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The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-09-10

an engine boiler exploded, a freight
car of dynamite on Il side track eX-
ploded, and there was a grinding and
humping of the cars. Then they rolled
down bank, over and over, SO the
upper berth was the lower berth haIf
the time, and finally the whole bust
ness stopped in hay marsh, and the
bilge water in the marsh leaked into
the hold of our car; people screamed,
and some one yelled fire" and
pulled on pa till he woke up.
| thought pas head was all caVed
in, because he talked nutty. The
first thing he said was: Say |, pro-
nounce your name, and repeat after
me-" and then he said: Il promise and
swear that l WE'LL never reveal the Sc
crets of this degree" and then the
conductor pulled pas leg and said:
Crawl out of the window, old man,
cause the train is in the ditch the
car is afire and if you don't get out IN
about a minute with the other freaks,
you will be a burnt offering"
Pa said you couldn't fool him, cause
he knew he was being initiated into
the 2O-steenth degree of the masons
and he guessed he could tell q
degree from a train wreck, cause the
degree was a darn sight worse than
a wreck, but the conductor took one
of those Ions glass fire eXtinguiSherS
and sprinkled the medicated water on
the freaks in the next berth, and
then turned it on pa, and pa tasted 1t,
and thought he was at a banquet, and
he said that Sauterne is not tit TO
drink"
Then when the bearded woman
yelled that the fire had almost reached
her whiskers, and would nobody save
her, pa began to get ready to move on,
cause he concluded he hadn't been
riding a goat after all, and he told me
to hand him his pants. Pa is a man
that will never go out among people,
no matter how dark the night is with
out his pants, and | admire him for
it, Some of the circus men didn't care
for dress that night, but got out Just
as thew were, and the result was that
when daylight came they had to tie
hay around their legs.
Our car was bottoms side up, but [
found pas pants and he got his legs
in, and [ buttoned him in, but / felt
all the time as though | had buttoned
them in the back, SO the seat was in
front. but the fire was cracking, and
pa pushed me out of transom, and
then he crawled out, and we sat down
in the mud.
The bearded woman came next, with
her whiskers done up in curl papers,
and then the fat woman got one loot
through the tranSom, and she couldn I
get it back in, and the train hands got
an ak and were going to cut her leg
off, and save one foot, at least, when
pa got move on him, and took the
ak and broke out the side of the car,
and got her out Eight or nine men
lifted her tenderly onto stack OF
hay, and she wrapped it around her.
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A near-Sighted claim agent came to
the haystack where the fat woman
was, and the boss told her now was
her time to have a mess of Mysteries,
so she set up cry that scared the
agent, who thought there were at least
six women on the haystack, and he
said: What Will all you people up
there on the haystack settle for IN
lump, for l am in a hurry
The fat woman caught on at once,
and said: 1--WE will all settle for So
600" Then she yelled, and the agent
thought her back was broke, and he
offered $500, and she cried and said:
MAKE it $4,000" and the agent said:
81 will go you" and he made out
check, and the fat woman had some
more Mysteries.
had watched the settling all
around, and | told pa to be deaf and
dumb when they came to him, ana
Just point to the seat of his pants IN
front and buttoned up behind, and
look as though he was suffering the
tortures of the inquisition, and let the
do the talking, and l would make the
old railroad so into a receivers hands
So pa said: 'You are the boss, and
he looked so pitiful that | almost
cried
When the near-sighted claim agent
came to pa, | told him that pas last
words were to beg to be shot, and the
man looked at pas pants. and then at
his face, and said: "What hit him
That's the worst case | ever saw in
a railroad wreck"
/ put my handkerchief to my eyes
and said ''Well, When the shock came,
pa was all right, as hardsometa man
as you would often see. ] think there
must have been pile driver on the
train that struck him, and changed
xsides with him, knocking his stomach
around on the back side of him. and
placing his spinal column around III
front of him, where his stomach was,
and causing him to lose the sense of
speech. Think of a middle-aged man
going through life mixed UP in that
manner, having to sit down on his
stomach and having his backbone
staring him in the face. How does he
know when he takes food in his
