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The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1889-11-29

SINECn N VASos
Rev. J.. 3. King, of Philadelphia, will
fill the pulpit of the Baptist church next
Sunday.
The Presbytery of West Jersey will meet
by adjournment in the First Church, Cam
den, Wednesday, Dec. 4, at z. NJ.
The Rev. Edward Dillon, pastor of the
Woodbury. Presbyterian Church, has re-
ceived a call from the Presbyterian Church
at Mifiintown, Pa.
The Methodist Church was well filed
last Sunday night, when the pastor, Rev.
A. II. Eberhardt delivered the first of a
series of ermon to young men.
Rev. A. E. Ballard lectured in the Pres
byterian church at Fairton on Sunday
morning last, and spoke in the NJ. e.
church at that place in the evening.
The subject at the next meeting of the
Society for Christian E%ndeavor, in the
Baptist chapel next Tuesday night, is 'sOur
Relation to Christ" TO be led by Mrs.
Sallie Capper.
A committee has been appointed to con-
slider the ACCESSIBILITY of printing the
proceedings of the semi-centennial of the
West Jersey Presbytery in pamphlet form.
The quality of the papers read before the
II tsAlb teSA
The pastors theme at the Sharptown NJ.
E.church next sabbath at 101 will be The
certainty, or necessity of a future life, !"
followed by a short series of sermons each
Sabbath at 10t. First "The intermediate
state; the recognition of friends in Heaven,
etc."
At the weekly meeting Of the Methodist
Episcopal Ministers in Camden on Monday
Rev. A. II. Eberhardt, of Woodstown, read
a paper on How to Reach and Hold the
Young People" Revs. j. B. Graw, ID. d.,
Joseph Handley and Jesse Stiles discussed
the paper.
The attendance at the Thanksgiving SER
vice held in the Baptist Church yesterday
morning was not very large. The sermon
was delivered by Rev. A. II. Eberhardt, of
the NJ. i. Church, who took as his subject
sour Country giving an interesting and
able address.
At the NJ. L. Church next Sabbath, 10
A. NJ, the Sacrament of the Lords Supper
will be administered at the close of the SER
vices. In the evening the pastor, Rev. A.
II. Eberhardt, will preach the second OF the
series of sermons to young men, subject:
'Peculiar Dangers Surrounding Young
Men, Free seats and a welcome to all,
both old and young.
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IireEtoru.
WEST JERSEY RAILROAD.
On and after October sth, 1889.

Trains going north.-7.07 and 500 A.. NJ, l2.4s
and 4. % P. NJ. Sundays, 7.2 A.. NJ, and 4.53'P. M.
Trains going south.-9.29A A. NJ, 247, $40 and
6.5J p. NJ. Sundays, 9.33 A. NJ. and 6. 80 p. M.
Trains leave Philadelphia.-S.2 20 A. M, l. 30. A. 10
and $40 P. NJ. SUNDAYS, 8.15 A. NJ. and SIS P, M.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1889-11-29

Office hours, 500 A. M. to 800 p. T..
Oflice hours for money order business. q
A. NJ. to 100 P. NJ.
MAILs-Close at 6.45 and SOB A. NJ, 1913 and
413 p. NJ. Arrive ut $3.50 A. NJ, 500 and Z 90 p M
SALEM MAILs-Close at JIG A. M. and 4.40 p. M
Arrive at 1888 and AIS p. NJ.
SHARPTowN M~AILs-Close at {. 80 A. M. Arrive
at 7.30 A. ii.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1889-11-29
Obituary.

