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SveÌŒt = World. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1911-1939, 1923-11-21

iONS DAiys
dospeji-li k pfesvedceni, re
by to p. Coolidgem neslo,
dali mu jenny pokyn, aby Sc
10 nominaci sc neuchazel.V tom
pfipade pax mohl by mfti Sc
nator Johnson vyhlidku ma no
minaci, kdyby totiz osvedcil
svoji silu ziskanim vyberove-
no vota We velkem poctu statu
a kdyby byl v postaveni po-
hroziti vudcim kruhum roZbi-
tim strany, v pripade, re by
Sc odvazili provesti mu neja-
ky nepekny trick. Byla by to
horka pilulka pro pohlavary
|republikanske strany, prijati
Johnsona, nez k tomu by Sc
odhodlali, kdyby videli nezby
lti. V pameti zijiciho pokoleni
| jiz jednou museli pozriti ta-
kovou hofkou pilulku - The
Iodora Roosevelta. Toho nell
tax v zaludku, re neboztik Sc
lnator Hanna ami nechtel mu
ibyti predstaven, kdyz sc vra-
celi z pohrbu presidenta Nc
Kinley-ho prece byli nuceni
|svoliti k jeho nominaci. Neco
lpodobneho mohlo by sc opa-
kovati v pristim roce narod-
mi republikanske konvenci.
Mnoho zalezi ma tom, jak
Sc zachova senator LaFollette
IL Wisconsin,, jenz sice az do
|sud neoznamil svoji kandida-
Ituru, ale pres to jest vseobec
Inc "a kandidata presidentstvi
|povazovan.
| Konservativnimi zivly jak
johnson, tax LaFollette jsou
lprohlaSovani "a pokrokovce
"a radikaly, treba re radikal-
most prvne zmineneho jest je-
nom te krotsi odrddy. Johnson
'ivzdycky vedel, kdy a kde po-
iloziti meze svemu radikalnice-
|ni. Ia to LaFollette neni pro-
.,hlasovan "a pokrokovce a ra-
.idikala bez priciny a kdyby
lIvystoupil jake kandidat v pre-
''sidentskych predvolbach v
t6ch statech, kde jsou zavede-
my, je skoor jisto, re aspof
-,,staty severozapadni wal by
Johnsonovi staty spolehli.
i've republikanske. V tom pri.
|pade pokrokovy zivel prise
| by do konvence rozstepen a
-'tu stalo by Sc jedno z dvoji
no - bud by zustal rozste
/ pen, COZ by zajistilo vitezstv
konservativci, nebo by Sc sjeC
notil ma jednom kandidatu. Y
tom pripade neni vyloucens
: moznost, re konvence mohls
by udelati caru pres rozpoce'
: stare republikanske gardy.
? DIE zpravy Chicago, po
} krokove zivly, jez teprve po
zdeji ustanovi Sc ma jmene svt
: strany, postavi rovn6z svd
: listek poukazuje Sc, re L;
: Toilette byl by 1ogickym kan
didatem takovych zivld. Ne;
: on jest prilis bystrym politi
: KEN, nez aby takovou nomi-
naci pfijal. LaFollette, pri We
\ skerem SVEN idealismu, .@jes
: praktieky politik. Vefi, ze apo
: krokovy zivel mohl by sse do
! stati K veslu iedine tehdy,. KID.
: by se n,u podarilo ovladnout
j masinerii nektere z velkycl
q pOlitickych Stran.
SveÌŒt = World. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1911-1939, 1923-11-21
o SOUCASNYCH UDALOSTECH.

