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The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1909-11-23
THE HUDSON RIVER.
Il Has Been Known by at Least Twsn-
ty Different Names.

Il Has Been Known by at Least Twen-
ty Different Names.
In the course of the past 400 years
the Hudson has been known by at
least twenty different names, and even
today-in New York, at any rate-it Is
indifferently referred to both as the
Hudson and the North river.
While Henry Hudson is universally
acclaimed as the discoverer of the no
BILE river which bears his name, it Is
well known that nearly a century be-
fore Hudson's successful exploration
John da Verrazano, a Florentine, en-
tered the mouth of the Hudson and re-
ported that he had passed up the river
about league in boat. not venturing
to sail his vessel, the Dauphine. up
river with which he was unfamiliar.
A sudden squat impelled him to re-
turn to his ship. Verrazano called the
Hudson 1.-THE river of steep hills" This
was in 1924 Some years later Vera
zano's brother made a map Of the re-
gion, and he named the mouth Of the
Hudson ''San Germano."
In 1925 a Spaniard named Gomez,
who came to America on an exploring
trip, made chart upon which be des-
ignated the Hudson as "San Antonio"
When some eighty years later Henry
Hudson in his efforts to reach the East
Indian possessions of the Dutch East
India company by northwestern
route accidentally ran into the Hudson
he promptly dubbed it the MANDATES"
from the name of the Indians who
dwelt at its mouth.
Hudson sailed slowly up the river as
far as Albany, and his experiences
with the Indians and his observations
of the surrounding country were so
gratifying that he returned home with
glowing reports of the new found
country.
The Dutch at once realized that great
commercial advantage might be gained
in the new territory, and various COM
panies were organized to COLOMBO and
exploit it.
In 1916 a charter was granted to the
New Netherlands company, and the
river was there referred to as 'De RI
were van DER NUTSL mdut1tiuo Al HOn-
or of Prince Maurice of Orange.
In various other charters granted at
this time and public documents in
which the river was mentioned it was
spoken of as the "Groote Riviere," the
''Noordt river" the ''River Of the Man
hattans' and the "Rio de Montague"
In addition to these names, the In
dams had number Of others for it.
among which may be mentioned "Sa-
natatea," "Shawnatawty." "Cahohata-
tea" and "Cohongorontas."
AS late as 1854 the river was referred
to by a French writer as the "River
Orange"
When the English took possession OF
New Netherlands they persistently
called the river "Hudson's river" and
despite the many other names by
which it was known that name finally
"stuck," although many Of the early
colonists spoke of 1t as the North river
in contradistinction to the Delaware
river, which was commonly known as
the South Cincinnati ENQUIRER.
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Trv, stori.. About LARGE Feet.

