2017 will mark the 100th anniversary of the United States entering WW1.
Three years prior, on Christmas Day, there was a legendary truce.
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| painting by Angus McBride |
REMINDER
New Jersey's Deer Shotgun Hunting
opens tomorrow
Stay on the alert while driving,
as deer can bolt into roadways
if hunters are in the fields!
Safety suggestions if you want to go out hiking, etc.,
Old Fashioned Holiday Weekends
The Montague Assoc. for the Restoration of Community History's [M.A.R.C.H.'s] annual Old Fashioned Holiday Weekends are being held this year on Saturdays and Sundays, November 26 and 27th, and December 3rd, 4th, 10th, and 11th from 1 – 4 pm at the c. 1790 Foster-Armstrong House at 320 River Rd. - weather-permitting.
Five specially decorated rooms on the first floor can be toured each day, with decorated Christmas trees in each room.
This year’s themes are “Victorian Santas” and “The Night Before Christmas”.
This year’s themes are “Victorian Santas” and “The Night Before Christmas”.
Santas from around the world, children’s holiday stories and even a large Santa will greet you! Victorian lace handkerchiefs and teacups decorate a special Victorian tree in the Victorian sitting room; chickens will surprise you on the hallway tree amidst a display about the town's former poultry farms; handmade ornaments are displayed on other Christmas trees. Model railroad trains will be running in the center room with their own decorated tree.
A scavenger hunt will be scattered throughout the displays, for the delight of both children and adults! This year it is related to the story “The Night Before Christmas”.
There will also be two special musical presentations being offered:
Singers from “Harmony in Motion” will be caroling on Sunday, December 4th from 2:00 until 3:30.
Singers from “Harmony in Motion” will be caroling on Sunday, December 4th from 2:00 until 3:30.
Students from the Bell Choir at the Montague Elementary School will host a performance on Saturday, December 10th at 2:00, with a snow date of Sunday, December 11th.
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"The original concept for the celebration was for a day observed with parades and public meetings and a brief suspension of business beginning at 11:00 a.m.
The United States Congress officially recognized the end of World War I when it passed a concurrent resolution on June 4, 1926, with these words: "
The observance of Veterans Day to November 11 preserves the historical significance of the date, and helps to focus attention on the purpose of Veterans Day: "A celebration to honor America's veterans for their patriotism, love of country, and willingness to serve and sacrifice for the common good. "Whereas the 11th of November 1918, marked the cessation of the most destructive, sanguinary, and far reaching war in human annals and the resumption by the people of the United States of peaceful relations with other nations, which we hope may never again be severed, andWhereas it is fitting that the recurring anniversary of this date should be commemorated with thanksgiving and prayer and exercises designed to perpetuate peace through good will and mutual understanding between nations; andWhereas the legislatures of twenty-seven of our States have already declared November 11 to be a legal holiday: Therefore be it Resolved by the Senate (the House of Representatives concurring), that the President of the United States is requested to issue a proclamation calling upon the officials to display the flag of the United States on all Government buildings on November 11 and inviting the people of the United States to observe the day in schools and churches, or other suitable places, with appropriate ceremonies of friendly relations with all other peoples.
Visit https://www.va.gov/opa/vetsday/vetdayhistory.asp for detailed background on our national observance.
National Park Service marks it Centennial
Aug. 25th
On August 25th, 1916, President Woodrow Wilson approved the legislation creating the National Park Service - a new federal bureau in the Dept. of the Interior, a single agency to protect the parks.
This act made that bureau responsible for all the national parks and monuments, and any future national parks and such areas that would created by Congress. The Park Service was directed: "...to conserve the scenery and the natural and historic objects and the wild life therein and to provide for the enjoyment of the same in such manner and by such means as will leave them unimpaired for the enjoyment of future generations."
California's Yosemite state park as the first area to be designated a "national" park by president Ulysses S. Grant in 1872.
Montague has land along its western border within the Delaware Water Gap National Recreation area - aka DEWA.
About 35,000 of the approximately 67,000 acres of DEWA are in New Jersey.
Just under a third of the park's total acreage is in Sussex County.
The Foster-Armstrong House
and the U.S. Coast Guard
and the U.S. Coast Guard
date back to 1790
The 2 story clapboard portion is the original portion of Montague Township's
historic house and dates back to 1790. It was constructed by Julius Foster, who applied to open it as a licensed tavern 1798 through 1814.
