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The Penn's Grove record., 1901-08-09
In All Parts of the State.

The tomato crop of Gloucester
County viii be very light.
Quail are reported thicker in Glou-
cester County than for several years.
A big street fair is being planned
by Ii of the Bridgeton benevolent
organizations.
Speak-easies flourish again in
Bridgeton, and the police seem power
less to suppress the ~lawbreakers,
Newkirk Van Meter, Of Elmer, ex-
poets to gather about 1000 baskets of
peaches from a small orchard this sea
son.
A colored man named Money, at
Malaga, has twenty acres of land in
pickles. One day recently he shipped
seventy-five barrels to market.
Adam Snyder, of Philadelphia,
found Jersey cantaloupes high. He
stole two from Frank Brewer, at
Mantau, and Justice of the Peace
Pancoast charged him $2.12.
The citizens of Caldwell borough
have voted TO bond the municipality
for $4,000 for n water supply, and
work is to be begun in September.
At Asbury Park, the Rev. George
Il. Hancock, pastor of the West Park
Methodist Episcopal Church, was
stricken by death while preaching In
his pulpit at the Sunday morning
service.
Pigeon raising is growing in South
Jersey, and in no place like the north
ern part of Bridgeton. Some of the
breeders raise them for squads only,
while others are pushing the fine
breeds and flyers.
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NEWS OF THE STATE
Little Fortunes In Potatoes.

Some of the South Jersey farmers
are having odd experiences in the
great rush to sell their white potatoes.
A Salem County grower had heard
that they were worth 81 per barrel,
and were bringing more at some
points, so he hurried with a load to Il
~neighboring station. The buver asked
what he wanted. The farmer think.
Ing to get them high enough, remarked
that he decided not to take less than
500. His offer was accepted, and
as he drove home learned that $3.50
was the prevailing price. An Up
per Pittsgr0ve man was offered $3.50
per barrel for his load. He refused,
and drove to Pennsgrove, where he
received SAT-. Elton Newkirk, of
Friendship. from ten acres received n
little over $1,000, which means a net
profit of from 500 to $500. From
thirteen acres John Woolman, of FL
mer, received $1,000, and Hamlin
Woolman has twenty-five acres, and
estimates them in money at $1400.
Alexander Woolman, Of Deerfield, has
seventeen acres to dig and is not wor-
rying. 1t is said that competition has
been 50 great that buyers are taking
great risks. The tomato crop will
next bother the trucker, and the price
will also be high on these.
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commodate the usual hay-fork rig
glng. Many old barns have their tim
bers framed in a way to some
difficulty in this respect. Still there
are many barns now without this
help that with a little planning might
make use of the fork. Our cut shows
a plan for using an extemporized rig
ging between "bents' having crosswise
timbers. A pulley is located above the
NOW to be filed. The rope from 1t, a.
has the fork at its end. The hay is
lifted straight up from the load be-
cause held by the rope aid pulley %,
operated by the man on the load.
When the forkful will clear the edge
of the now, rope b Is Stacked as re-
qulred, either to drop the forkfug at
the front, the middle or the reaT of
the NOV. The rope a, after passing
over the pulley above the NOW, is car
ried down as directly as possible to
the horse, which draws 1t out. J The
direction may, of course, have to be
changed by a pulley in the BARN be-
low. The cut is given as a suggestion,
to be modified as circumstances d.
mand.-Farm and Home.
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A portion of the business section of
Barnegat was destroyed by fire. A
general supply store, a bakery, a lum-
Der yard, and several private resi-
dences were burned. With them went
their barns and other outbuildings.
The fire is believed to have started
from lightning. 1t vas raining hard
all the time, and this soaked the build
ings so that the water poured on by
several hundred men with pals and
all sorts of water-carrying devices
proved effective, and the fire was con-
fined to n comparatively small area.
The loss is estimated at $4,000. The
buildings destroyed are Benjamin
Predmore's store and dwelling. In
mans bakery, which was owned by
II. G. Guttlick; w. G. Conrad's lum-
Der yard, J. Horace Sprague's gem
eral store, a barn belonging to Pred
more, one belonging to Sprague, and
barns belonging to Abraham Fort and
j. e. Stevenson. The heaviest in
surance Is on the lumber yard, stock,
and buildings. 1t will amount to S10,-
600. On the various other buildings
and contents destroyed the insurance
is about $4,000.
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There is an impression abroaH that
salt is Il deadly poison to 2 ultry,
which Is true only under n cir
cumstances. 1t is not gms of JuDs GOWN
that poultry could h1g and took 9egu-
larly as any other sickness OF u when
this is attended to there is ps anger
that fowls will eat enough s. v to kill
them. NNA
Salt is absolutely necessary t$xcon,
tinued health, and where it is With
held the craving for it becomWs so
great that when it can be got at an
overdose is taken, and after that all
that remains to be done is to bury the
corpse after the inevitable has hap
pened, for death is certain.
In sailing poultry the clean salt
should not be used as, If this were
done, some of the TOWN would get an
overdose, through the natural greedi-
ness of fowls. The salt should be
given In some kind of mash; it Idoes
not matter much what thin com
posed of. Cornmeal, wheat. bratnslor
any other kind of ground feed. wStAp
with water or milk and stated a nttle
more than the same amot It Of food
for human consumption Would &be
should be fed at least twice a yyeel.
The reason fowls eat to excess Es7gn
they begin to crave salt and have M
opportunity to get at 1t is because y
have no means of knowing whey ~ 3
have enough except through lpaSS9iky
to swallow any more. They simply
eat until their crops are full bex IRE
they quit. A man eats as long as Food
tastes good to him because the food
goes to the stomach direct, and as yoon
as he has had enoughndrtgageAO does
not taste good and he IA fowl
find something that Ia. .bd and
eats as long as the suppl. 49, or un-
til the crop is filled to the TIT.
1t has been recorded tanen long
deprived of salt that whA-whey could
get it they ate until they Were made
sick, and it is the lime with fowls
only death follows an overdose. A
flock of fowls that Is regularly salted
will not eat very much 4ear salt, al
they do not feel a demand for it, and
do not eat it greedily.
Once fowls have taken an overdose
of salt there is no held for them, and
naturally young poultrN is much more
susceptible to its az Wn than Older
ones.-Farm. Field o #iresida-
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THE OLD FASHIONED BOY.

