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VOLUME I.

CAPE MAY COURT HOUSE, HEW JERSEY, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 1881. ■ — ..

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county directory'. ■ " judiciary;^ P*MtDiso Juuok — Hon. Alfred Reed. Lay J udobs — Jo*. E. Ilughea, Capo May city ; Jeae* Ii. Dlverty, Dennisville: tutors C. Gandy/j^ckahoff, Cose mi si ion kr Surplus Fund — J. B. Huffman, Court House. 8ukri rp — William H. Bonezet. Copmr Collkctok— David T. Smith, j^mn Douse. CouMTir Olbk*-— Jonathan Hand. Deputt 44 — Morgan Hand. Prosbcutor Pleas — Jaiue* R. HongUnd, Bridgoton. Surrooatb — William Hildretb. Co. Sue'?. Public Instruction— Dr. Maurice Bocsloy, Donniaville. M/ffiS directory. ' . Dr. Theo. C. Wheaton. IT, S. Pension Examining Surgeon. south seaville, n.j. •QU All Soldiors who jire ruptured 11 can be suppled with trusses, free of charge. Apply to above. _ ■ * ■ ■* • Oct25y /. P. Looming, M. D., D. D. 8. W. 8. Learning, D. I>. 8. J. F. Learning , Sj Son. DENTISTS. OFFICE DAYS : CAPEMAYCOTJKT HOUSE, Thursday, and Saturdays. CAPE MAY* CITY. Tuesdays, and Wednesdays. SOUTH SEAVILLE, Fridays. uchGIyr. TOVYft "W YLTS.T, ~ Physician and Surgeon , CAPE MAY COURT HOUSE. N. J. »ch6Iyr.

J. B. HtFFMAN, COUNSELOR AT LAW, SUPREME COURT COMMISSIONER, and Master in chancery, Caps May C- H., N.J. OCT* Will beat hit ofllco at Cope May City «Vo<y Saturday. mehGIyr. Jas. H. Nixon, AITORNEY A COUNSELOR AT LAW, Otpicb in Insuiunoe Building, MILLVILLE, N. J. Mrs. S. R. Conover, Fashionable Milliner, II ion Street, Below Pine, • MILLVILLE, N. J. racbOlyr " L. B. CAMPBELL, DEALER IN SYOVES, HEATERS, RANGES, TINWARE, CUTLERY, GLASSWARE, Ac., Ao. Hioh 8trbbt, Millvillk, N. J. mchfllyr j pTMick, Dealer in MORSES, CARRIAGES, HARNESS, Ac. MAIN HTltEKT, NEAR THE BRIDGE, MILLVILLE, N. J. mchOlvr EH B. CAPE MAY C. H. . . i ♦ » LIVERY ATTACHED. Horses always on hand, For Sale or Exchange. L. Wheaton. mnhfllyr | CAPE MAY CITY, CAPE MAY C. il MARBLE WORKS. MONUMENTS and TOMBSTONES. JK^- Iron and Galvanized Fencing and all kinds of Marble Covering! for graves. All orders will receive prompt attention by telegraph or letter. Flag for curb. Ing work done at the shortest notice, j Call and see. A discount made on all *erk Uy calling at the yard. L. T, EvTamTN, Proprietor.

UNION HOTEL, Cape May C. H. This long established Hotel is still open for the reception of permanent and transient guests, where all attention will be given to their comfort. William Eldridge. mch61yr. A. YOURISON, mm lira, AND DKALER IN READY-MADE HARNESS, CAPE MAY C. H., N. Please Call and Examine Our Stock!

