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The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1890-12-05
(From eur reguIar eorrespondent.l

Z IOul our regular correspondent
WASHINGTON. D. c., Dec. /, 1890.
The quiet opening of the session of Con-
gress to-day is generally recognized as the
calm which always precedes "a storm, and
no session ever gave advance indications of
being more interesting ard stormy than
the short session of the Fifty first Con-
gress, which was raped to oider in both
House and Senate at moor today.
The reading of the Presidents message
was the only business transacted in either
House to-day, and for the time being it is
the exclusive topic Of conversation where
ever you go. Republicans consider it an
extraordinarily able, patriotic and states
manlike document. while Democrats de-
noupce it as a political stump speech. Its
real status is to be found between those
extremes. 1t is, like all of Mr.. HarIison's
public utterances-ext1emely well pre-
pared-it Would tie difficult for anyone to
say what lie does in more choice language;
and it contains no mole partisan politics
than dozens of similar from other
Presidents have contained. 1t certainly
has already resulted in giving Mr.. Harri-
son a much higher rating among the mem
bers of his party in Congress than he has
heretofore had, and it also proves him to
be the possessor of more moral courage,
or as the boys put it sand" or grit"
than he has been credited with having,
and otraadu 81 M .nf 10 1lpoa III. rIc ara
saying that it will give him a renomina-
ton in 1892. don't exactly see it in that
light, but still, stranger things have hap
pened. Under ordinary circumstance 8
President is always renofninated by his
party Tie question is whether the Re-
publican managers will consider recent
events Ordinary circumstances" which
Is to say the least doubtful.
The Republican quorum did not mater
ialize in the House to-day, aid mary hot
headed Democrats are predicting that it
will not, except by fits and jerks during
the session; but the Republican whips"
say they willlave a quorum within forty
eight hours and that it will remain here
until March 4th. next. and it looks as
though they were correct. Tie party has
too much at stake this winter for its mem
bers Of the House TO absent themselves
and 1t isn't likely that any considerable
number Of them will DO so though it is
limited that some of them will exact con-
siderable patronage from the administra-
ton as the price Of their constant attend
ance upon the sessions of the House; but
this is only an untouched for rumor.
One Of the queer aspects Of the political
situation is that the Democrats all talk as
though the Farmers Alliance movement
is to result in the certain election of a
Democratic President in 1892. 1t is al
ready evident that when the Democratic
House comes in an attempt is TO be made
to capture the votes Of that organization
by adopting a number Of the measures to
which the Alliance is pledged. 1t is, OF
course, too early to say whether this move
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1890-12-05

The Chicago Tribune, the leading Re
publican newspaper of the great north
west, calls on the party to repeal the Nc
Kinley bill at the present Congress, aud
once for all make an end Of it. That
might be we'll for the country, allow ing
how ie is to help the g. o. p. Other news
papers and party organs are telling the
party to advance all along the line and
take no backward steps. They charge
them to stand by the recent tariff legisla-
ton and force the odious Force bill on the
people. On this line the Philadelphia
Telegraph has the following:
1t would be quite characteristic OF the
Harrisons, the Reeds, and the Spooners to
do, as our Washington correspondent has
stated they propose to do-to keep right on
along, during the next session, the radical
course they pursued with such disastrous
results to the Republican party during the
last session of Congress. They propose, it
is said. to force the passage by the Senate
of the Lodge Election bill and of a partisan
Apportionment bill. This would be the
very worst sort of bad politics, because it
would be III utter contempt of what 10
known to be the popular will. 1t is not
easy to arouse the American people to ac-
ton as they were aroused at the late cleo
ton, but being once aroused only fools of
the compound, all-round sort attempt to
go on fooIing with them, getting them
madden and madden. They were mad
enough on that occasion to satisfy people
of ordinary requirements, but they would
be a good deal madder and would prove it
two years hence if the radical tactics OF
the last session were carried to the lengths
of extreme partisan legislation. There
was no measure before Congress last spring,
not even the Mckinley DILL, which was so
unpopular, which created such general and
profound indignation as the Force bill,
and for the reason that it was universally
recognized as a most corrupt partisan Act,
as an Act u~nrepublican and undemocratic,
and intended to be used to keep the party
Of the majority in Congress in power
against the possible contrary wish of the
country. 1t was justly regarded as a par
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s.YeteranS,

