The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1901-06-15
LOCAL BREvITIES.


A number Of the students of Western Mary
land College gave hop at Winchester Place
on Wednesday night.
companied by the Firemen, sereaaded the
ADVOCATE, Mr.. Charles E. Fink and MIR.
John /. Orendorff.
DIR. B. G. Franklin, of this city, exhibited
at The ADVOCATE Office on Wednesday morn
sing some new potatoes as large as goose eggs,
grown in his garden.
The County Commissioners on Monday
were engaged in general business. special
pension Of $500 was granted to Michael
Sauble, of Westminster district.
At u m. yesterday, Friday, the Wealth
err Bureau sent out the following bulletin =
Unsettled weather, with occasional showers
tonight and Saturday, with light winds.
Mr.. George Mihm, OF Myers district, above
Silver Run, well-known tailor, was born IN
1901 and will be 100 years old this year. lie
is said to be about as well and as spry as ever
Notwithstanding the rainy and cool weather
of May and the cool weather OF June up to
the 1lth. the general opinion among farmers
is that wheat harvest will be earlier than usual.
Mr.. Amos Davis, near Woodbine, cut down
a white oak tree recently that measured four
feet across the butt. From it he sawed 600
feet of plank, Is crossties, and II cords OF
wood.
Mr.. Andrew d. Reese, near Meadow Branch
Westinghouse, has a forty-acre field of Ruby
and Fultz wheat that averages feet "a inches.
II IS said to be one of the best fields In this
district.
Wade Davis, colored, aged 40 years, was
struck by a freight train at Mount Airy on
Sunday and had an arm so badly injured that
it had to be amputated, from which he died
Tuesday morning at Montevue Hospital, IN
Frederick.
Mr.. Frank L. Vinton, of Camden, N. j.,
sent us a copy of the goth Century Souvenir
Program of Young's Atlantic City Ocean
Pier. Itcontains fine picture of the Mayor
of the Boardwalk Mr.. Giradus H. Walter,
formerly of this city.
As will be seen by notice at the head Of
the editorial columns Chairman Grouse has
called meeting of the Democratic County
Central Committee for Monday, June 24th,
1901, at Hotel Westminster, Westminster, at
10 a. IN. All members are requested to be
present.
A valuable driving horse belonging 10 DR..
IT. A. Sbarretts, of Frederick was stolen last
Sunday night from the farm of DIR. Sharreits'
brother, Mr. E. H. Sharretts, at Bruceville,
and was taken from his stable. buggy be-
longing to Mr.. E. H. Sharetts was stolen at
the same time.
Misses Clara Lewis, Gertrude Johnson,
Maud Miller, Messrs. Chas. Clemson. Thos.
Woodford, Ernest McNutt, Howard Benson,
VIM. Garrison and Emory G. Buckingham,
of the class of 1898, Western Md. College,
held a reunion aud banquet at The Westmin
ster Tuesday evening.
The College Commencement is over, and
students and visitors have gone home; the
fremen have come and gone and also the
throng of people they attracted, and West
minister feels lonely now. Next week, how
ever. will come the circus and summer board
ers and the city will be lively again.
Centenary M. E. Church will hold their
Children's Day services Sunday, June 10th,
at 3D.. m. An exceedingly interesting pro-
gram has been prepared. The children will
have entire charge of the services. An al
dress by Mr.. Robert F. Stanton, of Baltimore,
will be one of the features of the evening.
Mr.. Jacob Brown, near Mexico, had the
large bone of his left leg broken, midway be-
tween the knee and ankle, last Saturday. lie
was in his woods, preparing to haul away some
railroad ties, when the pile toppled, one OF the
ties rolling against his leg. DR.. John 5. Ma
: thias reduced the fracture, and Mr. Brown Is
doing well.
Last Sunday June 9, was beautiful day,
with scarcely cloud visible as large at one $
hand. At $50 a. m. the mercury registered
4So, at 7, 51o and at Up. IN. 64o, with north
east to north wind, rendering oyercoats and
fires necessary for comfort. At night there
was fine aurora borealis. There was a light
frost Monday morning.
The Maryland Telephone Company is hav,
ing poles delivered on the Baltimore and
Reisterstown pike from Reisterstown to West
Minister, preparatory to extending their lines
to this city, to connect with the western
MARYLAND Telephone Company of Carroll
County. The poles are large aud heavy, and
forty 10 the mile will be put up.
Great interest was manifested in the exhi-
bition Thursday afternoon by VIM. T. Curry,
butcher for Mr.. Isaac N. Stoner, of Medford,
in dressing a beef in sixteen minutes. From
the time the steer was knocked down until il
was dressed was sixteen minutes. Curry was
only 1Oa minutes in dressing the steer. Over
one thousand persons witnessed the work.
Prof. w. A. Garrison, A. NJ, who taught
in the Hanover { Pa. High School during the
mast term, together with his wife have been
added to the faculty of New Windsor College.
Prof. Garrison is graduate of Harvard and
is said to be we'll equipped for the chair Of
Mathematics. Physics and Astronomy, which
will be his branches at the College. Mrs.
Garrison will have charge of the Art aud Eng
fish branches.
Mr. Charles Reese is having dwelling
erected on his farm on the Littlestown pike
about four miles from Westminster. Ii vii
be so by go feet and will be built of brick and
red mortar, with shingled gables. The grounds
are to be terraced, and when the work is com
nleted it is said that it will be the handsomes
property between Westminster and Littles
town. Adam Reigle, of Westminster, is doing
the brick work.
In speaking of the great yield of strawber
qies, and the article describing the farm Of
Mr.. w. F. Allen, recently published in this
paper, Mr. David Green, a well-known trucker
near this city, said 'that from one-eighth o
an acre in strawberries he picked over l2t
bushels in one season. and that with proper
attention and closer picking he could have
gathered at least 10 bushels more" Mr. Greer
farms Is acres, and does it WE'LL has raised q
number of children, and says that there il
hardly any limit TO what can be grown on {
small farm well TILED.
A large number of delegates and member
of farmers clubs and oranges from many diff
ferent parts of Maryland met at the Maryland
Agricultural College and Experiment Station
last Saturday. They endorse a proposition
for state aid 10 the college and experiment
station Of $50, 900 a year for two years tit las
year received aid of $l11.6S1. SOY; that there
should be state board Of agriculture, ant
commended the management of the collegt
and station. There were present from Carol
Fl. R. Fuss, Union Bridge Club; Solomon
Myers, Copperville Club; Edward Bankard
Silver Run Club, and John S. Weybright
Middleburg Club.
Jacob Folk, of this county, finished OF
Tuesday the work of putting new lightning
rod on the Statehouse. The height of thu
building from base to tip of spire is 200 feet
Above the acorn that surmounts the campa
nile, or lantern, is an iron spire or rod Is fee
in height Folk climbed hand over hand nj
this spire to the fish. The lightning rod wa
attached to the spire and thence run TO thu
ground. Frank Mondy, assistant in the work
was held for two hours by Ernest Duvall
dangling by rope over the sides of the loft!
Statehouse The base ofthe spire was reached
by ladder resting on platform thrown on
ofa window of the lantern,