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The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1886-08-14
Aortiral.
SUMMER Is GOING.
BY GEORGE ARNOLD.

Summer is fading the broad leaves that grew
So freshly green when June wasyoung and falling
And all the whisper-haunted forest through,
The restless birds in saddened tones are calling
From rustling hazel copse and tangled dell,
Farewell, sweet summer,
Fragrant fruity summer,
Sweet farewell~
Upon the windy hill, in many q field
The honey bees hum slow above the clover,
Cleaning the latest sweets its bloom can yield,
And knowing that their harvest time is over,
Sing half lullaby and half a knell,
Farewell, sweet summer.
Honey-laden summer,
Sweet FAREWELL"
The little brook that bubbles mid the ferns
Der twisted roots and sandy shadows playing,
Seems fain to linger in its eddied turns,
And with plaintive, purring voice Is saying,
Sadder and sweeter than my song can tell.
Farewell, sweet summer,
Warm and dreamy summer,
Sweet farewell!"
The fitful breeze sweeps down the winding lane,
With gold and crimson leaves before it flying:
Its gusty laughter has no sign of pain,
But in the lull it sinks in gentle signing.
And mourns the summers early broken spell,
Farewell, sweet summer,
Rosy, blooming summer,
Sweet farewell'
So bird and bee and brook and breeze make moan
With melancholy song their loss complaining;
l. too, must join them as l walk alone
Among the sights and sounds of summers waning
/, too. have loved the season passing we'll
So. farewell, summer,
Far but faded summer,
Sweet farewell!
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THE HARVEST MOON.

BY W. MILLAR.
All hail thou lovely queen of night
Bright empress ofthe starry sky!
The meekness ofthy silvery light
Beams gladness on the gazer's eye.
While from thy peerless throne on high
Thou shinest bright as cloudless noon,
And bids't the shades of darkness fiy
Before thy glory-Harvest moon
In the deep stiffness of the night,
When weary labor is at rest,
How lovely is the scene!-how bright
The wood-the lawn-the mountains breast,
When thou, fair Moon of Harvest! hast
Thy radiant glory all urfurled,
And sweetly smilest in the west
Far down upon the silent world.
pispel the Clouds majestic orb!
That round the dim horizon brood.
And hush the winds that would disturb
The deep, the awful solitude
That rests upon the slumbering food,
The dewy fields and silent grove,
When midnight hath thy zenith viewed.
And felt the kindness of thy love.
Lo scattered wide beneath thy throne,
The hope ofmillions richly spread,
That seems to court thy radiance down
To rest upon its dewy bed.
Oh let thy cloudless glory shed
Its welcome brilliance from on high,
Till hope be realized-and fed
The omens of frowning sky.
Shine on, fair orb of light! and smile
Till autumn months have passed away,
And Labor hath forgot the toll
He bore in summers sultry ray;
And when the reapers end the day,
Tired with the burning heat of noon,
They'll come with spirits light and gay,
And bless thee-lovely Harvest Moonl
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TRUSTEES SALE a
Real and Personal Property.

The undersigned, Trustee, by virtue of the
power of sale contained in the. deed of trust
from Peter Frownfelter and wife, dated on
the Both day of April, A. d. 1886, and re-
corded among the Land Records of Carroll
county. in Liber W. N. NJ. No. Ga, folio 279,
&C.. will offer at public sale, on the premises,
situate in Myers district, Carroll county, near
the county road leading from the Littlestown
turnpike road to the Stone road, three miles
from Littlestown and one and ahalfmiles from
Kingsdale, adjoining the lands of Isaac De-
CROFT Joseph Cookson formerly Gershom
Huff land), Ephraim Jones, Jacob Hilta-
brand and others, on
Saturday, L4th day Of August, A. d. 1886,
at one o'clock, P. NJ, all that farm there
situate, containing
80 ACRES AND 1 SQUARE PERCH OF
LAND, MORE OR LESS.
This farm is very desirable property, i'm
proved with a comfortable two story log frame
dwelling house, bank barn,
wagon shed, carriage house, AzSSSA.S
blacksmith shop, and other ~ E67A
necessary outbuiidings. There s3zI93isss
is a spring house with never failing spring
of water, at the dwelling house, and a fine
orchard with abundance of fruit of various
kinds.
Terms of Sdle.-0ne third of the purchase
money to be paid in cash en- the day of sale
or on the ratification thereof, and the residue
in two equal payments, the one payable in
one year, and the other payable in two years
from the day of sale; the credit payments to
bear interest and to be secured to the salts
faction of the undersigned, Trustee.
And also at the same place, on the same
day, at 10 o'clock, A. NJ, the undersigned,
trustee, by virtue of the power of sale con
tanned in said deed of trust, will offer at pub
lie sale the following valuable personal prop
erty, to-wit:-1 black horse, 2 cows, heifer,
/ bull, brood sow, shotes, l two-horse wag-
on, spring wagon, sleigh, l hay carriage,
l stone bed, wind mill, single and double
shovel plows, harrows, buggy rake, buggy
harness, wagon harness, and numerous other
articles of value for service on a farm.
Terms of Sale.-All sums under $40 cash;
on sums of $40 and upwards credit of six
months will be given, purchasers to give their
notes with approved security, bearing interest,
for said credit payments.
CHAS. B. ROBERTS,
July 17:ts Trustee.
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COMMISSIONERS NOTICE.

