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CAPE MAY COURT HOUSE, NEW JERSEY, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 1880. t wi»wir»ww»inini»w»i«;rt-w i ■ j— — j,--a 3 — jtt-.. r- *» *■ t " *• •' 17 ■ - y - - * ■ i ii. 1 1 s ■

■ • ■ . ' ■ ■■ ■ ■ — y NUMBER 29. ***""

"" fowrr mrectqry. jwucMsr. Pxbskbixu Jldok — Uou. Alfred Reed. Lay JctHiss— Jos. E, Hughes, C*pe M*y citysj Jesse R; Diverty, Danuiiviile; ■** Sonus w C. Gundy, Tnekahoe, » » • , Commission x* Surplus Fuvx>— J, B. Huffman, Court House. Smttjrp— - -Williftkl II. Buneiet. County Collector — Dry id T. Smith, Court House. County Clkkjl — Jonathan Hand. Deputy u — Morgan Hand. Prosecutor Pleas — James R, Hoagland* Bridge ton. HiWrotli. Co. Sup't. Public Instruction— Dr. Maurice Boosley, Dentmville. business directory. J. F. Learning, M. IX ik SL \V\-2A. Learning, IX D, S. j. f. Learnings $* son. DENTISTS. OFFICE HAYS: CAPE MAY COURT HOUSE, Tuesday*, Wednesdays, and Saturday's. CAPE MAY CITY, Tuesdays, and W ednesdavR. SOUTH SEA VILLE, Fridays, mchfllyr. Physician and Surgeon, CAPE MAY COURT HOUSE, X. J. *. i "lrtftlyr •• J J. B. Huffman, COUNSELOR AT LAW, SUPREME COURT COMMISSIONER, AND MASTER IN CHANCERY, Capb MAT C II., N. J. 49- Will beat his ofllce at Capo May City every Saturday. iueh6Iyr. Jas. H. Nixon, ATTORNEY Sc. COUNSELOR AT LAW, Office in Insurance Bch.dixo, . MILLVILLE. N.J* Mrs. S. li. Conover, Fashionable Milliner , MILLVILLE, N. J. meh6Iyr L. B. CAMPBELJL, DEALK It IN STOVES, HEATERS, RANGES, TINWARE. CUTLERY', GLASSWARE, Ac., Ac. Hicu Street, YIillvillb, N. J. mchGJvr j'.' "p." brickt Dealer in HORSES, CARRIAGES, HARNESS, Ac. main street, nkar tiik bridge; MILLVILLE, N. J. rachfilvr in he, CAPE MAY C. H. 1 » > livery attached. Horses always on hand, For Sale or Exchange. L. W II EATON. rr/nhGlyr nd patent, no pay. PATENTS. 4ihinltn-<l for mechanical dorlOM, medical or of hrr compounds, ornnnn-nfal dexl^UM, tradelii ark x and JrtbeU. Uuvcat#, A*#lfc»i?iwnr#, I !»- iMrfnrrnan i, Infringements, and all mutter# rt'n'anr. to Pnlvilt#, promptly attendoii lo. XVe tnaife jirellJithiary examinations and furnish opjumti* a# fo pittemiiWUty. fre<» of cljflfza and m It who are interested In new |nyriirf«.nH nnd ruie»r* arc Invited to send for n fv py of our "G*ifdc Tor obtaining Patent#/' whCah free to an v add n-#*, und eomuln# roiiiplete JiiAiruetioTm how Uiohfuiii Patent#, and other valuable jiuU'rr. Burin# the tui*t five year# wn liavo ohtxlned nrairly tfiree tliouxand Patent# for American and ForMj;n lnvr«alon«, ami MB f?lve #atl#f/iriorv rvforencp*^ In nini^vt rvery county In the un|m», a fdr^ra ; v M'fH H At iff ¥al& Co. , Hotlrliora of Patent* and AttorwvH ill law, La Droit Bui I'll n(L 'VVnidilnfiloti, U. O. Fi§h Criiano, FOR SALE BY franklin hand ,

