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Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1904-04-07
Many of our readers will recognize the
following farm in Logan:
PUBLIC SALE.


To be exposed to Sale by way Of public
Vendue, on the 4th day of the Third Moray
next, pursuant 60 the last will and testa-
nent Of Thomas Rambo, deceased on the
premises.
A plantation and tract of 107 acres Of
land. situate in the township Of Deptford,
county OF Gloucester, and western division
of the province Of New Jersey, on Salem
road, about a quarter Of mile above Man
tua-creek- bridge and ID miles from Coop
er's ferries, whereon are stone dwelling
house. a kitchen. a pump of good water
before the door. And as part of said land
is very convenient to lay out in lots, their
being many already laid out on said road
from the said land, in the lifetime of the
said Rambo and several houses already
built thereon, the same will be sold all
together, or in lots, as may best suit the
purchasers. Any person inclining to view
the premises before the day of sale, may be
shown the same, with dranght thereof,
by applying to the subscriber living near
thereto.
JOSHUA LORD, Executor.
The Pennsylvania Gazette, Feb. %, 1776.
They had elopements in those days, too:
Whereas Elizabeth, the wife of the sub
scriber, living in the township of Deptford
and county of Gloucester, in West-New-
Jersey, hath eloped from his bed and
board without any just cause) and taken
with her sundry of his goods and effects,
and at present has taken up and cohabits
with one Robert Henry: These are there
fore to forewarn all persons from trusting
her on his account, as he will pay no debts
of her contracting from the date hereof; as
witness his hand, this 24th day of Febru-
airy, 1776.
JOHN STEEL.
The PenNSnkraRia Gazette. March 6. 1776.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1904-04-07

There was some fun when J. J. DeYlin's
bill for $40 for care Of Good Wills fire
horse came up for payment. It was not
approved by the Street committee, hence
could not be paid In explanation Mr..
Munyan said Mr.. Devlin had not yet been
employed, hence he could not sign his bills
for payment. There was lively passage
of words between Messrs. Davis and Nun
yam, which was finally brought to close
by Mr.. Kugler, who said that the Street
committee was in muddle over this ques-
tion and he thoaght Counc1 should settle
it now and put the man to work. He
therefore moved that Mr.. Devlin be en-
ployed and put to work next day, at $50
per month and be under the control Of the
Street committee. Carried Mr. Davis
afterward moved to reconsides this motion
by which Mr.. Devlin was employed at $50
a month, and this being carried! movea 10
have the salary made $40 . month, This,
too, was adopted Mr.. Glover and Munyan
voted no. Thus the tempest in the Street.
committee teapot was settled
a petition, signed By large number of
residents Of Woodbury., Westyille, Glouces-
ter, Camden, Mantua and Philadelphia,
requesting the trolley company to run cars
between 2 and a. m. was read.
Mr.. Munyan said a similar petition was pre-
sented to Gloucester Council. These petit
tioners desired to make their homes here
but could not on account Of the present
means Of transportion. He asked that a
special committee be appointed to wait on
the trolley people and see if night service
cannot be secured. Carried and Messrs.
Munyan, Kugler and Davis were appointed.
On motion Of Mr.. Munyan the Street
committee was authorized to buy q street
sprinkler at cost not to exceed $3.50.
Carried
Messrs. Merritt and Jessup were author
ized to relay their drivewavs
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1904-04-07
PlTMAN Grove.

Mickleton, n. j. April s, 1904
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1904-04-07
John Jessup will pay reward of SIC

The Pennsylvania Packet, April 30, 1776.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1904-04-07

The Superintendent's report showed coll
lection, $179 ~; pumped 1926, 100 gal
Ions Of water
Mr.. Davis reported the enactment Of the
law giving the committee authority to lay
the extra pumping main at the water
works.
B. F. sweeten & Son, connecting
sewers II 65
B. F. Sweeten & Son, Y's ...... s As
cleaning sewers 81 so
Mr. Davis reported that the sewer sys-
tenn was in trouble on South Evergreen
avenue and Carpenter ST., which would
take three weeks to adjust. Just what the
cause Of the trouble was he could not say,
but there was an apparent hump in the
main.
On motion OF Mr.. Burkett, the President
appointed Messrs. Burkett and Kugler as
Councils representatives on the Board C
School Estimate.
Mr.. Munyan moved that the Clerk notify
the Camden, Gloucester6S Woodbury. R. Co. to
to relay, within 80 days, their pavement in
Woodbury.. in accordance with Section OF
the ordinance Carried.
/ In communication the Board of Health
asked the payments Of $125 for Anna Wpod-
ianfn g wsaF
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1904-04-07

