The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1878-08-03

ing last. She was sick only q few hours.
An organ was stolen from st. Thomas
Church on the Garrison Forrest Road, Balti-
more county, on the night Of the 18th ultimo.
An open-air concert will be given by the
/ National Grays Band, under the lead of Prof.
Ellis, in Belle Grove Park, on Friday evening
next.
A Band contest will take place at Union
town on the 9th instant. A number of bands
have been invited and some very superior
music is expected.
| Excursionists 10 the seaside and to the
many watering-plaees on the Chesapeake and
| its tributaries, are returning home sun. brown
ed and satisfied.
Harry Faux, a native of Scranton, Pa.
walked half mile, once around the track, in
sos on Wednesday. He made, at Harris
/ burg on the 10th Of July, one mile in 4.05.
''She taketh hold with her hands and is in
kings palaces, the spider. And, not only
! in palaces, but in cottages and everywhere,
as every careful housewife knows.
! Blackberry cordial as a remedy for summer
| complaint, is an important article in the do
nestle mdteriG nledica. This is the season
for making it.
Less rain less grass; less grass less milk
and butter; less butter more money demand
ed. A drouth, therefore, shortens the supply
and puts up the price of butter.
| The encampment of the Grand Army of the
Republic at Gettysburg, Pa, was formally
broken up on Saturday, and the veterans left
on a special train.
Our neighbor of the Sentinel returned home
| from two weeks sojourn at Ocean City, on
Friday last. with salt enough in his system to
preserve him for the balance of the season.
A Pennsylvania farmer is reported to have
produced II bushels of wheat to the acre
| Phebus what q yield or, what big acre /!
| or, what -what-you-eall EN-
The fertilizing showers of Monday and
| Tuesday, were worth thousands of dollars to
the farmers of this county, whose eornfelds
and pastures were beginning to suffer for the
want of rain.
The German Lutheran Sunday School of
| Deer Park will have celebration on tine 10th
instant. Addresses will be delivered in Ger
man and English. The National Grays Band
of Westminster will be present.
The eclipse, on Monday, did not put in an
appearance, in this locality, owing to the thick
canopy of cloud which obscured the heavens.
About o'clock a sort oftwilight set in, which
continued for the rest of the evening.
There was a brilliant display of celestial
pyrotechnics during the thunderstorm on
| Thursday night. After the cloud passed over,
| the scene was magnificent beyond description;
the heavens seemed aglow with one continual
electric blaze.
John H. Powers and Mary Jane Powers,
the fat brother and sister, who exhibited
here during the last Agricultural Fair, are
now on the Eastern Shore. Their combined
weight is nearly 1900 pounds Militia Zulu,
the Circsssian girl with her monster python,
is with them.
On Thursday of last week foot race, for
purse of 81 side, took place on Green
e. a.
the most approved style for the race, and re-
sembled the athletes of the Grecian games
The heavy weight won the purse, very much to
the disgust of his opponent.
Hon. Charles b. Roberts is building brick
addition to his residence 1896, gothic style;
the main building viii have a mansard roof
and the back building will be raised another
story. Harry Case carpenter; G. Await ma
son; !. J. Shorb architect.
Before the steady rain of Monday and Tues
day last, the springs and wells were beginning
to fail, and stage of low water was apparent
in all the running streams. Aquarius, how
ever, gathered up his water-pots and supplied
the failing fountains afresh,
The wheat crop, while growing, gave prom
Use of being the largest ever produced in this
county. Who among our farmers can report
forty bushels to the acre? We have no doubt
W.
agriculture continues to advance.
The Reisterstown Brass Band will have a
tournament in the grove of Mr.. Andrew
Banks, on Tuesday next. Several valuable
prizes will be awarded to the successful
knights. There will also be sack race,
which will afford much amusement.
G. w. Ieiser, who has been on a visit to
Clark county, Va, for several months, re-
turned on Friday Of last week. He visited
Christopher Erb, at Berryville, who left this
county eleven years ago. He had 40 acres
in wheat from which he realized 1850 bushels.
The old Union Church, in the Westminster
Cemetery, does not date back to revolutiona-
~ times, as represented in the correspondence
of Wednesdays Baltimore San. 1t was fin-
ished in 1911, only 81 years ago. This infor-
nation we have from a lady, now deceased,
who was married and came to reside in West
minister that year.
In two weeks from this time, the martins
will be off to a SUMMER cline. "The stork
knoweth his appointed time The same is
true of the martins and all other birds of pas
sage. 1t is an evidence of the infinite wisdom
which implanted such wonderful instinct in
the lower orders of creation, that they might
preserve themselves and fulfil the purposes of
their being.
We do not hunt up marriage notices, nor
do we publish them on hear-say. We expect
that parties getting married, if they wish a
notice of the event to appear in the paper,
will see that the same is furnished u.s. When
this is not done, we take it for granted that
they are ashamed of what they have done,
and don't want the public to know anything
about it. 1t is enough for the newspaper to
publish marriages and deaths free of cost,
without the publisher having to run his boots
off hunting up such things for publication.
The Sunday School at Pleasant Grove will
hold an all-day pic mic in Mr.. George Ship
ley's woods, on the turnpike a few hundred
yards northwest from Sandy Mount, to-day,
Saturday, August Sd, from 10 O'Clock, a. M
until 10 clock, p. m. A large canvass tent
will be spread for the accommodation of the
public. An attractive Art Gallery will lend
additional interest to the occasion. OF the
| selections for the Gallery, connoisseurs de-
clare that nothing like these "artistic gems"
can be found in the finest European Galleries.
The following guests are at Dielman' s
/ Hotel, New Windsor Mr.. Edward Palmer,
| Miss Mary Palmer, Mr. and Mrs. Cassin, Mrs
/ FRANKIE and family, Mrs. Reinhard and family,
Mr.. and Mrs. Davis, Mrs. Paine and daugh
1 ter, Mrs. Naylor, Mr.. and Mrs. Wentz and
daughter, Mrs. Kaufelt, Miss Mary and Kate
| Kaufelt, Mr.. James Murray, Mrs. Frank
and family, Mrs. Whitehill and family, Misses
Sallie and Emma Smyrk, all of Baltimore :
Mr.. and Mrs. Graves and family, of Wash
/ ington, ID. c.; Miss Mary Wolf, Of Frankfort
on-the main; Miss Helm, of Holstein, Ger
many, and Mrs. Nettie Palmer, of New York.
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