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r ■ . 1 . - - — volume xxxii.

cape may city. new jersey, saturday. march 19. 1887.

whole number. 1694.

cape may city. n. j.,1 w /. HKXtr EQmtXnS,r<MliXM*rrT*UUr. amar w. majd, mwr. U 00 a Tar strictly In A drancs. Ill>l nt> wax* HOT r»n> nr IDT* sex. Ifwtowtraal &»4i. J^EAJICNG 4 BLACK, ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW, CAMDEN, S. J. 3"-J p i J. r. UAMDte 4 80S, dkntTsts ■o *^I, T»»l5*B0ooO?nlu',W^7nM.1»y sftrrC. PlMir cocxv Borax— "IkorsJays ana S»1JAME8 M. B. HlLDBETHj ATTORN EY-AT-LAW AND •OLICRTOK. BABTSK amp KXARINBK in chaifcbrt. ^oraraat No u Woaatagton Btrett. chh»m«j V pENNINGTON T. IIILDRETH, ATTORNEY - AT - LAW SOLICITOR .IN CHANCER! , IN MARKET gT, CAMDEN, N. J. I EM-Brmnc* Ofla u Cape Ma/ Coon Hoow, . -e Bsfamtsv )it-j i««tnf« fcards. A B~ LITTLE, PRACTICAL ' i' A INTER AND GLAZIER, HBON— Ooema KM aext Aretle Dome. CATRMATCITT, IT. J. Orssr* Bar M lan at S. Jakuoa'a Mors. p v-" ' — ■--- — — J: p RUBEN TOWNSEND, - agent eor ccmbeblant) M HTPAL FIRE INSURANCE CO. JVa COMMIIMIIONIR OP DRBDH. (M»M at Cap* Ma/Cosnnoaaa, N.J.Jew a ^ c. gtle, HOtrSE, SIGN AND FRESCO TAINTER, oa pr mat crrr, n. j. ESTIMATES FURNISHED. qctbooaieis office. a eeiaaaEantcnaa woaVSn***eafs.l/<nttfpUie p-alk^UMk*^ atp»l to «• baaaa- a* g sr'KKOUATE OP THE OOONTT OP CAPE . at ate <*»• at Cap* a.t oeorl Hooaa, os TUB8DAT AND HATURDAT Plrtiew. WILLIAM BILDRRTH^ 0ANIEL C)t t

Utsn. Tolaco), Pijcs aM Fotct Goote. " BARBER SHOP ATTACHED,. CAPE MAT COURT BOUSE, N. J. blmk boqk&stationery & notioks join r-rira. Trewtwa tapklr. rots, TWINES. HAMMOCK". PULLTH AND ~ TEC III RfXTURBB, I-KIKET OUTLKHY. RHA«« AND COPPKH reoetpt of stxiy-avs eaota. tr J. B. OARR1BON. «t MAT! Wasklaginn ft. cepa Map N. J. Only Three Cents " a Packet. j 'PO PIT POULTRY in good eondiI Hon. and keep tbrm free from all dist aw*. To increase tlielr produbtion of •eg*. and make them more prsfltoble. " »<1 yon bare to do tf to ford Condimental Spice. It to pat up hi p«ckeU, and to not only i ha Cheapen! for all farm ttock, but to r.peelelly adapted to the needa and ueea ® of Poultry. THE OCHDIKENTAL FOOD CO. na-tp ""'^""philadrlphia gapOiUJUMBl SUble Iinare and MWBSBWM : 1 — sssissfflssffl— BkllGH'S $25. PHOSmiE -iBSSXiSsnismWatsl: t" -"^ ;bau8h & sons at«aaa J iajrrrActrMEBa ^^■S^pHllADnFHUt, PL PHOSPHATE a aaamflfs&i «« wmwsmzzz ■SB Bttiw

