Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1895-12-13
c. c Brown, ia.
MARY McGAUL.
Ida KAY

IT is pleasant to note the fruits of fra
ternity manifest among the members and
friends Of the Union Sunday SchGol OF
Shawnee, of which Mr.. j. 7. B WOodall
is superiutendent. For some time past
they have been meeting once a week at
each others house TO practice singing for
service in the school on the following
Sunday, and delightful times they have
had on these evenings, On the nth Of
October last, they met By invitation at
the home of the superintendent, where
they we're the subjects Of genuine sur
prise in finding that they were the chosen
guests Of the thirteenth anniversary Of
the wedding of their esteemed entertain
ers. Ii Is not necessary to add that the
evening was thoroughly enjoyed aud
the worthy couple were most heartily
congratulated upon the occasion, and that
fervent wishes for mauy, many happy re
turns of the day were theirs.
But the evening Of Thanksgiving an
other surprise came. This time a genu-
ine surprise for the superintendent aud
for Mrs Woodall, his faithful CO worker
in the school For this evening the meet
ing for practice had been appointed at
the home Of Mr. Z letters Il At about
seven O'clock the carriages began to ar
rive and unload their occupants The
hosts of the evening doing the honors of
tile occasion in a warm, welcoming Style
The visitors came from nearby they
came also from afar, and still they came
until some sixtv-five or seventy persons
filled the rooms.
All except two, it was plain 10 see, uu-
derstood the situation fully. To these
two it was plainly somewhat of mystery,
What does it mean What's going TO be?
was asked not by their voices but by
their counteuauces. In due time Mr..
Harry Walton, seci etaTy OF the Sunday
School. called the meeting to order and
announced the hymn which was suug,
followed by another hymn; after which
he called upon Rev. 3. ]. Savage to lead
in PRAYER. There was more singing IN
which all heartily Joined, after which DR..
Waddell of the Lincoln NJ. E. Church
was called upon to speak. All was ex
pectaucv-all ewes were upon Mr.. Wood
all. and alternately upon the speaker,
who in a felicitous aud racy address pre-
scented 10 the superintendent Of three
years standing, a beautiful silver water
pitcher, as an expression OF the grtetul
love and appreciation in which both him
sell and MS noble wife are held by the
school aud by its frieudsi aud as fur
Their material expression Of well wishes
for their future.
Then did it appear how genuine and
overcoming a surprise their friends had
given them With considerable emotion
Mr.. Woodall replied in thanks and 10
de Tres to be of further service to his
friends and to the neighborhood in the
work Of the Sunday aud in the work OF
the Lord Jesus.
The pitcher is itself a work of the
most chaste arl; and the donors had had
the names of the recipients with date OF
their anniversary, and from whence it
came as a token inscribed gracefully upon
it
The remainder ofthe evening was spent
in refreshments, in music aud in social
converse; everybody enjoying the com
plete sarp prise which had been admins
Tered.
The enigma OF the whole thing Is how
the men (?) who we're in the secret could
keep it so we'll. As for the ladies, we all
know that they can.