The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1875-06-26

wonderfully since the late rains, the krst 81
which commenced on the 9th instant. nrevio,,s
70 that date the crop looked very unpromis.
ing, and Il was generally conceded TINT one
half Of crop would DO the most that could
be made, since the rains It has improved 40
much that il viii now reach three.iourths Of
an average, and some Of our neighhors will
have full average yield. Clover 4 short,
and but few have any that viii repay the cost
Of saving The late glasses have grown very
much, but will fall far short Of good yield.
Oats on good land look we'll, aud the present
Appearance indicates that the yield win be
larger than for two years past. Potatoes have
only been planted on a small scale, owing 10
the danger Of being destroyed by the Colorado
Beetle; generally those who planted have
wageda war of determination against them,
and the result is the potatoes are looking
well and promising.
Tuesday night we had fine rain, and since
then hot suns, the result being that everything
Is growing rapidly
On the nth, festival, concert and spelling
Bee was held at Springfield Church, near
Sykesyille. The object was to raise money
to pay for an organ for the use Of the Church:
in this they were successful. The attendance
was large and the receipts entirely satisfactory
The Spelling Bee was the last on the pro-
granmc. When the time arrived TO com
mence, the class took position, at the head of
which stood a gentleman from Sykcsyille.
The.wnrk selected TO SMELL from, the Haeers.
town Almanac, unabridged, and the authority
Webster. All things in readiness. the Peda.
qogue proceeded. The first word given was
'biscuit, and was spelled thusly, "buiscuit,n
Then down went the wheelwright and not the |
biscuit. .sAllspice' stunned another. and
sdiphthong another.r ON the whole. The
smelling WAS good. and some time elansed no.
fore the contest was decided smith Preston.
youth of Howard county. carried off The
prize, large and elegant cake. Much credit
| Is due the ladies for the elegant manner in |
which the festival was COTTON IN. The whole |
affair was a success, and all seemed 10 enioy |
themselves.
On the 10th instant, a strawberry festival |
was held at the Brandenburg church. learn
that large number Of persons were in atten- |
dance and the result satisfactory.
Ivy Grange. Of Howard county, met az |
Mariottsyille on Saturday last, Officers and |
members present. After some preliminary |
business, the subject Of 'Fertilizers' was dis. |
cussed, and other matters pertaining TO the
farmer interest.
The County Grange will meet at the same
place ON Saturday. 18th instant
oypy,xs, cor,r ADJ sh.uo. ~.
rh;as -. I,o, n nan onu"e I; Irsq.'
,u.,, hs9rs;i Assoctai NY, Judges; Dr; henry +.
D Dei'1, n1gister OF WINS "eorge NJ farKe'
Dsbuy hesisler' ,,e
-ao"aayi sa ~. 81 --Aiiseo D. onreeVe, eS,
.ou'ot Vi Lew Shree,e, ueeeAseui returned
INVENTORY oi gooas ana enatteis'
N a1sry d ooihns, auminlstratrlx oil Preston
- So,iins, returneu l,st OF sales OF goods ana
eu 9 na9 llst OF uepts. No.,
ls@ae H ~ =. anu 1osseph Nithero", eN-
eSs.Jas ~ oa'larius h'u.hger' returned hst
" n 1s'ss II soous anu cna..es;
Dan'e, ilessoh' executor OF John simmer,
~ - Ieeeineu use VI uep's a'so set'ieu
HiI $50 Isl s1 n m account;
Af.i lInA T. nmvueA' Ahurew D. iouck ana
Ho"nI da.o nsue, eAeeusg ~, oi paslu W.
iivuSA' uTeeased' returned nst OF deots'
nuhhs, deceased, returned list oil debts and
'hSsntory OF money.
me iase VIII anu testament oil Jesse Fred
efi 81 was Admitted 70 probate. 49,,
tuesday, Jane %+'-Dorothea Uhlhorn, adj
tied her FIRST administration account
Benjamin Poole, executor of Amy Poole,
deceased, reported sale OF Real Estate;
=, Eenunu oboid, administrator OF Louisa
Uooid, deceased, settled his trst administra-
uon account
u,., 1 -.
ans d;sa,.,.daaJ foi sesei"i weeAs chick'
Shs u,sappe pea IN nIn9 or RON Reuben
possible cause could not be ascertained until
noh1ay, wheh they tracked an animal and
touh9 Us uen' Inc den was opened and
i iouh9 70 conan mlnks. rour oil them were
nliea ana Jew made thelr escape, but the
o",sAens nave no! oeen 'hoiested since;
I at. S1nn =. hohroaugn, oil the hrm of
NRPy hohroaugn, INTENDS 70 go west:
Hay making has fairly commenced. There
WI, oe snort crop.
o on saturday last, the Lutheran Sunday
'eIoo' OF manchester mad celebration.
Sahes venus mas opened Photographic
zen. !" 'n's pace, ana Is DONG good BUSH
Cry co,,xc,, A, ,,,;, ,e,L. NJ.
and Commnn Co,nn;i 80 Wn.s, =; a.e ."ay9 ~,
on TUESDAY even;n1 Nes.rs Shn.h "e,u
ter were released fram SIsoo ;n,,,,,s.,,, q
yessed for The year Is-s an Shp.I 4 G. ~ !
for S1s00 ;mnrons,I,, as,assad G.. ~ ,,on, .
1874 '"' N'' year ,
On mo,;on ora;,.uoo NJ AZ -
no herd;,,s and nas,ns;,,,. oe a,. ~ i,e'sn' !
,,reets or a1leys al Wes,m;ns,ar S ~aa y, ade
a., r,o,;nn IN, r n Ga;s was auop'ea;
,ard to the transsarsnca 10 ,ba o;,, orJ ~
tie SQUARE. On motion. ad;onr1aJ 70 ny,
IN july 9Th, W "''''
- :,
STONE Roam IrEMs. The rains of the Las, :
wo weeks have been of inestiuable yalne and
he crops have improved very much IN
.yeraee crop Of wheat viii he bsrvas,s J. o a.
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