Anna A. Taylor, teacher in the primary
department OF our public school, received
word on Monday night of the death of her
mother at Elmer, where she has been resid-
ing. Miss Taylor went to Elmer on Tues
day morning and her department in the
school has been closed during her absence.
Miss Mollie Abbott, who has been in
the employ of 1. s. Custer, Son s. Co.,
Philadelphia, but now filling a position at
Huntingdon, Pa, during the holiday
months, was called to her home at Bridge
ton on Tuesday by the death of her
brother, Edward II. Abbott. The de-
ceased, who was in his 23d year, had been
an invalid for some time past. The in
terment took place at Salem yesterday.
The death of Mr.. Elias johnson, at Co.
hansey, just over the county line, removes
from the n~eighborhood one of the best
known and most widely-connected resi-
dents of that section.
Indeed it can be safely affirmed that in all
that settled part of the country, compris-
ing a limit of several square miles, there is
scarcely a family but that is remotely or
closely connected with the Johnsons. either
by marriage or a c~onsangulnity relation.
1t is also worthy Of remark that of the
long and prolific line of ancestry on his
fathers side, most of whom are now de-
| ceased, but few ever removed from the
neighborhood, the subject of this brief
sketch living the rather long and to him,
| entirely u%neventful period of nearly 70years
| within less thar a mile of he spot which
| gave him birth.
There may have been bluer skies, and
| softer airs, and fairer fields elsewhere, but
if SO, they never had an attraction sufficient
to charm this village Hampton from his
| native heath, the beloved home of his child
hood. There his fathers lay side by side in
the quiet village cemetery, there he was
born and reared, and there, as he express
ed it, he expected to live and die.
Two years ago, and over, the deceased
was taken seriously i'll without hope OF
ultimate recovery, and sending for a life
long friend of his, the Rev. Joseph Blow
en-, made what he believed his dying
request that he (Mr. b. preach his funeral
| sermon, when the occasion required, from
| Matt. 21-22: ssAnd all things whatsoever ye
shall ask in prayer, believing. ye shall re-
! ~ceive.o Mr.. Bowen held this posthumous
| request ofhis friend sacred, and Oh Monday,
in the presence of quite a large c%oncourse
of friends, delivered this dying message, to
the living as he said, and not to the dead
Mr.. johnson was a member of the Lu-
theran church at Friesburg, and died in
the faith. His pastor, the Rev. Mr.. Diet
terich, also officiated at the funeral service.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1889-11-29

The following is a list of the signers
to the application of Samuel French,
Woodstown, for license, May term of
court, 1889:
Ewalt Richman, Philip i. Keen,
Geo. w. Barton, John 7. Hughes,
Richard Costing, John X. Deacon,
ID. b. Waddingtop, Daniel Keen,
John Holmes, Frank. p. Wallace,
James ID. Lawson, John S. Redstrake,
Michael Garvey, Ernst Becker,
Nicholas Justice, Elton l. Rogers.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1889-11-29

the 18th. 1t will be mild from the 18th to
the 21st."
"The second great storm period of the
season will enter on the ed. Violent
snow storms will occur in the Western
States, moving eastward and reaching the
Atlantic coast by the oath, when we will
have good sleighing for Christmas, which
will be a cold, sharp day, followed by
very cold weather in the Northern States.
The coolest weather will occur from Dec.
% to 81. New Years callers will have a
mild, cloudy day. Threatening weather
and rain will follow. The only earth
quake Of the year will be felt in Asia in
the latter part of December. New York
will not be visited by a blizzard this year.
A cyclone will move along the coast from
Florida to Maine about the middle of jan
uary. 1t will not do any serious damage
on land. Winter weather will prevail
steadily until it breaks for a warm, early
spring"
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1889-11-29

Those young men acting the role of
White Caps had better go slow. Cross
bones, hangman's nooses and unmarked
graves may be innocent little things on
paper, but in the eyes of the law and in a
court of justice they are as big as prison
walls. Remember Uncle Sam doesn't run
the post-ofice department. in the interest
of such foolishness. If he takes it into his
head some these days to nave an inVesti-
CATION you may wish you hadn't done it.
If you are impressed with the idea that
you were born to right the worlds wrongs,
go forth boldly like a true knight, don't
go skulking around under cover like a
sneak-you may get hurt. The world
applauds a hero but kicks a coward.
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The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1889-11-29

"Around the world in seventy-ive
days So says Nellie BLY,. Unattended
and with only a grip sack in hand a wo.
man is to beat the worlds record and ac-
complish in fact what man has only done
in fiction. Hurrah for Nellie BLY,! TWEEN
ty-fve thousand miles, over oceans and
across continents, and without a Saratoga
trunk. Led by Pan and rocked by Nep-
tune among Arabs and the heather
Chinee. Talk about pluck--pluck wears
pettieoats. When she gets back won
the nice young men bow and compliment
and want her to change her name. And
won't the old mossbaekers wish they were
young again. Nellie, you have set the
world a-thinking. Around this terrestrial
globe with only a change of underwear.
Then why deplete a dry-goods store when
the ''dear things want to take a weeks
outinge JOSIAH.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1889-11-29
Scraps.

