Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1899-08-10
SWEDEsBORO.


Mr.. John Robinson, of New York, is
spending vacation with relatives here.
Joseph Snyder and wife are visiting Mr.
Snyder's mother at Lake Como.
Mrs. Mary Daley and son, Conrad, are
spending week at Atlantic City.
Mrs. Edward McAllister has been visit
ing her daughter, Mrs. Robert s. Austin.iu
Philadelphia.
William B. Zippler and wife, and son,
Norman, of Philadelphia, are visiting Mrs.
I. w. Dubois and family.
Rev. Geo. L. Barker left on Saturday for
Nebraska, where he will be engaged for
some time in eyaDgelistic work.
John Lock and wife are enjoying cottage
life at Pitman Grove.
Rey. and Mrs John 2 Lloyd have re-
turned from Summit Grove, Pa, where
they have been attending camp meeting.
Miss Hannie Park, of Auburn, is visiting
her cousin, Miss Mollie Shaffer, here.
Miss Bessie Holmes, of Salem, aud Mrs.
Trott, of Philadelphia, have been the
guests of Mrs. S. Will Gaskill.
Walter Fox and wife, and daughter, Of
Clayton and Mrs. Pimm, of Harrisonville,
were the guests of Mrs. T. W. Dubois on
Tuesday.
Miss Mabel Paul has been spending some
time with friends in Camden.
The Misses Hannah and Gertrude Sparks
are visiting their cousin, Edgar Sparks, at
Burlington.
Frank W. Tussey and wife, of Camden
have been the guests of John S. Batten and
family.
Miss Be lie Ridgway is spending a few
days at the Delaware Water Gap.
Mrs. William Cozens has been visiting
friends at Paulsboro.
Mrs. William Longacre has been enter
tanning her sister, Miss Carton, of Nive-
land.
Antoine Frederick and wife have been
enjoying few days at Wildwood.
Mrs. John F. Meley Mrs Mary E. Black,
Miss Lucretta Meley. and Mrs Owen l.
Guest, attended the funeral of Mrs Ger
trude, wife of Theodore 5tratton, of Bridge
ton, on Monday.
Mrs Edgar Bolton has been spending ten
days at Atlantic City.
Charles Fish has left the employ of lip
pincott & Gaskill, and accepted a position
in the drug store of Henry Nolte, in Phia-
deIphia. David Mccullough has the posi-
tion vacated by Fish.
Miss Florence G. Pither has been quite
i'll for several days, and unable to be in her
store.
Mrs l. A. Denny is slowly recovering,
and her friends hope she may soon be out
again.
John D. Wallace is running fine new
ice wagon, just built by Milton p Myers.
The little steamer. Jane Tweed was sunk
at the American Dredging Company
wharf, Camden, on Thursday of last week
We understand the accident was caused by
swells of the Reading ferry boat The
Tweed is owned by William Rode, here,
and was heavily loaded with various kinds
of produce. The boat was raised, and the
cargo not much injured.
The boat Theresa, which was badly
damaged by an explosion of gasoline in
Philadelphia, has been repaired, and is
making regular trips.
On the farm OF Mr.. John S. Batten near
here, there are three large Sycamore trees
which were planted by Mr.. Batten's grand
father over one hundred and fifty years
ago. A limb on one of them measures
over eighty feet.
Fireman Thomas Mccullough was badly
burned on the arm with hot oil on last
Thursday morning while getting ready to
leave the yards in Camden, for his run to
Cape May. He has been laid up, and is
caring for the injured arm at his home
here.
Mr.. Jacob Myers died on Sunday after
noon after an illness of only a few days,
aged seventy years He was a soldier in
the War of the Rebellion, and lost a leg in
the service of his country. He leaves a
wife who has the sympathy of the COM
mnnity. His funeral took place on Wed
nesday at the NJ. E. church.
Your correspondent visited the plum
orchard of Mr.. I. Hurff Weatherby on
Friday Of last week, and found it a scene
of great activity, over one hundred persons
were engaged in the work Of picking,
hauling, packing, Grating. etc. The orchard
contains four Thousand trees, which were
planted three years ago last Spring. They
have made surprising growth, and the
crop produced has been wonderful. From
ten to fifteen tons OF fruit have been ship
pedeach day, for several successive days
They are of the Japan varieties, and are
the Willard Abundance. Burbank and
Satsuma. The fruit is shipped in refriger-
ator cars to Boston. New York, Pittsburg
and other points, while the near markets
of Philadelphia, Chester, Ocean Grove, etc.
are also shipped. A visit TO this orchard
three miles below Swedeshoro will con-
vince one that the finer varieties of fruit
can be raised in this climate as well as in
the more Southern locations Mr.. Wealth
erby's experience is being watched with
considerable interest by farmers in this
locality. He has over thirty acres in
various kinds of fruit.
The annual meeting of the Swedesboro
Glass Company held on Tuesday the fol-
lowing officers were elected p President,
Henry Long Vice President, Louis Weber;
Secretary. A. G. Morris; Treasurer, P II
Hildebrand; Manager Antoine Frederick
The furnace has been rebuilt and the plant
put in complete order. Work will begin
on September 1st.