The ordinance laying out Hendry' court,
on motion Of Mr.. Glover, was referred back
to the Surveyor with instructions to lay out
a sidewalk on each side. Carried.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1904-04-07
They had elopements in those days, too
And a General Loan Office:

the Pennsylvania Ga9ette, March 6, T
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1904-04-06

Lots of men now living can remember
ment in New York. In my first years in
the city heard from the lips of James
Ridley himself how he started in bust
ness on the corner of Grand street and
Allen ina shop about 20 feet by 40, tended
only by himself and his wife and by
their sons as they grew big enough. Upon
the same site he had then-20 years ago
raised a mammoth structure with 1000
employees. Nor was he an old man at the
time.
Neither Ridley shop nor Ridley name
is now in evidence upon Grand street,
which for all it's high-sounding name has
become the main thoroughfare of the
great East side Ghetto. Upon the site
are half a dozen enterprising stores kept
by Hebrews. The big stores are all with
the single exception of Wanamaker.
whom the Stewart tradition keeps to the
ancient site, moving uptown. Even the
big Store" of the Siegel-Cooper Co. no
longer the property of the original own
ers, is now rather far downtown, al
though only few years built. Wanna
maker alone is within two miles of
Bowling Green and the ancient city.
The most curious movement in shop
dom now in New York is it's centrifugal
tendency. 1t is not now mere thread
and needle shops alone that cling to the
outskirts of the city, but great depart
ment stores are springing up, or growing
| by degrees as ''Ridley's" grew, in the
heart of the outer wards, ten miles, it
may be, from the city's center. The chief
shops in Harlem to-day would have been
colossal in the heart of town ten years
ago. Women will not travel an hour and
half from Jamaica, for instance, to do
trifie of shopping that can be arranged
for at an enterprising place near home.
Perhaps that fact is at once the answer
to the question why there is no shopping
trsst, and the reason why young men to-
day have bright opportunities in re-
retail trade
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IrlnIpO(SOp.' !. ..AVA>
G!f!&k|,,..,!d ;iSQlll;g75&
MAcADAM ROAD BUILDING.
Cost Depends Largely on the Ease
with Which Suitable Stone
May Be Secured.

Among the men whose names will
live as long as civilization exists is that
OF John L. Macadam, the road build
err. Not only has his name become
part of the English language, but the
kind of road which he built has been
adopted by all civilized nations. The
ancient Romans built stone roads, but
they were very different and vastly
more expensive than the macadam
roads OF modern times. They built a
substantial foundation of rock, some
times several feet il depth and then
covered it with pavement Of large
fiat stones. This kind of road will
outlast any other. Indeed some parts
of the Appian way. the building Of
which was begun three centuries be-
fore Christ, are still in use, and in
good repair. 1t remained for John L..
Macadam, modern Englishman, to
prove that the great expenditure Of
time and money required in the build
lug of the old Roman roads was large
ly wasted. He demonstrated that a
smooth hard enduring road could be
built of crushed stone few inches in
depth properly spread and compacted
on foundation of earth.
The main points in successful maca-
dam road building are () that the
foundation be properly constructed and
drained; (2) that the surface of the
road be slightly curved so as to shed
water: CD that the surface of the
finished road be made hard and smooth
and as nearly waterproof as possible
The last of these qualities is secured
by spreading on the stone in layers
beginning with layer of the larges,
fragments and finishing with layer
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1904-04-06

