The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1891-01-02

Fort Deposit
Mr.. and Mrs. Bird of Baltimore, spent
Christmas with Mrs. Enoch McCul-
Tough, Of Liberty Grove.
Misses Ruth West and Jennie Gill
ligan, of Oxford. spent Christmas with
Miss Bell West, of Port Deposit.
j A poultry thief called She roosts
of several farms No Elkton the
Saturday night before Christmas and
bagged twelve turkeys. If the same
hen roost robber had been caught 10
the act and tried before an Elkton
jury at the March or next September
term, the chances are ten to one that
be would go scot free. mot guilty
the foreman would say.
A gentleman from the country
hitched his horse at a public hitching
place in Elkton, one evening last
week and when ready to drive, found
his horse uncovered and shiveriDg.
Some thief had stolen the blanket.
After short search the fellow was
discovered leaving town with the
stolen goods. He =As let off and will
repeat the same at the first opportu-
nifty.
Mr.. Smedley, brother of Mrs. Harry
Yerkes. who has purchased the butcher
ing business of the Yerkes Brothers in
Rising Sun, has been taking time-or
perhaps we might say winter-by the
forelock, and storing ice this week for
use in his meat refrigerators next sum-
mer when the dog star RACES and the
blue flies buzz. Mr.. Emedey will take
up the butcher knife and c.eaver after
the 25th of March next, when the
Messrs. Yerkes lay them down TO seek
pastures new and WOO the smiles of the
tickle goddess in the land of Penn.
The Rising Sun Band Fair held on.
Friday and Saturday evenings of last
week was stalwart success. The.
sleighing fitted in most conveniently.
the occasion. The bellies as
a'Jocund day stands tiptoe on the misty noun.
tain top
awaited the bells, as they rang out on
the frosty air to herald the coming Of
the beaux; and then, and then, heaven
and earth seemed reconciled, as the
cutters glided toward the feast of good
things prepared by the band. The
net receipts were $73. That last line il
very prosy.
Our old friend Stephen j., mine
host of the Railroad Hotel at Como
wingo takes the cake we learn for
keeping boss hotel, allowing no
loafers or buns to hang around,
which must require a good deal of
effort in these degenerate times of
free license. We trust friend Stephen
will find, after few months expert.
ence, that it will be more profitable
to keep a non license hotel than pay
ing the big fees exacted for a
privilege that has no money in it
when the law is complied with.
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The shooting of the boy Jesse
Foster in Elk Neck by his brother
William mentioned in week before
last MIDLAND JOURNAL. was one Of
those accidents attributable to an
angry seuffie for the possession of a
very dangerous weapon, when handled
carelessly. The gun belonged to
William and jesse the younger
brother had taken it out to get a
shot at flock of ducks feeding in
the river. When William returned
to the house from the barn where be
had been feeding the stock and found
Jesse had taken his gun again with
out leave. he started after him and
in the scuffie to take the gun from the
younger boy who held it by the uuz
Gle. the weapon was discharged, kill.
ing Jesse instantly.
Mr.. George Johnston will give the
second literoy entertainment of
Friends MOI hl School on the 10th,
inst. The subject of the lecture will
he Footprints aad Echoes of the
Past" The footprints" will be
mainly those made in this county,
which will invest the lecture with
special interest for all Cecil countians,
both old and young, Mr.. Johnston
will prepare careful and instructive
lecture for the occasion and a full
house audience will doubtless appre.
ciate the care and effort of the lee
turer.
Mr.. H. Fl Haines opened the
winter series of literaries for the
school with number of fine stereop.
tican views of noted cities and places
in Europe visited last summer, and
an explanatory talk which was very
Interesting to the pupils of the school
and the audience assembled which
filed the school room ON the occa-
sion.
Nov is the winter of our discomfort
made glorious summer" by Ayers
Sarsaparilla. This wonderful medicine