Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1890-02-15
NEIGMBORHOOD NOTES.
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Vessels arc daily loading with oysters
from our waters for the Northern
cities.
Our farmers are sowing oats and max
ing preparations for planting Irish po-
tatoes.
Miss BERTHE Wilkins of Accomac G..
H., was guest of Mrs. Clara Garrison
last week.
Several club.men arrived from New
York last week and many more are ex
pected soo.l.
Mrs. II. A. Scarborough, seriously
i'll from nervous troubles for several
DAYS past, is slowly convalescing.
Mr.. l.. T. Powell is erecting a two
story building an Main street which
will be occupied by SIR. l.. y. Blake
when completed.
Prof. S, evenson'smnsical concert and
entertainment were held here on two
nights of last week. The performances
we're good aud well attended.
Congratulations are now in order
when you meet Capt. y. Il. Rich, who
appears to be the harriest man in town.
This time it is a bouncing Girl baby
and the piide, too, OF its two grand pa-
pas.
DR.. Geo. w. LeCato of our town
who several weeks ago left here via
New York for Nassau, to visit DR.. j.
T. LeCato and family, returned home
by way of Savannah. en- the 7th inst,
highly delighted with his trip.
Owing to the scarcity of corn in this
section of the county, Mr.. A. II. e.
Mears. one of our enterprising MGR
chants, has ordered q car load of white
corn from the far West, which he will
sell at Keller station at so cents per
bushel.
A Yacht with centre boards on either
side and with the name "who 'dathunk-
it," is one of the curiositieS among
s'crafts" in our waters at this time.
She is used as pleasure boAt by Mr. G.
r. Bunting of New York, and james
o. Bell of this place.
a party of civil engineers. including
Mr.. Frank A. White & Son. were taken
to RevcI's Island some days ago from
this point By Mr.. James A. Doughty.
for the surveying of same, together
with the shortest and most practicable
route for road over the meadows from
the island to mainland
Mr.. Jno. A. Birmingham, a mer.
chant of our town for past II yrars.p ur
poses moving to Rising Sun. Nd, on or
about the 18th proX.. where he will en-
gage In the mercantile business on an
extensive scale. Mr.. B. and family
have won a host of friends during their
stay with US, and many, very many are
the regrets of the citizens generally at
their intended departure.
One of tie most remarkable inStan-
ces of backdown on the part of Il
groom ever heard of In this section, oc-
CURED some weeks ago short distance
from town. The contracting parties
were gent of about SO summers ard q
fair damsel of sweet 16. Having pro-
cured his marriage license, he held it
for some time, but finally imagining
that he was ready to have the nuptial
knot tied, summoned the parson. He.
responding to the call. proceeded 10
unite them in the holy estate of matri
mony, and bad more than half completed
the ceremony. when the groom suddenly
raised his right hand Significantly and
ended the affair by informing the min
lister and bystanders, that while stand
ing to be married most wonderful and
peculiar feeling had come over him and
requested that he be further excused
and 60 without day. which was accord
ingly done, but to the great surprise
and Indignation of the entire assem-
blage.