Middletown transcript., 1897-11-20

also.
"A large variety oil heaters. at low
prices. MIDDLETowN HARDWARE HOUSE
-Messrs. Geo. F. and Fred Brady have
moved the old sale stable of L. P.McDowell
& Son, to the site of their new butter
Creamery this week. There have been .ru-
mors. as to the use of this creamery; it will
be similar to the Others of this section.
Advantages of LeGores Combination
of Lime above others are, it acts quicker,
asts longer. takes less per acre. For State
analysis and scientific test. testimonials,
prices. &c, address. J. W. LeGore, Woods
boro, Md.
You will be interested in the auction
sale at Mr. Ingran's Office this afternoon at
8 o'clock. Mr.. ]. H. Emerson has some
rare bargains to offer there, new goods
slightly used: A parlor suit bed room
suits, hat rack, mirrors, curtains. holsters,
pillows. mating, toilet set, DC.
PROFESSIONAL CARD.-Dr. W. E' Barnard
Surgeon Dentist. Office same location, op
posite the post office AL operations per-
tanning to dentistry guaranteed. Odontun-
der and Gas for painless extracting.
For threatening to annhilate tax col
lector Marshall Pierce of Christiana hum
dred farmer John Stuart of Greenhill, will
have to answer his threat at the upper
court. There are two things the man, poor
man, cannot escape from in this world and
they are death and taxes.
The ice-house of James L. Dickinson at
Townsend was burned Sunday morning.
The building was completely destroyed.
After the fire number of charred bones
were found in the ruins. By some it was
thought that these were the bones of
tramp who had been sleeping there.
Heating Stoves, large and small, for
coal and wood at way down prices at
MIDDLETowE HARDWARE HOUSE.
Rev. T. E. Martindale, d. D.. formerly
pastor of the NJ. z. Church here, has been
appointed by Bishop Newman as Presiding
Elder of Salisbury District in place of DR..
Avery resigned because of health. DR..
Martindale had just been invited to return
to Milford for the fifth year. Everybody
looks upon the appointment as an excellent
one, the beginning Of the end perhaps of
the two factions in the Wilmington NJ. E.
Conference
AT the monthly meeting of the Mite
Society of Bethesda M. E. Church Tuesday
evening Mrs. VIM. Taylor was electe presi-
dent to fill the place made vacant by the re-
moval of Mrs. .Culbertson who had served as
president for nearly Is years. The newly
elected president accepted the p rivileges of
the new woman" and in an ''up-to-date"
manner invited the members to a treat at
the Jones Restaurant.
Internal Revenue Collector Parlett for
the Maryland and Delaware Districts has
appointed Maryland man as keeper of
Government bonded warehouse at George
town, Del, and Republic ans are angry, as
there were about 20 Della wareans after the
plum, which pays about 81 day. 1t is
said Mr. Parlett claims he does not know
any Republicans in Delaware This refers to
the factional differences.
The ladies' of Forest Presbyterian
Church who have arranged for an enter
tainment in the Opera House on Thursday,
Dec 9th, are confident that in Timothy Du-
lano's Courtship" and the Search for Hap
piness" many times the price of admission
25 cents, will be given in genuine pleasure.
T1ls hat, he
matter-of-fact matron and the stern ''pater
familias" seek change and recretion. You
will get it at the Opera House on December
9th or your money will be refunded.
"A, Kansas newspaper prints the follow
ing marriage ceremony that was delivered
but short time ago: will thou take her
for pard, for better or for worse, to have,
to hold, to fondly guard until hauled off in
in hearse2 Wilt thou let her have her own
way, consult her many wishes. make the
fire every day and help her with the dishesf
Wilt thou giveher stuff her purse to pack
buy musf and sealskin sacque2 Wilt thou
comfort AMI support her father and mother,
aunt Jeren.ima, uncle John, three sisters
and brother?" His face grew pale and
blank, it was too late to jilt, as through the
chapel floor he sank, lie said II wilt"
--0f course you expect to attend the
Thanksgiving Entertainment in the Opera
House next Thursday evening. You want
to aid the Mercy and Help Department of
the Epworth League whose every penny is
spent in doing deeds of Christian charity.
"Out in the Streets" the play selected for
your entertainment that evening, will sug-
gest the realities OF life in contrast with the
drama, the dream of existence. Your at
tention will be asked to the supper after the
delightful play-the supper is no dream!
tits reality.
| We will soon be reading in the TRAN
SCRIPT all about the ''big hog raised by
Farmer Smith, Neighbor Jones or Friend
Brown. But the hog must first be butch
cred, and at the MIDLLETowN HARDWARE
| HeEsE the above referred worthy farmers
and others will find excellent Butcher
Knives, ordinary lengths from is cents to
80 cents, larger ones and steak Knifes 40
cents to 70 cents and Steels to sharpen them
with at right prices. Meat Cutters $1.10 to
s.. 90, sausage Suffers s5cents. Lard Presses 8
at. Enterprise $500 and so lbs Lard Cans 80
and 40 cents. The very convenient and
popular New Process" Oil Heaters at $500
will heat good large sized rooms, yet you
can carry it from room to room ss handily
as lamp. And as for Lampl Oh Myl-
Well, we will speak ofthem hereafter.
Ducks are reported so thick on Bonn
bay Hook Island marsh that in some cases
they can be killed with chunks. They are
there by the hundreds, which is said to be
due to the recent tides covering the marsh
lands. Last Thursday a party of gunners
killed about seyenty-iYe ducks in short
space of time. The specie is mostly of the
| black mallard and sprig variety. The pros
pect of good cunning season on this Pen.
insula is drawing many sportsmen. It is
said that over hundred came down on
the midnight express, Sunday, ready to en-
ter in, as soon as the law gave them liberty.
Only a few stopped of in this tow