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May 8, 1811
Was raised in Hopewell township, Cumberland county West New Jersey, by Mr. Isaac Wheaton, 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]
Gettysburg Compiler (Gettysburg, Pennsylvania)
October 23, 1822 Page 2
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.)
[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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