UNION HOTEL, Cape IVtay C. H. J This long established Ho-' tel is still open for the reception of permanent and transient guests, where, all attention will be given to their comfort. William Ehiridge. iuchBlvr, A. Y0URIS0N, EilEIESS n, AND DEALER IN itov uy - ivt/yde; HARNESS, CAPE MAY C. M„ N. I Please Call and Examine Our Stock! We have on hand il cood assortment of , : Ready-made Harness , Collars , Bridles , Saddles . Wh ins. r Ro hes. Nets , BlanJcets , Valises, Trunks, Etc., ALL OF WHICH WE ARE SELLING AT LOW CASH PRICES. o— Open Wagon Hurnes* as low as $ 8 00 Carriage Harness as low as 10 00 AND MANY" OTHERS OF DIFFERENT STYLES. AND PRICES. . Call and #ee before purchasing elsewhere, mchoiyr. A. Yourison. J. L. STEEL, J MANUFACTURER OF LABIES' AAO GENTS' I FASHIONABLE BOOTS d MS, GENTS' BUTTON CALF GAITERS ONLY $5.50. f ':< J '-iiX'"- • ■ 'v •" Y ' •' •. •' - *•' '• *. V/V " • *w . * V V / . NEXT TO THE "GAZETTE'1 OFFICE. CAPE MAY C. H. Repairing neatly and carefully done. mehOlyr. SltmHYanl'H Great Cfttarrli Remedy, • Ih th^ unfest. moHt atrreeahlo mid rfrcrinal 1 remedy In the world* for the eitre of f'A- ' TAltltJI. No ma iter from what cuiikc or how I on or Mtuudlnf!, by idvlntr STUR IUYA NT'S CATARRH REMEDY a fair and i in |>:irl li«i irlul, you will bo con* vlnced of jIiIk fuel. Tli« mriilrlnfl I# very (vluaxunl and rani b" liiknt bv the iuo#t deluute ritniiiueh. For m«!« by nil drtuojlul#! and j by iio\lovrnyi£Colt(9u Arciisi., rtillrt. ftiUUrtly II. L. Howell, surveyor AND r*:*.9 1 ^ --•- - :o 9 MfLLVILLE, N. J. Special attention paid to leveling; f'fdahlifdiing the overtlow line# of pro* po#ed pond# for mill idle#, dWiihorry . ImgH etc; drain ago ivork# etc. Finn# | rundc, estimates fiiriilshoil anil npecillcation h drawn for Mill#, Bridges ; Waterwork# and nil aiinilar coiintructions or work# nt #hort notice. ; rnohOlyr I

POETRY.