, l. e. miller, ' GENERAL- CONTRACTOR, MOVING BUILDINGS .4 "SPECIALTY, CAPE MAY CITY.ii. J. jyis-y oliver's ; • PEOPLE'S MARKET, No. 37 Jackson Street. .. CAPE MAY CITY. N. J. jyag-r ice"! ice! ice! Knickerbocker Ice & Coal Company, OF PHILADELPHIA. Suites Hotels, Marat! aM Cottajes wittr Pare Eastern lea. ALSO WITH THE BSHTtJUAUTT IIP coal! coal! CARRPCLLT PKRPAKRO POR PAKILT UHB. AND>t>lT WRI-.Hl' "•I'AKANTRKD per t0na. f. kendall " manufacturer op .. Doors, m, Blinfls, sijta, Soiii® Scroll Work, Wood Turnings and dealer in Lumber of all kinds. Ootrr, by mall will twl»* pn-nipt auentmn. om*a tiMrsss. Booth Bnrtlle. Cape pray Co , jr. J. )rt»-T " A. P KXBD^t.L. Kesri II*. «aili», W. |. R. R. J. K. R. BILDRRTH. AUoraBy-sl-Lsv aa<l Natry Powle. " A. B. LITTLe. HILDRETH & LITTLE. Real Estate Brokers, No. 4 OCEAN STREET. CAPE MAY. N, J. Eatatt Hou*til. sold and Kxchanaed. Hoiela, Bonrdlntt ■aaaea and collage. Rented, nealrable nalldlng I.ote new millinery store, " 49 Washington Street, Cape Ma*. N. J. Tan dor* naa b**a aloclad with a full Itnf oi STRAW AND MILLINERY GOODS. raablonani* anapaa la aaaaida Uaia. Iddlaa-aad^ Child raea Oollara, CnSa. Aprona and Gloraa Embroidery Qoods. Stamping done u> Order. OITR MR A TRIAL. JENNIE 3. WALES. EBBITT HOUpE, CAPE MAY CITY, N. J. ALL THR TRAIL JACCBON STRRBT. OPI-OSITR NBW COLUMBIA. 8. W. GOLT, 8. GOLT. .

AMERICAN HOUSE, ; Cheitnut Street (bet. 8th and 9th) Philada. — — • ■ • I'ta-'J JtEM TP. Wtfl.HI.I.AN. Proprlrlor. * West Jersey Hotel, FOOT Or MARKET BTREBT. CAMDEN. N..J. BaTlna Laalia and Kafnnilah-1 ih* ,'or, Hot*l. I us praparrd to rnrnlah mj tidanda and the p°hh'- wu> diamlaaa arconiawdaUcea. Am ihaakfal for pa>i puronae*. Good stablnp " °" 8TRPH8N P AIWOH8. Lata <tf Pvm*', RaUl, Oamdm. JOHN POTIHH H*r». tn-j JOSEPH P. HENRY. House, Sign and Frescoe Painter, CAPE MAY CITY. N. J. J2fl-r WILLIAM S. BARNETT, Excelsior Market,. P. E. Sharplesa Butter a Specialty. ' g WASHINGTON mUEET, CAtUt MAT CTTT, N. J. " CHARLES WEISO. BREAD AND CAKE BAKERY AND ICE CREAM SALOON, n-y , "o- » WABntNoiyN BTRBrr. CAPB MAT crrr, n. j. NATHAN C. PRICE. Surveyor and Conveyancer, CAPE MAY CITY. N. J. H DUKE & DOAK, Contractors and Carpenters, CAPE MAY CITY. N. J. ; HIRAM DEW ALT, MERCHANT TAILOR, ; • No. S 1 7 Chestnut- Streot. Philada. 1 " GEORGE E. CUMMINOS. Ill AGRNT POR TUB BALB OF 2 Bsilflin lull al Seaslle Part. Idaai Eeiflts, Aailesea & Pi. Pleasant — taapi- 7Q3 Wnlnut 8treit. PHi'nd.lphlB. GEORGE M. POWELL, 1 MERCHANT TAILOR, "" A wall II m I M*V City' it