DEAR EDIToR:-I read in the paper
lately the announcement of veteran day.
in one Of the churches in a neighboring
village. II caused me TO question within
myself is 1t right with the salary we pay
to day to have such a day as that to make
US go agaiu to our pocket books and re-
%luctantly, not cheeriully, pay a little more
after We have paid all We are able to our
present pastor-and still he is not paid up.
Ii we as farmers received the money some
pastors do in one year We would meet our
expenses and lay up money for old age. |
am a member of a society that pay their
pastor-I guess they all do but the society
of Friends and the love that seems to be
maintained amongst them and the counten-
ance that beams on their face shows that
Christ is doing his work within and that
their sufficiency is of God who has made
them able ministers of the new testament.
Although | am u member of a paying
society l think when | read how the
Apostles were sent without money or
script, and of the Israelites, the christian
traveller is not permitted to eat of mama
which was gathered yesterday, but must
rely upon God for daily bread 10 sustain
the soul, that the ministers otto day should
be more like them and not depend too
much on the congregation for salary. The
Apostles did not receive salaries for preach
ing nor even gifts for their services. They
wrought with their own hands and were
authorized to eat sueh things as were set
before them, but to-day IL is far from that.
How many of us hear from our pastors
lips these words God loves a cheerful
g~iver." How can we be cheerful giyers
when We give all we are able and still our
pastors feel they must have their full
amount. Paul in his memorable address
to the elders at the church at Ephesus
refers to his own self denying examples
saying II have coveted no mans silver
or gold or apparel" He also told them to
remember the words Of the Lord Jesus how
he said it is more blessed 10 give than to
receive. NJ.
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Gen. Booths new book, ''In Darkest
England, seems to attract all kinds of
reformers. OF course he devotes a part OF
its space TO the liquor evil and in this
speaks from the heart as follows: Have
you ever watched by the bedside of a man
IN delirium tremens?. Multiply the suffer
ings of one drunkard by the hundred tho u
sand, and you have some idea of what
scenes are being witnessed in all our great
cities at this moment. AS III Africa
streams intersect the forest in every direct
ion, SO the ginshop stands at every corner
with its River of the Water of Death flow
ing seventeen hoars out of the twenty four
for the destruction of the people. a por-
ulation sodden with drink, stepped in vice,
eaten up by every social and physical
~malady-these are denizens of darkest
England, amid whom my life has been
spent and to whose rescue | would now
summo all that is best in the manhood
and womanhood of our land
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Narried.

FIsHER-PANGBURN AT Trinity NJ. Il.
parsonage, Nov. 18th, by Rev. G. e. Hancock
Albert Fisher. OF Pennsgroye, to Miss Eva
Pangburn, of Quinton.
GREEN-WILEY-At the parsonage of the
Sharptown NJ. Z. church, by Rev. A. j: Gre
CORY, Nov. 50th, James \. Green ana MISS
Amanda Z. W. Wiley, both OF PilesgroVe
township.
GERNEE-BATTEN.-At the NJ. e. paTson.
age in Bridgeport, on Nov. %, 1890, by Rev. y.
and Miss Sallie j. Batten, of Bridgeport, Nj
GUANT-BUCK ALEW.-Nov. eth, at the
residence of the brides mother, by Rev. John
II. Wood, pastor of st. Pauls NJ. i. Church
Phila., Win. L. Gaunt, Dr., of Brooklyn. for
merly of Paulsboro, n. j., and Clara Bucka-
lew, of Philadelphia.
kNIGHT-KUGLER. At 2ll0 Vine st.
Phila., on Nov. 26th, by Rev. I. Burk, Mi.
Lincoln L. Knight, of Woodbury., TO Miss Kate
II. kugler, of Mantua.
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The Philadelphia North american ad-
vises its readers to go slow in accepting
the advanced theories of DR.. Koch in re-
spect to the cure of tubercular consump-
ton, and reminds them that a certain DR..
Brown Sequard is not yet forgotten, If his
promise to restore perpetual youth to the
aged and afflicted is nearly so, and dds:
Professor Koch himself calls a halt
when he says that he has no data Of calcu-
lating the permanence of the effect of the
fluid. He suggests the propriety of turning
over the experiments to the hospitals-an
excellent suggestion and worthy of accept
ance and action. But it is best to move
slowly, and avoid raising hopes that may
not be realized. Remember the Elixir OF
Life, aud the ~tomfoolery that was INDUCED
in on that occasion. A fact will keep.
Irnth needs no bush. A real discovery
needs not the antiseptic Of haste.
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Some persons at Dillsburg, a small vii
iage in York county, Pa, and the birth
place of Senator Quay, have been doing
a piece of work that stamps them as on a
par with tile Omaha heathens, who lately
mobbed aud rotten egged Prohibitionists
for attempting to vote the Prohibition
ticket. What they did was to drape the
house III which the Senator was born in
mourning and erect an arch with q heavy
black border with appropriate mortuary
inscriptions, etc. This is the kind OF
fun" says the telegraph, 1.-THE benighted
Democracy of York county delights in,"
and supposing it the best they know. are
excusable only on those grounds. They
would furnish excellent material, never
theless, for the schoolmaster and mission
airy TO practice upon.
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w. c. T. u.

