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Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1895-02-21
IF HE HAD DREAMED
THE PROPHETIC VISION THAT MIGHT
HAVE VISITED WASHINGTON.

The Federation Was to Grow From an
Insignificant Power In the Wilderness
to One Of the Most Powerful and Ex-
tensive Nations of the Earth.
Suppose George Washington had
dreamed of the future greatness of the
popular empire he was so instrumental
in founding.
Suppose that when his heart was most
cast down, when he and his little army
Of ragged continentals were freezing
and starving through the short days and
long nights of the winter at Valley
Forge, he had lain down to sleep and
been privileged to behold prophetic
vision. It would have been one of the
most wonderful dreams that have ever
visited mortal man. II would have CIV
en- him new life. new heart, new strength.
Not many Of those who will peruse these
lines have the slightest idea Of the mar
wells that would have been unfolded to
the Father of His Country in that vision
even though they daily behold them.
All Americans know abstractly the
progress of the republic has been nm
exampled in the history of the world
and the race, but few have any compre-
hension of the glorious facts, which are
really so notable that he who can con-
template them without an accession of
patriotic feeling is poor coot, crea-
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1895-02-21


ture in whose veins there circulates
fluid more like rainwater than the strong
and virile blood of healthy manhood.
When Washington was at Valley
Forge. the people for whom he was
lighting the battles that should weld the
colonies into one Of the chief nations of
the earth occupied, and but sparsely,
only a narrow strip of territory along
the Atlantic coast. 1t was but partially
subdued. There were no roads worth
speaking Of, nearly all manufactured
products had to be brought from abroad,
the institutions of learning were feeble
and widely scattered, of culture there
was great lack, and the beginnings of
art and literature on this side of the At
lantic were yet to be made.
Now-now the United States is one
Of the dominant powers of the whole
earth, and if there is serious lack in any
direction OF human progress whatever
it is only because not quite time enough
has yet elapsed since the first blow for
American Independence was struck. In
all considerings Of the growth and evo-
luton Of this land and nation it should
be remembered that the nation is not
yet quite 118 years old and that at its
birth more than nine tenths of its terri
tory was wilderness absolutely untrod-
den by the white man.
George Washington's dream at Val
ley Forge would have been of a nation
Of 10, 900, 900 souls, or more than 90
times as great as the population then,
for in 1880 there were, according to
the first federal census, but 3,070, 900
inhabitants here. He would have been
vastly amazed no doubt by the fact that
in less than 120 years the residents of
the United States were to bear the nu-
merical proportion of to 4 when COM
pared with the population Of the Brit
ish isles. He would have marveled at
the wonderful urban growth of the ma
tion no was founding, and the fact that
beside round half dozen Of the cities
that were to bo ia tho United States the
LONDON OF tnat uay was q small town
would have seemed incredible.
He could not but have been amazed
by the territorial growth Of the country
as revealed in his dream, for among 9TH
er things he would have seen that all
France could be put down within the
area of the largest state of the Union of
the future and leave sufficient vacant
space from which to lay out country
as large as Turkey in Europe Yet the
figures Of such dream would have been
more than true, for the area Of Texas is
265. 780 square miles, that Of France
204, 092 and that Of Turkey in Europe
but 81, 200. SO that even after taking
France and Turkey from the Lone Star
States territory strip of land 10 miles
wide and As As miles long would be
left over
Possibly that would have been the
most startling Of all the features of the
dream to him, for France occupied no
doubt very prominent place in all his
thoughts by reason Of its friendly atti-
tude to the new power this side the sea,
but 1t would have been really Of less
import than the fact that the distance
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1895-02-21

