The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1893-02-10


destruction to the young lambs that
the farmers are afraid to turn their
sheep in the fields. Both crows and
buzzards are rayenous. Even the
fowls of the air have been brought to
famine this terribly cold winter.
The latest new enterprise talked OF
for Elkton is canning establish
ment and can manufsctory. The
accomplishment of the enterprise
will depend whether the farmers will
enter into a contract to furnish a
sufficient quantity of stuff 10 supply
such an establishment as contem
plated with vegetables and fruit
berries we presume-as will keep it
going during the season of these
products.
The mention of Mr.. William B
Gillespie's serious injury by tree
falling on him, in last weeks MID
LAND was not altogether correct.
He and his son-in law Mr. Oliver
Nesbitt were saving up into cord
wood lengths a tree that had been
felled and trimmed up, the stock re-
naming to be cut up with the cross.
cut saw. They sawed off one cut at
the butt when the stock, which was
on hill side rolled and caught Mr.
Gillespie's feet and rolled entirely
over him breaking four ribs and
otherwise MASKING and severely in
juring him, particularly his head and
face.
1t is reported that twenty carloads
of freight day are being hauled
over the Lancaster, Cecil & Southern
Z. r. from ChiIds station, B. & O..
r. r. to Providence Mills. The L.
G. & S. is the Cecil county terminal of
the Lancaster, Oxford & Southern
line. Indications are favorable for
the early commencement of work of
construction on the L. o. & S. survey
between Oxford and Providence
Mills.
Report also says that an electric
road is talked of from Midi etown,
Delaware to Warwick in Cecil
county. And the question is asked
why not An electric road from Elkton
down through the lower districts.
The following clipping from the
Baltimore Sun of that date was hand
ed the Democrat for publ cation last
week.
The SUsQUEHANNA RIvER-THE
New RAILROAD Track
HAvRE DE GRACE. Feb, Q852)19-3
T. M.-The ice in the Susquehanna
still remains firm The Railroad
Company have finished their new
track on the ice. The baggage car of
the Express train passed over it at
noon to-day 1t proved to he per.
fectly secure. The thermometer this
morning at sun rise stood at four
teen degrees. which is the coolest
since the 28sh of January The river
has fallen several feet since Monday
F. r W.
The track was prepared by laying
boards on the ice on which cross ties
were placed and the cars if our
memory is not at fault, were hauled
across by horses, Before the track
was laid the passengers and baggage
were taken over on sleds The pas
sengers generally footing it across.
A little grog shop was established at
the middle of the river on the line
between Hartford and Cecil to &C
commodate the thirsty travellers.
Mr.. A. J Michiner of Co ora has
purse still in excellent condition
which was made by his daughter out
of fax grown on farm owned by his
great grandfather Joseph Dyer, near
Doylestown, Pa, over one hundred
years ago.
Friend Michiner having started
this story by yielding to the blandish-
ments of the ubiquitous interviewer
will have to stand cross questioning.
Was that fax grown hundred years
ago on grand pas farm, and if so is
that purse made by grand pas great
granddaughter hundred years old
and in good state of preservation?
And isn't that purse always filed
with IS cent silver dollars. and every
one of the sixty-five cent dollars will
buy a hundred cents worth of any
thing in the market? Now Friend
Michiner, see what box you have
got into by showing your money in
a purse hundred years old made by
grand pas great-grand daughter.
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