The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1899-01-24
JOTTINGS.

JoTTINGS.
Mount Holly has some residents who
do not see the town by daylight, and this
fact is good argument for the enforce
ment of the eight hour law. They are
commuters to Philadelphia, who go away
in the morning while the stars are twink
: ling and return home when the moon is
shining. When home on a holiday they
: almost appear to US as strangers.
John Wanamaker is probably the
heaviest advertiser in the world. He has
the largest store and the largest stock,
and he knows, too that advertising is the
only method that will push his goods on
the market His principle is to do the
most advertising during the dull. season,
and glance at the daily and weekly pa
pers will show this to be a fact. Adver-
, Using pays, but some people are slow in
, realizing it.
Said a man last week: II would suggest
that you mention in your valuable paper
the desirability of patrons of the post
office, upon entering, to go through the
south door, and in leaving, to pass out the
north door-in other words, keep to the
right There is much confusion and an
noyance caused by people who do not
keep to the right, and painful accident
might occur to some person through the
carelessness of others Let the patrons
keep in mind Davy Crockett's maxim
BE sure you are right, then go ahead. ;"
This is very good suggestion and should
be adopted by all, as cases have been
quite frequent where persons on both
sides of the door have been pushing at the
same time.
Rev. B. F. Chapman, of Andover,
Conn, now SO years old, is a living refu-
tation of the 10 superstition. He was
born on the 18th day of the month. He
was 10 years old when his family made an
important move of his boyhood, and 10
years after that he was married. He is a
member of family of IS, and so was his
wife. She was born on the 18th day of
the month, and had 10 letters in her name
Three of their five children saw the light
of day on the 18th, and Mr.. Chapman
says that he was born and probably will
die in one of the original 10 states, and in
a county having IS towns. When he came
to Andover the usher of the church show
ed him into pew No. 10, and the postmas
ter offered him No 10 letter box, saying
that no one else would have it.-N. Y.
Tribune
There Is some amusement in listening
to the stories of persons just from the Ia
BILE of terrapin supper to hear them tell
what so and so ate While their tales in
many cases are known to be true, it is
difficult to see where the caterer realizes
any profit. At the last supper of this
kind given in town, several persons have
been mentioned as getting away with
from three to five dishes of terrapin to a
bucket full, and in addition they took
some home to eat before going to bed. If
these COMMANDERS would only eat thus
| literally, for instance, at the Good Intent
supper, that fire company would only re-
quire a few such customers in order to
get rich However, the price of terra
pin supper includes all you can eat, and
as the proprietors do not object we have
no complaint to make.
Nho III IN dan of In
amount of suffering that prevails among
the poor people of Mount Holly. Last
week prominent citizen was stopped on
Water street by a woman who said that
she had seven children and that there was
not crust of bread in the house They
had nothing whatever to eat and she did
not know what to do to keep her children
from starving 'I'll see the overseer of
the poor, said the manufacturer, as he
started on. Sitting down to his own table
he began to eat, but the thought of
those seven children precluded the posi-
bility of finishing his dinner, so he went
to grocery store and paid for basket
of edibles which were sent to this desolate
home. Tie overseer of the poor after
ward took charge of the case, which was
also reported to the relief society now
being organized by E. L. Prickett.
There is some talk of bill being intro
duced in the Legislature to substitute
eIectrocution for hanging in capital cases.
Such a law seems to have given very gen
eral satisfaction in New York state as it
is very swift and painless method of
putting murderers to death. But what
New Jersey needs most is the adoption of
the whipping post. There is pressing
need for one right in the Jail yard here,
where criminals could be held up to the
public gaze when receiving their punish
ment Such an institution, which at one
time was in vogue in Burlington, would
have a tendency to lessen crime in this
section, and it would also bring to terms
some men who abuse the defenceless
women in their homes when they are in
toxicated. If Mount Holly were equip
ped with whipping post and pillory, it
is safe to say there wouldn't be tramp
within fifty miles of the place, and chick
en- thieves would be much less numerous
; than what they now are. Delaware gets
along nicely under this system which, if
adopted here, would save Burlington
county thousands of dollars
Some time since the directors of the
: Waverly Fair called a meeting of its
stockholders to consider the ACCESSIBILITY
e of selling their ground, as it was wanted
Il for public park and also by real estate
spectators. AS a result the Fair may be
? abandoned in the future. This institution
was practically conducted under the au-
g spices of the state, for it received an an
/ nual appropriation of several thousand
t dollars from the state treasury. The di-
e rectors of the Mount Holly Fair were un-
j able to pay their expenses, and an i'm
portant agricultural institution was com
PEELED to die on its golden anniversary
= Since its demise the fair has been great
A ly missed and many persons would like
to see it revived. At the recent annua
" meeting of the Progressive Farmers Club
q of Coopertown, they unanimously resolv
9 ed to hold an agricultural fair in the fal
= of 1899. The committee of arrangement
consists of 1. Fl. Bishop, J. H. Coombs
q Clarence Adams, DR.. j. A. Stuart and II