ritla*uUi that "HdlHon will now turn hU whole attention to tho Flying Machine." Wo commend to Edison u careful jhtuhoI of During Hrcou'# experience In that direction one Fourth of July, when ho wild ho Ukod the "flyln'" but not tho "UgbtlnV— EdJ Darius Green and His Flying-Machine . If ever there lived a Yankee lad, Wise or otherwUe, good or bad, Who, seeing tho bird# dy, didn't Jump WlUi (lapping arms from Ktuko to stuiup, Or, npreadlng the tall Of his coat fbr a sail* Taking u soaring leap from post or rail, And wonder why llr. couldn't fly. And flap and flutter* and \vt«h and try,— If ever you knew a country dunce Who didn't try that us often as once, All 1 con xay 1#, that'# a #lgu He never would do for a hero of mine, An aspiring genius was D. Green : The eon of a farmer,— ago fourteen ; Ills body was long and lank and lean,— Just right for flying, a# will be seen; lie hod two eyes as bright as a Wan, And a freckled nose tbnt grew tyd ween, A 111 tie awry,— ft>r I must mention That ho hud riveted his attention • Upon hi# woudurful invention, Twisting hi# tongue as ho twisted the string#, And working his face as he worked the wing#, And with every turn of gimlet and screw Turnfng and screwing his mouth round too, Till his nose seemed bent To catch the scent. Around some corner, of new-baked pies, And his wrinkled cheek# and hi# squinting eye# Grew puckered into a queer grlmmaeo, That made him look very droll In the fheo, And also vary And wise be must have been, to do moro Than over a genius did before, Excepting Diedalun of yore And his son Icarus, who wore Upon their buck# Those wings of wax He hud read of In the old almanacks. Darius was clearly of tho opinion, That tho air Ih also man's dominion. And that, with puddlo or tin or pinion, We soon or late Shall navigate The asiirc a# now we Mill tho sea, The thing look# simple enough lo me; And If you doubt It, Hear how Darin# reasoned about It, "The bird# can fly. An' why eun't I ? Must we give In," Says ne with a grin, "That the bluebird an' pluebo Jc#t ftilA*oiif himdi'anrBbo UTe swallcr An* blackbird an' cutblrd brat us holler? Dooh the little chatlorln', sassy wren, No bigger'n my thumb, know moro than men? Jest show me that! Ur.prove't the bat Ilez gat more brnln# than* a In my hat, An' I'll back down, an' not till then !" He argued fhrtlier: "Xur I can't sco 1 What's th' use* o* wings lo a bumble-bee, i Fur to git a llvln' with, morc'n to mo;— Ain't my business Important"# IiIk'h Ik? That Icarus Made a perty muss,— Hlin an' hi# daddy Diedalus. Tliry might 'a' kuowed wings made o' wax Wouldn't stand sun-heat an' hard whacks. I'll make mine o* luthor, Ur sut bin' or oilier." And he Mild to himself, us he tinkered and planned; •Hut I ain't goln* to show my linnd To nummks tlmt never ram understand The fust Idee that's big an* grand.' So he kept his secret from all the rest. Safely buttoned within Ills vesL And In the loft ubove flic shed Himself he locks, wltli thimble aiul thread And wax and hammer ami buckles and screws, And nil such things as geniuses use ;— Two bnts for patterns, curious fellows! A charcoal pot and n pair of hollows; Home wire, and seven old umbrellas; A carriage cover for tall and wing* ; A piece of a harness; and straps and strings; A nd a big strong box, In which he lock# ^ I Those hundred and other things, ; His grinning brother*, Itonhen and Burke And Nathan ant! Jotlmm and Holomon, lurk Around the corner to see him work,— Hitting cross-legged, like a Turk, Drawing the waxed-end through with a Jerk, And boring tho hole# with a comical quirk 0/ hi# wise old head, and a knowing smirk. But vainly thoy mounted each other's backs, And poked through knot-hole# uml pried through cracks; With wood from the pile and straw from tho stuck# He plugged the knot-holes and calked the cracks ; And n dipper of water, which one would think ' He had brought up Into the loft to drink [ When ho chanced to bo dry. Stood nlway# nigh. For Darius was sly ! And whenever at work lit) happened to spy . At chink or crevice a blinking eye, ' I He let Hie dipper of water fly, j •! 'Take that ! an* of ever ye gll a peep, • ; Guess yo*ll ketch a weasel asleep J' And he sing* n* ho locks III# big strong box j mono, I ! 'The weasel's head Is small an' trim, j An* he I# little an' long nn' slim. An' qulelror motion an' nlmlde of II ml), ' oii'll he *" P<\ Keep whle awake when ye'reketchbi* hlmt'— I I Ro day nfter day , | Ho stitched and tinkered and lmmmwHl away, . j Till at lust 't was done,— , | The greatest Invention under the sun f ! 4Au* now," Say# Darius, "hooray for soino fun 1' ♦Twiis the Fourth of July, Ami the weather was dry* And not a rloud was on nil Hint sky,

