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The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1889-07-19
borough Council Meeting.

Ono of the ~liveliest and most exciting
sessions ever held by our borough council
was that of Monday night. The question
of electing a lamplighter and marshal,
which had been delayed for several months,
was brought up, and before adjournment
some lively discussions, of a very heated
nature had been INDUCED in, and some i'll
feeling created, Marshal Duffy was a
candidate for reelection, but his friends in
Council were in the minority and be was
defeated by a vote Of 1 to 2, Hires Como
yer being elected for the position of Mar
shall and lamplightcr, and Isaac B. Coles
assistant Marshal.
An attempt was made to get the electric
light adoption disposed Of, but. for some
reason unknown to outsiders, it got snag-
ged and the one who made the motion fail
ed TO get any one to second it. Just
what is the matter is past finding out by
the wayfaring man. The petition for its
adoption has been signed by about two
thirds of the voters in the borough, who
are alleged to represent about three ffths of
the taxes paid here, aud this it seems to us
ought to satisfy the Councilmen that the
people favor the lights. Can there be any
thing back Of this that one cannot see with
The naked eye? We shall keep u eyes
and ears open, and will nave something
more to say about this matter in the near
future.
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snarntown serfbnIIngs.

On Sabbath morning last as Mr.. Henry
Tussey was coming to church his horse
took fright and ran away. As it turned
the corner by the school house the carriage
upset, throwing Mr.. Tussey and his friend
out, and they were caught under the top
and dragged some distance before they could
release themselves. Mr.. Tassey and friend
escaped, however, with but little injury.
The carriage was badly shook up, as it
was dragged a considerable distance on the
top before the horse was captured, and
when caught he was SO much excited that
it took several men to manage him.
The annual picnic of the Sabbath school
in the II. Z. church of this place, will be
held in a grove near by on Wednesday,
the oath instant.
The regular Egyptian lotus lilies are
now in full bloom in the pond near by.
The lotus is a rare plant for this climate,
and many come long distances to gather
them.
The ladies OF the W. C. T. I. are talk
ing Of having a social in the near future,
to assist them in their work. While We
have no rum sold in this place, the Union
feels that a vigilant watch should be kept
lest the curse should be introduced by one
Of Satan's imps, and they also wish to help
other places rid themselves of the plague.
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A correspondent ofthe New York Times
says: GA good many Of the fourth-class
Postmasters who are being appointed by
the Postmaster General are surprised when,
on taking the office, they find that they
must count all the letters they send away
by each mail. 4 had always supposed,
said one of them, 'tIat we received our
pay according 10 the number of stamps
sold, but | find that it is not on that basis
that our salaries are computed, but on the
basis of the amount of matter mailed, SO
that before every mail we must count the
letters to make up our report. Ii was not
always thus. The change was made for an
odd reason. When the fourth-elass Post
masters paid according to the number of
stamps sold, the officials a. Washington
we're sometimes surprised at the unprece-
denied growth of an Office. Soon the
growth became general, and it was q mat
ter of surprise with what rapidity the sale
of stamps at the small Offices increased,
At the same time a terrible falling off was
noticed in the sale of stamps in New York,
Philadelphia, and other large post-of-
fees. 1t was not long before the cause
was dis covered. Most of the f~ourth-elass
Postmasters are country storekeepers.
The houses from whom they purchased
goods authorized agents to offer to take
payment for their goods in stamps instead
of cash. OF course in all cases the offer
was accepted, for. as the Postmaster got a
percentage on the sale Of stamps, this
amounted practically to a reduction inprice.
Large bills of goods were purchased by
country storekeepers who were also Post
masters. They were paid for in stamps,
and the stamps were reported to Washing
ton as among the sales. Salaries jumped
up at a marvellous rate. And in the mean
time the New York and Philadelphia mer-
chants used the stamps received from the
country and bought none at home. The
Government lost thousands of dollars in
salaries before the swindle was discovered. -
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sanuafh observance.

