Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1896-08-08

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Red Hills quite number of the MEM
hers OF the Snow Hill Cycle Club rode
down to that watering place. Among
the number being John w. Vincent
the pioneer bicycle man of the Eastern
Shore, who sells the old reliable
Rambler" Norman l.. Mason, agent
for the Defiance a beautiful wheel
which promises TO come rapidly to the
front, and Messrs. Charles Corddry,
Frank Ayars. Bert Parsons. Ernest
Figgs. Nut Eggs, Lee Sturgis. David
Bradford, Milton Townsend and others
One of the boys is quite an expert
rider. but in coasting down one of the
steep bills he buckled his wheel and it
will cost him many Nick-le TO get it
repaired Some of the riders advised
him To get wheelbarrow next time.
Word was received here Saturday
afternoon OF the serious illness of Miss
lottie Smith, daughter of Col. Smith,
at Ocean City. Three eminent ply 81
clans were at her bedside and DIR. Paul
Jones, of this town, was summoned by
telegraph in the afternoon. He reached
here about five o'clock from Pocomoke
City on the steamer, and at once drove
to Ocean City, where he found Miss
Lottie as i'll as she possibly could be
to live. During Saturday evening her
temperature fell and she began to
improve, and we are glad TO say she is
now on the road to recovery. Her
condition was so serious Saturday after
noon that orders were issued by Man
ager Page OF the Atlantic Hotel that
all festivities cease around the hotel
and the power at the electric light
station nearby was shut off, so that
everything might be as quiet as possi-
BILE in the vicinity of the hotel.
One of the largest crowds of
farmers that ever assembled at Public
Landing at the annual outing" was
there on Thursday. From one o'clock
Thursday morning till ten clock every
description of vehicle passed through
Snow Hill loaded with merry country
folks and plenty of good things 10 eat.
They came from near Salisbury, Fruit.
land, Eden Station, Princess Anne,
Colbourn's Pocomoke City, Newark.
Wilton, and in fact from almost every
section of Wicomico Somerset and
Worcester Counties. At the Landing |
they had glorious time bathing and
Grabbing. and last. but not least eat
ing. The way fried chicken and cake
was put away indicated famine to
come. Watermelons, peaches and
canteloupes were plentiful, as the rinds
and parings left on the green sward
will attest. The editors of the MIS-
sENGER are glad their old friends had
big day and we hope everyone who
enjoyed the festivities OF last Thursday
will be on hand next year. The
County Commissioners knew YOU were
coming and fixed up the pump pier
aud wharf in time that you might
have all the benefits of your long trip
TO Public Landing.
Twenty eight years ago Mr.. and
Mrs. John Taylor Richardson began
housekeeping on a part of the Zedekiah
Truitt farm near Public Landing. At
that time they were customers OF Mr..
John r. p. Moore, and as token of
his appreciation of their patronage,
Mr.. Moore presented Mrs. Richardson
with pair of scissors which she highly
priced, but which she lost from her
apron string while at work in the
garden at her home. A year later
Mr. Richardson moved to his own
place, where he continued TO reside un-
Ill few months ago. when he sold ii
and moved back to his old home.
While at work in the old garden one
day last week Mrs Richardson found
her scissors, which she has rubbed up
for use. She says that's he now prizes
them more than ever, and will keep
as them long As she lives in remember
ance of her deceased friend, the giver.
1t was pair that Mr.. Moore was
using, and he took them from his own
pocket at the time OF presenting them
TO Mrs. Richardson, declaring them to
have been tested and found to he of
the best quality.
Mr. Alonzo L. Miles, of Cam.
bridge, unthoughtedly left his gold
watch in the gentlemen's toilet OF the
Atlantic Hotel, ut Ocean City, on Fri.
day last. He missed it after awhile,
but when he went to look for it, it had
vanished. The watch had been given
him by his father and mother when he
graduated, and was priced very highly.
He was very much upset over the
matter, and concluded that he would
never see it again but he was agree
ably disappointed, however Quite a
number of Princess Anne people went
on the excursion to Ocean City Friday,
and when the train returned in the
evening, Mr.. Miles was among those
that were on it, After the excursion
lists had gotten their suppers and some
of them were on the street talking
about the events Of the day, Mr. Cor
don Tull, casually remarked that Mr..
Miles had been So unfortunate as to
loose his gold watch. Mr.. John b.
Fleming spoke up and said that he
had found such watch and was wait
ing TO learn the owner. Messrs. Tull
and Fleming walked up to Congress
man Miles residence, where Mr.. Alon-
10 Miles was visiting. and Mr.. Fleming
handed the highly priced time-keeper
to its rightful owner, who was pleased
beyond expression. - Princess 1nne
Herald
Election Officers.