Cumberland County
New Jersey
Newspaper Stories
Cumberland County
New Jersey
Newspaper Stories
May 8, 1811
Was raised in Hopewell township, Cumberland county West New Jersey, by Mr. IsaacWheaton, a hog weighing 800 wt. 1 qr. 6 lbs and was killed on the 11th of April, 1811. The fat from the entrails, 26 lbs. He measured eight feet from the end of the nose to the root of the tail; seven feet four inches round the body, and three feet ten inches high. [The Centinel, Gettysburg, PA - Submitted by Nancy Piper]
Ingenuity
A person named Samuel Rodgers living in Maurice River township, in this county, has woven a shirt in all its parts, complete, without a seam. It is said the wristbands, shoulderstraps, collar, and even the button holes, are so ingeniously worked, that it is not necessary to apply the needle to any part of the shirt. Let the ladies look out or they may soon find our ingenious mechanics superseding them in the use of the needle – and so throw them out of employment altogether. (Bridgeton, N.J. Whig.)
[Gettysburg Compiler (Gettysburg, PA) October 23, 1822 Page 2 - Submitted by Nancy Piper]
Our old neighbors and friends at Bridgeton, New Jersey have for several years past been famous for raising fine pork. In 1823, a hog weighing 976 lbs, at the age of 20 months and 22 days, was raised and slaughtered by Mr. Norton Harris. This animal was truly a curiosity and excited much of the public attention. A bace of speculators offered a large sum for it, for the purpose of exhibiting it abroad and would doubtless have found it a profitable concern, but the spirited owner preferred slaughtering and selling it at home. The present season has produced its full share of this substantial aliment. The Bridgeton Observer furnishes the weight of eight hogs recently killed in that place as follow: One aged 17 months, 610 lbs, one 14 months, 494 lbs, one 490 lbs, one 445 lbs, one 382 lbs and three others at the age of 12 months and 16 days, weighing severally, 286, 360 and 324 lbs, making a total of 3462 lbs. – West Chester Republican
[Republican Compiler (Gettysburg, Pennsylvania) January 4, 1826 - Submitted by Nancy Piper]
Dr. Ephraim Bateman of Cumberland county has been elected by the legislature of New Jersey, a senator in congress, in the place of Joseph McIlvaine, deceased and also for six years from the 4th of March next. Dr. Batemen represented the state in the house of representatives for eight years. He is an old republican and was in favor of the election of Mr. Crawford but is friendly to the existing administration. His opponent was Theodore Freylinghuysen, Esq., the attorney general of the state, a federalist, also friendly to the administration. The vote was a close one, Mr. Freylinghuysen having received 28 votes and Mr. Bateman 29.
New Jersey Senator
We find (says the Delaware Gazette) that some of the most decided administration presses are assailing Mr. Bateman in terms of the strongest disapprobation, one of them asserting that “he bids fair to become a fit coadjutor of Randolph and Co.” from which it is evident that they would have preferred the election of his opponent, and that Mr. Freylinghuysen was really the administration candidate. – American Sentinel. - [Republican Compiler (Gettysburg, PA) November 22, 1826 - Submitted by Nancy Piper]
Bridgeton, N.J. July 21. -- Productive Cow
The famous Cow called “Steam Boat” in possession of Dr. William Elmer, produced last week a male and female Calf, at one birth, averaging 80 pounds each. This is the second time in succession she has brought forth twins and each pair averaging 160 pounds at a birth. She is now the mother of five living calves, the oldest but twenty-five months old and if killed and dressed now, she would weigh 600 pounds.
[Republican Compiler (Gettysburg, Pennsylvania), August 15, 1827 - Submitted by Nancy Piper]
May 17, 1882 - Squire Cook, of Mauricetown, since 1847 has read the Old Testament through 70 times, and since 1844 he has read the New Testament through 80 times. He has been a justice of the peace 80 years, and for 85 years has been a secretary of an Odd Fellows' Lodge. [Submitted by Shauna Williams]
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