In view of the pending discussion on the
question of Sabbath observance, we have
been requested to publish the following re-
sumo of a sermon delivered by Rev. W. III.
Furness, d. D., L. L. D., and ~stenograph-
really reported by L. b. Ware.
''He remarked that he could not simply
read them an old sermon. The memories
of their long associations together, their
great kindness to him, and especially of
late, swept over him and he felt constrained
TO speak to them in a closer, less formal
manner than the ordinary sermon. Al
though lie had severed his formal
connection with the church, it was i'm
possible that he should not feel the deepest
interest in its welfare. If it fiourished he
wosld rejoice, and If it were to decay he
would grieve, but he would not have it
maintained except its supporters found it
useful and helpful TO them. He was not
a believer in public worship as a
divine ordinance. 1t was not a divine ordi-
nance at all. 1t was purely a human in
stitution. Nowhere was it inculcated by
Jesus Christ. nor were the weekly church
services anywhere directed in the christian
scriptures. They had vaiue only as they
were participated in spontaneously and
apart from custom or customary incentives.
Some of the best and purest among us sell
dom or never entered a church. Not a few
Of these highly intelligent and cultured
people hold that they could obtain better
instruction from the printed words OF their
favorite authors than they could from the
ordinary pulpit. Should it be said that
they failed in observance of the Sabbath ?
He thought mott Church going was not a
duty. Many attend church because Of the
example such attendance set, others be-
cause in some indist.nct manner they had
an idea that it was a good thing to do, and
very proper. Yet others were regular
church geers because of habit and because
they were led by the numbers. He had nc
hesitation in pronouneing all these reasons
as unworthy, indeed If these were the mo.
tiyes ~actuating them they had better new eI
attend church, such attendance was not an
observance of the Sabbath, on the contrary
it was a violation, a Dissertation thereof.
Sabbath in the Hebrew signified s'rest, :
and unless the day was devoted to rest il
was not observed as God designed it houlti
be. As a day Of rest even human wisdom
recognized it's value. There was absolute
necessity for rest periodically from the or
binary tolls and cares Of life. Ihoss who
recognize this necessity work the better and
moro successfully for the recognition. b
rest would be obtained by one person in sb'
| staining from physical labor "A indnIging
in mental exercise; by another. whose abors
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1889-07-19

Tt,o adoo d.ve,y oor,morood ., c,,dov
week. This season, which we believe lasts
six weeks, is regarded by many persons as
more unhealthy than that which inmedi-
ately precedes or succeeds it, and as being
a time when mankind is more liable to at
tacks from disease from exposure or i'm
prudence in their general habits. If there
is no foundation in fact for this belief, it is
a superstition of long standing.
THO email bov,s vacation time hos con,o
and bo roame oio,t roas ia hsthina oots
his back tanned, eats fruit as he finds it,
repeats the dose, goes a-fishing,. gets in a
humble bees nest and is charged upon by
f~orty-five of the volunteers, bruises his
toes, forgets to saw or cut wood, but cuts
up several other kinds of capers that seem
perfectly natural to Kim, but, unnatural
to any body else--to hear them talk.
noa,,o,te ha,o boor ,,ato for Tho
tra;n ioay;na Woodstoyn 1T aigbt o'clock
A NJ on Iaiv o5tb ~ ston al Tomlin eta
t;on for tho a-coommodatiop Of those desir-
inc 70 attend the 10 q, r.. and w. d. r.
U. picnic at Packers Grove on that Gay.
Mrs. Lathrep, Who is one OF The fnestspeak,
ers IN the VIC. 1. u, has Deen secured
Tor an ADDRESS. lhese gatherings are
growing III popularity, ana ms year VIII
doubtless see a large attendance.
r G. Hvde of Vineland. commenced a
canvass of our borouoh TODAY. with a view
to having the pronerty holders number
their residences and BUILDINGS. nermission
for tho same having been Granted by Conn
Gil. East avenue has been selected as the
DIVIDING or central line running East, and
West. and Main street will divide the num-
bers ON the other streets. the numbers run
nine in both directions from these two d.
viding streets.
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Churen Nofes.

The subject for the Tuesday evening
prayer-meeting at the Baptist church is
''The Christians secret of a happy life;''
leader Miss Annie i. Macaltioner.
The pastor of the Sharptown N. E.
church will preach next Sabbath, 10 A.
NJ, on s'The Great Attraction atSP. nj.
'Lost Opportunity.
John Dussman, of Salem, a student in
Crozier Theological Seminary, will preach
in the Baptist Church at this place next
Sunday, both morning and evening.
Preaching at the NJ. f. Church by the
pastor, Rev. A. II. Eberhardt, next Sab
bath-10 A. NJ, sThc harvesters of the
first century," 7.45 p. NJ, ga midnight
dream which was not all a DREAM"
The Mt. Zion A. M. z. Church will hold
a camp-meeting on the old camp ground. il
Bushtown, on Sunday, July 2Sth and Aug
ust 4th. Able speakers will be present,
and preaching will be held at 1880 A. NJ,
8 and SIP. NJ. Rev. +. S. johnson, pastor
will be in charge.
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NgIksca Hill.

