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The Penn's Grove record., 1908-02-14
COUNTY CONVERSATIONS

John Ackley, at Elmer, aged So years,
died on Sunday afternoon, from the
effects of burning his hand to a crisp OIL a
red-hot stove.
The members of the Salem Y. M. C. A.
have decided to adopt a new constitution
and become incorporated under the laws
of New Jersey. Morris H. Stratton,
Deputy County Surrogate, has been en-
gagged to prepare articles of incorporat-
ion. The following directors have been
elected: Powell r. Smith, j. Dale Dill.
worth M. B. Ayars, DIR. B. A. Wadding-
ton, George H. Miller, William H. Hazel
DR.. c. NJ. Sherron, DR.. R. M. A. Davis,
DR.. William L. Hilliard.
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Public Sale
OF
Personal Property
WILL BE SOLD AT PUBLIC SALE ON
FRIDAY FEBRUARY q. 1908

fhlDA1 IL IL u III. lJUS
on the farm Of the subscriber, known as the
John M. Bevis farm, about IL miles from
Penn's Grove, on the road to Sharptown, ali
the following described personal property:
HORSES-Nos.1 and 2 are Il pair of large
greyS; Nos. 8 and 4 a pair of bays. These are
two pairs of as good work horses as anybody
owns No. 5 bay mare coming 4 yrs old as fine
a mare as they grow, is family broken.
a woman can drive her, not afraid ofanything.
No. 8 is Blue Dick. coming 4 yrs old, shows as
This pair Of colts can't be beat. No. Roam colt
coming 3 yrs. old. No. 8, my pacing mare
Voice now in foal by Fra Albertus. This mare
is registered and standard bred can pace a
mile in 2 90 on the road. Nos. 9 and 10 are a
pair of colts, coming 2 years old.
COWS-consisting of Holsteins, Guernseys,
Durhams, and Jersey. AS good a lot of COWS
as you will find. Some Of them are fresh,
others are coming in soon. Among the lot are
some COWS as good as any man owUs. 4 stock
bulls.
HOGS-As fine a lot of shoats as you ever
saw together. Among the lot are some fine
breeding sows. l large boar pig.
DAIRY FIXTURES-l Read milk cooler.
WAGONS, FARMING IMPLEMENTS
-Four 2-horse wagons. 2 carts, surry, buggy, 2
runabout wagons, 8 horse plows, 2 l,horse
plOws, follow harrow, smoothing harrow, Cham
pion binder, Champion mower. These ma
chimes are nearly new. Lot of hoes, forks,
shovels and things generally used a farm, !
Dear corn planter, nearly new. 1t will plant
corn as straight crOsswise as the way you
drive, 2 sets truck shelvings, 3 sets hay shelly
ings.
HAY, CORN and SEED OTATOES-40tons
Of good hay mixed clover and timothy, 40 tons
of hot-bed hay by the stack. 600 bushels of
corn, 70 pounds to the bushel, Seed potatoes
and onion sets, consisting of Cobblers, Quick
These seed are Maine grown seed as fine as
you ever looked at, clear of disease. Also a
lot of second size potatoes of my own raising.
Onion sets by the bushel.
GOODS-in the usual variety
and lots of things not mentioned, as [ have
rented my farm and don't need them.
Sale to begin at IL O'Clock noon.
CONDITIONS-A credit of 9 months given
on all sums of $40 and over, with a note pay
able in bank. All sums under $40 cash at the
| close Of sale. JOHN M. BEV1S
JOS. M. Weatherby, Auct.
VIM. M. Burk, Clerk. ri vt
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AUBURN

Mrs. Chas. Humphreys have returned
from a visit in Philadelphia.
in Auburn.
The stork left a daughter with Mr..
and Mrs. VIM. Mattson, on Friday. Jan.
uary 81.
Wesley Given, of Bridgeport, has been
spending sometime with Mr.. and Mrs.
Samuel Given.
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Married Fifty Years

