Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1895-06-14
Elmer Items.

Misses Orrison and Abaugh, accompa-
MED by Mr.. Garrett, of Herndon, Va, Wis
tied friends at Elmer last week.
large party of young people from this
section spent Whit. Monday at the Sugar
Loaf Mountain.
The receipts at the Elmer festival were
$2S 30, expenses, $11.l2-net SIT 81, which
was paid to DIR. Dulany on the 9th.
Mrs. Chs Oxley is very i'll at her home.
The disease is said to be typhoid pneumonia.
The closing exercises of the Elmer school,
j. E. Phillips teacher, were held on Mon
day night, May 9th, and few entertain.
ments have aroused such interest and pleas.
ure. Long before the appointed time for
opening carriages and buggies began to ar
rive and pedestrians were vending their
way towards the school house. Kind hands
had beautifully dressed the room, and IL pre-
sented, with its gay crowd, scene as OF
fairy land. Over two hundred visitors were
present The Instrumental music was a
pleasant feature of the occasion and ELECTED
high praise, particularly that by }. Thomas
Chiswel and son on violin and autoharp,
Miss Mary Hyatt playing the voluntary on
organ. The program was rendered as fol-
lows:
Salutatory address, Milton Phillips music,
Morning Bells, by the school, Lave for some.
thing, Maria Ganley; Bevy of eyes, by eight
little girls; Aunt Tabitha, Mary Brown (;
When was girl, Virgie Matthew; Choice
Of Trades, by ten small boys; Retributive,
Katie Brown; Angels Ladder, Emma
Hughes and Florie Hyatt; Precocious Speller
Milton Phillips and Norman Trundle; Roses
secret, Florie Hyatt music, Forward March,
by the SCHOOL, Pm waiting for papa, Anna
Hyatt The bee and the butterfly, Blanche
a hAntt fNaaf
much of me, Nellie Phillips Ten little toes,
Florie Hyatt; Our country's seasons, Misses
Ganley, Matthews and Phillips Little star,
Amanda johnson; Dolly's dose, Prudie
johnson; Helps to memory, Maria danleyi
hear that doll, Nellie Phillips Miss Laugh
and Miss Fret, Blanche Magaha music, by
the school; Naughty Miss Dolly, Anna
Hyatt; Thanksgiving day, Emma Hughes;
learned to spell, Nellie Phillips; Tell the
truth, Pinkney Jones Going to California,
John Magaha and Cornelius Hughes Con
tent and discomfort, Betsy Jones; Little
cherry, Misses Matthews, Ganley aud Ma
gaia; The printer and the Dutchman, Wal.
ter Phillips and Cornelius Hughes; The
problem, Hayes Jones Bachelors solilo.
guy, Thomas Hughes; The bee, clock and
broom, by three little girls; music, by the
school, The cou ntry boy and city dude,
Edg and Milton Phillips; Socrates Smokes,
Dole Jones; The lady's maid, Edgar Phil.
lips and Katie Brown; Fate of Virginia,
Milton Phillips; Punishment, Katie Brown
and Jennie Brunner The smack in school,
Katie Brown; The gossips, Misses Hyatt,
Drummer, Jones and Ganley; The brave lit
Tie girl, Cora Magaha; Little ones gifts,
Misses Matthews, Magaha, Ganey and
Hughes; Don't marry a man TO reform him,
Mary Brown; Counting under difficulties,
Edgar and Milton Phillips and Mary Hyatt
Chldren's hour, (by request Dawson Trun'
die; A race for bride, Mary Hyatt; She's
gone off with handsome man, 10y requestO
Miss Lillian Hyatt; Valedictory, Walter
| Phillips; music, Parting Song, by school.
! The principal, in a neat speech, thanked the
audience for their good order and attention,
and all repaired 10 their homes satisfied that
they had seen the best exhibition ever seen
in the country.
| Whenever dealer comes round and tells
| you he has dog cart that does away with
the horse motion, you can bet your bottom
dollar when he brings it around he Will
have mule hitched up.
| Wheat is looking splendid, but the grass
crop is very short. Late planted corn IS
catching up with that planted earlier.
Upon finding the striped bug eating my
melon vines, ! mixed one tablespoonful oil
coal oil in half gallon of ar-slaked lime,
and busted the vines. Not one hill has
| been eaten since. Some one try it and see
| if the experiment will hold good.
June IA, 1895. MORE ANON.