Passaic City record., 1891-06-20
PASSAIC CITY, N. j., SATURDAY, JUNE 20, 1891

vided with an atomizing arrangement, the
bicyclers aiming and then COMPRISING
the ball spray of the liquid is thrown in
the dog eyes which quickly satisfies him.
A writer in an exchange in his chron-
icling ofevery day happenings finds time
to remark: The idea of teaching hygiene
to boys with their pockets full of cigar
cites, or girls with their waists distorted
to the form of an hour glass, is one of the
humbugs of our present common school
education.
The organ of the Presbyterian church
was decorated with an American flag
last Sunday in honor of the tooth ami
versary of its adoption and Rev. DR..
Leavens gave brief outline of its his
tory. In the evening there was chill
dren's day service with addresses by Mr..
w. A. Willard and Prof. Hutton.
The Western Union Telegraph Com
pany extended its hours of delivery last
Monday from 8 p. m. to midnight. Here
after messages arriving at the Office be-
| tween a. m. and IL midnight, will be
delivered free of charge within certain
limits. Formerly messages were deliv-
cred from s to 9 in the evening, but an
extra charge was made
| A delightful g Chlldren'sn service was
held ut tine Congregational Tabernacle
last Sunday evening. A large and in
l terested company of scholars, teachers,
OF less actively. The hcral decorations
were singularly beautiful. A bouquet of
the night blooming ccreus was placed
upon the organ and opened before the
eyes of the Interested spectators.
LAwney 6. r-AaAw for the current
month is just issmed, with very bright
and mseful papers ON literary and educa-
ticnal topics. Its Literary editor is par
| ticularly successful nm the department of
criticism, and LEARNER s. Teacher is
4 quoted as authority on school books. II
has a large circulation. and should find a
place insevery home and school. Its
publication office is No. 50 Beekman
street. New York City.
One of the bills passed by the last Leg
isixtnre calls for the observance Of appro
| prlate exercises on the Friday next
preceding Mashington's Birthday,
Fourth of July and Thanksgiving Day
These exercises consist of reading the
Declaration of Independence, singing of
national airs. and other exercises tending
to foster PATRIOTIC sentiments. The pen
/
quMements, rs forfeiture of license to
| teach.
"a No one sncceeds so surely in this life,
as man willing to gull the world. 1t is
the doctor who offers to perform miracles
| who becomes rich: it is the banker
who offers to do the impossible who gets
the deposits, 1T lis the merchant who offers
to sell things for less than cost who draws
the crowd, and the pity of it is this crowd
never learn that philanthropy is not the
law of Life, and that all these spectators
are BENT on making money out of them. :
The ball game between the Passaic
Athletic CMb and the Murry Hill B. B. C.
played at the grounds of the former las
Saturday afternoon resulted in victory
for the Passaic boys by score of IL to S
The game was exciting although the
and kept it. I'm the seventh inning the
Murray Hill took streak at batting and
pounded out three runs. but in the next
two innings they made only one hit. The
visitors were fine set of men, young,
small and wiry-
The funeral Of Theodore Van Iderstine,
who died of consumption last Monday
evening" was held at the residence Of
his mother on Bloomfield avenue Thurs
day afternoon. when many y::sympathizing
friends were present. Rev. DR.. CASTOR
oficiated and the interment was in the
First Reformed Church cemetery. Many
flowers adorned the casket containing
the remains of the esteemed young man.
The bereaved mother was so overcome
with grief that she was unable to acom-
pany the body to the grave. and DR..
Demarest was called in. who prescribed
for her and directed that she be placed
in bed.