The conversation turned on big feet,
remarks a writer in Tit when one
of the company said he believed his
pal, Smith, would take some beating
In that line.
ST was out walking with Smith one
day when he slipped down with the
soles Of his boots pointing to a gro
GERS window. The grocer rushed out
to inquire who was putting the shut
tiers up"
That's pretty fair" said soldier
who was present, but fellow In our
company beat it hollow. After sharp
fight with the enemy we were obliged
to retreat, when on looking back we
saw one Of our men standing upright
on the ieId. The fact was the poor
fellow had got such feet that he never
fell down when he was shot"
WELL" said a horse dealer who sat
in the corner. that's rather tall. But
let me have try. A fellow came down
to our stables the other day In hurry
to hire horse for journey be was
going on. I'll have that one said he.
pointing to horse in the yard. Why,
there isn't a man IN the world can
ride that animal said. He'll work
in a cart or plow, but no one can stay
on his back IN try him anyway,
said the stranger as he sprang into
the saddle. expected to see him
pitched of. but the horse looked
around, saw the mans feet and trot-
ted quietly of. He thought he was
between a pair. of shafts"
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tiny arms. gave little chuckle OF De
light
He picked her up tenderly and,
wringing out the soaked little gar
ments. which were like cobwebs and
were trimmed with the finest lace,
buttoned her up inside bis heavy
jacket.
Then it was that he heard the shouts
and cries for the first time and saw
men running helplessly up and down
the beach and gazing sea ward.
What were they looking at? Look
ing at nothing. They were staring
and gaping at the place where good
ship had just gone to pieces. Could
no one be saved? No; it was impos-
sible. No boat could live in such a
surf, and there is, moreover, no life
boat at the Cove.
The ship went to pieces where she
struck. OF all the crew not one lived
to tell the tale. and of all the passen-
gers not one was saved except the lit
tie baby buttoned up under Skipper
Ben's rough pilot jacket.
But the baby lived and was like
sunbeam in the little brown house, for
no one talked Of putting her in the
asylum. Nor is there any orphan asy-
lum at the Cove, though there are or
phans in plenty, for many good fell
low goes to the banks never to return.
not supposing that he has said goodby
for the last time to the youngsters at
home.
The baby cried for mamma" little
at first, but she soon learned to say
ben" instead. And from that day on
the little room never became narrow
and stuffy, and Ben's pipe was the
pipe of peace and comfort.
The next year. when he went to the
banks, he left her in the care of Lisha
fuckers wife at the store, but the yeal
after she cried so hard when he was
going that he took her with him. And
ever since she has been his constant
companion, and he named her Dolly.
Five years have passed since that
stormy night, and Dolly is six years
old. She Is bright, happy little girl,
and she loves the grim old ocean dear
~, even If it did so nearly become her
tomb.
Sometimes in the evening when the
wind is blowing and shaking the little
brown house and the fire is roaring
brightly and merrily up the chimney
Skipper Ben will tell Dolly how he
found her lying on the beach securely
fastened to broken spar.
Then he will pull out little old.
worn leather trunk and will take from
it the once dainty baby clothes. They
are yellow now and still stained with
sea water. He will hold the delicate
fabric in his hard. rough hand with
reverential awe and look with wonder
at the little faded blue ribbons that
once were shoulder knots.
81 wonder who your parents WASP
he says to Dolly. "Only think what
you might ha' been! Why, you might
ha' been a markisr'
Skipper Ben's round blue eyes be-
come rounder and bluer at the thought.
and be takes his pipe from his mouth.
You might ha' been dorchessw
But Dolly shakes her head with her
brown curls and lays her cheek against
Ben's rough coat, saying: mo. no. I'd
rather be Skipper Ben's girl"
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birds. and thus cut the gordian mot
Of contention without loss OF dignity
to either jeremiah or herself.
On the evening Of the second day be-
fore Thanksgiving. jeremiah Butler
and Amanda sat in the warm circle OF
light cast by the reading lamp. Jere'
miah was reading the county paper.
and his wife was sewing.
Suddenly jeremiah looked up. 'Pete
Jones is coming around to kill the tur-
key tomorrow morning." he said. with
assumed carelessness. He'll get it all
dressed and ready for you"
1--WE been thinking" said Amanda
slowly, that you might as well kill
that there black tape turkey Of yours.
He looks pretty well conditioned, and
he's the biggest bird after ALL i don't
feel like as If / could have any con-
tention this Thanksgiving. We've been
so prospered this year."
jeremiah coughed obviously. "Aman-
d." he began rather sheepishly, Il
did kind of fool thing last summer.
When you tied a rag on your turkey
went out the next morning and
changed them rags. That's why your
turkey went to roost with black rag
and mine went back to his tree with a
red one l meant it for joke at first.
l thought I'd have my way about kill
ing the black one. and when we was
eating it l was going to tell you 1t was
your bird after all, but 1t looks silly
now"
e'It was silly" said Amanda ener-
getically. 81 about made myself sick
over them two turkeys. l don't know
If wanter eat neither one. If l had
known you was trying to joke-why. !
don't know as l ever knew you to
make a joke. Jeremiahv'
'I never did BEFORE" said jeremiah.
with a sickIy smile. 81 guess l won't
again, I'll tell Pete to kill the black
rag turkey, and then it'll be the one
you Selected"
"I'd ruther have the wild favored
one" admitted Amanda. Pm partial
to wild turkeys Then 1t was your
turkey that fit mine and made him run
after ALL" She glanced at the bronze
feathers above the clock.
THAT there wild one was a gamy
bird" chuckled jeremiah. with another
break into unconscious wit.
The next day when Pete Jones came
to kill the turkey he found jeremiah
and Amanda busily engaged in clean.
ing silver.
(which one Of them two bronze COB
blers shall | kill? Ones as fat as
fother. and each ones got dirty rag
tide around his foot"
jeremiah looked critically at fork
he was polishing. and then he turned
a quizzical smile upon his wife.
XIII 'em both, Pete, and take one
home for yourself"
"And whichever one it is. Pete. enjoy
It'll" smiled Amanda at her reflection in
a teaspoon.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1909-11-23
An EXCITING Situation.

