The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1878-08-10


were carried away, as also a number of pri-
vate bridges, and on the old Frederick road.
between Woodstock and the former place,
large trees were uprooted, impeding travel
1 for a while. Lightning struck in the stack
yard of Mr.. John X. Dorsey, in the same
/ district, in which he had his years crop OF
wheat and oats awaiting to be threshed, de-
stroying the whole, estimated at seven hun
/ bred bushels. Three years ago Mr.. Dorsey
/ lost his entire crop of wheat by hail storm.
/ The stable of a Mr.. Treside, living in the
same district, near st. James's, was struck
/ by the fluid, but fortunately, beyond stunning
the occupants, son of the owner, Mr..
/ Stricken and two horses, it passed off harm
/ lessly. Both men and animals were in a
/ seeming stupor for some moments. In the
same region as above the corn was was strip
| ped of the blade and crushed to the ground
| by the heavy fall Of hail. A gentleman oil
veracity says that some of the stones were as
| large as the eggs of a guinea hen. In the vi
cinity Of Woodstock they were in many
/ places found as large as pigeon eggs. Al
though the fall of rain and hail was heavy,
when it reached here it was trifing compared
with the localities mention. No damage is
visible in this section to the corn crop. The
head waters of the Pautuxent, which rise near
here, received the greater portion of the rain
/
/ fences and fields was considerable. At Eli
colt City and vicinity the storm was hardly
/ felt"
| During the storm Of Tuesday night barn
on the premises of Mr.. VIM. Wheeler, in the
| fifth district of Baltimore county, was struck
/ by lightning and entirely consumed, together
with GOO bushels of wheat, lot of oats, q
threshing machine and a lot Of harness. The
loss was about $4,000, with no insurance.
| The residence of Mr.. Alfred Shriver, in the
ninth district, near Riders switch, was also
struck by lightning during the storm, and the
| roof somewhat injured. Mr.. Shriver, his
wife and mother-in.law were stunned by the
| shock, but none of them were seriously hurt.
A heavy rain and hail storm passed over
Lisbon, Howard county, Tusday evening.
| An INDUSTRY WESTMINSTER SHOULD nj
Proud oF.-Comparatively few people are
aware of the magnitude and Importance oil
the Taylor Manufacturing Co.'S. Works, Of
this city. From the street they do not pre-
sent handsome appearance, nor is their
extent apparent. An examination, however,
will reveal their dimensions and capacity,
which will astonish all who have only observ-
ed them in passing.
| This establishment, though small in COM
/ parison to many similar ones, is doing nearly
double the work of any other engine and
boiler mandatory in this country. The
largest one in the United States, located in
Connecticut, which at one time employed if.
teen hundred workmen, now operates bui
from fifteen to twenty. Pool d Hunt, whose
| celebrated works are located at Woodbury.,
and who have machinery, &c, enough to
keep three or four hundred hands at work, are
now running but small force-probably not
over seventy-ive men. The Taylor Manufac.
turing Company give employment to upwards
/ of one hundred and fifty men, and this year
| will turn out at least one hundred and fifty
more engines than any other establishment in
this country Its capacity is forty engines a
month, and there is a continual rush to keeT
up with orders, the men often working al
night
The reputation of their engines is getting
well-kuown and established everywhere, moi
only in this country, but in Europe, and 9
number of orders for them have been received
| from France, Germany and other countries
across the water. Their simplicity, durabil
ity and power is now being demonstrated tC
representatives from all parts of the world al
| the Paris Exposition, where three of their en-
| gines are on exhibition and furnishing motive
power to great part of the machinery there.
G. c. Fulton, Esq, editor Of the Baltimore
american, now at Paris, in o regent commu-
nication to his paper, has the following con
corning the Taylor Manufacturing Company
engines:
ain the American Agricultural hall, which
is devoted to a great variety of heavy exhib
| its besides those of agriculture, the Taylor
Steam Engine Company, of Westminster,
Maryland, have three engines on exhibition.
| They keep them always in motion, supplying
motive power to the hundreds of reapers and
mowers and the agricultural implements
which are always thronged with spectators.
