Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1904-08-11
THORoFARE.

The air is full of serene content in |
Thorofare, jasa now; and the landscape,
green and luxuriant, tells of the fullness
and ripeness of the Summer days There
is no hint yet shat these will ever end, and
we glory in them, and rest in them, and
make them all our own.
mo golden syllables can sing
The thrush's song for thee or me;
The fragrance that the Summer breezes bring
Allsunexpressed must be-
And so we think Of no future, and we turn
a deaf ear to any experience of the past
which may bring a suggestion of the cold
and bitterness Of winter with it; and we
give ourselves up wholly to the d0lce-far-
niefste of these perfect summer days and
swing in our hammocks of idle restfulness
and let our minds wander as they will
Minds, I notice, will not be controlled by
circumstances or environment, but will
simply go on thinking and thinking, and
mine to-day has wandered back to
z low brown house and a field of clover,
With the bubbling bobolinks earoling over
Where the droning honey bee breakfasts and
sups
In the sunshiny CLEAN Of the buttercups.',
1t was very old, that farmhouse, even as I
remember it, Ny great grandfather had
lived in it before he became one of the Col
onial Congress of 1874, and my grand
father had known no other home He had
brought his bride there, at eighteen, and
she united the Holland thrift with the
French loye Of artistic effect, and can re-
member, as if it were of yesterday, the
CLEAN of the freight in the mahogany
tables and side-board. Yes, we had open
fires IN those days, and have not vet rec
onciled myself to the new-fangled ways of
L IL, ~
ting room were tiles, blue and white,
which had been brought from Holland, and
which told the story OF Joseph and his
brethren never tired, as child, of
having my grandmother recount this for
supper to be served. The poetry of the
past become one OF the phrases of the day,
and, I think, justly so. This has become
an utilitarian age. One can no longer
dream in the fireslight ;--hot-air and steam
have put it out. It is only the very rich
who can, or care to indulge IN solid mahog-
any and similar Injuries because servants
are scarce, and cheaper woods and yarnish
have taken the place of the polish brought
about by chamois skins and rubbing This
/ is considered progressive, or progressive
ness, rather, but, sigh for the days when
bic SO-Cdllt0 IDuOeIu Improvements were
unknown. In the meantime, the moon
light floods meadow-land, and river, and
sheds about the leaf stwilights Of airy sill
vern now as always,
And the nightingale sings in the night
A song to the roses white
Life is full Of compensations, and while we
can all remember a time when
Work meant poetry
And ifa';J ant sft 10 sfapar fx-.ss
And sorrow Free and ecstasy
Were synonyms for duty
And the black word sscare'' meant light
as air. but as the years have gone on we
have changed with them, or our tastes haye
accommodated themselves to new condi-
tions, and now we only ask
An open fire, book, flower,
Give these, oh fate whate'er the cost;
A storm without, heaven here
Fen would count the world well LOST
But there is no condition in which the open
fire is not necessity, you see.
Quite large number of grown people,
and young people, from Thorofare, attend
ed the Junior Epworth League Rally held
at Pitman Grove, last week Miss Maggie
Gibbs recited Lost Tommy in way to
/ delight the audience. The program was
excellent throughout, but she was the only
representative of Thorofare on it.
The Grange held its first meeting in the
1 Wilkins Bros. new hall on last Monday
night. Mr. Charles W. Wilkins has placed
new piano in the hall, and the young
people enjoyed it to the utmost. It was a
gala occasion, and refreshments were served.
The Misses Annetta West and Nora
Beegle, of Ashury Park will spend two
weeks with the Misses Laura DeHart, and
Kizzie Wilkins.
Mr.. and Mrs. r. G. billiard were recent
visitors in the home of Mr.. Hillard's par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph B. Hillard, at
Radnor, Penna.
Mrs. VIM. Vaneman and her three little
boys William, Clarence and Roy, were
recent guests in the home of her mother,
/. Mrs. Tabor Rambo.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harrison Chew, and their
little daughter, Pearl Chew, visited in the
home of Mr.. VIM. Bradford, on Haddon
avenue, Camden, last week.
Mrs. Harry Ferguson, from Poughkeep-
sic, New York, and Mrs. Albert Mowen,
from Philadelphia, were guests of Mr.. and
Mrs. J. E. Rowens, last week.
Mr.. Edward E. Morris has been made
ianitor Of the school building for the COM
ing year.
Mr.. Zimmerman has accepted the position
as janitor for the church building
/ Mrs. L. K. Wilkins and Mrs. Isaac c..
! Low have returned from Ocean Grove, and
are all the better for their outing by the
sea.
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