The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1914-09-01
ROrdentoWn.

A large shelving wagon belonging to
Jacob Brach, of Burlington, containing
some IT'S baskets of peaches, went into
a ditch along the roadside, near Colkitt's
hill, at late hour Tuesday night, scat
tering the fruit all over the road side.
1t is said the brake would not hold COM
ing down the hill, which caused the
mishap. The driver was thrown over
the heads of pair of mules attached,
but received no injury.
At the intersection of Crosswicks and
Burlington streets, here, stands little
stone building in which the late Miss
Clara Barton taught school long be-
fore she attained her worldwide reputa-
ton as a Red Cross nurse during the
Civil and the other wars. This building
is now for sale. The citizens of Borden
town have always looked upon this little
building as an old land mark. 1t occu
pies but small space, and being unfit
for anything but little museum for old
historic relics, one cannot imagine the
object of pecuniary benefits of the sale.
1t is thought that the city of Borden
town ought to purchase it. Before Miss
Barton taught there man who was
known as Daddy Moore" taught
school in it. 1t is owned by party
living in Trenton, and it is occupied by
a colored family.
INDUSTRIAL SCHOOL GRADUATES.
The seventeenth commencement of the
Manual Training and Industrial School
for Colored Youth at Bordentown was
held Friday, when practical demonstra-
tions of the work at the institution COM
prised the greater part of pleasing pro-
gram. Governor James +. Fielder was
present and in short talk praised the
work of the student and faculty. Nine
were graduated, each receiving an indus
trial certificate in addition to diploma
for completing the course.
The exercises covered morning and
afternoon. The morning program con-
sisted of a complete drill by the girls and
boys of the school, and an exhibition of
the industrial work taught at the school,
which includes agriculture and horticul-
ture, the preserving of fruit and vege
tables, kitchen training, cooking and
serving meals, housekeeping and the
sanitary care of rooms, sewing, dress
making, poultry and cattle raising, in
addition to regular academic courses.
The afternoon program made up the
main exercises of the day. The stage
and auditorium were arranged on the
lawn.
| Though all the demonstrations were
heartily applauded, there were three that
seemed to gain the greatest favor These
were the preparation of mortar and plas-
tering of wall by John G. Thomas, of
Atlantic City; the mixing, baking and
icing cake, by Lillian NJ. Guy, of At
lantic City, the cake being served to
Governor Fielder and his party, and the
making of house dress, which embrac-
ed every operation from the buying OF
the goods to the completion of the arti-
cle The dress was made by three
students.
| There were several choruses by the
students and selections by the school
band II was estimated that the attend
ance numbered 800, among whom were
many state officials, school ssuperinten
dents and teachers.
The graduates were: Daisy b. Morse,
Jersey City, dressmaking; Lillian Nj
Guy, Atlantic City, dressmaking
Blanche b. Pierce, Atlantic City, dress
making; Virginia Johnson, Jersey City
, dressmalxing; John G. Thomas, Atlantis
City, plastering; Olive J. Gale, Moores
town, dairying and poultry raising; Hat
tie Jackson, cookery, and Arthur b
Boyer, horticulture.