Gloucester County Democrat., 1908-12-31
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F1OhF WILL e.
Theodore Shaw was given a surprise
party on Thursday evening by NUM-
Der of his young friends in honor Of
his eleventh birthday.
Mrs. Anna l.. Nicholson died on
Friday 25th, aged rs years. Funeral
services and interment at M. u.
Church and cemetery on Tuesday. The
deceased was well known and highly
respected in this community and bore
her period of affliction, being confined
in bed for twenty-five weeks, without
any complaint She was connected
with the NJ e. Church and taught a
class in the Sunday School for num-
ber of years until feebleness pre-
vented.
George C. Morgan has been storing
|J. B. Van Sewers large automobile
van for week, it having broken down
here during the snow and standing in
the middle of the road all one day and
night until Mr. Morgan came to the
rescue with a team of horses.
While Gibbon Lloyd was on his way
from Pitman to Grenloch on Saturday
with a load of lumber he lost three
horse blankets and went consider
able distance before discovering his
loss, unhitching his team OF horses
from the wagon and mounting one,
went in pursuit of the blankets and
was informed that two men with two
horses to buggy had just gone along
and probably had the blankets and
were on the road to Williamstown, Mr..
Lloyd made haste to overtake them and
succeeded when within mile of Cross
Keys. but they hesitated when asked
to deliver the blankets, if in their pos
session. But when Mr.. Lloyd told
them that the blankets were really his
and that he meant business and want
ed no fooling, they handed them over.
/ The true sport of sleighing was ex-
Iperienced by Everett Simpson and two
IPitman ladies near Clayton when the
sleigh upset and the horse ran away,
hand was not found until the next day,
They were some little distance from
the railroad station but all three wrap
ped themselves in blankets and trudg-
ed through the snow to Clayton sta
ton and found their way home. The
Ifladies were more fortunate as they
did not have the three and one-half
miles to walk after leaving the cars.
Samuel Frye had a public sale of
farm stock and among the rest were
some pigs, but while he was attend
ing the Sunday School Christmas en-
tertainment some one stole one OF the
pigs and when the man came after
them who purchased them at the sale
he would not take any because of the
one missing. Mr.. Frye has quite a
speed horse so hasty inquiry was
made concerning the lost porker, but
nowhere could it be found, but he did
find, joke had been played. 1t hav-
ing been understood that the owner
would furnish pig for creased pig
race, but when he said that he had
reconsidered, it was agreed that the
pig should be had anyhow So piggy
was enjoying himself in it's new quar-
ters in the blacksmith's S barn, after
experiencing the successful joke which
was probably more of a success than
would have been the race, Mr.. Piggy
was delivered back home
The ticket contest in the Sunday
School closed on last Sunday, the red
tickets being the winners by five. Now
it is up to the blue tickets to get busy
Rev Dickinson Moore will occupy
the pulpit in the NJ. E. Church on next
Sunday morning.
The order of Knights of Pythias
have elected the following officers:
Chancellor commander, G. H. Doran;
vice chancellor commander, Chas P
Watson; prelate, j. S. Nicholson; mas
ter of work. Jesse Jones; keeper Of
records and seals, C. ]. Davenport;
master of finance, VIM. ]. Porch; mas
ter of exchequer, E. D. Pearson: mas
ter of arms. Chas. Turner; inner
guard, B. F. Allen; outer guard, Chas.
McNulty; trustee, VIM. j. Porch; rep
resentative, Chas. Turner; alternate,
Chas. H. Doran.