the places amt do the deeds of their fathers.
army of drunkards that moves in unbroken
columns down to death.
Il has taken a full A,ar for the street to
empty itself of IFS years work; aud close
iu The rear coiues the vanguard Of next
years supply; aid If This is What strong
drink does in our aud in enc year. what
must be the sum total OF its awful results
in all the world through the long centuries9
Thus far We have listened 10 the story
that the figures tell. But they cannot tell
all. They give only the faint outlines of
the terrible tragedy that is going IN abound
us. They cannot picture TO us the wretch
ed squalor of a drunkard's home, They
cannot tell US how many unkind and
cruel words strong drink has caused other
wise kind and tender-hearted husbands
and fathers to utter to their dear ones
They cannot tell us low many heavy blows
have fallen from the drunkard S hand upon
cherish and protect. They Cannot tell us
how many fond expectations and bright
hopes which the fair young bride had OF
the future have been blasted and turned to
b~itterest gall. They cannot number the
long, weary hours Of the night during
which she has anxiously awaited, and yet
fearfully dreaded, the heavy football at the
door.
Figures canDot tell us how many scald-
ing tears the wives of drHnkards have
shed, nor how many prayers of bitter an
guish and cries ofagony God has heard them
utter. They cannot tell us how many have
worn out body and soul in providing the
necessities of life for children W HON a drunk-
en- father has left destitute. They cannot tell
Is how many mothers hearts have broken
with grief as they saw a darling son be-
coming a drunkard. They cannot tell US
how many white hairs have gone down in
sorrow to the grave mourning over drunk
ell children. They canpot tell US how
many hard-fought battles the %drunkard,
in his sober moments, has fought with the
terrible appetite; how many times he has
walked his room in despair, tempted to
commit suicide, because he felt that be
could not conquer the demon. And fin
ally, we cannot search the records of the
other world to tell o many souls have
been shut out from that holy place, where
no drunkard enters, and banished to the
region of eternal despair by the demon of
drink.
What man, what woman, what child,
! would not vote to have that whole street,
with its awful traffic in the Internal stuff,
sunk to the lowest depths of perdition, and
| covered ten thousand fathoms deep under
the curses of the universe?-Reu. r. T.
| Cross, tn Christian ADVOCATE.
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The Philadelphia Record said lately that
the ladies (the W. c. T. ID in opposing
the establishment of canteens at the army
posts, were but putting theiI lnexperience
against the experience ofthe officers at the
posts, who universally regarded it (the sys-
tenn as promotive of temperance, etc.
Guess you're off, Mr.. Record. The ex-
perience of everybody, [who have anything
to do with liquor in any shape1, men,
women, army officials and what not, is TO
the effect that nothing but bad comes from
its use. whether sanctioned by the govern
ment as at the army posts, or dealt ont at
the lowest saloon dives. Ii is only evil
and that continually, and the ladies are
right in opposing it.
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our Letter BOX.


ED. MoNIToR:-Why in the name OF
common sense don't the owners of the
horses and cattle that we see out in the
fields on wintry days and nights, shelter
the suffering stock? Is it because they
want to save the stalks and hay, or is it
because they have no pity or feeling for
the shivering brutes?: "a merciful man
is merciful to his beasts" and when I see
horses or cattle confined out in the open
field day and night without any kind OF
shelter in such weather as we nave had
this week, | say that man is unmerciful.
1t is needless TO mention any names for
the travelling public know where this shoe
will fit. MERCY.
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This is way the West Jersey Press looks
at the matter of annexing Deerfield town
ship to Salem county:
The Democrats of Salem county, SO re-
port says. are hankering after Deerfieid
township, Cumberland county, and have
declared their intention to have it. This
annexation. we suppose, is for the purpose
OF making Salem reliably Democratic. We
are reminded by this that the Republicans OF
Salem county not many yeais ago conceiv-
ed the idea OF keeping Salem county in the
Republican column by setting old Pitts
erove-that had not enough Republicans
in it to make mile posts for the shortest
road in the township-over into Cumber-
land. They succeeded in making the set
off, but al the next election they were
whipped out OF their boots on
account of the gerrymander. Ii
is Just possible that history may repeat
itself in case the threatened annexation is
carried into effect.
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The Steam whistle Nuisance,

