Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1903-07-30
THoRoFARE.


90, Thorofare is all right IL always
liked Thorofare, - said gentleman to me
the other day; but there was just that note
of tolerance in his voice which one finds so
intolerable. But whether one liked Thoro-
fare or not, one cannot help envying those
who were born here; whose interests are
here. and who have not cared to roam.
When these hot days come, and the air, if
there is any, feels as if it had been waited
from some hidden furnace, they do not
remember cities beyond the seas, where it
is warm, but never too warm. Should
they look up and down the dusty white
street here they are not reminded Of streets
| lined on either side with trees, whose
branches have been trained to meet and
interlace across the way, so that one can
drive or walk long distances in bower of
shade; and which lead from ice-tipped
mountain peaks on the one hand, to the
bluest of blue seas on the other. Or, even
in our own land, perhaps they have not
cared to be where they could waken in the
night, just enough, to hear the ocean,
talking in its Sleep and catch Whit of
Its salt life-giving breath in their faces.
Thorofare is SO satisfying, you see. There
is one other experience which comes to me
with tantalizing force these hot days; 1t is
that of being in little boat, = the smaller
the better-only one made for two, is about
the right thing in boats--on one of the
great lakes at about the sunset hour. A
breeze is not needed the GOODNESS which
arises from SO large body of water is
sufficient. One knows that she is perfectly
safe in the little egg-shell of boat, but as
one feels under it the swell of the great
sleeping monster, so beautiful in the dying
light of the sun, she cannot help enjoying
the feeling that so little lies between her,
and-what Pit is this slight intimation Of
danger which gives spice to it all And
then, there were s'blue inlets, and their
crystal creeks" to explore, and rocky
arches draped with dripping ferns which
must be rowed through and ballroom
lights reckoning on the homeward route
read the other day that: '"The difference
between a saint and sinner is that the
saint has past and the sinner a future"
Perhaps if one does not wish to be cata-
logued it is just as well not to talk of
either. But then, the present-in Thoro-
fare, holds so little for us, just now How
ever, for most of u.s.
Hope plucks her fruit, and makes her
wine,
And fills her cup;
Fate stalks along and says tits mine
And drinks it up"
If there is not much doing lust now in
Thorofare, there will be something soon
The Epworth League will give Peach
Festival, in the Town Hall on Saturday
night, August, first There will be ice
cream and many other good things to eat
and music for the refreshing of the spirit
and in order to make a proper accompani-
ment for the conversation, which is sure to
be brilliant
The Junior Epworth League will go on
Thursday next to Pitman Grove to attend
the Rally of the Junior Epworth League.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Carter have been
by the Gloucester County Pomo-
no Grange to visit the Burlington County
Pomona Grange, which will be held at
Pemberton, New Jersey.
A beautiful little boy baby has come to
brighten the home of Mr.. and Mrs. John
Eastlack
Mr.. and Mrs. George Lanning came by
trolley from their home in Trenton to visit
Mr.. and Mrs. L. K. Wilkins.
Miss Louisa Tanner, of Camden, has
been guest in the home of Mr.. Alonzo
Rambo during the past week.
Mrs William Forbes and son. Lewis,
from Philadelphia, are spending the sum
mer in Thorofare. They came for two
weeks visit
Miss Eva Vanderlip from Elwood, n j., |
is visiting Mrs. George S. johnson at the |
parsonage.
Mr.. Charles Conine and family have
moved from Camden and taken the only |
vacant house in Thorofare.
Miss Anna Downham, from Delaware, |
and Miss Sadie Mcbride and Mr.. Leon Nc |
Bride, from Bridesburg, have recently |
visited Miss Maggie Gibbs, at the home Of |
ler father, Mr.. William Gibbs.
Mr. Charles W. Curtis, and Mr. and Mrs.
William Benton, spent last Sunday with |
Mr. Charles B. Leonard.
Mrs. Werden Vaughn, of Camden, has
been recent visitor in the home of her
brother, Mr.. Edward Shirk.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Andrews, of Phila-
lelphia, have been spending few days
With Mr.. and Mrs. John W. Rowlands.
On Friday of last week "The Gang,n as
hey call themselves, met at the home of
Mr.. Alonzo Rambo, and were entertained
~ the Misses Amy, Mary Bell, and Bessie
Rambo Those present were: Miss Marion
Laws, of Paulsboro; the Misses Annie and
Hattie O'Brien, Bessie and Lulu Clark, and
Lou Owen, from Clarksboro; the Misses
Mabel and Reba Haines, Helen Ridgway,
Lucille and Mabel Warrington, from
Bertha Moore from Mantua
Grove; Gertrude Reeves, from Clarksboro;
md there were others. These young ladies
meet weekly in order to show that, al
though woman Of past age invented
5he needle, the woman of the present age
will know how to use one.