shledaji, ze nema vyhlidek
ma nominaci, jest prirozeno,
re sve hlasy vrhnou pro neko
no jineho a stejne jest priro-
zeno, ze potom zacnou praco
vati "manazefi' jednotlivych
kandidatd. Obycejne vyhraje
pax ten, ktery ma "a sebou
Inejlepe namazanou masinu.
To jest, proc v posledni
predkonvencni Rampant Hi
ram Johnson slavne vitezil, ri
skav vyberove votum v rade
statd, ale prohral v konvenci,
Byl navrzen p. Harding, jenz
lnemel "a sebou ami vsechny
delegaty re sveho domovske-
no statu.
Bude sc "historie" opako-
lvati v teto predkonvencni
Rampant, jiz senator john
son onehdy zahajil? Mnoho
zalezi ma tom, jak "odhad-
nou" vudci kruhy republican,
ske nynejsiho presidenta Coo
lidge. V novinach sice cteme,
re jsou pro neho a nekteri z
tech velkomogulu vydali jiz
prohlaseni v tom smyslu. Mic
meme vsak ii, kdoz mali pfile
zitost nahlednouti do zakulisi.
obcas nadhodi, re vudcove re
publikanske strany nejsou pro
,nynejsiho presidenta nijak
nadseni jako kandidata pro o.
men ufad pristim roce.
! Kdyby byl zustal ma zivu
president Harding, pfisti ma
,rodni republikanska konvence
byla by byvala pouhou forma
litou. On mel nominaci zaji-
stenou. Jinak Sc vsak mali We
ci p. Coolidgem, ma toho 81
'nikdo ami nevzpomnel jake
presidentskeho kandidata
pred smrti p. Hardingovou
Pan Coolidge je teze politi.
cke skoly jako neboztik p
!, Harding, stejne konservativni
"a pokud by Ma tom zalezelo
byl by nesporne pfijatelnyn
Iv1dcim kruhum v republican.
ske strane.
Nez TEN Sc jedna zarovef
o nOminovani kandidata slime
no, nimz mohli by pocitat
ma vitezstvi v tom jest p
: Coolidge "enznamou kvanti
-itou". Ia okolnost, re byl zvo
! len mistopresidentem ma list
/ ku S p. Hardingem v cele, j
! zcela bezvyznamnou. Nikdt
: nemuze fici. jak by ''tahl'
sam. U presidentskeho kandi
!, data jest zadoucim jisty osob
mi magnetismus a jista vre
: lost, aby ma lid cinil dobr!
< DOZEN to jest n6co, co sc ne
: da p. Coolidge ami drobno
e hledem zjistiti.
Il Nasim skromnym minenin
e jest. re vudti politikove v re
y lpublikanske stran6 budou pri
0 stitch nekolik mesicI presiden
= ia Coolidge bedlive pozorova
n ii a budou bedlive zkoumat
3 p1du We vsech statech Unie
SveÌŒt = World. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1911-1939, 1923-11-21

Nevime, zda by vyhral ten,
kdo by Sc vsadil, ze senator
Hiram Johnson z Kalifornie,
jenz vonehdy oznamil svoji kan
didaturu, dosahne president
ske nominace v pristi republi-
kanske konvenci, ale jedna
vec je jista. Bude to rusna
pfedkonvencni kampan. Kde
Sc Hiram objevi, jest vsude
zivo hlu6no.
Pri oznameni sve kandida-
tury prohlasil Johnson, ze sc
bude jednati o to, mali znsta
ii republikanska strana trva-
lynn nastrojem reakce nebo
nastrojem pozvolneho vyvoje
a pokroku. Hiram jest pro po
slednejsi smer a vrha Sc do
boje temitez hesly, nimiz
slavne bojoval V predkonvent
nj Rampant v roce 1929 a
slavne prohral v koneenci.
Tam byl nominovan p. Hard
ing, o nemz pfedkonvencni
Rampant nebylo skoro ami sly
seti.
Senator Johnson dovede si-
ce elektrisovati volice svym
darem jazyka, takove veci v
konvenci vsak neplati, zejme
ma ne v republikanske. Start
partykove, kteTi to vsechno
re zakulisi fidi, dopreji sice
kazdemu, ably Sc do libosti Wy
Tecnil, ale ucinku to ma ne ne
ma. Kdyz toho fecneni bylo
zrovna asi tax dost, dali po-
vel, ably Sc pfikrocilo k hlaso-
vani vysledkem nejsou pra-
mic prekvapeni = treba re mu
re byti pfekvapen narod. Oni
predem vedeli, jak to dopad-
ne.
Nekdy sc sice stalo, re Jim
konvence udelala caru pres
rozpocet, nebo Sc We strane
vyskytlo takove "enfant ter
rible", jako byl neboztik The
odore Roosevelt, nez to sc
stava velmi zridka.
Chybou jest, re Ia pfitom-
neho politickeho systemu ma
rod vyvozuje velmi malo vii
WI ma presidentske ncminacni
konvence. Nektere staty mali
Sice ,ZavedenO TAX zvane w.
berov6 predvolebni hlasovani
jimz voliei mohou dati ma je.
vo, koho by 81 pTali miti pre-.
sidentskym kandidatem, ale
tento system jest zaveden ier
~sv malem poctu statu a delegs
ii re statd takovych jsou pou
re mravne zavazani hlasova
ii v konvenci pro kandidata
kteremu volicstvo svoji prizei
osvedcilo. Kdyby Sc mu zpro
neverili, nemohli by byti nijal
stihani mimo to dluzno po
cftat jinou okolnosti. Dl'
pfevladajiciho zvyku delega
1eti re statu, kde zavedeno j,
pneferencni hlasovani, vyko
neli svoii povinncst, kdyz pr
kandidata, odporuceneho vo
lici, hlasovali phi nekoliker6r
pocatecnim hlasovani. Kdy
SveÌŒt = World. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1911-1939, 1923-11-21

