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poses. Not an instance can be cited
where punishment was inflicted that
was not justified by the facts of the
crime. Never did they forfeit the
moral support of the peop.e OF the
State. The Governor Of the State de-
clared the country in a state of in
surrection n called on the State
militia, but not a man responded.
But a crisis came that forced even
their enemies to admit their wisdom
n justice. Judge Terry OF the Su-
preme Court in open day stabbed an
unarmed policeman for attempting the
arrest Of a spotted villain. Immedi-
ately upon this being known at head
quarters the we'll known bell was tolled
for instant muster.
"'Surely,' they whispered on the
street corners, mo one will dare arrest
a Judge Of the Supreme BENCH
THE ominous tread Of 5000 men in
response to the call was the answer,
and the Judge of the Supreme Court
was lodged in those rooms so feared.
For six weeks he fingered there. While
his victim wavered between life and
death. Finally, to the surprise of all,
~ II was Instantly
released. and at midnight Under a
heavy guard, TO prevent the outraged
populace from stringing him up TO the
nearest post, escorted to a man-o'-war
lying in the harbor, and there kept
until public feeling was at a lower
tempcratare, then set free.
This act of The committee forever
put To rest the doubts and fears of the
community. The experiment had been
a dangerous one, but the end justified
the means. Law and order were re-
stored. Then the committee quietly
withdrew 70 private life. Since then
the city has passed through many
trial of its character. but no other
committee has had to be brought
together"
These We're the darker aspects Of
California's early life. Its growth. po-
litical. social and religious. was phe-
romenal. Passing through no terri
torial experience. she sprang into the
Union fun grown. Homes, schools,
churches sprang up as If by magic
beside the stores, theatres and jails.
Here have gathered in unusual
sharpness Of contrast the worlds best
and worst. She has prospered as few
states have, The same conditions
nat have brought out wickedness in
its most atrocious forms have de-
Veloped those sterling qualities that
have made her the pride of her people
and make il possible for her to rise to
meet with such splendid courage each
experience, be II a gold rush, a vol
canic eruption, or an exposition in the
face OF unprecedented obstacles from
a world confiagration.
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,ARLY SAN FRANCISCO DAYS, BY HER FIRST PREACHER

land md run down and eat the cattle
Of the Spaniard n shoot him too II
he should eve so politely ask why
he t~respassed on his neighbours farm.
Coming again upon another min
mi amp / wandered into a shack
serving as hotel and barroom. 1t VAS
fun of riotous gamblers. swearing M
gambling at the cables. guns at Their
sides. Instantly a cry goes up, A
parson; let's have a preach!' A table
was brought from the inner ROOM.
upon 1t | was hoisted and l talked to
those rough, hardened fellows of home,
mother, sisters. sweethearts. wives and
children. the sound OF the church bells.
Tears coursed down their red faces.
Then when | had finished a ha. was
~joyously passed around and filled with
gold. Hardly was I upon the floor
again ere they had taken up their
games where ! interrupted them and
oaths Don mingled with the clink OF
glasses.
1.-THE bartender had gazed very in
tently upon my face from the first
of my entering. As ! turned to go
out he extended his hand and said in
a low tone, I think you were a class
mate Of mine in Auburn Theological
Seminary and he CAV his name.
Sure enough. And here he was.
caught in the maelstrom Of these
fearful days Of temptation and making
one with 1t ALL"
These are but a few excerpts from
the chaplain's journal. illustrative Of
the character Of California's early
days. From the coming Of that first
ship dated the extraordinary growth.
exorbitant prices, fearful excitements
and revolutions in that wonderful city.
In five years 1t grew from 1000 to
5000 inhabitants. burning down Ave
times to the waters edge, each time
rising from its ashes more substan-
tial than before. The miserable mud
flats exposed at low tide We're covered
with fireproof buildings and stores;
the wharves received goods from every
nation under heaven. Competition be-
tween river and ocean steamship lines
became fercely exciting. Beautiful
houses Of worship and schoolhouses
had been erected, giving security and
permanence to homes. The one on
gregation had been multiplied to
thirty.
This extraordinary wave of fnan-
cial success upon which the workings
had ridden crested and broke. Then
followed three years of such depres-
sion from the overdriven trade and
speculation as San Francisco has
never seen since. 1t was a test that
only the good could stand and pull
through.