w'hirtl A BTARTLIJfO TACT. j It is not commonly known thai a larga , |im|innlon of <bn rheumaliMn and ncu- ' | rulda extant U:iracenbto dimctlr (o tka ,g ii.ja. l rqadidun or imperfect action ol j .iii ltkliwya and liver: llierefore a remedy i vhijh cidca the rtvulliaR diaiilM musl tiaiiv |«*raona lifting Atlilo^hnr. for 'irprhod to fin<l that chronic diaorden ol 'i» liver .nid kidney* have abo been re'uly relieved and tlicr have written ey ran oijiUmllioD. The fi«4«i thai the -vnicily acta directly On ihrw organ* 1 ■villain; them from all' irritating snbtance* anil rcgiibting llieieaction. Taken I eoiudclion villi Alhlophofoa Pilla I hi; u , without excejitkm, the moat valuable j In. T ami liver rem.dr In the world, and vill cure a large propurtion of thoan who mvo these diaeaan. Copake Iron Worka, Copake. N. Y. For the last five year# I have been sub- ■ t to aevcre attacks of riieumatiam w liicli ■ ould cause me the m,>st excruciating pun n my chest; was obliged to put my tell uder the docWa can- for two or threv lonths at a time, and even then it was -V ilni'el imiiosBihle to get any relief. The W Taut lime I vraa taken my ton waa at home, I >nd I rwiuested him To evil the doctor, I lint he aaid he had heard of a new remedy for riieumatiam called Allilophoroe and r advised me to try it. I did and von can 1 pain after taking one bottle and have not o , ii iron' 1,-d ,iii' e. It saved me quite a sum of money, and what is better, I was 5 not obliged to' endure weeks ofaanliering ; *• would not be without it in the house. Have recommended it to others and It never falls to give relief. I. II. Patterson. •Every druggist should keep Athlophortn and Athiophoroa Pills, leu where they can not he bought of the druggist the Athlo phoros Co.! 112 Wall St., New York, v it send either (carr sge paid! on receipt <> _ regular price, which is f 1.(0 per bottb tor Athlophona and 50e. for I'ilis. llg«k!"'w«kn^',nrnTous,*0*tiHlt*IV''1' dood. Ac., A UtlopLonw Pills in unequal«sLIW| , kaskine. the new quinine. til MEM 8d HeaJacke. - Manga.'* KoEinfjEait ; (Sires dnitily ptantpw 7 a powerful tonic A SPECIFIC FOR MALARIA. RHEUMATISM, NERVOU8 PROSTARATLON POB <XILIW, K ASKINK HAS BEEN POUND ' TO BE ALMOST A SPBCIPIO. Baperlor to , Tatfc wMc!u*dbr^wi!lDe oYsitr 'me rasjT I m -rtju prasuaOOB aTier seven yeani soffrruig. Ho ; Mr«t, New Tort, vm rorol by Kasklue of 1 ^ Mrs. J*. lowson, ill Benren wreet, Brootlya, ■Safynra numftog by KamnVtmWiBioc BMyyitn stamllng Kssllns. upijaiaioe

■an MMIt having wholly failed. Rev. Ja-. I. Hall, map via Albany I'enlien. ri t aty. wr ic* that Kaakine baa oared his wife, afier Iwenly ytara sagertag from malar* and tl Lrtt.n from the above persons, giving fall '■ detain, wlu be beat oa aspiwntion. t Kaaklae can Iw taken without any special meiltcnt advice. SI per bottle. v8oW by Many A jiectay. Cape May. N. J.. or g, "lIB KABKlNECtT. m barren St.. New York A u HOW'S YOUR , LAMEBAf JJIi < THEN AND R BY WEARINQ e. y Hop Raster Why snftvwith an aehlcg tack wtierv a prompt , and pca^^i^^layahaodrjrbyj^^^ j Sfi elm.. 8 twSlVO. Malted ftw prW by rnjpnv- , *^**n°* i1 j i Winter Exposure CausBsCouehs r ttoMta, I .canay, Bbeaoataun, rDenmonia, Ncii. , UbMt^to^m^Reqwmw" IMpctne lUaMera I ate admitted to be the beat remedy known. Tbfj , appUcattou la of the least beneBt. Badotnen by , sow Phynctana and Dragglaw. Beware of imu ' sesssssids f mm when yon buy. AUdraggUU. BBABUKT . A JOHNSON. Prnpftttora, Jew York. m5-« . ctrl^tieaf Peck 'a Patent Impvoveil imwiloned Ear Drams, 5Xirt^lWanrtertou^Tn^bthSri Send . for iUvatrataB bank of proofs free, a duress rival F. HIBcOCK. S4» Brondwyy. N. Y. MaltlMifi Acahem;. RrbailotM Bolt, Mefija, ft. ^e'5f^eis:s!*s= - : dstl-sksie GK£.r'rKI!,S,K sr „ mtedwisrffjsss wnek can Ea nnaeUy maAs. Mu photu paiaiinr.

