NJ Herald Weds 7 Sep 1898 A very pretty little runaway took place in Shaytown last week. Joshua COLE has a very smart four-year-old colt which he has been speeding a little and his driver, Mr. TITSWORTH, was not equal to the task. Bert MORRIS is named a teacher in Stillwater school for September 1898 The descendants of Garret and Elizabeth CORTRIGHT held a reunion on Tuesday of last week in the grove on the old home- stead near Greenville, Orange county. The special feature in the gathering was the celebration of the ninetieth birthday of Mrs. Courtright, who is in full possession of her faculties and is enjoying remarkably good health for one whom so many years have passed. Mrs Courtright was the mother of fourteen children, ten of whom are still living, and all, with the exception of Wallace, of Barryville, Sulivan county, were present. They were: Nancy, wife of Thad SEELEY, of Greenville; Julia, wife of H. L. HUNT, of Greenville; Jane, wife of B. F. MOORE, of Greenville; Sarah, wife of L. A. ELSTON, of Westtown; Mary, wife of S. W. REED, of Greenville; Margaret, wife of J. A. DETCH, of New York; Alice, widow of Morgan McGILL, of Greenville; Bowdewine and Aaron, both of Unionville. Their children and their children's children to the number of about fifty, were also present and four generations sat down to a bountiful repast which was spread at the noon hour. The families representing the neices and nephews present were: Austin ABER and family, of Port Jervis; Levi COURTRIGHT and family, of Sussex co. NJ; A. COURTRIGHT and family of Westtown; Erastus COURTRIGHT and family of Greenville, Mrs. Nellie COURTRIGHT and family of Coleville, NJ; Lewis COURTRIGHT and wife of Scotchtown; G. LEE, of Circleville, Bowdewine COURTRIGHT of Mt. Salem, NJ and Mrs Charles QUICK and Miss Jennie LEE of Matamoras, PA. The telephone is comparatively an innovation in this county, it having yet been in existence within our boundaries for less than a year. However, it is gradually coming in general use and there are more business places in Newton that are thus connected than those that have not adopted this modern convenience. Another new use of the telephone is that it is a practical and trustworthy weather barometer. While in the Herald office the other day, Miss DEPUE, who has charge of the central office of the Sussex Telephone Company in Newton, stated that she could detect by the telephone the approach of a shower a number of hours before it occurred, by the buzzing sound conveyed over the wire by the disturbance in the air. During a heavy thunder storm, there are a good number more pleasant places to be than in a telelphone office. The commotion created by the heavily charged atmosphere creates a snapping and cracking all along the line, that it is very suggestive of a final smash up. At such times, Miss Depue informed us, she is careful to "ground" all the wires connected with the office, and no matter how urgent the call, it receives no reply until the clouds have rolled away. Lafayette - The povery social held at the residence of Richard VAUGHN last Thursday evening was a complete success and the attendance was large. And such an attendance - one would have thought that a lot of old rag bags had got loose. The costumes were all that could be expected, and some were most startingly original. The prizes for most original and amusing costumes were awarded to Mrs. Mary KELLAR and Harvey S. HOPKINS. Excellent music was furnished by Misses Emma K. WARBASSE and Anna D. COUSE, Mrs. Oscar A. SHOTWELL and the Lafayette orchestra. The proceeds amounted to $23. Happy Hunting, Cathy DiPietro vdpcom@warwick.net listowner: NJSussex