Harrison townships tax rate this year is
St.0s on the 500, and is made up as fol-
lows: County 80 cents, State School 30,
road 90, poor ., incidental G.
The new K. of P. officers nave been in
stalled as follows: p. c., Charles Firman:
G. G., ]. S. Hunter; Y. c., VIM. Shea;
Prelate, DR.. e. E. DETROIT; NJ. at A., Jos.
Murphy; /. c., w. f. Mankins; @. c.,
Elwood Kier.
4 very curious accident happened here
on Thursday. While Aaron Berton was
moving in the meadow along the creek,
n of his horses slipped off the embank-
ulent into the water. causing the other to
fall into the water also. One of the horses
got his foot between the collar and neck
Of the other, which held its head under the
water and it was drowned before assistance
could be rendered. The drowned animal
was valued at two hundred dollars.
The demand for houses TO rent still con
tinues, as nobody seems to be moving to
supply the demand.
Large quantities Of potatoes are being
shipped by railroad. The price paid at
the station is 81 .25 4 barrel, but VIII prob
ably 90 lower. The crop is only fair.
James Benezet has cut some of the largest
grass that probably was ever raised in
Gloucester county. From two acres Mr..
Benezet cut s tons and 2s5 lbs. of hay.
On Monday night of last week Winfield
Sithens lost a very fine young horse, for
which lie had refused 5000. The animal
was a very rapid walker and very impetu-
Gus, and it is thought that the aus Of
its death was due TO the intense heat ofth
day, although Mr.. Sithens frequently
favored it, as it was young and Of a new
Gus disposition, by removing it from the
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1ied.

FLITCRAFT Al his residence in Woods
town. July 18th, George Fliteraft, agede 6 years.
sIMs-In Salem, July 18th, Mary A. Sims, in
her 18th year.
GRISCOM-In salem, July 18th, Ruth G..
Griscom, wife Of Charles w. Griscom.
GRIsCOM-In Salem, July 18th, John. in
FAINT son Of Charles W. and Ruth G. Griscoa.
BOYER = In Elsinboro, July 18th, John
Boyer, aged 50 years.
SHEPPARD Near Daretown, May 3lst,
Hannah A., wife of Ebenezer l.. sheppard, in
the 65th year of her age.
BROWN-June 25th, at her residence in West
Philadelphia, HANNAH larrow, widow OF the
late Jonathan l. Brown, OF salem, and daugh-
ter of the late DR.. Thomas Yarrow. of sharp
town, aged IS years.
MORRISON Near swedesboro, July eth,
Mamie, child of Thomas and Ella Morrison /,
aged 10 months.
COOPER-At Pedricktown, July 9Th, Anna
B., child of Howard 5. and Maggie copper,
aged Is months and ? days..
sPARks-At s~wedesboro. July 9th, Fannie
B.. daughter of Mark c. and Fannie ;. Sparks,
aged Is years and 9 months.
ABBOTT.-In Denver Colorado, on duly II,
Laura ", daughter OF the late Gabriel l.. and
Elizabeth II. Abbott, of Jni0nville, Gloucester
County, Nj.
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The Salem p~ostoflice now pays 81, 800
per annum.
Mayor Acton, of Salem, has issued a
proclamation concerning dogs running at
large.
Joseph Guest, an aged and respected
resident Of P~ennsgrove, died suddenly
IN Tuesday.
The descendants of the ~centennarian MI
chael Potter held a basket picnic.a at Willow
Grove yesterday.
A number of tomato patches on the low
lands around Salem were ruined by the
floods and heavy rains of last week.
Thieves entered the wagon house of
Thomas Corson, near Pedricktown, one
night last week, and stole about thirty
bushels of corn.
A convention of the packers of canned
goods of New Jersey will meet in Elmer
OF Monday, July god. The convention is
called to meet at noon
A colored camp meeting is to be held in
Divers Woods, near Pennsgrovc, COM
mencing July 9th and continuing until
August 9th. It will be under the charge
of Rev. BENZ. Scott, of Mt. Zion a. Z. NJ.
P. church.
Inc ldTilcTS jill luG Vicinity oi OtuiItbCH
have organized for their mutual protection,
under the Farmers and Laborers' Union
of America. At the first meeting fifteen
persons signed the roll. Another meeting
was held on Wednesday night.
Harry Counsellor, who has charge of
Reeve Stretch's b~ottling establishment
near Vineland, was arrested last Saturday
week and taken to the lookup at BHena
Vista. charged with assaulting the wife of
a man named Campbell of that place.
The Warrington authorities have built a
gravel bank every day for nearly q week,
in order to keep the water from overflow
ing their causeway from Claysville to the
Covered Bridge, but the high tide of each
night takes it away, and the driveway has
been very much damaged.
According to announcement a meeting
was held at the Court House at Salem on
Tuesday for the purpose Of forming a Soci-
ETY. for the Prevention of Cruelty to Child
rem. There being but few present the
meeting adjourned until Friday afternoon,
the Goth inst, at the same place.
A. firm Of contractors are erecting on the
Clements property, Salem, adjoining STRAIT
toms lime kiln and the little creek, several
buildings for the Atlantic Refining Com
pany, of Philadelphia. The buildings to
be erected are n warehouse, boiler house,
barn, and an IRON tank. The coal oil will
be brought to Salem in tank cars, and
pumped from the cars into the tank, which
will be built along the railroad extension.
This plant will be used as Il distributing
centre for this part o fSouth Jersey. Tank
wagons will be used in distributing oil to
the company's customers.
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New Jersey Peaei, Crop.

