Democratic messenger., 1896-12-26
Go to Y. Paynes for fine candies.

Go to Y. Payne for tire-crackers
and Roman candles
We wish you all Il merry Christ
mas and a Happy New Year.
For good mince meat. candies,
nuts, etc. go To G. NJ. Dryden.
Mrs. Houck aud son Harry, are
spending the holidays in Baltimore.
Mrs. Annie Jones nee Barnes. of
Cheapside, Va. is visiting friends in
Snow Till.
Col. John Walter Smith and
family will spend Christmas in the
South.
MIR. +. X. Wilson came down
from Baltimore on Tuesday To spend
Christmas at home.
-Purnel's mill pond was frozen
over Monday. and several of our town
boys tried their skates.
Miss Lille ;. Duffy, came home
on Wednesday to spend the Holidays
with her father and sisters.
All Hallows p. +. Church has
been tasietully decorated with holly
and evergreens for Christmas.
Mr.. John Colbourne, of Chester
town, is spending the Christmas Holt
days with his parents near town.
Miss Cora Jones, of Wilton, who
has been visiting friends in Somerset
County, returned home last week.
MIR. and Mrs. William Cluf re-
turned home from their wedding tour
TO Baltimore and Washington on
Tuesday.
Mr.. II. ii. Gray will remove TO
Baltimore in few days. He sells off
his household goods tomorrow, Christ
mas day.
You can't be well il your blood is
impure, but you may have pure blood
and good health by taking Hoods
Sarsaparilla.
Mr. Sewell T. Riley will visit
Philadelphia, New York and Boston
during Christmas. He will leave
next Monday.
Selling at Cost-About $4,000
worth Of boots and shoes. leather and
gum Come while they go. l.. \.
Hall, Powellsvile, Nd.
Miss Plump may hang her stocking up,
And vet the gossips say
She'll get no thing more fair than that
Which fills it every day.
MIR. j. I. Dickerson, of Dendron,
Va, is visiting his mother near town.
This is the first time Mr.. Dickerson
has been here since the fire.
II have Just got in lot Of mems,
ladies, boys and childrens shoes which
must 60 quick at little profit. Cheap
est place in town. G. VI. Dryden.
Mr.. Charles II. Stevenson an
employ of the L. ;. Government in
the Fishery Department, is spending
Christmas here with his father, Mr..
II. :. Stevenson.
Miss Louise Wilson returned
home from Miss Carey's school in
Baltimore on Wednesday to spend the
holidays with her parents Hon. and
Mrs. W. :. Wilson.
Miss Mary Scarborough, the ac.
complished daughter Of William J.
ScarhoIaugh. Esq, who is attending
the Womans College Baltimore, i
home for the Holidays
Il hereby notify all person. that
positively will not settle any bills made
hy my family on or after Saturday,
November 2Sth, 1896. Edwin A.
Mariner, Snow Hill. Md.
For Rent The storehouse on
= Green Street at present occupied by
Mr.. Elmo w. johnson and adjoining
the store house of Mr.. l.. Hastings
Apply TO John j. Collins.
Miss Lola Moore returned home
/ from Baltimore on "Wednesday. She
has been attending Miss Carey's
school in that city since September,
and is home for the Holidays.
Miss Berthe Boston, Miss Alberta
Birmingham. and Miss Louise Brit
tingham, of Ironshire, were visitors to
Snow Hill Monday. and while here
paid the MESSENGER office visit.
The pastor of Make Memorial
Church will preach morning and
evening on Sunday. December 9th
inst. The Installation Of Ruling
Elders will take place in the morning
Mr.. Lewis {. Boehm arrived home
from 81. Johns College on the steamer
Pocomoke last Saturday. aud Mr..
Harry Howard from the Maryland
Agriculture College on the same boat.
-Messrs Joshua Duffy and w. ID.
Corddry. Senior, have returned home
from Parksley. Va, where they have
been helping to build up the town
which was destroyed by fire last sum
mer.
If you want good beef for mince-
meat or table use, have it. II you
want seasonabe vegetables, ! have
them. Whatever you want in the way
~ eatabIes come to me g. w. Won
nell.
The farmers Of Queen Anne's
County who are able to hold their
corn refuse to sell it for - cents a
bushel and many Of them have deter
mined to hold their crop until the
spring.
In consideration Of the scarcity Of
money and the low price of corn, |
have decided TO reduce all clothing