CAPE 1AT STIR HD f AYE L. Urrfd In Sar Uli W.rt .907 ^ K fl»a."eUa Tfcorafcy Eventi*. taoed each week 00 Friday miiinc. Out of [ ten drwlotiaB. Sunrday morabnt — t*- Prlet, Om Mr « Tor k Mom ! TOopapcrb cotarcd " the pott^So « aa»d ' i ._tarL,T"",c E gggSSaraa; sssa F. WmI« I— 1 ninm »T 1 — - l-~.l~V'r"'-'"" ***• mitiM i< cant pa locfc rack Insertion. YUv2i«ie« runiin* for >1 Inaction. a oar. a ; ^3E^ «:Sv,s I *S3udad*ati>£c. o»« cent pa wore each mjUJmohitioni of coodolcncc from lodr«^ctorc^i |i. JfcSd^pobHcMion! Sto*l»*neklT Of doily I. adftloaa, wrillbc ckarjed for al the rate of ont dollmr SH£^^r^£,ra ■TAR AND WAVE PUBLISHING CO. [ . <11 ud <17 Washington Street Aaron W. HandiOeneral Manager j TELEPHONE*. ' M.fMwiaUMf.'BWl r*tUfd*l *.178 kNph BMC Uftm Mm in > y AfiOKESS CAPE HAY SFAI AND WAVE ; "0L» CAPE MAY'S WILLS Tbey date from 1687 to 1718 and are •to red in the office of Secretary of j. State. In tbe handsome new vaults of the f Secretary of State in Trenton, there ! b a little brown box marked "Cape Hay Will, 1687-1718," the interesting OOC tents of which as far as I know - have never yet been made public. Re- 1 j ' aently when the hot son bad well I 1 Booked a "rare" June day. Secretary , ' ielsey'd polite officials allowed me to take a look through these "last wills and testaments," and some of tbe matters which were thus brought to my attention, will undoubtedly be of interBat to tin Star hnd Wave readers. , Cape May County in 1700 had much the asms bounds is at. present, excepting it extended sothewbat more to tbe north. The chief settlements were at Town Bank, Which clustered around Oox Hall and Wear Seaville, where at that tima or hMr the Townaends and I Italian were established. fo the north and nearest settlement was tbe Egg Harbor District. Burlington was the capital of West Jersey, and it was there that the willsftadftofbe taken and ■roved. And so in these documents tbe executors pray far allowance 'of £6 ' for trips to Burlington. AMONG THE WILLS Here lies a folded yellow paper, hearing 'the data 1 1687, the bill of Abraham Weston. It is mainly reBkarkable for the inventory as we • lad. "To on looking glas, Jo too Bras Eitles, | v To too Coos and Oelve, To too Sous an a srxal Bore." In 1706 wa find the will of Richard Dowries, who married a widow of Jacob Dayton, both being from Long Island. Their children were Lucy, Althea. Ruth, Abigail. Joseph and Ann. i In 1718 we find Benjamin Houlden, ; Who had a son Benjamin, and a brother Joseph. - Arthur Cresae, as thefnamo Is spelled in the'will, had a wife Mary Mnd numbered among his sons, John, I Arthur. David, Joseph (?) and Louis, i his daugbteri were Abagail, Sarah ' (Johnaou), Elizabeth, Deborah (?) I : and Bettiah. Arthur Crease, the sec- : Ond eon, had a wife. Mercy, and chil- . -dren, James, Z° bulon (who changed his * name to Arthur) Elizabeth, Lydia and j ' Mercy. ' A particularly interesting document j ' ia the will of "Ezekiel Eldredge j | Planter," whicn states that he is of - "New England Township, " tbe entire,1 population of Town Bank, came from'! Long Island mainly from Southamp- 1 ton, a leading town in the eastern or wu, a icnuiuK town m me eastern