from Jne as yet untoundeu caplIaI or Ine
new republic to the most remote state
thereof was nearly third as much
again as the distance between London
and st. Petersburg. And yet that again
is true, and the traveller who should Jour
ney as far eastward from Paris-then, as
now, the capital of Francois from
Washington, the capital Of the United
States, to Tacoma, would pass through
Rome, once the capital of the greatest en-
pire of paganism, to Constantinople, the
ancient capital of the Byzantine empire,
on through Turkey, in Europe, into Per-
sia and to Teheran, its capital, and still
more startling comparisons Of distances
might be made if Alaska, the unorgan-
lied arctic possessions of the republic,
were to be taken into consideration.
Washington dream would have
shown him, moreover, that in the years
to come his country was to lead all 9TH
ers in the production of wheat; of sill
yer; of all but one, the then undiscover-
ed giant island, Australia, in the output
of gold; was to be second to Great Brit
ain only in the mining Of coal, was to
be exceeded in foreign commerce only
by Great Britain and Germany, and was
to possess a larger internal commerce
and hette- facilities Tor Internal com
munication than any other nation in the
world. He would have seen, too, that
his country was to be uniformly sue
cessful in whatever wars it became in
volved in with foreign powers, and that
1t was to be wrenched and torn by the
most stupendous civil strife the world
has ever beheld; that, principally ow-
ing to its existence and DEVELOPMENT, a
new problem in the affairs of govern
ment-the labor question-was to arise,
and that the differences between kings
and potentates were sometimes insignifi-
can't by the side Of the contests between
employers and employees.
In place Of the few schools, the scat
tered writers, who treated almost ex-
clusively of politics, and the almost nom
existent artist classes, he would have be-
held vast universities equal in most re-
spects to the most venerable old world
institutions of learning and excelling
them in some regards, literary class
larger in proportion to population than
anywhere else on earth, especially if
those in active journalism be included,
and great, enthusiastic and successful
following Of every 50 called artistic call
ing in the world.
Many things would have puzzled him
immensely, no doubt. The problems of
today, from their very magnitude, if
from no other cause, would probably
have seemed quite as difficult as those
which confronted him at Valley Forge
perhaps more so. There would have
been many apparent crudities. The tele-
graph, the railroad, the telephone, the
phonograph, the trolley car, the new
woman, the municipal boss, the mop
headed football player, the pretty type
writer, the bicyclist of both sexes-alI
these would have amazed him not less
perhaps than the polyglot speech of the
vast population and the vastly different
costumes and customs of the people.
l. D. MARSHALL.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1895-02-21

Seven years ago the Chicago Chris
tian Endeavor union was founded, with
is societies. tt now numbers $50 socie-
ties, with membership Of ~, 900.
Maryland has $50 societies and a
membership Of ! 3, 900 Endeavorers
Among the interesting features Of the
programme for the next convention, to
be held in Boston, viii be the presenta-
tion of the various banners to city IN
ions.
The Free ST. Matthew 5 Mission So
ciety Of Glasgow supports hospital at
Tiberias and maintains girl at Living
stonia.
The juniors Of the Methodist church,
Colorado Springs are supporting q girl
in Fuchau Mission school, China. They
have distributed the past quarter $50
bouquets. with Scripture texts attached;
also large quantity Of good literature.
The Christian Endeavor union Of
HopkinsFille. Ky, has among its de-
nominational vice presidents a repre-
sentative from the Episcopahans
A floating society Of Christian En-
deavor has bonn formed at St. John,
N. b.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1895-02-21

a good many games pleasant to play
in Christian Endeavor socials require
forfeits as the penalty Of failure. An
exceedingly amusing forfeit is this: Tie
to the center Of a long string several
raisins. Place either end Of the string
in the mouth Of one of the persons who
must redeem the forfeit. Instruct the
pair that they are to chew up the string,
Of course not swallowing it, until they
reach the raisins, and the one who first
obtains the raisins will be declared vic
tor.-Golden Rule.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1895-02-21
WASHINGTON.

o fatherland, so great and freel
The prize that valiant heroes won,
The joyful harp we tune to thee
Commemorate thy noblest son.
To him we give our thoughts today,
Thankful. childish, patriot band;
We twiEe the laurel and the bay
And crown him father Of our land
Oh, not like proud Ambitions son
That SCARED to fame in ancient Rome,
Not like the Mars who battles won
And found Helena for home.
No chains were forged thy name to raist
Above the legal lords of earth,
No groanins captives sang thy praise
Or fiattered crimes to deeds of worth.
Sleep on in peace, o hallowed shaded
Sleep on, the father of the free
The trees that guard the southern glade,
Their tender sobs are all for theel
The oak that decks our northern vale
And boldly braves the drifting SHOWS
Through summer calm or winter hail
Shall teach defiance to thy foes.
M V. Gormley.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1895-02-21
LIGHT AND AIRY.
III You Want a Kiss.

