Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1870-07-09
For The Register.
LEErows. Yves, Virginia,
July Alb, 1870.

The Good Templafs are making ar
engagements Tor grand Picnic 10 De he'u
in DR.. Bslch's Grove, on the 9Th instant.
Several sister Lodges, as well a. Sons oil
Temperance, Of adjoining nelghborhooos
ale expected 10 add 10 the interest oil The
occasion BY their presence. A process
sion Of The Temperance Orders from the
village 10 The Grove. one or Two address
ss during the day, and dinner are
among the items on the programme. Al
together splendid time is anticipated.
We expect 10 see a goodly number OF
our Sbep herdslowD friends and scquan-
tsnces on that OCCASION.
Some OF our young gentlemen who add
good horsemsnsbip, TO their other accom-
plshments, are getting ready for Tour
namen,, 10 come of Jolly 23rd. some.
where in The vicinity OF our village. l
have mol learned the names OF The Com
mlllee Of Arrangements, but, suppose The
committee has not YET been selected.
John Wheeler. colored man in The
employ Of Philip Henry, Esq. met with
a painful accident few days ago he
was assisting in unloading reaper IRON a
wagon, and by some means got his light
hard caught between two of the cog
wheels, crushing the middle finger very
badly.
1t seems that the "chicken cholera,
that scourge of the poultry yard. has not
We, lef! this part of the county. Mr., A.
J. Johnson has lost nearly all Of his
chickens, some fly or sixty, | believe;
several other persons have lost number
Of fowls. Just here ! would mention
that powdered coperas, fed in smalI guam
titles tn fowls is good preventive. The
only successful remedy that have heard
Of was used BY Mrs. Walper Snyder,
viz Three or four drops Of landanum'
given as coon as the fowl is observed to
be sick.
The last week in June was about The
hottest weather that ever felt so early in
The Summer. Ii was splendid weather
for curing ibe wheat, but was hard on
harvest hands. and accounts Of giving out,
i. e. outing work and taking 10 the shade
when you can't stand The hot sun and
hard work any longer, were quite numer-
Gus. On Friday evening heavy rain
storm visited US; il beean about twilight
and continued for sometime, indeed The
rain continued for several hours, swelling
the streams and thoroughly soaking the
ground /; the growing corn is wonderful
Iy revived, but the storm Frustrated the
uncut wheat, thus increasing the labor OF
harvesting for those who had not yet fin
ished this important work. Sune few
farmers finished harvesting last week, and
good many " i'll get done to-day. or 10
morrw, and suppose all will have finish.
ed during the course of The week. The
wheal is not az badly injured as farmers
anticipated coupe Of weeks ago; The
principle damage is supposed to be due
to The operations of the milk weaVil, aud
its depredalons were almost entirely con-
fined to late wheat, thus furnishing snoth-
er proof of the advantages of esrly seed.
ing. Rye is generally good in this 'icin-
iiy.
Rev. w. ", PeniCk, baptized three
persons, near Mi Zon Church, on the
last Ssbbalh in June. TIE number OF
spectators in attendance was not very
Iarge. Yours, &c.
TEMPLAR.
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