The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1888-07-21
sYKEsvILLE ITEMS.
Fine Wheat and Large Yields Democratic
CIun-9ales etc


Threshing season has come and the farmers
are fast determining what the harvest will be.
The result so far shows a yield far above the
average and better quality of grain. The
railroad siding here IS filled with cars for
shipment and the golden grainis pouring into
Sykesville from both counties. The first to
thresh here was j. Z. Beasman, who reports
yield of IS bushels per acre machine meas
ure, which means near 36 by weight. Yields
of 80 bushels and more are common this sea-
son, while few fall below twenty. This is
very gratifying to our farmers and but for the
low price would be the best paying crop for
FIVE years. The present price OF -four is much
too high when compared with the price of
wheat, and considerable complaint comes
from the laboring classes, while the farmer
feels that his labor goes greatly toward en-
riching the miller.
Corn is looking we'll. Hay is a little short
but is being well cured by the fine weather.
Now that all the boarding houses are filed
with summer boarders, the proprietors are
trying to fill the boarders with substantial
country food, and the many scrawney looking
ones who first came here are fast growing fat.
Rev. A j. Gill, of the NJ. E. church, who
is now stationed at Eutaw-street church, Bal.
timore. preached at st. Pau's NJ E. church
last Sunday morning and afternoon, and lee
tured to a large and appreciative audience at
the same church on Tuesday evening. Mr..
Gill made many friends while on this circuit
some years ago who warmly welcomed him
among them again.
A Democratic Club will be formed in Sykes
VILE A call has been issued for prelimi-
nary meeting at Warfeld & Donovan's store.
on Monday evening next, the 23d instant at
8 o'clock. The club will be put in the Ma
..o,oI Ioooua Of namocrafia Climbs and will
whoop things up for Cleveland, Thurman and
Stump.
Geo Hayworth is now a full -fledged deputy
sheriff, having been recently commissioned,
and son his breast he wears star" Since
this appointment has been made Sykesville
is as calm as a mid-summer's night. The
effect was wonderful The darkeys are now
afraid to even sneeze on the public highway
least they be taken in. Deputy Hayworth
has all of the necessary appliances for his
Office and also runs the village patrol wagon.
Shipley who was high constable for sometime
is now in the shade. Squire Hyatt misses
him very much as he was so handy in adding
up the costs.
Business is very brisk for this season, and
all are doing WE'LL The beer trade has fallen
off little owing to several of our young men
stopping short This is very gratifying news,
and it was not brought about by temperance
influence. What caused them to do it was
the beer was too warm.
Jno. Mcdonald & Co. have nearly COM
pleted their new store, which we will more
fully describe in our next, 1t will be run as
an entirely separate business in ladies', fine
goods, gents furnishing goods and an i'm:
mense stock of clothing. 1t will be opened
on or about the 9th of August.
At the sale on Tuesday last of the personal
effects of the late J. NJ. Zimmerman the at
tendance was good, and fair prices were OBJ
tanned The Kearney lot in Sykesville, sub
ject TO an annual ground rent, was purchased
by Capt. Marion Hugg forSl 900. Consider
able more property of his estate will shortly
be put in the market. At the sale DR.. J. W.
Steele, Of Freedom, purchased barouche in
which he will air his political patients this
fall