The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1882-09-16

We are having plenty of rain which is in
convenlenclng many of our farmers, as even
with clear weather blowing will be set back at
least one week.
The corn is one of the best of crops with us,
and the question now is, will the rainy wealth
er inJnre the blown down corn in the ear
We noticed on the farm of I'll. M. Clabaugh
one of the best crops of corn probably ever
grown on the farm.
The fruit crop through our neighborhood,
regarding apples, is poor. Peaches are pro-
badly a half crop, and the most singular thing
with the peach is one family will have plenty
and the next family none.
Our town is presenting itself with some fine
new residences, the most prominent being
Joseph Thompson s, John Renner's and Hen.
ry Harnishs 5, all of brick, and a host of frame
buildings, besides other improvements. a,a,
We are glad to state that Albert Angel who
was thrown and SO seriously hurt by horse,
recently, is able to be about again.
Peter Favour, who was confined to his bed
for several days from the kick of horse, is
able to be out again,
Rev. John 7. Delaney contemplates hold
ing fair in Eckenrode's Hall, commencing
November 81, and continuing until Thanks
giving evening, when there will be grand
dance closing the fair. We anticipate grand
time providing no one gets MANNED or killed
on our streets as there are many of them not
worthy of the name, and there is no telling
what will be their condition in the near future,
Would that Gov. Hamilton had to walk them
some dark night. We think he would have
signed our corporation bill when it should
have been signed, and not delayed it for a
pleasure trip until too late; or to use his own
words, when he was hunting up the appropri-
alton bill, 81 will sign it on the seventeenth
of April, the day set to hold our election for
town officers. Well we must wait for another
Governor-one who has all the people of Ma
ryland at heart, and not favored few.
Sabbath school celebrations are plenty, but
not largely attended from some cause or other.
Politics are commencing to loom up.
AS general thing the most of our voters
are registered.
Another correspondent sends the following:
Nearly all the public schools were COM
menced on Monday last, but owing to the
great rainfall on that day the attendance was
very small.
The only teacher we know of in our district
who did not get to the Carroll County Teach
ers' Institute last week is Mr.. James Fringer,
and the only reason he did not get there was
that he was too much pressed for time.
On account of wet weather this week the
farmers have been able to do but very little
IN the way Oh preparing Inelr Srouno iol oeSu-
ing. The grain dealers are paying $1.02 for
ordinary wheat and selling good article for
seed at SLIT.
The pic-nics and celebrations are pretty
we'll over for this reason. PiDe-Hill Sabbath
School held their celebration on last Saturday.
The attendance was very large.
Mr.. VIM. Crouse's boys have been very i'll
with typhoid, and had not been expected to
recover, but are now in mending way.
William Reindollar, son of DIR. Reindol-
lar, has been i'll for sometime past of some
unknown disease, but is now recovering rap
idly.
Mr.. Preston Englar has been to Baltimore
and Philadelphia this week. -.