The Delawarean., 1900-08-11
BIC THURSDAY
At BOWERS BEACH
A Great Free-and-Easy Meeting
of all Lower Delaware.
PEOPLE MADE LONG PILGRIMAGES
Effects of Most Damaging Wind
StOrm--One Man Lost 1000
Baskets of Pears--Other
FELTON, items.
Felton, Del, August 10.

FeIton, Del, August 10.
A great many persons passed
througn FELTON, ON Wednesday nighI
and Thursday morning to old Bowers.
1t Was Big Thursday and from reports
it was big Thursday sure, and THE heat
did not deter them from going to the
bay shore. A very sad accident befell
a young married man by the name of
Thomas Wyatt, whose home is near
Mastens'. He and his wife, with a
of others, were in a hack en-
route to Bowers. While driving
uhrough Rowland's Lame, the driver
of the hack got into a race with an
other party, and the horses started to
run, and in the mean time the pole
broke. Wyatt was Thrown out and
had one of his legs broken. He was
carried ito Frederica where the limb
was set by DR.. Hannah, and had to
remain in the Doctors office for some
time before he was taken to his home
1t proved a dear big Thursday for
him as well as a great appointment
not only to himself, but his wife as
we'll.
The STORM last Tuesday evening was
quite severe in this district. Mr.
Pardee, who owns and lives on a part
of the Baily farm near Canterbury,
had nearly all of his pear crop blown
from the trees, some Two Thousand
baskets; his neighbor, Mr.. James Tee,
lost a quanlJity of fruit as well as a
number of trees, and Mr. James G.
Maxwell, another neighbor, lost a
great many pears. Ait Mastens' a
house owned by Thomas Wyatt and
occupied by John X. Adams, was
struck by lightning. 1t hit the chim-
ney in the centre of the house, ran
down Ito the first floor, tore quantity
of breastwork and plaster from the
sitting room, which was occupied by
eight persons, onIe sitting near rhe
and the plaster and pieces of boards
flew in different directions. Fortun-
ately no one was hurt. The lightning
passed out of the window, breaking
two lights. In the neighborholod OF
Hollandsville the storm was quite Sc
we're. The lightning killed one horse
and stunned another on THE farm oil
Henry Olsen, a Swede, who lives about
two miles northwest from Hollands
willie. His pear orchard was nearly
stripped of pears and the trees were
nearly adj ruined. 1t was THE mos
severe wind and thunder storm thai
has WISHED this district for some time
Fortunately NO lives were lost so fal
as known, except the one horse.
also blew down a large barn, 20x4i
feet, for Mr.. Alexandes Hughes OF
his home farm ait Hbllandsville.
number of other farmers suffered from
the destruction of fruit and trees. Th
corn on a number of farms was badl.
twisted.
The writer was informed by Josepl
S. Case ION Saturday, who is one of th
most expert fishermen in South Murd
erkill, that he has found a new bal
for crabs-it was an English sparrow
He thinks they surpass, by far, any
thing within his knowledge, which j
not very limited on fishing or crab
bling.
On las, Saturday nigh, some evi
disposed person raided the canteloup
patch belonging ito Henry Harrington
ON the james d. Tomlinson farm nea
Laws Church, and deliberately pulle
up 500 hills which had ON them fift
half barrels lof melons. Mr.. Harring
ton feels the loss very much. He
one of Those quiet kind of men VIII
harms no one, and his neighbors al
respect him and think lit great sham
THAT he should have been treated S
mean by an unknown enemy.
Mrs. Richard Farlow and children
Iof Baltimore, are visiting her parent
Mr.. and Mrs. George M. Basltian.
Miss Annie Fleming of Philadelphi,
is visiting Mrs. George w. Killen.
Mrs. MIN OlNeal of Philadelphia,
visiting her mother-i in-law, Mrs Cyrl
O'Neal.
Rev. N. o. Gibson, with Mrs. Gibsc
of Dover, were guests of MIR. and Mr.
William T. Bradley on Wednesday.
MIR. and Mrs. Joseph Willis, viii
Mr.. and Mrs. George Mullen of Ma
shalton; Fred Baynum of Chester; m
Thomas and Joseph Salmons of Ea
, ton, were i'm FELTON, on Tuesday Ito a
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