Pleasantville weekly press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1890-1911, 1897-09-08
CURRENT GOSSIP
AND PERSONAL NOTES.
Items that mi11 Interest the
Home Circle.
REVIEW OF THE Weeks LOCAL HAPPENINGS.
BRIEF NOTES OF GENERAL INTEREST TO
PLEASANTyILLE PEOPLE, WITH ODDS
AND ENDS TO ENTERTAIN OUR FRIENDS
AND VISITORS.

The Peasantville school opened on
Monday.
Mrs. Robert Race passed Monday in
Atlantic City.
Harry S. Risley has returned from his
oyster planting.
Mrs. David Myers was an Atlantic City
visitor Saturday.
Miss Zimmerman was an Atlantic City
visitor on Saturday.
Mrs. z 4pheniah Risley visited friends in
O'ean City last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Timothy Roser, of Abse-
con, were Sunday visitors.
Gus. Hilton, Esq, of Anglesea, spent
last week with relatives in town.
Mrs Large and a party of friends
passed Thursday in Atlantic City.
Mrs. Gideon Scull was the guest of
Atlantic City friends on Thursday.
Hon. W. |. Newell and sons passed
part of last week at Townsend's Inlet.
Mr.. and Mrs May Humphreys enter
tanned Philadelphia friends on Sunday.
Miss Mary Griscom, of Atlantic City,
spent Thursday with Mrs. Harry Ris-
ley.
Miss Laura Reeves expects to leave the
goth for n. Y. State to remain all win
ter.
Mr.. David Myers entertained Mr.. j. E.
Hendrickson, of Philadelphia, on Sun
dav.
Mr.. r. l. Risley has returned from
pleasant visit with friends in Ocean
City.
Miss Hannah Smith had as her guest
oD Sunday, Miss Ina Clark, of Lin
wood.
The Epworth League, of Salem Church,
held social at the parsonage on Friday
night.
Mrs. Fl. Gouldey is becoming quite a
graceful rider Oh her new Columbia
wheel.
Mrs. DIR. G. D. Fitch, of Philadelphia,
has been visiting Mr.. and Mrs. B. Jones
Sibley.
Mr.. John Horton and Miss Alice Hor-
ton took spin to Egg HarbOr on Sat
urday.
Mr.. Nathaniel Risley, of Ocean City,
visited his daughter Mrs. N. IngersOll on
Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Rogers are re-
ceiving congratulations on the birth OF
daughter.
Mr.. and Mrs. Baker Doughty, of Abse-
cou, were the guests OF friends III town
on Sunday.
MIR. and Mrs. Arthur Wright havegone
to the Catskill Mountains on a two
weeks visit.
Claude VanSyckel, of Atlantic City,
paid a visit to relatives on his new wheel
Saturday last.
Mr.. Harry Connard, of Philadelphia,
was the guest of Mr.. and Mrs. Edward
Rein on Sunday.
Messrs. Martin A. Hilton, Harry M.
Risey and their wives spent Friday and
Saturday in Philadelphia.
Miss MarceIla Risley has returned
home from Atlantic City where she has
passed the summer months.
Mrs. Charles Collins, Mrs. Lima Horton
and Miss Alice Horton took spin on
their bicycles to Atlantic City on Thurs
day.
Mr.. Groves, former principal of the
Smiths Landing School, was the guest
of Mr.. Webster Price part OF last
week.
The colored camp meeting drew a
big crowd on Sunday. 1t will con-
tinue all this week and over next
Sunday.
Mr.. Frank Lodge, wife and son, Mr..
Harry E. we and Miss Lizzie Dunbar, all
of Philadelphia, have returned to their
respective homes after pleasant visit to
Mr.. Henry Gouldey's at Smiths Land
ing.
DIR. J. Fl North is going to try the ex-
pertinent of tarring and feathering his
trees to protect them from the cold the
coming Winter The DIR. is always right
I'D co date in erything relating to trees
and flowers.
A very large number OF cyclers
were ON the roads Sunday. Several
hundred came from Philadelphia.
Among them were thefamOuS Benner
Brothers, who rode a handsome
<snuad' that attracted much atten-
tiOn.
Mrs. Henry Gouldey lays claim to
b wing the finest flower garden, now IN
full bloom in Pleasantville Borough,
there being almost every kind of plants
and especially some very pretty tube
roses and many different varieties OF
geraniums.
Mr.. Edward A. Rein desires to call
attention to his advertisement con-
corning bicycle and other kinds OF
repairing. He is a master machInlst,
has an exceptionally fine lot OF costly
tools, and is prepared to execute all
kinds of high-class work in his line at
moderate prices. Give him call.
Mrs. Charles Keller. of Philadelphia,
has been the gnest of Mr.. and Mrs. b.
Jones Sibley. Mr. and Mrs. Sibley have
also been entertaining Mrs. Ketler's son,
bis wife and daughter, together with
Mrs. Emma Sibley, matron OF the SFh
District Station House; Mr.. and Mrs.
John M. q ,ok, of Philadelphia; Mrs. Jos.
p. Storm and daughters, OF Camden;
Mrs. W. W. Davis and daughter, OF
Camden: Mrs. j. J. Davis, of Philadel-
phia. and DR.. j. F. o. Agthe, of Phila-
delphia.
We think our excellent correspondent,
"Henfarmer," is little bit off when he
speaks of "courtipg a Pleasantville girl
in calico shirt The Pleasantville
girls don't wear calico shirts. Come to
think the matter over, carefully, it has
occurred to US that our correspondent
meant to convey the idea that it was
himself who wore the calico shirt, but
our frightfai English language affords
great opportunities tor man to say
what be doesn't intend to.