Mr.. and Mrs. Furman Fenton were
agreeably surprised on Tuesday evening
when a number of their friends and neigh
bors came in to remind them of their
fiftieth wedding anniversary After ex-
tending congratulations the guests were
invited out to the dining room to partake
OF refreshments. Mr., and Mrs. Fenton
have lived on the farm where they now
reside at Deep Water Point, all their
married life, except three years. After
wishing them many more such occasions
the guests departed for their homes.
One there
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HOME HAPPENINGS.
st. Valentines day.
Ducks begin to Law,

st. Valentines day.
Ducks begin to lay.
Fire wood is scarce and dry wood is
not to be had.
Don't fail to read the fourth page o.
the Record this week.
Fires have been started in the hot.
houses for raising tomato plants.
There was good sleighing out OF town
on the side of the road until Tuesday.
Finer ice wa never gathered in this
region than the 9-inch ice stored Mon
day and Tuesday this OF week.
Few boats ply the Delaware now. The
City ice boat from Philadelphia keeps
the ice in the western channel broken.
We are offering this month the great
est values i'll mems and boys clothing,
in the history of this business, d. d.
Leap.
Two tramps found lodging in Borough
lookup Wednesday night, the first for
years. They came from Philadelphia
where hundreds are cut of work.
David johnson, chief engineer of the
Fire Company, wishes it announced
that he examined several fire plugs
and found them not frozen and in good
condition for use in condition for use in
case of fire.
The Good Year Glove" rubbers
known as the best the world over, are sold
Ii Penn's Grove by D. ID. Leap. \
The temperature dropped to % some
thermometers registered zero, last Sunday
morning. 1t Was 6 Monday morning,
Tuesday, 80. Thawing weather set in
Wednesday and frost has been coming
out of the ground as fast as 1t went in,
making muddy, muggy weather.
Samuel M. Hunt has purchased of
Samuel Hoffman, of Atlantic City, the
house and store property corner OF
Franklin and Harmony streets, where
he has been conducting a store for four
years. Joseph A. Robbins who has been
occupying the house will move into John
Denny's house to be vacated by post
master Thomas E. Hunt.
d. ID. Leaps Annual February shoe
sale is on. 1t is the chance of the year
to supply the family with desirable shoes
at our low prices.
| have the agency for Sayer Bros.
TaiIors, Wilmington, Del. All orders for
cleaning and altering promptly attended
to. All orders may be left at Johnson's
Drug Store. 245 Main st.
MAYHEM JOHNSON. 7-4t \
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The Trenton estate Gazette"

The State Gazette will contain a full
synopsis of the proceedings of the Senate
and Assembly Of 1903; a list OF all
bills introduced, passed and vetoed.
The session promises to be one of unusual
interest. The Daily State Gazette will
be mailed to subscribers for the session
or seventy five cents.
A fact that ought TO be known
throughout the State is that the Week
y State Gazette is only n dollar a
tyear
Address, The John L. Murphy Pub
fishing Co., Trenton, N. j.
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The J.umpin0 OFF p,.ce

Consumption had me in its grasp: and
] had almost reached the jumping of
place when l advised to try DIR.
Kings New Discovery; and l want to
say right now, it saved my life. Improve
ment began with the first bottle, and
after taking one dozen bottles l was a
well and happy man again." says George
Moore, Of Grimesland, N. C. As a reme-
DIV for coughs and colds and healer of
weak, sore lungs and for preventing
pneumonia New Discovery is supreme.
Doc and $1.00 at B. A.. johnson, druggist.
Trial hottie tree. -.
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Dupont Concern Elects Officers.

At the annual meeting of the Interna-
tional Smokeless Powder and Chemical
Company, held in Camden OH Tuesday,
these directors were elected: E. G.
Buckner, L. Colman DUPONT, W. W.
Gibbs, A. J. Moxnam, Charles L. Pat
terson, Pierre S. DUPONT, j. A: Haskell
George S. Graham, Alexis l. Dupont,
The Officers present; were Pierre S.
Dupont, president. Alexis ]. DUPONT,
secretary, and W. E. Steen. treasurer.
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NeighborhOod Fayorite.

Mrs. E. D. Charles, of Harbor, Maine,
speaking of Electric Bitters, says: ST
Is a neighborhood favorite here with
u.s." 1t deserves to be a favorite everv-
where. 1t gives quick relief in dyspep.
STA, liver complaint, kidney derange.
ment, malnutrition, nervusness, weak
ness and general debility. Its action on
the blood, as a thorough purifier makes it
especially useful as a spring medicine.
This grand alternative tonic is sold un-
der guarantee at Johnson's drug store. soc.
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Church Gives Up Struggle.