ging hole for a tree without moving
the tripod 1t might be possible if the
tripod were so large as to give ample
room for the operation of digging. In
such a case it would be too unweildy
to move easily.
Lowering a weight down by the side
of the trunk to ascertain when the tree
is in the right place is likely to prove
somewhat tedious if there are any
branches on the tree to interfere. The
accompanying diagram shows what has
proved to be most satisfactory device
for getting the tree exactly where the
stake originally stood. 1t consists OF
a board perhaps six feet long with a
hole in either end and deep notch in
the middle.
The land in which the trees are to
be planted is first laid off in rows with
a small stake where each tree is to
stand. The board just described is
placed on the ground so that the notch
fits over the stake. A small stake is
driven through each of the holes in
the ends of the board. The board is
removed and the hole dug for the tree
While this is being done the measur-
ing board may be used to set the guide
stakes for other holes.
When everything is ready to set the
tree, put the board back in place again..
place the tree in the hole SO that it
| fits in the notch, and fill in the SOIL
The result will be that the tree stands
just where the original stake did.
If planting is being done on large
scale, there may be half dozen or
more of the measuring boards. If they
are all of the same dimensions it viii
make no difference whether or not the
same one is used in setting the tree
that was used when the guide stakes
were set.-F. G, Sears, in Orange Judd.
| Farmer.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1904-04-06
FASHION GOSSIP OF PARIS

XVI. period; this pointed corsage eff
feet also appears in many of the recep-
ton frocks, showing the velvet cuta-
way habit coat with a velvet or plain
cloth skirt. These coats are lined with
old brocades, and very often have re-
vers OF the same brocade or of en-
broidery, finished with an old lace ia
bot-this quaint little accessory nearly
always accompanying the coats of that
period.
The pointed Wristbands now in
vogue appear to be developing into the
corsage and are quite as intricate to
make as the old court bodice; in fact,
some of these Wristbands are veritable
court bodices, fitted and boned with ex-
traordinary skill.
Foile de sole, crepon de sole, eolien-
mes, crepe de chine, and chiffon voiles
will be the leading fabrics among the
hundred and one soft materials which
are daily making their appearance and
are indicative of early spring fashions
For practical and tailor-made walk
ing frocks. canvases ard hopsacks OF
every description will be used in ad-
dition to cloths; some spotted and
checked alpacas, too, will be among the
novelties, while the most popular
tweeds are of rough and hairy de-
scription.
Taffeta will be used as trimming
on almost all the smart gowns and
wraps; it is of softer make than
ever, and is treated in variety of
subtle and fascinating ways. There is a
pleasing revival of old-world colors
in these taffetas, including vieux rose
and a real lavender shade. These are
quite charming. especially made up
into toilettes de reception, the skirt
slightly full round the waist and fall
ing in graceful folds, with a short
wasted bodice and boned corsage. fin
ished will, an old-fashioned lawn flchu
draped across the bust.
Taffeta is a lovely and quaint mate
rial, which is always rendered more
becoming when softened with lace or
embroidered lawns, which are in keep
ing with the period when taffeta was
first introduced. ANNET1N GIvRY
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1904-04-06

