The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1897-02-05

| Soclable Will be held at the home OF Mrs.
Gertrude Pogue this evening.
VIM. Grason has sold the Geo. w.
Haines farm situated near Rising Sun and
containing 7oH acres, to Wilson A.
Kimble of Lincoln, Pa. Price $500.
The entertainment given by the pupils
of the F. N. I. last Friday evening was
we'll attended and the performers acquitted
themselves in a very pleasing manner.
F. P. Durham, general agent for the
American Agriculturist, New York, paid
the MIDLAND a call this week. Mr..
Durham is in the neighborhood in the
interest of the Agriculturist and intends
canvassing the section thoroughly.
Rev. w. G. Rooms has prepared series
of four sermons on the "Four Great
Epochs of Church History" They will
be delivered at the Sunday morning
services during February The first ser
mon, 1.-THE Jew in History" will be
preached next Sunday morning, Feb. 7.
Ivan Richards of Cecil Paper Mills who
has been i'll for several weeks is conva
lescent and will soon be able to resume
his duties. Last fall he was over-run
with orders from farmers in Lancaster
county for his threshing outfit with gaso-
line engine, which has an attachment for
cooling water, which is said to be quite
! an item. 1870 farmers were present one
day to view the outfit while in operation
at Silas Hers.
Posters are up announcing dramatic
entertainment in Rising Sun hall on
Friday and Saturday evenings, Feb. IL
and -, to be held under the auspices of
, the Rising Sun Dramatic Club. On Fri
day evening, two laughable farces will be
presented, ga Box of Monkeys" and
! "That Rascal Pat.'' The entertainment
on Saturday evening will consist of
stirring drama entitled "The Vagabonds. ="
The Rising Sun Cornet Band has been
engaged for the latter evening.
Admission 25c; reserved seats $50; re-
served seats good for both evening, Coo.
Mr.. and Mrs. A, L. Duyckinck enter
tanned Mr.. Richard Lee Fitzgerald and
bride on last Sunday. Mr.. and Mrs.
Fitzgerald are from Princess Anne, Sonler-
set county, and were married Jan. 26th,
the bride being Miss Emily D. Haines,
niece of Mr.. Duyckinck.
The progressive euchre club was enter
tanned by Miss Mary L. Worthington on
last Thursday evening Five tables were
played, Miss Addie Smith and Mr.. Henry
Smith carrying off the honors of the
evening, The next meeting of the club
will be at H. H. Haines' on Feb. 10th.
Misses Violette and Halle Haines en-
tertained a party of Swarthmore College
friends from Friday until Monday. On
Saturday evening few friends were
present to assist in giving the fair visitors
a Maryland greeting. Those present
were: Misses Mabel and Virginia Giles
pie of Pittsburg, Miss Laura Miller of New
York city, Miss Katharine Pfeiffer of
Camden, Miss Mary Ball of Merchants
vile, N. J., Miss Ann Hines of Gettys-
burg, Miss Lucretia Blankenbury of Phila.,
Miss Ethel Thompson of Baltimore, Miss
Bertha Nesbitt of Port Deposit, Miss
Addie Smith and Miss Mary Worthing-
ton of Rising Sun; and Messrs. VIM.
Nesbitt, Philip Bond and Roy Snyder of
Port Deposit; Fred Haines, Elkton;
Samuel Cooper, Colora; Harry F. Rich
ards, H. Linn Worthington and Evans
Ewing Rising Sun.
Mr.. Frank t. Whitney exhibited
at one of the stores in Elkton a col
lection of copper coins of the U. s.
Coin hunting and postage stamp
gathering are a couple of fads more
or less enjoyed by number of
persons. They bring to mind the
fable of the raven and crow. The
raven invited the crow to view the
collection of curiosities he had de-
posted in an old stone wall. There
were old bones, bits of cloth, rusty
nails, pieces of string, dried leaves,
pebbles and great collection of
similar curiosities. The crow looked
over the ravens museum carefully,
and then said to the raven, "well,
you have spent great deal of time
and labor in gathering these things,
but l don't see anything to eat
among Them"
Wednesday, 18th inst, has been
selected for holding the Farmers
Institute in this county, by director
William l.. Amoss. The Institute
will be held at Elkton, and only for
one day unless the citizens chip in
and defray the extra expense in
volving two days. session which
they probably will do. DIR. Ellis
is one of the most active promoters
at Elkton and probably night SEES
sions will he held also. The COM
mittee named to assist in the work
from the sixth district are A. J.
Kitchener, Alfred Kirk and d.
Webster McVey. For the seventh
district, T. G. Bond, VIM. T. Patton,
and Col. E. Moves. Eighth dist,
DIR. Roman, John NJ. Rawlings and
Merritt S. McNamee. For the
ninth district, E. l.. Duyckinck,