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This year marks the 226th birthday of the U.S. Coast Guard, which also originated in 1790 when the Revenue Marine was initiated by Congress.
That branch of the armed services later modified its title to the Revenue Cutter Service and, on combining with the U.S. Life-Saving Service, was renamed as the Coast Guard.
Read more about the Coast Guard at "The official blog of Fold3".
If interested in learning more - check the US Census.gov> History> Through the Decades> Fast Facts>1790
Visit the Foster-Armstrong House to learn about it and our area's heritage.
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This prayer is an adaptation of the prayer which was composed by Archbishop John Carroll for use on the occasion of the inauguration of George Washington in 1789.
Almighty and eternal God,
you have revealed your glory to all nations.
God of power and might, wisdom and justice,
through you authority is rightly administered,
laws are enacted, and judgment is decreed.
-We pray for the president:
Assist with your spirit of counsel and fortitude
the President of these United States,
that his administration may be conducted in righteousness,
and be eminently useful to your people over whom he presides.
May he encourage due respect for virtue and religion.
May he execute the laws with justice and mercy.
May he seek to restrain crime, vice, and immorality.
-We pray for the members of Congress:
Let the light of your divine wisdom
direct the deliberations of Congress,
and shine forth in all the proceedings and laws
framed for our rule and government.
May they seek to preserve peace, promote national happiness,
and continue to bring us the blessings of liberty and equality.
-We pray for state and local officials:
We pray for the governor of this state (commonwealth, dominion),
for the members of the legislature,
for judges, elected civil officials,
and all others who are entrusted to guard our political welfare.
May they be enabled, by your powerful protection,
to discharge their duties with honesty and ability.
-We likewise commend to your unbounded mercy,
all citizens of the United States,
that we be blessed in the knowledge
Almighty and eternal God,
you have revealed your glory to all nations.
God of power and might, wisdom and justice,
through you authority is rightly administered,
laws are enacted, and judgment is decreed.
-We pray for the president:
Assist with your spirit of counsel and fortitude
the President of these United States,
that his administration may be conducted in righteousness,
and be eminently useful to your people over whom he presides.
May he encourage due respect for virtue and religion.
May he execute the laws with justice and mercy.
May he seek to restrain crime, vice, and immorality.
-We pray for the members of Congress:
Let the light of your divine wisdom
direct the deliberations of Congress,
and shine forth in all the proceedings and laws
framed for our rule and government.
May they seek to preserve peace, promote national happiness,
and continue to bring us the blessings of liberty and equality.
-We pray for state and local officials:
We pray for the governor of this state (commonwealth, dominion),
for the members of the legislature,
for judges, elected civil officials,
and all others who are entrusted to guard our political welfare.
May they be enabled, by your powerful protection,
to discharge their duties with honesty and ability.
-We likewise commend to your unbounded mercy,
all citizens of the United States,
that we be blessed in the knowledge
and sanctified in the observance of your holy law.
May we be preserved in union and that peace which the world cannot give;
and, after enjoying the blessings of this life,
be admitted to those which are eternal.
We pray to you, who are Lord and God, for ever and ever.
Amen.
May we be preserved in union and that peace which the world cannot give;
and, after enjoying the blessings of this life,
be admitted to those which are eternal.
We pray to you, who are Lord and God, for ever and ever.
Amen.
http://concordpastor.blogspot.com/2009/01/prayers-for-new-president.html
200 Years since the year without a Summer
All summer cold weather records since the formation of the U.S. weather bureau are eclipsed by that of the year 1816, which has been handed down as "A Year without a Summer."
The year 1816 was known throughout the United States and Europe as tho coldest ever experienced by any person then living. Transcripts of old diaries, of that year, which have been published, tell of men ploughing in July with overcoats and mittens on in Connecticut. Snow fell in Vermont in June to the depth of ten inches and a seven inch fall in the interior of New York State and Massachusetts was noted. July came in with snow and ice.
On the 4th of July, ice as think as window glass formed throughout New England, New York and in some parts of the State of Pennsylvania.
Indian corn, which in some parts of the East had struggled through May and June, gave up, froze and died. To the surprise of everybody, August proved the worst month of all. Almost every green thing in this country and Europe was blasted with frost.
The Evening Gazette, August 5,1920
Memorial Day, which is observed on the last Monday of May, commemorates the men and women who died while in the military service.
In observance of the holiday, many people visit cemeteries and memorials, and volunteers often place American flags on each grave site at national cemeteries.
A national moment of remembrance takes place at 3:00 p.m. local time.