The County Commissioners of Carroll
county will meet at their Office, in Westmin.
ster. on the FIRST MONDAY OF SEPTEMBER
1886, for the transaction of business.
By order. CHAS. BRILLIANT,
aug Clerk
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PURE WINES AND LIQUORS
FOR MEDICAL PURPOSES.

Patent Medicines, Horse and Cattle Powders,
&c. A fine assortment of STATIONERY.
pI Physicians orders promptly filed and
Prescriptions carefully and accurately COM
pounded. mar 17tf
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DO R S A L E.

~ o K s A Il L. S-O
Nice Little Home, one mile aia pSH
from Westminster; 90 acres of k3szzs1aEzST
prime land, good brick houses price. $500.
245 acres prime land; elegant buildings; IL
miles from Baltimore, near railroad; price
$4,000 100 acres of same farm would be
sold with good dwelling. &C.; price $4,000.
101 acres on the W. NJ. R. R., near Finks-
burg station. Buildings fair; 20 acres timber;
land of good quality and in good condition.
Price $50 per acre.
Twenty acres good land, good buildings,
near Westminster, So, 500.
One hundred acres, best quality OF land, y
miles from Westminster; buildings only fair,
good water, &C.; price, $S,500
Small home, 4 acres, 8 miles from town;
good new house, fruit, &C.; 500.
Splendid farm, near Bridgeport, Md, 172
acres, good land; about 20 acres good timber,
large house and barn, all in good order; near
schools, store, mill. postoffice, &c; price, $40
per acre.
Forty-seven acres OF prime land, near West
minister, on which there is q fine building
site; $6,200
Ten acres, finely situated on turnpike roads
would make choice home; $1,000.
Brick house and lot in Westminster; 81, 200.
Double brick house and lot in Westmin-
ster; $500.
Also, some fine pasture lots, ranging from
? 90 acres, adjoining Westminster.
For particulars call on or address
feb13,tf E. LYNCH, Westminster, Md.
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DUBLIC SALE
OLA
LITTLEPIPE CREEK FARM

The undersigned, as agent, will offer at
public sale, on the premises, on
SATURDAY, 14th OF AUGUST, 1886,
at l o'clock, p M, the farm owned by John
L. Haines and occupied by Ezra Fleagle.
The farm contains
614 ACRES,
is located one mile from Middleburg, station
on the Western Maryland Railroad, the rail-
road passes through the farm, and Little Pipe
Greek is on the south of it. Six acres is in
fine meadow and six acres in good timber,
balance is in high state of
A>GN-S cultivation; frame weatherboar-
NiIt ded HOUSE, q stories, with
EG59ls5ssa5A kitchen and all necessary build
ings; Switzer barn, complete; good fruit of
choice varieties; fencing mostly new post and
rail; convenient to churches, schools, mills.
postofiice and railroads; 40 miles from Balti-
more, and is in one of the most prosperous
sections of Carroll county; adjoins the lands
of Wesley Forrest, J. D. Bowman and j.
Hahn. 1t would make a fine dairy farm.
Mr.. Fleagle will take pleasure in showing
the farm TO any person who desires to ex-
anime it.
Terms easy and will be made to suit pur
chasers. EPHRAlM HAlNES,
july24 is Agent
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Holloway's Ammoniated Phosphate.

