The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1891-10-23

All the papers yesterday morning pre-
dicted fair weather, and it rained and
blowed all day and we'll into the night. The
weather man has become unreliable, aud
the sooner Uncle Sam gets rid of him the
better all around.
The Pat Maloney show in the Opera
House last Friday night was attended by
one of the largest audiences of the season.
The entertainment, if one may Judge by
the applause and laughter of the audience,
was a good one.
l.. Carroll Ballinger spent several days
last week at Polytechnic Hospital,
Philadelphia, where he had an operation
performed for the removal of a humorous
growth in his neck. DR.. l.. A. D. Allen
assisted in the operation.
In four years the building and loan asso-
Citations OF New Jersey rave increased from
100 to 254, with more than $22. 900, 900 in
vested for the benefit of their II, 726 share
holders, and nearly all in real estate loans
to the borrowing members.
A quarterly meeting of the Salem Coun-
ty Board of Agriculture will be held in
McAllister's Hall, Woodstown,o on Wednes-
day next, 28th inst, at 1.30 P. M. Prof.
Z. B. Voorhees,, of New Brunswick, will
deliver an address on 1.-THE Economical
use of Fertilizers"
On a visit to the Gettysburg battlefield
one day last week, the New Jersey State
Monument Commission ordered the
Twelfth Infantry monument to be taken
down. enlarged and adorned with bronze
plates, and roadways to be opened around
all the States memorials.
Woodstown was a sight last Saturday
evening. 1t was pleasant and moonlight
and the town was filled with teams and
people from the surrounding villages and
country. The town we live in is certain
~ a popular trading point, thanks to some
of our wide awake merchants.
The contest for the $40 prize offered by
the Sugar Coated Yeast Co. for the best
loaf of bread made from their yeast,
brought out 81 loaves of bread at virgins
store On Wednesday. The judges, Miss
Carrie Hunt, Mrs. Anna Weatherby and
Mrs. M. D. Dickinson. divided the money
between Mrs. James D. Lawson and Miss
Kate Bowen.
The thirteenth annual report of the
Bureau ofStatistics of Labor and Industries
of New Jersey, for the year ending Octo-
Der 31st, 1890, has been sent to this Office.
There are 474 pages in the book, about
half of them confusing figures. and the
person who thinks we have time to read
the report right here on the eve of an i'm
portant election, as the Hunterdon Demo-
crat says, has made a big mistake.
Some of the Philadelphia clothiers, to a..
tract buyers, advertise to pay their car
fare to and from the city, providing they
buy enough to justify it. If a man can sell
a suit for s15, that cost less than $40, or one
at $40, that cost less than S12, he can well
afford to pay his customer for coming to
see him. Steer clear of all who pay rail-
road fares, or give you presents. You can
better afford to pay for them yourself, and
go elsewhere to make your purchases.
Robt. R. Hill, of Woodbury., sends us
the following as his prediction on the
weather this winter: "a great deal has
been said regarding the weather for the
coming winter by the weather prophets of
this country. They all seem to agree that
we are to have an unusually severe winter.
1 think they are mistaken and that we are
to nave a mild winter, with frequent heavy
storms but with very little severe weather.
l am very doubtful If the ice crop will be
very large
AS a specimen of the reliability of the
news printed in some of the Philadelphia
papers, we give the following clipping
from the News:
Woodstown, N. j., October 16.-The
Sunday school at the Union Grove school
house held a festival last night. A big
bunch of bananas was suspended from the
ceiling near the ice cream booth. Sudden
ly a tarantula dropped from it to the floor.
In less than a minute the room was vacant.
Joseph Rogers killed the venomous insect
with a long handled mop. In the confusion
some one robbed the cashiers till.