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Headquarters Grand Army of the Republic,
Washington, D.C., May 5, 1868.
GENERAL ORDERS
No. 11
I. The 30th day of May, 1868 is designated for the purpose of strewing with flowers or otherwise decorating the graves of comrades who died in defense of their country during the late rebellion, and whose bodies now lie in almost every city, village, and hamlet churchyard in the land. In this observance no form or ceremony is prescribed, but posts and comrades will in their own way arrange such fitting services and testimonials of respect as circumstances may permit.
We are organized, comrades, as our regulations tell us, for the purpose, among other things, "of preserving and strengthening those kind and fraternal feelings which have bound together the soldiers, sailors and marines who united to suppress the late rebellion." What can aid more to assure this result than by cherishing tenderly the memory of our heroic dead who made their breasts a barricade between our country and its foes? Their soldier lives were the reveille of freedom to a race in chains and their deaths the tattoo of rebellious tyranny in arms. We should guard their graves with sacred vigilance. All that the consecrated wealth and taste of the nation can add to their adornment and security is but a fitting tribute to the memory of her slain defenders. Let no wanton foot tread rudely on such hallowed grounds. Let pleasant paths invite the coming and going of reverent visitors and fond mourners. Let no vandalism of avarice or neglect, no ravages of time, testify to the present or to the coming generations that we have forgotten, as a people, the cost of a free and undivided republic.
If other eyes grow dull and other hands slack, and other hearts cold in the solemn trust, ours shall keep it well as long as the light and warmth of life remains in us.
Let us, then, at the time appointed, gather around their sacred remains and garland the passionless mounds above them with choicest flowers of springtime; let us raise above them the dear old flag they saved from dishonor; let us in this solemn presence renew our pledges to aid and assist those whom they have left among us as sacred charges upon the nation's gratitude—the soldier's and sailor's widow and orphan.
II. It is the purpose of the commander in chief to inaugurate this observance with the hope that it will be kept up from year to year, while a survivor of the war remains to honor the memory of his departed comrades. He earnestly desires the public press to call attention to this order, and lend its friendly aid in bringing it to the notice of comrades in all parts of the country in time for simultaneous compliance therewith.
III. Department commanders will use every effort to make this order effective.
By Command of -
John A. Logan,
Commander in Chief
N.P. Chipman, Adjutant General
*This version of the "Memorial Day Order" appears on bronze plaques in several national cemeteries including Fort Rosecrans (Calif.), Fort Snelling (Minn.) and Fort Bayard (N.Mex.). Different versions of the general order with slight differences in wording, spelling and punctuation exist elsewhere.
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| Courtesy of Inyo County, CA Veteran Service Office (VSO) |
The muffled drum's sad roll has beat
The soldier's last tattoo;
No more on Life's parade shall meet
That brave and fallen few.
On Fame's eternal camping-ground
Their silent tents are spread,
And Glory guards, with solemn round,
The bivouac of the dead.
Bivouac Of The Dead
by Theodore O'Hara
Looking for something to do?
Head over to today's Spring Fling - a family friendly event.
Activities at each are between 1 and 4 pm.
Both sites are within the Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area.
MARCH and the Montague Grange partner with the National Park Service to help preserve our heritage and these historic structures.
Please support their efforts!
MARCH and the Montague Grange partner with the National Park Service to help preserve our heritage and these historic structures.
Please support their efforts!
The Montague Grange's Community Garden will be sponsoring
this event
this event
on Sat. May 21st at Noon.
The Montague Grange, No. 140 is one of three remaining active Grange's left in Sussex County, NJ and is part of the New Jersey State Grange.
Montague's Grange organization was started on Feb. 8th, 1904.
Their 1st meeting was held at residence of L.S. Merrell to organize a Subordinate Grange of Patrons. That meeting was called to order by R.M. Holly Deputy for Sussex County, and the 1st Master selected was Oscar C. Van Auken.
At the Feb.17th meeting, it was decided it would be called "Montague Grange - No. 140 Patrons of Husbandry".
On Nov. 9th, 1904 a plan for the 2 story hall was designed.
Land was offered the group and on Nov. 22, 1904 a subscription taken to raise the money to pay for the 1/2 acre of land L.S. Merrell purchased for the Grange.
On April 12,1905 the Grange applied for Incorporation.
On April 19th, they received the deed. Funds to raise the hall were discussed.
The Grange Hall was dedicated in 1906 on April 18th - so their building has now been in existence for 110 years.
