The Penn's Grove record., 1908-07-24
HOME HAPPENINGS.

A few cantelopes are being sent t.
Wilmington and are brenging 81 a basket
Capt. w. P. Wright shipped 1850 o
tomatoes from P%edricktown on Wednes
. ~ and $500 on Thursday.
Wilbert F. Sailor has sold his fine car,
rage horse to G. r. Budd, of Philadel-
phia, for a high price.
Golden O~rangeade, sc, at Johnson
Drng Store.
Last Saturday night a nice rain fel
over the region south of Penn's Grove
to within half mile of the Borough.
: st. Luke's Reformed Episcopal Sun
day School of Wilmington, brought about
400 to PENIS Grove OIL Thursday.
The Executive Committee of the Phila-
delplis Milk Shippers Union has fixed
the wholesale price of milk for August at
4c a quart.
Albert p. Biddle has treated the
RECORD force to his early cantaloupes,
the earliest i'll this region. They were
luscious. Call again Albert.
The steamer William Numsen, Capt.
Denny Bros, took 5000 baskets of to-
matoes to Philadelphia last Saturday
night, the largest load OF the season.
Broadway M. E. Sunday School, OF
Salem, came up on the steamer Adelaide
on Wednesday. Because of the storm
Tuesday night, less than a hundred
came.
The season along the river shore among
the summer cottagers is now in full bloom,
but not so many as last year. The hard
times in the cities has interfered with
some taking their summer outing,
Several Changers of PENIS Grove, and
Pedricktown attended Pomona Grange
[The County Grange] at Salem OH Thurs
day OF last week. All the Oranges in
Salem County will picnic at Penn's
Grove on August 9th.
A tramp printer who has been work
ing in a Woodbury. office several days
says the "road" is crowded with men out
OF work and that it's the hardest thing
in the world to get either a job or any.
thing to eat.
The high platform at the Railroad
station which was built soon after the rail
road in 1876, was torn down last Friday
and will be replaced with a low platform,
This is the last platform along the road to
be cut down, excepting some flag stations
Golden Orangeade, delicious and re.
freshing. For sale at Johnson's Drug
Store.
The 11-ton roller engine used by Geo.
F. Snyder q Co. OH the stone road now
lays in the ditch above Central School
house. 1t was run to Biddle's creek to
get water. The road being wet and Slip
perry Wednesday morning it slipped off
the side of the road and turned on it's
side into the soft marsh. A wrecking
engine has been sent for to get it out.
Last Sunday a sloop from Camden was
anchored off Penn's Grove and some men
on board jumped overheard to take a
swim. They drifted from theaboat with
the tide and when they found they
could not swim against tide they shouted
for help. Two men from Wilmington
went to their rescue and found them
nearly exhausted. One was reported
drowned. Their names were not learned
The drowned nan was found on Monday
and taken to Philadelphia on the Ade-
laide Tuesday morning.
The Penn's Grove Packing Company.
Harry A. Dalbow manager, began oper-
at ON last Monday when about 5000
quarter pound can were filled with
caviar for Ferdinand Hansen, of New
York by the vacuum process. The cav
lar is put into small glass cans; a tin lid
with a rubber band is put on and put in
to square iron chests from which the air
is pumped out by an engine and pressure
put Oh to press the lids on. The vacuum
in the can holds the lid on, About As, 900
cans were filled last Monday and Tues
day.
Educate yourself to save money by
opening an account in the Savings De-
partment of the PENIS Grove National
b ank. 1t will earn you 3 per cent inter-
est compound %semi-annual and you can
draw on IA days notice. n