Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1904-08-04
THoRoFARE.

/ wonder whether any of my fiiends
among the readers OF the DEMOCRAT like
tradition as well as do. Tradition, which
was history before History had given to
itself a name. There is one which has
haunted me strangely of late, and which /
like to believe in. 1t is that Of the three
sisters, The Fates, who, in their own
minds fashioned the thing called man be-
fore the world had been thought of. Before
NE earth had taken form or shape, or the
sun had been given away upon it, they had
decided how we should breathe, and move,
and look, and what we, at this pinnacle of
time, must think and do to-day.
They weighed the portion of our tears,
Aud dealt the cards OF joy
and that is why we have been called, the
sport of fate,V eyer since. It is comfort-
ing thought to my mind. It takes away
the feeling that one may have made mis-
takes in life;-it takes away entirely the
sense of responsibility in ones own life,
because what one feels and thinks, and
does, is only what one was made to think,
and feel, and do, before time began. There
are those who believe that the happenings of
their lives are due TO the constellation under
which they were born; but this theory is
better, because it puts it step farther
back. and, at the same time, puts us in
more dignifed position Everything in
nature is impelled, by the forces in it, and
around it, to its ultimatum; but our lines
We're cast for us, before nature and it's
forces were thought of, and yet,
Each man takes his life in hand
And lives it bit by Bit
The life he cannot understand
And thinks he fashioned it,''
Perhaps the Fates were economists and
it was part of their plan to invest the
mind of man with the impulse to dare and
dc, believing that he, of himself can ae-
complish Lord Bacon has said There
is IN human nature, generally, more of the
fool, than of the wise; and therefore those
faculties, by which the foolish part of mems
minds is taken, are most potent, and so. in
counsel it is good to see dangers; and in
execution not to see them" In other
words self-deception is necessary for pro-
gress; perhaps necessary to enable men to
4 live at aIl-at least those-who don't be-
lieve in the Fates.
sOnly, the problem must not stop
In solving, for all time
The way unto the mountain-top
Must be weary climb
The Rev Henry Sloan, of the National
Park Church, preached last Sunday in the
M. E. Church at Thorofare. His sermon
was an eloquent, scholarly effort, and was
preached from the text Therefore if any
Mman be in Christ he is a new creature"
was much enjoyed by those who heard
z Miss Ruth Haynes, of Westville, is a
nest IN the home of her uncle, Mr.. Elmer
aynes.
Miss Laura DeHart has returned from her
hree weeks by the sea, and finds that she
skies Thorofare better than Ocean Grove.
Miss Belle Hughes, from Mt Royal, is
visiting Miss LYDIA Mullen.
Miss Lottie Wright, and the Misses Flor
ence and Sadie Mcbride, from Bridesburg,
Penna., are guests in the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. VIM. r. Gibbs.
= Mrs. E. J. Lodge, and Miss Alice DEM
spent few days in Philadelphia, last week,
4 as guests of Mrs. Abbie Tatem, and Miss
6sgOod.
Mrs. Mary Brinton, from Philadelphia,
will spend some time with her sister, Mrs.
Rogers.
Mrs. Margaret Eastlack, and Mrs. VIM.
Batten, from Swedesboro, visited Mrs. Re-
becca Gleason, last week.
The Mrs. Eunice and Margaret Walms-
ley, from Amber, Penna., are spending
some days in the home of their uncle, Mr..
Thomas FL. Robb.
Dir. VIM. Morris, from Philadelphia is
visiting his brother, Mr.. Edward E. Nor
ris.
Mrs. VIM Thompson, and little son,
Leon, from Paulsboro visited her mother,
Mrs. Margaret Hammill last week.
Miss Hannah Allen has returned from a
ten days visit to Washington, D. c. She
was with friends and saw whatever might
be seen there, and expresses herself as being
delighted with Washington, and with her
visit.
Mr. Thomas Gleason has remodel and
enlarged his house. The work is about
finished, and the added comfort to the in
mates is not greater than the improvement
to the town.
There is complaint that the notices of
the Board Of Health regarding the throwing
of tin cans and wire into the street, and
the dipping of manure and other nuisances
in the vicinity of private houses, have not
been needed. The matter should receive
attention from the proper authorities.
Mrs. James Milsted, of Paulsboro. spent
some days last week in the home of her
] father, Mr.. Robert Hudson.
BLAckWooD.
A number from here spent last Tuesday