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present pupils! May you live to realize the blessing 

 and honor that your nation will justly bestow upon 

 you! May your days be as a collection of jewels 

 scattered in your pathway, reflecting the bright joys 

 and happinesses of your kind deeds! May the bread 

 of helpfulness cast by you upon the waters come back 

 to you in the form of blessing and gratitude from 

 those nearest you now and those who will follow them ! 

 "That all the anniversaries of the day of your birth 

 may be golden mile-stones upon a smooth highway of 

 life is the earnest wish of 



"YOUR BOYS." 



How pleasant those parties were ! I might fill page 

 after page with descriptions of the splendid times the 

 young people had in Woodbine, owing to my hus- 

 band's untiring efforts to promote the social spirit. 

 He never thoroughly enjoyed an evening unless Wood- 

 bine colonists were with him to enjoy it also; and, on 

 the other hand, a jollification of any sort at the home 

 of a farmer was no jollification unless Professor Sab- 

 sovich was there to grace it, and he never disappointed 

 them unless it was unavoidable. 



As Woodbine was located only three and one-half 

 miles from Dennisville, my husband was eager to make 

 friends with the people there, and to bring the immi- 

 grants, in every way possible, under the good influence 

 of our American neighbors. To make the Jewish set- 

 tlers as good farmers and as good citizens as their 

 native neighbors was his dream. Among our men, 

 many who came from the poorest districts of Galicia 