Yesterday marked the anniversary of the death of
President Franklin D. Roosevelt,
who died at the age of 63 on April 12th, 1945.
His most-often recalled contribution was the formation of the Civilian Conservation Corps during his tenure.
"The Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC), part of President Franklin D. Roosevelt's "New Deal" program, operated a camp in High Point State Park from 1933 to 1942. Companies 216 and 1280 lived and worked in the park and were responsible for many of the improvements seen at High Point today. They built Park Ridge and Sawmill Roads, and Sawmill and Steenkill Lakes. They also did extensive trail work, and built three Appalachian Trail shelters."
Don't forget to "Spring Forward"
Set clock's ahead 1 Hour tonite
News from 1919:
Washington. Aug. 20.— Congress today succeeded in overriding President Wilson's veto of the bill repealing the daylight saving law.
The daylight savings plan, which was adopted soon after the country entered the war. will go out of existence the last Sunday in October as a result of Congressional action, and clocks will be turned back to Standard time. The House took the same action yesterday by a vote of 223 to 101. Although this is the first measure on which the Republican Congress has overridden the President, it is not considered a party defeat, since the daylight savings plan had been vigorously opposed by rural Congressmen in both the Democratic and Re-publican parties.
The success of the farming. forces came after they had once lost their fight to make the repeal bill a rider to the agricultural bill. The President also vetoed this, and city Congressmen mustered sufficient strength to sustain this veto.
The daylight saving law was passed as part of the war-time food production campaign. It was argued that under it war gardeners would have an hour more of daylight to raise food.
Farmers declared that it interfered with their work.
THE COLUMBIA REPUBLICAN. TUESDAY, AUGUST 26, 1919
and from 1922
HARDING DISLIKES DAYLIGHT SAVING
* Washington, June 6 - President Harding and the members of the Cabinet are literally losing sleep over the day-light savings problem in the Capitol. They don't like the new hours, and a return to the old time-keeping system may be ordered shortly. This affects Washington only. It is known to be the President's view that it is impossible for himself and the department heads to adjust their part in the night life of the capitol, what with dinners, receptions and evening conferences, so that they can get to bed an hour earlier, and daylight saving makes them go to work an hour earlier, robbing them of that much sleep. Washington now has what is derisively known at the capital as rag-time. The clocks have not been moved forward; government employees go to work an hour earlier and quit at 3:30, just in time to go to the ball game. So that the President and his chiefs are forced out of bed before their accustomed rising hour, in order that their clerks may see Walter Johnson speed them over.
THE EVENING GAZETTE, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 7. 1922
Sadly, US history a thing of the past for today's students
By Barry Lewis
We have some really bright people graduating from our colleges. Sharp as a tack. Aggressive. Open minded. Forward thinking. They know so much about the world. If only they knew just a tad more about their own country. Just a tad.
I’m not saying this to be mean or judgmental, but to understand how nearly 10 percent of college graduates believe that Judith Sheindlin, better known as "Judge Judy," actually serves on the Supreme Court. Where does she sit, between Justices Kennedy and Ginsberg? This isn't meant as a slight to Judge Judy, who more than 40 years ago prosecuted delinquency cases for the state of New York, eventually becoming Supervising Judge in Manhattan. At a time when Justice Clarence Thomas makes judicial news by deciding to break his decade-old silence and actually ask a question from the bench, the Supreme Court could actually use some no-nonsense talk from Judge Judy.
But that doesn’t excuse the knowledge gap and it sure says something about just how much American history is being absorbed by today's students. The American Council of Trustees and Alumni poll recently concluded that college graduates "are alarmingly ignorant of America's history and heritage."
That’s pretty strong language. Here are a few pretty strong examples: · The survey found 28.4 percent of college graduates correctly identify the father of the Constitution as James Madison. Unfortunately, about 59 percent of college students polled believes the father of the Constitution was Thomas Jefferson, who was the principal writer for the Declaration of Independence. · It found that almost 60 percent of college graduates couldn't correctly identify a requirement for ratifying a constitutional amendment and 40 percent of college graduates didn't know that Congress has the power to declare war. · The poll also revealed that less than 50 percent of college graduates surveyed know that presidential impeachments are tried before the U.S. Senate.
Maybe the problem has to do with the fact that less than 20 percent of liberal arts colleges and universities, the group found, require students to take an American history or government course to graduate.
