The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1899-01-10

n Bile member OF the Unity Lodge OF Odt
Fellows for the past nineteen years, an,
:, yet all the papers in Mount Holly say
:. he's N. G.
A newspaper man at Long Branch ha
/ been presented with Bible for attending
: Sunday school every Sunday for twelve
consecutive years. We have Bible, too
. but we bought it.
This is a good time of the year for &
person to begin to live within his means
Some people do not know what this sig
7 nifies If they could appreciate the hap
piness of being out of debt, they would
g begin at once on this line of action.
We had reports last week in one day
from banker, a lawyer, and two mer-
chants who said that THE News was the
best paper published in Mount Holly. OF
: lcourse we admire their taste, and we dis
} covered that it was not an acquired taste,
either
Said man last week: 81 have belonged
to the Odd Fellows for a great many
years and have always been beneficial. .
Generally person must attend his lodge
to keep in good standing; but to this rule
there is one exception that we know of,
and that is man living in Mount Holly
who has never yet failed to be paid up,
although he has not attended his dodge for
over forty years.
Policeman Job Collins has made some
remarkable cures during the past few
months in removing warts from persons
living in Mount Holly. These are very
disagreeable things to be annoyed with,
and it is safe to say that any wart which
'Joby" tackles will soon be thing of the
past. He employs several methods in
their removal, none of which have failed
him in long time. No cure, no pay.
That murder will out" receives an
other confirmation in the conviction of
Mrs. Botkin. The denial on his death
bed, however, of having been the slayer
of his niece, Annie Leconey, tends to con-
firm the belief in the innocence of Chalk
ley Leconey, who was tried for the crime
and acquitted, Notwithstanding the fact
that public opinion seemed to have been
divided after the verdict of the jury had
I been rendered.
A continual every day nuisance is the
school children rushing into and crowding
the post Office morning, noon and night
1t would be unwise to deliver mail to the
younger pupils when on their way to
school, and while they have as much right
to go there as any one else, it does seem
as if one call in the afternoon would an
swer all purposes Their noise and i'm
patience is enough to try the soul of Job,
and how the clerks in the office stand it
we leave for them to explain.
In twelve more months the people then
living will have the pleasure of witness
ing the closing of the nineteenth century,
which will certainly be an epoch in this
life that will never occur again. This i'm
portant event in the worlds history will
fall upon some who are in prison, on
others who are sad, and to many who
are happy. but as the event is one of such
an uncommon nature, we should prepare
ourselves to greet the twentieth century
and celebrate its induction in a manner
befitting the wonderful advancement
which the future is likely to reveal.
A Mount Holly lawyer in summing up
a case before jury last week, made
number of friends for himself by these
remarks during his argument Gentle
men, wish you could have seen what
saw on Christmas day-a family without
anything to eat whatever. made up my
mind that l would not eat anything more
myself until l gave that family some
thing, and 1 took them basket full of
good things. This made them feel happy,
and never enjoyed my dinner SO much
in my life" This statement captured the
crowd which nodded in approval
An illustration of how fast sound trav-
els is thus illustrated Frequently when
on Main street on quiet night when the
ground is frozen, policeman will hear
the pity pat" of horses feet coming in
the distance. The sound indicates that
the team was about opposite the fair
grounds, and having desire to know
what was going on, the officer would wait
for the approaching horse to come down
the street. Instead of appearing at once,
there would be wait of nearly half an
hour, which would indicate that when
first heard the team was half way to Bur
lington.
1t is a dangerous thing to malign
mans character. This is the most sacred
thing a person has in the world, and
without such his success in life is hope
less. Such an requirement enables one to
surmount many obstacles and places him
on a plane of varacity with his fellow
men. The standing and character of some
people are impervious to the attacks of
SANDER mongers, and well they may be,
for it is safe to say that many of the
Holly against the reputation of certain
citizens is nothing more than spiteful
gossip.
Charles Flora, who is confined in jail
charged with stealing chickens, is receiv-
ing two good meals day; yet, notwith-
standing this fact, his wife is said to be
taking food to him at the prison, when it
was only last week that the overseer of
the poor found her in needy circumstances
at her home on Water street. As long as
her husband is well provided for, the lady
would be justified in keeping what prov
ender is supplied her for the benefit of
herself and children, as the prospects are
not bright for Mrs. Flora again receiving
any support from her husband for some
| time to come.
! A short time since the neighboring sec
ton hereabout was alive with thieves, and
complaints from farmers were numerous
that their turkeys and chickens had been
stolen. The matter aroused considerable
indignation and the policemen and con-
stables of Mount Holly started in to ar
rest the offenders. As a result seven men
all said to be guilty-are now in Jail
awaiting the action of the grand jury.
Three have confessed, and their state
ments have implicated others who have
not yet been apprehended. To accom-
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