It was the ninth inning. and the WIS.,
iting team was at bat. The score was
a tie, and every spectator In grand
stand or bleacher was on edge. To
make it more exciting the bases were
full, with two men out, and the teams
best swatter was up, with three balls
and no strikes to his credit.
In this trying moment the pitcher
flung one straight at the plate.
"Str-r-r-ike one!'
A yell broke from thousands OF
Threats.
Again the ball darted toward the
plate.
"Str-r-r-ike twov'
Another unearthly yell waited up
from the assemblage. Then death
like stiffness fell over all as the pitch
er carefully adjusted himself for the
next and last effort.
In the midst Of this pervading hush
a young lady just back Of the catcher
loudly appealed to her escort:
'Will, do hope the Giants win"
They'll stand good show If they
put this man out"
Everybody here seems to want to
have him put out, don't they, WHIP"
."HThey certainly do"
"Then why doesn't one Of those idle
policemen put the horrid thing outf''-
Judge.
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ESTABLISHED 1875

'She is sitting by the fire Alone"
whispered Edith BoIter, with a friend
ly little push.
Silently they opened ranks to let the
victor through, and more than one man
stared enviously after him.
Some one had sped the news to Kit
ty, and she was sitting on the settle
with bright, fearful eyes and very
pink cheeks when Dicky came march
ing down the long hall. the red slipper
swinging from one bleeding hand. He
dropped on his knees before her.
Kitty thrust out timid silk stock
inged foot, and Dicky tenderly fitted
the little torn slipped to its place She
touched his broad shoulder with her
fan.
"Rise, Sir Knight of the Slipper
she said, with tremulous little laugh.
Dicky sat beside her on the high
backed settle, in her tender, compass
ionate eyes bleeding and SCARED
veteran. Soft strains of waltz came
from the drawing room.
KITTY" said the struggling young
lawyer, with strange diffidence, 81 sup
pose you couldn't-er-you couldn't
care enough about me-to"- His
voice failed, and he looked down at
the soft mist of dark hair beside him.
And, 10, the dark hair touched his
shoulder for feeting instant as Kit
ty whispered softly:
Indeed, indeed, couldP'
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1909-11-23
A PATRIOTIC PIG.

The Queer Pet That Was Adopted by
q Regiment.
Perhaps the strangest pet that ever
attracted a regiments fancy was a
pig. She attached herself to a Ken
lucky regiment on the way to invade
Canada during the war Of 1912.
AS the men marched out from Har-
rodsburg one morning they came across
two pigs fighting. They halted to see
1t out. When the march was resumed
the victorious pig followed the regi-
ment. When they encamped at night
the pig halted and found a shelter.
The next morning the pig started with
the regiment, and when 1t stopped the
pig halted. Day by day 1t trotted
along until the Ohio river was reached.
A ferryboat transported the troops to
Cincinnati, but the pig swan the
stream and waited on the other side
until the regiment took up its line Of
march.
During the long tramp to the lake
piggy received her full share Of ra-
tions Occasionally the men were put
on short commons, but no one thought
Of sticking the regiments pet
When they came to the lakes shore
piggy was offered a passage across to
Canada. She refused to stir from Amer
lean soil.
When the campaign closed the troops
recrossed to American soil. where they
had left their horses. AS the line was
being formed familiar grunt was
heard. There was piggy ready to re-
sumo the march. On the homeward
way the pig suffered greatly from the
cold weather. 1t crossed, however, the
Ohio river and then gave in.
Governor Shelby Of Kentucky had
piggy conveyed to his farm, and there
she passed her days in Incidence and
good living. honored as the regiments
pet-Exchange.
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SELECTING THE
BRONZE TURKEY,
A Thanksgiving Story.
ax PORTE IEEEERsoN.