A meeting of the officials OF the Meth
odist Protestant Conference has been.
called to determine ON the disposal of
the M. p. Church, of Pitman Grove, after
years OF struggling. Years g this
church fourished there, but the camp
meetings, parks and other attractions have
caused too great a strain on the small
congregations of late to support a pastor.
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Have You Placed Your Order For Your News
Paper For IooSP

IHE PHILADELPHIA Press offers
the Daily edition of that splendid pub
hcatlon one year and THE WHIT
HOUSE COOK BOOK "a total worth of
5000 for THREE DOLLARS n
FIFTY CENTS. There is hardly my
thing in the whole domain of cookery
that is not touched upon in this COOK
BOOK and handled in a masterfnl man.
ner.
1t desired, THE PRESS will mail the
book to n address and the paper to
another. REMEMBER, THE DAILY PRESS
ONE ENTIRE E AND THIS SPLENDID
COOK BOOK, BOTH for ONLY THREE DOL
LARS AND FIFTY CENTS,
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Will be sold at public sale at the residence of
the subscriber on the Roberts farm
NEAR CENTRE SQUARE
Gloucester County New Jersey on
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY IS, 1908

NEAR CENTRE SQUARE
Gloucester County New Jersey on
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY IS, 1908
the following personal property
good cow now milking will come into profit
about May l, 1908 10 young pullets.
HOUSEHOLD GOODS and FURNITURE
2 bed room suits. l oak, l walnut marble top
hnlSh, bedStead, goose feather bed, 2 hen
feather beds, lot holsters and pillows, 4 blank
cts, II quilts, parlor suite, walnut aud hair
cloth 5.rocking chairs, morris chair, couch,
lounge, IL cane seat chairs, 6 plain chairs,
marble top stand, oak stand. extension table,
kltchen table, corner cupboard, doughtray,
Singer sewing machine liz good order, 2clocks.
mirrors, lot pictures and frames, toilet set, 5
lamps, hanging lamp, u window shades, lot
carpet rags Sewed, lot oil cloth. rs yds. wool
striped carpet, 80 yds. ingram carpet. 40 yds.
dishes, lot glass ware, lot glass Jars, lot pots
and pans, range nearly new wood heater, oil
heater, gasoline stove with 8 burners, 2 wash
tubs, wash board, wash boiler, lot stone Jars
and jugs, IL chicken coOps and many other
things not mentioned.
COND1TIONS-A credit fisk months on sums
OF ten dollars and upwards will he given, with
an approved note payable in bank, sums under
$40 cash,
ANNA M. DAVIS
formerly Anna M, Roberts
F. j. Gayenta, Auct.
Jas. Sweeten, Clerk.
At same time and place. on same conditions.
bay horse 9 yrs. old, sound and GENTLE, good
for work or drive. 4 Shoats.
2-7-2t JAS. B. ROBERTS
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Will Organize A Gran ge

The farmers in the region around
Penn's Grove will hold a meeting in Odd
Fellows Hall Penn's Grove, Saturday
afternoon, 18th, with the object of organ
ixiziDg a Grange.
Master of State Grange George w. F.
Gaunt, OF Mullica Hill, will be present
with other speakers to expound the OBJ
jects and benefits to be derived bv the
farmers organizing. All farmers are ill.,
vited to attend.
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suffering & Dollars Saved.

E. s. Lopez, of MariIla, N. Y, says:
81 am q carpenter and nave had many
eeyere cuts healed by Bucklen's Arnica
.EaIve. 1t has saved me suffering and
n~1ollars. 1t is by far the best healing
I've / have ever found.' Heals burns,
res, ulcers, fever sores, eczema and
les. Csc at B. A. johnson, Druggist,
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OBITUARY

