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the laoors and trials of early Woodbine days, a merry 

 one chronicled by the Cape May Gazette of March 3, 

 1899 "Prof. H. L. Sabsovich's Birthday" is here- 

 with given in the language of that papar: 



"On Friday evening, February 24, the 39th anniver- 

 sary of Prof. H. L. Sabsovich's birthday was merrily 

 celebrated at his residence. The main features of the 

 evening were a concert given by some Philadelphia 

 artists and the music of Mr. Lippincott which made 

 everybody dance. The pupils of the Agricultural 

 School were represented by a committee of three, one 

 of whom read a very well-written address, which 

 appears below. Three of the most prominent alumni 

 of the school presented to Prof. Sabsovich a small 

 gold locket containing their photos and an appropriate 

 inscription. Mr. Kotinsky made the presentation 

 speech, to which Prof. Sabsovich responded in a few 

 touching words. While refreshments were served 

 toasts were offered by many of the people present, 

 Mr. Fred Schmidt acting in the capacity of toast- 

 master. We beg to extend our sincerest congratula- 

 tions to Superintendent Sabsovich and hope that he 

 will be spared for many years to continue his noble 

 work/' 



The address was as follows: 



"Dear Professor: In the name of the pupils of the 

 Baron de Hirsch Agricultural and Industrial School, 

 we come here to extend our greetings to you on the 

 39th anniversary of your birthday. We take this 

 opportunity to express some of our sentiments toward 



