The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1883-01-20
Ganber Items.

AS you had few items from Gambler IN
your last issue, some of your readers may ask
where this Gambler is, and OF its Importance.
Gambler is what was formerly known as Me-
chanicsville, situated on the Nicodemus road,
9 miles south of Westminster, with popula-
ton of 125, all white out of ethis number
there are so or more children, walking from
2 to q miles to school, as we have no school
house nearer. Some one is entitled to black
mark for this deficiency, and if we knew who
he is we would not be long chalklng 1t up TO
him. Give us a school at Gambler and we VIII
furnish it with 60 scholars, none to come more
than half mile. We have two very credlt ia
BILE country stores, Griffee x Shipley and e.
A. & S. n. Gorsuch, merchants; one black
smith and wheelright shop, doing good bus
mess, and another shop nearly finished; two
shoemakers, one NJ. P. preacher, two
churches, NJ. P and NJ. E., one stone and
the other brick; one cannery, one doctor, a
daily mail, half dozen carpenters. A good
hotel would do well here. Politically we are
about equally divided between Democrats and
Republicans.
On Tuesday evening last quite annnber of
the Young folks and some older ones met at
the residence of VIM. Z. Barnes, and had a
fine time dancing and amusing themselves So
cially. Everything passed off pleasantly Tex
cept that the number was too great for the
capacity of the house,, until some one of the
ladies noticed sneak thief in the room where
the overcoats of the gentlemen and the wrap
pings of the ladies, had been placed, while
they were enjoying the dance. As soon as the
report was given of this suspicious character
being in this room, some of the boys made an
investigation and found several pairs OF
gloves and some money left in the overcoats
had disappeared. They overhauled the young
man and found on his person some ten or a
dozen pairs of gloves, but no money. After
they had recovered the gloves, and before the
search was final, he made his escape and
saved himself an awful fogging, which we
feel safe in saying he would most surely have
gotten. We hope our Westminster friends
received their gloves, as they had left before
the gloves were found and we had to send
them by one of your number that had re-
manned.
Our young blacksmith, Rufus Stonesifer,
who received a shot in the eye at the shooting
match at this place on the 9th inst, returned
from Baltimore on the 18th, having had the
eye taken out by DIR. Chisholm. He is doing
well. He worked at his trade on Monday last,
but found he would have to give up working
for a time, as it gave him pain.
We expect to have a wheelbarrow match
here as soon as the weather will permit, and
hope no one will get injured by being run over
or otherwise, as this accident at our last
shooting has somewhat turned the tide of pop
ular feeling against outdoor sports.
Am Old Bible.
Our New Windsor correspondent sends US
the following:
A Bible, formerly owned by Michael Wag
ner, but now in the possession of his great
HrfN,.
was shown your correspondent few days ago,
and in which he found the following record:
''This Bible was bought on the 9Th of Oc-
tober, 1770, in Philadelphia, Pa, of Book
binder Reinholt, in Mari street, ana cost e2,
15s.'
''Michael Wegneer was born on June Dist,
1723.''
Maria Elizabeth, (nee Schuee,) his wife,
was born on the Sd of June, 1925. They
were married April 25th, 1744, by Pastor
Christopher Scholl, at Biebersdorf, in Wur-
temberg, Germany. They had three children
in Germany and nine in America, five of
whom died, four daughters and three sons,
all single
CHILDREN.
elizabeth Barbara Wagner was born on
December Both, 1749, and baptized on Janua-
ry 1st, 1850"
MlCHdel w 6Sl was polh vi ANo'SihpSA
9th, 1892
"Catharine Wagner born on October 10th,
1755.''
"Maria Elizabeth was born March 1Sth
1853"
"Rosina Wagner was born on September
Goth, 1762."
johannes Wagner was born on December
2Gth, 1764.''
"Christian Wagner was born on April 18th,
1868
"My daughter Elizabeth was married on
February 23d, 1779."
Michael Wagner, who was born on the Dist
of June, 1928, and died Sept. 18th, 1795, is
buried at Winters Church yard, near New
Windsor, and his tombstone is yet well pre-
served.
Most all the first German settlers who set
tied near New Windsor, this county, in and
about the year 1913, are buried at Winter S
graveyard They all belonged to the Luth
eran Church. The names of many are still
in our neighborhood, but large number of
them are somewhat changed according to the
English sound, for instance-Bruchto Prugh,
Schneider to Snyder or Snader, etc.