Oh, for a glimpse of a natural boy
A boy with freckled face,
With forehead white meath tangled halr
And limbs devoid of grace.
Whose feet toe in, while his elbows flare;
Whose knees are patched all ways;
who turns as red as a lobster when
You give him a word of praise
A boy who's born with an appetite,
Who seeks the pantry shelf
To eat his "piece" with ~resounding smack
Who isn't gone on himself.
A Robinson Crusoe" reading boy,
Whose pockets bulge with trash;
who knows the use of rod and gun
And where the brook trout splash
It's true he'll sit in the easiest char,
With his hat on his tousled head.
That his hands and feet are everywhere,
For youth must have room to spread.
But he doesn't dub his father cold man."
Nor deny his mothers call,
Nor ridicule what his elders say,
Or think that he knows it all.
A rough and wholesome natural boy
OF a good old fashioned clay;
God bless him, if he's still on earth,
For he'll make a man some day.
Detroit Free Press
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yiHAkes
DTMsT&e

Little Boy-"Papa?" His Father
"Well, my SOM" Little Boy-"Papa,
what would you do If some bad mar
was to catnip ~me?'-Puck.
'You seem to have a lot of rela-
tons. How do you keep track of
themf' II read the obituary column
in the papers every day."-Judge.
"Git onto her givin' him a fiowerr'
"But yer can't depend on COILS, Chin
my. To-day dey'n give yer a flower
an ter-morrer a t'row-down."-Puck.
ibid you hear of that duel between
those two medical Students" mo.
Pistols or swords?' Neither; they
prescribed for each other. "-Tit-Bits.
Two things there are that women
Will jump at in a trice;
These things are rash conclusions,
And timid little mice.
Philadelphia Press.
"Oh, mother, stop; l want to look
at that man just run over by the car"
Come along, do! There will be an
other presently, a little further on
Life.
Prison Keeper-"You will have to
work here, Moriarty, but you may Sc.
lect any trade you wish" Prisoner
"Well, il it's all the same to you, sor
Old like to be a sailor."-Tit-Bits.
The world is full, we all agree,
Of men of little worth,
Whose only business seems to be
To take up room on earth.
-PhilsdelDhia Record,
Clarence-"Why do you say the we'd
ding was p~atriotic?" Algernon-
"Weil, the bride was red, the groom
was}white, and her father, who had
all the bills to- pay, was lue."-Balti-
more World.
Bank President-"I suppose / had
better notify the directors that you
have appropriated $1OO,0 600" Cash.
ier-"Yes, and while you are about it,
ask them where there Is a good place
to invest it."-Harper's Bazaar.
Impecunious Poet--"Goodnews, dear.
That poem of MIND Wife-"Hgs
it been accepted at last?" Poet-"No,
but I've learned that there Is a new
magazine just started in London that
/ haven't submitted Ii to yet."-Glas-
gov Times.
what is your vocation?" asked the
cannibal king, sternly. 'I-er-I am a
weather bureau man, your majesty"
ventured the weather a timidly,
''Turn him loose" commanded the
cannibal king; she has been roasted
- nltN C4.+. ~,
"How about our great scheme to ben.
eft the masses?" asked the ~bookkeep-
er. what about itY' inquired the edi,
tor Of the sensational sheet. Il don't
know how to charge up the cost of
it." returned the bookkeeper. shall
l open a charity accountT" Charity
nothing~ retorted the editor disgust
edly. "Charge it up to the advertising
account, of course."-Chicago Post.
The Penn's Grove record., 1901-08-09