Also our own brand, known as WEST
MINSTER,' which is certainly one of the
best articles for the money that can be found.
1t is manufactured for us by Slingluff Co.
We ask our customers, friends and the farm
ers generally to give it a trial. Price low.
L. 0. GRIMES a. CO.,
mar 27:tf Westminster, Md.
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So PER ANNUM
REAT BARGAINS

REAT BARGAINS
For the months of July and August to clean
up our stock of
SUMMER DRESS GOODS,
LAWNS, INDIA LINEN,
BATISTES, SATINES,
LACES, SWISS AND
HAMBURG EDGES, &c.
We sell you an elegant Plaid Dress Goods
at Gle per yard, worth 10c.
Crinkled Seersucker at 10c sold everywhere
at l2lc and 15c per yard.
Lawns at &c.
All best Calicoes at &c, sold elsewhere at I
and Sc.
Good yard-wide Muslin at sc.
The very best Unbleached Muslin at 6lc by
the piece, &c per yard.
Dress Cambria, all shades, at SC per yard.
We have the best assortment of
LADIES' AND MISSES JERSEYS
in town, from 81. 90 up to $3.50. Come and
look at them. A splendid line of
LADIES', MISSES and CHILDREN'S
pgHOsIERY! HOSIERY !-0a
from &c pair to soc pair. All our goods
are sold from
Ten to Twenty Per Cent Less
than regular prices.
GIVE US A CALL
Respectfully,
MILTON SENFT,
iune26 2m Westminster, Md.
THE LARGEST VARIETY
AND FINEST LIQUORS
IN CARROLL COUNTY
A. C. STRASBURGER'S
Next door to the old Central Hotel,
Westminster, Md.
I name in part-12 grades of Whiskies,
the well-known
WELTY WHISKY,
10 grades of Brandies-Apple, Peach, Ginger
and Blackberry Brandy; Holland and Domes
tic Gins, White and Red N. E. Rum, Kimmel
Port, Sherry, Catawba, Claret and Rhein
Wines; imported and Domestic.
CHAMPAGNE, BASS ALE
and Bibbert's Brown Stout; Raspberry, Gin
ger and Lemon Syrup.
I Guarantee the Purity Of our Liquors
and the quality of our goods, and will use
every endeavor to give entire satisfaction III
regard to price.
also have a large stock of
CIGARS AND TOBACCO.
All l ask-examine my stock before pur.
chasing elsewhere. may 1SS2-H
REMOVAL.
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DHosPHAPE! PHOSPHATE.

DHoSPHATE! PHOSPHATE.
We have now on hand aud for sale the fol-
lowing brands:
Slingluff g. Co.'S. Pure Raw Bone
Dissolved.
SIfng1uff e. Cos. Native Phosphate.
Shngluff g. Co.'S. Ammoniated Bone
Phosphate.
Slingluff g. Co.'S. Alkali Phosphate.
Baugh & Sons Double Eagle Phos-
phate.
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For the months of July and August to clea
up our stock of
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Special Attention GiUen to Repairing
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1886-03-13
A Questio