M jm " . Jog , : , 1|; . a^k W ■ i> Rnv. Parsons Townnond. « . j Among the lights of Methodism that. « have iltone along the sliorca of Cape May. J none have given a steadier or brighter - glow than (but oTJEe lateTaraons Town- •) send, whose electro we have the gratifiy cation of .presenting to our readers thin 1 week. Mr. Townscnd's memory stilt j lingers about the county as a fragrance I from bis former fields of labor in the i tanse of liis Master. There never ha« ■ titan bis in Uic history of the church of s Ihte county. lie possessed an individuality peculiar his own. and un intellect a of layering strength compared with i many others who occupied higher po i- ■ tions than Ids in the councils of I lie t church. His modesty and splf-ahnrga-actcr. Always thinking more of the | welfare of others than Ids own. he re i mnincd the humble doer of the Word to ! the end of n most aseful H'e. Mr. Townsend had a been sense of the ludicrious. and was naturally n witty man nil of which bubbled forth unconsciously to himself. Some of hisdroll remarks were I most enjoyable, and It was ever n surprise to him that he had said anything at all remarkable, ills, was a naturally ' .religious nature, full of the milk of luinun kindness, and one in which all could i sympathy. He lovnl the church of his cholQe and ever put her interests shove i all else besides. by devoting his life to the enc object that was ever before hiui al- , luring him on to a high state of Christian ' perfection and Influence among ilmse , with whom he associated. His religious experience was ever deep and uniform, lie was not one day on Pisgah's lop and another in the valley of Despondency. The Bible was to him a most familiar book, and his study of it giveff the key i to his living faith at»U great spiritual ' strength. In his deration he was as re- [ gular as the *un himself. In public , prayer and testimonies of the jiower of | religion his witnessing was most thrlll- • Ing, as many thousands of living per, , sons will testify. His familiar form [ and voice are yet fresh in the memory of bis co-laborers, and it will be many along ! year before they fade from it. It will no doubt he of interest to our r

readers to give them a brief outline of i the rise of Methodism in lower Cape May s in connection with the sketch of Mr. t Townsend's life. So early as 1781, James l Crowd! preached In the county, living I succeeded by John Fldler, John McClos- < Benjamin Abbott, anil otbcia. The i of these pioneers resulted In many I conversions about the county. Among f early ones wero the Goffs. of Weal > Creek. Peter Coraoo'i family in Upper Township, Nathan Crewe, in I)»nnis; ! David ITIIJrcfh and Philip Cresre, in t Middle, and Abram Woolaon, In Lower, t There constituted the sowers of the teed I In the early days of the M. E. chnrch of ■ the Cape. About 1802, the county was t formed Into a circuit, Richard Swain ' , having charge of It. He was succeeded ' ; In following yean by David Dunham and i i Caleb Morris. The circuit reached no I further down thsn the present site of the ■ j Tabernacle churcli. being a part of the Salem itenerary. There wss preaching . | at different point* in private resiliences i I andrehool houses every two weeks. A little later Cape May was attached totlieCumJ bertond circuit- In 1807. David Bartinr j and Joseph Stevens traveled it and were I by William Smith apd Charles lived, the year following they tended I their labors all the way down to Cape J May. The same year a building . or meeting bouse wss begun, the first Tabernacle, under many discouraging circumstances. However, It was so far comI plcUilgby fall that Iler. Joseph Tollett : dedicated It, using the carpenter's bench i for a pulpit. It served thh people for thirty-five years and is j^wcribed in the ' early chronicles of the reclhtj^as an un. ! comfortable affair, given to lanky roof [ and walls. Here it where the parents ' of the subject of this history, Israel 1 Townaend and Abugnil Townrentl wor1 shiped. as we learn from records courteously furnished im by an offlc r of the f cburcn. The old building got so dilaplr dated that a committee comprising, Israel a Townaend. Parsons Townseod and Wil- \ liarn Price was formed In 1840, to accept a gift ol tontLfrom Margaret Harnett, of . Cold Spring, npen which it was designed to build s new meeting house to take the place of Jthe old. one. The enterprise meeting with opposition it was abandoned and the society continued to worship 1 I In the old house, often reported .by Mr. Jj! Israel Tosmsend to tie quite worthless, si ; Not succeeding here the ssme committee £ j turned its attention to the '-Island.", as «■' it was then called, and succerded Incom- ■ pteting s meeting house thrre In 1843 * J; the name building now being used by the ■ A. M. E. Church on Franklin street. In u 1844, Jacob Lnndcnslager being in 5 charge, tbc people of the T b rnadc , * were tiiomughly west led of their old , jl bouse of -worship, and resolved to build | J" a DOW one, which r, solution was con- | taminated on the Mill of November of I lie : - name year soil dodicatcil by Rev. D. W. 2 Bartine. It waa not rill lAfiO, while Ar. K- Street and Jos. Gaskill were preachers £ in charge that Cape May was set off as a at dtoUnctcireuit. In the same year a church

