The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1897-08-03
The chirping of the Katydids indicates

HOW We may look IOr DetL6r weather.
The members of the Mount Holly Bi
cycle Club have decided to open clut
house.
Joseph G. Bower is now having quite {
trade in Burlington for his celebrated ic,
cream.
While on recent visit to Allentown
Mrs. Isaac Fenimore had the misfortune
to sprain her ankle.
The engagement is announced of Miss
Helen Grigg, of Vincentown, to Charles
Rigg, of Burlington.
The annual picnic of the Columbus
Grange will be held at Browns Mills on
Wednesday, 18th inst
The Methodist Sunday school scholars
will hold their annual picnic at the Syl-
van Lakes on Thursday.
Several bicycle clubs took runs to Mount
Holly on Sunday. and for a while the
town was alive with riders.
Prof. William F. Powell, of Camden,
the new Minister to Haiti, will leave for
his post of duty next week.
The Jimmy bicycle factory, at Free
hold, was sold last week by the receiver.
William S. Burtis was the purchaser.
A pet dog belonging to Arthur Cross
swallowed quantity of fly poison at Sea
Side Park last week and the dose was
fatal
For the past few days Edward F. Burns
has been testing one of the new chain
less bicycle. that is being made for next
year.
Weather permitting" has been an in
variable stipulation in all matters pertain
ing to arrangements for pleasure during
the past month.
There is quite decrease in the popula-
ton of Mount Holly just now, owing to
the absence of so many people who are
stopping at the various watering places.
THE NEWS last week should have said
that it was Mrs. Fred Aaronson who at
tempted suicide with laudanum, and not
Mrs. Benjamin Aaronson, as we incor-
rectly stated.
The yard of William 7. Harding. on
Union street, is one of the most heauti-
full places in town. 1t is verltable Gar
den of Eden," and one cannot pass there
without being attracted by its elegance.
Harry D. Culin, between Hainesport
and Lumberton, has been engaged dur
ing the past week in gathering his crop of
onion sets, and his fields have presented
an animated sight. He harvested about
5000 bushels.
Although the wind was not very strong
on Tuesday afternoon, yet a number of
limbs were blown from several trees
about town. Quite large one fell in the
court house yard, and 1t is lucky that no
one was passing at the time.
Six different picnics were to have been
held in the woods near Burlington last
week, and all had to be postponed on ac-
count of the weather. A little matter of
this kind, however, don't seem to bother
the Presby terians of Mount Holly.
Rain fell eighteen days during the past
month, which is an unusual record, par
ticularly as it came at a season when
drougkts usually prevail. It looked very
much like a double equinoctial storm
blended into one. The excessive rains
have done great deal of damage
The Epworth League rally at Browns
Mills on Thursday was a great success,
there being a very large attendance. Dur
ing the afternoon the pleasure was threat
ened by heavy black cloud, but no rain
fell large number of people from
Mount Holly enjoyed the occasion.
The remains Of ]. Howard Burnett, son
of the late DR.. John P. Burnett, of Audi
bon, were brought here and inferred in
the cemetery on Friday. The doctor was
buried there only few weeks ago, and
Howard was very i'll then. Mrs. Bennett
attended the funeral of her husband, but
was compelled to hasten to the bed of her
son.
Some people don't seem to know when
they get enough of good thing. A farm
er living in Springfield township was
heard to remark over week ago that
there hadn't been enough rain yet, and
that it wouldn't hurt if it rained a week
longer. 1t is safe to say that man lives on
high ground and that he had all his crops
gathered.
THE News has been designated to pub
llsh the notice of the special election for
the proposed amendments to the State
Constitution. The other papers in this
county are the Herald, Democrat, Mirror,
Mount Holly /; Gazette, Enterprise, Burling-
ton; Register, Bordentown; Republican,
Moorestown Press, Riverside; NeeU Era,
Riyerton.
The Green Hill farm, near Burlington,
belonging to Charles Taylor, averaged 33
bushels of wheat to the acre, and the
man who did the threshing says the yield
in this section is larger than he ever re-
membered before. The stormy weather
put stop to field thresbing, and great
deal of wheat that has been stored in
barns cannot be threshed until it has
ceased sweating, and by that time it will
probably be worth dollar bushel.
The mosquito has been very much in
evidence along the shore lately, and the
pesky nuisance invaded New York in
swarms. While the soldiers were drill
ing on Governors Island, one of the men
suffered the tortures of bite on the
back of his neck to such an extent that
he tainted. The military discipline is so
strict that the soldier was afraid to brush
the insect away for fear of being court
martialed. AS a result he lost quart of
blood by reason of an artery having been
pierced, and he came near losing his life.
For some time past the freight cars on
the sidings near the fair grounds have
been occupied by an unusual number OF
tramps, whose presence have occasioned
some alarm to people living in the neigh
borhood. Their promlscuous roaming
about at night caused such an intimida-
ton that the police concluded to break
up the gang. They started in on Tuesday
night, and by Wednesday noon had ar
rested dozen of these unworthy fellows
and others have since been caught. The
cars are now searched at frequent inter.
walls.