Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1903-08-20
TH0ROFARE.

THOROFARE.
So much is being said about camp meeting
Just now, that the memory Of the first one
ever attended is forced upon me. It Wai
in Southern Indiana, a long time ago,
when they still had corduroy roads, and
found their way through the forests by the
north blaze, or the south blaze, as
the case might demand. can never de-
scribe the pictuTesquensss Of the scene. A
space in the great woods had been cleared
/ off under brush:-the rude benches the
camp-fires on the outer edge; the tallow-
dips on the preachers desk, and the pine
knots at each corner of the huge tent, which
did little more than render darkness yisl-
BILE, made it all seem unearthly and dream
| like to my unaccustomed eyes. The fervOr
OF the exhortations, which seemed to me
almost like madness; the wild enthusiasm
OF the prayers, and the spontaneous out
bursts Of singing by unframed, but not
unmusical voices, added to the weird
ness of it all, to my mind. The mourn
| ers bench was soon filled; and prayer,
and exhortation, and the triumphant song
of praise arose on all sides, without order
or method, apparently. II I am in a
particularly pious mood, it is due, perhaps,
to the fact that our own church is closed,
and whether one attends church regularly
or not, one likes to feel that the smeans of
grace" are within reach should one feel the
need of them.
However, in order to know that we, of
Thorofare, are not left wholly to the de
vices and desires of our own hearts, the
Epworth League held its usual business
meeting in the basement of the church on
last Thursday night. Why is it that a
church when shut up smells SO much more
musty than any other place? 1t cannot
possibly be the 'odor of sanctity" which
the sermon preached there have left behind
them. The President, Mr.. Edmund Shirk,
was in the chair; but, owing to some OUT
side cause, very few members were present.
Reports were dispensed with, except that Of
the Treasurer, which showed the League
to be "ahead Of the game" SO to speak
No new business was transacted
| Mr.. J. Wood Hannold and DIR. William
Brewer, from Woodbury.; Mr.. John Hoepke,
OF Paulsboro, and Mr. Warner Wilkins, of
National Park, were the new members
taken in by the Thorofare Grange, on Mon
day night last If not much has been said
about the Grange Of late, you must remem-
Der that it has been the busy season, and
the month is August; but Changers do not
sleep even during s'dog days" At recent
Session they discussed: ssWhat are the
benefits derived from improved farm ma
chinery ?'' and at the last session, the ques-
tiou was: whether it pays better to pick
tomatoes green, or to let them ripen.o The
Changers are invited to visit in body the
Burpee seed farm, near Doylestown, Penna.
The invitation has been accepted, and the
Changers expect to go on Tuesday, August
25th.
An address upon temperance will be
given in the Town Hall, on Wednesday
next, by Mr.. E. A. Boon. His subject will
be "The New Shibboleth." He is said to
take new view of the subject, and to be
intensely interesting.
Mrs Hannah Treen, of Philadelphia, and
Miss Rose Treen, are visiting Mrs. John E.
Rowlands.
Mr.. John Merfelt fell on his moving ma
chine one day last week, and tore his arm
so badly that DR.. Campbell was obliged to
put in six stitches. His recovery is slow,
but considered sure.
Mr.. Joseph Truncer, of Hurffville, is
visiting his son, Mr. Augustus S. Truncer,
the grocer.
Mr. Howard Williams and wife, of Bridge
ton, are guests of Mr.. and Mrs Isaac G.
Low.
Mrs. Margaret Barrett has a can Of peas
thirty-five years old. They were done
up'' in the ordinary way, and are still in
state Of perfect preservation.
Miss Sadie Mcbride and Miss Florence
Mcbride, of Bridesburg, are visitors in the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. William R. Gibbs.
In this connection we wish to say that Mr..
Gibbs has peppers called the "Prize TAX
ers'' which are equal in size, to any exhibit
ted at Alcyon Park; and large crop of
Mammoth beets one of which will fill
large dinner boiler.
The Misses Belle and Nellie Griggs, of
Pennington, N. j., are spending some time
with Miss Laura DeHart, at the home of
her father, Mr.. H. A. DeIIart.
Mr.. Harrison Chew has bought lot,
fifty feet front, and 232 feet deep, from Mr..
Robert Gibbs. 1t is on our main street, in
the heart Of the town, and he has already
begun his house, which will be two and
one-hah stories high, and will have six
rooms besides the half story. There will
be verandas both on the front, and on the
side, and the house will do credit not only
to Mr.. Chew, but to Thorofare. The oyster
saloon will be seperate from the house, but
on the same lot. Mrs. Charles Titus, of
Thorofare, has the contract for building,
and Mr.. Dickensheets, Of Gloucester City,
will furnish the lumber Mr.. Chew is
practical builder, and will take interest in
the work as it proceeds
Something must be done to bring to
justice the miscreants who are defacing and
injuring the letter boxes in the vicinity of
Red Bank and National Park. Flags have
been broken down, and taken away, and
other abuses committed. 1t is possible
that those who do these things do not know
that the penalty for tampering with mail
boxes is three years imprisonment, and a
fine Of $1,000, besides.
The Paulsboro Press has stated in note,
which l think does our former pastor, the
Rev. Milton R. Eastlack, great injustice,
that he is soon to be married, etc. A letter
received, within very few days, from Mr..
Eastlack, tells us that the wedding day is
still in the dim future; that the bridal veil
is still hidden behind the veil Of time.
Moreover, the lady to whom Mr.. Eastlack
is engaged is not an evangelist, but dea-
coness in the M. E. Church, which is some
thing altogether different. Either the
Press is ignorant Of the distinctions made
in his own church, or his sources of infor-
nation in Thorofare are singularly unre-
liable. Furthermore, the Rev. Isaac L..
Fowler does not expect to perform the
marriage ceremony for the Rev. Milton R..
Eastlack.
The Thorofare base ball club went to
Gibbstown ON Saturday last and played the
Gibbstown team. The score stood Is to
in favor of Gibbstown. The Gibbstown
team played fine game from start to
finish. There was some dissatisfaction
among the Thorofare boys which kept some
of the players from doing their best, but
the playing of Haines was fine and deserves
special commentator. Marpole also
played a good game, and is worthy of men
ton. The Paulsboro seconds are to come
here again next Saturday, and the Gibbs
t wn teams, the Saturday following.