Pleasantville weekly press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1890-1911, 1896-12-30

Mr-. George Biggs has a handsome
Christmas tree.
Mr.. and Mrs. " W. Ryon, of Absecor
were Friday visito r.
Mr.. William Corter :, of Absecon, wal
iu to wn on Tuesd =,
The ". C. T. U hid Crusade meet
ing on Wednesday last.
Mrs J INES Ireland. of LinwOOd, Wis
tied her daughter on Tuesday.
Ms. Nav Humphreys was in Atlantic
City Tuesday visiting relatives.
Ms. Crugpr and Miss Bake were At
lantic Citv visitors on Tuesday.
Master Edward Willis who has beer
dan .erou.lv i'll ia now cDnvalesent.
Mrs Charles Rialey was the tuost o
friends in Atlantic City on Tuesday.
Mrs. Richard Willis was in Atlantic
City visiting friends on Wednesday.
Some of our young people are arrang
ing for a dancing school this Winter.
There will be a necktie social at St
Johns Church Saturday evening, len. 8
Mrs. Bakor Doughty, of Linwood. was
the guest of relatives IN town, on Tues
day.
Mr.. and Mrs. Faulkner Willis visited
relatives in Atlantic City part of last
week.
Mrs. Mary Ang will conduct the C. E
service at st. Johns Church next Sunday
evening.
Mrs. David Fairbrothers and son have
returned home from pleasant visit with
relatives in Philadelphia.
DR.. and Ms Frick furnished some verv
acceptable violin and organ music at
tho Band entertainment.
Mayor Farr and family have returned
from Philadelphia, where they have been
visiting friends for several weeks past.
There will BE- watch meeting service
at st Johns Church, tomorrow, Thurs
,dav, evening commencing at 9 O'Clock.
The singing school under the charge OF
Miss Josephine Fletcher of Atlantic City.
has been named The PLsDantville
Choral Union"
"Wil' Collins in his impersOnation of
an vada'' had the lyrical makeup Of
old .'R,p Van Winkle," and he played
his part extremely well.
It is reported that the Bargaintown
, millpond flaw un suddenly last week
and bit some Pleasantville girls who
were over there skating.
The Junior League of Salem NJ. E.
church were given II rice little treat in
the shape of ice cream and cake by 1h-;T
superintendent, Mrs. Hugh Collins, on
Wednesday last.
Mas Ella Halsey has fine natural dra-
mat ability for one 80 young, and with
proper training will soon become some
thing more than a pleasing amateur in
stage entertainments.
D,n't forget the big supper at Lins
wood Thursdsy and Friday evenings,
Dec. 81, and Jan. 1. The men v,ill do
the conkirg. and the women will stand
around and laugh at thsm.
Mr.. Samuel Ireland arrived home from
a months visit in North Carolina Satur-
day. He reports game plentiful and
killed his share it. He was located q
portion OF thS lime at LttIe Washington
on the borders of PamlicO Sound.
DR.. J. Ell, North says the cold weather
of last week reminds him of bis formeT
home way edown East" in Maine where
the weather was so cold the cows gave
ic- cream and where the eggs froze 10.
side the hens.
Among the Editors pleasant remem.
brancps of Christ ms was large and
handsome rug made from the hids of a
deer that WAS killed by his eldest aou
while he was on hunting trip recently
in Wisconsin. The animal must have hs er
a very large one of four killed bv the "
of his father, Mr.. C. Leavitt Jenness
Davmastpr ct the Western Electric Co
OF Chicago, Illinois.
The Press is indebted to Mr.. A. II
Baker ct MrKae City, a former foreman
in the PRESS Office for pair of rabbits
which he Tvs he shot in the woods. As
there il no rabbit market in that vicin
ity and as Philad.phia is rather far Of
to send for a single pair. we are con
strained to believe hat Mr.. Baker ia 6
gunner who tells the truth and that h
:actually burned som- gun-pOwder Will
those rabbits were cavorting arounG
him.
In the hurry of going to press last
week, we unintentionally omitted tt
make mention OF the musical and dra
rmatic entertainment given on Saturday
night Dpcamb-r 18th, in Red M ,n's Hal
by the William Lanning Cornet Band
The play IN .vada" was handsomely
staged and well PLAYED by our local dra
lm4tic talent. The band was assisted b'
several members of the Ringgold Bant
<of Atlantic City, who came over to ~
sist their musical comrades, and plsyet
several pleasing selections. We ar
plsd to learn that the entertainment
was a financial success and that the boy
cleared a handsome sum over all ex
psDses.
Let us all quit our ordinary avocation
and go down to Linwood tomorrow
(Thureday,) and Fridayevenings. The.
are going to have big supper at Cen
trail NJ. E. church and the men are to d,
the cooking and fflciate as table girls
Great Cmsar's Ghostl but just think O
"G." Adams. "Ki." Ireland. Charlie
Powell, and Walter Fifield as cooks, ant
"Bilr" Boica as head waiter. Every
body should go and see these gay oil,
bucks fling around the grub and slasl
up chickens to order. Every last one Q
tnem have been finding fault all thei
lives with the women's cooking. ant
now the ladies will have their revenge
Let rs 60 and witness their discomfiupe