If You Want a Kiss.
There's jolly fresh proverb
That is pretty much like thisi
That man is half in heaven
When he has woman's S kiss
But there's danger in delaying,
And the sweetness may forsalxe it,
So tell you, bnshful lover,
If you want kiss-why, take it.
Never let another fellow
Steal a march on you in this;
Never let laughing maiden
See you spelling for kiss.
There's a royal way to kissing,
And the jolly ones who make 10
Have motto that is winning
If you want kiss s-why, take IL.
Any fool may face cannon,
Anybody wear q crown,
But a man must win a women
If he'd have her for his own.
Would you have the golden apple
You must find the tree and shake 1t
II the thing is worth the having
And you want kiss-why, take it.
Who would burn upon desert
With forest smiling by2
Who would give this sunny weather
For black and wintry sky?
Oh, tell you, there is magic,
And you cannot, cannot break it,
For the sweetest part Of loving
Is to want kiss and take it.
Boston Globe.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1895-02-21

wAsHINGToN's SIGNATURE AT THIRTEEN.
ity or lack of desire to learn to spell
that brought about the lack of cordiali-
ty that is said to have existed between
them, though it is stated on excellent
authority that in very short time after
entering Hobby's school the pupil knew
as much if not more than the master.
Washington, pere, died in 1743, when
Washington, fills, was but ! years old.
He then went to live with his half
brother Augustine and attended school
kept by man named Williams There
he studied no language but the English,
and, the story goes, devoted little atten-
tion to that, confning himself princi-
pally to mathematics. This stood him
in good stead when he became a survey
or.
The future general and first president
Of this republic, at the time be went to
school to Mr. Williams, was tall, active
and muscular and was SO generally con-
sidered quite capable Of thrashing any
one of his companions that no one ever
had the temerity to pick quarrel with
him
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1895-02-21

Men who have been married ten or a
dozen years are too seldom famous for ex-
trelne courtesy to their better halves, but
sometimes they are nevertheless very
thoughtful. !"
That was the case with Mr.. Silas Per
kins, who took his wife with him to the
Pike county fair. Mrs. Perkins bad Oh
her arm basket containing the dinner
and supper for the pair.
The crowd grew dense, and Mr.. and
Mrs Perkins began to be iostled o good
deal.
Here, give me thar basket, Sairey,
said Mr.. Perkins.
That's reel kind of you, Silas, said
Mrs. Perkins, giving up the basket.
kind of mei'' exclaimed Mr.. Perkins,
resenting the insinuatioD. ''Goshi l was
afraid you'd git lost Youths Conpan-
ion.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1895-02-21

HOUSE IN WHICH THE FAREWELL WAS WRIT
TEN.
Koseiusko, Pulaski, Bteubep and Lafay-
cite, Washington engaged Howe at
Brandywine Creek, Sept II, 1877. At
tackled British troops in Germantown
Oct. 4, but was driven back. after which
headquarters were established in Valley
Forge.
Suffered great hardships with his men
all that winter, was plotted against,
but not abased, by his rivals for the place
of commander in chief, fought the bat
tie of Monmouth early June %, 177S.
and after summer and autumn devoid
of any great battles in which Washing
ton took part went into winter quarters
near Middlebrook, N. j.
Seventeen hundred and seventy mine
was marked by no special battles in
which Washington was commander, and
the same was true Of 1880, but it was
his tirmness and everlasting watchful-
ness that forced inaotion on the part of
the British. The capture and execution
of Andre and the flight of Arnold, the
traitor, occurred in 1880, and both years
there were notable successes on the part
of the continental troops in the south
and elsewhere.
Surrender of Yorktown and G1ouces-
ter, Va, by General CORVALLIS to
Washington, Oct. 10, 1881.
British evacuated New York Nov. 25,
1888. Washington as commander in
chief bade farewell to his officers Dec
4, and resigned his commission as COM
mander in chief to congress Dec. 2S, aft
er which he returned to his home at
Mount Vernon.
Sent by Virginia to the constitutional
convention held in Philadelphia in May,
1887.
Elected first president of the United
States by the unanimous vote of the
electors in 1889. he was formally inau-
gurated in New York April 80, 1889.
He was reelected in 1899 and retired
from the presidency in 1897.
Made commander in chief of the pro-
vincial army, raised in expectation Of
war with France, in 1898.
Died, after brief illness. Dec. IA,
1899.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1895-02-21
wAsHINeToN,s scHooLpAYs.
He Never Learned to Spell, but He Got Q
Solid Knowledge of Mathematics.