The ACTA started to advocate for civics classes at U.S. colleges since its survey of graduates in 2000 found a majority of students failed to identify the significance of Valley Forge, key words from the Gettysburg Address or even basic facts about the Voting Rights Act. Those findings were so horrific that Congress called upon state officials, college trustees and just about anyone who would listen to address Americans' historical illiteracy. That resulted in surveys, reports and a national task force for grades K-12 and college level — all of which led nowhere.
A 2014 survey found that one-third of college graduates were unaware that FDR spearheaded the New Deal, and nearly half did not know that Teddy Roosevelt played a major role in constructing the Panama Canal. A survey a year later found that over one-third could not place the Civil War within the correct 20-year time frame.
This day in History & NJ
Kindergarten originated as a German concept, and representatives of the prevalent German-American community at that time in Hoboken had appointed Dr. Douai as the principal.
Montague has a direct connection to the early Hoboken firm of Keuffel and Esser. Karl and Gretchen Keuffel Keller acquired property near High Point Park, building a Swiss chalet-style home. He was an executive of the Keuffel & Esser Company which played a nationally significant role in the technological development of the United States in the mid-1900s. The property was later transferred to Fountain House of New Jersey, Inc.
Facts from the H-Net post Today in NJ history .
NPS Schedules Informational Meetings on
Historic Properties Management Plan
Contact(s): Kristy Boscheinen, Chief, Special Projects Division
Kristy_Boscheinen@nps.gov; (570) 223-4335
Kathleen Sandt, Public Affairs Specialist
Kathleen_Sandt@nps.gov; (570) 426-2472; (570) 234-9144
BUSHKILL, PA- Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area Superintendent John J. Donahue announced today that the National Park Service (NPS) has scheduled a series of informational open house sessions to update the public on the development of a Historic Properties Management Plan (HPMP) for the park. The sessions are scheduled for January 28-30. “This plan will provide guidance for park employees and managers when making strategic maintenance and preservation decisions in the future,” said Donahue. “It will be a very important and useful tool and public input will be essential. Right now, we want to share what we’ve accomplished to get to this point and what we plan to do in the coming months.” The HPMP will incorporate evaluations of historic significance and value to the park, physical condition, and potential future uses.
Preparing the HPMP is one of several mitigation measures intended to compensate for adverse effects to cultural resources in the park from the construction and operation of the Susquehanna-Roseland Transmission Line. In 2012, the National Park Service released the Final Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) and Record of Decision (ROD) for the S-R Line Project, which included a requirement that a HPMP be prepared. Cultural resources and the associated impacts to them were identified by the NPS during the EIS planning process in collaboration with the public, other agencies and stakeholders.
Although a substantial amount of background work has already been accomplished, these open house sessions represent the beginning of the HPMP development process and are intended to share information with the public and stakeholders on:
· Work that has already been completed in preparation for the HPMP
· Development of a comprehensive historic structures database
· Preliminary criteria for inclusion in the plan
· Planning process and timeline
· Upcoming opportunities to provide input.
There will be future opportunities to provide input as the planning process proceeds. A formal public scoping period will begin in spring/summer 2016 when preliminary alternatives will be presented for comment and input.
[There will be a question and answer session following a short presentation and you will be able to ask questions of park staff at various stations during the open house portion of the meetings.]
The schedule for the informational open house meetings is as follows:
January 28, 2016 6-8 pm
Sussex County Technical School
105 North Church Road
Sparta, NJ 07871
January 29, 2016 1-3 pm
East Stroudsburg University’s
Innovation and Entrepreneurship Center
562 Independence Road (Off Route 447)
East Stroudsburg, PA 18301
January 29, 2016 6-8 pm
Delaware Valley High School
256 Routes 6 and 209
Milford, PA 18337
January 30, 2016 10-12 am
NPS Bushkill Meeting Center
Route 209
Bushkill, PA 18324
For more information on Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area and this project, call park headquarters at (570) 426-2452, Monday through Friday from 8 am until 4:30 pm; visit our website atwww.nps.gov/dewa; or follow us on Facebook at www.Facebook.com/DelWaterGapNPS.
News related to the
BUSHKILL, PA- Superintendent John J. Donahue announced that the 2016 winterization plan for Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area includes keeping several visitor use sites open and closing others. “Plowing and treating the main roads through the park is a top priority when we have snow and ice. Secondary roads, administrative buildings, and visitor use sites will be plowed after the main roads have been cleared and are safe for travel,” said Donahue.
