Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1904-12-22

Rev. Milton r. Eastlack was among the
visitors in Thorofare last week.
A lovely little daughter was recently
added to the little flock of Mr. and Mrs
Charles Gleason.
Mrs. J. H. Bozarth from Elwood, N. j.,
was a visitor last week, in the home of
her daughter, Mrs George H. Johnston
The sale of Mr. H. A. DeHart while
not so large as former sales have been, was
all that the season and the weather led him
to expect He realized from it something
over two thousand dollars
Christmas will be celebrated, as usual,
in Thorofare. The Sunday-school enter
tainment will take place in the church on
Sunday night There will be the usual
meeting of the clans in private houses, and
the poor, and the unfortunaee will not be
forgotten.
A cottage prayer-meeting was held at the
home of Mr. and Mrs Charles H. Budd on
last Friday evening This was in addition
to the regular prayer meeting held on
Wednesday evening at the church. I don't
know whether it was in interest of the new
church or not.
Mr.. Mark E. Clement, Grand Master of
the Thorofare Grange, and Mrs. Clement,
Mr. and Mrs. Wood Wyne, and Mrs. Mary
r. Low, Lecturer of the Grange, attended
1 the State Convention of s'Patronsof Hus-
bandry' held in Trenton last week. In
consideration of faithful service, rendered
/ by her during two years the Grange voted
to pay the expense Of Mrs Low to the
+ Convention.
AT last, quite desperate, he goes
And tells his neighbors all his woes.''
1t has been said that the human specie is
compo.ed of two distinct races, the men
I who borrow and the men who lend. To
these two original diversities may be re-
duced all those impertinent classificati ons
of Gothic and Celtric tribes white men,
black men, red men. All the jewellers upon
earth, Parthians, and Modes, and Elamites,
flock hither, and do naturally fail in with
one or the other OF these primary distinc-
tions. The infinite superiority OF the for
mer is diseernibe in their figure, carriage,
and certain instructive sovereignty. The
I latter are born degraded. He shall save
! his brethren Observe, who have been
the greatest borrows Of all ages-Alcibiades,
Falstaff, Sir Richard Steele-what a family
likeness in all these What a careless, even
department has your borrower What a
beautiful reliance on Providence taking
no more thought for life than she lilies OF
the tield!-What contempt for money, ac-
/ counting it yours and mine especially no
better than dross!-His exactions, too,
have such cheerful, voluntary air.-In
i vain the victim, whom he dellghteth to
honor, struggles with destiny; he is in the
net Lend therefore cheerfully, O man or
dained to lend-thaS thou lose not In the
end, with thy worldly penny, the reyersion
promised / am reminded of these things
by neighber we have charming person,
who has seen better days. Never mind!
they don't take THE DEMOCRAT and she
will never see this. She would not appro-
pirate it If she did. She is baking biscuits
for her husband breakfast, and finds her
A self short of flour and we graciously fill a
bowl with flour enough for a large family.
4 She finds out at the last minute that there
is no butter for the children's breakfast,
and they have such delicate stomachs-in-
herited from her, that they cannot eat
gravy. We set out the five pounds just
brought to us, and she takes one, with
smiles and dimples, and tells us that it is
bad luck to pay back that which you Dor
row. Bad luck 90 the borrower, We
think ID our inmost souls, but the humor
of the situation wins upon us and we say
nothing But when it comes to loaning our
newest dress, the latest things in hats, or
shoes in which we take special pride,
something like rebellion arises in that por-
ton oil the feminine anatomy the heart.
/ But of all borrowers, the borrower of thy
fayorite book, who neither reads nor re
turns it, is most to be avoided. But what
has this to do with Christmas Here we
stand at the very eye Of it, and
The merry children keep their glee
They hoard with artless secrecy
This gift for Maud, and that for Molly,
And Santa Claus to turn the key
Ion Christmas Eve"
In the meantime we older ones say:
Lead us and teacl, us, till earth and heaven
Grow larger around us and higher
above,
1 Our sacrement bread has bitter leaven
/ We bait our traps with the names of
love,
TIL hate itself has a kinder meaning