The bad grew desperate and villainy
became rampant. The city, now nuns
berlng 60, 200 people. became a verl-
table Land Of Nod. to which came
every Cain to drive his murderous
trade. Americans are proverbialIy long
suffering; the citizens OF this city were
no exception to the rule. Every Legal
course vas first exhausted to remedy
the Ills under which they suffered.
But that bulwark Of American civic
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"HERE is something inspiring In
the ultra Americanism OF San
Francisco. In the journal Of
the city's first chaplain, the
Rev, T. Dwight Hunt, this is we'll
brought out. His account Of San
Francisco's beginning Is broken and
in.ermittent. covering the time be-
tween his first arrival, November 1,
1873, and the end of his pas.orate.
some eight years later; but 1t is
sketrhcd with all the vividness Of an
eyewitness who was helping TO shape
the deals of the heterogeneous multi
tude assembled under those sunny
skies. =
A. the time Of the gold discovery
'hc town numbered some five hundred
people. There was no church in the
village, but a free school house. There
was no minister Of the gospel of any
Examination, but the teacher Of the
school, a Yale graduate from New
London, Conn, opened the first Protes-
lnt school in California with the read
Ihs # the Bible each morning, and
on he Sabbath he conducted a Sunday
school, the only religious service held
In the town.
The first effect OF the discovery nj
god was almost to depopulate the
pld,", about everybody able to shoul-
Der a pick, ever the women and chill
ti'H, ,ctt for the mines, only a few
shi'Wd enough to look ahead re-
ma '..I soon, as they had anticipated,
Ncss'r that had gone to oregon. Mex
.1 and the islands Of the sea for sup
l"" rarried the news and brought
ba. BIS Il crowd Of consumers. AS II
by W.-Ir the deserted place was filed
to flowing.
I.A.-. C~Owsheds, ships cabooses
w. "a demand for shops and stores
"". ouscs. Everybody was in a
ht'... Every man was for himself.
f"' .u'" N the worlds history every
body was getting so rich that no one
'..u ia" to steal from his fellow. The
IN. .'Ats did not even take in their
San at night.
I"" millennium OF money makers
h'' .'n", \ thousand seekers OF for
VIZ Z every grade were huddled to-
t'..'l, me story and onc story and
d '|; tcnements OF wood and mud
sl'''% mp. The town was without
"i.'. without streets, without side
W. l.ghts, wharves: without a
. &c "A teacher Uhe only represent
nj" Of that calling had succumbed
u t"ld fever also), without church
Vi ~ MISTER; with but few women.
some months later, disguised with
h' Conditions they themselves had
", .'"d and into which they were
"Sh''ncd and afraid TO introduce their
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the laboring steamer pierced the air.
Then as he passed the men-o'-war.
whose yards were alive with seamen,
each Doomed its national salute, each
responded to by the surrounding hills.
I'll, echo answering echo back and
forth across the water, the hundred
thunders died away.
Lively was the harbor, lively was
the town, lively We're the times that
day. as four hundred fortune seekers
came on shore. Real estate advanced at
once 100 per cent. Before night
property had largely changed hands
and sheds and tents had arisen IN
acan lots and opened to an eager
trade the contents Of a hundred
trunks, New York papers sold readily
for a dollar. and town lots at a dozen
heads OF navigation sold many a
greedy buyer"
The pages OF Mr.. Hunts journal Of
these first days are full Of picturesque
scenes and thrilling incidents and
Of the efforts OF the vigilance commit
tees which sprang up to meet the
necessities of the times. OF the very
early conditions after the coming OF
the gold seekers the chaplain writes.
after a visit to some Of the outlying
mining camps:
"A lady seems to be a curiosity.
Men run to the doors n windows
to catch a glimpse OF her. as II her
passing were a menagerie. A story Is
old illustrating his. A miner, who
was hard up. bethought him OF an
expedient to make money, Obtaining
a woman's bonnet he took II to the
mines, exhibiting It upon a pole. The
miners fiocked about him and dropped
into his p~urloined bonnet their spare
gold in bountiful quantities.
ION another occasion in a large
dance and music hall h cry of a babe
was heard. With n shout the music
was stopped. the mother and child
brought forward and at once an eager
crowd Of men, hungry for home
sounds. filled her lap with gold.
