The Penn's Grove record., 1903-05-29
Paulsboro Posings.

Mrs. S. T. Miller has presented $1,000
to the Baptists as a memorial to her mot
her, who died some years age. The new
church when completed will be known as
the Taylor Memorial Baptist Church.
The gods favor the few. Hopkins MUIR
ry took $1,000 in the bay and his cash ac-
count has run up to $1,000 on the credit
side. Jack Zanes his neighbor is right at
his heels. They say he is the best fish
erman, barring luck, that halls from this
port.
The gods themselves have their favor
ties in the sturgeon line, but even the
best of them for some years have toiled
without hope or profit; but this year the
goal has been reached. / can remember
when you could load a small ship with
their carcasses for 25c. q fish and at Bill
ingsport walk 800 yards on these sinking
denominations.
Lee Wells, the lockjaw man, lies like a
dead man and knows or notices no one.
He does not know to eat. DIR. Laws is at
his side three times a day. If he can not
pull him through others need not try.
There is nothing but the steeple to re-
mind you of the old Billingsport Church.
They worship in the basement now.
Capital Hill is being built up by Phil
adelphia men. One is putting up two
brick houses. They will have a view of
the river, if the defunct steel plant does
not loom up in the beautiful distance.
The stand pipe is finished except paint
ing. 1t looms up 100 feet and tells the
weary pedestrian covered with the dust
of travel that there is water ahead.
While the tin plant with its glittering
electrical stars guides his benighted wan
behring's.
The large pump for the water works
come on Tuesday. This beats the old
fashioned sweep. Next month the in
disposed man can recline in his easy
chair and turn the sparkling stream
throatwards every few seconds; children
play in bath tubs; the begrimed toiler
cleanse his skin and the washer woman
her linen and babes prattle in shower
baths.
Tuesday | luxuriated under the grand
old elm that adorns the banks of Pau]s-
boro creek three hundred yards from the
bridge. 1t was brought here from En-
gland 100 years ago and now it shades
quarter OF al acre of ground and will out
live many of its sapling contemporaries.
The trunk is six feet in diameter, nine
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wonderful and beautiful. What a history;
When it was planted Benjamin Franklin
was in England pleading for American
rights long before the battle of Bunker
Hill.
Speaking of this aged elm reminds me
l met John Pierson out riding with a
rich young mar on Saturday. One at
one end of life and the other at the other.
The young man rejoiced in his strength
and the old man that he is well, active
and healthy at SO.
They moved OF started the large barn
from Germania Park to the Devault farm
on the 26th. The Park has lost all it's
charms but the grand old river that goes
laughing along rejoicing in its greatness
and antiquity. The last melancholy
memento isa partly decayed restaurant
OF that lar famed place.
A few ivy grown walls unsightly in
desolation marks the spot where thou
sands of youth and beauty hobnobbed
with wealth and culture and listened to
the melli1uous notes of the band as it
touched the enchanted ear to die away
on the bosom of the Delaware. The star
of its glory set in blood when poor Cans
fell by a false friend and rum and riot
o~verpowered the guards. Time which
ferrets out mysteries has never revealed
the name of the murderer. r.