Parents and teachers are noticing
and commenting on the fact that chill
dren have made wonderful progress
in geography in the last three years
War has done this. 1t has stimulated
the desire for knowledge, and the at
las has been frequently consulted to
learn the relative positions of places
and geographical names involved IL
battle. Though this is particularly
true with children, 1t also applies tc
grown persons. Many both in schoo.
and out would have had to acknowl
edge great ignorance of the Philip
pines, West Indies. the Transvaal ant
China three years ago, while now
they are able to draw tolerably cor
rect maps Of these places from mem
DRY, and speak familiarly the names
of provinces and towns of which they
did not know the existence, much les.
the location. two score months ago.
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Smoking Kills Him.

The persistent smoking Of cigar
cites has been the means Of causing
the death of William II. Chase, for
merly of Plainfield. Mr.. Chase had
been living at Bayonne, being EN-
ployed at the Tide Water Chemical
Works of that city. He was n son of
Winfield S. Chase of Plainfield, who
was at the head of the Police Depart
ment from 1884 to 1887. Mr.. Chase
had been advised by the family ply
stefan to stop using cigarettes and
had promised his wife that he would.
The habit had become so fixed, how
ever, that he was unable to throw
aside the temptation. 1t caused his
death on Saturday at the age of twen-
ty-eight.
The Penn's Grove record., 1901-08-09
G BURNED AT STAKE
Mob in Alabama Saturates Him
With Oil and Applies Torch.
MANY CoIored People Helped Whites to
Mete Out Vengeance 80 The
Victim Confessed.

Birmingham, Ala. John Wesley
Pennington, a negro, was burned at
the stake neal Enterprise. Ala, before
n crowd of 800 citizens of Coffee Coun-
ty. The assemblage was composed of
both white and colored people, and
though the wretch pleaded for mercy
end e~ndeavored to break the chains
that bound him, not a trace Of sympa-
thy. it is said, was shown on the faces
of the onlookers. Pennington had
committed a brutal assault upon Mrs.
j. c. Davis, the wife of a farmer, and
he had confessed his guilt.
The crime was committed while Mrs.
Davis was gathering vegetables in her
garden. Pennington chOked her into
insensibility. Afterward he fed to
the woods.
AS soon as she regained her senses
Mrs. Davis crawled to the house and
told her husband what had happened.
A large posse was quickly organized,
and with bloodhounds they chased the
negro until early in the morning when
he was captured in a swamp. Pen
nington was bound hand and foot and
taken back to the Davis home for lden-
tifcation. News Of the assault OF Mrs.
Davis had been sent by rune for
miles around Enterprise, and every
farmer in the neighborhood had left
his pillow to join in the search.
When the posse arrived with Pen
nington there We're at least 500 per-
sons gathered near the Davis resi-
dence. At a signal the men withdrew
to the woods and quietly awaited the
result of the meeting of Pennington
and Mrs. Davis. Mrs. Davis imme-
diately recognized him and the negro
broke down and wept. He admitted
having committed the assault and
pleaded for mercy, but was dragged
from the house and into the woods
where he was burned to death.
Evidently expecting a confession
several citizens had already driven a
stake into the ground, and as the men
approached with Pennington both
white and colored people were plling
bushwood saturated with oil around it.
The negro saw his doom and screamed
in terror, while the crowd stood silent
ly by.
The frightened brute was limp and
had to be supported while the chains
were fastened around his neck and
body. When all was ready the cry
was given and the crowd stood back.
A match was then placed to the pile.
The terrified negro again pleaded
for mercy in the most agonizing tones,
and prayed that those around him
might perish, He then called upon his
Maker for forgiveness. and as the
flames leaped up and encircled his
neck an |unearthly shrek was heard
and the mans eyes almost hulged out
of the sockets. When he had been
burned to death the crowd dispersed.
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recent Census Office