Was Jumbo an elephant? Big and
tall as he was, he had not attained to
his full size and was expected to grow
for three or four years to come. He
had grown considerably since his ar
rival in America. His food consisted
of grain, bran, hay, vegetables, such
as carrots or beet roots, ETC., and
of these articles he consumed be-
tween five hundred and six hundred
pounds per day. He drank about three
barrels of water day. In addition to
his great size there were several pc
culiar physical features about Jumbo
which excited much curiosity among
naturalists, and led some eminent
scientists to express the opinion that he
was not an elephant at all, but that he
was allied to the old and now extinct
masrodon species. In his back there
was a deep hollow, where, in other
elephants, there was a large convex
curve, and his head was curved in u
marked manner where other elephants
are hollow. His knees, too, were not
in the same place as are those of other
elephants. They were much nearer
his thigh, making the upper part of his
eg unusually short and the under part
unusually long.-Kemt (Emg.) Herald.
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to miss the terrible. panther falling
down the chimney and rolling over
and over on the floor in his death
agony. Even then he was dangerous,
for his mighty claws tore up great
slivers of the wood, and his huge body,
as it struggled and rolled from side to
side, broke every thing in its way.
Aunt Patience climbed on the high
bedstead and crouched in one corner,
trembling and fearing that her danger
was not over yet. At last, with one
drawing up and Strengthening of the
great limbs, and one tremendous
struggle, the monstrous body quivered
once and was still.
Then the brave little woman stepped
down from her place of safety, crept
cautiously across the floor, expecting
the great red eyes to open and the
dreadful claws to snatch at her, till she
reached the door, when in q moment
the fastenings were undone, and she
rushed out in the fragrant night air.
AS she did so the welcome sound of old
Whitefoots trot came family to her
ear, then nearer, nearer, and soon she
saw horse and rider appear through
the gloom. Oh, how glad she was,
and how thankful Uncle John! What
could he say when he saw the great
beast lying dead on the floor of their
home, and thought that but for her
bravery and courage his dear wife
might have been torn in pieces long
before this?
Aunt Patience never staid alone in
the house again at night; and though
she had many other adventures while
living in the wilderness before vii
lage grew up around them, she never
forgot that one terrible night when
she killed the panther. Emily Baily,
IN Harper'S Young People.
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FARM AND FlRESIDE.

There appears to be tendency to
use dry salt in the place of lime-water
for preserving eggs.-M Y. Times.
For sweet potato pie, make rich
pie crust and fill it with thin slices OF
apple and of steamed sweet potatoes
spread thickly with butter and sugar
and grated nutmeg. Cover with thin
crust and bake.-BoStoe Budget.
-Lampblack mixed with strong vim
egar is said to make a paint for mark
ing sheep that will not injure the wool,
and will remain for year. 1t is worth
trying. Tar and paint are both blotch-
ing and difficult to scour from the
WOOL Cleveland Leader.
Dried herring make an excellent
relish. Split, skin and bone, covel
with cream, heat through in the oven.
Place each one on a strip of buttered
toast, thicken the cream with flour.
season well, pour it over the fish, and
give each dash of lemon, and send IT
to the table ot-BOSton Globe.
To keep cheese fresh: When pur-
chased in small quantities keep what is
not cut for the table rolled in damp
cloth in a wooden or tin box; you must
protect the tin box inside with a coat
ing of hardware paper, that the damp
cloth may not rust it. - Cincinnati
Times.
The first eggs of the litter are
always the best for Matching. After a
hen has produced twenty or thirty eggs,
in perhaps as many consecutive days,
the strain upon her strength is very
great, and, consequently, the eggs be-
come impaired in vitality and capacity
to produce vigorous chickens. Toledo
Blade.
Oatmeal cakes may be successfully
kept from crumbling if you add little
wheat flour to oatmeal mush knead it.
and then roll it quite thin and bake fol
half an hour in a hot oven. These
must be kept where they will be dry, as
they absorb moisture surprisingly anC
are rendered unfit for use by it
N. 3. Farmer.
The best site for a poultry house il
an elevated one, but where that is no
at hand the ground should be spadeC
or plowed and the earth thrown
toward the centre. A frame. say 10x12
will accommodate dozen hens and /
cock nicely. We prefer an earther
floor, as tits cheaper and healthier thar
any other. And it should be raised tt
the top of the under printing with dry
road dust, loan and sand, and renewed
occasionally.-Erchange.
Rough lands can best be utilized by
pasturing. The natural toughness o
the land is subdued in this way, ant
the growth of bushes and other unde
sirable plants kept down by constan
treading and feeding. And stock cal
pick about among stumps and stone
where the pillow could not be run
While the stock is a good thing for thu
rough pasture, the rough pasture is no
always the best thing for the stock
N. Y. Telegram.
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FOR OUR YOUNG FOLKS.
TWO FRIENDS.

