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Saturday, January 21, 1888
Jan 16
The body of Mrs. Martha Madara, whose death was mentioned in last Thursday's paper, was taking to Woodbury for internment. Services were held in the Woodbury Baptist Church. The funeral arrangements were in charge of H. H. Nickelson of this place.
A large party of ladies and gentlemen of this village went to Dividing Creek last Thursday afternoon on a skating party.
Mrs. Mary Cline, of Bridgeton, is visiting friends in this place.
Mr. Ed Reeves, of Harmony, has been paying a brief visit to his son, E. E. Reeves, of Main Street.
James Godfrey, of Camden, advertising agent for Samuel Goff, patent medicine dealer of that place, is combining business with pleasure in Port Norris.
Honorable Robert Moore, of Bridgeton, has been paying a short visit to his son, John T. Moore of this village.
A lady at Long Reach was wanting eggs with which to make a cake, but it appears the hens would not lay; but after a careful look in the nests, she was surprised to find a couple eggs, which she quickly gathered and told her husband to give the hens an extra feed. She then set about making her cake and was astonished to find that the eggs were hard-boiled ones that someone had placed in the nests. She does not care so long as it does not get in the NEWS.
Messrs. Moore & Reeves, who store and stock were badly damaged by fire during the holidays, after looking over the situation, and consequences of the dullness of business, have concluded to wind up their affairs and will commence to sell off their stock at cost.
Conductor Chas. Leach, who has been somewhat indisposed at his home in Red Bank, returned last Thursday and took charge of his train this morning. We are pleased to see Mr. Leach about again.
Ms. Emma Duffield, of Cedarville, is visiting her brother Engineer Fred Duffield.
R. F. Shannon, of Philadelphia, is visiting his friend, R. W. Dubois, our genial sail maker.
Mr. Geo. Magee, who has been working on the Western Shore, all the season, is paying a brief visit to his family.
Oyster business is very dull with us now, a large number of loaded boats being tied up at the wharves. Dullness in the oyster business in Philadelphia is the cause.
Saturday, January 28, 1888
Jan 25
One of our sail makers has a friend from Philadelphia, visiting him, who is a great reader and on Sunday evening after getting tired of reading concluded to write a letter. So he sat down to write and instead of moving the inkstand to a more convenient place, he took the inkwell and attempted to move it, but it being oval it upset all over the tablecloth. Then he was in a stew and said to the daughter of the house: Don't you come in here; don't you say a word and I will buy you a new tablecloth tomorrow. Oh, I wish I had gone home today for this will surely get in at Bridgeton News. After fixing things up the best he could, he retired, and all through the night mingled with his snores could be heard the sad words, I wish I had gone home.
The cold snap has frozen the pond over nicely, making ice 5 inches thick, and a number of our citizens have been filling their ice houses.
Miss Mattie Hogbin, of Cedarville, has been visiting Miss. Clara Fox.
Ex mail Agent Joe heritage has purchased the grocery and dry goods business of Mr. S. S. Shinn.
Miss Clara Fox has opened her kindergarten school in the old lodge room over Cook's store.
Miss Mellie Chambers, of Newport, is visiting friends at this place.
Miss Laura Steelman, one of Goshen's brightest and wittiest, has been visiting Captain William Foster.
Captain Daniel Gaskill has been prevailed upon by many of his friends to run for special officer of the Oyster Association. Captain Gaskill would make an excellent officer, being an excellent waterman, and besides knowing the cove well is acquainted with all men who rent grounds in the cove and can tell pretty nearly whom they belong to.
The extremely the cold weather of the last few days has closed Maurice River at this place, it being frozen from shore to shore, and a number of men can be seen fishing.