The peach crop in this State, says the
State Gazette, will not be as large as was
anticipated. In some localities the yield
will be fair, while in others the orchards
will not have more than q half crop. II
the season is favorable the peaches may
make up in size and quality what is lost in
amount. About Hightstown, Pennington
and Titusgille the peaches dropped in uu-
usual numbers during the month of June.
This was probably caused by tie great
amount of wet weather during that month.
Every year much of the green fruit drops
at this time or the June fall.'' as peach
men term it, but not often in SO great guam
titles as this season. The Mountain Rose,
a fine white peach, viii be in the market in
about a weeks time. This is one Of the
best early varieties, and grows to perfee-
tion in the orchards near Tardville and
Pennington. The Crawford, early and
late, two of the best yielding yellow peach
es, will probably be the most plentiful Of
the canning varieties.
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Aaew uncnfno for masin. eana.

There is a machine in operation at the
machine shops of j. Lewden Robson, at
Bridgeton, says the Pioneer, which attracts
wide spread attention and is one of the
most complete ever put together. The ma
chine is for the making of cans for packing
tomatoes and other products. The inven-
tor and owner of the machine, {. W. Sleep
or, of Island Pond, Vermont, has just put
up the machine and is overseeing its first
operations.
The machine is now under control of c..
r. Merriam, the ~weIl-kuown inventor of
canning machinery, and he Will operate it.
On Thursday afternoon 4 Pioneer reporter
was permitted to watch the operation of a
machine, which is said, can do almost any,
thing but talk. 1t a first glance, the ma
chine seems rather complicated, but 2
closer inspection reveals & different state OF
things. Standing in front of the machine
is the operator. lie takes 4 fiat piece of
tin, which is fed in the machine. This is
fitted close around a roand iron and is then
moved from the feeder, while another cyl
inder takes its place. The first cylinder
which is now holding tightly the oval
shaped tin, stops under q knife which
automatically ents from q ribbon of
solder, q neat strip which falls upon the
seam Of the can. The cylinder then passes
under a soldering iron heated by gasoline,
and the seam is automatically and neatly
soidered. The cylinder then halts for an
instant under 3 pipe through which passes
a current Of air for cooling the seam, and
then the can falls from the machine into a
crate. OF 0 tie can is minus top and
bottom. The capacity of the machine is
1900 per hour, although it can make 1900.
Mr.. Merriam mas rented the second story
Of the shops, and after q crate of headless
and bottom1ess cars is filled, it is taken
up stairs. Here too. is the busy hum Of a
prosperous place. Ten mon are employed
in running the headers and hoaters, put
ting on the bottoms and tops of The ans.
These tops and bottoms are made from
sheets of tin cut by dies right in the room.
The headers and hoaters used are OF the
patent Of Mr.. Merriam. After the cans
are completed. they are inspected, packed
and shipped to dealers in Philadelphia,
from whom Slr. Merriam las received
many large orders.
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me Coz wore Knlea.

