Middletown transcript., 1902-09-27
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The weather here is unseasonably
/ warm.
The coal strike i noticeable every
where.
Shooting squirrels seems to be the pass
time here.
Mrs. Geisirat who has been very sick il
convalescing.
Mr.. William Stats left on Wednesday
for Baltimore.
Mr.. William Stats visited Chester
town on Tuesday.
Mrs. Scott Rosin has been quite sick
for the past week.
Several persons are having the second
crop Of strawberries.
Mr.. and Mrs. William H. Spry visited
Middletown on Friday last
Mr.. Stephen Boyer, Of Middletown, is
aojourning at Gettysburg, Pa.
Mr.. John F. Ernest and two sons vis-
tied Wilmington on Wednesday.
Mr.. Fletcher Caulk visited Baltimore
friends on Saturday and Sunday.
Our natty little gray turns its nose to-
ward MiddIetown very often.
Mrs. John Tarbutton several days this
week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Sylvester were the
guests on Saturday of Mr. and Mrs. Scott
Rosin.
Miss Susie E. Ford, OF Ford's Landing,
is the guest of Miss Isabella Mackall, Of
Elkton.
Buyers at Chestertown Tuesday were
paying as high as 30 cents basket for
tomatoes.
Mr.. and Mrs James Davis entertained
for dinner on Sunday, Rev. Prettyman,
of Galena.
Owing to the inclement weather there
were no services in either Of our churchs
on Sunday.
Owing to several cases Of diphtheria
near Earleville, School No. Z, First dis
trict is closed.
Mrs. Sheppard Merris, Of near Colts, is
very sick and has been suffering for the
past two weeks.
Mrs. I. A. Toulson, Of near Mt. Pleas
ant, is the guest of her daughter, Mr.. and
Mrs. Royden Caulk.
Mr.. Arthur Johns, of Lewis, is being
entertained at the home of his mother,
Mrs. Caroline Johns.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Davis, of near
Cecilton, were guests of relatives of lower
Kent on Wednesday.
Mrs. John F. Ernest is entertaining
her sister, Mrs. Daniel Mitchell and two
children, of Matawan.
The "Susquehanna" carried daily last
week from 500 to 1,500 baskets of toma-
toes from Colchester wharf.
Mrs. Ann Sheppard, of Middletown,
was the guest of her son, Mr.. and Mrs.
Harry Sheppard on Friday last.
Mrs. Belle Caulk was entertained for
several days last week by her daughter,
Mrs Jesse I. Sheppard, Of Middletown.
Mr.. and Mrs. George A. Ford, of Phil
adelphia, are being entertained by her
mother, Mrs Caroline Johns, near town.
Mrs. Stephen H. Ford, Of Ford's Land
ing, entertained her daughter, Mrs. Her
man B. Massey, Of near Massey, on Tues
day.
The Mite Society under the auspices of
the M. E. Church was entertained on
Thursday by Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Shop
herd.
Scott Methodist Episcopal Church Of
Wilmington, has invited Rev. r. K.
of Elkton, to become its pas
tor.
Mr.. ]. Ford Caulk, our popular auction
esr, has been the guest of Mr.. Walter
Schriver near McDonough, for the past
two weeks.
Mr.. Jesse I. Shepherd and daughter,
Miss Jesse Caulk Shepherd, Of Middle
town, were the guests Of Mrs. Belle Caulk
on Tuesday.
Washington College opened on We'd
nesday last, for the one hundred and
twenty-frst year, with every indication
Of successful year.
Mrs. Caroline Johns returned home
from Baltimore on Saturday, after a
pleasant visit to her daughter, Mr.. and
Mrs. Harry Crockett.
Mrs John F. Ernest, her sister, Mrs.
Daniel Mitchell and two children, visited
their mother, Mrs. /. Gunkel, Of War
wick, on Wednesday.
The social function this week was the
fish fry at dewey Park" The mana
gers, Messrs. Shallcross and Massey, made
great preparations for the event.
The social function last week was the
given by Miss Estella Van
Dyke, of Townsend, one Of our brightest
young ladies, to her many friends.
Mr.. Louis Dreka, Jr., left on Saturday
for Philadelphia, and was accompanied
home on Monday by his mother who has
been visiting friends and relatives there.
Sixty-nine thousand, nine hundred
dollars in State and County taxes were
collected during the month Of August by
County Treasurer w. FL. Kohn at Elk
ton.
Miss Viola Lott, of Wilmington, who
has been visiting her uncle, Mr.. Phemies
H. Jones, for sometime left for her home
on Monday accomDanied by her friend.