ouilding wss erected at Green Creek. The write.- waa a lad at that time, earning a little money of his own. he remembers his father, a. devout and earnest Methodist, encouraged him to make a *', contribution to the edifice ,of ten dollars, quite a large sum for those days. This event is brought to mind by looking into the life of Mr. Townaend and related circumstances. It is an interesting hit of church Illstory In relation to present events that Charles S. Downs and SnmnelF. Johnson were on the circuit in 1883 during the temperance agitation of the times. The ly advocated the "Maine law," tbuh early putting themselves on the right " side ol this great question. In February, 1856, a gracious awakening and revival took place at the Tabernacle, the church being greatly built upv thereby. The year following Morell's- meetings were ■ lt blessed in the conversion of many per. jrt sons, the records placing the number 1 ,r at about cue hundred. We learn that ' T Bishop Scott attended the fourth quarter- I j. ly meetings at the Tabernacle in 1862. ' is and ordained at Cape May in the even. ' 1, ing Mr. Townseod as local deacon, thus I 'r and administer the communion, loiier ■ L, there w*« a desire to bestow upon him I ,r eider's orders, but he derlin-d. pre- ' )f ferring to modestly go on in the quiet '« 1. "»y thai he had mapped out for i himself. His father, Rev. Drael Town ' Ii «nd. died this year old and full of boa. i I. nra. He had filled a great mission of > ,r usefulness to his fellow men nnd the ' church. His labors had hern co-cxM- I r. cut with the rise of Methodism in Cape • * fifty years. BThc church deeply mourned I „ the low of this aged saint His cool head ' ,. and skillful bamj had been felt in di- ' ,, reeling the affairs of the infant society ' ,j while laboring under the difficulties of ! „ the situation. He wasa pillar of strenglti 1 .c anil his devotion to duty formed a con- I r_ spicuous tract of character of ihfeqiin- ' ,1 ncer. At a good old age. a* before no- 1 1 y tired he wob not for God took him. His < ;. mantle fell iqion most worthy shoulders t ,j in the person of his son lhirsons. who ({ was born in Cold Spring. ( 'ape May 1 1 i, county, on October lSlb. 1807. He t ■c was of English Quaker origin, his anra-s- j I ir try in this county dating hai k to John M I. Towntrnd. who came to Cape May in I „ 1 680 from N, w York , from which . olony ' „ t on id I lie period that were heaped upon i the head* of hapless Quakers. The . I(J fatuity became widely scattered, but in I •y It may tie remarked here that Samuc! a| Spiror arrived al Cape May in comg. pany with Mr. Townsend, having been ic driven away for same causes. Tbc if Spleen were very prominent in the I II. early snnais of Capo M»y, Jacob having r, handed down to this generation a diary i m showing that his family, with the Town- i af sends, were among the largest laiidholdg era • f the times. The Spicer family lias persons of that surname are now liv. 1

