Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1904-03-31
TAoRoFARE.

day, shat the cold weather was not over
vet, and that another snow was inevitable.
tried to find some one to hang him, but
no one seemed willing to undertake the
Sob. = Since then, inside this week,
there have been two snow furries, and the
air has grown colder, but sill we feel
assured that spring is here. We knowit
first by the birds, which know so we'll
when to come and occupy old nests, or
build new ones, as may seem best TO them,
and so:-
Were pleased to state that Mr.. Wren
And wife are back, and at the Eaves
The Robins occupy again
Their summer home at Maple Leaves
They strut about our lawn with their
heads held little higher than usual this
year, l think. Is it because the legisla-
ture- the blessed legislature. has said, Off
I cially, 1.-THE robin shall not be shot = /
say, with the robin, that, whatever Its
mistaken may have been, the Lord bless
that Legislature forever and may we have
4 others of like mind . The commonest
things OF life are always the most interest
4 ing. And there is no bird more common
than the swallow, but what has become Of
1 him When / was child he used to build
in our chimneys, in winters and in the
barn in summer, and under the caves of
1 the porch Swallow means porch-biTd,
YOU know. think the greatest ornament
a house can have is the nest Of an cave
swallow, under the caves; it is the home Of
messenger between man and the blue
heavens, between us and the sunlight and
all the promise of the sky The Joy of life,
the highest and tenderest feelings thoughts
l1<.x
the round nest under the roof, not only to-
] day, not only the hopes of future years,
but all the past dwells there. The swallow
is the genius of good to a house. TO me,
it scenes the extremity of barbarism, or,
rather, stupidity, to knock down it's uest
/ And, what has become of the artistic little
! bird houses which used to adoIn the lawn
of every home, the owner of which could
spare land for lawn. They were very
artistic-some OF them; they gave beauty
and grace and added home-like appear
ance to their environment, however stately
4 it might be- know of one home in Thoro-
4 fare where bird-houses may still be seen,
! in the front yard, = which accord perfectly
with their surroundings, and which are so
arranged, in the inside, that the sparrow,
that poor little vagrant, cannot get in; and
4
there year after year We are fond of say
ing that the sparrow is driving the song
bird out. 1t is not the sparrow-but our
own ignorance and negligence which is
doing it. Madame thinks pine tree on
tree, and she would rather spend her time
in watering a geranium, which is only a
dash of color, at best, than in encouraging,
IL hro,
and sweetness, and song which may carry
her soul to the highest heavens, if she will
permit it,
AS usual, we are immersed in social
affairs, in Thorofare, and have little time
!. for birds, and flowers, and things. Even
the clouds are Of interest, only, as to
whether they may portend rain, and spoil
some social event. Functions, y our pas
tor calls them, but we do not feel that we
have yet risen to the heights of "Func-
Eeon& in Thorofare. Our next effort in
| that li1a, however, will he a reception and
donation given to the pastor, the Rev
Geo. S. johnson and his charming wife, on
next Thursday night, in the basement Of
the church.
A delightful party was given, on last
Saturday night, by Mrs. Minnie Obenland,
at the home of her mother, Mrs. Rodmann,
in honor of her friend Mrs. Emma Miller.
There were nearly fifty guests: Among
/ them were Mr., and Mrs Charles W. Will
kins, Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Bowers, Mr.. and
Mrs. Howard Phifer, Mrs Lille Rogers.
Mrs. Rebecca Gleason, Mr.. and Mrs. VIM.
McGin and Mrs. Emma Finger; the
Misses Kizzie Wilkins, Laura DeHart,
Alice Parker, May Gleason, Ella Banks,
1 H1fNs
Edna Bowers, Katie and Mollie Finger,
Ada Wilkins, Clara Guenyer, from Thoro-
fare; Mrs. Edward Feisler and her daugh-
ter, Miss Florence Feisler were from Pauls-
boro; Clarksboro was represented by Mr..
George Ford; the Messrs. Leslie Gibbs,
Joseph Wilkins, Roy Richards, Alonzo
Rambo, Jr., Harry DeHart, Richard Will
kins, Lewis Wilkins and Louis Otto were
from Thorofare. There was music and
games and refreshments, royalty dispensed,
youth and beauty
When they meet
To chase the hours with flying feet. y
The annual school meeting was held, at
the usual date, with the result that cash
balance of $1,000 was found in the treasury.
An appropriation Of $4,000 was voted, in
addition to this, for school purposes for the
coming year. A resolution was passed re-
questing the Superintendent to hold the
next Institute either before or after the
school term. The Messrs. r. M. Plum, E.
E. Clement and VIM Schrader were elect
ed as members Of the Board Of Education
/ for the next three years.
/ Mr.. John G. Whitall, Of Woodbury., and
Thorofare, has given twenty-five valuable
books to our school library.
Mrs. NJ. A. Lanning has come from New
York City to watch the growing of green
things in Thorofare. She is visitor in the
home Of L. X. Wilkins, and she decides
that we are not so green as we look; but
then, she is not accustomed to an early
Spring.
| Mr. George Hughes, the father Of Mrs.
| Harrison Chew, was buried on the Mon
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