The following locations will remain open through the winter but may not be cleared of snow and ice immediately following a storm: Blue Mountain Lakes, Smithfield Beach, Dingmans Access, Milford Beach, Point of Gap Overlook, and Millbrook Village. The McDade Recreational Trail is accessible from Smithfield Beach, Milford Beach and Dingmans Access.
Sites that are closed for winter include: Bushkill Access, Eshback Access, Hialeah Picnic Area, George W. Childs Recreation Site, Dingmans Falls Visitor Center, Poxono Boat Launch, Turtle Beach, Van Campen Inn, Watergate, Namanock, Resort Point Overlook, Raymondskill Falls, and the main parking lot and restrooms at Kittatinny Point. The sites that are closed through the winter were selected based on factors including water supply systems requiring winterization, reduced custodial staff, and other priorities for snow and ice removal.
Sites not listed will remain open but will not be cleared of snow and may not be accessible later in the season.
RECALLING NEW YEAR'S
As published in The Evening Gazette newspaper
THE OLD YEAR'S BLESSING
by
ADELAIDE ANNE PROCTER
I AM fading from you,
But one draweth near,
Called the Angel-guardian
Of the coming year.
If my gifts and graces
Coldly you forget,
Let the New-Year's Angel
Bless and crown them yet.
For we work together;
He and I are one:
Let him end and perfect
All I leave undone.
I brought Good Desires,
Though as yet but seeds;
Let the New-Year make them
Blossom into Deeds.
I brought Joy to brighten
Many happy days;
Let the New-Year's Angel
Turn it into Praise.
If I gave you Sickness,
If I brought you Care,
Let him make one Patience,
And the other Prayer.
Where I brought you Sorrow,
Through his care, at length,
It may rise triumphant
Into future Strength.
If I brought you Plenty,
All wealth's bounteous charms,
Shall not the New Angel
Turn them into Alms?
I gave Health and Leisure,
Skill to dream and plan;
Let him make them nobler; --
Work for God and Man.
If I broke your Idols,
Showed you they were dust,
Let him turn the Knowledge
Into heavenly Trust.
If I brought Temptation,
Let sin die away
Into boundless Pity
For all hearts that stray.
If your list of Errors
Dark and long appears,
Let this new-born Monarch
Melt them into Tears.
May you hold this Angel
Dearer than the last, --
So I bless his Future,
While he crowns my Past.
But one draweth near,
Called the Angel-guardian
Of the coming year.
If my gifts and graces
Coldly you forget,
Let the New-Year's Angel
Bless and crown them yet.
For we work together;
He and I are one:
Let him end and perfect
All I leave undone.
I brought Good Desires,
Though as yet but seeds;
Let the New-Year make them
Blossom into Deeds.
I brought Joy to brighten
Many happy days;
Let the New-Year's Angel
Turn it into Praise.
If I gave you Sickness,
If I brought you Care,
Let him make one Patience,
And the other Prayer.
Where I brought you Sorrow,
Through his care, at length,
It may rise triumphant
Into future Strength.
If I brought you Plenty,
All wealth's bounteous charms,
Shall not the New Angel
Turn them into Alms?
I gave Health and Leisure,
Skill to dream and plan;
Let him make them nobler; --
Work for God and Man.
If I broke your Idols,
Showed you they were dust,
Let him turn the Knowledge
Into heavenly Trust.
If I brought Temptation,
Let sin die away
Into boundless Pity
For all hearts that stray.
If your list of Errors
Dark and long appears,
Let this new-born Monarch
Melt them into Tears.
May you hold this Angel
Dearer than the last, --
So I bless his Future,
While he crowns my Past.
DECEMBER 31, 1886
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A party of young people, we are informed,
intend to visit the Brick house,
N. J., New Year's night, for the purpose
of tripping the light fantastic. They
are assured of a good time if they visit
Predmore, the genial boniface of the
hotel De brick.*
DECEMBER 27, 1883
[Brick House, NJ was a village near the Milford Bridge, within Montague Township.]
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THE WARM WEATHER AND ICE—A
REMARKABLE FACT.
The warm weather has had the effect of
thawing nearly all the ice in the canal. It
is also noted that the ice in most of the
streams and ponds hereabout has disappeared.
In the Neversink river there have
been within four weeks three ice freshets and for the fourth time, within said four
weeks, the river has been freed of ice. This
fact is remarkable in that it was never
known to have before occurred in so short a space of time.
TUESDAY, JANUARY 4, 1876.
THE EVENING GAZETTE
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