Evening journal., 1908-09-10
BY THE WAYSIDE

very quickly.
1t was rather a startling experience
to come upon that bat. Persons not
seeing it would at once dodge one way,
swat the atmosphere with both arms,
duck and skid out to the curb.
What the ---" cried one man as
he cut a double X on the pavement
and punched holes in the air The bat
had come near to flying down HIS
neck. 1t was amusing to some of the
unregenerate who stood on the curb
and watched. Women, young and old,
were much disconnected by the bat,
who on occasions showed a disposition
to nest in their headgear.
90 gee." cried one boy, "see the
bat" An elderly man was passing
just then and thinking the unchristian
youth had referred to him. he stopped.
young man." he began in a stern
voice, which changed pretty quick to a
yell as the bat circled close to his face.
The elderly man thumped the atmos-
phere for several seconds and then
beat it--which is no joke. He beat it
for the next square
The bat was causing a good deal of
excitement in the neighborhood, and
as II hung pretty close to the light,
persons who entered the store had to
make run for it,"
This is the season of the year to
look out for cobwebs, says a woman
who watches such things Just now
the spiders and other insects spin in
every corner and many a doorway and
window frame, to say nothing Of cor
ners of rooms. is apt to be ornamented
before anyone knows it.
There were many people who were
sorry the Court House bell had rung"
on straw hats for this year, and some
did not hesitate to defy tradition and
wear the lightweight headgear. It
seems strange that people should cling
to the idea of discarding straw hats on
the first of September because some
Of the hottest days of the year often
occur between the 1st and the goth.
Despite the custom, many straw head
pieces are yet in evidence.
Tn one of the local quick
eating parlors there is card which
bears promise OF good things, not yet
but soon. 1t reads:
I'VE will handle oysters"
'Td like to see the Pennsylvania
Railroad Company adopt the passen-
i ger cars with green interiors on It's
entire system" remarked a man who
! returned from his vacation not long
ago.
"The passenger cars which the
! company uses across New Jersey are
far more restful than the ones in use
in this State-at least that was the
! case on the two trains I struck.
"The Jersey cars are almost entire
4 ly green within. This color prevails
not only upon the ceilings but is car
ried out in the plush with which the
seats are upholstered and in the car
pets.
1T was a boon for the traveller wher
the company instituted the green fin
ishing to it's vestibuled day coaches
and it's to be hoped that the idea vii
be carried still further"
e with September not yet ended, It 4
;, little early to talk about turkey COB
{ blers, but nevertheless the farmer
g who sell poultry to the city hotels, sa,
s the outlook is good. What they cal
the buying season" will open in fev
weeks II is in October and the earl.
half of November that the wholesal
poultrymen buy the supply Of the bird
for the Thanksgiving, Christmas ant
New Year. Reports differ as to tn
extent of this years turkey croT
Many farmers declare that turkey
J will be scarce. The poultry dealer
: on the contrary say they will be plen
, tiful. Last year when the buying sea
son opened the cry was turkeys ar
3 scarce" Around Thanksgiving tim
J the birds were bringing as high as
cents a pound. BY Christmas time tn
: market was glutted and turkeys coul
be bought at 10 cents a pound. Thi
summer has been a good one for rails
! ing turkeys. There was much dr.
) weather. which is Just the kind tina
, young turkeys thrive in The brood
5 ing season was warm and there wa
! no heavy rains to kill off the youn
birds.
The cool weather of last week in
duced many persons into the belle
that fall was really here and it wa
not until the suns fierce rays warme
fup the town that they really came
= the conclusion that summer was No
over. There is little chance Of fros
for a month or more. According
. the weather records the earliest dat
: on which a killing frost occurred her
was on October and the averae
Z, date for the first killing frost has bee
october "a. OF course there have bee
light frosts before these dates, bt
. such frosts only nip tomato stalks an
: a few of the tenderest flowers.
o
o S. r. stockton, OF this city. to-day r
S ceived a postal card from San Jua
e Porto Rico. bearing the following not
Dear Friend. When in boat l was ms
Il ing in San Juan bay in bottle with
Z paper on / found name Of you. With mu'
Il pleasure I take liberty TO write. ENcu
English, write and spell. is Porto Ricai
:, scout. Would like 20 see big city de W
j. mington. Guillermo Brod, Box 752, 81
Juan, p. r."
= At FIRST NIr. Stockton rubbed his eyes
see II he was awake. Then he remember
that year ago last August he and
party of friends including sam'l DaShiel
Leon Eberhardt, William Cullen a
Ralph Bowman. we're camping at Penr
IS grove. Each Of the young men wrote
a name and adress on piece Of paper a.
placed it in a bottle which was cast ir
II the river.
d Mr.. stockton's bottle evidently found
l. landing place of the shores Of San Jus
It's quite a distance from here to S
~ Juan. Cuiilerno must have been mu