women nowadays will give the neces-
sary time or trouble to the wearing Of
shawl; it is, therefore, better to have
it made up into wrap. The lace veil
or shawl can be lined with chiffon;
lining of soft satin could also be added
for the sake of warmth. If this be
frilled and trimmed with chiffon the
effect will be charming. The possessors
of good lace must exercise their in
genuity in making up their valued
possession to avoid cutting it; it is
worth little trouble, for it offers great
possibilities for summer opera cloak
We now hear and talk of the tiara
hat, which simply means toque of
flowers standing up rather high in
tiara fashion, the crown being filled
in with tulle or chiffon Such head
gear is rather trying and the picture
hat which affords some shade to the
eyes is infinitely more becoming.
Dainty blouse modes are almost in
Vulnerable. Two pretty, and compare
lively inexpensive models are shown
in the illustrations. One is of silk,
with collar and front of lace, and I'M
dersleeves of net and lace. The tabs
and sleeves are edged with chiffon
ruehing.
The other is of viyella Of a floral
design, with narrow bands of guipure
insertion arranged in a becoming man
ner.
The rage for taffetas increases: and
there is nothing so desirable for real
ly smart gown. 1t is supple, Grapes
gracefully. and yet has a crisp fresh
ness, which makes it an ideal material
for fan-reluches, gaugings and tuck
ings.
|. Some new thin velvets are also very
popular and they are likely to be worn
until quite late in the spring.
ELLEN osMoNDE.
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of very fine crushed stone with which
some sand is often incorporated.
Each layer is we'll compacted with
heavy roller.
Although the expense of building
macadam roads is trifling compared
with that of constructing a stone
paved road like that of the Roman
emperor, Appius Claudius, it is still
so great as to form the principal OBJ
stscle to macadamizing modern high.
ways. The cost, of course, depends
largely on the ease with which suit
able stone may be secured Where
the material has to be transported by
rail for a considerable distance the
cost is greatly increased. Some of
the Massachusetts highways have
cost $4,000 to $4,000 a mile; while in
some other states good macadam
roads have been built for $1,000 to
$4,000 ger mile.
Some friends Of the good roads
movement hesitate to join in the de-
mand for national aid because they
are appalled, by the enormous ex-
pense involved in macadamizing the
entire road mileage of the country.
Such persons are laboring under mis-
take. The national aid bills now be.
fore congress do not propose to con-
struct any particular kind of road.
They simply propose to Improve the
public roads," and provide for ''inves-
legations and experiments to determine
the best kinds of road material and the
best methods of road building" In a
recent article Representative Brownlow
says:
My own individual opinion is that
some OF the principal thoroughfares
ought 10 be nacadamized. Well in
formed road experts have estimated
that if one-tenth of the road milea ee
of the country were macadamiZed and
the other nine-tenths were improved
in other and cheaper ways, using the
best local materials available, the cost
OF hauling the farm products of the
United States to market would be re-
uuced one-half."
If this estimate is correct, the saving
to the farmers would be enormous, and
would in a few years be sufficient tc
cover the en,ire expense of making
the improvements. Besides lessenine
the cos, of hauling. good roads will
bring tie people of the rural districts
pleasures and benefits which can moi
be measured in money
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1904-04-06
ATTRACTIVE FARM LAWNS.
There Is No Reason Why Every Door
Yard in the Land Should Not
Be Beautified.

Nothing so beauties a dwelling as
to be set in the center of we'll kept
lawn. There is no reason why the
farmer and his family should not en-
JOY the possession of an attractive door
yard, since every facility is at hand
for grading. planting and keeping a
pretty lawn. The dwelling should, if
possible, be located on slightly ell
evated knoll. but often the site has
already been selected and the building
erected in which case it may be neces-
sary to grade to the desired elevation
One can not endure low sloppy door
yard, hence the ground Immediately
around the house should be higher than
at the outer edge Of the yard Early
spring is the best time to SOW the grass
seed. Kentucky blue grass is gener-
al favorite for lawns. This should be
very thickly sown to produce mat the
first season. If, however, one sue.
ceeds in getting a fair, even stand.
he need have no concern regarding the
lack of density as this grass thickens
up from year to year. In arranging
the lawn, have very few shrubs or
trees in the center. There should be-
planted at the outer edge, preferably
at the rear and sides of the building
do not obscure the view from the road
way If there are unsightly buildings
screen of vines run on a wire trellis
will be found effectual in hiding them
from the occupants of the dwelling as
we'll as from passers-by. A Very pref
ty effect may be had by planting a.
few beds of profuse boomers of dif-
ferent colors very near the house. at
the ends or side of the porch or around
the bay window Provision may be-
made to have these beds in bloom from
early spring to late autumn, by using
bulbs for early spring blooming. an
nuals for summer, and chrysanthe-
NUNS, cosmos and other autumn
blooming plants Their beauty is en-
HANGED by the greenery about them
C. B. Barrett. in Epitomist.
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A Hodgepodge Of Fashions

with overdresses will be quite certain
to ensure your having gowns suitable
for many occasions, both for afternoon
and evening wear. And with the pres
ent-day fuller skirt, in souple fabrics
this is an elegant as we'll as useful
fashion.
The old-fashioned shawl can be
turned into very pretty evening wraps.
This is an excellent way, too, of utiliz-
ing a wedding veil. have known a
Paisley shawl made into quite a
charming garment after this wise The
successful draping of a. shawl is the
work OF the true artist, and very few
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1904-04-06

note the influence of La Pompadour,
and this also appears in millinery in
the form of wreaths of little button
Banksia roses. These have been worn
In the couture for some time past as
we'll as on the debutantes' ball frocks;
they now have revival on the early
spring millinery. Then they have been
copied in the little straw roses which
have been feature of the new fiat
plate-like Porisian chapeau.
In some OF the old brocade evening
dresses we see revival of the Louis
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1904-04-06

