The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1891-02-06
ADeIishtfuI surprIse.

January 80, 1891, 1.-THE day which was
to have arrose, had a%rriven," and the
weather was as bright and balmy as a
spring day, causing the black-birds and
crows. as well as sisters, cousins and
aunts Especially his cousins, whom be
reckous by the %score,) Of George Homer
to take advantage OF the opportunity to
help surprise himself and wife. OF the
one hundred and seventy principally
cousins) who had been invited to partiei-
pate in this complete SURPRISE" about
ninety were present. When the twenty
five or thirty carriages wheeled into their
pleasant home at Green Bank" the good
wife's silent exclamation was 20, my; we
haven't a thing for them to eat!' No
wonder the ample contents OF the family
cupboard paled before such a multitude,
but as the company began filing in with
well-laden baskets of the careful house
keepers choicest productions, her secret
fears dissolved and 10. she found herself in
the midst of plenty aud to spare. For
beside the ample productions spread upon
the grooming tables from this Garden
State" there was represented. the choicest
products from Maryland's oyster beds, the
luscious fruits from Florida's orange
groves and banana trees, and a variety of
nuts from the ''sunny Southland" as well
as a number of the domestic birds that had
evidently left Jersey and climbed a tree
that they might not be required to join III
the Christmas festivities, which, from the
balminess o ftle air, they no doubt thought
was past, leaving them safe for another
year, but alas. turkeys, like people. are
| sometimes thrown into a stew when they
least expect 1t.
Among those present were Martha Kirk
bride, Caroline Fl Gaunt. Alice G. STRAIT
ton aud Mary A. Kirby. sisters of the hap
by host; Theodore Stoy and wife. Mer-
chantSille; Rebecca Lippincott and son,
Thomas Borton aud wife, Carrie H.. Gaunt,
Mullica Hill: Fillmore Gaunt and wife,
Point Airy; WIN. s. Harker, Philadelph.s;
Geo. H. Kirby and wife, Cooper Coles Inc
wife, Woodstown; Samuel II. Moore.
Swedesboro; Mrs. Edwin G. Kirby and
daughter, Verna, Hafrisonville, neices and
nephews of the host. Hope S Moore and
daughter, Hattie, Mullica Hill; Frank
Horner aud wife, Jacksonville. The
Homer. Mullica Hill; Ricbman Coles, wife
ard daughter, Ellen, Sue Horner, Chalk
ley Coles and vile, VIM. NJ. Coles, wife
and daughter, Emma, Thomas Coles and
wife. Jippincett Coles and wife, Edwin
L. Borton and wife, Eta Moore. Eliza
Bishop, Susan Gauut, Eliza p. Gibson,
Elmer CANT and wife, Charles Gaunt
and wife. Woodstown; Charles X Horner,
wife and daughter, Belle, Jacksonville;
Bartholomew Coles and daughter, Matte,
Wing Lane; Joseph Coles and daughter,
Emma. Ira Coles, Mullica Hill; Morgan
Coles, Harrisonville; Martha Moore.
Barnsboro; Amos Peterson and wife.
W~oodstown: William E. GauDt, wife and
daughter, Emma. Geo. Gaunt and wife,
Paulsboro; Eli Kirby. R~ichmantown.
Others present were Barclay Edwards,
wife and daughter. Sallie, Samuel Pan
coast, wife and ~dauRhters. Woodstown.
Regrets were received from Mr.. aud Mrs.
w. III. II. Roberts, Orange, N. j..
Others invited and unable to attend
we're Phineas Kirkbride and wife,
Marlton. N. j.; I. Oakford Acton and
wife, Salem; Chalkley Kirby and
wife, Philadelphia; Edgar A. Smith and
wife, Wenonah: Asa Horner and wife,
Elijah Horner and wife. Colorado; DR.. III.
p. Ewes and vile, Wilmington. Del Louis
d. Horner, West Chester, Pa Frank
Coles and wife. Point Pleasant. N. J.;
Mrs. Sallie Ann Kivet, Sullivan, Ind W.
Holt aud wife, Henry Gaunt, Covington,
Ky. The net weight of the entire com