The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1915-03-23
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mummies in the Roman catacombs,
since the latter do not pretend to be
alive, were reused from their afternoon
siesta and galvanized into something
life by the report of fire at
the residence of Howard Sooy, and as
that house is one of our centers Of hos
respectable marathon over the
half mile distance was creditably per-
formed, the feat probably having only |
been equalled by the Turks in Egypt. |
AS usual, and very luckily, the fire was
under control on arrival of our brigade,
otherwise the public forestry back hiring
would be renewed on small scale; prob
ably the four walls of the building would
be set afire to control few chimney
sparks. However, to offset disappoint-
ment. some refreshments were produced,
which were tackled as effectively as a
buzz saw rips through soft pine. Later,
whilst Seal Bogart, our constable, was
Tapping up the foam from tall one, he
was informed that the only casualty was
when our Custos ROtitlorum was sprint
ing he tipped over a stump and was
nearly killed, to which Seal replied:
Don't say, only nearly or you'll break
my heart. There is no such thing as
luck in this village any more"
Miss Myrtle Buzby, the most popular
and talented young lady in our town.
ship, has just been appointed postmis-
tress. We are informed that she will
conduct the post Office at her brothers,
Willis Buzby's, store. Should that be
the case, it is certain that with the over
whelming rush for stamps and postal in
formation, which necessitates some con-
versation, Willis store will be over
crowded, and he had better tuck his gro
nd txraxr hoo L.
since all available space will be pre-
empted by postal business. Miss Buzby
enjoys the good will and well wishes Of
this community, and is thoroughly quail
flied to perform acceptably and agreea-
bly, the irksome duties of any public
Office.
Some dissatisfaction is aroused over
our pastor demanding $2S monthly, in
stead of the $25 which he has enjoyed
heretofore. But inasmuch as we are
spending all our spare coin going to hear
Billy Sunday, we have to economic
theologically, and the prayer of the Pc
titioner will be denied, though how he
can support himself and his family on
the princely munificence we allow is
beyond all normal reasoning. Certainly
salvation is cheap, and the self assur-
ance of clergymen that they will be the
favored ones in the next world is no
more than right, as the majority Of
them on this planet have hard, thank
less row to hoe.
Some communities obviously a long
long way from Tipperary, find difficulty
in obtaining the cOnsentof suitable can
didates to accept the irksome duties OF
honorary employment in public service,
but in the pines I'VE are not as others,
since we enjoy the inestimable privilege
of harboring few citizens, who not only
nobly respond to the call of duty, but
are magnanimous enough in addition to
consenting to fill our offices, to volunteer
and hustle on the hastings to secure
nominations and be elected to all vacan-
cies, and since we are not Belgians, we
are much oftener led by our stomachs
than by our understandings, and build q
golden bridge for their victorious candi-
dacy, rather than offer!a decisive battle.
All this apropos of our recent election
for school trustee. One of our neighbors,
who is tax collector, custodian OF school
funds, and acting secretary to the school
board, decided to be a trustee, and was
actually elected into Office by his admir-
4 ing relatives. AS school trustee he can
push button, as acting secretary record
it, draw on custodian, who in turn can
demand that the tax collector make
good and do the rest A condition
demonstrating civic indifference and
laxity, since there is an elimination oil
all checks and balances which a wise
community enforces. All protestants
were met by the answer forget it,, and
a timid soul, far from forgetting, resolv-
ed to place affairs in the hands of Messrs.
Morse and Stees, who honored our vii
q uo hu q visit on the 1Qfh r. M1rec
must have inherited the mantle of Solo,
mon and at some period in his career
kissed the Barney stone, inasmuch as
he listened to varied complaints and
grievances, and satisfied all, each of us
feeling that he won, hence harmony and
good fellowship obtained where previous
ly large globs of gloom doomed Ominous-
! ly. Ye gods! What a politician Delegate
Morse would make. Our candidate, the
trustee-elect, was informed that he could
only hold one Office, that under Demo-
cratic administration the dictum of JEFF
ferson held good-''If a due participation
of office is a matter of right, how are va
cancies to be obtained? Those by death
are few; by resignation none''-therefore
he could make his choice between being
the custodian of the cash or serving on
the board, or as Bill Taylor sapiently re-
marked, it was simply choice between
love and duty" and our sporting popu-
lation are now wagering without takers,
that the love impulse will be triumphant.
DR.. Martin w. Curran has been noti-
fed to appear in Mount Holly to be
sworn in as justice of the peace, to which
Office he was elected last November.
Columbus.
Mr.. and Mrs. T. N. Stevens spent Sat-
urday and Sunday with relatives at
Camden.
Mr. EranIx uo,ro. - NJ 49,