Mrs. Anna E. Harrison died at Black.
wood on February 7, 1908, aged SO years.
Funeral services were held at the home
Of her brother Joseph Vanderslice, in
Penn's Grove, on Tuesday. Interment
was in Emmanuel Church yard beside
her parents.
WILLIAM CLINE,
died on Tuesday February 11th, 1908,
aged IS years, after being confined to his
bed eighteen week with the dropsy.
The funeral service was held this Friday
morning at the home of his son William
II. Cline, with whom he has resided, In
terment was in Riverview Cemetery.
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Large Sale of
Personal Property
viii sell at public sale at my farm in
PENNSVILLE
III the Township of Lower Penns Neck, on
FRIDAY, FEB. %, 1908

viii sell at public sale at my farm in
P~ENNSVILLE
III the Township of Lower Penns Neck, on
FRIDAY, FEB. %, 1903
utensils:
ORS and MULES 4 HEADING. 1Bess is
yrs. old, bay stands Is hands, kind and gem
We, fearless OF all objects, good road mare and
will work in any harness, and has been hook
ed to everything except a cart. No 2 Frank.
is a bay horse, a good animal to work, Strong
ana aDle and willing to do anything. No IAN
aade d superior par OF blocky mules, young
ana VIII work anywhere and are an extra
good team.
COWS and BULLS Is HEAD-9 head of
young dairy Cows-Haye never been grain fed,
some with calf aud calves by their side. heif-
ets coming years old, bulls, one is a Hol-
stem coming 2 years old, and is a nice one, 2
are Guernsey coming 2 years old. One good
brood sow.
HARNESS-Six sets of half-chaiu harness, l
set light driving doubls harness, also light
pole Tor a buggy or carriage and is a good one,
2 sets OF cart harness, one set, is nearly new,
brides, collars. lines, trace chains.
FARMING UTENSILS and WAGONS-3
PLANTATION wagons, ! has been used l year,
market. wagon, 2 carts, Owego wagon body,
z sets SIDES and bottoms, hay rake, 3 sets hay
mes, nearly new, fan mill, grain drill, 6 two
morse plowS; 6 cultivators, 2 corn markers, 2
corn e~overers, sweet potato hitler and digger,
z good gang plowS, potato plow. calf rack
new; neck yoke and strap, scoop and shoyels.
spades, rakeS, smoothing harrow. stalk sleds,
scratch narrow, about geo Flat Dutch cabbage,
refrigerator, about 300 bushels of good dry
corn, 10 lbs. to bushels.
C0NDITIONS-at sale. Sale to m
at II O'Clock, noon, and will be positive as |
have rented my farm and going to discontinue
WI. Casper. Auct.
F. NJ CARPENTER. Clerk 1421-2t.
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Educate yourself to save money by
opening an account in the Savings De-
partlnent of the PENIS Grove National
Bank. 1t will earn you 3 per cent inter-
est compound semi-annual and you can
draw on IA days notice. n
I have the agency for Turner Bros.
Laundry. Will call or laundry may be
left at 245 Main st. Family wash a speci-
atty. 36c per dozen.
MAYHEM JOHNSON 7-4t X
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WILLIAM CLINE.
CHURCH NOTES
ST. PAUL's METHODIST EPISCOPAL
J. Ward Gamble. ID ID Pastor

ST. PAUL's METHODIST EPISCOPAL
j. Ward Gamble, ID. d., Pastor.
Pastor'ssunday morning subject; "The
Great Hero who Feared the Threat of a
Woman;" evening, "Every Man a
Farmer"
On Wednesday evening Mr.. S. R. Leap
was elected a delegate and James Borden
alternate to the Lay Ell ectoral Convention
to meetin Millville, March 18th, when
lay delegates will be elected to represent
the laymen in the Quadrenial General
Conference.
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OBLIGATORY ANNIVERSARY

The anniversary of the dedication of
st. PauPs Church, which has been OBJ
served continuously from the beginning,
will be held for the 23d time next We'd
nesday. DIR. j. Morgan Read, Presiding
Elder of the Camden district, will preach
at 1890. Rev. Holmes F. Gravattt, pas
tor Of the First M. E. Church, Camden,
will preach at 80 and Rev. Furman A.
DeMaris, Of State street Nj. E. Church,
Camden, will at 7.30. The exercises
will close with evangelical services. The
public is cordially invited to participate
in all these meetings.
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Strawberry Plants For Sale.

