News From Osbornville, 1879
from the New Jersey Courier 15 May 1879
Your readers will want to know where Osbornville is; well, it is in Ocean County, NJ. The "Neck", that is the Old Metedeconk Neck, quietly gave up the ghost and died without a struggle last week. The mourners went about the streets horror stricken on account of the sudden demise. It happened in this wise:
A few weeks ago, our people set about the work of getting a post office at this place, and the agent of our old Uncle Samuel said we could have one, but first we must select a name. So you may be informed that everybody in this region, man , woman and child, "and the rest of mankind", had a name, and everybody wanted everybody's name given to the new post office.
Mr. J.W. Osborn is Postmaster, and Mr. J. Barton Osborn will carry the bag and whatever put there in.
Your readers will want to know where Osbornville is; well, it is in Ocean County, NJ. The "Neck", that is the Old Metedeconk Neck, quietly gave up the ghost and died without a struggle last week. The mourners went about the streets horror stricken on account of the sudden demise. It happened in this wise:
A few weeks ago, our people set about the work of getting a post office at this place, and the agent of our old Uncle Samuel said we could have one, but first we must select a name. So you may be informed that everybody in this region, man , woman and child, "and the rest of mankind", had a name, and everybody wanted everybody's name given to the new post office.
Mr. J.W. Osborn is Postmaster, and Mr. J. Barton Osborn will carry the bag and whatever put there in.
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