The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1889-08-16
LOCAL N EWS.

BY all means go to the basket picnic at
Tomlin's Grove on Wednesday.
Take your family for days pleasure to
Tomln's Grove on Wednesday, fare only
80 cents; Is cents for children.
The annual reunion and fishing trip of
the Richman family and their friends, was
held at Ballinger's Mill yesterday.
If there is anything that is less palatable
in this world than the gum on the back of
a postage stamp we don't care to taste of
It,
The prospective scarcity of watermelons
has led to a decided advance in prices.
The quality Of cantaloupes is still COM
planned of.
A special meeting of Borough Council
will be held this evening to consider the
question of electric lights for the streets of
the Borough.
The annual meeting of the Salem county
Protective Association, No. l, will be held
In McAllister's Hall on Monday, August
Goth, at 2 o'clock, p. M.
What are called tho dog days will end
on the 20th of this month. In the mean
time popular superstition makes the sea-
son an unhealthy one and the human sys-
tenn an easy prey to disease.
A colored man standing at the foot of
Market street, Philadelphia, and seeing the
cable cars moving swiftly up the hill, ex-
claimed "De Lord be praised! He first
freed the slave, and now he's freed the
mule"
Bruna's last excursion for the season
goes on Thursday, August 90, 1880, to At
lantic City. This is the last opportunity
that our citizens will have this summer of
noftiu 10 tho caa chora for tho small Gum
Of $1.25.
The simplest way to fumgate a room is
to heat an iron shovel very hot and then
steam arising from this is a disinfectant.
Doors or windows should be opened that
1t may escape.
ID. w. c. Hinchman will sell at public
sale, ON Wednesday, August 81, 1889, on
the farm known as the r. p. Robinson
farm, in the township of Pilesgrove, near
Sharptown, the timber standing on ten
acres OF ground.
Those of our farmers who have threshed
their oats report the yield rather light,
which is due TO the fact that great many
grains were beaten out by the recent heavy
rains before they could be gotten under
shelter or threshed.
A law is proposed requiring all railroads
to advertise in papers, published along
their lines, the schedule of the arriving and
departure of trains. Such a law would
meet with public approval, and have COM
mon sense to back it.
Next Monday evening will be the last
meeting in the year of the Y. w. G. t. u.
The first Monday night in September will
be the election of officers for the ensuing
year. All members are requested to be
present on the evening of September End
The peach crop in this vicinity is almost
Q total failure. The owner of an orchard
near Greenwich, Cumberland County,
which contains 5000 trees, says he will not
have sixty baskets. The tomato crop be-
low Deerfield and Shiloh has been struck
with the blight.
Sugars have declined in price during the
last two weeks about three quarters of a
cent per pound. We give this as notice
to storekeepers who seldom hear of a
decline in prices, though they generally
manage to learn Of any advance. 1t seems
funny, don'titp
4. Alfred Marshall, who lives on the Ira
Cole farm, was in town yesterday with a
load of the best citrons or cantalonpes we
have seen or tasted this season. They were
Of the Jenny Lind variety. Mr.. nj. is not
only one of our best general farmers, but
Z first-class truck raiser as we'll.
The Baptist and Methodist Sunday schools
Of this place will make an excursion to
Tomlin's Grove, on Wednesday next.
Everybody Is asked to take their baskets
aud help to make good time. Fare only
80 cents for adults and 10 cents for chill
creu, tram leaves at o'clock.
On Saturday evening while Harry Wal
lace and Mrs. Z. s. Fogg were driving
through our town, the horse took to kick
log, knocking the dash in, which so fright
ened Mrs. Fogg that she jumped out, fall
ing under the hind wheel which passed
over her. Her injuries were very slight.