The Penn's Grove record., 1899-12-08
Trenton a"aS

I
EpIroR REcoRD:-L-In order 10 fulfill
a promise made toksiy friends when III
left Penn's Grove.that j would write
them through the columns of the RE |
CORD, l trust 1 am not e~ncroaching up. |
on your generosity when | ask space
for the publication Of this letter.
Trenton being the Capitol City Of
the State, is supposed by many who
have not visited it, 10 he a beautiful
city and one containing my attractions.
There are many places OF interest iu
and about Trenton, especially among
the public Institutions, but after ore
has visited them for the first time they
find little interest In a second visit.
The city in itself is far from beauti-
ful, being - -1rregularly laid out, es-
~pecially the b6rongh portion, which is
one of the largest subdivisions OF the
city. In the opposite direction In the
vicinity of Cadwalader Park the streets
are more evenly laid out and many very
beautiful residences have been built
although there are scores Of vacant lots
all along State street between the Capt.
tol and Cadwalader Park. The Della
ware and Raritan Canal and its various
feeders, as they are called, intersect the
city at almost every point. thus making
it very inconvenient at times for traffic,
while the bridges are turned Of 70 al
low a passing barge or canal boat TO go
through. Sometimes traffic Is suspended
for an indefinite period and vehicles OF
all description clog the streets until the
tow passes, as was the case the other
L., -, Gtata cfroof xxy,op a ro ~ ne 1,rn-
Der got fast between the walls Of the
basin at that point and The bridge was
oft for nearly half an hour. The peo-
ple as a rule do not complain OF these
Inconvenience, but take 1t for granted
that it should be SO.
The Pennsylvania Railroad runs a.
the way along the canal and when traf-
Ac is not DISTRACTED by q canal boat a
freight train half a mile long obstrncts
the street and there you are obliged to
wait till either one, or sometimes both,
pass out of the way.
I~Ientonians as a rule are very well
educated, quite progressive and liberal
in their political and religious views,
the former being largely due to the
many opportunities afforded the youth
to obtain a good education.
l was down to the State Prison the
other day taking a look through that
institution and in looking over the re.
cord / noticed the majority OF the in-
mates were illiterates.s 1 began to con-
g~ratulate myself that / had found evil
dence in this particular In favor ofedu-
cation and upon inquiry from mi of
the guards upon the subject he at once
informed me the ignorant class formed
the majority from the fact of their in
ability to escape punishment on account
of their Ignorance and poverty, while
many with money and education es-
cape the punishment they too often de-
serve. Then / was again disappointed
and left the dingy institutions disgusted.
Above all the public institutions for
notoriety here the Girls Industrial
School stands in the lead and Mrs.
Eylei's mercilsss treatment OF those
unfOrtunates has o for her the con-
domination Of every one. Almost any
one you ask about the matter will tell
you they would much rather serve q
term in the prison than the Industrial
School, so called.
The combination mill is still busy
grinding out the corporations at the
rate of a dozen per day and large sums
of money flow into the State Golfers as
The toll from every grist. A baby coach
tIust was formed and incorporated here
tie other day and all the newly married
people, when they heard OF it, hurried
down town to buy n before the price
went up.
Potteries and the manufacture OF bis
que and china ware are the chief indus
tries of the city, the employees OF which
come NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS., from
which counrIssc Several a nor6a.
lam foods we're iast t5 Nsy 5ffoT 70 the
Manufacture of those goods here.
Since the election the prominent Re-
publican leaders from the and
middle part of the state have been In
convention here at various timesttytng
to reach an agreement a to which
county should receive the most plums.
Monmouth is lighting hard for Bupre-
macy and it was stated on Saturday
evening last by one OF the leading pa
peTs published here that Monmouth
would get the lions share. The C0un-
ties in South Jersey have been oyer-
and begin to feel somewhat
alarmed in regard to the chances for
success Of some Of my Republican
in Penn's Grove a. they prom
ised to meet me here when the Legisla-
o"nointaS sho,,, tbau fa,i p III hara
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foot ball and the people thTOnR Inc DIT