho slot
and saw the county go dry!
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1888-09-07

Can't somebody get Elsinboro in ont OF
the "wet?"
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1888-09-07

Going to repeal the local option law next
winter, eli? Hands of, gentlemen!
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1888-09-07

VFFTNLh1 " . = VI
President, Mrs. ANNE f. SoUDER.
Cor. Secretary, Mrs. j. w. HUMPHREYS.
Recording Secretary, Mrs. AMY DAVIS.
Treasurer, Mrs. RUTH STOW.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1888-09-07

6OUTHDOWN BUCKS.-A fine lot of pure
- bred Southdown Bucks. from registered
Stock, for sale. Il. l.. CRiSPlN, near Woods
town. N. j. augl0
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1888-09-07

FsAnd we'll all get blind dry!
"When Johnny comes marching home.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1888-09-07

lfyour wife wants an allowance give her
the whole income. She vii save more out
of it than you an.-Uartha's Vineyard
Uerdld.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1888-09-07

"Tle Kings Daughters" now number
20, 900 in the United States. The society is
to have a monthly paper.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1888-09-07

We're all here! doing business at the old
stand.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1888-09-07
press Comments on tie Result.

IIt CIUoU OF CI1PUIHHOU IOIOI p n UHJUy
ing a large and beautifully developed boom
in New Jersey.-Phila. Press.
So far the New Jersey counties which
have voted on the question of license have
been those predominated by a rural popn-
lation, and the success of the Prohibition
lists in Cumberland, Warren and Salem is
what ordinary observers of the temperance
agitation confidently expected. The ma
jorities given against license in the three
counties mentioned are sufficiently large to
indicate the possibility of enforcing prohi-
bition, if it can be enforced at all.-Phi1a.
Times.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1888-09-07
LOCAL Advertisements.

advertisements inserted under this head
wi be charged at the rate of cts a line for
first insertion, and = cts per line tor each sub
seQuent insertion.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1888-09-07

Whether "Local Option will close the
iugshops in the dry counties is a question
for the Courts and we hope they will have
an early opportunity to getthe public mind
at rest on that point. Meantime, whether
it does or not, and whether it closes any
thing or any place, it is worth all the trou-
Bile to know that in Salem County, with
others, the public sentiment is overwhelm-
inoly opposed to the whole rum business.
The vote in Cumberland, Gloucester, War
rem and Salem, practically outlaws the
rumseller and his business in those coun-
ties. The tavern and saloon keepers need
have no doubt as to what the people think
of their business.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1888-09-07

GRAPES for sale by A. BORTON, Mari
street, Woodstown, Nd.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1888-09-07

Does local option close the quart placesF
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1888-09-07

I5OR SALE - Good, mahogany, eight-day
Il clock, with moon dial, etc. JOHN NEW
KIRK, Elmer, NJ. j.
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It's n long lane that has no sidewalks!
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1888-09-07

The people of Salem county are to be
congratulated upon the fact that the coun-
ty stands with an unchallcnged majority
in opposition to the rum business. The
victory is so much the more substantial
because the main fight was made against
the local option law on the ground that it
failed to close the jug shops, and took away
the reputable CD licensed hotels where the
public were accommodated. This plea
doubtless influenced a large number of
voters, but the majority have set the seal
of condemnation upon the rum traffic,
whether licensed or not, and have pro
nounced i'll tones not to be mistaken thai
the accommodation to the public 1t iicens-
ed hotels is far outweighed by the Hood OF
drunkenness and ruin poured out ON the
county from even the best of licensed
houses. So mote it be! The people are
waking up to the fact that is time Tor
the rum traffic to go, and that it has been
long enough the pampared favorite of leg
~islation and protected in the enjoyment OF
a monopoly more cruel and oppressive than
any other these modern days can produce.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1888-09-07

cSTyHALt
sQUARf
Smyrna times., 1888-12-05
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..

particle is applied into aacb ,''1.-,, '+in'
agreeable Price so cents al 6rDgs,S. isoS.lli ana Is
rex e'SSigreG' S,roa, o. cents ELY BROTHERS (; Wsr
Smyrna times., 1888-12-05
TRY IT YOURSELF.

1t Is of no use to argue the question.
Phlllp, am neither stubborn nor opinion
ated, have simply had lesson that will
last lifetime"
Look here, Jack you are like some
old bachelor who has been Tilted by one
woman, and goes about declaring all
women are false"
Not at all my brother Charlie died of
Brights disease, brought on by using one
OF these sO-called blood purifiers the
KIND you see attractively advertised in
every nook and corner. 1t contains iodine
OF potassium, a drug used in extreme cases
when cautiously given under a doctors SUI
pervision, but death-dealing to all who take
it in quantity. If your brother had died
under such circumstances, you would hate
patent medicines as l dc"
do dislike the name of that mis-called
blood purifier, for l have heard a first
class physician say it is the cause of half
the cases of Brights disease in the country.
and it is strange the proprietOrs have not
been prosecuted for selling it. But I was
recommending Vinegar Bitters and that
does not contain any mineral, narcotic or
other hurtful drug"
"Oh, nobody supposes that old womans
remedy will hurt anybody the question is
will it cure anything2 I'd as soon think of
taking some ofmy grandmother herb tea.
I ou would be better off, Jack, if you
had some of that tea to tone up your sys-
tenn now, instead Oftaking glass of brandy
to make you sleep one night, and perhaps
bottle Of beer the next"
Is this temperance lecture, Phil ~
- No, it is Vinegar Bitters lecture. I've
taken the medicine more or less for fifteen
years, and look the world over, you will
not lind healthier man than 1 am"
"What is all this nonsense about old stvle
and new style Vinegar Bitters are they
differentP'
g Yes, the old style looks like coffee with
milk in, the new style like coffee without
milk The man who made the old style for
twenty Years-a practical chemist-made a
mlider, pleasaEter preparation, adding toit
here, and taking from it there, until he pro-
duced, my wife says, the finest medicine
ever made. 1t cured her of constitution.
and it cures the children of hives and ali
the little ailments they ever have. If nv
wife thinks they have worms, she doses
them with old style. Wealways have both
kinds in the house, and together, they keep
the doctor away.
And you insist that the proof of the
pudding"
" Is the eating Jack, get
bottle ofthe old style Vinegar Bitters-men,
L think, prefer old style usually-try it. and
you will then be like an old bachelor who.
after railing against women for years. falls
IN love with good woman at last You will
say there are good and bad patent medicines
but Vinegar Btters is the best of the lot -
All right, Phil, to please you, I'll trv
1t and report results"