Pojmenovan po prvni dame
v zemi, nejkrasnejsi kvet chry
santhem We sklennicich odboru
zemedelstvi We Washingtone,
Jest "Grace Coolidge, obdivo-
van sty lidf denne. Kvet tento
jest obzvlaste veliky a smeta-
move billy.
The Penn's Grove record., 1923-04-20
WOman's Club
Enjoy Lullabys
Heads of Departments Appointed
Delegates To State COnven-
ton Elected

The Woman's Club held their fort
nightly meeting in the Borough Hall,
Tuesday afternoon. About % were
present. Miss Rena B. Leap, Presi-
dent, presided, and presented the new
business to be disposed of.
The State Convention of Federated
Women's Clubs will be held in Allan
tie City, May 2-5. Miss Leap, the
President, and Miss Sarah Thompson
were appointed delegates to attend,
and $15 appropriated toward each ex-
pense. The sum of S. was appropri-
ated toward furnishing a building at
the Women's College, New Brunswick.
Mrs. David p. Featherer was named
chairman of the Woman's Auxiliary
OF Penns Grove, to represent the Aux
iliary at the meeting held at Salem
County Memorial Hospital.
Mrs. Matthew w. Mitchell, Jr.,
vas appointed chairman of the Home
Economics Department; Mrs. William
S. Stiles, of the Legislative; Mrs. Geo.
Watson, of Industrial and Social Con-
ditions; Mrs. George H. Elkinton, of
institutional Cooperation, and Mrs.
A. U. WEIGH, of Practical Finance.
The entertainment program was in
charge of Mrs. Howard D.. Miller,
who chose Bedtime Stories and Lul-
labys. She said when she was a child
most old folks did not believe in fairy
stories for children, that only cold
matter-of-fact truths should be taught.
Children have imaginations which
should be cultivated by pleasing
stories of intellectual and moral
values, as they tend to develop the
mind. Hymns and story songs add
much to the pleasure of child life and
leave pleasant memories for after
years.
Mrs. William Stevens sang some
lullabys pleasingly. Mrs. J. f. Oar
lington told the story of the Ginger
Bread Man; Mrs. Edward R. Allen
told the story of the Mouse, the Cock
and the Little Red Hen and the Three
Beans; Mrs. r. j. Morris told the
Dutch Twins story, exit and Kat"
Miss Sarah H. Thompson told the
value of Bible stories. She believed
them of more moral value than the
lesson leaflets mostly used.
Mrs. William P. Sutton sang two
lullabys, "Now the Day Is Over" and
Martin Luther's cradle song, as the
best of the Christian lullabys. It is
as follows:
The Penn's Grove record., 1923-04-20
SHAD MORE

There are thirteen nets drifted in
the Delaware river by Penns Grove
fishermen this year, where there use
to be thirty or forty. No fishermen
have gone to the bay. Hope Greek
and Bayside have no fishing camps as
in past years.
The high catches this week have
been from 10 to 20 shad daily; others
got i and 6. The bucks weigh from
5 to 6 pounds and the roe shad from
7 to s pounds each. The first run was
mostly bucks. The high catches were
made by the following:
Dolbow and Ward got % on Tues
day. 20 on Wednesday, and brought II
20 this Friday morning.
Samuel and Joseph Strengthen got
20 on Thursday.
Sparks and Whitesel 10 on Thurs
day. n,.,:.-
got So on Monday, "a on Tuesday z
this Friday morning.
Edw. Justice and Harry Shape goi
16 Monday, 10 Wednesday. .
The wholesale price all the week
has been 20 cents a pound for BUCK
and 80 cents for roe shad.
The Philadelphia market IS full OF
shad from Chesapeake bay. Most OF
the shad caught are sold to home
folks and to peddlers.
The Penn's Grove record., 1923-04-20
STREET IMPROVEMENTS
Considered BY Council

