The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1885-04-18
OUR NEIGHBORS.
Rushing Them In.

hushinS mem III.
The shippers of oysters, of Princess
Anne, Somerset Co., who have been So
disastrously impeded in the prosecution
of their business during the past season
by the bad wintry weather, have been
running them in to market during the
past week very rapidly. Every day many
wagon loads of fine barreled oysters were
hauled through town from the county
wharf whence they were shipped over the
n. y, p. & n. r. r., to the northern
markets. The dredsers ceased to take
oysters under the law on last Wednesday
week. The tongers must stop tomorrow.
The oysters which were sold in this mar
ket last week were very fat but little
fresh in tlavor.-7he Warylander.
Provender Scarce.
The scarcity of provender of all kinds
is feature of the backward spring. Far
mers have been compelled to feed their
stock much longer time than usual,
and on account of the abundance of straw
last summer many failed to have their
straw properly stacked or ricked and
much of it has rotted. Besides too little
attention is paid here to growing hay,
and farmers who ought to be selling hay,
are now found buying it. One dealer in
this place is reported to have sold over
two hundred tons of hay this season, and
much of it of course to farmers, who are
short of provenGer. CentreyHle Obgerrer.
Queen Anne's Pudding.
pint bread crumbs to quart of milk;
sweetened to taste. Beat the yolks of
two or three eggs, odd spoonful of but
| ter and flavor to taste. When nearly
baked put over the tops jelly or preserves
of any sort. Beat into the whites a cup
of sugar, flavor like the cake, add this
and return to the oven till Drowned To
be eaten with cream.
Little Delaware has Phosphate Bill.
The Delaware House of Delegates last
week passed a bill to regulate the anal
ysis of fertilizers in that state. The bill
provides that ''the person occupying the
chair of Professor OF Chemistry in Della
ware College, at Newark, Delaware, be,
and he is hereby declared, ex officio State
chemist, that it shall be the duty Of the
State chemist annually to analyze SAM
pies of all fertilizers which may be offer
cd for 10 Wit hin &c Cto%o 1.
purpose he is authorized and directed to
take from not less than five packages of
said fertilizers which may be in the pos
session OF any manufacturer, dealer, or
persons using the same, sample not ex-
ceeding one pound in weight; that every
bag, barrel or other package of CONNER
cial fertilizer manufactured or sold in
this State shall have plainly stamped
thereon the number of net pounds of
fertilizer in the package; the name,
brand, or trade mark under which the
fertilizer is sold; the name and address
OF the manufacturer; the place of manu-
facture; and chemical analysis, stating
the percentage of ammonia, of potash
soluble in water, of available phosphoric
acid, and of insoluble phosphoric acid;
and any manufacturer or dealer who
shall misrepresent the proportion of am
monia, phosphoric acid, and potash, or
either of them, contained in such fertili
zer, shall be guilty of misdemeanor, and
upon conviction thereof, on indictment,
shall be fined 5000 for the first offsnse,
and $500 for each subsequent offense."
The bill also requires the State chem.
list, during tho latter part of every month
to publish results of analysis made by
him in two papers Of each county, and
imposes fine for making false analysis
Of 500 for each offense.
Ex-Gov. McLane will sail from New
York on the Goth instant for his foreign
mission. He has secured passage on the
steamer Normandy of the French line,
and will be accompanied by Mrs. McLans
and his daughter.
Ex-Gov. McLane and daughter attend
ed the wedding of Miss Marie Robinson
daughter of Judge Robinson, of the
Court of Appeals of Maryland, and En-
sign w. F. Fullam U. S. Navy, at St.
Annes church Annapolis last Wednesday.
Several Northern men recently bought
1853 acres of land near Eastville, which
they propose to convert into sixteen lit
tie farms of ten acres each, and each
farm is to have comfortable house of
its own and is to be planted in small
fruit, berries, etc.-P0comoke Times.
In the Circuit Court for Somerset
county, which met ON Monday last the
grand jury has found true bill of in
dictment against the oyster dredger
Capt. Williams for the murder of the
German deck hand Otto Meyers.