mouth. that it can corkscreW itself
around under his arm and eventually
find his stomach? How man can
be ground and twisted, and mauled,
and stamped on by a reckless locomo-
tive with a crazy engineer and
drunken fireman, rolled over by box
cars and walked on by elephants, and
still live. is beyond me. AS he told
me before he lost the power of speech,
not to be too hard on the railroad
company though some railroads would
be glad to pay him $4,000, and no
questions asked. he begged me, as heir
to his estate, to let you off for paltry
$4,000"
Pa made up the hardest face and
groaned The agent called another
agent. and they whispered together.
and finally the first one came to me
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cause she left her clothes in her berth.
We'll, it was sight when the peopl"
wcrce got out of sur car, and they
let it burn, to light up the scene, and
pa and | and the boss canVasman went
along the ditched train, and helped
people out. The giant was in two
upper berths, and he got one leg out
u the transom over one berth, and
one leg out of the transom over the
other berth, and we pulled his legs,
but he couldn't make it, 50 pa took
the ak and made both berths into one,
and got him out.
The giant shook himself and start
ed on a run across the marsh, but he
mired up to his neck, and farmer
VINO heard the noise came to order us
off his hay feid for ltrespass, and
yelled: Here's head of some Of
YOUR performers cut off away over
here" and he was going TO bring it in,
when the farmer found the head was
alive and he ran away from it,
In an hour we had everybody out,
and made beds for them by spreading
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and asked pas full name, and then
the two of them got out a fountain
pen, and they made out a check, and
he said: This is the first case in the
history of railroad wrecking that the
agent has not had the heart to try TO
beat the injured party down. This
is certainly the most pitifui case that
has ever been known, and if your fa-
thcr ever comes to his senses you can
tell him he is welcome to the money"
The agents shook hands with pa and
|, and went away to their train, and
pa Winked at me, and q Wrecl1ing train
came and we got on a special, and got
to PittsbuTg before breakfast and pa
is going to buy me a dog out of the
money.
Gee, but there is all kinds of money
in the circus business. Pa is going
to wear his pants hind side before until
we get out of Pittsburg.
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what it would take to settle, and she
said $4,000, and she got up and wakl-
ed over to another hay cock where the
CircaSsian beauty was drying her hair.
and the claim agent looked at how
spry the bearded woman walked, and
he said to the boss: 81 won't give that
fellow with the curly whskers a single
kopeck," and the bearded woman
came back and swatted the claim
agent for calling her fellow. SO they
compromised on 5000, and she went
behind the haystack and put it in her
stocking. which convinced the claim
agent that she wasn't a man.
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out hay cocks, and nobody seemed to
be hurt so very much. We heard To-
connective whistle UP the ROAD ana
some one said the relief tram was
coming with doctors and nurses nnt
the show owner who was with us sald:
Relief doctors. nothing. ihat IS
train-load of lawyers and clam agents
to settle With ne ;, The doctors viii
not come till Tomorrow Now. every
body pretend ia he hurt awful bad,
and strike the sharks for $1,000 apiece,
and come down to s1o0 if you can't
do any better"
1t was getting daylight, and the re
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tees for the cripples. People in our
business are on the railroads, and We
work them for all there is in it; and
the man that is hurt the least makes
the biggest howl, and gets the biggest
slice of indemnity. Some circus peo-
pie spend all their salary as they 60
along. and live all winter on the dam
ages they get from the railroads when
the wreck comes.
The night of the wreck our train
was whooping along at about 80 miles
an hour. on a hippity-hop railroad in
PENNSYLVANIA, and the night was hot,
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nd the mosquitoes from across the
inc in New Jersey were singing their
solemn tunes, and pa. who attended q
'odge meeting that night at the town
we showed in, was asleep and talking
IN his SleeD about passwords and
Grips and the freaks and trapeze per-
formers i'm our car had got through
Kicking about how the show was run
ming into the ground. when Suddenly
there was a terrific smash-up ahead,
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mi has cnme All last.

