Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1895-06-01

where she has been attending the Stat
Normal School. She j. now ieachin;
for her sister, Miss Katie, who ha
been sick. but we are glad TO learn j
much better
To keep ants from the sugar pail
draw circular chalk line around it
few inches wide. Keep them from 1
table by chalking the legs. Ii is sal,
that the feet of ants are hollow, an,
the dust OF the chalk fills them so the,
cannot travel.
Gordon, the Pocomokc photograph
err. will, weather permitting, be in SNOW
Hill Tuesday next He will have tim
to make limited number of cabine
and larger photographs. Persons wish
ing sittings made please leave word Will
Postmaster Mock.
Rev. Edwin Nelson, who is nov
stationed at Still Pond, in Kent county
visited friends here this week. III,
returned home yesterday accompanied
by his wife, whose visit to her parents
DIR. and Mrs. c. Z. Jones, has hereto
fore been noticed.
Bishop Coleman, OF Delaware, i
an interchangeable worker. He spen
last Sunday in Sussex county where he
visited number of charges lie rod,
80 miles, ate his dinner ON the road
preached three sermons, made severa
addresses. and confirmed two classes
-Rev. Adam Stenglc pastor o.
Smyrna NJ. +. Church, has been trou
bled with insomnia for some time past
and thinking he needed n change =
number Of his congregation have pre-
sented him with sufficient funds Il
maintain him at Atlantic City for TIVE
weeks.
MIR. j. :. johnson and daughter
Miss Minnie, Of Baltimore. sailed from
New York ON Saturday for Europe
They will visit England, Ireland
Scotland. Holland, Belgium, Germany,
Switzerland. Italy and France. Then
many friends in Snow Hill wish then
a safe and pleasant voyage.
i have large assortment of wash
and white dress goods including dotted
swiss, nainsook and fine dimities suit
able for children's dresses; also full
line Of hamburgs, nainsook trimmings,
swiss cmbroideries, valenciennes and
torchon laces, indispensable for trim
mings. Mrs. V. :. Townsend.
Remember the races on Wednes-
day and Thursday June 18th and
18th. You are promised good time
if you come TO Snow Hill on those
days. The horse racing promises Il
he good, rs there are already a number
of horses in training. The bicycle
races will also be a great feature OF the
occasion. Come.
The Wilmington Erening Journa
says: 4 female dog. part shepherd
and part bull dog, the property OF
George w. Longacre, gave birth 10
thirty pups in one litter. Twcnty-ninc
Of the pups were living and well formed
Twenty-Five were females and these
were put TO death. The four remain
ing dogs are living and well.
Frank Siddall. the millionaire
soap manufacturer, did all his adver-
Using in the newspapers. When ask.
ed why he did not use fences and bill
boards, he said: People who don't
read newspapers, don't use soap"
There Is a great truth in that remark
that might be digested with profit by
many less successful business men.
-Messrs. Boehm Il House have
done some very pretty sign work on
the show windows and front door tran
som of p. ID. Cottingham & Co.'S drug
store. The signature of the firm is re-
produced in gold and black on the
windows aud is striking fac siniie of
Mr.. Powelrs writing. The job is GER
tainly credit TO Boehm IL House.
A girl from Dublin district went
into a Princess Anne store, one day
last week, carrying several chickens
and placed them OH the counter. The
clerk, with poor grammar. asked her
if she thought they would lay there
She answered that, inasmuch as they
were ROSTERS, she did not think they
would.-Princess Anne Marylnder.
The State executive committee of
the prohibition party have decided to
hold the State convention July 31st
and August 1st at Glyndon. The
party will nominate candidates for
Governor. Comptroller and Attorney
General and will also adopt plat
form. Mr.. John G. Wooley, of Chi
cago, will make an address before the
convention.
Col. Edward Lloyd, accompanied
by other members of the commission
appointed by the last General Assem-
bly, to select a site for the new State
Insane Asylum, were examining prop
erty in various points of the State the
past week, principally along the line
of the b. IL O. Railroad. 1t is now
thought a selection will be made within
a short time.-Erston Star.
The friends Of Mr.. james Laws in
this county will he glad TO learn that
he has sufficiently recovered from hi.
recently severe illness to visit Snow
Hill again. He drove down from
Pittsville last Tuesday and returned
the following day lie was accom-
panied by his wife, whose devoted at.
tention during his illness received
marked attention by everyone
From all over the county come,
the unwelcome news that peaches and
other fruit have all dropped off tn,
trees. and that we will not raise enough
this year for home consumption. Mr.
Robert y. Todd informs Us that he i,
more fortunate in this respect than
Others. He says his trees are full o
fruit and very few have dropped off
lie anticipates gathering 1900 baskets
of peaches from his orchard.