8avo afovY light fleece*/ which hero and (here, Halt mist, half air, Like foam op the ocean went floating by,— Jam a# lovely* a morning a# ever wax #c«u For a nice little trip in a flying- much Inc. Thought cu nn\ng Darius; "Now I sha'n'tgo Along '1th the feller# to see the #liow. I'll say I've gotVlch a terrible cough 1 \n% then, when\tho folks 'ave all gone ofl", I'll hev toil swing Fur to try tho thing, Aji' practice a little on the wing." ' k •Ain't goln' to soo the celebratlou ?' Hays brother Nate. "No; botheration.' I've got Hlch a cold— u toothuche— I— My gmcious !— feel's though I should fly I" t#ald Jotlmm, "'Rho! Guess ye better go." But Darius said, "No I Shouldn't wonder 'fyou might see me, though, 'I^ong 'bout noon, ef I git red tV thlsjumpln', thumpln* pain 'n my head." For all the while to himself he said :— "I toll ye what! I'll fly a few time# around the lot. To see how't seems, then soon'# I've go0 The hung o' the thing, cz likely'# not, I'll astonish the nation, An' all creation. By fly In' over the celebration ! Over their bond# I'll null like an oaglc; v I'll balunce myself ou my wing# like u scagull; 1*11 dance on the chlmbloys; I'll stand on the steeple; I'll flop up to window# an' scare tho people ! 1*11 light on the liberty-pole, nn' crow; -An* I'll say to tho gawpln' fool# bolo\a, 'What world's till# 'ere That I've come near ?' Fur I'll make 'ctn b'lleve I'm a chap fm tho moon ; An' I'll try a rnc*»-m» vnmi.a)* luuiomx i1 » Ho crept from hi# bod ; And, seeing the others were goflo, bo said, •I'm glttin' over the oold 'n my head/ And away he#pod, To open tho wonderful box In tho shed. His brothors had walked but n littlo way, When Jotlmm to Nathan chanced to say, "What is the feller up to, hey?" "Do 'no', — tho'ssuthln' ur other to pay, Ur he wouldn't *u* stayed to hum today." Rays Burke, "His toothache's all 'n his eye! Hk nover'd miss a Fo'th-o'-July, Ef ho hedn't got somu machine to try." Then Sol, the little one, spoke; •Cobsarn ! Lc's hurry back an' hide *n Uiu burn. An' pay him fUr tellln' us that yarn P "Agreed !" Through tho orchard they creep back, Along by the fence*, behind the stack, And one by one, through a hole In the wall, In under the dusty barn they crawl. And a very astonishing sight was that, When each In their cob webbed coat and but ^ Came up through the floor Iikuun nnelont rat. And there they hid ; And Reuben slid The fustcnhigs hack, and lha door undid. "Keep dark I" mild he, "While I squint an* see what the' is to see." A# knights of old put on their mail,— From head to foot Ail Iron salt, Iron Jacket and Iron boot, Iron breeches, and on the head No hut, but an Iron pot instead, And under the eliin the Imtl, (1 hclluvo they called I lie thing a helm,) Then sallied forth to overwhelm The dragons and pagans that plagued the realm, So this modern knight. Prepared for a flight. Put on his wing# and strapped them tight,— Jointed and Jaunty, *tr»»ng nnd light,— Buckled tliem fa#t to shoulder and hip,— Ten feet they measured from tip to tip! And a helm had he, but that he wore. Not on his head, like those of yore. But more Ilka the helm of a ship. • 'Htiah !' llnahen said, •He's up in the shed I He's opened the winder,— I see hi# head! He stretches It out, An* jHikes It about, Lookin' lo see 'f the coast I# clear, An* nobody near;— Guess lie do 'no' who's hid hi here! lie's rlggln' a sprlng-honrd over the sill ! He's a cllmhln* oat now— Of all (he things ! What's he got on ? 1 van, It's wings ! An' thut t'other thing? 1 vum, It's a tall ! An' there be sets like a hawk on a mil ! Ntoppln' careful, lie travels the length Of ill# sp ring-hoard, nnd tee tern to try It# • strength. Now he stretches Ills wings, like a monstrous j bat ; j Peeks over lils shoulder, this way an' that, ! Fur to see 'f the' '# any one punslu' by ; s But the' '# on'y a calf ai^J a gosiln' nigh. ; Tuky turn up at liltn a wondcrln, eye, p I To #ee— the dragon ! He's goln' to ll.v ! • AwuyhegooHl Jlmnihiy what a Jump! c Flbp— Hop— nn' plump To the ground with a (hump ! Flutt'iln' nil' flouud'rln', all'n a lump!' (Continued on iccond page.]

