Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1905-05-18
THoRoFARE

/ In the deepening dusk they swing their lights,
/ Where the lawns are dark and the dim trees
For this is the Good Folks night onights,
1 And they show you the way to the Hidden
Land.
II you'd. pass the guard at the "I,ovely Gate, =
You must carry fern-seed in your hand,
i And you must be wise in the lore-or-wait
Forever withheld from the Hidden Land
All yes, with the fern-seed Of youth in
ones hand all things are possible. 1t is
easy to watch until after midnight to see
the Good Folks the fairies, dance in
the white moonlight, or to travel over
hill-sides and across meadows i'll search
of the pot Of gold in which some rainbow
was believed to have ended Was 1t this
same fern-seed, wonder, which lent en-
chantment to a lonely spot that I renlem-
Der on the Atlantic coast A vessel had
once been blown ashore there, and had
given it's name to the place. Remains Of it
still lay bleaching in the sun, and formed
the only seat, besides the sand, to be found
so far up and down the beach as one could
see. One could walk there in the early
evening and watch
The holy moon, sentinel upon the
steps Of heaven slowly rising from the
depths of ocean on ones left, while on one s
right an afterglow from the setting sun
glorifed the green hills which had said to
this same old ocean, $50 far shalt thou
come and no farther, and here shall thy
proud waves be stayed When one had
wa ked half mile there was no sign of the
only human habitation on the island the
world-the busy world with its honey
seeking, and poison brewing" was left far
behind, and the cry of the merlin was the
only sound to remind one that it was still
the earth upon which one walked. This,
and the breaking waves upon the sandy
shore, ana these came in, often, with SO
soft sound, that they reminded one of the
'wish-ton-wish' OF silken dress But in
order to enter into and occupy any land Of
enchantment.
You must wear the Wonder-Cloak if
you'd come, you must don the Magic Shoe:
and you must be feeter than m ,rning
smoke, and trip it deity as moon moths
do And if by chance of fate or of cir
cumstance we have lost the fern-seed Of
youth, we may still hold tightly clasped in
our hand the fern seed Of faith;-faith in
our kind; faith in the humanity which.
though sometimes hard to find, still stands
ever ready to bless. It is mistake to feel
that because misfortune has come whether
through our own inability to command for
tune, or through wrongs suffered at the
hands of Others that all the world is bad
The ideal type of the race, is divlnely fair
and good, affixed even to the individuals
who injure us, makes it possible for us to
love them. 1t is beautiful to study the
examples set by many great men, of magnan-
imous forbearance and sweetness in the
face of aggravated wrongs Anaxagoras,
the friend of Furipides and Pericles, by his
bold philosophical teachings, offended the
superstitious crowd and more than once
came near being condemned to death At
length he was exiled to Lampsacus. When
some one there pitied him that he was
deprived of Athens, he proudly replied
Rather Athens is deprived Of NE y Pho
cion bore himself with imposing dignity
and serenity before the frenzied mob, who
refused to grant him a hearing, and who
clam0red for his death. When asked what
message he would like carried to his son, he
answered, Tell him to bear no grudge
against the Athemians.n When Harvey's
book on the Circulation of the Bloodi'
came out 'he fell nightly in his practice.
1t was believed by the vulgar that he was
crack-brained; and all the physicians were
against him and enyied him. After de-
4 u.
Harvey adds: 'sBnt | think it thing I'M
worthy Of philosopher and a searcher
after truth to return bad words for bad
words; and think shall do better ana be
more advised, if, with the light of true and
evident observations / shall wipe away
those symptoms of incivilityn A class to
be dep ored are persons of naturally bad
temper, who bitterly envy others their adj
vantages. but have neither sympathy with
their feelings, nor interest in their pur
suits; meagre and icy hearts, born under
the Norwood Star. There is no one so
misguided and unfortunate in Thoroiare,
however.
Miss Florence Faunce, Of Philadelphia.
was recent gaest of Miss Minnie Oben-
land.
Miss Clara Krier, from Reading, Pa
spent last Sunday with her brother Mr.
Burton Krier in Thorofare.
Miss Kizzie Wilkins left last Monday to
take clerkship, to which she has been APP
pointed, in the Ocean Grove Post Office.
Mrs. Paul Wilkins, and daughter Helen,
from Park Side, Camden, visited her mother
Mrs. Margaret Hammell, last week.
/ MISS heDecca Lasn and Mrs. VIM. Mu-
sick, from Philadelphia, were guests OF Mrs
VIM, Morris, on last Friday
Notwithstanding the dry weather Mr.
John G. Whitall has been sending about
four hundred punches of asparagus &c
market daily during the last two weeks.
The monthly business meeting of the
Epworth League was held on last Thursday
evening in the basement of the church
The President, Mr. H. A. DeHart was in
the chair and conducted the devotional
exercises. Minutes were read and reports
from the various vice presidents and super
intendents were received. In the course
of business it developed that the plankeG
shad supper had enriched the League tc
the amount of fifty dollars. Not so bad
for fish story.
The pupils of Miss Amy Rambo, and
those of Miss Ella Banks were entertained
c,k led CT "a II