in tlie county. On the contrary tlic a soil seemed to suit Uio Townsend.* for r tliey hue multiplied exceedingly, the f genealogical tree showing branches that t grown and intertwined among c other family trees of the county. His i descendants in South Jersor, ere nuni- s hcred by the hundred, and whenever c found they preserve a distinct and cir- r cumstantial history of their ancestry. i When John Townsend came to Cape v May there were no white settlers In c the county. He finally, after looking t over it, settled on lands now owned < by Thompson VanGilder. Mr. Town- 1 «cnd had born to him after comiug to the Cape, Richard, w-lio was the first ■ white child born in what now corn-irises i Upper aod Dennis townships. John had i other children, but the line seems to j de'eended through this ton Rich- | ■ird, for Srlranus, and Sarah the only i laughter, died soon after settling of n disease which the Mate Dr. Beesley pro. > trounced, after examining the records. ■ -int-umonia. Richard married Millicent Somen, of Somcr'a Point, and raised a - large family. The oldest tson of this ■. union was John who was twice married. I his second wile being Tabiths Young. I She was the mother of John Townsend. ■ who settled and died at Goshen. His - son Israel vraa the father of Parsons, who shall largely occupy the attention . of the reader to the end of tills brief tits- ■ lory. His brother S urates Is now a i minister of the New Jeraoy Conference. I I which relation he has held for many r years. Parsons grew up a rugged boy, ! his schooling being only what he could . ob-ain from the teachers of the days of t bis growing youth. He was ever fond i of communing with nature, and probI ably learned more from het than he . ever did from the poor text books and . poorer schools of the period. His life B on his father's farm was not different . from other boys. He bad his trials and I disappointments, but he bad the advan- . (ago of his peers In bto excellent parents. I They were the means of shaping kb f naturally reverent nature into a channel j that eventually led to his suhaeqnenl a usefulness in his -day and general! n. e Parsons was always of a model roliring i. nature, loving lite solitude of the field p and woods, leaving the frivolities of •, the party and the fooli hness uf his time ,, to others. Very early he developed the K .gold i hit eonstl uted the*nnderlving lied * rock of his moral constitution. He. p howeve', frequently entered Into the l.a athletic sports of h s times, and It was s r quick muscular boy who could get tlie n I wtter of him in a fair and square tussle n for ynnthful championship. ; liis conversion took place in his eigb(1 tcettfh year and was as remarkable as *> (1 many other events of bto life. Oit'e were no extra services, or t religious exIC ! citement at the time He r. tired one | evening just as usual, with no serious I. thoughts, bat awakened before mldn night under d-epeat convtcUoo. H ' eoalo not sleep, bat areec and began the :b ' reading of the Ijnriptarv. Finding no kS2»."'

. peace in this exercise lie got up and rer paired to the field "and there ened for' - mercy and forgiveness. His was t away from home at the time, but his , praying iu Ric cold right air ami went s to his aid. bringing him hack into the * house aBil prayed with him. He eon 1 tinned in deep exercise of mind' for more than a week, when one evemng * while attending in his work about rile t farm, ihr Lord blessed him by revealing a himself in a wonderful manner. He e tew friends who were present and then :- j followed a grand praise meeting. S He began his religious life by taking t an active pari in the rhumb, and lie so , grew in spiritual strength thai in Iwo 1 years lie was licensed to exho-t and soon a after became a local prearher. About . but not feeling sure of Ids rail he der dined. It is thought liy hi* friends and r the mistake of his life and it was aiwayRut his declination of ministerial or. r dcr did not aland in his way as a worker i tlie vineyard of the 1-ord. He was 'meeting, or^hool house this aide ol ■ River where his voice has nol . often been heard in Ids wonderful . appeals to ihc unconverted 10 seek saliu behalf of those who were In. i different about religion. With liiro * were -associated such men in his early I as 1 inlay Hewitt, Nallinn Corson and I others of ihr sturdy Methodism of those days. Surh meetings as those days are to Abigail Hewitt, agister of I in. From I liis onion were horn Ahagail 1 1'., Samuel and Sarah (J. Townaend. The children are all married and highly esteemed in their respective rommmii- . I for them. Tliosewlrolivc 1 miles away i would come in wag n« ami never expect i Ito gel h -.me befmrtwelienr one o'clock. ' j |iowrr of these old revivals yet I tlM-lli wa« .Mr Townsend. lie was . revival work, nr rondurring an old 1 fasldtineil I Jive Feast. His burning - words and enthusiasm were conlagions. ■ I tie re cult! b- no dull meeting where ■ his presence oversliadowed like a genial ! el ion from the better world. [ While his life was a clreumscrilietl one r so far as length and breadth go. in phys- - his example and the good done by him I will continue In live till tlie entl of time. . wits nne nf II, e umsl riil,., t one most modest a