In the very same year, on the very same day,
Two little babies were born;
One was doggy, and one was girl,
One was named Prince, and one was named
Pearl,
All on a New Years morn.
And in one cradle the babies slept,
Ali through the mid-winter weather;
One on her pillow, dimped and sweet,
And one curlea up at the darling feet
Prince and Pearl together.
But Prince grew fast, as doggies will,
Till he soon was large and strong,
With coal black coat that was curly and
fine,
With a big. big bark and asorrowful whine:
And he learned to know right from wrong.
And Prince would sit by the baby Pearl,
Rocking her while she slept
Gently, lightly, to and fro,
And the mother was free to come or go,
For Prince true watch kept.
And he'd bear caresses from baby hands
With never so much as a vince;
And Pearl on his back was secure from harm,
For he'd carry her safely all over the farm
Darling, trusty old Prince!
And when Pearl went to the village school,
A mile or moro away,
Prince carried her basket, and primer, too,
And would run to fetch her when school was
through,
At the close Of the long, long day.
OH they were ever the best Of friends,
In sunny or stormy weather;
Up in the mountains or down by the sea,
In town or country, 'twould always be
Prince and Pearl together.
-EnllnG G. DOlOd, in YOUTHS Companion.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1886-03-13
KITCHEN ECONOMY.
Dining Habits of Americans and Some o
Their Other Needs.


There is no doubt much wastefulness
and extravaganza in the American
kitchens, but there is far less than is
commonly supposed, and the constant
exhortations to be saving must become
monotonous, if not irritatingto the fru-
gal housewife who knows that she pro-
vides even less literally for her family
than the German woman next door,
and that the latter, nevertheless, saves
money, while she does not.
Americans, as general thing, care
little for the pleasures of the table; so
long as their hunger is satisfied it
matters little upon what they dine; but
they do have their wants which must be
gratified, else there is little satisfaction
in living Even the most obscure among
them may have social ambitions
they wish to move in a certain circle of
society, to do which involves certain
outlay if their self-respect is to be main
tanned. They have intellectual wants;
they require books and papers, and the
stimulus of lectures, concerts and SER
mons; they must keep their children
presentable, else they are apt to miss
desirable companionship.
All these things demand an outlay
which it is constant strain to meet
The wants of the lately arrived foreign
neighbors are less complex, their aspir-
ations of different sort, and being
able to supply the one and satisfy the
other to some degree are naturally
more content. Their children and
grandchildren, however, will reach
another stage of development now
occupied by the restless Americans.
This difference of conditions and the
impossibility of measuring all the
desires and requirements of one person
or one family by those of the less
highly organized individuals among
them is the stumbling block against
which the guardians of society fall
when they point out to the intelligent
ambitious man or woman-the product
of the highest civilization-a pathway
to prosperity which only the stolid,
plodding person with few and simple
wants can follow.
If the scien&sts will turn their atten.
ton to devising plans for making a
small income provide clothing, educa-
ton, amusements, agreeable society,
none of which are luxuries but all
necessities, the housekeepers will agree
to provide nutritious food for their
families at the lowest possible cost and
have none of the Wanted and delusive
French soups, which consist mainly OF
an odor and an untitled expectation,
on their bills Of fare.-JiGndpolis
Journal.
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Activity.

Action is the great demand of life.
The active only, are true to the design
of their existence. 1t is true of all
mankind that they live in this world in
order that they may make themselves
useful by exerting their powers OF
action in blessing all to whose welfare
they may contribute. Unless the world
is better for their living in it, they have
lived in vain, if not worse than in
vain. All may accomplish much for
their own good, and for the good
of others, and those who achieve
!)ut little in these directions are not ex-
cusable. Their want of success is no
triGing matter. 1t is not without Grim
inality.- Wdtchna1a.
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An Eccentric Parsons Will.

Rev. David Abel, somewhat eccen-
trio minister, who died recently in Bur-
lington County, N. j., left a will which
has already bothered the administrator.
The will provides first for the payment
of all just debts and funeral expenses,
and then directs that the residue be ap-
piled to the establishment of Bible
temperance school for the classical ed
ucation of the young people of both
sexes, the preference always being Civ
en- to the family relatives of the testator.
1t also provides that the scholars shall
pay portion of their tuition by such
manual labor as shall by rule be ap-
pointed them. The last clause of the
will, however, is the most peculiar. In
it he desires his executor to make pro-
vision, if possible, for the use of as
large portion of the grounds devoted
to school purposes as may be found
available for the pasturing and propa-
cation of goats, in order to encourage
the use of their flesh in place of that of
swine as an article of food.-N. 7.
Post.