Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-01-25
OLD BRIDGE

ULU DniUuE
Miss Ella Slower was entertained
over the weekend by Mrs. j. H.
Clayton, OF First street.
Miss Reava Clayton, OF South Am
boy, was the guest of Miss Susie
Reid, of Church street, yer the
weekend.
Sam Lucas has returned after a
brief visit with his parents In Phila-
delphia.
w. r. Clayton, OF South Amboy,
was a local visitor Tuesday after
noon.
Mrs. Edward Miller, of South Old
Bridge, is enjoying a weeks visit
with relatives at Matawan-
Henry Dieker, of Runyon, was q
recent visitor among friends in
South Amboy.
Mrs. Abram Durham, of River
side avenue, South Old Bridge. Is
visiting her daughter, Mrs. Bert
Slower, Of Second street. South AM
boy.
Raymond Bergen, OF Trenton.
spent Sunday with his parents, Mr..
and Mrs. I. C. Bergen, of First
street.
Captain B. F. Bloodgood. Of Rum
yon. renewed old acquaintance In
Perth Amboy Tuesday afternoon.
Miss Inez Post. OF Perth Amboy,
who has been visiting her cousin.
Miss Minnie BIoodgood, the past
week, returned home Tuesday.
Mrs. Frank Appiegate. who has
been seriously i'll at her home at
Runyon the last month with pneu-
monia, Is slowly recovering.
Henry Beebe, OF the Burdell. was
q Spotswood visitor Tuesday after
noon.
Mrs. ). Wilbur Van Dyke. of East
Spotswoed, visited her mother, Mrs.
Herbert ApplebY, Tuesday afternoon.
Mrs. Fl. c. Besbe will entertain
her niece. Miss Thslma Beabe, OF
Terre Haute, Ind. next week at the
RurdelI.
Mrs. Samuel Mcguire. of Perth
Amboy. spent Tuesday with her
mother, Mrs. e. d. Van Arsdale.
Mrs. Lillian Hendrickson Is quite
Ill at her home in South Old Bridge.
William P. Brown will move his
family into the Culver dwelling on
Pine avenue formerly occupied by
William Applegate, who has taken
up his residence in the house owned
by j. X. Dill on Main street. Mr..
and Mrs. William Slower Will move
into the house vacated by Mr.. Brown.
Miss Mazda jolly spent Tuesday
afternoon with her sister, Mrs. Fl. II.
Brown, of South Old Bridge.
The ladies of the M. e. church are
arranging to hold a manufacturers
sale inSthe near future; proceeds for
the benefit of the church.
r. III. Benson lis assisting H. Fl.
Brown, the printer, for a few days.
Mrs. Abram Durham is entertain
ing relatives from South Amboy at
her home on Riverside avenue.
Fred Reid has recently purchased
"a handsome trotter.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Reid, ST.,
are enjoying a few days visit with
their daughter, Mrs. Clarence Dey,
at Rhode Hall.
Eddie Reid, of Morganville. Is
visiting his cousin, Harold Rusher,
of Church street.
Miss Mildred Griffith entertained
out-oI-town friends Tuesday after
noon.
Mrs. Charles Reid has returned to
her home after a brief visit with
Mrs. Hiram Reid, OF Lewis street,
Perth Amboy.
= Miss Florence Voyee returned to
her home In New York Tuesday af-
ter a weeks visit with Mrs. George
II. Rusber, Jr., of Church street.
Miss Susie Reid, of Church street.
has as her guest for e few days Miss
Virginia Nichols. of South Amboy.
Mrs. John Apologize was an out
of-town visitor Tuesday afternoon.
It is generally conceded that hogs
average dails~a pound In weight. but
those OF Charles H. Reid, a pig fam
ciers seem to exceed that margin by
many pounds. Mr.. Reid recently
killed two hogs, one of which was
357 days old and weighed dressed
49f pounds. the smaller one
weighed 40S pounds and was ouly
301 days old. The lard secured from
the smallest pig tipped the scales at
101 u pounds, which breaks all rec
ords for the largest swine In this
vicinity and the average cost per
pound for raising, including price
paid for pigs. was only 5 " cents.
Mr. and Mrs. William Reid, Sr..
and son Eddie. of Morganville. have
been visiting among relatives In the
borough the past three weeks, and
hlr. Reid. quite curious whether hts
fowls, ETC. were receiving good care,
decided to take q walk down to his
home a distance OF eleven miles.
sunday, leaving the home of his
daughter. AIRS. George Rusher. at 0
A. Nd, walking to Morganville and
back, arriving here at 4:30 P. M.
notwithstanding the fact that Mr..
Reid Is seventy years old.
What promises to be the big hit
of the season with the Young men is
the leap year soeiable tomorrow
evening given by the charming young
ladies Of the village. Each girI Is
supposed 70 go to a fellows house,
set nj take him TO tho sociable
nd escort him back home, and all
ne fellows have to do Is bake a cake.
How many Of oar kind readers can
picture the girls esrortsng their fel-
lows home n the wee syna. hours OF
The fpornfng and ghe young men la
the Kitchen baking cake.