The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1886-02-27

Extensive improvements M. C. Association
justices of the Peace Law-Soiree at
Springfield Freedom Mscel-
1anenus

Duoilcoo DCCH uull SAiIGt SuTlSltIdS ii
Sykesvile, as we predicted it would be; ye
as spring approaches the promise brighten.
for better year. Many improvements are
contemplated and some already commenced
Mr.. Daniel Hefner has commenced work or
his new house on the old NJ. L. parsonage
lot. At Springfield many improvements viii
be made during the spring and summer. The
residence of Mr.. John p Phillinger, the gen.
eral manager of the farm, will be remodeled
and enlarged. A large dining hall will be
erected in the grove in the rear of the cottages
that adjoin the Presbyterian parsonage. Con.
siderable fencing will be done and more new
roads made Wade H. d. War6eld will build
his new store house, with hall over it, and Mr..
Sullivan will improve the Hotel De Berry.
L. NJ. Mellor is Frightening up the interior of
his store with fresh coat of paint. Mr..
Clarence E. Brown, who is extensively engaged
in the harness business, and has been playing
the roll of village barber, has withdrawn from
the latter occupation and uses his razors now
to cut beefsteak, having entered the firm of
G. 7. Forsyth Il Co., butchers, whose. sign
now stares the traveller in the face. Mr.. John
H. Wilson, our popular young wheelwright,
has purchased printing press, and is doing
a pressing business printing letters to his
girl. Harris still climbs the golden stairs,
while McCrone, the ''checkman," grows fatter
every day.
The Young Mems Christian Association
grows and prospers. Many good books have
been added to the library. The rooms are
crowded on Wednesday nights to listen to the
debates, where good deal of sound sense is
put in plain words.
The oyster supper for the benefit of Holy
Trinity parish is advertised for Wednesday
evening next, the Sd inst, by order of Rev.
Ernest McGill, the assistant rector, at Ben
nett & Barnes hall, Sykesville.
Our railroad people feel little discouraged
this winter by the reduction of their time.
We think they have been badly treated-we
mean the repair hands. They have not been
allowed to work but five days week since the
first of January last. Their pay is 95 cents
per day. Out of this every month they have
to paw from IS cents to $3.50 per month to
the relief association. Yet the great BALTIC.
& Ohio Railroad has not as we have seen re-
duced the time or pay of its better paid Off
Gals. neither has it reduced our local freight
or passenger rates. In fact, on the first of
January we were told that carload rates from
here to Baltimore were advanced % per cent.
After many had refused to acceed to these
exorbitant charges, on about the 10th of the
month the public were informed that it was q
mistake, and that the rates were the same as
those published for 1885. If it was a mistake
it took them a long while to find it out. The
people are thankful for what the road has
done for them by building an elegant passen-
ger and freight depot at this place, yet they
have right to ask more. They want lower
freight and passenger rates. The Company
pays no taxes to Carroll county, yet the people
are taxed heavily by them; and we would like
to ask the question of the editors of the AID
vocATE-How is it that their telegraph prop
erty in this county is not taxed? Perhaps
our commissioners are not exercising all the
powers they have.
The regular monthly soiree was held at
Springfield Institute on the night of the 22d.
Many friends and patrons of the school were
present, and it an enjoyable affair The
exercises embraced singing, instrumental
music. recitation and reading of the echo,
the school journal. The fair editor of this
paper, in referring to the young men OF the
neighborhood, appeared to know exactly what
allied them, and made most beautiful dag
nosis in every case. Her nearness to the
medical profession explains all this.
Mr.. Frank Brown paid Sykesville a short
visit last week He rarely gets home during
the winter, except to direct what he may want
done on the farm. We were glad to see you
give him a little send off last week, as we ex-
pect at the gubernatorial convention to do
things up Bro,cn.
We have received over twenty letters this
week, from different parts of the county, in
reference to the repeal of the Act of 10, and
one party most forcibly asks: "What right
has the Legislature to repeal law without
first notifying the people?' That's good to
smoke in your pipe.
The only society event that occurred IN
Sykesville this week was in the Row, and that
was hiqhly colored Jerry celebrated his
birthday on Wednesday night with a dance,
which was largely attended; the wind was
from the west. Brother Jenkins has sold his
horse and harness for four dollars and half,
and gone out of the rag and bone business;
Since the snow has gone the wheat fields
are showing green again and bear premise OF
a great yield. One snow drift fingered long,
and Thereby hangs a tale" On the lst OF
February, A. d. lSS6-one day before the
oronnd hog was expected-old Freedom
Miscellaneous threw his shadow across our
path. He bore the "olive branch, and we
clasped hands, happy in the thought that both
were still alive. His voice was husky, but
we soon helped to soften that. We were glad
to see him in Sykesville again. Old Month
cello soon loosened his tongue, when he was
ready to debate any question. Now "Miscel-
laneous'i is man of rare conversational pow
ers, and has raBlnaed, GRAINED and TANNED
in the cock-loft of his Uranium the wisdom OF
many generations. He challenged merchants
and ministers on subjects that were familiar
to them, and made a deep impressions he
talked of church, of state, and the body pol,
itic and then he gave US his hand IN eternal
friendship and we parted. He mounted his
steed and homeward went. Alas for man S
intentions! As he passed the Hotel DE
Berry the horse halted, the old man dis
mounted and went in. He sat down by the
stove and dreamed of his childhood days.
Looking up, he realized where he was; he
remembered the pump and the creak OF the
old handle on a certain night, and he almost
thought he could hear the water sizz as 1t
passed the wind-pipe of his friend, when he
neryed himself and started for home. This
would have probably ended the story had not
a farmer, who was coming the same road,
seen horse standing las he thong ht) hitched
to a post in a snow bank. But the farmer
found the post to be n man standing on ms
head in the snow drift, and that man was old
Freedom Miscellaneous, and his horse was
scratching his nose on the heel OF the old
mans boots. Freedom Miscellaneous is now
home and happy, reading postal cards in a
fourth class postofhce, yet there is sno"
enough left to mark the spot.
Another correspondent at Sykesville writes:
The soiree at Springfield Institute on Mon
day evening was well attended and much en-
loved. Ali favored with invitations attended,
with few exceptions. The program in its
entirety was well rendered and showed marked
talent in the scholars and careful training OF
the teachers. At the Institute there is paper
published" 1.-THE Springfield Echo''-and a
spicy journal it is. Its last issue was well
read 6y Miss Annie Beach on Monday even
ing. The personals were excellent ana mt
some of the young village gents so forcibly
thai they will never again seek the front seats
at the future soirees.
Spring is nearly here, and so are the sales
Each mail brings additional bills, with the
request, s'Please post" We are glad to see
MANY of them bear the name Joseph W. Ber-
ret, auctioneer. Mr.. Berret, though Sergeant
at. Arms for the House of Delegates, still fnds
time to make good sales for his friends: Mr.
Berret excels in his calling, for certainly auc-
pioneering is calling when you see how few
make success of it. The Sergeant is a
whole-souled man, well met; hence his popu-
larity. The neatest bills we see are those
printed at the ADVOCATE office.
The ladies of St. Barnabas Episcopal
Church are preparing for an oyster supper.
which will be held in Bennett and Barnes
Hall ON some evening early in March. Under
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