He Never Learned to Spell, but He Got q
Solid knowledge of Mathematics.
AS matter of fact little is known
about George Washington's schooldays.
His first teacher was named Hobby, and
he was sexton as well as pedagogue Of
the Virginia parish in which the Wash
ington family settled. Hobby was not a
man Of wide inf nation or of deep cul-
tnra. It is to be inferred that he knew
how TO write legibly and to teach the
art skillfnlly, for the one pupil of his
school who was destined to be illustri-
Gus wrote clear plain hand. But, juda-
ing from the letters and other writings
of the immortal George that are now
extant, the teacher knew very little
about orthography. At least he taught
young George very little, for his spelling
would drive modern schoolmaster to
drink Possibly it was his pupils inabil-
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1895-02-21
AN LIGHTER VEIN"
ghss Washington Felt Like 1t, He Could
Unbend Like other Folks.

lyhta Washington Felt Like 1t, He Could
Unbend Like other Folks.
N Notwithstanding that it is now gen.
orally conceded that Washington was
thoroughly human and not at all man
who had his emotions and passions un-
der perfect control, as his earlier biog-
rapbers would have it, he was not often
won't to unbend himself in the presence
of any one not of his immediate family
Once, however, when he dined with
Chief Justice Ellsworth of Connecticut
at the latter's residence in Windsor, he
relaxed completely.
During his stay in the house he was
taken into the nursery and introduced to
the chief Justices twin boys, who We're
later to be known as Governor Ellsworth
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1895-02-21
Following Directions.

Doctor (who had ordered his patient to
take sleeping powders) We'll, do you sleep
any better n0wg
Patient-Good heavens, doctor, can
sleep well enough, but just as I am about
to close my eyes the nurse wakes me up
and gives me a sleeping powder. London
Tit Bits
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1895-02-21

A California Christian Endeavor dis
trict has the right idea Of the matter.
They are planning and working for
their next convention, say their officers,
'as if this were the last Christian En-
deavor convention ever to be held in
the state and must Of necessity be the
best 'i-Exchange.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1895-02-21
Tennyson on Hens.


1t is learned from reliable authority
that salt is not poison for hens any more
than for man or beast. Some people
have an idea that because a neighbor is
troubled by having his garden destroyed
by their chickens and wreaks vengeance
by throwing out handful Of salt. which
kills the chicks, il il not good for poui-
try. -ExchanRe.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1895-02-21

South Australian societies have sent
IL Of their members to foreign mission
fields They are to be found in India,
China and Africa, and though most Of
them are Baptists the Congregational
lists, Wesleyans and the Church of Christ
are also represented.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1895-02-21

WASHINGTON SINGING THE DERBY RAM"
and Hon. Henry L. Ellsworth. These
boys were taken up by the great man
and each placed upon knee. Then the
parsonage sang to them this version Of
THE DERBY RAM"
As was going to Derby
Upon a market day
spied the biggest ram, sir,
That ever was fed on hay.
Tow de row de row,
Tow de row de dai
He had four feet to walk, sir;
He had four feet to stand,
And every foot he had, sir,
Covered an acre of land.
Ihe wool upon his back, sir,
1t reached unto the Sky,
And eagles built their nests there,
For heard their young ones cry.
The wool upon his tail, sir,
/ heard the weaver say,
Made three thousand yards of cloth, sir,
For he wove it all in day.
There seems to be no sort of doubt
about the authenticity of this anecdote,
as it has been handed down in the Els
worth family from generation to gener-
alton to the present representatives
thereof
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1895-02-21

Dflaway--Talk about your aristocratic
descentl Why, my father often had 10.
900 men directly under him.
Caraway-Ahl A generale
Dillaway--Well, not exactly.
Caraway--A wholesale contractorf
DIllaway--NO. An aer0naut London
Qniver
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1895-02-21

Billy (who has been taken by his
mother to see a woman 104 years Old
Ma says George Washington kissed old
Mrs Centuria when she was baby.
Bobby always did think he was
fool ever since heard about the hatchet
and the cherry tree, and now / know it'll
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1895-02-21

Of
Of George Washington The only print known
time Chicago
relics of the Father His Country ranks high The original
is all in black,
red and yellow and the riders blue yellow paulet
q red sash the
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1895-02-21

"Oh, don't you remember sweet Alice, Ben
Bolt9'
She asked land it stirred up row.
81 do. +" he replied
As the street door he eyed
'You re always a-humming it now"
Washington Star
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1895-02-21
SOUTH DAKoTA,s Loss.

