Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1906-01-11
THoRoFARE

Beneath the moonlight and the snow,
Lies dead my latest year;
The winter winds are wailing low
Its dirges in mine ear
I grieve not with the moaning wind.
As though a loss befeH;
Before me, even as behind,
God is. and all is we'll. 2
A new year is with us once again,
and is, undoubtedly. hailed with de-
light by those to whom the old year
failed to bring the desire of their
hearts. And these were many ;-un-
satisfied longings are the fate of most
Of us. And then it is the time to make
new and good resolutions. But what
has become Of those made last year,
and at the beginning of all the years
that went before? Have we worn
them threadbeare with use, or have
we kept them until they have become
old and musty, and so another and a
fresher set has become a necessity :?
In any case we win go on making
them, as we have done since Adams
time, believing that whether we are
able to keep them or not we are bet
ter for having made them. Even an
impulse toward good is to be desired
whether we reach the best or not. We
may wish to be serious, but by spells
seriousness will be forced to cut cap
ers, and drink deep and refreshing
draught of Stiffness, to turn this Sc
date day of Lucifer's and Apollo's in
to an all fools day for Harlequin and
CORVALLIS. The sun does not grudge
his rays to either, but they are alike
patronized by the gods. There are
times when I exult in stark inanity.
We think the gods reveal themselves
only to sedate and musing people, but
1t is not so; the buffoon in the midst
of his antics catches unobserved
glimpses which he treasures for the
lonely hour. said just now that we
had been making good resolutions
since Adams time. You may all know
that the keeping Of New Years day
dates from the highest antiquity. The
Jews first kept it as the birthday of
Adam and celebrated it with splendid
entertainments, and this custom still
continues with them. Later, the Ro-
mans honored it as the birthday of
Janus-the two-faced god who could
look both backward and forward, and
for whom January was named The
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and kept the day because they kept
it. but the custom is gradually falling
into desuetude. That this is SO is
cause for regret; we are leaving the
old customs far behind, but we have
nothing half SO good with which to
replace them.
A free-will offering from the people
was Iayed upon the communion table
in the M. E. Church on last Sunday
morning. The amount reached about
500, and will be used to cancel pres
ent Indebtedness.
fThe above was left over from last week letter.
The Rev. Geo. S. Golf will preach every
night this week in the First M. E. Church
ia Camden.
Miss Alice Kirkbride, from Barnsboro,
was the guest Of Mr.. and Mrs. Elmer E.
<sis issn Of the Young men Of Thor
s 81 Mr.. and Mrs. Leroy Leon
z Is. 1lF night of last week. They
s. = zs y felfeshments were served,
32z 1sHita8 s1sHihG was the result.
&.'li MIS- Tfsos. e. Budd, and son
George, from Clayton, visited Mr.. and Mrs.
=. Walter DeHart, last week.
Mrs. Howard Phifer, and son Allen, Wis
tied in the home Of Mr.. and Mrs Jacob
Baupain, in Phiia.
The Rev. S. Golf, and family, were enter
tanned as tea on last Friday evening, by
Mr. and Mrs. L. K. Wilkins.
Mrs. Hannah Green and Mrs. Olivia But
Ter, from West Philadelphia, were guests
Of Mr.. and Mrs. J. E. Rowan, last week.
Miss Sadie Tredway, from Camden has
been spending some days with friends here.
Another delightful literary will be gwen
BY the Grange, in their hall, on next Mon
day night. A short drama will be given
and there will be music and Rotations.
There will be a meeting Of the official
board OF the M. E. Church on Friday night