AT the corners. here and there,
the saloons. dens of gambling and
drunkenness, are filled to overflow
ing, while from balustrades and win
dows above or from behind the bar
or from the gaming table tawdry
women look on. Everywhere the
loud oath jars upon the ear. A brass
band Is drawing the crowd to a large
tent near by, where Is to be n bear
fight. This surely Is America let
loose!
"a little removed from this camp
is a collection of Digger Indians. See
them go down into their underground
dens on hands and feet backward. See
them come up almost naked from their
pits to sit in the sun and pick them
selves like monkeys. See them run
and howl. chasing grasshoppers and
gathering acorns for food.
but what means that shanty that
has risen overnight on his broad
acres like a mushroom? 1t is the house
OF an American squatter who with
pistol and bowie knife in his belt has
come to assert his squatter SOW
ereignty. to fence in and cultivate .he
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Diary of the Rev. T. Dwight Hunt Gives
Picturesque Account of Evolution
of City From a Gold Camp
Copyright. 1915. by James Montgomery Flags.

wives n children. some two hundred
or more Of the citizens, comprising
representatives from all classes, met
at the Public Institute and unani-
mously voted to secure the services
of a clergyman to act as chap
lain OF the town, bury their dead, COM
fort their dying and II possible check
the dissipation OF their young men
and old. 1t was known that a mis-
sionary from Honolulu was hen in
the harbor. A committee was APP
pointed to wait Upon him and present
the following letter:
To the Rer. T. Dwi0ht Hunt. San Frdn-
cisco.
SIR: The undersigned. a board Of
trustees appointed at a meeting held
last evening at the Public Institute by
the subscribers to a fun for the support
OF a chaplain to this community, have
delegated Messrs WetmOre, Bowden and
Gillespie. three Of their body. to wait
on you with a copy Of the proceedings
of the meeting and to tender to you the
Office Of chaplain to the citizens OF San
Francisco for one year from November
/, 1S4S. with a salary OF twenty-five
hundred ($2.500) dollars in coin. pay
able quarterly in advance,
Referring o to our committee to
arrange any other business that may re-
quire immediate attention. we are. sir,
respectfully, your obedient servants.
G. f. WETMoRE,
]. BowDEN,
O.. v. GILLESPIE,
c. C. L. ROSE,
N. II. HARRISON,
Trustees.
Thus began those first steps toward
decency and order which every
American community takes. Fol
many months Mr.. Hunt conducted
the only service held in this hetero-
community, to be still more
tried when the great wave Of i'm
migration should reach the Pacific
coast from across the continent.
In the journal OF the first chaplain
Is the following description of the ar
rival Of the first steamer:
1.-THE first steamer arrived to-day
November 25. 1S4S). The OF
its approach at once started the whole
village to the hilltops. Several men
o'-war were In port, which from fore
top to miZzen at once flung to the
breeze the flags of all nations. All
the shipping in port put on the saine
gay colors. Every boat that could
command an oarsman padded to meet
the stranger. Expectation was on
tiptoe!
"Soon a black object. crowded with
eager life. rounded into view. and
from 1t came n shout M as never
before had reached that shore.
A thousand voices from ship,
beach and hilltop sent back the
welcome. Then three whistles from
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Thrilling Times of the Vigilance Com
mittee-Determined Way in Which
1t Put Down Lawlessness

and bylaws We're drawn up. and an ex-
ecutive committee was chosen of wise.
responsible men, and power conferred
on them to sit in daily council and
direct as the public safety might re-
quire.
1T was a Sabbath noon, a time not
chosen because it was the Sabbath.
but because everything was ready and
delay was hazardous. Slowly three
thousand citizens marched in compa-
MES to the Jail, built on the side of
Telegraph Hill to the north OF the city.
Its fiat roof was covered thick and
black with the Sherin's posse, armed
for defence. Above and around and
in front of 1t citizens bands were sta
toned to command the building from
every point. In front Vt the Jail door
stood a carriage and a mounted cam
non. and by the cannon a burning
match. All was as still as a funeral
procession waiting in front of a
church door.
WORD was passed in to the Sheriff
that five minutes would he given for
the peaceful surrender of the pris-
oners. With watch in one hand and
match in the other the gunner counted
out the minutes. One, two, three min
utes passed, and not "A movement was
made. Four minutes passed-there
was a stir, the guard aloft began 10
descend into the Jail.