1t is understood that the South Dakota
legislature will pass law requiring the
state treasurer to wear ball and chain
Chicago Mail
Who can blame Treasurer Taylor for
leaving South Dakota when the thermomo-
ter crawls down to 20 degrees below zeros
Toledo Blade.
The wound which Mr. Taylor has given
South Dakota finances is not as deep as
well or as wide as a church door, but it
will serve. Sioux Falls Argus Leader.
No sooner was New York's 1854, 600
Seely locked behind the bars than South
Dakota's S37O, 600 Taylor makes a break
that startles the natives and detectives
alike The wild and woolly west II a.
ways Id the lead--Kansas City Times
"a man loved by d beautiful woman win
always get out of trouble. .-Voltaire-
There are only two beautiful things in
the world--women and roses--Malherbe-
A throne, four pieces of wood covered
with velyets No, throne is a MAMMA
poleon L
1t is sweet to think that one is unfortu-
nate when one Is only annoyed Alfred
de Musset.
Every lever who tries co find in love
anything else than love is mot lover
Paul Bourg0t
It IL better 10 10 battle with men than
to have to fight with ones wealthy wife
III. de Balzac.
How can l know why stocks fiuctuatef
II l knew, would make fortune
Baron Rothsehild.
1t is not always well to say what We
think, but it is well to think what we may
not say Paul Janet
One who knows nothing believes THAT
every ching may he learned. One who
knows everything knows that nothing
may ba learned jean Richepin.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1895-02-21
washington,s Dress ana Manners.

Washington was neat and careful in
his dress, but not the least inclined to
foppishness. Whatever he made use of
or wore he wished to be in good taste
and the best of its kind. He was fond
OF children, considerate of the feelings
of others, kind and liberal to servants,
punctual to engagements, circumspect
in his intercourse with people III gener-
al, painstaking and explicit iii his bust
ness transactions. "a memorandum in
his journal Of 174s gives minute direc-
tions to his tailor, which begins as fol-
lows: "Have my coat made by the fol-
lowing directions, to be made Frocke
with Lapel Breast :" etc. The memo
randum is long and very specific in its
directions.
Tennyson Hens.
Just as the study and cultivation Of
plants and flowers have refining effect
upon mems minds, SO does association
with birds. 1t is one Of the best things
that any parent could do to child to
teach it to take an interest in the feath-
cred kind. The late Lord Tennyson once
said that be believed there was more
poetry in the life of birds than in that
Of any other of Gods creatures. He
used to spend hours watching the ways
of the birds in the back yard and the
habits Of the songsters in the spinnies
round his house. He said that from the
triumphant cackle Of a hen that had
just laid an egg to the glorious, thrilling
melodies Of the nightingale he could al
ways find something that touched his
Utmost nature.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1895-02-21
Fast.

Reds a fast culor-yes, fast TO run.
Vide, the fight at Lexington.
Floating
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1895-02-21
washington Sometimes pespondent.


1t is the fashion TO speak of all who
have succeeded in writing their pamea
high on historys page as though they
never gave way TO the temptation to be
respondent Yet if the facts could only
be known it Is the very men who have
within themselves the ability to finally
win the victory that are apt at times
to become most deeply involved in the
sloughs of despond. Washington himself
was subject to periods of the most in
tense depression, as witness this passage
from letter to friend, written at Val
ley Forge:
THE history of the war is history
of false hopes and temporary expedi-
ents. Would to God they were to end
here.
In another letter he said after most
gloomy recital of the reasons he had for
being low spirited:
ITO me it will appear miraculous if
our affairs can maintain themselves
much longer in their present train.
But Washington possessed the power
of recovering from these fits of the blues
and of putting forth every effort after
they were over, as if they had never
fallen to his lot, and therein lay the true
secret of his final triumph and his i'm
perishable glory.