BY PORTE JEFFERSON.
copyright, 1903, by American Press Ass0-
ciation.l
Amanda Butler cautiously opened
the door of the turkey shed and flashed
the rays Of her lantern until they fell
broadcast on the clumsy form Of
large turkey in the corner. He reused
as she approached and stretched him
self for action.
1t was the work of an instant for
Amanda's nimble fingers to fash up
to his legs. and when she darted back
there dangled from one foot strip Of
bright red flannel. When Amanda
locked the door and turned away the
victim Of her craftiness was protesting
loudly against the absurdity of wear
ing red flannel in August.
jeremiah sat on the doorstep in his
shirt sleeves, smoking peaceful pipe.
There" painted Amanda as she put
out the lantern and sat down beside
him and famed herself with her sun
bonnet; 'Pve got one job DONE"
whats thatT Queried jeremiah
lazily.
Marked the Thanksgiving turkey"
(which oneT
''The big bronze one. I've had him
in mind for some time. He always
roosts In the shed, so / caught him
asleep Just now and tied red rag on
his leg. I'll shut him up come the
LIST of November"
1.-THE big bronze turkey always roosts
In the walnut tree. That's why
Selected him for Thanksgiving dinner"
remarked Mr.. Butler deliberately. Him
a-roosting out Of doors shows he has
wild tastes, and what tastes better than
wild turkey. wanter known
Amanda received this unconscious
witticism on her husbands part In
stony silence.
"Of course 1 mean the biggest Of
them two bronze fellers," added Jere-
miah after awhile.
81 marked the biggest" said Amanda
acidly.
jeremiah whistled one stanza Of
The Star Spangled Banner" knocked
bis pipe against the step and went into
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n.L.A cha..a nm.I.4.-

Baked cheese omelets are most appe-
thing and may be prepared in several
ways. A good recipe calls for pint
Of milk, four large eggs, one heaping
tablespoonful of -four, one Of butter
and a teaspoonful Of salt Let the
milk heat on the stove until it reaches
the boiling point. Beat the butter and
-four to cream and gradually mix 1t
with the hot milk, taking care that no
Jumps form. Cook the mixture for five
minutes. Let it cool and add the egg
after beating the yolks and the whites
separately The whites should be beat
en- to as stiff froth as possible. Pour
the omelet into buttered dish, sprin-
kle the top with grated cheese and fold
some Of the cheese through the omelet.
The more cheese used the better Let
the omelet bake for half an hour or
until it is solid, so that it Will not
run" when dipped out with spoon
1t should bake in a hot oven.-New
York Tribune.
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THE QUEST OF :
THE RED SLIPPER,
Dickey Secured the Prize and Got
His Reward.
Rx cLARIasA MAcKIE.


copyright, 1903, by American Press Asso-
ciation.l
An hour after dinner on that first
Saturday evening Dicky Ames left his
comfortable chair In the smoking room
and made his way to the great en-
trance hail. where the younger guests
were gathered about a roaring drift
wood fire.
He leaned against the high chimney
piece and from his shadowy corner
watched the light and sparkle of Kitty
Austin's lovely dark face. Once her
soft eyes met his wistful glance, and
she threw him smile that set his
heart to beating heavily.
kitty says she shall not dance un-
til her slipper has been found" laugh
ed Edith Bolter, with mischievous
glance at Dicky.
He leaned forward and glanced down
at the hearth. where little red slipper
rested lightly on the fender. The other
foot was hidden amid the soft flufiness
Of Ktty's red skirts.
Where did you lose it?' asked Dicky
eagerly.
Kitty blushed, and a distressed look
came into her beautiful eyes, Dicky
remembered that he had met a similar
glance across the dinner table earlier
In the evening.
miss Austin won't TELL" drawled
Chambers lazily, but it is fact that
she has not stirred from her chimney
corner since dinner"
A laugh went around the circle, but
Dicky WINGED at the air Of quiet pos
session which Mark Chambers had as
sumed toward Kitty. He drew long
breath and turned away.
II will find the slipper" he said,
coloring boyishly.
"And Kitty shall give you the first
Dance" bantered Edith.
Dicky paused. ~ will be honored,"
he said stifly. But the service Is its
own reward"
The men stirred uneasily. and
Chambers half rose from his seat,
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Conn. oat. and Wheat as aseeds.D


