The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1881-02-05
LocaI Brevities.

The Reisterstown Brass Band has disbanded.
Five sleighing parties were out IN tins
neighborhood on Thursday night.
The weight Of snow and ice has played
havoc with spouting in this city this winter.
The School Board viii meet next Monday,
at which time accounts of teachers will be au'
dited.
Prof Riley, the en'omologist, says that the
seventeen year locust will appear IN tins State
next June.
It is rather early, but camp meeting and
agricultural fairs are already beginning to be
announced.
January closed in snow storm and Feb
ruary was ushered in by one. Veinor didn't
have one Gu the bill.
Oetavius Devries has been appointed post
master at Henryton, Carroll county, vice
George +. jones, resigned.
William C. Hickson, who was born in 1915,
near Taneytogn, this county, died IN 1ork,
Pa, January 9th, in his 9th year.
The next quarterly meeting Of the County
Teachers Association will be held in Central
Hail School, this city, next Friday
VIM. Delphy, Of Baltimore, viii deliver
lecture in the NJ. f. Church here Tomorrow
evening, on "Does it pay to drink?
f. NJ. Norman, of n. c., and c. Jarmau,
of Greensboro, Nd, have this week registered
as students at the Western Maryland College.
Heartily tired Of ice and snow, poor SILVER
ing humanity repeats the Invocation 10 Spring
Come gentle Spring, ethereal mildness
come.
The springs of water are so low that many
pumps aud wells are dry, and farmers are
melting snow for their cattle TO drink, IN many
places.
J. p. Blessing, photographer, of this city,
has purchased the Palace Of Art, Baln-
more, aud will close business here about the
LIST Of March,
Attention is called TO the large number Of
real and personal property sales in this issue,
also to the advertisements of several OF our
business men.
Mr.. David e. Byers, living near this city,
purposes selling bis farming utensils aud
household goods and removing 10 Mcpherson
county, Kansas, in the Spring.
Whilst clerking at the sale Of Lewis H. Cole
on Thursday Of last week. George horner,
of FInksbarg, had bis head severely hurt by
falling piece of timber iron stable ioit'
Venus, Jupiter, aad the crescent moon, and
star of lesser magnitude, hung out their
lamps together, ON Wednesday evening, ~ q
cloudless sky. The scene was most beautiful.
D. n Henning, Esq, has purchased Of
Mr.. George r. Gehr, for 81, 6l0, the dwelling
on Main Street be recently bsught of DE-. J.
wv. Herring, administrator Of David II. Shrl-
yer
A matrimonial disappointment occurred
in this city on Thursday. The bride expect
ant and friends waited in vain at the parson-
- for the groom-elect. A breach -oipFom'
;se -it is in order.
Fggs -e selling in some places at 30 10 Gu
.--tsse1r.- 4 ven. What's 10 be done, under
he e;tcnusta, >ces2 Why, stop your omelei,
,-,T,r bn,r ana sgs, and your egg nogs unaess
your purse can STA 40 "
Re;s,ers,own has Literary Society, Ehieh
meets weekly, and has 'eeiaFes' debates, reei
tations and readings, affor NEg rai'oaA alnase
rnent and editication 10 It's e'tlzsns during tue
long winter evenings
The ADvocArx has the best paying SUP
scribers Of any county paper IN AAfs i IN
We nudge so from the tact that we never nave
10 dun them, and we scarcely ever PEE Up
rural exchange that does mol contain one Or
more notices asking delinquents 70 pay up
And this is invariably the case with cheap
papers.
The English Sparrows do not wait to choose
their mates till the l4th OF February ACCORD
ing to the old tradition, bat upon any pleas
AMI day. for a week or Two past, their NOISY
uproar indicated that they were anticipating
that time If there areany police regulations
among them. the staff must have their hands
fun. for their contests are Of q very fierce
character.
1.-THE eroand.hog was able to dig through
a foot and a half or two feet of snow and got
out on " ednesday he saw his shadow. and con.
seouently there will be six weeks more OF
winter. If he didn't get out, we don't know
how il will be. Vennor, however, predicts
some severe weather about the middle OF
March, such as snow, rain, sleet- &c No
sensible grounding would have P0ked ms
nose above ground on Wednesday, when the
mercury was close TO zero all day.