A recent Census Office bulletir
shows that 1913 per cent. of the coun,
try's population, or 2S,411, sos people,
live in cities and towns of more than
1000 population. Ten years ago the
percentage of the urban population
was 32,9, or slightly less than one
third. In another ten years, at this
rate, nearly one-half of the American
people will be denizens of towns. The
productiveness of u agriculturalist;
has been in the meantime enhanced
by a multitude of labor saving inven
tons, so that fewer and fewer men
are needed on the farms from year to
year. Those who are released from
drudgery in the fields fly to the cities,
where they become consumers of har.
vests and contribute to the diversif'
cation of our vast national scheme,
The thrifty farmer feeds them all
comments the PHILADELPHIA Record.
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mansions, but is usually about four
feet long and one and a half feet wide.
If built slantlng, stock a eat up
clean any feed in it, or the trough
can be readily cleaned. 1t is very
handy for watering cattle In winter,
as the trough full of water can be
rolled down in front of the cattle and
from II to another as soon as they
are through drinking. Where running
water Is handy, it can be let into this
tub and quickly rolled in front of the
cattle. With wheels made of hard
wood this device will last for years.
and can also be used for a variety Of
other purposes about the barn. 1t is
one of those handy e~ontrivances that
save labor and add to the pleasure
and profit of farming.-Orange Judd
Farmer.
The Penn's Grove record., 1901-08-09

The area of the Jerome Park Reser-
voir is over 300 acres, and the cost of
the land was about 100000. There
will be about 100000 cubic yards
of earth and rock removed, and the
50,0O0.0 900 square feet of surface in
side the reservoir walls will be laid
with from three to six inches Of con
crete.
The contractors had TO purchase 2ol
acres of land on Lorg Island II
where they could deposit the eXca'
waited earth and rock, and Eve Ti!lsoo1s
railway had to be built in ON ~
carry 1t there. When the reservoir is
finished the retaining walls will moi
be conspicuous from the outside,
although in places they will be more
than thirty-six feet deep on their
inner slopes. In some few places the
walls will stand from eight to ten feet
above the surrounding country.-NeW
York Times.
The Penn's Grove record., 1901-08-09

The discontinued worries of a mo-
rose person may very likely shorten
his days. and the general justice of
natures arrangement provides that
his early departure should entail no
long regrets. On the other hand, the
nan who can laugh keeps his health.
To the perfectly healthy laughter
comes often. Too commonly, though,
as childhood is left behind, the habit
fails, and a half smile is the best that
visits the thought-lined mouth OF a
modern nan or People be.
come more and more burdened with
the accumulations of knowledge and
with the weighing responsibilities OF
life, but they should still spare time
to laugh.
The Penn's Grove record., 1901-08-09

There are now fifty-four agricultural
experiment stations scattered through
the country and maintained by the
States. Hitherto the general Govern
ment has had nothing of the kind on
an extended scale. But Il 400-acre
model farm is now TO be established
by the Agricultural Department, 1t
will occupy a part of the old Airing.
ton estate, lying along the Potomac
opposite Washington. The work Of
getting this big tract in shape for
scientific cultivation is now going on.
The object win be to demonstrate here
the culture OF every sort Of useful
plant that can be made to thrive in
this climate. There will be a six-acre
model home plot to Illustrate what can
be done to make rural home surround
.ugs pleasant. While all the familiar
fruits, vegetables, cereals. grasses,
berries, etc, will be grown aud studied.
another object will be to introduce
new species. A cranberry bog will be
maintained and an attempt made to
cultivate the huckleberry, which has
so far not been domesticated. With
the facilities and II at the com
mand of the Agricultural Department
this big experiment farm will be made
an institution of the highest value TO
the American farmer.-The Path
finder.
The Penn's Grove record., 1901-08-09
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
FARM and GARDEN |
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES


Potato beetles are easily destroyed
by the use of paris green, aqd they
also have many natural enemies. 1t
is surprising, therefore. how they
come every year In such large num-
bers, which may be due to the delays
in destroying them. If a few beetles
appear no consideration is given the
fact, and they are thus allowed some
opportunity to multiply. Every beetle
destroyed early in the season or as
soon as it puts in an appearance will
reduce the work necessary In destroy
ing many of them that might appear
but for systematic effort with the
beetles that appear early.
The Penn's Grove record., 1901-08-09