New England end of the island. His Wife was.Sarah, and his family con- . aisted of five sons and three daughters. This was in 1710. Joseph Crowell, yoeman. of Goahen, died 1716, and among his effects were a loom, tucklings, drugeit and yarn, showing him to ha\e been a weaver. His wife waa Ann. A ' son Edward Bod a daughter are his only family Jediah Hughes (1714) left brothers Humphrey, Constant and John. In 1714 Jonathan Osborne had a family comprising Mary his wife, and a son Bazahiel, to whem he left hit ' "great Bible. " Other children were Nathan, A^ianiaa.^Abiah and Ruth. John Babcock (1709 bad a wife Mary, and children, George. Jacob. I Joseph, Return, Mary, Elizabeth and ! Sarah. ** In 1718 Eph Edwards was a miller. ! In 1716 Abraham Hand had a brother ! Benjamin and Abraham's father was also Benjamin, Abraham's daughters were Sarah, Rachel, Swain and Elizabeth. His sons were John, Ezekiel, who seemed to have been sickly for his nurse was Martha Corson, Abraham aad Jei emiah. Shamgmr Hand, (1707, is mentioned as a cooper. His w\fe was Abagail. His fatbe&n-law, Pater Cosmo. Two farothBTS Cprneliua and Talnphahad Hani mluiasr had a aaa Germans. In 17Bfl|,Philip Hill .had a wife ■ i

B Bridget, whilst in the inventory of Robert Bell in 1708, "one part of a Whale" ia found as being of his worldly effects. A John Pulfordia found in 1705. Joan Back was a mariner and I think was captain of tbe sloop "Dolphin." To Joseph, Ida son, he left a gold beaded cane, and to Thomas, a gold ring. Other children were Arooni, John and Mary. \ John Briggs, 1680. had an intexestlag inventory which, waa taken by •h John Jarvis Trent. Joeeph H olden, a: yeoman; and Thomas Clifton, "joiner." * John left a wife Elisabeth, d-' John Matthews, yeoman, 1718, left o, the following relatives : Sister, Eli- ^ zabeth ; cousin, Wm. Matthews ; wife, » Charity: daughter, Liahabo; brother. n- Samuel. « r4 In 1687 John Story died but left no i>. family. His will ia dated Burlington. i7, William Johnson, 1718, left the folJ lowing family: Benjamin, Thomas, William. Elizabeth and Cathron. >. Luboo Gisburdson died about 1700 aud tbe following charge was entered by the administrators: "For making | his coffin snd digging his grave and a 1 I winding sheet and the funeral display j and drink." 1 I We find Jonathan Swayne, 1705, was a son of Richard Swayne. formerly of ™ Nantucket, but "late of Cape May." In 1716 Roman Garretson left a wife ' Bebecca, and the fqllostfig children : Jacob, Garot, JoeLjrfSry, Elizabeth, ^ j acoo, uarut, oiinwui,

^ j Racti«L Daniel^AwrNoah. 1715, William Mason made a will as e did John Reeves a year earlier. John e Reeves' wife, Sarah, married J. Ine gram. In 1691. tbe famous Caleb Carman ' | left a wife Elizabeth. , } Samuel Goulding, yeoman, left a II j wife Sarah and children, Joeeph, Dasnel and Margaret 0 Tome the moat intereating will of M the lot was that of John Stubbs, mariner, for it not only contains s long list of goods, showing bim to be a rich man, but likewise a record of Cape May residents. Among them is menIj' tioned "Richard, tbe Smitli at Egg Harbour." , Possibly Mr. Joseph B Springer, Cape May's leading genealt ogist, can tell me- if this is (be Richard j Smith from whom many of our old t families are descended. At least on j Air. Springer's excellent chart this name appears as the progenitor. B " Eather Hint (Hewitt) upon the^death of her hatband, Joseph, wrote to Burs ling ton \sking tbe court to pardon ber j absence in settling ber husband's es8 tate as tbe way was Jong, th* journey j expensive and ber "five very small children" needed care. After two hundred years, faded and old as it is, this widow's touching letter couched f in humble language is a little sermon by itself amid the statements and red ; seals of ber majecty's justices in and lor the County of Cape May. Samuel Matthews bad a wife, Mary, and hia children were William, John, Samuel, Margaret and Elizabeth. Daniel Wells also made a will in 1706. 1 Timothy Brandretn, 1714, left a wife j Sarah, and a family of children These were Daniel. Timothy, Mary Hughes, Sarah Milton, Margaret and Elizabeth. Bis son-in-laws were Bonamon and Obediah Shaw. \ In 1714 Thomas Ha^d 59 yearn of ( j age, left »n estate of several hundred , ! pounds, his negroes being worth £154. | His wife, Katharine, was !o choose one room in the homestead with the | woman and the eldest negro boy. ' He had daughters. Deborah Hand snd Providence Crowell, with son*. John. Recompense and three others. ( ■ In the e old will there may not be 1 1 much of interest bot should any one | be desireup of obtaining more definite j information, I would be glad, during | the coming fall, to serve them. At . Trenton there are many records which i are easy of access and which might be | useful to a Cape May man in connecting links in bis family history. FRANCIS B. LEE. r