At a special meeting of the Mayor
and Council last Friday night, 18th,
the extensions of the pavement to the
curb line was considered. Some of the
citizens expressed a desire to have the
concrete made full width in front of
their property and were willing to pay
for it. The contractor asked the
Council to guarantee the payment.
Solicitor Grier said it would not be
lawful for the Council to do so.
After some discussion the plan de-
cided upon as best would be for the
property owner to give a certified
certified check payable when the work
was declared completed by the in
spector.
Clerk Struble said the cost would
be 1924 a square yard.
A. Harry Krouse, manager of the
Peoples Gas Co., stated the company
wished to lay pipes in the streets be-
fore the streets were paved to save
expense. The difficulty in getting
pipe and labor shortage was hinder
ing them.
Solicitor Grier told him the %contrac-
tor could not be held up and could go
to work at any time.
The contractor spoke about getting
water from the fire hydrants. He did
not wish to do it. They might be
damaged and preferred to pump it
from the river. He was granted per
mission to do so.
Jacob Adams was elected inspector
of new street improvement and his
pay fixed at SIS a day.
Mayor Kidd stated that two bus
lines were planning to operate be
tween Penns Grove and Wildwood and
Wilmington, Delaware, to AtlantiG;
CITY via Penns Grove. The Blackwood
Rus Line would be the name of the
one to Atlantic City, while the Wild
wod line would be financed by the
West jersey Transportation Conpanv'
Permission was GRANTED the lines to
operate through Pens Grove.
The Penn's Grove record., 1923-04-20
Birds Valuable
To Destroy Insects
Have Birds About Your Place
They Help Us. We Like Them

Rev. William Park is giving a
series of educational pictures and lee
lures in the Baptist Church each Fri
day evening. The industrial pictures
are furnished from the State Museum.
at Trenton, for instruction in indus
trial and civic life. The Church is
paying for the pictures to illustrate
the Bible lessons. A collection is
taken to meet expenses.
These are not strictly q -sectagian
aff4jr, but for general education and
deserve the support Of the citizens in
terested i'm civic and religious educa-
ton. As the pictures are on Bible
subjects in the Old Testament they
are OF great interest to the Jews,
some of whom are attending them.
Last Friday night the pictures and
lecture was on "The Economic value
of Birds The colored plates of birds
We're most natural and are the argri-
cultural lantern slides made b. the
international Harvester Company, at
The Penn's Grove record., 1923-04-20
Single Copies. . Cents
P~edricktOWn Personal
And Local Items
Interesting Happenings of Old
mans Township

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The Penn's Grove record., 1923-04-20
COUNTY COURT

Judge Mecum, on the 18th, sen
fenced Antonio Rogalia to two months
in jail and $50 fine and cost for sell
Stanley Suhowsky, for escaping
from the Salem County Road Camp,
was sentenced to 60 DAYS in the
county jail. Suhowsky was ORIGINALLY
sentenced for carrying a concealed
deadly weapon and the autForHe7
have had considerable trouble with
him.
pc.,1oned TO have + estate II th9
are RaLnh F. W. WooimaH declared
went. ard pis va, rrsHtel- i,
Mrs. FaIo. Ct Nc-ma, va Granted
a Widows pension Of 552 2 month
The wor'a. las eighr childr TSs the the
m mas q Con Compensation Act and Il she
i; ,ncce- the avn AT # te','''.
a III be moG;.i'd.
The Penn's Grove record., 1923-04-20
Carneys Point Has
Interesting Activities
Social News And y. NJ. {. 4.
Happenings Show COmmu-
nifty Spirit