; We have on hand a good assortment of j Heady-made Harness , > Collars , Bridles , Saddles, Whips, Bobes, Nets, Blankets , Valises, Trunks , Etc., t ALL OF WHICH WE ARE SELLING AT LOW CASH rRICES. O Open Wagon Harness as low as $ 8 00 i Carriage Harness as low as 10 00 AND MANY, OTHERS OF DIFFERENT STYLES AND PRIOES. Call and sec before purchasing ohrowhrre, mcirfijr. A. Yourison. J. L. STEEL, MANUFACTURER OF j LAMES' AND GENTS' ' ' • FASHIONABLE lis sul MS, GENTS' BUTTON CALF GAITERS ONLY $3.50. j | NEXT TO THE "GAZETTE" OFFICE. CAPE MAY C. H. Repairing neatly and carefully done. mchClyr. GILMORE A CO,, LAW AND COLLECTION HOUSE, 25O F Street, Washington. D. C. Make Collections, Negotiate Loans , and attend to all business confided to them. Land Scrip, Soldier's Additional j Homestead Rights, and Land Warrants bought and sold. R. L. Howell, SURVEYOR AND Civil Engineer, MILLVILLE, N. J. Special attention paid to leveling; establishing tin* overflow lines of pro- j nosed ponds for mill site*, ovanberry hogs etc : drainage works etc. Finns < ! iwade, estimates furnished and specifi- 1 potion* drawn for Mills, Bridges ; water- , works and nil similar construction! or works at abort notice. | 1 n^ehOlyr 1

POETRY. a Flower For the Dead . You placed ihU flower In her bond, you tay I Thti pure, pale rote In her hand or clay I Metblnk* could the lift her sealed eyee They would moot your owo with a grieved vurprikc! She ha! been your wife for many a year, When cloud! hung low and when skloe were dear; At your fculaho laid her life'! glad Bp ring. And her euiumer'i glorious bloMomlng, Herwhole heart wentwlUi thehandyou won; If IU warm love waned oe the year* went on, If It chilled In the graap of an Icy epell, What was the reason? I pray you tclh You cannot ? I can; and beside her bier My soul must speak and jrour soul must hear. I/she wu» not all that she raUhl have been, Hers was the sorrow, yours the sin. Whose was the fault lfshe did not grow Like a rose In Uiu summer? Do you know? Doos a Illy grow-when 1U leaves are chilled? Does It bloom when Its root is winter killed ? For a little while, when you first were wed, Your love was like sunshine round her shod ; Then something crept between you two, You led where she could not follow you. With a man's firm tread you went and came; Yop lived for wealth, for power, for fame; Shut Into her woman's work and ways, •She heard the nation chant your praise. But ah ! you hod dropped her hand the while; What time had you for u kiss, a smile? You two, with the same roof overhead. Were as far apart us tho sundered dead. You in your manhood's strength and prime; Bbe worn and faded before her time. 'Tis a common story .::::,Plits rose, you say, You laid in her pallid handto-dny? When did you give born flower before? Ali, wclll What matter when all is o'er? Yeihtay a moment; you'll wed again, I mean no reproach ; *tls the way of men. But I pray you think whon some fairer face BhJncs like a star from her wonted place, That lovo will starve If It Is not fed; That true hearts pray, for their dally bread. — Julia c. B. Dour.

j ~ I The [Sunday Morning's Dream. [Tho following very impressive tract is now biing largely circulated in Englund. — Ed. | My4fivst day of returning health, after ninny weeks of severe illness, was a bright Sunday morning in June. I wns well enough to sit at an open window in my easy chair, and as our house stood in a pleasant garden in tho suburbs of London, the first io*os of ihevear scented tho soft breeze tliut fanned my pale ; cheek, and revived my languid frame. The bells of our parish church were just beginning their chimes, and the familial- sound awakened in me an interne longing to bo with my family once more a worshipper in the house of God. 1 took up my Bible and Prayer Book, which hadpbeen placed ready on the table beside me, intending to begin to read when the hour of the eleven o'clock service should bo announced by ! tho ceasing of the bells ; and, in tho - meantime, closed my eyes, and soothed 1 my impatient wishes by picturing to j myself the iliady avenues of blossoming i limes that led to our church, nnd the ; throngs that would now bo entering it for the public worship of the day. All at once, I seemed to be walking in tho beautiful churchyard, yet preV J ,■ - J