and roliring of men, Ihc only p-oof I needed of rids 1 icing the well known < among his colaborers that I he Iiisliop i had to come all tlie way to Cape May to i confer the dignity of the deacon's oilier I him. He could not he induced tr r to conference no way. He ever dr. t clincd all preferment with cha actrristic t mode ty, ever thinking more of the ad. was as reluctant to attend other convo; cations, besides conferences of his minis- ' tcrial hrethen, as in having ecclesiastic ( I dignity conferred upon him. N. C. , . n lates how nc by much persuasion c i as Induced to attrnd sn impo lant ' meeting "f til" church at Vim-land J i 41 any nf the clergymen prelum, taking i ! a proml'irnt part. Few of them knew I , from p. rsonal experience Mr. Townsend ' tiut of couise.ome had licsrtl of him. '■ it seems that tlie president recognized ' him among Ihr delegates on nne oc- asinn. i tnd when the tiin - came to make the , ipcnl 'g prayer Brother Townsend, who sat back in a far corner of the room go ' t he invitation to do it. He arose from ' l ds seat and with that peculiar gait lor i i which he waa known advanced to tlie , JstfoFm. Th" plainness of his attire, and ap- ■ parent embarrassment drew the alien- * tion of the* aod trace and whispers ran . 'ver it as to who the pis n looking , Brother from Cape May migbwbe. He raised Ills long arms high when he wa * at the appointed place, and then tell up1 on his knes and began to pour forth It. . eM^uent- language a prayer that fairly , shook the assemblage. Heads would Ikraised and a quick look taken at the * malrsty of his inspiring rb-toric. When , he had finished, there was for a time siy lenee only broken by the suppressed . amens of those present. Buch was the power of this man In prayer, that some J of his appeals for (livlne interference u with the plsns of the wicked were gran" p and imp t ng to the believer, and remois • , t ■ the un«av*d beyond words to express. In the Sunday school cause he waa an e earnest, faithful and effilcent worker a» it teacher and superintendent, ever being ,1 held In the highest esteem by his coworkers in the training school of the i. A volume might be written of the In- . Turner that Inflows the good works of ,] Mr. Townsend. and of his power in lb* rellglou' culture of his tiotempararles but space makes it necessary tq bring '• this biography tff a close. Me hope the g reader lias enjoyed jperuslng the iketFh ,1 a* well as tho-wriler In preparing ll. a w. Hand. * Take It This Month. * Hpriog rapidly approaches, and It to d important that everyone should be pre- ■. pared for the depressing effects qf the e tanging season. This to the time to purity the blood, and strengthen the " system, by taking Hood's Barsspanlla, ie which stands unequalled as a spring !e m dlelne, and has endorsements of a character seldom given any propi ietary medicine. A book containing statamenis »: of the many wonderful cures It has aero yompHshed. will be sent upon appllcare catloti to O. I. Hood 4 Co., Aputbccarina. Lowell, Mass. 100 Doses One Dollar. . us Honest, temperate, energetic man rt_ wanted by R. G. Chase & Co., 1480 South I'vnn Spuare. Phils., to solicit | ' rdera for Uieir superior nursery stock, se They offer permanent employment, and I >° goo* pay.

