Democratic messenger., 1881-09-10
PENINSULAR ITEMS.
CONDENSED FROM OUR EXCHANGES

OONDENGED FtOM VI II EAShAGhbSs
The Wicomico county public
schools re open on September 20.
The new bank building in Cam
bridge, Nd, is nearly completed.
A Sussex county man, 33 years
old. alter circling the globe. was at last
Eursuaded by bis friends 10 ride over to
Salisbury.
Delaware College offers prize Of
$50 TO that pupil of the public schools of
Delaware, who, while maintaining a
good record in school, shall sho~ the
best cultivated quarter acre Of land
planted in some one of the usual farm
products Of this section.
The fall meeting of the New Castle
Presbytery takes place at the White
Clay Creek church beginning on Tues
day, September 13. The opening ser
mou will be preached by Rev. Freder-
ick DuVal, pastor of the First Presbyte-
rian church. of Wilmington, who was
The last moderator.
Rev. Henry Y. Vcorhces and fam
ily expect to leave tomorrow morning
tor the north to take their summer vaca-
ton. They will be gone for Fix weeks
and the wishes ~ this people, for a
pleasant season of rest and enjoyment,
will follow them The Presbyterian
pulpit, in his absence. will be filed al
ternately by neighboring brother min
listers. s.-Prlncess Aune ''MAry lander. !"
MIR. Solomon O'Day, of Bridge
vile, showed us on Saturday last GU
riosity in the form of a hen egg the shell
of which enclosed another egg about the
size OF walnut. The second egg was
held fast to the inside of the FIRST By "a
strong ligamen, that it was difficult to
break without demolishing the shell.
The shell of the smaller egg was just
as hard rs that of the larger, aud alto
gtsher it was a gr 'at curiosity.-'Sea-
ford Index"
They have new political move
ment up in Queen Anne's county. 1t is
announced that the colored people will
issue a call for primary meetings and
select delegates to a county convention
to nominate eounsy ticket entirely for
I their own race and color. The leaders
of the movement allege that they as well
as the mass OF colored people 10 the
State are tired of furnishing votes to the
handful of white Republicans as the sole
capital to worm themselves into office.
An Elkton sportsman shot a squir-
rel The squirrel did not fall to the
ground. but lodged in the fork Of the
tree. The sportsman climbed the tree
to get the squirrel. On bis way up. a
limb broke, and the sportsman would
have dropped to the ground. but another
friendly limb caught him in the seat OF
the trousers. The friendly limb held
him suspended in the air. He wrig-
eled his legs aud arms in an effort to
catch hold of something, but there was
nothing to catch bold Of. Another
sportsman helped him safely down.
Centennial anniversary OF the build
ing of old Bethel NJ Il. church, near
Seaford. Sussex county, was celebrated
last week. For twenty-six years the
church stood unfinished. but in 1907
the inner walls were pIastered. Ii is
thought that Bishop Asbury was the
first TO preach In Bethel Bishops
George, Wagner and James also preach
ed here and it was once a charge OF
Bishop Scott's. The church received
repairs in 1858. 1t seats six hundred
people and even now looks con- parative-
ly new aud sound. The families Of
Kinder, Davis aud Noble, some of
whose members were among the ear riest
congregations of Bethel, were present
at the centennial celebration.
We have heard of but one instance
where we'll or spring of any considera-
bic flow of water has dried up, and that
is what is known as the Cool Spring.
within the limits of EastoD. beloDgicg
to Col. Saml Hamt letoD. This spring
has beyond the recollection OF our oldest
inhabitants furnished a0 abundant sup
ply of pure. cool water. In 1910 a
very large political convention was held
just on the hill from this spring, where
some of the leading Wing spirits of the
country spoke, and from eight to ten
thousand psople gathered, and it sup
piled this large crowd with water dur
ing the day. We make mention of this
fact to show that it is somewhat siugu-
lar that this spring, after SO long stand
ing. should go dry, while springs aud
wells OF apparent less power should re-
main in force. When it's condition was
first discovered an effort was made to
reach the water by digging, bu: no
water was Iouod, aud i still reuaine
Dry. 10 the great disccmiori of mum
! 3er Of families. -''Easton Gazette."