Pleasantville weekly press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1890-1911, 1897-12-01
"A LETTER FROM THE
CITY BY THE SEA.
Argus" breaches a Little
Thanksgiving Sermon.
and GIVES THE LADIES' 4 GREAT SEHD-0FI
BUSINESS IMPROyING-ExTENSIvE BUILD
ING OPERATIONS-AN ENGINEERING DIFF
FICULTY-SOME TIMELY GOSSIP CONCERN

ING OPERATIONS-AN ENGINEERING DIFF
FICULTY-sOME TIMELY GOSSIP CONCERN
ING POLITICAL SCHEMES AND CANDIDATES,
Thanksgiving Day was observed here
about as usual-withOut any special
entertainments, and lot of overloaded
stOmachs landed under the Doctors
care, caused by too much turkey and
champagne. The usual church services
were held but there were no crowded
houses and the ushers did not have to
put out the sign standing room only"
On such occasions l notice that the at
tendants are mostly ladies whose sympa-
thetic little hearts take kindly to the
idea of returning thanks for the blessings
Of our daily existence. l fear our
churches would soon go to the dogs if
they depended wholly upon the efforts
of the sterner sex for their support.
Womens' pluck, persistence and activity
can, and does, accomplish wonders in
church affairs, and l always feel like
taking eff my hat to them when l see
them waylay some hardened old hypo-
crit OF the front pew section on the
steet, and try to make him disgorge a
fiver or a tenner for the good of the
cause. l could cheerfully stand still, and
smile, to see them crack him over the
head with rolling pm because he would
not shell out twenty, but that could
hardly be classed as Christian conduct,
suppose. If q man approached these
aADe old sinners, whose religion con-
Hists mostly of sanctinonious winnings
and hypocritical pretensions, he would
be met by a rebuff, backed up by lot
of plausible lies or excuses but when he
is confronted by a lnw-voiced sweet
faced little woman who looks the old
sinner squarely in the eye and says,
''Pll put your name down for ten dol
lars, there's no getting away from her.
Excuses don't go, and woman's keen
intuitions will read his little lies faster
than he can tell them. There is only
one thing left for him to do-pull out the
ten dollars. Then he goes down the
street and mentally ''cusseso himself for
being compelled to be half generous, and
wonders what the Almighty created a
being for who could "stand him up" and
read him ''ike book" Oh, my Chris
tian brethren, what should we do if it
wasn't for the women How could we
plod along without their love, their
sympathy, and their tears Alas |
fear we should go about the streets with
broken hearts and torn trousers, and
with d brilliant prospect of Satan get
ting the most of us at the general round.
up.
Business is gradually improving all
along the line, and there is an III sual
amount of building going on. The big
hotels are making extensive alterations
or additions, and nearly all the SIN aller
hotels and boarding-houses, all over the
island, are being changed or added to in
some way. Then there are lot Of new
cottages being constructed which gives
additional employment to our mechan-
| ics, who upon the whole, have many
reasons for being thankful. This with
the large sums of money expended by
the railroads in the way of repairs has
brought 10y and comfort into many
homes. The damage by the storm has
not all been repaired, and our workmen
will yet find employment for several
weeks to come in various capacities.
The double-trackin of the Camden &
Atlantic railroad across the meadows
has been tedious and vexatious job on
account Of the "quicksands" encounter
ed, but the engineers declare that they
will yet overcome such treacherous
obstacles and build safe and eubstan-
tial road bed. Vast quantities Of gravel
have been swallowed up in the attempt
to ''harden" the soft places, some Of
which seem to have capacity to swal-
low all that can be hauled. l know
nothing of the means or plans to over
come this engineering difficulty, but am
confident that modern science will be
equal to the occasion, and some method
will be devised to give us good road.
None more fully realize the necessity for
this than the Railroad Company, for
any suspicion in the public mind that
the road was not perfectly safe would
react disastrously. The Pennsylvania
Railroad Company is not in the habit o
doing things by the halves, and what
ever the eventual cost or method, / feel
warranted in believing that we shall
| finally get road that will stand every
test.
hear that the "Dumpmasters' Bri
gade' have taken the field for actual
service, and will kindly select the nomi-
nees for the Republican County Conven-
ton next Fall. This seems like an
aggravated case of early bird, and
have serious doubts, in my own mind
about it's being able to gobble all the
worms in sight. The Dumpmasters
plans are very comprehensive and con
template the capture of the entire
County outfit. First of all, | am told
sLew." DOnnelly-our "Le1." is slated
| for the State Senate OF course about
every other prominent man in the party
has been asked to run for the same office
or has had it squarely promised to him
but little thing like double promise
or even bit of duplicity never phases
| the Dumpmasters. They would promise
| the whole earth if they didn't own 8
clamshell. They size "Lew." up as 6
pretty good fellow who will pay his
| drinks and bets without "squealing,
and one who has plenty of friends anG
plenty OF money. The latter consider
alton overtops the Rocky Mountains il
| the estimation of the Dumpmasters-fo
the campaign they hope to wage mex
Fall They think that Lew" is gam'
| clear through, andif they can get him into
the fight they naturally forsee that {
| portion of the cash and recruits vii
straggle into their camp. In the mean
time new political factor faces them il
the appointment of a new Judge to sue
ceed Judge Joseph Thompson. Thomp
son has made himself go popular, tn
Dumpmasters took advantage Of tn
situation and thought they could secur
his reappointment, and thereby get som
credit for it themselves. am informed
upon what l regard as trustworth,
authority, that within the last two week
q committee of these gentlemen went ul
to Trenton, to see the Governor aht
urge Judge Thompson's reappointment
After hearing their reasons, the Governo
is reported to have said to the Com
mittee, You think it advisab BILE, then
j that / should reannoint q Democrati