The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1888-08-17

Brothers have had their stockpo ison
ed by some weeds it is believed to b.
in the hay, supposed to be st. Johns
worth. Mr.. Reynolds has pair o
mules and q horse poisoned so thai
the parts are raw and the Yerkes
have horse suffering from the some
cause, .being affected in similar
manner.
Bass fishing yearly becomes more
popular on the Susquehanna and
Mr.. Raglan has established hos.
telry at Conowingo, one of the best
points for anglers on the river, where
parties can always find the best &C
commodations and be supplied with
guides and boats. See card in this
issue of the MIDLAND.
This day is set aside at Woodlawn
Camp for temperance work. The
exercises in the morning will be in
charge of the State Alliance, Edward
Higgins, Esq, and Rev. G. W. Her.
bert of Baltimore will make address.
es. In the afternoon the w. G. T.
U. will be in charge. There are Is
tents occupied on the ground.
George W. McCardell of the eth
district gives notice that be will erect
campaign cabin and decorate it
with the emblamatic coon Of 1910,
and the hard cider will have to find
place to make the picture complete.
The hard cider of that famous cam.
paign-the most exciting and grotes.
que presidential canvass in the his
tory of the nation-broke up the
Washlngtonian Temperance society.
Sammy Barben who lives ON Main
Street, exhibited at the MIDLAND
Office few days SINCE a curious ear
of corn, tie point or end of which
was very fair representation of a
human hand, haying the four fingers
and thumb of right hand we'll de-
veloped-the thumb especially so.
The fingers were joined but a raised
part defined we'll each finger, except
that the little finger was rather the
largest.
The thirtieth annual Harvest Home
was held Thursday at The Rocks OF
Deer Creek, in Hartford county. Not
less thon 5000 people were on the
grounds. In the afternoon a meeting
was called to order by Mr.. Charles
H. STREET.. Mr.. Arch. Wilson vas
elected president. Several address.
es were made. Farmers picnics or
harvest thomes arc becoming very
fashionable in many parts of the
country.
The Rising Sun Harrison and
Morton Club numbered SO members
at the close of its last weeks meet
ing. Notwithstanding there was no
delegation from the 9th district elect.
ed on Saturday last to the county
convention.
A "protest," it is reported, was
drawn up and forwarded to the con.
vention on Monday reciting grieve-
ances which had been inflicted on the
delegates at former county conven-
tions.
Mr.. Hampton Langdon has invent.
ed very ingenious automatic gate:
or rather 1t is lever gate which is
contrived to open and shut by per.
son sitting on wagon or in a car
riage by reaching out and laying his
hand on lever. The jointed rods
which swing the gate open and shut
serve also to hold it firmly to its
place when closed, without a latch.
Mr.. Langdon has made working
model of his gate that can be seen at
Squire Taylor's cabinet shop in this
town. This gate looks more like bus.
mess than any of the kind we have
examined.
The Elkton Presbyterian Church
after being without a preacher since
the Rev. r. w. Beers resignation,
about IA months ago. has at last
secured one. The Rev. S. NJ. Osm-
ond, D. D. who was given a call o
few weeks ago, has accepted the pas.
torate. Mr.. Osmond will receive a
salary of $1,000 per annum and use