Who is doing the buying? We hear
complaints of hard times. No non and
no business. And yet business enterprises
are multiplying. Have you seen the new
meat market house with its big roasts and
tempting loins on hook and block, and the
dashing team and fancy rig with the genial
"Doc'' Hewitt ornamenting the front,
ready to serve you with a good roast or
steak? We had heard that Durham was a
hustler, and surely this looks like business.
Let's see-one, two, three, four, five meat
wagons in town, allfall in the morning and
empty at night. Hard timesl well, well.
We overheard a conversation the other day
in which we learned that one ofour enterpris-
ing merchants cashed over six hundred and
fifty dollars on a recent Saturday. Over
Sc cents a minute from opening at
seven O'Clock in the morning until closing
at ten O'Clock at night. And yet hard
times, and no money. Who's doing the
buying?
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1889-11-29

Don't we wish we were a granger; talk
about the hayseeder! Did you see the
grangers the other night, when they left
their hall in Turner's block? As fne-look-
ing set of men and women as ever graeed
a meeting. Intelligent, well-dressed and
full of mirth and good humor. And the
young grangeresses. aren't they daisies? l
nave been told on the sly that some of them,
at least. can make bread that won't keep
you awake at night, write a poem and sing
you a jolly song. We hear there is a lit
erary contest between the grangers and
graugeresses of Woodstown Grange, and
that the wager is an oyster supper. We
don't know that it is any of our business,
but we hope the grangeresses will win.
We are always on the side of the women.
Ever since Adam lied about Eve, and
blamed her for all his trouble, man has
been claiming lordship over creation. To-
day woman is disputing the claim in every
department of activity. We believe she is
going to do the lording in the future. We
want TO keep on good terms with them,
hence our position.
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PLEseRovE LIBRARY AND READING II,

~ OPEN SATUhDA1o fhoM o.UW TO 3.OO p. NJ.
second story Riley's Building.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1889-04-03
It's Woman!
06itV tiy.

Died, on the 9th of March, in
Webster county, Mat, the loving
son of Mr.. and Mrs. j. T. Foster,
aged II years and three months.
he was an obeoient son, a loving
brother and pleasant playmate,
lie was taken sick on Thursday at
three o'clock and died Friday
night at nine. He called his
mother and his aunt to the
bedside and told them he saw the
smoothest and brightest pace he
had ever seen in his life. If we
could all say as he did in his last
moments that we could see on the
other shore it would be ioy
and pleasure to us on earth. MAY
we all press on till we reach the
bright place he spoke Of in his last
moments. The bright flowers may
fade, the birds that twitter at dark
may not be the ones to greet the
dawn, sunshine and shadow may
come and go, yes, all may sink be-
meath the tide of time whose waves
must at sometime lash against the
shores of eternity But there will
be other flowers to bloom, other
children to come, but dear Mat
will come no more on earth. There
are other children, but none can
fill the place of the noble boy who
has gone to dwell with his Savior.
Too fair thing to die; oh, could
we redeem him with our lives.
l go where the loved ones who
have left you dwell.
And the flowers are not death
fare ye well.
His Uncle,
y. S. CARTER
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1889-04-03
Between Sentence and Execution.

The rule in England. even in
cases where there Is no doubt that
the sentence will be carried out,
allows three Sundays only 10 inter
vene between the trial and the ex-
ecution, so that if a man is tried
on a Saturday he has very little
more than fortnigh. allowed to
prepare; but where there is hope
of rsprieve, the delay Of the an
noupcement that the man is to die
till within a few hours of his exe>
cution not only adds a torturing
element to his punishment which
he has not legally incurred, but it
limits the time Of his real prepare
ton to the OF e last agitating day
when his friends come to take q fl
nal leave OF him. The matter is
not one of minor Importance. as
was keenly telt, we believe, by the
sanity Able Croze, the chaplain
of La RoqHette in Paris, who min
istered to all the culprits that dur
ing period of twenty-five years
expiated their crimes on the gull
lotine. The French system of hav.
ing man in complete ignorance of
the time when his execution is to
take place until the fatal hour act>
ually arrives told very heavily
against that good priests efforts to
bring such criminals as Tropman,
Avignoin, and Billoir to fit state
of preparation for their entrance
upon the dread eternity. The
strange laxity OF French discipline
allowed some OF these men to he
engaged in playing cards with Their
jailers till within a few hours of
their death, but it may be doubted
whether the more decent provis-
ions of our English custom, which
dedicates a mans last day to fares
well interviews with his friends,
can avail to render that brief SPACE
OF time sufficient for the heavy re-
sponsibilities with which it is
weighted. = Blaskwood's Maya
zine.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1889-04-03
EiH the Earth Fdh to Piecess