Everybody about the show expects
that the show has got to have rail-
read wreck every season, and all handS
lay awake nights on the cars to brace
themselves for the shock. Sometimes
ii comes early in the season, and again
a show goes along till almost the end
of the season without a shake-up, ana
fellows think maybe there is not gong
to be any wreck, but the engineers
are only waiting till everybody has
forgotten about it. and then, Diff, hang
and they have run into another train,
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or been run into, and you have to be
pulled out of a window by the heels
and laid out in marsh until the claim
agents can settle with you.
! always thought in reading of rail-
road accidents that the railroad sent
ont especial trainload of doctors and
nurses. to care for the injured. but tho
special train never has p doctor unit !
the LAWYERS rive first aid to the
wounded in the way Of financial poul-
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-09-10

Able faculty, up-tO-date-meth-
DDS. personal instruction and
personal interest in each student
are the reasons l recommend
Kings Business College.
NfALCOM LASATER.
Bool1l<Ccper New Bern Cotton
Oil and Fertilizer Mills, New
Bern, n. G..
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1905-05-09
Freeho1ders in Session.

Only small audience was present at a
meeting of the Board of Freeholders, on
Wednesday, when that body drew its
last breath, having died natural death
by limitation. The most important bust
ness which marked the closing of the fiscal
year was the payment of bills, a matter
which extended into the afternoon ses-
sion.
Before adjournment a motion made by
George W. Ebert was put by Clerk Err
nest D. Holeman and carried, giving ris-
ing vote of thanks to Director Joel Hor-
ner for his courteous attention to the
members of the board during the past
year. This action was taken before an
amendment could be tackled on substitut.
ing three cheers for the director.
On motion communication was order
ed spread upon the minutes. 1t was re-
ceived from Mrs. Henry l. Budd and
daughters, expressing their thanks to the
board for the kind resolutions of condo
lence which were adopted on the death of
Mr.. Budd, late State Road Commissioner.
Clayton H. Brick, of Evesham, made
reference to the large bills presented by
the Public Service Corporation for light
ing the county buildings in Mount Holly,
and his resolution calling for the appoint
ment of committee to inspect the in
dividual gas plants manufactured and in
operation in Marlton, to ascertain their
cost and utility and report at the next
meeting was adopted. The director named
Messrs Brick, Birkhead and the Commit
tee on Court House and Grounds.
Supervisor of county roads Buzby sub
mitted a report showing that the cost of
keeping the stone and gravel roads in re-
pair during the past quarter was 80, 243. 10.
Following are the expenditures in the va
rious townships:
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1905-05-09

The Hainesport Tennis Club gave a
dance at Lumberton, on Thursday even
ing
Claude Bullock has accepted employ
ment with gasoline engine mandatory
at Bordentown.
Mrs. A. s. Kellogg and daughter, Mrs.
Hans-Jules Beck, were visiting in Mount
Holly last week.
Mrs. Naomi T. Kingdom, of Burlington,
who has been quite i'll, has recovered
sufficiently to sit up about a half hour
each day.
An oyster saloon is to opened on Garden
street, in the building recently vacated by
Herman virgins Elwood Bennett will
be the new proprietor.
Ex-county Clerk Levi French, whose
illness was reported last werk, died on
Wednesday morning. The remains were
inferred at New Gretna, on Saturday.
Members of the order of Red Men who
intend visiting Seminole Tribe, of Ger
mantown, on Tuesday evening next, are
requested ty take the train leaving Mount
Holly at o'clock, P NJ. 1t is hoped that
every Red Man in town will make an
effort to go.
The sixty nine carnations displayed in
the parlor window at the residence of
Morris H. Keller, yesterday, represented
his age, and there were fifteen other
flowers denoting the age of Miss Meta
Perinchief daughter of Rev. Percy Perrin
chief, of Burlington, both of whom take
their age on the same day Because of this
fact there was a double celebration
between the Keller and Perinchief fam
lilies, and there were enough grandchildren
present to keep the older people moving.
A force of men began work yesterday
clearing the woods at Bulls Head, near
Masonville. where the Burlington County
Railway Company has set apart several
acres of land to be converted into pleas
ure resort, and which will be in operation
by Memorial day. Under large shed
floor for dancing will be laid. 1t will be
a pleasant spot for parties and picnics,
where there will be refreshments and
shelter in case of rain. A merry go
round and other amusements will be pro-
vided for the children. Good order
will be maintained. A dam will be |
erected at the sluice and by next year
lake will have been formed for boating
and other purposes, and which will be
stocked with fish. Improvements will be
made from time to time as the success of
the venture becomes manifest.
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Political Notes.