Five minutes had passed and the
match was drawing to the spot. when
the Jail o. opened and Casey and
Cora were handed out to the car
rage. Three thousand bayonets
guarded them silently through the
streets. as If to their graves, till they
were safely ironed in the committees
cell. The companies dispersed, and
that evening was as quiet a. If the
pavpments had not resounded to the
football Of armed men.
"Mr, King fingered in great suffer-
ing for IA week, the public feeling
heating high or low as he rose or fell
between recovery and death. He died.
city and country suspended business
and put on mourning. His funeral
was a rare pageant of public grief.
But to avoid "A public tumult and
while the populace was attracted to
the funeral procession Of the victim
the guilty murderer and his guilty
companion were quietly hanged from
the upper window of the committee
hall,
THUS the dangerous work went on.
Very quietly, yet firmly, unarmed
p0lice were sent to seize on his and
that objectionable person. Before an
impartial jury that could not be brIbcd
or made afraid they were tried and
sentenced TO execution or b~anishmpnt
Unlike the tribunals of Paris or any
other OF its kind. II never used its
power thus assumed for cruel pur-
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life had been corrupted. BY unseen
power each effort of Justice was de-
feated. The ballot was a farce. Po-
litical plunderers laughed in the faces
OF suffering citizens and bet with GER
tainty on the outcome OF each election.
Ballot boxes with secret springs and
drops were stuffed beforehand; the
vilest OF men could be elected even in
districts where they were not an
bounced as candidates. Homicides av-
eraged n a night.
The press seemed stifled. But that
organ of the peoples liberty could not
long be silenced. The Bulletin sprans
up as the ryan OF reform. The editor,
James King. attacked the gambling
and murderous fraternity without
fear: laid open and exposed to view
the dens and perpetrators Of iniquity.
He became from hat m a
marked man for the bullet or knife OF
the assassin. What followed during
those days and nights is
graphically told by Mr.. Hunt in his
journal. He was now the pastor of
the First Congregational Church, his
voice was very influential in this work
Il moral reform and he was a particle
pator in the stirring scenes of the last
Vigilance Committee. He wrote in his
journal:
James King fell in the open street,
in open day, in the sight of the city's
police who were watching for his
downfall on the nearest corner, and
who instantly received his murderer
as their hero. escorting him safely be-
yond the reach Of the gathering people.
With a cooked pistol in each hand
to defend his precious life from the
Indignation Of the populace he was
borne in triumph by a gambling Sheriff
n police force to the Jail as to an
asylum. There that night these officers
held high carnival, with Casey, the
murderer, offering toasts and eXchang-
ing CONGRATULATIONS owe the bleeding
n dying King. 1t was their last
revel.
THE crisis had come. While MUIR
derers were rioting over their victims
(for Cora. the murderer of the late
United States Mashal. was among
them) there was another power arising
and another court converting of which
they dreamed not then, but which
they soon knew would be their doom.
No Hhop was aSstIiiDIIHS. mere
was no angry clamor in the streets.
There was no blind revenge astir with
torch and halter to burn and hang.
The feeling aroused was deeper,
calmer, firmer, n feeling equal in
strength and Righteousness to the
resolute duty required Of all good
citizens for the future Of the city and
State.
Deliberately a large hall was Sc
cured: deliberately books were opened
Names We're entered. Lives and for
tunes were pledged, should the emer-
gency require them. Thus day and
night succeeded day and night, the
work never ceasing. while James were
entered, arms were bought, companies
were drilled and a citizen police, 5000
strong. was ready for action. Mean
time a carefully written constitution
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1915-05-08

as much to care for diseased trees as
it does good ones. After being in
spected they should be heeled in until
ready for setting.
Prof. R. D. Maltby then gave a talk
on Club Work in the County for the
girls and boys. He explained the plan
that had been outlined, to try and
reach more of the girls and boys in
the county. He also told of the good
work that had been done the past few
years under the supervision of the
County Superintendent of Schools.
After Mr.. Maltby's talk a musical
treat was enjoyed, rendered by the
Board of Trade Male Sextette.
Mr.. A. L. Clark, who is Assistant
State Leader of Farm Demonstration,
then gave a talk on Cooperation,
which was enjoyed by all. He explain
ed to the people the method most of
them followed of buying their goods
at retail and selling at wholesale was
very poor business management. He
spoke of the different exchanges or
ganized the past few years in New
Jersey and how they buy wholesale
and sell retail, almost doubling their
profits. Before good prices can be Sc
cured all goods must be packed evenly,
no small fruit or potatoes in the GEN.
ter of the barrel, but just alike from
top to bottom.