Running in Debt for a Farm.

There i# much to be snirl on both sides of this question, and hiiccohs often or generally depend# more on the character of tiie men than tho adoption of either system — debt or no debt. Nevertholenn, some general principle# may bo laid down 'that may bo useful to every - young man who is about entering active business in farming, ami who doe# not ( possenn much capital. The first thing to understand, i# the nature and diameter of compound in* j to rest, of tho amount of money one has I to pay towards a debt In a long run of : year*. Suppose n hundred nrres of land are boughti dhMhird paid down, : I

und a debt of four thousand dollars remains. At seven per cent, this amount* to two hundred and eighty dollars per annum ; and after tho purchase of tools, seeds, animal#, &c., And supporting his family, in connection with paying shopkeepers' and blacksmiths' bills, tho young farmer will do well if lie kcopB down this interest without reducing the principal. Two hundred and eighty dollars every year (good season# and bad ones) would amount in ten years, interest alono, compounding it as he aiuia uaot. . ,to~ J63«80(t ; or in twenty years in the same way, it would reach $11,480. It would be an interesting and practical question' to ask any farmer who owns a hundred-acre farm without debt, if he could lay up $11,000 in twenty years from it ? If ho could, ami the young farmer whoso ca^o we have supposed, might do as well, then he could keep down tho interest, but he would not reduce tho four thousanddollar debt. Much would depend on two conditions, one of which wo have already mentioned, namely, the skill, energy, economy and good judgement of the farmer ; and tho other is tho quality of the land. Poor land may do when it is all paid for, but a heavy debt cannot be paid by working it. A well-known and successful business man began farming as tho owner nf a poor farm for what lie could get, and then took a fertile farm on the shares. His half of the products of the good land paid him better than tho whole of his own poor land. It is better to have a small and rich piece of land than nn extensive and sterilo one. Most farmers, on looking at the figures we hare given, will incline to recommend keeping out of largo debt. Yret there is one advantage in some debt. It stimulates to industry and economy. A neighbor who had succeeded, by hard work on his farm, mingled with day's labor when he could spare tho time, and by close saving, in paying tho last dollar of debt on it, remarked to us a year or two afterwards. *4 must conhave easier times, 1 do not make anything." Wo have given the proceeding figures, not to discourage young farmers wholly from incurring debt, but to show in advance and before too late, the character of the responsibility they are assuming. It may now be well to see what a young man may earn by labor alone as a hired man. If ho can get his board, clothes, and $200 a year to lnv up, ho will have in ten years, if he add# tho yearly interest at seven per cent., the sum of $2,700. In twenty years he would have $8,000. Even at $100 saved yearly, half of these sums would not bo bad. Some men can acquire property more rapidly in this way than by running in debt for a farm. For most this will be the best way. As a general rule, it would doubtless be best for every young man, if ho has nothing to begin with, to work several years at wages. If by that time he has a thousand dollars or two, he may adopt one of two courses. Ho may buy -a small fertile piece of laud and work it, or he may take a larger farm on shares, and if possible, add to bis money. The latter would give him an opportunity,: without groat risk, of learning what he could accomplish. In buying land, i however, great care should he exercised 1 to soo that he obtains the value of his i money in productive land. A young : farmer with a family, tfnnh year# ago, | ! was ambitious to own a farm of hi# own, | j and gave, a thousand dollar# moro for a j i small, handsome piece than it was ( worth, running in debt for nearly the I 1 whole. He worked hard and managed i hadlv. His farm Soon became overgrown with weed# *, but another ami more fatal growth was springing up almost unseen by him, namely, the growth by compound interest of the heavy incumbrance on it. A year or two ngo, it went under four mortgage#, with all that ho had so long labored for. Then the question come# up, shall we not go West and buy a cheap farm ? A# the snying is, "there are six of one and a liulf dozen of the other." There is no place on the earth which group* together all the advantages, but they arc distributed pretty evenly. Where the land is cheap, its products are low priced and mnrkets distant. In long- ! settled place# and near cities, with their high price# and ready markets, land also is high. A near neighbor let bis fine farm to a tenant, who gave him half tho product#. But the tenant concluded lie had a hard bargain, iu having only half of nil ho worked for ho hard, mid In.- told the owner he had concluded to