MIR.
For the comfort of the invalid sick of
this town | wish to enter a protest against
the prolonged blowing of the steam whis-
ties. One day this week one of the whis-
ties commenced a damnable screening
for what seem an unconscionable length
of time. About the time engineer No. l got
tired of holding the whistle rope, the en-.
gineer OF another factory opened his
whistle, when he got tired. engineer No. l
felt it incumbent upon himself to let his
whistle scream in reply. Now these fac
tories employ probably a half dozen men
each, factories in Philadelphia, employing
from 500 to 1000 men, are satisfied
with a very short blast of tina whistle.
Call these engineers attention to the fact
that the prolonged whistling is an Internal
nuisance. RESIDENT.
Woodstown, n, j., Dec. Sd, 1890.
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tisan device to defeat the popular will at
the polls by placing them under the control
of Federal stipendaries and Federal bay
onets. There was not q respectable he
publican journal in the length and breadth
of the land that heartily supported it,
there was scarcely one that did not earn
estly oppose it, and il was without credit
or support except among those organs OF
the Administration which the Admlnistra-
ton had subsidized with foreign missions
and Consulship aud domestic Post Offices.
Being subsidized they had no influence,
and the bill was not passed, the Senate
refusing to obey the Administrations lash
or the urging of the Administrations sub
s,dized tooters. The Senate will do even
wiser to refuse to pass it, or to pass any
unjust apportionment measure, at the
coming session. That way ruin lies.
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There is nothing slow or mean about a
few of the nations of Europe when it m
to parceliing up territory belonging TO
some one else. Within the past fourteen
years a portion of Africa has been carved
up as follows: Portugal takes a slice OF
TIA, 993 square miles, spain 2l0, 30, France
{. $3.50, a4s; Germany 1895, 700, Italy 360, 600
and Great Britain 1899, 445. The United
States has presumably all the Africa she
wants down South, and SO has taken no
part In this gigantic steal.
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Iied.


LIPPINCOTT-In Woodstown, Nov. 2sth,
Jesse Lippincott, in his I'D year.
KUHN-In Woodstown, Nov. 18th, Chas. +.
Kuhn, Jr., aged Is years.
BOYER-Near Daretown. Nov. Goth. Mary
E. Boyer, aged Is years.
FLITCRAFT-At Gardner. Dakota, Aug.
9Th, 1889, Elsie, daughter of Clark and Annie
E. FIitcraft, aged IS years.
NIX0N-In Woodstown, Nov. 10Th, Reumah,
wife of John Nixon, aged about % years.
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Assignee's Notice.

NOTICE is hereby given TO The creditors of
~ Paul MeAllister, ffarmer), of Pilesgrove
township, Salem county, New Jersey, that all
the subscriber, his assignee. under oath on
animation before the 27th DAY OF DECEM-
Der, next, being the time limited by the
Orphahs Court ofthe county of Salem, or be
forever barred from coming in for a dividend
OF t he estate, ard said creditors are further
notiiled that a1ist of the claims against Paul
McAiister VIII be filed with the Surrogate OF
the county Of Salem before the ensuing Jan.
nary term of the Orphans Court Of said
county, VIXEN exceptions thereto may be filed
by any person Interested.
o. H.. VIRGINS,
Dated Nov. 3, Is90.-lI-l4-7t ASSIGNEE
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Commissioners Sale
REAL ESTATE