it is so proud that
it will spend a lot
of money to pre-
serve it from de-
S t u C tt o n may
sound inconsistent
with its sorry repu-
tation for irrever-
ence.
The fence is an
ordinary looking
iron affair, rather
heavily pr op o r
toned and covered
to the thickness of
a quarter of an inch
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1904-04-06


high rate of inter
est upon the landlords money at that.
The same disparity between rent and
income worries the poor man that brings
Fuckers into the brows of the $4,000 a
year family trying to live beyond it's
means. New York people habitually ex-
pend from Is to 33 per cent of their in
come upon rent. AS you approach the
very poor the proportion increases. In
fairly new tenement in the heart of the
slums, surely not pleasant place to live,
rents range from five dollars to seven
dollars per month for each tiny room
A suit of four apartments would cost 500
to $50 per month, much more than that
if there was bath or an exceptionally
endurable outlook. That sum would hire
whole house in the outer parts of
Brooklyn. New York affords the cheap
est as we'll as the dearest of everything.
The outer wards afford rentals of abb
surdly low proportions not to be sur
passed even in Philadelphia.
This perpetual drift of people to the
outskirts has it's political meaning 1t is
really half the secret of some of New
York's surprising political overturns
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1904-04-06
Bacterial Content of Cheese.

In a report from the Ontario Expert
ment station on study of the bacterial
content of cheese are presented figures
that indicate the amount of work these
little organisms do in the predigestipg
of this food product. According to this
report the number of bacteria present
are usually largest when the cheese Is
but day or two old. The products de-
veloped by the germs, being detrimental
TO their own existence, cause them gradu-
ally to dcminish in number. The num-
Der of germs found in one sample only
two days old was 1854, 44::,50O ne-.s
ounce of cheese. Alght at SO
.amoD
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1904-04-06
The Profitable Dairy Cow.

With all our wisdom and skill in breed
ing, NO one has yet produced COW that
will make as much milk from discomfort
as she will from comfort An animal of
extreme hardness may be produced;
but good, paying cows are not built on
those lines. They are an elaboration of
the fittest; not specimens of animal
hardihoc6. Which 90 you waut?-Mid-
laUd Farmer.
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class DR.. Park
bursts church, DR.. Rainford's and DR..
Greer's, now DR.. Parks, are exceptions.
The two latter are institutional churches
of vast activities, to which the neighbor-
hood of the tenements is necessity of
usefulness. The former is now almost
the only political pulpit in New York.
1t is not so far downtown as the others
named, either; the point in its case is that
it succeeded in selling its old site with
out taking that opportunity of moving
north Instead, it is to erect new
church right across the street from the
old one, which is soon to be replaced by
section of what will be the largest of
flee building in New York, the great
Metropolitan, which is growing piece by
piece upon the ruins of two churches, of
the beautiful old Academy of Arr and of
several of Americas famous historic
homes. For neighbors besides this
enormous two-acre structure, the Park
hurst church will have the beautiful APP
pellate courts. one of the many scattered
buildings which in New York compare
favorably with the best of Paris.
DR.. Parkhurst is almost alone among
conspicuous clergymen in delivering po-
litical prophecies with the old-time zest
which made Beecher's public utterance
so piquant. 1t was DR.. Parkhurst who
predicted that two weeks after Tam
many's gaining possession OF the munic-
ipal departments New York would DO
Hell With the Lid Off," 1t isn't true
Except perhaps locally and furtively un.
til the lively young Mr.. Mcclellan hears
of it.
OWEN ANcnnN
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1904-04-06
SETTING THE FRUIT TREES.
How an Orchard of Any Kind May Be
Made to Look Attractive as
Well as Thrifty.

Young orchards should be set so the
trees may be in exact rows. 1t requires
little more work than the slipshod
methods too often used. An orchard
in which the trees are accurately set is
a JOY forever, while one in which they
are set in haphazard fashion is an
eyesore.
The contention that sighting the
trees themselves will not give perfect
ly straight rows is also sound. can
scarcely conceive of the ordinary farm
hand. or even an extraordinary. one,
getting under light tripod" and dig