Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1907-02-07
TAoRoFARE.


.'The joy of the flower is brief,
For the sun drinks the dew;
The sky grows gray with grief
At the loss of it's radiant hue;
And the fires of Youth turn cold;
Through and through"
When it is summer a snow scene
we'll painted gives a cool radiance ito
our rooms which makes us believe thai
1--WE love winter; and sleigh-bells jim
gle we'll in music, and in poetry all
the year, but when the cold reality is
with us we are prone to think longing
ly of the tropics, where the roses all
ways bloom, and where the nightin-
gale sings his heart out in the morn.
ing light. The land where it is al
ways afternoon" or the land where
sall things are forgotten" of which
the Psalmist speaks. I have read
that among the South Sea islands is
a little group called the "Neti Nett"
Islands, which in Hindustani means
the ".Not Not" Islands, tiny string
of coral reefs lying, strangely enough,
right along the one hundred and
eightieth degree of longitude, and con-
sequently at the precise spot where
east is west, and yesterday is to-mor-
row, and tomorrow yesterday, just as
one likes. 1t is an archipelago of
dreams, so to speak, because there one
might escape the two great curses
which lie crushing out the heart of
life-the memory of yesterday and the
dread of tomorrow. We are told that
"Issachar is strong ass crouching
down between two burdens, and he
saw that the rest was good, and that
the land was pleasant" And by this
one can see the truth that the mem
DRY of yesterday and the shadow Of
the future make to-day the failure that
it is AS l remarked before, these Is
lands lie along the one hundred and
eightieth degree of longitude-so there
we have Father Time by the throat,
as it were. You know. suppose, that
ships crossing that longitude in one
direction lose a day, and gain day
when sailing in the opposite direction.
Well, then, by shifting about from one
of these islands to the other we could
turn to-day into tomorrow, or to-mor-
row into to-day, or either into yester-
day-with consequent avoidance of
any unpleasant duty or obligation con-
nected with any particular day. For
instance, certain anniversaries may
cause us the keenest anguish, but by
remaining on Nirvana Island until the
eve of the dreaded day, and then by
rowing over to Esperanto Island we
would cut the unwelcome day clean
out of the calendar. One might stay
young in this way also, for, you see,
on the thirtieth of September one
could row over to the other island,
and it would be the second of October
there, and the first, which was our
birthday, would never get a chance to
put wrinkle on our brows or tear
in our hearts. You see that with this
delightful sliding chronology one can
easily defy time. The yogis, or wise
men of India defy the past and future,
death, danger, disease, whatever
threatens peace, by merely crying
Nett Nett" into the face of fate. Not
so bad, that-to pulverize all evil by
the brave proclamation that ut is
not! l wonder whether we got part
of the theory of our Christian Science
from them?
Revival services are still being held in the
NJ E. Church, under the leadership OF the
Rev. Isaac L. Fowler with increased inter
est, and larger audiences. On last Tuesday
night Mrs Wells, the evangelist, condncted
the meeting and made a marked impression
upon the audience On Wednesday night
the Rev. J. T. Howard, of Woodbury., was
in charge, and number of friends from the
Billingsport Congregational Methodist
Church came over and helped with their
prayers and their heart-felt singing
The Changers gave literary entertain
ment in their hall on last Monday nighs. A
pretty and funny little comedy called, 1.-THE
Black Heifer," was presented with fine
effect. The several parts were taken by the
Misses Lizzie and Mabel Clement, Florence
Heritage, Cbas A. Budd, Ellis G Reed
Redman Clement, Walter Leonard, Cbas B.
Leonard, Jr. Richard Wilkins, Jesse Mullen,
and Isaac Bowers. The actors bore we'll
their parts, and made another success for
the Grange.
Mr.. and Mrs. Leroy Leonard were made
happy on Saturday, Jan. 26th, by the adj
vent into their home Of handsome ten
p, und boy named Herbert Earl. He is
She third great-grand- son Of Mr.. Chas. b.
Leonard.
Mr. VIM. Wilson, from Pleasantville, was
a recent guest in the home Of his sister, Mr..
T. Clark Reed
Mrs. Elizabeth Thompson, from Pauls-
boro, over eighty years Of age, and some
thing Of an invalid, is visiting her daugh-
ter, Mrs Ida Heritage.
Mr. Winfield Allen is lying very i'll with
typhoid fever, in the home Of bis sister, Mrs.
Howard Phifer.
Mr., and Mrs. VIM. Bowers, Edna and
Willie Bowers, Mr. and Mrs. Scott Rambo,
Abbie, Laura, and George Rambo attended
she silver wedding Of Mr. and Mrs. George
H. Parker at their home in Mantua, on last
Saturday night. The occasion was an
eminently enjoyable one.