DURSUANT to an order of the Orphans
4 Court ofNhe County of sgiem, May Term
1890, the SUBSCRIBERS, commissioners will sell
at public sale, IN
Saturday,D December 81, 1880,
In front of the opurt House in the City of
Salem, between thAhoYfs of and p. Nj. OF
said day all the follaghs described
FARM LAND
aud real estate, lateBfpr. Charles s~wing.dec.
situate in the Rwnship of Mannington,
No. / Is a tractSf % 79-VO acres of all arabic
land, on the south side ofthe road from sharp
town to Salem, adjoining lands of james Pan
coast, heirs of S4muel Prior, dec, and heirs
OF Clement ALTON dec. Is all weil-drained
land, under g@od cultivation, enclosed with
fencing: a vefy good soil, adapted to any
kind of graifEbr cereals.
No. , is a tElCt of Seven acres of Land, living
on Major's I@ln; adjoins lands of heirs OF Gle.
1nent A~ctoIHdec'd. aud Charles Humphreys.
Any persons wishing to view this property
VIII be shown the same by calling on VIM.
Steward living ON Swing farm.
sale will be positive. Conditions made known
sale by
WILLIAM a. CASPER.
GEO. Il. MORRISON,
CLINTON kelly,
Commissioners
NOy2l-5t.
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The New York Sun says that a confer
ence of Baptists now in session IN BROOK
lyu are giving solemn consideration to
the question of the second coming OF the
Lord. This may be so, but just as like as
ANYHOW Dana has got the thing mixed
with the Indian Messiah aud ghost dance
of the Omaha red skins. Who knows?
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SherriR's Sale
REAL ESTATE
IN CHASCERYoFNEw JERSEY.

IN CHANCERYoFNEwJ JERSEY.
Between FL. Ia.
Elizabeth 4. Taylor, Compl't for sale of
And MOrtgaged
Charles O. Green and Mary Eliz- Premises
abeth Green his wife, Defts.
Y virtue of the above stated witt, to me
ID direct and delivered, l Will sell ut public
vendue, in front of the Court House III the
Civ Of Salem. Nj.
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oFPICERs Y. W. c. T. T.. YOUNGSTOWN:
President, Miss JOE MACALTIoSER.
Vice Presidents, Miss MARrIE GAuNT, MISS
CORA WARE.
Rec. Secretary, Miss LULU RIGHT.
Cor. Secretary, IRENE Il SMITH.
Treasurer, Miss CORA WARE.
Time of meeting W. c. T. L. Thursday after
noon at 5 O'Clock.
Time of meeting y. W. {. I. U. MONDAY
evening at $50 O'Clock
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Notice of

NoHCE Ihereby given that Richard 4.
~ stalr<@ the City and County of salem,
in the Ax%fe OF New Jersey, hath this day
made ~ assignment TO the subscribers of his
estale1 Br7lne equal benefit of his creditors,
and " thesaid creditors must exhibit their
cht3p1s under oath or affirmation
withNi The ternE9f three months.
hHARLESD ID. COLES.
BENJAMIN +. WOOD.
Assignees.
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On Saturday, Jan. 8, 1891,

Between the hours of - ind ) o'clock in The
afternoon of said day, to-git 3 o'clock 7. M,
all the following described real estate: All the
following described HOUSE AND LOT, tract
or piece of land. situate in the Borough of
Woodstown, in the County of Salem and
State of New Jersey, and bounded ms follows;
Beginning at IL cornefsDf JOIN Sixon's lot in
the middle OF the road leading through
Woodstown 20 Daretown, and runs along
said Nixon's lot north # dogs, East ! chains
q links toa corner in late Isaac Ridgway's
lana: thence along the same North AZ. West
81 links to Il corner of Samuel 1aylor's
lot; thence along the same south a degrees
West 3 chains $ links to the middle OF said
road; thence along the SAINT 81 links TO the
beginning; containing Twenty Hnndredths
of an acre, more or less, and is the same lot of
land conveyed to Mary Elizabeth Green by
deed April 30, 1870, and is recorded in Salem
County CLERKS office in Book No. 40 OF Deeds.
page GO, &c.
Seized and taken in execution as the proper
ty of Charles o. Green and Mary Elizabeth
Green, his wife, defendants, at the suit of kliz-
abeth a. Taylor complainant, II TO be sold by
JAMES NEWELL,s Sheriff.
CHARLES MECUM. Sol'r
Dated Sheriffs Office, Salem, y. } Nov. IS, 80.
Dec. 55t.
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OFFICERS W. c. I. T., wooDsTowN:
President, Mrs. HENRIETTA DAVIS.
Cor. Secretary, Mrs. j. w. HUMPHREYS
Recording Secretary, Mrs. anna FLITcRAFT
Treasurer, Mrs. AMY DAVIS.
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You can get horse blankets at Humphreys
for 80 cents each.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE ". C. 7. u,
OF WooDSToWN. N. j.

OF THE SALEM COUNTY woNAS's CHRIST
IAN TEMPERANCE UNION:
Pres, MRS. REBEcCA p. PATTERSON, Salem,
Cor. Sec, MRS. CoRNELIA WIsTAR, Salem.
Rec. Sec, Mrs. U. j. GRoFF, Pennsgrove.
Treas, MRS. MAGGIE CRIsPIS. Sharptown.