One writer asks whether it is
safe to bore thu earth too much.
He assumes the earth to be a hol~
low sphere, filled with a gaseous
substance, called by US natural
gas, and he thinks that tapping
these reservoirs will cause disas-
trous explosions, resulting from
lighted gas coming in contact with
that which is escaping. Earth,
quakes, he says, are probably
caused by vacuums created by the
outhowing gas. He compares the
earth to a balloon floated and kept
disteuded by the gas in the interi-
rior. which, il exhausted, will
cause the trust to collapse, affect
the motion of the earth in its orb
it, cause it to lose its place among
the heavenly bodies and fall in
pieces.
Another writer thinks that boring
should te prohibited by stringent
law. He, too, thinks there
is a possibility Of an exp!o>
sion, though from another eau e.
Should such disaster occur "the
conutry along the gas belt from
Toledo through Ohio, Indiana and
Kentucky will be ripped to the
depth of 1900 or 800 feet and
Topped over like pancake, leav.
ing a chasm through which the wa
tors Of Lake Erie viii come howl
ing down, filing the Ohio and Mis-
sisSippi valleys and blotting them
out forever"
Still another tlieorist has inve,,
tigated the gas wells with tele-
phones and dslieAt9 thernom eters.
and he announces startling discoy-
cries. He distinguished sounds
like the boiling of rocks, and esti-
mated that mile and half or so
beneath Findlay the temperature
OF the earth is $500 degrees. This
scientist says an immense cavity
exists under Findlay, and that here
the gas Is stored; that mile below
the bottom of the cavity is mass
Oh roaring, seething fame. which
is gradually eating into the rocky
floor Of the cavern and thinning it.
Eventually the flames will reach
the gas, terrific explosion will
ensue, and Findlay and its neigh-
borhool will be blown skyward in
an instant. Such are some of the
theories glgvely rropaqn lei in re-
srect 70 this new !uel.-Joseph F.
James,
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1889-04-03
roam vas hroaght Forward for n

room was brought forward for me
to sit down. This was
THE HOME OF A MORMON CONVERT.
While poorer than some Of his
nelghbo-s he was above the aver>
age in intelligence, being able to
read 3 little. He was an enthusi-
astic believer in the doctrines of the
Latter Day Saints and from large
pasteboard box filled with old cir
Gus posters and patent medicine
almanacs, he drew forth package
OF Mormon literature which he in
sisted would fully explain his
reasons for the faith that was in
him.
The most intelligent, and by far
the most communicative of the deg
en- or more elders | met, was Elder
d. j. Allen, who left Utah only a
few months ago for three years of
missionary work 10 Alabama.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1889-04-03
A Good Place for The Lazy Club.

A letter from COST Rica SAYS
that the people there take life cas-
lily. 1t takes twenty employees to
run u short train of cars All dress
IN gorgeous uniforms, and the
conductor is respondent in sill
yer and gold decorations. Pas SEN
engers purchase tickets on credit,
ahd sixty days are allowed for the
payment of freight bills. Out in
the country goods are carried
by OK teams, and it frequently
takes team a week to make sixty
miles. Nobody IS in hurry and
cares to do to-day what can lie
done tosmorrow. The necess ries
of life are cheap, end long credit is
forced upon the purchaser. No
body steals anything, and poor
steamster will carry thousands Of
dollars maxy miles for thirty cents.
Such thing as highway robbery
is unheard of. The people have
no violent prejudice against any>
thing bnt hard work, and they will
do anything to help a stranger un>
til he proves himselt disagreeable.
Then they will notify him to leave,
and if he is slow about it they will
force him to 60. Altogether, Cos
ii RIGA is pleasant place to live
in.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1889-04-03
The Ladies FavOnts.

The newest fashion in ladies' hst2
will doubtless cause a futter Of
pleasurable excitement emong the
fair EEK. Ladies are always sus.
ceptible to the oh nges Of fashion
plates, and the more startling the
departure the more earnest the
gossip over the new mode. DIR.
Pierce's Favorite Prescription Is a
positive cure for all the ills whick
atflict females and make their lives
miserable. This sovereign pana.
cea can be relied on in cases Of
displacements and all functional
arrangements. IL builds up the
poor, haggard aud dragged-out
victim and gives her renewed hvpe
and fresh lease Of lite. 1t is the
only medicine for woman's peculiar
weaknesses and .ailments, sold bes
druggists, under a positive guarsn>
tee from the manufacturers, that it
will give satisfaction in every casa
or morey refunded. Read Fri,
Cd guarantee on bottle wrap.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1889-04-03
Still in TIE R,nn.

