The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1879-01-04
Local BreyItiss.

The same to you.
Our banks pay out gold
IL Is not as warm as II was.
The public schools opened on Thursday.
Who isn't willing to take this for winter
weather?
-, The first snow this year fell on Wednesday.
This is snow joke.
II there's luck in odd numbers, 1879 ought
to have il, the latter half of il, at least.
Talk of the trials of THISTLE. Getting out of
bed at five o'clock, these mornings, with the
mercury at zero, is not the least OF them.
On Sunday morning. at Rocky Ridge, the
thermometer indicated 20 above zero, being
the coolest Of the season, uutil yesterday.
The season for Public Sales approaches.
II you want handsome and attractive Bills,
apply at the 1dpocdte Office.
The Hanover Herald says 10, 600 pounds OF
poultry were shipped from that place on the
Monday before Christmas.
Holiday "doins, "settins OUT and "hand-
ms around" we're quite up to the average of
such occasions in this locality.
Mr.. Calvin Starner, near Fountain Valley,
slaughtered n beef which dressed 730 pounds,
and one hog which weighed 800 pounds.
Westminster never housed as large guam
rity Of ice and of so good quality, as has
been slowed away within the last two weeks
Eide Patterson, of Hopewell township,
| York county, died on Christmas night, in the
10th year of his age. lie was well known in
| this county.
Thomas Brown, Esq. of Woolery' district
Carroll county, lost 90 head of hogs by chol.
era last fall, leaving him only three, which
weighed 1900 pounds.
! Hickory nut cream is pronounced ''the best
dressing ever applied TO the scalp" Hickory
oil is a sovereign remedy for incorrigible boys,
only it is not applied to the scalp.
The Sabbath School and Guild Of Ascen.
sion p. Il. Church had festival on New
Years Day. Christmas carols were sung,
and presents were distributed TO the children
from bountifuly laden tree.
Work on the Baltimore & Cumberland Val
ley Railroad is progressing rapidly. One
hundred and ninety men are engaged on the
road, and the prospect for its extension to
Chambersburg is very encouraging.
The Mutual Aid Society Of Carroll county,
of which mention has heretofore been made,
is now fully organized and ready for business,
and applications for policies are being made
in sufficient numbers to warrantth the enterprise
to be success.
Prof W. l.. Merwin, graduate Of Yale
College and warmly Endorsed by the Presi.
dent. Rev. Noah Porter, d. D., has accept.
ed the Chair Of Languages, in New Windsor
| College, Nd, and entered upon his duties on
the I'd inst. The college is to be congratua.
ted on this important addition to its present
able corps of instructors.
| Snow fell on Thursday morning, and the
wind was from the southwest About noon
the wind shifted to the northwest, which pro.
duced polar wave, causing the temperature
to fall rapidly. On Friday morning ut &
o'clock the mercury fell to 30 above o in n
sheltered place. In exposed places it was
50 below zero at o'clock, and was the cold
est of the season.
| John V. Wantz, near Frizzellsburg, at.
tempted TO remove cap from gun recently,
and in doing so his thumb slipped from the
hammer and the gun, which was heavily
loaded, was discharged, fortunately doing no
harm, as it entered the ceiling. He had tried
several times to FIRE off the load, but the cap
would not explode. The premature discharge
took place in the kitchen in the presence of
| his wife and children.
| Mr.. j. II. Keen has leased the lot Of ground
and blacksmith shop occupied by Mr. Jesse
Shreeve, and is about to build frame build.
| ing 20 by 40 feet, in front of the shop, to be
annexed to it. The shop will be weather.
boarded aud otherwise repaired, and the
whole will be used as provision store Mr..
Shreeve will remove to the shop now occu-
| pied by Mr.. Shoemaker. Mr.. Keen has hous.
ed $50 tons of ice, and will manufacture ice
cream next summer. He has already pro.
cured the necessary machinery.
A bakers dozen of merry maskers, com.
posed of ladies and gentlemen, went from
house to house on New Years Eve, singing
New Year carols They bore a small white
banner inscribed "Happy New Year. and
another Remember the Poor" also a box
inscribed 'For Charity" They realized ten
dollars, and the money was expended on New
Years Day in gifts to poor, deserving and
sick children. Miss Mary b. Shellman, al
ways foremost in affairs of this nature, led the
party. Presents were dispensed to thirty
children.
PROvIDISG AGAINST FiRE.-A preliminary
meeting took place on Wednesday evening
last to organize Hook and Ladder Com.
pany in this city and also to procure Bah
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