/ These engines are marvels of simplicity anC
beauty, and threshing machine they have OF
| exhibition attracts great attention, both on
account of its improved pattern and actor
and its ingenious construction"
REIsTERsTowy ToURSAMEST.-A tourna
ment was held in the grove of Mr. Andrew
Banks, near Emory Grove Camp ground oil
Tuesday, for the benefit of the Reisterstowr
Brass Band. A large number of person.
were present and evinced much interest il
the tourney. In addition to the honor o
browning the queen of love and beauty aHC
three maids of honor, the band offered foul
prizes, A silver watch, butter dish, gols
chain and a driving whip. Eight knights en-
| tered the contest, viz John Shipley, Knigh
OF Ivy MIL; Frank Marley, Knight of Fair
view; Charles Schwartz, Knight of Colo
Spring; VIM. B. Pearce, knight of Meadow
View; W. P. Cole, Knight of Fairfield; c. S
| Hobbs, knight of Lady Lightfoot; c. L
Rogers, Knight of Forest View, and John E
Baesman, knight of Freedom. Chief Mar
shall, George II. Elder, with his Assistant
Edward Warner, marshaled the Knights Il
the grand stand, when they were addressed
by Mr.. w. l.. Seabrook, of this city, and tn,
riding began. The rings taken by the severa
Knights in the first three rides were as fol
lows :-Shipley o, Marley Q, Schwartz 5
Pearce s, Cole 8, Hobbs 3, Rogers 8, Baes
man 9. The ties were then ridden off, an,
the next ride resulted in Shipley taking TIVE
rings, Marley 3, Cole 2, Hobbs 3, and Beas
man =. Marley and Hobbs tieing agai n, the
rode off for the privilege of browning tn
queen, and Hobbs took three rings, winning
the honor, and Marley two, giving him tn
right of naming the first maid Of honor
Shipley, Cole, Rogers and Baesman then rod
of for the privilege of naming the SECOND an
third maids, and Shipley took three rings en-
titling him to name the second maid, ar
Beasm an two, giving him the right to nam
the thir maid. Cole and Rogers in this rid
did not take any rings. After dinner tn,
coronation exercises were held, Mr.. J. +.
Talbot, of Towsonto wn, delivering the ad
dress. The Knights bestowed their honor
on the following ladies' Mr.. Hobbs selecte
Mrs. r. A. Shipley as queen of love and beau
ty; Mr.. Marley named Miss Florence Burk
as first maid; Mr.. Shipley named Miss Molli
Triplett as second maid, and Mr. Baesmal
named Miss Mollie johnson as third maid
The crowns we're handed to each lady by tn
speaker, and he also gave the prizes to tn
gentlemen, viz The silver watch to MI
Hobbs, butter dish to Mr.. Marley, gold chat
to Mr.. Shipley, and buggy whip to Ms
Baesman. A sack race then took place, fou
boys entering. In the first trial two were dis
tanced, and the judges awarded the gun /
Vim. Green, and the knife to Kephart Peiffer
The Westminster Band was present, and CAV
additional interest to the occasion.
FOUNTAIN VALLEY ITENs.-Levi j. Hand
ley is now engaged as ma il driver from Friz
zelsburg to Linwood Station. This is a dali
line from the former to the latter place Fl
also carries the mail from Frizzellsburg I
Tyrone three times per week.
Mrs. John Wolf is again confined to he
bed with a severe spell of sickness.
Mr.. Frederick Zahn is VI again and abb
to walk about. He has several ears of cor
in his field that measure over two feet i
length, aud has a lot of early Rose potatoe
that can't be beat in the neighborhood.
Wewere visited by a very fine shower of raj
on the 18th instant, which helped the corn an
gardens very much.
Our farmers are all busy ploughing thei