Old People O Need VIWOL I it strengthens and vitalizes r I Vinol tones up the digestive organs, . aids assimilation, enriches tbe blood, and rejuvenates every organ in the body. In this natural manner Vinol - replaces weakness with strength. We are positive It will benefit every ■ old person who will give It a triaf. If it don't wo will refund their money. For sale at MFCRAY'S PHARMACY rr. H. Taylor ia tbe Cape May Agent : for Waldorf shoos tar men and women, i BtfiA Hand sewed method. '.-yauA, .

Enoch Miller. Jr.. and El wood I Doorlaas. cum homo far the holidays. Prank and Charles WooUon spent Christmas with their parents. Dr. A. ML Hand spent Thursday I with friends here and also helped trim I our Christmas tree in the ChapeL Maybe she cannot make good potpie and mince pies. If you don't think ja get ber to make pome for you. Mr. and Mrs. Albert Johnyoo and children, of Emm, spent Sunday with Mr. Johnson's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Willis Johnaoo. Master Curtis Johnson, of Seaside, is visit iag hia aunt, Sarah H. Pieraoe. Enoch Miller, Jr., and Geneva Shaw, took a drive to Cape May on Saturday last." Little Lydia Snyder has the measles. Owing to the bad weather they did not have the Christms^ ex/rcises until Saturday evening and everything passed off fine. Mrs. Aaron Harvey Snyder had her children and grand children on Christmas day at ber home and it waa . a happy day lor them. Lemuel Bcbellenger wears s bread smile as it ia a fine son. No. 2. Little Herbert Edwards Schellenger. Mrs. Emilv Thompson, of Green Creek, spent Christmas at bmne *Kh parents, and her nephew, Master Malvin Eldredge. went home with her for the boiidgys.