Charges were presented to Judge
Rellstab, Trenton, to the effect that
a recent conviction of Henry ]. Burtis
on n charge of petty larceny, was ac-
complished by mean of drawing lots
In the jury room. The charges were
made in connection with an applica-
ton for a new trial for Burtis. Judge
Rellstab, greatly surprised, directed
the Prosecutor to make a thorough
investigation. 1t is claimed that the
jury stood six to six, and, being I'M
able to agree, drew lots, and in this
way Burtis was found guilty. Burtis
is a music teacher, and was charged
with extracting money from an au-
tomato gas meter in his house. The
testimony against him was given by
a colored man who had been in his
employ.
The Penn's Grove record., 1901-08-09

There is prospect Of q revival of the
ancient sport of falconry in England.
In n number of places this form of
hunting is now often employed. Hares
and rabbits seem TO afford the best
sport, and in order to provide plenty
IF game ferrets are run through tie
burrows the night before the hunt
ind the openings are then stopped up
so that the hares and rabbits will be
in the open when the falcons fly.
The Penn's Grove record., 1901-08-09

Sixteen acres of land have been pur-
chased by the Navy Department at
Washington in the vicinity of the Ma
val Observatory, the purchase being
necessary to protect the delicate in
struments which record the time in the
Naval Observatory from vibrations.
With the purchase of this land there
will not be a highway within a thou
sand feet Of the clock room, where
the instruments are stationed. An ap-
preparation of $4,000 was made at
the last session OF Congress for the
purchase of this land.
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There can be no doubt that the re,
sponsibility of great wealth Is more
aeutely fNt in this country thaa- ever
before. Larger gifts are made in a
larger way as fortunes increase in size
and number. And we are glad to
think that it is not pressure from with
out SO much as humane impulses from
within which stimulates to generosity,
says the New York Post. Wealth
sees poverty and need and stunted
lives and unrelieved misery about II
and yearns to be a reseuer, a creator
Of opportunity, and by voluntary dis
.ributlon to undo excess.
The Penn's Grove record., 1901-08-09

Santos Dumont, the inventor Of the di-
"iSible balloon, at Paris, France, has his
imagination fixed upon an aerial voyage
around the world. He is perfectly conf
dent that such a voyage will be made. Il
may drop this pursuit" he said, ''but that
does not matter. If / do not work at it
others viii. Aerial navigation has now
reached a point where it cannot fall into
oblivion. AT present a trip is somewhat
expensive owing to the cost of hydrogen
metre, so every time | take the balloon
out its imitation alone costs $500"
The Penn's Grove record., 1901-08-09
Shirt Coat a Failure.

The shirt coat, a new style of sum
mer wear for letter carriers which
mel the approval of the Postmaster
General, has proved n fiat failure. 1t
was several weeks ago pronounced the
correct warm weather garb for the
carriers. Many of the carriers tried
the new garment, but soon abandoned
it. They could not endure the ridleuh
and derision of the small boy, and re-
turned to the old-fashioned uniform
or wore a plain gray shirt.
The Penn's Grove record., 1901-08-09

Eggs are selling in Paris, Mo, for
three cents a dozen.
Brooms arc to be advanced twenty
five to fifty cents a dozen.
The Kosta glass works, the largest
in Sweden, have been burned.
There has been a large increase in
the number of national banks,
Manufacturers in Austria are max.
ing efforts to prevent importation OF
American canned goods.
Attendance at Pan-Anerican EXPO
sitlon for first three months, ending
July 81, is put at 2,724,0
The Penn's Grove record., 1901-08-09

1t Is claimed that the limit to the
production of any crop is far beyond
that now conceived Of, and that the
future will bring into practice methods
1f cultivation not now known, the re-
suits being larger crops, with less
.abor, and without loss of fertility of
The Penn's Grove record., 1901-08-09

Emperor William says of his ideal
military officer that he must be Gin
different to the opinions of Others"
That's right, too. "Theirs not to rea-
son why is the necessary attitude Of
the professional soldier. That's why
u American f~orefathers were RESP
tutely against a standing army Of pro-
fessiolal fighters.
The Penn's Grove record., 1901-08-09
New Reformatory to Be opened.

The New Jersey State Reformatory,
at Railway, has been formally opened
by the State Reformatory Commits
sion. The contract work Is unfin-
ished but cells have been prepared
for a small number of %convicts al
ready sentenced to the reformatory
by county courts. The edifice as it
stands consists of a central building
and one wing. Other wings will be
added in time.