The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1885-07-25
Taucv.oxn Items.

| Calvin Weant, of Lincoln, Neb., is hom
here for few weeks.
We note with pleasure the advent Of gen
uine dude into town.
The town lookup is to be christened afte
/ the first inmate.
Communion was administered at the Luth
eran Church on Sunday by Rev. o. G. Roth
Rev. Henry Ditzler, of Abbottstown, Pa
will preach at the Reformed Church on Sun
day morning next Tomorrow.
Serg. William j. Stultz is off to Bedford
Springs Hope he viii be benefited by the
Henrietta Coats, an aged and highly re
spected colored woman, died here on We'd
nesday.
The fruit crop with us is almost a total
failure; no small fruits at all, and scarcely any
apples or peaches.
Miller Post No. SO, G. A. r., will have a
reunion of the veterans in H. NJ. Clabaugh' {
grove on Saturday, August 9th. A gala time
is anticipated.
The little misses of the Reformed Sunday
School will have an open air ice cream festival
early in August on the lawn in front of the
church, the proceeds to be used in the pur-
chase of clock for the church, to replace the
one that so mysteriously disappeared some
| time since.
Josh Ohler is still safely ensconced in the
Baptist Meeting House near town, and sue
cessfully eludes all efforts to Gust him. On
Saturday last he was brought before Justice
Orndorff and an effort made to disproye his
tenantcy. This was easily done, and Josh
was again ordered to vacate. He has not
done so yet, and to all appearances he does
not intend to. The patience of the farmers
in the neighborhcod is well nigh exhausted,
and for comfort Josh had better migrate to
other chimes.
Last Friday was rather an unfortunate day
with us. Plus Fink, timer working on h.
Z. Reindolar's house, in attempting to step
/ from the roof to the ladder fell backwards,
striking the ground with his shoulder and
head He was rendered insensible by the
shock, and received long cut in the scalp.
He is at this time doing well. Henry /. Eek
was partially paralyzed on the same day, and
his recovery is attended with much doubt.
John Reifsnider had sun-stroke, from which
he has almost entirely recovered.
We are having considerable drouth IN our
neighborhood. Corn is suffering; IN fact, we
have noticed some fields in which the corn
was diving. The oats that have been harvested
are not more than half filed, the young clover
! is diving and pasture fields are entirely bare.
! The water supply is failing, both in town and
country. One farmer, who has % head Of
cattle and 10 head of horses, is compelled to
haul water three miles to supply them. de
SAYS there is not drop of water on his entire
farm.
The s'wise men, of our town, who have
been watching intently every step taken by
the town council, with the hope and expecta-
ton that a series of plumbers would be made,
in which event the bill for the incorporation
would be forfeited, whispered it around last
week that now they chad it, /" and were ready
at any time for an overthrow. But when
our dwise menp come to see they will find
they haven't it, and, like the Irishman's flea,
| It has vanished. There is no blunder in the
bill as passed by the last Legislature, neither
have there been any missteps made by the
council, who, by pursuing their present policy
of moving slowly throughout, need not fear OF
laundering, nor Of having Judgment brought
upon their heads by these chronic grumblers
| and fogies These same persons announced
i one year ago that when the town became IN
corporated they would leave, but here they
are yet, still grunting and grumbling. Per-
haps they are awaiting the emigrant train to
convey them away; if they are we hope 1t will
| soon arrive.
! A disastrous eonAagration occurred on
Tuesday, between 4 and o'clock, p. M, on
the farm of Jacob Sharrets, situated one mile
north of Harvey. During the day they were
i -
time mentioned the hands went to supper,
leaving the engine running to pump water into
the boiler Upon coming from supper it was
discovered that the whole barn was in flames,
and barn, wheat, farming implements, two
fine horses, two hogs, separator, engine and
adjacent buildings were all consumed. John
Sharrets was so badly burned in his efforts to
save the dwelling house that he is not ex-
pected to live. The igniting spark was UNI
! doubtedly carried from the engine, especially
as they were using wood as fuel instead OF
coal. 1t would be well for farmers to take a
lesson from this, and engineers should posi-
lively refuse to use anything but coal as fuel,
especially when in close proximity to build
ings.
Hiram Few, living near Double Pipe Creek,
took from fish basket in Little Pipe Creek
on Sunday evening German carp measuring
2 feet 6 inches in length, III inches
around the body and weighed II lbs, avor-
dupoise weight This is no exaggerated fish
tale, but on The other hand the truth of it can
be established by number OF Advocate
readers in the vicinity who saw it. The
Creek was raised about six inches by the rain
on Saturday evening, which brought in the
FISH, Do the Westminster boys get anything
! like that in the Monocaey?
Rev. p. 4. Long thEeshed some oats this
week that weighed SO pounds to the bqshel.