The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-01-04
ON THE EASTERN SHORE.
IN INNJiL Ors7ER TOAST IN
REICH or TIfE SAT- SPRdT.
4 Standard Barrel Wanted for Packing the
Truck shipped In Such Enor-
NOUS Quantities.

ONANCOCK. VA, Jan. 3.-speciaL-A
gang Of thieves are said 10 be operating
quito systematically On this peninsula
from Deimar.
Last wednesday night at Accomac
Courthouse. the home OF Miss sadie
Eayley. was entered. and a very hand
some watch and chain stolen.
one OF the leading social features OF
the Christmas was a hop" given b. the
YOUNG men OF the town m the Onancosk
Academy Hall the evening Of December
co,h. Tho ladies' present were Misses
Mamie Powell. Lolita Parker Lucille ADD
son. Mary Fisher. Fannie Taylor, Iva
Leatherburg. Margaret Grafton, Lily
West. and Mrs O. L. Parker, and airs.
X. l.. Hopkins. OF Onancock. all very
handsomely dressed.
Mr. 5. y Hopkins Of Boston. Mass;
Mr.. G.. y. Northam, OF Baltimore Mo,
and mir. r. s. Hopins. S. i. Powell, G.. H.
Powell. r. Is. Sewcs, 7. ". Grafton, l.
W. Robertson, Claude Nottingham, ana
.. y. Parker, of OLancOck. ia fun dress
a melodrama al inc town han iast
night was beautifully rendered ny Mss"
Ethel West Mamie Johnson, ANNE
Tyndall. and Etha Lewis. and ,lr. Roger
West. students from Professor .. o.
Joynes' elecution class
BAY SHORE ROAST.
oyster and tcfrapin supp RS have been
ali me fashion on this side The bay Ior
two weeks past Mr. 4. Frank Evans,
large oyster dealer. at Cashtilie, Va
gave his annual bay Shore Roast TO
his friends last Tuesday. The oysters
were roasted in piles, and me teasi
was served within ten feet Of the spray
from waves Of the Chesapeake.
According 10 custom. this is the week
for pounding" Eastern shore prchrh-
ors. Rev a. j. Rcams. Baptist, al TINS
place. took his like man. flfst Inc
church. and then tho SUNDAY school lol-
lowed before be recovered. ne is "a DIG
man among the Baptists Of the Eastern
Shore.
DE has not been on the shore long.
Here IS a synopsis OF his work. ne mas
held protractcd meetings az Atlantic
Modest Town. Nappsvihc. Parksley.
puncotoague. Harbcrton. Lower North
ampton. Red Bank. Eastviile, anu al
phochus. .he conversions running IRON,
ten 10 fifty And he has never ntsi"c'e'
his home charge, Onancock ana Broad
way.
a STANDARD BARREL
II IS hoped that our delegate, :. W..
Matthews. VIII soon prepare his hll lot
the establishment OF standard narrci.
for the shipment of truck from thlS
section. This IS one of the 8raetest BAR
reline sections OF the country. As many
as eight million barrels OF truck I'm one
season IS estimated TO have been shipped
e,om this section The barrels useu are
rot of q uniform size az all stand
ard truck barrel will give Eastern Sho1e
"barrel stock" uniform packaSe-ratinS
on al the markets o. the country
which heretofore it has never had. Such
q bin would ne of great material ao-
vantage TO this entire peninsula.
The county roads IN Lee district are
bein. worked by improved methous py
George c. Watson. Of Onancock'
4 TERRAP1N KING
Mr.. J.. g Lewis is the Eastern Snoie
terrapin king. His torrapins demanding
as much as SIS per dozen and tuil oil or
dars. o,,...,
The sanctifed. driven from Cnincotea-
oue Island last year are returning one AT
n time. not two by two business lhey
saw. ae they come home. MIS-. luchaIu
Rloxom has just returned from near
Qua Tran. Camden county, y. G.
The tides for past few days nave been
sbout three feet at this wharf. Clustering
i'm tho sounds has been good, prices rang
ing from $3.50 TO $3.50 per barrel as 10
quality Of stock.