The Penn's Grove record., 1910-06-17
HOME HAPPENINGS.

Cherries were never more abundan'
than this year, There is good prospects
for an abundance OF other fruits,
Edward MAYORS old horse aftertwenty'
four years faithful service to the bakery
wagon, has departed to eternal rest. lie
was twenty-eight years old.
The games OF base ball did not come
off last Saturday, because of the ram.
The G. F. AS, of Chester, are expected to
play Penn's Grove Saturday, 18th.
Fred Strittmater was badly burned
with acid on his chest, arm and side by
the bursting of a pipe he was fixing on
Wednesday at the Powder Works.
Albert Borton, baggage master on the
railroad, who lives in part of Ammon
Gibbs's house, has a red ripe tomato in
his garden, the first in this region.
Postmaster Hunt has received circulars
requesting rural patrons to paint their
mail boxes white and to keep the roads
and bridges in good condition for travel.
White potatoes are not grown very ex-
tensively in Upper PENIS Neck and Old
mans townships, but about a ton and a
half OF paris green has been used on them
to kill bugs.
There were three nets fished on We'd
nesday, the last legal day of the season,
and from twelve to twenty-five shad were
canght to a net. They were readily
sold for from fifty to seventy-five cents
each.
The first early white potatoes from
Penn's Grove were sent to Wilmington
ON the 9th by John L. Corson. Harry M.
Wright got 20 cents a basket for them.
Others nave sent potatoes to market this
week. The price has dropped to so cents
a basket.
This week will end the strawberry
crop in this region. 1t has not been very
prolific nor profitable. The dry weather
last year hlndered the vines from spread
ing as much as usual. The late trosts
and the cool dry weather two weeks in
May hindered their growth.
Ice Cold Soda Water at Johnson's
Pharmacy
About thirty automobiles from Bridge
ton came into PENIS Grove on Wednes-
day afternoon. After the party took sup
per at French's hotel they returned
home, some by different ways from which
they came. Among the party was John
Cheesman, the veteran editor OF the
Bridgeton Patriot, who is over eighty
years old, but one of the boys i'll spirit.
The two inches OF rain which fell on
Thursday and Friday of last week made
up the deficiency which has existed for
nearly a year and the heavy down pour
on Saturday and Sunday gave a large
overdose of moisture. Fire was needed
for comfort from Thursday until Monday
and it has been the coolest June on record
so far, since 1871. Other rains OH Tues
day, Wednesday and Thursday nights
has gwen much more than needed.
Robert English, Jr., met with a pail
full accident on Wednesday night in a
head-on collision on his bicycle against
Frank Diver, Neither saw the other as
neither had lights OH their wheels.
Diver was going the faster and hit Eng
fish knocking him into Charles l.. Smiths
onion patch on South Broad Street below
Beach Avenue, while Diver fell into the
road unconscious. The teeth in English's
lower jaw were knocked i'll and the gum
broken loose, causing much bleeding and
much pain. 1t was so serious and injury
that he was taken to Cooper Hospital in
an automobile that night.
After the big dinner try some OF john
sons Digestive Tablets. 25c per box. at
Johnson's Pharmacy.