The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1891-07-31


mosquito bites smear the affected parts
over a moist piece of soap, allowing the
lather to dry into the skin. All itching
and pain will be removed thereby in ten
minutes.
Widow Wilson, who has for years been
trying to earn a poor living out of her
small sandy farm at Vineland, has just
discovered that the whole place is under
laid with a rich deposit of glass sand and
will readily bring $4,000.
AT a meeting of the Borough Council, on
| Monday evening, the ordinance relative t o
| placing a flagman, or some satisfactory
signal at East Mill street, South Woods
town, and at the Baileytown crossing, was
ordered to take effect on September list.
Although there was five schools out yes
terday-Woodstown Baptist, Methodist
and Friends; Daretown and YORKTOWN
Baptist, it cannot be truthfully said that
IT was a good day for picnics. The heavy
showers forced them to seek shelter in the
nearest farm buildings.
Messrs. Kelly & Smith, proprietors OF
T~hunderbolt Driving Park, have fixed on
Wednesday and Thursday, August 12 and
10, as the dates for holding their grand
t~rotting exhibition. $500 will be given
away in premiums. The track is now
k~ite-shaped and is in good condition.
The New Jersey Agricultural College
has sent out bulletins Nos. 81 and 80. The
former treats of Incomplete Fertilizers
and Home Mixtures" and the latter of
"The Rose Chafer or Rosebug." Copies
of these bulletins may be obtained by
addressing James Nelson, Acting Director,
New Brunswick. N, J,
A snficiency of rain is a great blessing
as We all know, but too much is a mis-.
fortune. The farmers have had serious
times harvesting their oat crop and som
will lose it entirely. 1t is thought by
many that the growing tomato crop has
been severely injured by the late heav
rainfalls.
"Dog-days''were so called because in the
latitude of the Mediterranean, where they
were named, the period of the greatest heat
nearly correspondent with that in which tht
dog-star, Sirius, rose at the same time with
the sun. Dog-days are reckoned by SOM
almanac makers from July "a to August "a
and by others from July 3 to August II.
The idea that the watermelon is an un
wholesome fruit is ore of the mistakes o.
the age. There is nothing in a good, iipt
watermelon save the seeds, that cannot b.
partaken of by the majority, not only will
impunity, but with positive benefit. There
may be individuals with whom melons d.
not agree, but the number is comparatively
small.
A collision occurred at W~illiamstow1
Junction on Monday, between a passen
ger train on the Mullica Hill Road and
freight train which was lying on a siding
and which was run into, owing to an oper
switch. Fireman Scarborough and Bag
gagemaster Lloyd were severely injured
The rolling stock vas considerably
damaged.
The executive committee of the STATE
board of agriculture has sent out theil
annual report by express, instead of BY
mail as heretofore. All members of thu
county board of agriculture and others wht
have been receiving the annual reports car
obtain the same free, by calling at theil
express office, where copies hav been SEN
with a list of names for each locality.
Some one who says she has tried it, says
that a little camphor placed on every win
dow sill will keep out flies, except in the
kitchen, where the temptation is stronger,
and the remedy must be of necessity a lit
tie more stringent. But g little camphor
sprinkled on the cook stove, now and again,
will drive out the pests and keep them out,
while it will also neutralize the unpleasant
smell of cooking.
The back yards should be looked after
during this damp, hot weather. Heaps Of
rubbish and old trash should not be left
lying around the back yard, as the exhala'
tions arising from the same are highly det-
rimental to health, are rank pest holes fol
4Io 1cooI,rr n e {arar ND 1yiod rol pnct;1a,
tial diseases, and a sad comment on the
good sense and habits of the owner.
Cleanliness is next to Goodness.
The mud and clay recently put on the
sidewalk, front of some of the properties or
the south side of Dickinson avenue, render
passage on that side of the avenue practi-
cally impossible during rainy weather.
During the recent rains, people having
business, and being obliged to travel the
street, were compelled to cross the avenue
when they got to these places. Will not
council see that the nuisance is remedieds
Co. D. of the 4sth N. Y. Regiment ceIe.
.brated their Both anniversary in Tlenton
last Friday. The company was composed
mostly of Jerseyman, being organized by
Capt. d. G. Knowles, OF Pennington, 81
of the members being from the southern
part of the state. Tw~enty-seven survivors
attended the reunion which was very in
teresting, among those from this vicinity
being Aaron Coles, Thos. NJ. White, Edw.
Sibley, of Woodstown; Chris G.. HARRISON,
Jacksonville; VIM. Fl. Mccullough,
Swedesboro; Elmer Souder, Mullica Hill,
The authorities here might follow with
profit the example set at TomsR River, Ocean
county. Peddlers are not allowed to dc
business in that town unless they procurea
license. The penalty is S25 fine for the
first %offense, and the same fineand ten days
Imprisonment for each subsequent offense
There does not seem to be anything wrong
in this system. 1t is not altogether fail
and just to the established merchants AND
dealers in a town to force a tax out OF
them, and allow peddlers to come in for a
day or a week and do business without pay
ing a cent.
An Editors Experiences.
To learn what curious things a man may
sometimes run across, the newspaper busi-
ness affords about the the best opportunity
of any We know of. As case in point, our