Store on Penn St. PENIS Grove. Good To-
cation for business. &. H. Morris, Penn's
GROVE. 2-72t
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Auction Sales
Saturday Afternoon

ON AND AFTER FEBRUARY 22th,
VIII be held
At Union Corner, PENIS Grove,
All persons who wish to dispose of any goods
such as household goods, horses, cows, wagons,
harness &c will be received at any time before
sale day.
I'D. TORTON. Auct.
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House, saw mill, log saw, engine and equip
nent win lot of land, place known as Charles
Il faTDer property, PENIS Grove, Address
MMoodDufy Mill and Lumber Co.. Woodbury.,
M. 2.22-3t.
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For Sale or Rent

A horse, buggy. harness and runabopt. APP
ply To Mrs. Rusling Hutchinson. 2-l4tf
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Wanted

Farms and country houses, this section; ~
per cent after sold. HAIR, AIS E.. 18th Street,
New York. II74m
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The farm of % acres, known as the Ignas
Gaventa farm, near PENIS Grove. f. j.
0dFehUa, fedrlcktown, Nj r. F.. D. 12-tf.
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straWbeffy Plants Or Sale.
nave a big lot of plants Bubach variety at
SI.4U per 100 from new beds set last sp ing.
Near OIdmaps station, phone Al w. Aiexan-
oef fedrick, Pedricktown, Nj. 27.l4t
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For Sale or For Rent
The house and lot corner of Harmony and
franklin ST., Pehn's Grove, now occupied by
mos. E. Hunt. Address John Denny, 2l20
Market st. Philadelphia, Pa. 1l22-tf
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CENT A WORD COLUMN

On Jan. 80, a gold and crimson m
CLASS pm marked Model 3d." Iffound pleased
return to the RECORD office. Reward. 2I4-lt
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Consult S. r.. Bowen
Before getting your walks, curbs and other
cement work done. z Estimates cheerfulIy
given. 3-29tf
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Building Lots For Sale.
On Delaware Ave. and Penn Street. All
TneSe lots are high and water good. Can be
had at reasonable rices. For particulars ap-
ply to ASA q TURNER
Omaha daily bee., 1908-05-15
RIVAL GAS PLANT TALKED
Project said to Have Backing OF
Denver and Omaha
Capital.

DOLLAR gas now and cheaper gas later
on is what we hope to secure through this
proposed new company, backed largely by
Denver capital, but until representatives OF
the Denver company see the ordinance we
have drafted no one can bank strongly on
having gas at cheaper rate than at present,
for these newcomers may not like our ordi-
nance in the least"
This is the statement made by NJ, +.
Funkhouser chairman Of the council COM
mittee on lighting The ordinance pre-
Iimlnary to the granting OF a franchise.
by vote Of the people, was drawn by Funk
houseT Gas Commissioner Crowley and
Assistant City Attorney Dunn. Represen-
tatives OF the Denver company will meet
with these three officials together with
Councilmen Brucker and Johnson. the other
members OF the lighting committee, Friday
and 20 over the provisions Of the docu-
ment. II the company signifies that 1t will
accept such a franchise, II voted, the
ordinance will be presented TO the council
next Monday afternoon. The ordinance
provides for the submission OF the PROPOSE
ton TO the voters next November.
The people interested in the new company
are c. G. Cunningham OF Omaha and
Charles NJ. Herberton, Horace w. Bennett.
julius A. Myers and T. ]. o'Donneu Of
Denver
The new company wishes 10 operate
under the name Of the Peoples Gas com
PanJ
Omaha daily bee., 1908-05-15
SUBURBAN TMPROVERS BOOM
ThirIy-Seven New Members Added to
Enrolment of the BrOdeGaard
Organization.

Twenty-seven new applicants were
elected to membership in the First Subur-
ban Improvement club at a meeting Of that
body Wednesday evening in Bradegaard
hall, Fifty-fourth and Pinckney streets.
This brings the total membership to las.
Among other improvement projects that
of tree planting came up and it was de-
cided to plant a uniform row of trees on
each side of the Krug park road for dis
tance of one mile north from Military road
and on the side streets for a distance of a
block each way from KruS park road
committee of five was appointed TO make
arrangements with property owners as &c
planting the trees and to secure bids from
nurserymen.
1t was also decided TO affiliate with the
Federal Improvement club of Douglas
county, which meets once a month to act
on any improvement question which is of
importance to the entire county al well as
to any particular locality.
Fred Brodegaard, president of the club,
A. c. Harte and John w. Kurtz were
elected permanent delegates to the Federal
club to represent the First Suburban I'm
provcment club.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-05-15
WASTE TO REBUILD SEWER
4hat A. the View city Engineer
RosswateF Takes OF Storm
Karat Drainage.