After Mr.. Clark's interesting talk
Mr.. Rider called on Mr.. Layton Park
hurst, who said he was not used to
talking in public, but would tell them
the way he handled his fruit. He said
you must be on the job yourself, not
leave the packing and grading to
someone else. Another point he
brought out was, ship a carload of
one variety, do not have a few car
riers of n variety and a few of an
other. Experience has taught him it
does not pay to set too many variet-
les.
After Mr.. Parkhurst's talk Mr.. Rid
er asked every one over to the Grange
Hall for refreshments which the ladies
had prepared. More than two-thirds
of the people present accepted his in
vitation, all voting the evening a very
profitable one. There were over eigh-
ty people present.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1915-05-08
FIRST QUARTERLY MEETING
BOARD OF AGRICULTURE.

The first quarterly meeting of the
Atlantic County Board of Agricul-
ture, for the year 1915, was held in
the Civic Club Hall, Hammonton.
Even though the program could not
be carried on as was planned there
were a number of interesting talks
given. Mr.. A. J. Rider opened the
meeting by saying a few words to
explain the object of the meeting.
He then introduced Mr.. John Huenke,
president of the County Board of Ag-
riculture, who talked briefly on Co.
operation and how much more efficient
work could be done by the demonstra-
tor and the farmers themselves If
every one interested in agriculture
would join the Grange and pull to-
gether.
The President then called on the
County Demonstration who gave a
short talk on apples, speaking first of
the location of the orchard, saying it
should be on a hill, with a good air as
well as soil drainage and, if possible,
the soil should be medium heavy. He
then spoke of selecting the trees for
planting which should be good, me
year-old trees, purchased from a reli-
able nursery. As soon as the trees
arrive they should be inspected and all
diseased trees thrown out, for it costs
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1915-05-08
CIRCUS FRANKS ARE
DANGEROUS AND COSTLY

Six boys returning from taking in
the circus Monday night in a one
horse wagon with a half pint bottle
of whiskey in their possession had ev-
identity witnessed the Wild West per-
Torrance and were DESTROYS of re-
peating the entertainment themselves,
for when Freebooter William L. Black,
of Hammonton, drove past them in
his car one of them, a ~16-year-old
boy of English Creek, pulled out a
32-calibre revolver and fired directly
at the Freeholder's car, fortunately
without doing any damage. Upon
reaching Pleasantville, Mr.. Black no.
titled Chief Krewson, who, with the
assistance of two other officers stop
ped the young hoodlums as they drove
into town and took them before Magis-
trate Weeks, recorder of Egg Harbor
Township. Randolph Stiles, the boy
who did the shooting, was fined SIS
for disorderly conduct and held under
$500 bail for the Juvenile Court on the
charge of carrying concealed weap-
ons. Lewis Austin, aged 20 years,
and Leon Willitts, 81, were also fined
S. for disorderly conduct. The names
of the other three are: Joseph Fen
nell, ID years old; Frank Fennell, 16;
Ebert Lee,~16, all of English Creek.
The whole bunch were locked up until
about midnight when their parents
arrived and succeeded in getting Mag
istrate Weeks to accept bonds and
let the boys go in their charge.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1915-05-08
ALFALFA GOOD HORSE FEED.
Must Be Fed With Judgment and Care
Best to Feed Animals First
and Second Cuttings.

Alfalfa is an excellent horse feed.
but it must be fed with judgment and
care.
Because of its ~palatability mature
horses are likely to eat too much al
falfa if permitted to have free access
to it.
The average farm horse at hard
work is allowed to eat much more al
falfa and other roughage than he real
ly needs to maintain his weight.
One pound of alfalfa o. other hay
and about one and one-fourth pound
of grain a day for every 100 pounds
of the horses weight make a good ra-
ton for the working horse.
Horses like alfalfa stems. Refuse
from the cattle racks is very accept
able to horses.
1t is best to feed mature horses
first and second cutting alfalfa which
is free from mold and dust.
Never feed wet alfalfa hay to hor-
ses.
A sudden change of feed deranges the
horses digestive system.
Horses accustomed to alfalfa as a
regular part of their ration are sell
dom troubled from its use. Extension
Bulletin %, Nebraska Experiment
Station.