Everybody has been busy with
their spring wosE, times have been
dull for the last few weeks and I
have not said much. But am still
with you, and all the time have
been selling the cheapest and best
groceries and liquors IN Southwest
Georgia. Come an to see me and |
will continue 70 sell you the best,
pnrest and cheapest of goods
Specialties in groceries and fine
liquors always an hand. The first
Book Beer OF the SO tson lust mr.
rived, opened fresh every day.
Remember | handle every kind Of
bottled beer III the market.
NJ G. MiNs.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1889-04-03
TTeaty-ElgAt Stories High.

When the newg was received
that Minneapolis, Mimi. was to
have a twenty-eight story building
many persona disbelieved it, but
the scheme is about to materialize.
The plan shows the out line OF
729 rooms, all Of which open from
The interir court, aid every
one of which has window in the
exterior wall. The plans are
drawn for a building 50
feet square at the level of the
sidewalk and tapering little at
the top, which gives it the appear
ance OF lofty tower with almost
countless loopholes. The court
within is scheduled to be 40 by 40,
and in the middle of it sixteen ele-
vators are outlined to litt the ten-
ants to their Offices in the sky. The
building will be $50 feet high and
perfectly fireproof, being of lr,n,
with thin veneering of brick or
terra Gotta.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1889-04-03

AT Atlanta Saturday morning
two women, with babies in their
arms, sat in the Office at police
headquarters. They had drunken
husbands locked up behind
the bars. All night had they
waited and watched for the
sound of approaching footsteps,
and daylight still found them
watching and waiting. In the po-
lice court these faithful wives
pleaded before the Judge for their
husbands, and the tears upon their
cheeks and the babies i'll their arms
softened the judges heart and he
let the drunken husbands of with
light fines-fnes which the wives
paid with money made by lamps
light with needle and thread.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1889-04-03
4 HAUNTED HOUSE M SUMTER.
Stghfs Seen. Noises Heard and Dlahss
RaftIsd.

We learn from a gentleman who
visited the seen that certain house
III the Fiftcenth district is now an
object of interest to the entire com.
muuity, and every night there ara
large crowds there to see the un,
seen and to hear the mysterious
sounds from the inhabitants of the
other world.
The present occupant stood the
noise as long as possible, and then
went to some o. the family with
the intention of giving it up and
king a new home, but was
promised that if he would remain
1t would be remedied. The prom.
ise to Investigate the noises was
kept, but when the young man
WAS there nothing unusual would
happen. The next night, though,
a football was heard walking
through the house. Doors wore
slammed, chairs moved, dishes rat.
tied, and a white form was seen /.
moving around. The farmer and
his family had got use to all this.
and as they were not moleAted
stood it very well, but called in a
eel brattd fortune teller to find out
what was tie matter. She wort
with her pack OF cards, aud whsn
the mystery commenced started
shutting her cards, but this didn't
suit the unknown, and she placed
spell on the cards so they would
not run smooth The fortune tell
or says it is the own erIs vile who
died recently and had eighteen
pieces Of money buried, and she "a
worried about that. She Is going
to try it again some night when
maybe the cards will tell the whole
$ crtt
A few nights since young
farmer boosted that he would 20
and speak to the spook when il
appeared; that he had the courage
to take hold of it, and he would
find out what it was and what il
wanted. In a few mlnuts after
they got there the footstsps were
heard, the noise began in the next
room, hut the brave young man
had collapsed. His courage had
departed and four men cyul.l not
pull him to the door Of the rom.
1t is said that If one speaks to
b. spook it gets msd and tears up
. enerally, making more noise than
ever, and we learn that Rev. Mr..
raven says he will take his BIZ.
ble, 90 there and read verso or
too to the spirit and ask it Whist il
wants. Our informants says that
the spirit will not allow a Bible to
lie read while it is going around.
but will become frantic and rushea
considerably. A number
Of ladies were there few nights
lgo when the thing threw them a
piece Of salt peter.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1889-04-03

JOHN HENRY WILLIAM DEAN
left ToecOa a few days ago just
little in advance of a number of
switches in the hands of several
ToccOa boys. 1t is said that Dean
was trying to win the affections of
a neighbours wife and daughter,
when the young men of the town
instructed him to display his fas,
cinating wiles in other parts-and
he did.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1889-04-03

HE Randolph Agricultural so,
ciety has offered a premium of $40
tor the best yield of corn on an
acre of upland in the county, the
yield not to be less than forty
bushels and as many as ten to en-.
ter the contest.