City Engineer Rosswatsr figures that It
vsuit simply Be- = waste Of money 70
repair The lizard street sewer burst in the
storm % Tuesday evening. and for that
reason he will construct a fence around
ths iaEstd hole IN the street TO keep teams
cat % the opsn ditch and lst the break in
the sever alone. The city engineer SAYS
that q the sewer VAS repaired Il would be
tut = question q a short time before Il
vaald BE- burst out again, that Il Is entirely
Inadequate % carry Oft the water In the
vicn.ty ant the only way out of the DIFF
f.ruity 10 Co construct a large sewer on the
street
Tlrre are thrce sewers on lizard street
112DIe-b barTelled." sewer constructed
soms tEeuty years ago. and another singie
ss=sT. s=tis ss5 Tea yS5fs asv. Eaeh
% ne three are six feet three inches In
SiauetsF. rha double sewer vas con
strlcisi a. q cost % tBooo and was spit
ta a sJerm bgs a fsE months after Il Vas
taIL rhs later sewer cost yeo00 Re
pairs ca ths ssSeFs have run into the thou
san1s ot dotlaFs. says the city engineer.
ne propussd new sewer which the mayor
l. anxious 10 have built would east ths
elty ahout Eaoooa and the Union Pacifi,
aacat tNooo ne Faiiroad company Il
unssr contFact % eoastFuct that part OF
tas sever Which would pass through is
k-aalsts-
Omaha daily bee., 1908-05-15

Mrs. Sturgeon was a niece OF Mr.. and Mrs
Francis Cradle and Mr.. and Mrs. S. S
Peters OF Omaha.
Mr.. and Mrs. r. w. Breckenridge leave
Thursday for the east, Mr. Breckenridge
goes TO New York City on business and
Mrs. Breckenridge will visit her daughter,
Miss Myra Breckenridge, who is attending
Smith college at North Hampton, remain
ing until after commencement, when they
will return home about the middle Of June,
Mrs. j. S. Brady has returned from Ex-
celsiOr Springs.
Miss Mary Furay will entertain at lunch
con Tuesday for her cousin, Miss Alice c.
McShane, who will be one of the brides OF
the month.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-05-15
NAP IN SOMNUS' DULL ABODE
DevOtee of BRcchus Sleeps by the
River Lethe in Dark
CnVe.

This is the adventure of l.. h. Critch-
field. Upon the police records he is booked
merely as drunk and sleeping under VIA
duct" But the real story is far more re-
markable.
Critchfieid having worshiped at several
shrines of Bacchus Wednesday evening,
wandered down in the vicinity of the Elev-
enth street viaduct. His surprise can well
be imagined when he found himself at the
entrance TO the cave of sleep the abode
of the dull-eyed Somnus, the spot where
the god of day dare not come. He saw the
clouds and shadows being exhaled from the
ground Neither cock, watch dog nor goose
disturbed the silence. He heard the river
Lethe flowing among the rocks which men
call the gutter. He could not see the pop
pies growing at the entrance to the cave,
but he could smell their subtle odor from
which night distils slumber and scatters
1t over the darkened earth.
Critchfield entered the cave and beheld
there upon a couch Of ebony adorned with
black plumes and curtains, the god OF sleep
reclining, with dreams lowering about him.
Overcome by the murmuring of the river
Lethe, by the stiffness and by the odor of
the peoples, Critchfield lay down on the
cobblestones and slept.
How officer Stull secured admttance to
the cave OF sleep Critchfleld does not know.
But there he was shaking him by the
shoulder and bidding him get up.
! Should the sacred cave OF Somnus be
| desecrated by the foot of the policeman?
No. And Critchfield proceeded to dig
| into" the officer But tap on the head
put him TO sleep more effectuslly than had
the murmuring OF Lethe or the odor of the
| poppies and he awoke in the police station,
whence he was discharged Thursday
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