: OUR CLASS,r We itff-lnre a vacatiqp this week and * give the Class a little recreation - hy the • way of diverting their minds fn-m school . )' books and such matters as pertain to i them. All work and no play will make : p Jack a dull boy. just as all play and no . ■- work will. The Class may be excused ir from those three-cornered problems we f have all ready, and may try to answer ' the following put pauri of diverting v thittfcs. By the way. the county examf i nations are drawing very near, nnd the » teacher tropes every boy and girl who D have previously won a first grade certifi. ' cste of merit may make a heroic effort f to get a diploma. It takes work of " course, hut no good is accomplished in. 0 tlito world of effort without labor. So " go on with your studies and be prepared 11 when the week of examination shall '• to give you the recess anil here we arc ' giving advice. Now for the fun . 11 I. My first is an exclamation , Mysrcrmd-pari ora p!W 7 " My third plaee of public contest ; ' My fourth hand near the sea* ; 1 My fifth dull or soiled. M y tl st of second part is a letter always double yet single; ' My second is used for fodder; ' My third Is lo ravage or lay waste ; ' My fourth is vast iu extent. 1 The central letter of each word will [ give the name of the first paper published 2. A member of the body— also ail ■ < ditor beheaded— I am a conjunction. 1 1 am of slow creeping motion— behead • I am made of iron— and necessary to be A package of goods— beheaded all I prohibitionists shun me. 1 am the result of heat- behead ine and I will glvp yriu light. lama metal behead me and lain no lunger pig. 3 Do-yon understand this ? If Moses I was the son of Tharoah's daughter thin Mose* wb« the daughter of Tharoah's 4. Here is a note for the gucsacrs, and there's nol so much guessing in it a-yip. pears on the face of it. In the historical i race between the hare and the tortoise i assume' that the hare could run ten I mca faster than the alow going tortoise, I anil then show that the hare. If he start- . ed 1011 yards behind the tortoise, would I never overtake him although both . should run rill Doomsday. ; 5. Here is a neat riddle from St. AW.. r ol'ii for March . » Guess a riddle now you must, « Stone is fire and fire'ls dust. I Black is red ami red is while f Come and see the pretty sigh'. 6. How much did A. lose? B. went i- into a store and bought a pair of hoots, I the price of which was ¥.5. He tendered a ¥50 bill to A. in payment. A had no r change but got ¥50's worth of C. who - lived just across tlie street. Ile'thcn . handed the boot* and forty dollars in * change over to A., who then went off about his business. After he had been

and said, "This bill is counterfeit," al. luding of course to one, ho had Just hanged for A. "All right," said A, "I will make it good." and he (lid. Now the question is how much did A. loose? get excited and give this up. but examine it carefully. The best answer the five have a paid up subscription the Ways for one year. Savaa His Life. Mr. D. I. WHcoxson, of Horse Cave, say* he was, for many years, badly atltieteu with Thlli isle, also Dialietes'i the pains were almost unendurable and would sometimes almost throw nim into convulsions, lie tried Electric Bitter* and got relief from first bot'le and after takiug six ironies, was entirely cured, and had gained in flesh eighteen pounds. Says lie positively believes he would died. Had it not been for the relief afforded by Klrctric Bitters. Hold st 50 cents a boltlr hy Dr.vKennedy. 6 "I was never exactly huri d alive," sail! an old clerk recounting his experience, "Ant I once worked a week, in a Store that did not advertise. When 1 came out my head was about as whitens you now see it. Solitary confinement did It." | Every one to aware that when a per. , son with a cold retires for the night tie ; experiences a tickling in th* throat and a difficulty in breathing. One or two doses of Dr. Seth Arnold's Cough Kllli-r , will remove troubles of this nature and give tlie sufferer a good night's rest. Give it a trial and so be convinced. For «a!c by all druggists. Price 20c. 50c. p and ¥1.00 per botue, n Dr. 8-th Arnold's Sugar Coated Hll- . ious Pills unequaled for CnstiveneM, 1 Jaundice. Liter Troubles. 95c. e Thackaray once said that a woman's e heart to Just like a litbogrepher's stone— " what It once written upon It can't be rubbed ouL Let an heiress once fix her n affections on a stable boy, and all the * preaching In the world will not get her F thoughts above oat boxes and curry "Her features are not regular, yet what ,f an attractive face she baa.'" It Is her „ beautiful hair. Once it was thin, gravlsh « and failing. A few bottJca of Parkfra's * Hair Balsam wrought the transformed™. c It will do as much for anybody. h _ . An agricultural exchange thinks that th# old fashioned plough is soon destined to become a thing of the past. We have often thought it was bring run into the * ground. e Bodily pains are ins'antlr relieved by o the u»e of St. Jacobs Oil. Dr. It. Bute ler, Master of Arts, Bambridee Universk lty, England' says, "Its act* like msgic." Boards of Health endorse Red Slur ■ y Cough Cure as a speedy and sure remedy s lor oouglis nnd colds. Scientists prolimine: It entirely vegetable ami flee i- from opiates. Price, twenty-five cents a bottle. " - . "In the good old limes," they used to hang a woman for merely "hooking" a n d ess. 10 — It The torturing painful disease, neural* r. | gia to instantly relieved and rapidly cured id I far Salvation Oil. At ail druggists. Price twenty -Ave cento. - . ' / ' ;U