The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1893-08-04
Colora Items.

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The wall of hard times is heard
everywhere, but "the world still
moves" Yes. certainly, but the part
that we, see moving most rapidly
just now, we call dust, and unless it
soon rains the fail crops are likely
to be short.
Some of our citizens on Railroad
Avenue were treated to a fine exhibi.
ton on last Friday evening, when
one Of our loving mothers from High
street, with wrath in her heart and
club in hand, descended upon and
belabored one of our young clerks
and also his next friend. We learn
by this that the fact of being Away
does not always shield q man in
these troublesome times.
Have the County Commissioners
decided to vacate all the public roads
leading to and from the town of
Liberty Grove? We find the road
leading from said town to j. P.
Kinks mill almost impossible, as is
also the road to Griffee's X roads.
Neither of these roads looks as
though it had been repaired since
old Captain Glacken bossed the job,
which, if we remember Alright, must
haye been early in the bloody sixties,
so let us have these chuck holes be-
tween the railroad crossing and mill
fordng, filled up, and some dirt put
on the hill between the county bridge
and creamery.
We understand that Mr.. Elwood
Balderston will soon rebuild his barn
which was so recently destroyed by
fire, and that z. Gray & Son have
the contract for constructing the
new building.
It is reported that move is being
made to procure flag for our public
school. We hope the report may
prove true, and that Sept. LIST will
dawn upon the stars and stripes
floating over "Barriger's Folly"
Well, the report Of the Chairman
as audited by that committee has
been written, printed, and read, but
it is very meagre; in fact it was not
the peanut report that we wanted,
and we are not curious at all, only 1t
was understood that the Chairman
did, at a meeting of the League
sometime previous to July 4th,
appoint a committee of five or more
persons to collect the sum of 1925
wherewith to purchase fireworks for
the occasion, stating at the same
time that he would make good in
cash all deficiencies in said collec-
tions. We know that very little (f
any) money was collected by this
committee we know that there was
not $l25 worth of fireworks bought,
and we also know that if there was
over $40 worth used, then that fire.
cracker man did most shamefully
cheat that Chairman. Now we ap-
prove very much the decision of the
committee to return goodly portion
of these fireworks unused, because
we thought all the while that it was
a very foolish expenditure of money,
under the circumstances, to waste in
smoke and noise $l25, even to per-
petuate the name of July ~ or any
other person, and we did not wish
the public to entertain the idea that
this christian society would squander
money in this way. We also wish
to have refuted the opinion gone
forth "that the cost of fireworks was
included in the festival expenses and
paid from the receipts thereof"
And many one we think must have
smole a very wan smile when they
read in the Chairman's statement
about those liberal donators whose
names were read at the last meeting
of the League.
The festival at Liberty Grove on
Friday and Saturday of last week
passed off quietly, and was financial
, success, the managers report profit
Of S64 the proceeds to be used for
the benefit of the Sabbath School at
that place, This school is a good
one. and we'll deserves the patronage
that it always receives.
Rev. G.. r. Donaldson, who at one
} time was stationed at MI. Pleasant
NJ. 4. Church, passed through our
town on Wednesday last, on his way
from Baltimore to his home at
, Leeds. Yours truly,
HICKS,