Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1902-09-12
SANpYsTON.

II. L. Is afraid I am worrying
,bout the antos speeding over our
roads. II. J.. should know that our
'oads are not boulevards but we are
coming to them one of these days
md when l get my racing auto will
invite my friend to take ride over
those boulevards.
In and about the village Of Layton
there are IA bikes and almost any
time a bike is in sight. Some have
become very good riders but Ralph
Van Sickle can distance them ALL
George Swartout of Jersey City
spent his annual vacation with his
father, James swartout, over along
the river. George has been promot-
ed to a responsible and lucrative pos
ition with an electric light company
in Jersey City.
Mrs. Nettie Owen, wife of Calvin
owen of Newark, visited r. T Owen
on Friday returning to Newark on
Sunday.
Saturday morning last was pretty
cool. This weather bureau minimum
thermometer registered 36o. That is
pretty close to the freezing point and
we don't want to see that yet awhile.
The state Of New Jersey pays a
bounty of SO to any one killing
fox. This should be an incentive to
our fox hunters as the animals are
said to be numerous.
Loads of pork frequently pass on
their way to Branchville but on Sat
urday morning Schenck Merrell
passed with an immense load of pigs
drawn by four horses. The price
pork commands made the load val
liable.
In my item referring to the search
for the grave of Abram Van Campen
il occurred to me how many graves
there are scattered about the country
with no stone or mark to tell the
passerby whose remains lie beneath
that mound. There should be a fund
set apart by law to furnish a stone to
mark every grave where relatives
are unable to provide one.
So II. l.. thinks Montague justice
is after Mr.. Travis. Are you sure it
is Justice or something else? Well,
quail are pretty birds and should be
protected and so should trout and
suckers and yet the snare lifts a mess
of them whenever the party gets fish
hungry and justice don't wink her
eye down here in Sandyston.
Eugene Hursh of Newark is spend
ing 10 day vacation visiting friends
and relatives in Sandyston. He is
conductor on a trolley line IN that
city.
The school meeting announced tC
be held on the 9Th for the purpose OF
voting an appropriation of 5000 fol
the removal of the Fisher school
house further up the river road ir
order to consolidate the two rive
schools was voted in the negative by
a decided majority. The school a
Fisher will be reopened, and Franz
Stoll engaged as teacher.
The new iron bridge across tn,
Flatbrook east of Alfred Bevans
viii be ready for travel early thi
week. The bridges in this town viii
soon all be constructed of iron.
On Saturday last 1 met a gentle
man on the train who wished to fin'
the grave of Abram Van Campen il
Walpack. In company with him W
drove to Walpack and explores
Shapnac burying ground on lands O
Joseph Hull and found some 2
graves of the Van Campens all in
remarkable state Of preservation, bu
no mark by any to distinguish on
from the other. The intention OF tn
gentleman, Mr.. Stuart of New Yor
city, was to find Mr.. Van Campen'
grave and erect a monument over il
He was one Of the first judges {
Sussex county, having been appoint
ed in 1863. A few feet away is tn
grave of Gamma Symmes, born Oct,
Der, 174l, married to the Hon. job
Cleves Symmes Oct. 30, 1860, an
who died July %, 1875, leaving tw
daughters, Maria and Anna" Mr.
| Symmes was a near relative of Pre-
ident w. II. Harrison.
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