The first election in the new township
of North Hanover is being held to-day.
There was union caucus held at which a
division of the offices was made, but the
Democrats insisted upon having the Free
holder. There was objection to this, SO
each party made a nomination. Joel
Wainwright is the Republican nominee,
William Miller being the choice of the
Democrats.
Edwin S. Buzby, Chosen Freebooter
from Bordentown township, has announced
himself candidate for the Republican
nomination for Sheriff. Mr.. Buzby is a
gentleman of unblemished reputation and
has very enviable record as Freebooter.
One of the latest aspirants for honors
at the hands of the Republicans of Bur-
lington county is Samuel W. Bishop, of
New Hanover. Mr. Bishop will ask for
the nomination of Steward of the Aims
house. He is well fitted for the position,
having successfully conducted his business
of farming for number of years. Mr..
Bishop would make a good Steward.
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DIED.

LYNcH.-May 6, at Millvi1e, Mary Ruth, in
FAINT daughter of Rev. and Mrs. John w.
Lynch, aged months and 20 days.
Funeral services will be held at the resi-
dence of William B. Ogburn IA Mill street,
Mount Holly, Wednesday, May 10, at p. NJ.
Interment at Mount Holly Cemetery.
GoLDY.-May g. at Mount Holly, Miriam W.
Colby, aged SO years
Relatives and friends are invited to attend
the funeral from the residence of her son-in-
law, William Holt, No. l28 Cherry street, on
Thursday afternoon at o'clock
ATTwooD.-May 3, at Beverly, Phoebe A..
daughter of William N. and Elizabeth Att
wood, deceased.
FRENoH.-May 3, at Atlantic City, Levi
French aged "a years.
JoNEs-May 3, at Mount Holly Beulah W.,
widow of Joseph A Jones, in her Slst year
KLoTZ.-May 2, near Marion, Donatus
Klotz, in his 67th year.
WoRRELL.-May g. at Florence, suddenly,
John Worrell, aged Sc years and months.
WATTs-May g. at Camden, Henry c.
Watts, aged % years, formerly OF Burlington
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Insane Asylum Expenses.

At the meeting of the Board of Free
holders, on Wednesday, Charles H. Dea-
con, Superintendent of the Burlington
County Insane Asylum, rendered report
of the receipts and expenditures of that
institution. The paper is complete in
every detail and shows at once the bust
ness conducted. We are not able to give
it in full as it would take up too much
space, but we give the totals. The report
shows every item of receipt and expendi-
ture by months. In some cases there is
only one item, as the item for confection-
cry, it being for candy furnished the in
mates at Christmas. The totals for cloth
ing are especially noticeable, the apparel
for men costing $40, while there is no
item for women's clothing. These con
ditions are explained by the fact that all
the women's clothes, and nearly all of the
mems, are made in the house The item
of medicine is also very small. The sum
of $123.75 covers this expenditure For
an average of 1855 patients this speaks
very highly, being but one-ffth of cent
per day for each inmate All the items
are worth perusing. We give the figures
in totals.
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Census Enumerators.


