Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1902-08-07
WEST DEPTFORD.

Our honorable township committee is
full of Republican knowledge, hut when
it comes to good common sense in build
ing foot-paths, they overlook the ele-
ment of storms. For the third time the
new path which connects Victoria with
Newbold has been washed thoroughly
impossible. the small stove pipe culvert
makes no outlay for the water, but just
now the weeds hide it all. Pedestrians
take the middle of the road. Hessan
avenue or the old Hessian Run road from
the stone road to North Woodbury. they
have abandoned and let it grow up in
weeds, briars, brush, etc. The ditch is in
themiddle of the road, but this warmweath-
er the girls can take off their shoes and
stockings and carry them till they get to
the trolley going up, and coming back
visa versa. OF course they have to hold
up their skirts, so with skirts in one hand
shoes and stockings i'll the other, there is
no room for bundles, of course that is
only after big rains.
Aries Blake, colored farm hand on
Spring Lane Farm, was the finder of a ten
dollar gold piece in the citron patch and
Mrs. Beulah Browning Garfield, a
daughter of the late A. Browning, owner
of the farm, has put the valuation Of the
farm up.
Why need the farmers be out of hay
when L. K Wilkins & Bro. have such
nice bailed timothy hay at fair prices.
One steam roller only remains on the
stone road.
Miss Edyth Bicther, of Camden, spent
last week with the Locks, and Miss Flor
ence Locke will spend this week with her
cousin in Camden.
r. O'Toole, of Camden, was strowling
in our township on Sunday.
Howard Locke took fishing trip on
Saturday and came home with "a nice bas-
ket of fish, but your correspondent was for
gotten i'll the distribution.
Clement R. Budd took hurried trip to
Salem on Friday.
Walter T. Budd was the first to get a
boat load of manure at Green's wharf on
Thursday.
'tGus'' Prehl has two new milk wagons
ready for milk men in our township.
Charles G. and j. Wilmer Leonard are
brothers and live on either side of the stone
road below Thorofare. On Monday morn
ings they try to see who can get up
get the men to work, and get up a load OF
produce and get it to market the quickest
On last Monday Wilmer beat by a half
hour, and when Charles driver boy geared
up he got the little horse on the Off side and
did not know it until some one along the
road asked him what time he got in that
morning 1t reminds us of the old saying,
1.-The big horse and the little mule, and
one of Africa's sons driving with a bull
dog under the wagon and the big horse on
the nigh side, and the little mule on the
off side,n but it all goes in ones life time.
Two of Leachs storage wagons of No.
1915 Germantown avenue, Phila., moved
the family III the house that they bought
of Silas Eastlack near North Woodbury. on
Monday Their names we think is Hanson.
The StuItz family will move out on the adj
joining Armitage property they bought of
Job Scott Huey's moved their things to
the cars last week to 60 to their,new home
in Norristown, Pa.
Frank Wells, of Front and Spruce Sts.,
Phila, says on Monday night and Tuesday
morning enough stuff such as farmers bring,
especially tomatoes, came over the river to
supply the market the week out. That
firm certainly does handle some truck.