vented from gratifying my eager wish to enter tho church by some irresistible ,w~ ?v-rrr-r Jr-4 SMfcy on£, ' "tho congregation, in their gay Sunday dresses, passed me by, and went in whero 1 vainly strove to follow. The parish children in two long and orderly trains defiled up the staircases into the galleries, and except a few stragglers hurrying in, as feeling thomsolvos late. I was left alone. % Suddenly 1 waseonseiou! of some awful presence, and felt myself addressed by a voice or most sweet solemnity in words to this effect ; l<Mortal, who by Divine Mercy, hasjupt been permitted to return from the gates of the grave, pause before thou entrrest God's holy house again ; reflect bow often thou hast profaned his solemn public worship by irreverenco, or by inattention, which is in bis sight irreverence ; consider well tho great privilege, the unspeakable) benefit and Mossing of united prayer, lest by again abusing it, thou tir«f the pnlleneo of ' thy long-puffering God, and tempt him forever to deprive thee of that which hitherto thou hast so F.ttle valued," Seeing ono ea*t down my eyes and blush with conscious guilt, the gracious being continued in a milder tone, 'i am one of those angels commissioned to gather tho prayer! of tho saint*, and form thorn into wreaths of odorous int-emo that they tnay rise to the throno of God, Enter thou with me, and thou shalt, for thy warning, bo able to discern those among the devotions about to ls> offered which are *e-

oe p table to him, and to **o how few in . number, how weak, and how unworthy they are." Aa lie ceased speaking I found myaelf by the aide of the angel atill, but within the church, and ao [ placed that I could distinctly see every | part of the building. 4Ubaervey" said , the angel, "that those prayers which i > come from the heart, and which alone ascend on high, will sekr to be uttered aloud. They will be more or less audible in proportion to their earnestness — when the thoughts wander the sounds will grow faint, and even cease altogether." This explained to me why the organist, though apparently playing with all his might, produced no sound, and why, presently after, when the service began, though the lips of many moved, and all appeared attentive, only a few, faint murmuring* were heard; How strange and awful it was to note the sort of death-like silence that prevailed in whole pews, in which as was thus evident, no heart was raised in gratitude to heaven. Even in theTeDeum and Jubilate, the voices sometimes sunk into total silence. After the Creed there was a low murmuring of the rersicles, and then distinct and clear above all other sounds, a sweet childish voice softly and reverently repeated the Lord's Prayer. I turned in the direction of the sound, And distinguished among the parish children a very little boy. His hands were clasped together, his eyes were closed, his gentle face composed in rovsrence, and as the angel wrote on his tablets the words that fell from those infant lips, his smile, like a sunbeam, illuminated the church for a moment, and I remembered the words of holy

David, where he savs, "Out of the mouths of babes and sucklings, Thou hast perfected praise." Presently I was again reminded of a scripture passage — the prayer of the publican. A wretched-looking man, who swept the crossing near the church, lounged into the nisle during the reading of the lessons, his occupation being for the hour suspended. The second lesson was the 24th chapter of Matthew. »Some verses attracted his attention ; he listenod with more and more seriousness, until at length lie put his bnr.d over his faco nnd exclaimed aloud, "What will become of me nt the day of judgement ? lA>rd, have mercy on mc a sinxer 1" That prayer was inserted on the angel's tablets. Oh, way it not stand alone, but be nn awakening of better thing*. May God indeed have mercy on such poor neglected ones as he, nnd care for their immortal souls. After this, growing accustomed to the broken murmurs and interrupted : sounds, I followed mnnv a humble Christian through largo portion* of the Litany ; though often, while 1 was listening with hopeful attention, a sudden and total pause showed but too plainly that the thoughts of the kneeling suppliant had wandered far away, and that he who had appeared so earnest in hi* devotions, had become languid and si- , 7 O ^

