The Penn's Grove record., 1892-01-08
cod STY %,

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Edwards lretch and James Darling
ton had bari IS burned at Quinton Mon
day night.
J.. WarreI Smith having sold his in
terest in thu Austin farm near the coun-
ty house, 10 Edward Austin, has pur-
chased OF d Wiley the Pedrick farm,
in Quinton ownsllip, aud will occupy
it III the spr lug.
The scho( Is Of Salem had an extra
week on the + holiday vacation because
of 50 much |Ckness.
VIM. B. Turner, OF Sh%arptown, has
purchased o the heiIs the farm of Rich.
man Dickinv On, decd, for $1,000. lie
will relinqui l the blacksmithing bust
ness in Sia{ lptown, having sold tie
same TO Matthew Magee.
The Saleut National Bank has de-
clar.d its usual semi.annual dividend OF
five per cent, which is now due.
THE Elmer Tines has this week
rooved from the Post office building ill.,
to a building just built by the Elmer
Times Company. Ii is heated by steam
throughout, and is one of the most
conveniently arranged printing offices
in tn. lower section of the State.
The Standards suggestion that a mon
ument be erected in Salem in memory
OF John Fenwick who was the foremost
man that ever ''settled down by" West
Jersey is Il good one. Some of Salem's
| public spirited mel of means should
| start a fund and the County Fathers"
| should help increase it. AS Jas. j..
Redstrake is far advanced in years we
suggest that no better way of COM
memorating his name could be than by
fathering the undertaking.
Lucius L. Hires, Deputy Collector OF
Internal Revenue, has resigned to be-
come a member of Hires & Co., glass
manufactures of Quinton. Richard L.
Starr, of Salem, who was supervisor of
the CELSIUS in the First Congressional
district, is a candidate for the place.
Theodore N. Patterson, a clerk in the
Internal Revenue office in Camden. is
also an applicant for the place. which
belongs to him by promotion.
kHAPPY NEW YEARS GREETING.
Mr.. EDIToR-Did you ever see a
flock of chickens walk without hods or
feet? Neither did 1, hut some how
they got there and went to roost in and
on IA big cook stove. l suppose because
it was New Years Day they wanted to
show up some kind of caper and about
forty members and friends of the fam
lily assembled to dislodge those queer
chickens off of their queer roost.
Amongst that company were great
grand parents and grand parents, faith
ers, mothers, sisters and brothers, un.
Giles and aun's, cousins and newly made
biides aud bridegrooms, some just in
tIOulceu lllIO tlt IdtnlSs lbio Soih
pany was comprised of persons from J
to SO years of age and all seemed to ell
joy themselves in dislodging those queer
chickens from their queer roost.
l cannot describe on paper the enjoy
ment that was had. You should have
been there TO have fully realized all the
pleasure of New YEARS. Day 1892. AS
1t was all a self invited party you would
have been just as welcomed to have
helped swelled the number. Look out
next time,
After this happy company departed
there was still happy reminders of days
of old when their was gathered many
baskets full. so not unlike was theiI
friendship feast. There was left be-
hind enough to keep in mind for many
days those kind friends-and new New
Years Day 1892, This happened OF
Green Ridge, ole OF tile prettiest spots
in PENIS Grove. A participant. 5.