Miss Jennie Woolson has returned s home after spending three weeks with n her sister, Emily, at Green Creek. Mr. and Mrs. Claude Eldredge, of Cold Spring, spent Friday with her a parents. Miss Emma Barnett and sister b Reba, spent the day with their couisn, . Mary Snyder. We wiab our readers all a happy f New Year. Several in our village took advant t&ge of the snow storm and turned out Ij in their sleighs in fine style. The 2 young folks a&£ it did not last long - enough. j Mr. Cbas Howard was the first out , slejghing to lead the boys with his fine . stepper. j Abe Sbeppard, of Erics, called on i his lady friend, Miss DaliealiR Hoffi man Suoday afternoon. b Mrs Washington Hemingway ia away spending Christmas with her i father in Pennsylvania. S. r WHEN T0(l PUT ON STOOINCS. ■ Of the heavier sort, do your shoes r pinch, and your feet swell and perI spire? If you sprinkle Allen's FootEase in your shoes, it will give you res and comfort, and instant relief , from any annoyance. Sold Everyi where, 25c. Don't accept any sub- , atiute. 12-26 4t I — I PILES and other diseases of the -ctum cured without the knife, treatment painless No delay from 1 Pusiness. The most careful and rigid i nvestigation invited. Send for pamphlet. DR. R- REED, Room 720 Witherspoon Building, Wal- ! nut street. : Office hours 9 to 2. 11-14 26t OASTORIA. 1 BmntSu' *il111 Y0B HM WnrS COURT HOUSE Mead Tomlin, of Dennisvilie. has j been spending the week with friends I here. Miss Joanna Hetron spent Christmas with.friends sc Dennisvilie. A number of the members of the Dennis Township Alumni who at present are residents of this place, are expecting to attend the annual meeting to be held in the E. of P. Hall, at Dennisvilie, on New Year's eve. A banquet will be served with the customary toasts. The friends of Mr. Howard Van ' Artsdalen were surprised at the announcement of his marriage to Miss Clara Chester, daughter of Mr. and < Mrs. Harry Chester, of Dennisvilie. The ceremony took place here on. Wednesday the twenty-third. Miss Lydia Springer was visiting friends at Dennisvilie on Christmas Miss Caroline Holmes spent Christmas with friends at Cape May City. Hon. J esse D. Ludlam and wife and daughters. Maggie and Mamie, of South Dennis, spent the twenty-fifth with Leslie S. Ludlam and family. Mrs. Ella Geary, of Dennisvilie, ^ spent part of the week with her daughtw and family. Dr. Julius Way and family were recent visitors at Seaville. The alternating current which has been recently installed in tbe system of the Vulcan Electric Light and Power Company has made a marked change in the lighting df the town. Tbe in- : habitants of tbe southern part of tbe i > town are anxious to have the lights ex- : : tended through] the town limit. Tbe gathering of the evergreens for i tbe holidays has passed but tbe wreath ' makers have been amply paid for their i trouble, some of them making as much \ as fifty or sixty dollars. *■ Monroe Erricson was recently calling ■ upon friends at Clermont L. T. Swain, of Swaiqton, waa calling upon Mr. John Say re during tbe | week. d

On July 2 5, 1908, J. S. T. of Brookly i N. Y. if I asked the Prudential for information concern- -fl ■ - 1 ing its policies. . Our representative called, 1 : and T. said that he would take out a $5,000 I " policy about January 1, 1909. T.'s wife and I the agent tried to induce him to apply immed- I iately, but he refused. October 26th T. fell ^ sixteen stories down an elevator shaft and 1 was killed instantly. • Ifjiou are temporizing' with the matter of securing the Life Insurance protection that . ; your family should have you are risking their future. Apply at once for a policy to "* B (lj)The Prudential

