The Monitor., 1891-04-03

But yet little while and the air will be
redoleut of the smoke of burning rubbish.
and the whistle of the old tomato can will
smite the public ear as it cuts through the
air on it's journey from your neighbours
garden into your own.
The members of the Woodstown w. G.
T. U. will hold their 8th anniyersa y in
their room on Monday evening, April 13
The time will be spent socially with music
aud literary exercises and members will
tell how they earned their dollar. All in
terested are cordially invited to be present
TT. Willets the National Lecturer for
the Farmers Alliance, will lecture as fol-
ton. at 2 so o'clock, II. NJ. AT Elmer, at
Z 90 O'Clock, p NJ. Aprll 8ih at Vine
land. at 8 90 o'clock, P. NJ, April 9th.
McAllisier's Hall, at Wondstown, at 3 80
P. NJ. at Swedesboro, at 200 o'clock, p. NJ.
Wednesday, was the day for the usual
"April fool" jokes. A sign posted in
front of the post Office. which attracted
the attention of MONITOR representative
read as follows: "Notlce. whoever reads
This sign ia an April fool" A lady re-
siding on East avenue, while out driving
With her brother in. law, noticed bundle
lying in the road. which they stopped to
pick up, but hurriedly dropped it when they
discovered the announcement " ritten on it
Several other pranks of like nature were
played.
At the NJ. E. parsonage last Friday
evening an impromptu gathering of mem.
hers of the church gave to Rev. A. Ii
Eberhardt and wife a hearty greeting on
their return to Woodstown for a third
year. The "home coming" was entirely
unex pected to the good dominic aud his
wife. who arrived from Bridgeton, by way
| of Yorketown, about 6 p. M, and found
| their house occupied and an abundant
| feast spread for their delectaton. Mr.
IS return to Woodstown by the confer
ence is greeted with great satisfaction by
the people of his charge.
On May 1st all special taxes on tobacco
will cease, This means what is generally
known as the government license paid by
every manufacturer and dealer in cigars OF
manufactured tobacco, which was $G pei
year to retailers of cigars or tobacco, has
| been abolished. Manufacturers Of cigars
| or tobacco peddlers and dealers in Leaf to-
| bacco will be required as heretofore
to make their reports to the Internal
Revenue agents, but the retailers will no"
be permitted to sell cigars and tobacco as
they do other articles of merchandise
The stamp duties on tobacco and cigars
remain the same.
On Wednesday morning the Peunsy lvania
Railroad stopped the sale Of coupon tickets
via the West Jersey ffom Camden to the
Gloucester racetrack. 1t has been tht
custom to sell excursion tickets with a
coupon for admission to the race track fpr
G5 cents. AT the passenger depA rtment oi
the Pennsy sylvania Railroad Company ii
was stated that the order had been issued
to save the company from the inconyen.
ience to which it had recently been subject
I'd by the race-track people. The adnis
sion to the track was for time free, tt en- a
Zee Of 20 cents was charged aud afterward
so cents, and the repeated changes gave
the railroad company considerable annoy
auce.
At the reunion of the oll New Jersey
Second Brigade to be held in Camden ai
the OH Instant, the speech of welcome vii
be made by General Sewell and will be re
sponded to by Gen. Frank Price, President
of the Society OF Veterans. Among thu
distinguished guests expected are General
Daniel E. Sickles, and other war veterans,
Go eruor Albeit, Adjutaut General Stryker
and Quartermaster General Donnelly. and
nearly all the survivors of General Carr $
old regiment, the One Hundred and Second
New York, which was in nearly all the en-
gagements, side by side with the New Jer-
sey Brigade, with the surviving members
of the Ole Hundred aud Flttee nth
Pennsylvania.