Pleasantville weekly press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1890-1911, 1897-12-15
CURRENT GOSSIP
AND PERSONAL NOTES.
Items that Jui11 Interest the
Home Circle.
REVIEW OF The Weeks LOCAL HAPPENINGS
BRIEF NOTES OF GENERAL INTEREST TO
PLEAsANTvILLE PEOPLE, WITH ODDS
AND ENDS TO ENTERTAIN OUR FRIENDS
AND VISITORS.


AND ENDS TO ENTERTAIN OUR FRIENDS
AND VISITORS.
This is the 'sBig-eat" season.
Mr.. Somers Bowen is on the sick list. :
Captain Yates spent Sunday in Pleas
antville.
Holly with berries is very scarce here
abOuts.
Mrs. William Willis spent Thursday in
Atlantic City.
Wilbur Reed entertained his father
over Sunday.
Mrs. Lewis Lake was a Philadelphia
visitor recently.
The County Asylum and grounds are
beautifully kept.
Mr.. John Race and wife went to Abse-
con on Sunday.
Charles Adams, Esq, was in Philadel
phia on Friday.
Mrs. C. B. Mathews is visiting friends
at Frankford, Pa.
Mrs. Charles Adams was in Philadel
phia on Thursday.
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visitor Wednesday.
Mr.. Fl. Thomas was a Philadelphia
visitor on Monday.
Ex-Mayor Joseph Farr passed Thurs
day in Philadelphia.
Miss Carrie Allen has returned from a
visit in Burlington.
Mrs. R. l. Risley was an Atlantic City
visitor on Thursday.
Mr.. Henry Gouldey was a Philadelphia
visitor on Thursday.
Mr.. VIM. Adams entertaine a number
of friends on Sunday.
Mrs. John Yorke was the guest of her
daughter on Sunday.
Elias Campbell Esq. is building an
addition to his house.
j. Haines Lippincott, of Atlantic City,
was Sunday visitor.
Mr.. and Mrs. Chas. s. Adams were in
Philadelphia last week.
Mrs. McIlwain was the CUES of Phila-
delphia friends last week.
Mrs. Faulkner Willis was an Atlantic
City visitor on Thursday.
Mrs. Richard Willis was an Atlantic
City visitor on Thursday.
The handsome residence of Alvin P.
Risley is nearing completion.
DR.. and Mrs. James North of Atlantic
City were Thursday visitors.
Mr.. Byron Rogers, of Atlantic City,
was in town on Wednesday.
Mrs. Charles Bowen passed Thursday
with relatives in Atlantic City.
f. aIo forfo iuod frIond
from Atlantic City on Sunday.
Harry Leeds, Esq, and wife, of Allan
tic City, were Sunday visitors.
Capt. David Fairbrothers has returned
from months trip in his vessel.
Miss Ruth Risley was the guest of
Atlantic City relatives last week.
Arthur Ryon and Harry North were
Port Republic visitors on Friday.
Mrs. Somers Bowen was the guest of
Atlantic City friends on Thursday.
Prof. Nathans, of Philadelphia, passed
a part of last week in the Borough.
Mr.. and Mrs. Preston Adams were
Philadelphia visitors on Thursday.
Mrs. Harry Helfrich was the guest of
Atlantic City relatives on Thursday.
U6 OluU udtc Adu luOil hOuCO
and barns moved to the Shore Road.
Mr., Tobias Mcdonnell was a Philadel-
phia visitor on Thursday of last week.
Mrs. Clara Dixon of Atlantic City was
the guest of friends in town on Sunday.
Mr.. Webster Price was the guest of
Mrs. David Fairbrothers on Thursday.
Masters Clifford and Alfred Lake
nj t<,f Loot vryooH phIlQdoI-
phia.
Mrs. John Ashmead was the guest of
Mrs. John Andrews in Atlantic City on
Friday.
Mr.. William Manahap, of Townsend's
Inlet, passed Tuesday with friends in
town.
Mrs. Samuel Ireland and Eliza Risley
rode to Atlantic City on their wheels
Friday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Arnold Smith are receiv
ing congratulations on the birth of q
daughter.
Mrs. Laura Strickland, of Atlantic
City, was the guest of Mrs. David Stetzer
on Wednesday.
Mr.. Henry Lake, Esq, took a spin to
Somers' Point on Sunday. He seems to
enjoy his Wheel
Mrs. David Myers of Bakersville was
the guest of her sister Mrs. Steelman
Collins on Thursday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Isaac Collins were the
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Somers Leeds at
Bargaintown on Sunday.
Mrs. l.. C. Lake, Miss Rena Bur-
roughs and Nina Turner took spin to
n;fv <,y, Thurc6ou
The schools are all in splendid working
order and the teachers are arranging for
an elaborate Christmas programme.
Supt. Tobias Mcconnell Esq. of the
ASYLUM has raised 10000 stalks of
celery among other things off the farm
the past season.
Mrs. Luff barry wife of pastor James
Luffbarry of st. Johns Church was
badly kicked by horse one day last
week and dangerously injured.
Mrs. L C. Lake has returned to her
home in PleasantviIle. She has been to
Norfolk Hospital visiting her father, who
was hurt on board his vessel.
Laura L. Risley and BERTHE Hackett
went to Atlantic City on their wheels
Saturday and by the looks of things Mr..
Hackett had to tow them back.
Mrs. John Burroughs is still at Nor
folk, Va, taking care of Captain Bur
roughs. He is in st. Vincent Hospital,
and is improving rapidly and expects to
come home Christmas.
Several of our male residents who
were stalled on the meadows on the four
O'Clock express from Philadelphia on
Tuesday night walked across to Abse-
con and then down to their homes on
the Shore Road. The cause Of the delay
WAS the track sinking.