■b Ezra Norton, of Capo May Oay, waa visiting friends here recently. ;Fluval James, of Goahen, [was tranr7 acting business bere*during tbe week. Miss Agnes McCraven spent part ' of tbc| week with her parents at '• Goahen. William Christian spent part of latt >' week with relatives at Dennisvilie. Excepting tbe boy with a sled, everybody is glad the snow ia rapid'y disappearing. e Many ducks are being killed in the I ounds near here. The glaas factories are doing very 1 good work and tbe Hereford Glare e Company will soon start to work nigbta. a E. B. Stiles and family spent part of • Christmas day with relatives at Dei - nisville. » Francis Crema, of Tuckahoe, spet ' Saturday and Sunday with relatives 1 bere. Gilbert Smith, Mayor,of the Borough bf A'alon, was transacting busi1 nee* at the ^county seat on Tuesday of - this week. I TBI FGdlEAS WIFE Is very careful ahoat bar churn. . She scalds it tborougb'y after using, sod gives it a aun bath to sweeten it She knows that if her churn is sour it will taint (he butter that is made in i it. The atomach is a churn. In tbe . stomach and digestive and nutritive i tracts are performed processes which 1 are exactly akin to the churning of r batter. Ie it not apparent then that if this stomach churn is "sour" it sours all which is putlinto it? Tbe evil of a - foul stomach is not the bad taste in tbe mouth and tbe foul breath caused by it. but the - corruption of the pure current of ihefblood and the dissemination of uisefse throughout tbe body. Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery t makes tne sour stomach sweet. It does ' for the atomach « hat the washing and sun bath do for the chum— absolutely removes ev*rv tainting or corrupting element. "Golden Medical Discovery" contains no alcohol. Its ingredients are plainly printed on each bottle wrapper. CAPE BAY POINT. 1 Tbe annual entertainment fcr the Sanday school will occur Wedneaday ' evening next and the program is going to be very interesting. Everybody I ! invited. j In order to be in the advance guard I in the march of prosperity George I 1 i Walters, William F. Smith and his ' j father, of Philadelphia, visited the - j Point to complete arrangements for Vi ] the purchase of extensive real estate - ' ; here. !| Tbe entertainment of* the Point . public school occurred on Tuesday I evening according to program noiwith- " ' standing the tempestuous weather 1 The ease and grace bf manner of pupils I [ : in assuming the different grotesque, | a humorous and sedate characters would <■ j have been a credit to much older performers. By request the affair is to be repeated at an early date. Mr. and Mrs. Weintrobe spent the holidays in Washington D. C. , Mies Sheppard spent her vacation in I the rural parts of Cape May County. ^ 1 ' Frank Bowne favored us by a'atay of 7. several days after Christmas. Tie committee having in charge the j ^ arrangements for the Sunday school display of stage oratory and music has ! ^ prepared a fine program. 1 ' _ . ! al a cure for misery ' "I have found a core for the misery w ■ malaria poison produces," says R. M. I | James, of Louellen, S. C. "It's called or Electric Bitters, and comes in 50 cent : bottles. It breaks up a case of chills or a bilious attack in .almost no time ; 1,1 ' and it puts yellow jaundice clean out of commission. " This great tonic med- , icine and blood purifier gives quick relief in all stomach, liver and kidney 1 complaints and the misery of lame back. Sold under guarantee at All Drug Stores. jan OABTORZA. ta. -^iMllMYMltelteglN*

^ 'or Men A % 1 hot aMk*. Bote dooc qxaaiaa-l^fe^ AtealasSa * 'tmt ""XsWn ^ ck*4lj'-fib^ "Ami" if JJ eaafig t — ■ sou I of aalectod hides sot from ths 9 7S «r« UaJaa n»4» aWt. floMry. IPOEIJ, pcrtcea. 5 ci ^ Thrrwfbrm. Crmvfor* S,Us « £ ro«r local "re wf.rA Mm || ^ SOLE AGENCY S. R. GIDDING ' CLOTHIER, HABERDASttER, AND SHOER 419 "Washington St. Cape May t«]ST|MJ BULLETIN 3 Erma. N. J.. Decfmbfr 19. 1908 No. 2. Christmas Goods PoUvored Free With, ia a Distance of Fear Miles We have tbem in abundance. A full CASH SALES.

line of Manicure Sets. Toilet Seto. smoker Sets, Bureau Sets. Chamber Sets. China Sets. Toy Sets. Shaving Mugs. Mustache CU|.«. looking Glasses. Pictures. Books. Gloves, Seckwear. fancy Suspender^ Blankets, Slippers. Fasdinators. Colognes, Vases. Images, "hriscmas Tree decorationn etc. December 21st. 22nd. 23rd and 24th give the following discounts : 20 per cent on Clothing : 10 per cent, Dry Goods and Shoes; 1C per cent, on Harnes- ; 5 per cent on all other lines of goods, excepting coal, on all

On those days we also w:|l have a r counter of a line of various goods at t 50 per cent discount. Do not let these E bargains slip. Come early and avoid . tbe rush. , We shell aud grind corn for toll on . Morday and Thursday ofeach week, - excepting on the 24th of Decern ber. A large supply of sweet and white 1 potatoes and turnips of our own raising. at the right price. Call, write or phone when wanting anything in any of these lines, r All goods delivered within four miles I free of charge.

We are still agents for Johnson Seed Company, also W. P. Stokes I Seed Company, find will call on gTowers shortly. REUBEN T. JONNSON - ERMA. N, J.