Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-11-28

as will respect the truth OF their
knowledge and not the face of the
person."
In the troubles of the Proprietors
which resulted in the legal contro-
versy of which the Elizabethtown
Bill in Chancery and the answer
thereto are parts much sought after
by collectors of New Jerseyiana, Mr..
Nevill had his share, fighting so val
! iantly against the opposition to the
Proprietors that open threats were
made that he would suffer in person
and property for the vigor Of his
| course, threats which, fortunately,
were never executed.
; In 1852 Justice Nevill published
! the first volume of a compilation of
| the laws of the province and the sec
ond appeared nine years later. One
was printed by Bradford at Phila-
/ delphia and the other by James
Parker at Woodbridge.
In January 1888 Mr. Nevill be-
came editor of the New American
| Magazine, printed and published by
! James Parker at Woodbridge. In
| this work he used the pen name
| Sylvanus Americans. This was the
first monthly magazine in New Jer-
| sey and the second in the colonies.
| Each number contained forty pages
: and among the features were a His
tory Of America and q Travellers
Diary, each PACED separately in
order to form distinct volum.s at the
end of the year. The magazine was
called New" because its only prede-
| cessor was the American Magazine,
published at Philadelphia some
years before. The Woodbridge VEN
ture was issued monthly until March,
1860, when it was decided that the
patronage attracted to 1t did not pay
for its preparation and publication.
Mr.. Whitehead said in his Perth
Amboy history that there were then
copies of the New American in the
New York and New Jersey historical
societies and he had lone volume,
and suggested that but few others
exist" Sixty-five years after the
eminent historian wrote. two dupli-
cate volumes of twelve numbers are
treasured in a Perth Amboy collec-
ton and there are others.
Chief Justice Morris died in jan
uary, 1854, and Justice Nevill was
in line for that high office. His fall
ing health, however. made his con-
tinued service impossible and he
died in September of the same year.
Mr.. Nevill resided on what had
been Peter Sonman's property. long
since known as the Eagleswood
property, then described as at the
termination of Market street. That
he had other holdings in local real
estate is indicated by the fact that
In 1852 he at auction a house and
lot near the parsonage" believed
to be the property occupied in re-
cent years by the late William King.
He also, in the same year., offered
for sale the Sonman property, being
determined, as he put it, to leave
off farming, but there is no record
of the estate having been sold until,
In 1910, Philip Kearny mentions the
property as having recently been
purchased by him at sheriff's sale.
Justice Nevill and his wife, who
preceded him there by nine years,
were buried in st. Peters church
| yard. Plain headstones mark their
resting places nea the new part OF
the church structure and there will
probably be no gainsaying the sug-
gestion that a more fitting tribute to
his memory than the 'headstone
marking his grave would be fully
merited by the life and work of this
early man of Amboy. AS a lawyer
and a judge he had few equals In his
day and his record bears comparison
with the best, the most talented and
accomplished of all ages. In literary
pursuits he was a leader in a pro-
fession esteemed at least as highly
then as now. In private life he was
a man above reproach and by his
daily life he contributed to common
welfare and the advancement of all
that was good and commendable in
a community which was then in the
making.
taken out. He becomes emaciated
and loses all interest in life. Finally
his muscles and limbs begin to treln-
BILE, commissions follow, and death
ensues. All these symptoms are
found, also. in human beings whose
thyriod glands have been injured
by disease.
Children who show any tendency
to be stunted in growth of mind or
body should be examined at once,
to see whether their thyroid glands
are in proper condition. Trying to
force a youngster to learn his les
sons or eat his food in the right way
is useless if his body is not getting
enough thyroid secretion. Modern
medical men have learned hat ma
lures way is best, and If a child's
thyroid glands are being stopped or
interfered with by disease, it is an
easy matter to supply tablets, or
other forms Of thyroid extract which
supply the need. If this is not done,
the child may be stunted for life.
What is even worse, his mind may
not develop beyond the mental age
Of seven or eight years, merely be-
cause there is not enough thyroid
extract in his body.
In Europe, during the Middle
Ages, every king and great lord had
his fool or court jester. These fools
were, in reality unfortuDate persons
Of both sexes whose thyroid glands
had not worked properly when they
were children. The fools with
dwarfed bodies were especially
priced. Queen Anne of England had
a female fool whose wardrobe was
most elaborate, it being the Queens
delight to dress her, in imitation of
a lady of the court. The childish
remarks of this little person on the
most solemn occasions were a never
ending source of amusement to the
Queen and her supporters. Now of
course, it is known that this pitiful
dwarfed Jester was a cretin, or men,
tally deficient woman. If she had
lived today, she might have had
thyroid tablets when a child, and
her mind, as a result, might have
proved far keener than Queen
Anne's.