School children in the crowded part
of New York do not speak of corn and
oats and wheat by those names, but al
ways refer to them as seeds" The
other day in one of the big schools the
teacher was talking to her pupils about
gardening. She ended with request
for each pupil to bring few seeds the
next day to be planted In the window
boxes. The following morning the chill
dren appeared mostly with either oats,
wheat or corn While putting a few
grains of each in the earth the teacher
referred to them by their familiar
names. One Of the girls In the class
took courage to "set the teacher right
and said: Some one must "a told you
wrong, teacher. That" pointing to the
wheat, sis bread seed, an that yellow
STUFF amt corn; it's pigeon seed. We
always call them that in the block
where we e"-New York Sun.
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Every instructor at Chautauqua is
required to fill out paper answering
a number of necessary and unnecessa-
ry questions. One year there was a
remarkably handsome male member of
the faculty in whom all the girl stu
dents were much interested. lis be
married or unmarried?" became an all
absorbing question Finally some OF
them had the courage to approach the
college secretary and ask If the files
might be looked over And there the
handsome professor anticipating per-
haps some such investigation. had re-
corded his matrimonial pretensions as
follows: Married or single? Yes"
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poaer Eor tha LIuahand.

Returning home from Atlantic City,
a Frankfort man drew a photograph
carefully from his pocket and showed
it to his wife. Said he, There's a
man who's In love with you"
1t was not a good picture, one Of
those cheap pingpong photographs.
The husband had not been In a condi-
ton to be well TAKEN" and there was
little likeness. His wife looked at the
picture for several minutes. very much
puzzled. Finally she spoke up:
why, it's Jim! Where did you see
him? And where did you get this3
And what did he tell youT-Philadel-
phia Times.
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SKIPPER BEN'S GIRL.
The Treasure That CaVe to the
Lonely Fisherman.
BY FRANK II. SWEET.
copyright, 1909, by American Press Asso

Copyright, 1909, by American Press Asso-
ciation.l
If In your travels you ever visit the
rugged coast Of New England you
may come upon the Cove, with its
cluster Of brown, gray and black
wooden houses, having queer, uneven
roofs aid crooked chimneys, and its
narrow strip OF pebbly beach. backed
by high, forbidding rocks.
You are very likely to find boats
drawn up upon the beach, some Of
them overturned for calking, and
great heaps Of kelp and seaweed and
layers Of salt hay, showing how far
up the water comes at high tide.
And climbing over the boats or play
ing along the beach | am quite sure
you will find a little girl-a brown
faced, barefooted little girl in faded
pink frock, whose hair is like sea-
weed, a rich chestnut underneath, but
faded to sort Of nutty tinge where
the sun strikes it.
II you ask this little girl who she is
she will peep shyly up at you through
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Leave MOORESTOWN every 10 minutes
from GAP until 1912 a. M; then every 81 min
utes until Alp p. M; then every Is minutes UNI
til 9.42 p. m; then every 30 minutes until ll.l2
p. M; then every hour as per night car
schedule.
Leave FERRY sos, 5.38, sos. 6.88 q. M; then
every Is minutes until 9.38 a. M; then every ~
minutes until 3.3S p. M; then every ID minutes
until 838 p M; then every 30 minutes until
zoos D. M; then HOS and 1908; then every
hour as per night car schedule.
Leave MERCHANTVILLE every minutes
from $50 g. M. until 9.27 a. M; then every 10
minutes until AT p. M; then every minutes
until 8T p. M; then every 10 minutes until
u.47p. M; then as per night car schedule.
Leave FERRY at 5.03 and 5.38 q. M; then
every 10 minutes until 5.5S q. M; then every
minutes until 8.58 a. M; then every 10 min
utes until S.5S p. M; then every minutes I'M
til 7.5S p. M; then every 10 minutes until lzOS
midnight; then every hour as per night car
schedule.
NIGHT CAR-DAILY AND SUNDAY.
Leave Moorestown, 1.02. 202, 302, 4.02 9. m.
Leave Ferry, *l.Os, 208. 306, 4.0S a. m.
LAST trip on Saturday Nigh
Connect with Mount Holly cars at Stanwick
avenue.