The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1893-02-18

The night is dark and dreary, outside is
mud and slush as | take my pen in mnsing
mood DER my soul there comes hush.
think of the changes time has wrought as
peruse the ADVOCATE The Day correspon-
dents articles, that Of yore enlivened its col
umns, are sadly missed by the writer Of this.
But his hand is still, his lutte silent, pAd the
winter winds that sob and rush and roar
around his late abode wall a requiem thrO'
the branches Of the evergreens that surround
it. From out their depths the nighthawk
whirs, while from the bare boughs of the
stately loeusts comes the sombre boot Of the
owl, like banshees wall Fit emblems Of
the desoation surrounding the spot The
spicy contributor from Berret too, RESTS
from his abors = as also does the Slack
Corner correspondent.
Faces gone forevermore.
The contributor from .'Oyerclitf whose
heart breathings on paper were like the gen
tie touch of an angels wing to q stricken
Esprit and the tender sympathy of Virginia
both are missed
All well in this ''werk. day, bank note
world there is little room for melancholy
moodiness. Times current is bearing us.
swiftly on and outward to the great ocean of
Eternity. 1t is we'll.
Cards are out for the wedding of Rev. W.
l.. Smith, junior preacher on this circuit, and
Miss Alma L., daughter Of Joshua B. Day OF
Glenelg. The ceremony will be performed
in the church there on Wednesday next at
7.30 o'elock p. M, after which a reception
will be held at the home of the bride.
The friends of Mr.. Mccoy Of Haight p. o.,
were grieved to learn Of his accident on his
way home last week from the Quarterly Con-
ference at Glenelg. We trust he was not
seriously hurt Haight correspondent informs
Il. III OH
there Was this wise move? AT thequar
terly conference the sense of the meeting
was, by an informal vote, at the suggestion
and advice of the p. E., to waive holding
service until dedication day. In the language
of DIR. Rodgers, '.by so doing, it would take
the edge off the dedication" We suppose.
however, that the trustees knew best, under
existing circumstances.
Wheat in this section presents a fine aT-
hearance.
Public sales are numerous. AT the sale of
Horatio Griffith, four miles from this place,
on Tuesday last, everything offered sold high.
The sale was largely attended, but towering
Joe Berret was equal to the occasion, as auc-
tioneer.
A large number of persons from this sec
ton will attend the Inauguration on the 4ih
prox.
The informal convention OF Gov. Brown
on the tax and assessment question to be
held in Baltimore is not looked upon with
much favor by the voters of this community.
1t is the opinion of nearly all that he should
have signed the Hayes bill.
The men selected from this county are
good enough citizens, but are all men Of for
tune-not depending on agricultural pursuits
for the "wherewith ALL to meet the require
ments of life. 1t is said by many that it looks
4 Il i I h.
most of the load to earry-as usual. Ger
tainly there are lawyers invited in sufficient
numbers to put him straight or confuse him.
Calls well that ends welp and may this
convocation by the interchange of opinions
be fruitful of some good.