lent like the rest of tho congregation*. ( "Thou art shocked at what thou hast ^ observed," said the ungel ; "I will show theo greater abominations than these. God is strong and patient ; he is provoked every day. Listen now, and j thou-shalt hear thoughts of nil these : people ; so shalt thou have some faint idea of the forbearance which GodV con- j tinually exercises towards those who draw near to him with their lips, while their hearts are far from him." As the angel spoke my ear* were deafened with a clamor which would have been shocking in any public meeting, but which here, in God's holy house was awfully profane. The conntcnnnco remained as composed and serious as beforo, the lips moved with tho words of prayer, but the phrases they uttered were of the world ami ii* occupation*. "How shamefully late Mr. Slack always comes t" snivl one woman, who, j looking over the edgo of her I'rayer Book, *aw her neighbor and a train of daughters hustle into the next pew, "What an example to set to her family !" j Thank goodness no one can accuse me of that »in," "Now bonnet* again already 1" exclaimed the last comer, returning the glance from the othar scat, ore she composed herself to the stmblanec of devotion. "How can they nlVord it, ! nnd their father owing all his Christmas , bill* yet I" If my girls look shabby, nt least we pay our debt*." "Ah 1 there's Tom Scott," nodded a '

young man to his friend in the opposite gallery ; "he is growing quite religious and respectable, I declare. He has been at Church two Sundays running ; how mush longer will the devout fit last ?" These were shocking and sinking exI am pies of irreverence. Happily there were not many eueh ; the involuntary wanderings of thought were more common. I was much interested in a young couple near me, whose attention for a considerable part of the service had been remarkable. From the dress of the young man, I judged to be a clergyman ; the lady wore deep mourning. They read from the same book, and were evidently betrothed. 4lHow good she is," he be- i gan to say : "how attentive to her pray- j ers, as to all other duties 1 What a | sweet wife she will make ! How happy j I am to have won her love f 1 By this J time, the countenance of the young [ girl wore an expression which showed that she felt the earnestness of his gaze; j her eyelids dropped, her attention wavered, and though she looked at the book some elements longer, she, too. began to murmur of earthly things, and I heard her say, "Oh, how he loves me 1 I Even here, he cannot forget that I am I beside him." It was many minutes be- | fore either of them returned in spirit to their devotions. As the service proceeded, the attention of the congregation flagged more and more, and the hubbub of worldly talk increased. One man composed a letter he intended to send, and even altered whole passagos, and rounded elegant periods, without one check or recollection of

^ the holy place where he stood. l Another repeated a long dialogue which had been passed between himi self and a friend, the night before, and considered how he might have spoken more to the purpose. Some young girls rehearsed scenes with their lovers » — some recalled the incidents of their i last ball. i Careful housewives planned schemes of economy, gave warning to their servants, arranged the turning of a gown ; • or decided on the most becoming trimming of a bonnet. To me, conscious of the recording angel's presence, fill this solemn mockery of worship was frightful. I would have given worlds to rouse this congregation to a sense of what they were doing ; and, to my comfort, I saw that for ! the involuntary offenders,- a gentle warning was provided. A frown from the angel, or the warn-

ing of his impatient wings, as it ilIkhi! to quit a place so desecrated, recalled ! the wandering thought* of many a soul, unconscious whence came the breath that revived the dying flume of his de votion*. Then self-blame tears of penitence, nnd hitter remorse, of which even those kneeling nearest knew nothing, wrung the heart, shocked at it* own careless ingratitude, wondering at and adoring the forbearance of the Almighty, while more concentrated thoughts, and, 1 trust more fervent prayers, succeeded to the momentary forgetfulness. In spite of all these help*, however, | the amount of real devotion was small ; j and when I looked at the angel's tablet*, 1 was shocked to sae how little was written therein. Out of throe hundred Christians, I thought I, assembled aft*r a week of mercies, to praise and bless the Giver of all good, avo these few words the sum of what they offer : "Look to thysolf," said the angel, reading my inmost thoughts. 4,SueU a* these arc, such host thou long beeu. Purest thou, after what has l^en re- ; venlcd unto thee, act such a part again? Oh, could thy mortal ear* bear to listen j to the songs of the rejoicing angels, before the throne of the Almighty, thou ! wouldst indeed wonder at the condescension which *too|\$ to accept the*# I fe*v» faint, wandering notes of praver I * < ami praise. Yet the sinless angels veil their face# beforo Him, ill whose presence man stands boldly up with *uch mockery ns thou hast *ren to-day. Remember the ! solemn warning lest hereafter it be counted to the® as an aggravation of guilt." Suddenly the sweet, solemn voice censed, the gloriou* angel disappeared, and *o oppressive seemed the silence i and loneliness that 1 started and awoke. I M.V watch pointed to the hour of eleven, — it must have bean the stop- ' ping of ihe hello, that interrupted my'

