Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1903-12-03
THO ARE.
Late hes the wintry sun a.bed,
A frosty, fiery, sleepy-head


Now don't be frightened; I am not going
To write an essay upon the weather. but
this little bit Of rhyme reminds me Of
question recently before the Grange: How
can our rural homes be made more con-
venient, comfortable, and attractive ~
You may think She connection rather
disconnected one, but It occurred to me
how much easier it is to make a country
home comfortable and Attractive IN Sum-
mer than in Winter, and how much greater
our need of comfortable aud attractive
homes in Winter when there is 30 little to
attract one out-of-doors. There comes be-
fore my mind the picture OF country
home, a farm house. which is the quintes-
cence of comfort and convenience, and
attractive enough to please the most
fastidious eye. Though this last depends
largely upon the woman who reigns with
Ia. The house was built forty years ago,
1T least; and the farmer had the timbers
cut from bis own woodland and Isl asoned'
for years before the house was begun. The
ceilings have not cracked, and the doors
nave not sagged, nor do they stick IN damp
weather. There is a wide hall through
the centre Of the house, and rooms at least
twenty feet square on each side. The
ceilings are not very high nor are they low
enough to be uncomfortable. The windows
are large and let in plenty OF sun In Win
Ger, and the trees are so arranged as to shut
nut that same sun in Summer. The kitcE-
n arrangements are simply perfect, and
she approaches to the house are so arranged
chat mud and dirt from the fields, and the
barn-yard cannot be carried in. IT one can
puild what one likes, with money enough,
Il is easy to have comfort, and convenience,
md artistic effect; but if one must take
little, cramped, badly arranged house, com
ort and convenience are out Il the ques-
ion and might as well be given up, II
seems to me; but the Changers find way
TO solve all their difficult problems. Only,
may make SO bold as to suggest q fauIl
IN the houses about here, it is the small
Tess of the rooms. A small room is rarely
comfortable, and never artistic; and tn,
sense of space, even In a room, enlarges
he mind, and is rest the nerves
What would have become Of poetry if there
hid been no shadowy corners IN the room
i the past? house in which there il NJ
place for ghost to hide, gives a death
blow to the in agination, at once, and put
end to twilight stories, and ancestr.
emiuisences, though sO-called modern CON
vsnieHces have about done shat
It is hoped that the Temperance worker
md those who W sh to uphold temperate
!, o,,r ro,s,st ana those who l;Ea f. ba.,
bright, intelligent, and interesting talk VII
ear in mind the lecture to be given b,
Ars Emma Bourne, Of Newark, New Jer
ey, who is Safe President of the w. G. Z
RI ~ New Tsrsav TIE lectnre win Z
g;ver IN kbe niohf oe Decanber 9th IN III.
N r. Church here
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MT. ana MIS-. 1neouoTe 0eissei, q MAD
ia, were rscent VISITORS IN the nome o.
Mr. ana MIS-. Augustus AIunceI:
MISS Marion Locke, OF CoiiingsWoou;
var. AiIreo nnson ana otner members
o'.o go. al aso.AA : s1A'S1 =
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80 = 800 = 90 - 80 s,''
Mr. Aionzo r. hamoo' u, Is masking 9
SNORT WISH ~ HuhteIuoh county
NosWitnstanuibg bne lacs sha6 speeia
revival services are Deing heiu, 6ne cnufcl
presented almost lesIlVe appearances %
last SUNDAY nignt, When lne ufoef
junior Mechanics" came from Paulsoon
and PAID Us q vlslt- At least, petWcei
thirty and foity came, IN Inii regain; an'
occupied the c-n5re o. tne cnurcn, Aiee'
the regular attendants mad taken snei'
places, the church was quite hiied- IN
Key. Geosge : Johnson preached from tw.
:, but the one to Whlcn ne gave spec'a
atlention as from the twenty third Psalm;
Ny cup runneth over This was illus
Tated by an object lesson, which took
me back to my school days IN Jif1y
There was large empty COB ct wh Oh, ths