go West, buy a cheap farm, and have all he raised. The owner then xuado him this offer i "I will buy of you all you can raise on my farm/ and pay you the same price yob would get for your crops beyond the Mississippi." This offer delighted tho tenant/ until he found by inquiry that the aggregate of the western prices were not one-half those at the Eust, and he concluded to stay N where he was, and save the expenses of removing* And yet some men of robust health wiie.ro land is cheap, because they are compelled from necessity to work hard, enduro privations, give up society, and practice rigid economy. If thoy worked as hard, and saved as rigidly at the East, they might do as well/— -Country Gentleman* . - » <4"+ ~

A Buchanan Doctor,

Old John Morris, a Littlo Rock negro/ hit upon the idea of Tanner anti-bilious pills, compounded, as ho declared, according to a recipe obtained of the great faster. / lie sold some to a woman, who died soon after taking them. John was arrested and taken to court, where tho following dialogue took placo ; "Where did you get the medicine you gave the woman ?" "I made hit from d'rections sent tor mo by Dr. Tannor." "What are its component pArts ?' ' Hit's make out' on roots from do groun' and leaves frum de trees. Docs yer wanter buy a bottle, Jcdgo ?" "No, sir, I don't. Tho chargo against you is a serious one. What made your medicine kill the woman ?" "Why, Jedge, de medicine didn't kill do'oman." "What killed her?" "Why, Jedge, do 'oman died oh de surprise. Y'ou see she had been taking eberything in do medical market an' hit didn't do her no good. She didn't bab much confidence in my medicine, nnd when she tuck hit nn' fouti' that hit went right tor wurk tonrin' at de corners oh do biliousness, hit surprised do 'oman tor death. Y'er can't hole a man an' you falls dead, do law can't liol<l mo 'sponsible! An' 'cord in' to de snmo 'stronomy, if I gibs a woman n dose ob medicine and hit surprises her to doath, de law can't put do clamps on mo." TJie Justice is considering tho point of John's argument, and John is still in jail.

Shavings.

Subscribe for the Gazette. — Life is hut short, therefore crosses cannot be long. — Flovel. — When a young man has learned to wait, he hns mastered one of tho hardest lesson# in life. — Marriage, is a lottery in which men stake their liberty and women their happiness. — Mmk. dk Rieux. — Faith moves mountains, but it take# a couple of express wagons to move a fashionablo woman's baggage. — If you want correct information about any kind of business, nsk the individual who has never engaged in it, — Orange, N. J., is to have aconservaj tory of mhsie, of wliir.U- Poznauski, tho ! well-known violinist und composer, is to ; he the director. | — Wickedness is generally u plant of ! slow growth, nnd we rarely find thatex1 trome youth is totally devoid of virtues, I though it may be stained with many I vice#. j — Wc must give according to our means und according to our outlays upj on ourselves. A twenty-five cent dona- | lion by the side of a twenty -five dollar ! shawl presents a painful contrast.-— Mary Lyon. — "I# your programme full, Miss Beetlecrusher ?" asked a young man of ! a western dumsol who had just strug- ' gled out of the restaurant room with , disappointment in her eye and "order of dances" in her hand. —"If you are a quiet, honest citizen of Galveston, how did those skeleton 1 keys nnd brass knuckles happen to ho 1 in your packet V' "1 reckon, Judge, mo j and the policeman must haVo changed ' coats in tho scuffle. Wo were very much excited." — Confession of a future son-in-law to i his future mother-in-law — "It is as well ; that 1 should tell you before marriage ; that 1 am rather hot-tempered and ! sometimes get mad without reason," Future mother-in-law "Oh, never mind about that. I'll «oe that you never i lack reason."