The following persons have been re-
commended to act as Census Supervisors
and Enumerators under the law passed by
the last Legislature. The Supervisors are:
SUPERVISOR. TOWNSHIP. Posi- OFFICE.
Bordentown city,
Henry w. Kunzi Bordentown
Burlington city,
j. Frank Cline, Burlington
Frank S. Herr, Moorestown
Northampton,
Walter T. Stewart, Mount Holly
Frank A Mathews, Palmyra
Supervisors are named only in town
ships where there is more than one cleo
ton district. The Supervisor and Emu
merators are the same in other townships.
The Enumerators follow:
ENUMERAToR TOWNSHIP Posi- OFFICE
Bass River,
Mark j. Leeds, New Gretna
Charles c. Butler, Beverly
Beverly township,
George Frazee, Delanco
Bordentown CITY, LIST ward,
George C. Stricken, Bordentown
Bordentown city, I'd ward,
Henry w. Deacon, Bordentown
Bordentown city, Sd ward,
Oliver Goodwin, Bordentown
Bordentown township,
j. Edward Lame BOrdentOwn
Burlington city, LIST ward,
Benz. +. Pitman, Burlington
Burlington city, I'd ward,
Edward b. Stone, Burlington
Burlington city, Sd ward,
Mark H. Atkinson Burlington
Burlington city, 4th ward,
Charles Nj. Scholey, Burlington
Burlington township,
Thomas B. Candy, Burlington
Chester, east,
Louis Morris, Moorestown
Chester west,
jeremiah Haines, Moorestown
Chesterfield,
Charles b. Holloway, Chesterfield
Cinnaminson,
Timothy Morton, Palmyra
Delran,
silas Hatcher, Bridgeboro
Howard ]. Harris, Smithville
Evesham,
Charles f. Clymer, Marlton
FieIdsboro,
John R. James, Fieldsboro
Florence,
Robert Gotham, Florence
Lumberton,
Mansfield,
w. Howard shreve, Columbus
Medford,
Herberts. Bowker, Mediord
Mount Laurel,
Budd NJ. Horner, Masonville
samuel w Bishop, Wrightstown
North Hanover,
Frank Ridgway, Jacobstown
Frank Dill, Mount Holly
Northampton, I'd dist.
James s. Hume, Mount Holly
Northampton, Sd dist.
Joshua Matlack, Mount Holly
Palmyra,
Joseph H. Tees, Palmyra
Pemberton Borough,
Jarvis p. Seamon, Pemberton
| PembertOn Township,
Barclay Seeds, Pemberton
Riverside,
Walter S. Reineck, Riverside
Riverton Borough,
| Dewitt H. Steedle, Riverton
ShamOng,
James NJ Armstrong, Indian Mills
Southampton,
Charles H Rogers, Vincentown
Springfield,
E. Randolph Swain, Jobstown
Tabernacle,
Carlton Haines, Tabernacle
Washington,
Mark C. sooy, Green Bank
Westampton,
Walter C. Fish, Rancocas
Willingboro
Omar D. Crane, Beverly
Woodland,
! Willis J. Buzby, Chatsworth
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s2O.156 90

During the year the institution contain
ed an average of 155 patients. The total
cost for the care of these patients, includ-
ing board and salary of 90 attendants,
salaries of superintendent and physician,
was 359 cents per day. This is show
ing that the superintendent has reason to
be proud of, and which the taxpayers of
Burlington county must contemplate with
satisfaction. To conduct such an Institution
as the home for the insane at so low cost
is a credit to all connected with the place
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1905-05-09
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..

The Board of Chosen Freehoiders of Burling
ton county win meet at the Court House.
Mount Holly, on
WEDNESDAY, MAY 10, 1908,
at IL O'Clock, A. NJ, for organization and for
the transaction of other business
ERNEST d. HOLEMAN, Clerk.
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CERTIFICATE
RE-EXTENDING CHARTER
TREASURY DEPARTMENT.
Office of
COMPTROLLER of the CURRENCY

WASHINGTON, D c., April IS. 1905
Whereas, by satisfactory evidence pre-
scented to the undersigned, it has been
made to appear that "The Farmers
National Bank of New Jersey at Mount
Holly" located in the Town of Mount
Holly, in the County of Burlington and
State of New Jersey, has complied with
all the provisions of the Act of Congress,
Ito enable National Banking Associa
tions to extend their corporate existence,
and for other purposes" approved July
10, 1882, as amended by the Act approved
April ~, 1902;
Now, therefore, l, William B. Ridgely,
Comptroller Of the Currency, do hereby
certify that "The Farmers National Bank
of New Jersey at Mount Holly" located
in the Town of Mount Holly, in the
County of Burlington, and State of New
Jersey, is authorized to have succession
for the period specified in its amended
articles of association: Namely, until close
of business on April 18, 1926
Currency Bureau In testimony where
Seal Of the of, witness my hand
Comptroller ond cool Of office
of the unA ~
Currency this Eighteenth day
Treasury Department of April, 1905.
VIM. B. RIDGELY,
Comptroller of the Currency.
Charter No. 1168. Extension No. 679.
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no WHOM IT MAY ooNoERN.

All persons are hereby notified not to trust
any person or persons on my account from
this date, especially my wife, as she has de-
serted me without just cause or proyocation.
CHARLES e. ROGERS.
Dated Mount Holly, N j., May /, 1906.