Democratic messenger., 1895-01-05


An exchange SAYS: No sensible
man should or ever does get angry be-
cause newspaper man duns him for
money. \ dun is not an impeachment
Of subscribers integrity, but is sim.
ply an outcropping Of the publishers
necessities. For instance thousand
men owe man from one 10 four dol
lars each. He has to dun them all in
order to pay his expenses. Instead OF
getting angry and stopping the paper
because the publisher asks him for
what is honestly due, the subscriber
should thank the editor for waiting on
him 50 patiently, and pay up like a
man.
If ylu know Of any items OF local
news which you think would be OF
general interest to the readers Of the
MESSENGER we will thank YOU to
bring Or send them to rs. If YOU
have visitors send us their names and
where they reside. You can help us
make the MESSENGER more interesting
than it has ever been before. We call
upon all Of our friends TO help. This
j. the peoples paper II We can saw
no good Of YOU We will saw no harm /;
We are all one family. - 10 speak. and
should I've willing to exercise great
charity toward the .hortcoming. Of each
other.
AT the treat given the w. r. Sun
day School children in MAllen's Hall
on Monday night, Superintendent, X j.
NcAllen. was given an agreeable sur
prise hy the school in the shape Of a
handsome framed picture, and at the
same time the Pastor, Rev. Ralph +.
Coursey, was presented a handsome
clock by the congregation At the
Methodist Protestant entertainment held
in the church on tire same evening, the
Sunday School treated Mr.. Il. T. Truitt,
the Superintendent, to a pretty rocking
chair. All Of the above gentlemen
expressed their appreciation Of the gifts
in well chosen words and everybody
was happy
On Tuesday evening Ocean Lodge
Of Odd Fellows held its first meeting
in the new Odd Fellows Temple 1t
was a veritable love feast The men,
bers were glad To be back home again
and spoke with much feeling OF the ties
that bind them TO the corner which
they once more occupy. The new off
GERS were installed aud at the close o!
the lodge refreshments were served 20
all present, including number of
visitors from other lodges. The Odd
Fellows certainly have a beautiful
building. and their lodge room, which
is in the third story, is neatly furnished
and an attractive place for the members
10 meet together.
1t is said there are families Of clay
eaters in Worcester and Wicomico. if
there are such we do not know of them,
but remember several years ago when
it was said family by the name OF
Parsons who live near the line of the
two counties. were said to be induIgers
in this highly ~ prized edible An
exchange SAYS: CLAY eaters are not
confined to our Southern States. Hum
bolot found them in South America
The practice OF clay eating is common
throughout the Torrid Zone and is not
unknown in Sweden. Norway, Finland
and New Caledonia" What is a clav
eater. you ask? Why one who picks
up certain variety OF clay and eats it
with the same relish that you would an
apple
Robert L. Powell, Esq, Of Sails
bury, one Of the leading merchants Of
the Peninsula died on Sunday after a
lingering illness Of consumption. He
was about 30 years Of age and went 10
Salisbury when quite young man TO
enter the store OF William Birckhead,
with whom he subsequently became
partner At the time of his death he
was the head OF the firm OF r T., Powell
Il Co Mr. Powell was the son Of the
late Rev Robert H. Powell, of Snow
Hill, by his first wife. He leaves a
wife and one child. He is half
brother OF w. Solon Powell, Esq. Of
Snow Hill Mr.. Powell had large
number Of friends and relatives in Wor-
cester county who rejoiced at his great
success in business and are truly sorry
that his end has come 80 soon.
John W Vincent, jeweler on
Tuesday last sold To the mayor of our
town, Mr. John Z. Moore, an 1898
model, Rambler Bicycle This is a
good beginning for a good bicycle. 1t
is beauty. with wood rims. and he is
delighted with it in everyway espec-
tally in its very easy running qualities,
in which all Rambler, excel. Mr
Vincent vas the first bicycle rider on
the shore and has heen trying to sell
wheels for the same firm for about
ten years beginning with the tall wheel
before the Rambler came odt. He has
worked hard and long for the sport !;
spending considerable time and money
IN the cauSe I'M the way of advertising.