Frankiinviile's excitement over tic visit
of the mad dog which bit eleven COWS was
followed last Monday by the slaughter Of
six Of the animals which had gone mad,
Two each belonged to VIM. Blackjack, Is
4uire McCurdy and Thos. Wilson. The
other five animals do not as yet show any
signs Of being oyertaken with the rabies;
nor do any Of the dogs give indication Of
being under the influence Of poison. Under
4 law passed at the last session Of the
Legislature the Township Committee viii
appoint two freeholders TO assess the dam
ages. The value ofthe COWS is estimated
between $40 and $50 each. The damage
account will be aslarge enc for the town.
shin.
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STILES-NAYLOR.-At the residence of the
brides parents in Pennsgrove. July 10th, 1859,
by Rev. W. Margerum, John NJ. stiles, of Sa-
lem, and Miss Annie L. Naylor.
RINEAR-CR AFT-On June 10Th, Mt Tren-
ton, Howard ;. Rinear, of Salem, and Miss
Rose Craft, of Pennington.
MILLER-DALTOS-In Woodstown, June
18th, before John w. Goforth, Justice of the
Peace, Herman Miller, of Gloucester Co, to
Mrs. Nellie Dalton, of oodstown-
STARINBARG-ABR AMS-On July 10th. by
Geo. NJ. Bacon, Esd, Mr.. Natan s~tarinbarg 10
Miss Dora Abrams, both OF Alliance Colony.
Salem county.
PIERCE-HAMILTON-At Deerfeld, July
30, by Rev. T.. 7. Dugan, Elm f.. Pierce and
Josephine Hamilton, all OF Elmer.
UNCONSTITUTIONAL The home OF
the brides father. Francis Tomlinson, near
shiloh, July IL, 1859, by Rev. T. l.. Gardiner,
L. TomlinSon.
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New Ronfo TO rane sEnY.

The Sea Isle City projectors have beer
most persistent in seeking another coast
road in South Jersey. Efforts started by
them, chief among whom is Mr.. Chas. K,
lands, have resulted in the gathering In
of financial help amounting to about 5000
600, the understanding being that the road
should not stop until It reached Cape May,
Last week engineers began the survey o.
the new road that is to connect with the
New Jersey Southern road at WinsloW
Junction, running through the coast towns
Of Cape May county. Large land owners
like the Woods at Mays Landing and
MillViile arc said to be anxious for the road
to run through their tracts and have there.
fore given it financial help.
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0aana,naker's
PHILADELPHIA. Monday, July Is. lsss.
Closed Saturdays at I P. M.

lfyour buying thought is Dress
Goods, write us stating the kind
of fabric you have in mind, or
the purpose for which you desire
to use it, with the price you wish
to pay, and we will promptly
place in your hands samples of
the best we can supply at the
price. That should mean the
best anywhere, for the Wanna
maker stock Of Dress Goods is
the largest and best selected we
know of in the world. Ii you
do not know the technical name
of the goods, no matter: tell us
how they look TO your eyes, or
how you suppose they look, and
we will find them.
Just so of anything else; settle
on what you want, as near as
may be. and write for it
Sporting things,
Fishing tackle,
Furnishing goods.
Toilet articles,
Millinery fixtures,
Books OF every SOFT,
and the thousand other things
for home use or wear or house
decorating that we have a store
full Of.
JOHN WANAmAKER-
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what s1. s%Mitnin.s nax EorefoIa.

Tuesday was St. Swithin's Day, and as
rain fell during the early morning, VIC may
count on fair weather for The next forty
days. The old saying:
ssSt: swifhin's Day, if thou dost rain,
For forty days rain will remain;
ST. Swithin's Day, If thou be fair.
For forty days twill rain nae mair,"
has a great many adherents despite the
fact that during q number of years a record
was kept of the effect Of the 10Th Of July
on the succeeding forty days. It was found
that in twenty years the greatest number
of rainy DAYS occurred when st. Switilin's
Day, July 10Th, was dry.