Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1903-11-12
TH0ROFARE.


It was Ceres, daughter Of Saturn and
Cybele, and goddess Of agriculture, who
reigned supreme at the Grange last
Monday night Mrs. Elmer E. Clement,
who, as the Ceres Of the Grange, had the
program in charge, opened it by reading
little poem which begins:
These are the days Of purple, misty hills,
A stubble brown, and tottering corn-stalks
sere;
Of withered grasses decking earth's great
bier:
OF meadows sleeping to the drone Of riIls
Among the recltations and readings which
followed was one called, John Maynard, =
by Miss Ida Mullen, which was very we'll
given. a Declaration Of Independence,
by Mrs. William Platt; tGrandpa's Court
ship, by Mrs. Ida Heritage; The Romance
of Red Ear" by Mrs. Rachel DeHart
Wilkins; The Yankee Farmer by Mrs.
Mary &. Low, and .Garnered Fruits = By
NJ s. Bella Carter, all showed that these
ladies have discrimination in literatue; and
they entered SO fully into the spirit of the
selections which they read that their efforts
were greeted with warm applause by the
audience. / failed to Learn the title of
humorous recitation, which was well given
song called, Pretty Dinah Jonesu was
well sung by few Of the young people;
and instrumental pieces were given on the
piano, by Mrs. Susie Reed, and Mrs. Elsie
Eastiaek. One Of the best things Of the
evening was paper upon corn, read by
Mr.. James T.. Budd. He gave many enter
esting facts garding the history of corn,
which some OF US know; and some tfadi-
ti0ns which, / think, were new to MOSS Of
us. Is it innate perversity, / wonder,
which makes Us like tradition better than
history We knew that corn was consider
ed indigenous IN this country; that the first
white settlers found arge fields Of it plant
ed by the Indians, and, not knowing it TO
be good for food. they, in some cases, set
fire so it believing it TO be a sort Of ambush
for the Indian: but I, at least, had fever
heard that the Indians believed it I've
been brought TO them by crow when
carried grain Of corn in one ear and 3
bean in the other; hence the dish succo-
fash, which is an Indian dish There were
some very fine specimens Of corn exhibited
That of Mr.. William Tonkels, called Col
den Heart, deserves special mention, as
does that of Mi. Isaac G. Low also. A
table, which stretched down the middle of
the room, was most artistically arranged.
Autumn leaves, and grains OF various
kinds bore their parts in the decorations,
and when the hour for refreshments came,
the goodly company was RECALLED with pop
corn, sugared, and plain, and in balls, so
that all tastes might be appealed to A very
good paper upon rye, by Mrs Mullen, was
read, also. In fact so many good things
were read, said, and done, that / hope
may find forgiveness should forget some-
tliiig. The corn which saw in Ita was
not planted in hills, but sowed like wheat
and other small grains.
The w. G. T. u. held its usual monthly
meeting, in the basement of she church, on
Tuesday afternoon of last week The
President, Mrs. Mary r Low, opened the
meeting, and conducted the devotional
exercises. Reports from the various COM
mittees were received and acted upon. II
was ordered that all outstanding bills
should be paid at once, and plans for the
winters work were discussed. No new
business was transacted Mrs. Julia Gibbs,
Superintendent Of County Contest Work,
reported that she had received the Ma
tron's Silver Medal for the best contest
work done in thestate during the past year.
Revival services will begin in she N e.
Church here next Sunday night, Nov. 15
A delegation from the Junior Order Of
Mechanics, Of Paulsboro, called upon the
Pastor, the Rev. George S. johnson, and
requested that he would preach for them on
Sunday morning, November 29. They will
appear in full regaiia.
rhe election board, and voters from far
and near, took dinner at the home Of Mr..
Robert Hudson on election day; and all
voted the dinner good. and went away full
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