■- ' vl umbers, and all this aolamn aaas had fafifMj ift fibs cboffi i »p*c» of » few Bki&tttM. ; thoee few joinwio, jierer b» efUced from my bprt ; Mod if Oi»«ooooot of tfcern | .Lould recall out wtoderjr.j thought io Hie Lowe of j**y*r, or tM«h >0/ to value more highly, end cuiLveU more r carefully the privilejgp fcn the : public worship od our church! it vrjJJ ! not have b*e& writted iz> vain. I " Some Note* on a FarmeF^JEdiheatum, At the Farmers' Stat# Coovsnboa, held at the New Britain, Coon-, Da- | camber 15, 16, and 17, the leading topic J was ; "What the Farmer Ought to Know, ' and How he may Leant It." The fob j lowing remarks are extracts from our i notes taken upon the lectures and die* J oufsiona: The old view that anybody could be a ; farmer is passing away. Farmers are ; booking over tlie fiance" more than ever before ; they observe, and imitate when it seems deeirable. This awakening of thought has developed into the establishment of various agricultural schools, many of which have been unsuccessful, and for various reasons. Too j much was expected of them ; the teachers were not trained to their work, and ! the pupils, in many cases, have been •d nested away from the farm. The love for farming and form life must be developed in the child. The home teachings merely shape the farmer boy's future. Object lessons, instead of book lesson*, most interest and instruct the young— end the farm with all its plants and animals offers the very best opportunities for this training of the powers of observation. Study nature and refer

to books, and not study books afterward* refer to nature. The great lack in the former's education is system and balance. In no occupation is there greater demand for independent thought and accurate judgment. To obtain theee he must read the best agricultural papers, establish and attend farmer*' dubs, take pert in the annual exhibition*, and in every way possible meet his fellow fanners, that by so doing he may increase his knowledge. There is much work for agriculture to be done in the common school. The apparatus required is simple and cheap, and plant*, etc., are always at hand. A text-book of the rudiment* of farming I could be put into every common school with great advantage to even' child, and as Professor Johnson remarked, we should then have umore broth and lees dish-water in our schools." Scientific

xKTUons should be cultivated in youth -f ' the method i* as valuable aa the facts. ' The only reason for this lack of agricub 1 iurat instruction is the indifference of the people. Board* of Education and ! Boards of Agriculture should put their heads together and help bring in this ; new dispensation. The village and city school should share in this work ; the whole system leading up to the Agricultural College, where the highcti and most thorough education can be obtain od. As a stimulus and an aid in brineI • v I ins about this system in agricultural ed- ! ucatvoto, oS a Ve* Aixre- | lion, in the winter season it may be, might b« held at various points in the State. Tlie nation is safest only when ; the youth are educated thoroughly— and j agriculture is on a sound and permanent Kvmr only when the boys, and girls too, are instructed in the elements of farming. — A UK Kir AN Ao It! Ct'MT SIST . Bread-ma fciap in Winter. I House-keeper* sometime* object to the use of dry veost -cakes purchased at troeerics, -benftHe bread made with ' tuem_is'*o slow V> rise, especially in winter. I like to uVe. these cwke* in hot weather on that very account. The bread *jy>nge never sour* on the hottest night*. But in winter it i* advisable to set a small sponge in the afternoon — about four o'clock— in this way ; A scant : pint of flour i* mixed with a pint and a half of warm water. To this add a cake of yeast previously soaked in a little warm w*tor (taking care not to «cau> the yeast), and beat all well together, ; By seven o'clock this, if kept covered in a warm placr near the stove, will be very light. Now #et your bread sponge as usual, using thi* smaller sponge tor your yeast. CWer warm, and tn the morning vt»u will be almost sure to find it very light and entirely sweet. Now, ! if you have a good deal to attend to, you can dotbr kneading the dough until atter breakfast, provided you win stir in eon- , sid arable flour and "mix it thoroughly ! with the apoon. -- AurxKAS AuaicrLTr*i 1st.