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Newspaper
Plainfield Gazette
Location
Plainfield, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Mar 22, 1849
Page
1
The Plainfield Gazette lists weekly publication each Thursday. Subscription options include village and mail rates with advance payment requirements and ad pricing per insertion and length. Agent Mr. V B Palmer in New York is authorized to handle subscriptions and ads. December 21 1848.
Notice outlines a winter schedule for the New York and Plainfield line and related rail and boat connections. It details departure times from New York foot of Liberty Street and Courtland Street, Plainfield, and Whitehouse, with various fares by rail and steam boat, plus instructions to passengers to buy tickets before boarding and that conductors will not sell boat fares.
Advertises Wheat Flour by barrel, Buckwheat Flour, Indian Meal, Feed and general groceries including Shad Mackerel Fresh Ground Coffee Molasses Vinegar Raisins Cheese Lard Soap Soda Sugar Candles Teas Spices Lamp Oil Tobacco and Segars. Promises cheap cash prices and thanks customers for past favors. Plainfield December 1848.
For sale 121 2 acres with seven acres cultivated and fenced along the main road from Basking Ridge to New Market at $200. Also 6 1 2 acres unimproved nearby offered together or separately for $230. December 1848.
Melissy Poole recalls a long courtship with Josiah Magwire amid village gossip. A plan by sister Bedott steers them toward a secret rendezvous and a late confession leads to an engagement and marriage, with lingering community talk about Hanner Canoot and others.
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