The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1901-08-02
Hosiery, Gloves and Underwear.
sept. 2i-1y. 1900.

sept. Oily. 1900.
Of that period of distress proved
his charitable disposition to his
fellow men We subioin it below:
During the year 1916 Major
llphram King Wilson, Gather of
the late L. ). Senator from Mary
land, Hon. +. X. Wilson,, owned
or controlled in some way or other
twenty farms around Snow
Hill, consequently he had twenty
seven tenants. Those were the
days III this section Of the country
when farms were rented on what
termed shareS-So much corn. SO
much fodder. so much wheat. etc..
and rents were collectabIe once
year. Ofcourse it was very dis
aStrouS ycarto the farmer, not one
in a hundred, perhaps, raising
enough to keep his family, TO say
nothing rents and the feeding Of
stock. However, then rs now,
rent day like death and taxes,
was sure to make its rounds, aud
woe to him who is unprepared for
either. 1t was on one Of these
rent.paying days Of that dis.
aStrous year 18lG) that Major
Wilson got into his sulky. two,
wheeled vehicle for single per
son. much in use at that time, aud
drove out to one of his tenants.
The tenant met him at the road
gate, opened it and invited his
landlord into the house, after
caring for the horse. Soon the
questions of short crops was the
order of conversation, and the
tenant told his d0letul story. the
same that hundreds of others be-
sides him, both owners and ten
ants, had to tell. Yes, responded
the Major, i know it all. You
have cultivated this farm for
several years and have never fail
ed i'll paying your rent before.
The Lord blessed the soil, and
your labOrs filled your gamers for
family and stock ana the nee
essary surplus for rent without
bringing distress upon you. Your
course this year has been as here
tofore You have plowed and
sowed and planted, but God alone
could give the increase. The
shortage has been no fault of
yours but it shall, be easy with
You. 'Have you Pen and ink
about the houSeY Here the ten
ant felt alarm; felt that the
Major was about to take a mort
gage on soul, body and breecheS,
and the fruits of his toll for years.
However, he prduced the pen,
ink. and paper, and to his utter
establishment Major Wilson, who
was an eminent lawyer in his day
and time, wrote out a receipt III
full for that years rent, and thus
he served twenty seven tenants,
and thus with the stroke of his
pen, brought JOY and gladnSes to
that many hearts as WE'LL This
was the kind of man from which
United States SenatorEphraim X.
Wilson sprang, and he proved
worthy Of such noble sire.
COLD AND ICE EVERYWHERE.
There was ice in every month
of the year, and the highest TEN.
perature recorded was only 10 de.
greeS. Scarcely anything in the
fruit, vegetable or grain line
north of the Potomac arrived
at perfection. The entire bust
ness of the country became stag
mated. The cold was not only
prevalent here but in Europe
also the same thing occurred.
In the northern countries people
were frozen to death. One of the
most distinguished meteorologists
of England, i'll writing on the sub
.ject, said: cit will ever be rem
embered that 1916 was year in
which there was no summer
Newspapers received from Eng
land also smoke Of tho unncuol
cold there. 1t was also cold in the
West Indies and Africa. 1t was
phenomenon that has never been
satisfactorily explained, and will
go down in history as curiosity
in the weather record of our own
planet, and will still retain it's
justly applied name, as the "year
without a summer
Pikesville, Md.
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