The Penn's Grove record., 1905-07-14
FRIDAY, JULY IA, 1905.

FRIDAY, JULY IA, I9Uo.
Are you attending the village camp?
Baptist excursion to Shellpot Park
next Thursday Goth.
Good old summer time weather has
arrived to make crops grow. 1t is needed.
Get S. R. Bowen to build your cement
walk and you will not have to walk in
mud nor cinders. 1t.
Capt. w. P. Wright took 1000 baskets
of tomatoes from PENIS Grove to Phila-
delphia an Wednesday night.
The members and friends of st. James
R. G. Church will hold their annual pic
mic in French's grove next Saturday, 22d.
The steamer Admiral, Capts Denny,
is carrying truck from S~pringer's wharf,
or Raccoon creek between Bridgeport
and Swedesboro.
Col. John Wainwright, of Wilmingt on
Del. has secured a pension for John S.
Lloyd who served in Co. K. "a N. ]. Vol.
$40 a month from Nov. 2. 1904.
Notwithstanding the showers on Tues
day, Wednesday and Thursday the tenn
perature was up to 800 and mostly in Cos
during middays last Saturday and since.
It has been the best growing weather of
the year.
/ have a 30-foot launch to charter for
any excursion, picnic, or moonlighter.
Terms very reasonable. Fishing parties
taken to Bay. Raymond N. Harris. 1t. n
The five apartments to C. c. Turner's
new houses, on Delaware Avenue, have
been completed by H. s. Titus contractor
and make neat home for small families.
Clinton Sharp has moved into one and
James Kennedy into another.
During the heavy gust on Wednesday
evening lightning struck the Moore cot
tage on Divers shore below the lane. A
few boards were splintered, but Mrs.
Moore, who was there, escaped. A boy
who was carrying an umbrella with a
steel rod was knocked down by the light
ing, but not injured.
just received a nice lot of palms for
sale cheap. G. L. Smith. At. \
Warren Risner has bought of Albert
Summerill his 3 year old colt Buttonwood
sired by $4,000 horse Bellman, race re-
cord 2.14&; dam Bessy Y. Yorktown Boy
No. 1926, sire n PAGER Mignon record
2.O94; his sire, Young Volunteer No.
1882, has 6 trotters in 2.204 to 2.3O and
his sire Volunteer No. 55 has 80 trotters
and PAGERS in the $50 list. Yorktown
Boy after sired Mignon 2.092 was castrat-
ed.
Gideon B. Holton is the happiest man
in Penn's Grove this week, because he
q get at his treasures. Nine months
ago he lost his bunch of keys. He search
ed everywhere about his premises and
had a man from Philadelphia to EN-
deavor to open his secret money vault
without success. While digging potatoes
last Saturday in his garden he found the
precious bunch of keys, and instead OF
having to borrow, the bountiful supply of
money in his secret treasury is at his
disposal.
Get some of Johnson's w~itch-hazel
cream for sunburn, mosquito bites and
heat rashes. X
The early tomato growers never did
better than they are doing now, and the
price for early white potatoes was never
30 low. Last Saturday tomatoes brought
$3.50 a basket in Wilmington and from
SLIGO to $1.75 in New York. The prices
fell this week to from 75c to 81 on Mon
day in Wilmington to SOC on Thursday.
They brought 81. 20 a crate in New York
on Monday and have fallen to 81 a crate
or lower. They were worth 6O,65c a bask-
ct in Philadelphia on Wednesday.
There are now buyers at Penn's Grove,
Those tomatoes, cucumber, and onions
being shipped to New York are sent on
the responsibility of the farmers. Pota-
toes are not being dug.
Hear evangelist Green at the tent meet
ings.
None better than S. r. Bowen's &C.
ment walks, curbs and cellars. Get him
to build them. 1t.
Stop at Johnson's Drug Store for a cool
soda. All f1avOrs; quick service. Il