Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1898-09-15
MULLICA HILL.

| Miss Hulda Aisles and her sister Lol
Constance, of Woodbury., have been guest
of Mrs. Henry Grimshaw, during the pas
week.
| Mrs. Mary Elkinton has been quite sicl
but is now improving.
Mrs. J. G. Kulp is visiting relatives il
New York.
| William Jones wife and children, o
Camden, have been guests Of Mrs. Jacot
MOunce for week past.
Several of our citizens attended Friends
| Quarterly Meeting at Woodstown OF
Thursday.
Isaac Hughes, of Camden. was the CUES
OF Jonathan Iredell on Sunday.
William Clement, of Woodbury. teacher
of Cedar Grove school, is now a resident o.
this town.
| Samuel Moore and wife are spending the
week at Atlantic City.
A night blooming cactus belonging tc
Mrs. Rebecca Moore displayed eight per.
feet magnificent blossoms on Thursday
morning, which retained their freshness
and beauty until toward noon. The plants
of Mrs Mary Huseback, Mrs. Hannah
Chatham and Mrs. Beulah Pancoast
blo0med the previous evening, and the one
belonging to Mrs Frank Ridgway eclipsed
all in number of blossoms, numbering
twenty-One.
The Ecret property on Swedesboro Ave
is quite transformed by the many and
valuable Improvements which have been
made
During the heavy storm on Wednesday
afternoon, lightning struck the barn of Mrs
Rachel Horner, tearing the shingles loose
and otherwise damaging the building. A
valuable horse standing in the barn, and
belonging to George Hazelton, was badly
stunned, and unable to get on its feet for
some time.
Jacob Hoffman has been having his
house newly shingled, in addition to other
Improvements
The Salem Quarterly First-day School
Union was held here on Saturday with a
large attendance from both Salem and
Gloucester counties. The exercises through
out the day were of highly interesting
and instructive character. The morning
program comprised reports from the various
schools, and reports of the Richmond Con-
ference by the various delegates, also some
interesting accounts of the recent Ohio
yearly meeting. In the afternoon still
larger audience listened with much inter-
est to an illustrated blackboard lesson
taught by Louisa Powell, of Hancock Is
Bridge. REGULATIONS by Debbie Ballinger
and Lizzie Gaunt, of Mullica Hill, and by
Tacy Cole and Lucy Borton, of Woodstown,
were all much enjoyed. A recitation,
" The Three Kingdoms" by little girl
whose name we failed to hear, was well
rendered, and very pleasing to the audience.
An illustrated essay on Little Faults, y
awakened much interest. The following
important question was proposed for dis
cussion. What is the object of the First
day School, and how can we increase
interest in the work % Remarks and
suggestions by members present evinced a
lively interest in the progress and work of
the First-day School. Number of pupils
in the Union reported to be 546, an increase
over last year. The number of books in
library 2046. Peace and Arbitration, and
" Temperance" were among the topics
taught during the year. Work for colored
schools had been pursued, Scattered Seeds.
Temperance Banner " Young Crusader, /"
and other literature have been distributed
One of the leading events of the week
was the celebration of the eightieth birth
day anniversary Of John Shute, on Satur-
day at the home of his sister, Mrs. r. Pine
There were present 40 persons; four sons and
two daughters, whose weight, children and
grandchildren, including the father, would
average 200 pounds each, the seven weigh
ing 1400. The children were T. F. Shute
and wife, Manager of Wissahickon Inn,
Pa, and their son J. Comfy Shute, of
Brooklyn, N. Y; Mrs. Kate Manners, of
Huuterdon county, N j., and children,
Misses Jennie and HELEN Manners an d
son Jacob Manners; Mr.. Holcom, wife and
child Joseph Diltz, wife and child; Frank
Shute and son Frank, of Illinois; Harry A.
Shute, M. d. and daughter Luretta Shute,
Of Philadelphia; Mrs. Sarah S. Shute. and
son Thompson, wife and child, and daugh-
ter. Miss Matte Shute, which constituted
all the children and their decendents
present. The children who were not
present are his oldest son Charles, in the
State of Maine; George, in Arizona, and
the widow of his son Wilmer, in Illinois.
The other persons present were Mr.. Shute's
sister, Mrs. r. Pine, her children Hannah
Maxwell, of Philadelphia, and daughter
Bertha; Mr.. George Pine, wife aud three
children, and Miss Emma Pine; Mrs.
Amelia Bailey, of Philadelphia; George
Coles and wife, and Thomas Borton. The
father with his six children, grandchildren
and great grandchildren, composed four
generations. Some of the children not
having met for twenty years, were unable
to recognize each other, and some of the
grandchildren were strangers to each other,
never having met before. The occasion
was most memorable one, and one which
Mr.. Shute felt to be an opportunity Of his
life, as with his age and and infirmities, he
could not hope to realize the same again
Mr.. Shute spent his early life in the
vicinity of Harrisonville, where in 1910 he
married Miss Albion and in 1847, built and
moved on his farm about one mile south of
Jacksonville, which he improved, until in
productiveness it was second to none in
the neighborhood. His wife died in 1880,
and his children having all married, his
health failing, he rented the farm in 1898
and came to reside with his sister, Mrs.
Pine, in Mullica Hill.
Thomas and Anna Borton are making a
short visit to Ocean Grove.
The cold wave has not only relieved
suffering humanity, but it has made the
coal dealers very busy.
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