Another meeting was held in the Y
lobby last Friday evening to promote
the project Of religious education on
week days. Rev. Frank A. DepQe
presided. a constitution and working
plans have been adopted. The Coun-
Gil consists Of the pastors Of the Pres
bEterian Church. n. E. Church, Epis-
copal Church, Roman Catholic and
Jewish Synagogue, and three members
OF each Church. Another meeting
will be held this Friday evening.
The pupils in Lafayette School sold
flower seeds and added $3.50 to the
library fund.
afternoon in the auditorium consist
ing Of songs and recitatiOns about
trees, flowers and birds.
Already summer camping is being
thought Of Some want to buy q site
for Kamp Karney.
William Houser has been at Wash
ington, Pa, the past week, visiting
relatives.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Burg and
daughter, Isabelle, spent over week
end in Philadelphia.
Mrs. Harry Harris, of Cape May,
is spending some time with her
daughter, Mrs. James Fair.
Mrs. William Bell, of Swedes6oro,
spent Sunday with Mr.. and Mrs.
Thomas Gerald.
Mrs. Oliver Wilbur is visiting her
mother, in Maine.
Mr.. and Mrs. Scarborough are happy
over the arrival of a daughter.
Mrs. T. P. Clark was taken to Sa-
lem Hospital, OF Monday, seriously i'll
with the flu.
Mrs. Frank Ale, of Reading, Pa,
spent over weekend with old friends
here.
Mr.. and Mrs. William P. Sutton en-
tertained, on Sunday, Mr.. and Mrs.
J. Hunter Gooding, of Wilmington.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence S. Bailey have
moved from the village to a Franklin
Street, Penns Grove.
Grant Swartz went to Washington,
last Saturday, to visit friends.
Mrs. Jos. Eckhardt enjoyed the
visit of her uncle, Arthur Gledhill, Of
Birmingham, Alabama, last week.
Ralph Justice has bought of Alfred
K. Brandriff, the Carneys Point News
Agency, and took charge April LIST.
He will add to the store a supply Of
patent medicines, drugs, candies, sta
tionery.
Rev. Frank Depue has been attending
a Church conference at Somerville and
renewing old aequaintances at New
Brunswick.
The Methodist Church folks, at
Deep Water Village, gave their new
pastor, Rev. A. c. Bailey, and family
an enthusiastic reception, in the
Church, last Friday evening.
The two-storyfour apartment houses
on the land above and below Lafayette
School House have ben torn down.
The land now appears as if a German
raiding party has passed over it.
The bungalows on the Lawrence
tract and the Summerill swamp tract
have been getting in bad condition
rapidly, especially where tenants NOV
ed out and took part with them or
burned up many pieces. A force Of
carpenters have been making extern
sive repairs the past week.
William G. Locuson, who is en-
ployed at Bridgeton, spent Sunday
with his sisters, Misses Grace and
Anna Locuson.
Geo. Griffin, the trolley driver, has
a new smile. The little girl arrived,
April 18th.
The Penn's Grove record., 1923-04-20
MARRIED
KNOWLES-ZIENNEKER

ACCOMPLISHMENTS
A pretty wedding took place at the
Madison Avenue Baptist Church, New
York City, Thursday, April 18th: at
- NJ. when Miss Emeline Zienneker,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. John lien
neker. of ~Pedricktown, and Mr.. Ad-
dington c.. Knowles, of New York
CITY. we're united in the bonds Of
matrimony by the Rev. George G,
Moore, the ring ceremony being used;
The bride was beautifully dressed
in white silk canton crepe trimmed
with pearls. She wore a hat to match,
trimmed with lilies of the valley and
carried a bouquet of white carnations.
She wore a handsome string Of pearls,
the gift of the groom. The bride was
attended by her sister, Miss Ida L.
Zienneker, of Pedricktown.
Mr.. Charles Zienneker, also Of Ped
ricktown. a brother of the bride, was
best man. Their many friends wish
them a happy married life. They viii
reside in New York City.
The Penn's Grove record., 1923-04-20
A Surprise Social

The Enterprise Circle gave a sur
prise on Mrs. Beulah Stanton, IN
honor of Mrs. Mollie P, Kille, last
Saturday evening, 18th.
Those present were Mrs. Jennie
Sparks, Fannie Kidd, Mrs. Elizabeth
Justice, Mrs. Joanna French, Mrs.
Elizabeth Sailor, Mrs. Molly P. kille:
Mrs. Hannah Perry, Miss J. Ethel
Stanton, Mr.. and Mrs. G. Elvln Stan
ton.
All enjoyed the happy social and
the delicious treat.
The Penn's Grove record., 1923-04-20
A SURPRISE

Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Roberts We're
given a surprise visit last Friday
evening, it being Mr.. Roberts's 4lst
birthday. Those who enjoyed the
family social, games and music We're
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Roberts, Mr.. and
Mrs. Cuarence Roberts and son,
Lewis, Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence Dow
ling and son, Clarence, Jr., Mr.. and
Mrs. George Compton, William Rob
erts, Mr.. and Mrs. R. Roberts, w.
Roberts, Miss Grace Fay, Mr.. and Mrs.
Thomas Roberts, Miss Olivia Roberts,
Master Willard and Thomas Roberts
and Misses Josephine and Gene
Roberts.
The Penn's Grove record., 1923-04-20
Economic Value of Birds

Every year there is a fight against
bugs. THESES pest for every plant.
Our scientists describe more than
100000 kinds of insects. Insects de-
stroy one-tenth of all the grain, fruit
and vegetables grown in the United
States. The damage done to them
every year is 112 billion dollars.
Birds are our friends. They help
us by eating millions of insects, de
stroy tons of weed seed, kill mice and
other pests.
We like their bright colors and
CHEEKY songs. We marvel at their
migration and are interested in their
family life.
Insects lay many eggs and produce
a great number of young. 1t is esti-
mated that one pair of Colorado poloto
beetles in one season, if left undis-
turbed, would multiply to co. 00.0 900.
The offspring from a single pair of
Gypsy moths, if not checked, would
in eight years become so numerous Is
to destroy all the plants in the United
States. Insects are great eaters.
Many caterpillars, daily eat twice
their weight. That is equal to an OK
devouring three-fourths of a ton of
grass a day.
Some c~aterpillars eat 200 times
their own weight in 81 hours. This
would be equal to a 200-pound man
eating two tons of food a day. Ger
tain caterpillars in 80 days increase
in size 10000 times. If a boy grew at
this rate he would weigh 40 tons when
he became of age. 1t takes lots of
food to keep such large families of
insects growing at such rapid rates.
No spraying material, however
cheap and effective, can do all that
birds do to kill insects and they do it
without costs. Every destructive in
sect is on the bill of fare of one or
more of u native birds.
Even birds that do not eat insects
to any great extent themselves. feed
insects to their young. The saving of
crops due to birds is estimated at
S444. 1000 each year.
Chapman says, one cuckoo ate 800
caterpillars daily; 454 plant insect lice
were found in the stomach of the
chicadee; a night-hawk made a meal
on 500 grasshoppers; a flicker devour-
ed 1000 chink bugs; a Scarlet Tana-
ger ate $50 Gypsy moth caterpillars
in IS minutes, or at the rate of 1000
an hour; a Maryland Yellow Throat
a+e 5000 plant lice in 40 minutes, at
the rate of 5,270 an hour
The robin earns his cherries. Forty
two percent of food are insects, beet
les, 16 percent; grasshoppers. 5; cater
pillars, 9 percent. Cherries are one
of a very small part of his food. only
the dessert.
The bluebird food is 68 percent in
sects. many being cutworms.
One pair of brown thrush will de-
strov 10000 insects in a season.
The cuckoo feeds on tent caterpll-
lars.
Seventv-eight percent of the food O
the woodpecker is insects. Almost halt
are wood boreres. the worms which dc
so much damage to our forest and
fruit trees.
The swallows police the air. Their
food consists of 10 percent flies. II
percent beetles, IS percent stinkbug:
and leaf hoppers, 10 percent ants,
percent dragon flies.
Ni~r4 r~~'-s md whip-poor- go
GREAT feeders on insects. As ant de
s+rovers they rank next to. the flicker
The ants thew eat are the large flying
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The Penn's Grove record., 1923-04-20
THE LITTLE LORD JESUS

Away in "a Manager,
No crik for His bed,
The little Lord Jesus
Lay down His sweet head;
The stars in the heavens
Looked down where He lay,
The little Lord Jesus,
Asleep in the hay.
The cattle are lowing,
The poor baby wakes,
But little Lord Jesus,
No crying He makes;
l love Thee, Lord Jesus,
Look down from the sky,
And stay by cradle
To watch lullaby
Be near me, Lord Jesus,
I ask Thee to stay
Close by forever,
And love me, l pray:
Bless all the dear children
In Thy tender care,
And take me to heaven
To live with Thee there.