Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1902-02-22

| Morning subject, only Touch from
the Healer Divine" Evening subject,
The Destruction of Baal's Altar. y
SUNDAY School at 10 Il. IN, and Christian
Endeavor at 6.45 p. III. Everybody COR
diallv invited.
Mrs. Ella Riggin and her friend,
Miss Pearle Thornton, of Los Angles.
California. who have been spending the
winter here with Mrs. Riggins parents
| Mir and Mrs. James ID. Hack, and
otlir relatives and friends in the
county. left this week on their return
trip home. They will visit friends in
! Baltimore, Washington, New York and
other points before arriving home,
which they expect TO reach about the
last of March.
One of the old residents of Snow
Hill remarked the other day that the
present cold weather reminded him
much of the winter OF 1861, when
there was such a continuation of ex-
cessively cold days and plenty of snow
There was long period of skating on
the ponds. the ice measuring from to
IL inches thick. Sleighs were driven
up and down the river and across Pur-
nell's mill pond. This winter there has
been plenty of ice, but not so thick as il
was III 1886 81. but thick enough to bear
a horse and sleigh.
Disappointed in not being able TO
hold the festival as advertised last week,
the friends of the NJ Z. Church at
hlej Grange will hold the same in the
hall of the school building ON Thursday,
February 9th. Ice cream. cake, oys
tiers and other delicacies will be served.
There will be one or two new features
introduced during the evening, which
it Is believed, will greatly add TO the
entertainment Of those who attend. A
cordial welcome to all
Thursday week was the third an
niversary of the great blizzard of 1899.
which reached its greatest intensity on
February IL of that year. That biz
zard was one which put even the "old .
est inhabitant" To route and forced hi III
To aimit that in all his experiences in
the times before the war" there had
been nothing quite so bad. its only rival
being the memorable blizzard of March
lila, 1888. The storm of 1899 began
ON Saturday, February | |. and il showed
continuously until Monday. Feb. Is.
We are i'll receipt of letter from
Wilmington containing an item of inter-
est that we would like to publish, but
the letter is signed From Reader of
your paper" and we are compelled to
assign the otherwise interesting item
and letter TO the waste basket. Only a
few weeks ago an injustice was done us,
and reader of the MESSENGER, in lust
this way. We must therefore hew TO
the line and publish nothing without
knowing the name of the writer. We
will not publish or divulge the writer's
name but must have il for our own pro-
lection
In speaking of a lecture delivered
by DIR. William l.. Robins, formerly of
Snow Hill, Washington paper says ::
''Dr. w. l.. Robins, yesterday delivered
the first of series of talks to the moth.
ers of school children, ON hygiene, as re.
ferred TO schools and school children.
He Is recognized as an authority on this
subject. and has long been an earnest
advocate Of the medical inspection of
schools. His audience consisted of the
mothers of children attending the Ana
costa kindergarten. He made sugges.
tons as 10 clothing and diet. and at the
close of his talk, answered a number of
questions propouuded by mothers.
State Fire Marshall, DR. r. NJ. Price
was in town last Monday TO investigate
the fire i'll Victor Hall last week, which
was thought to have been the work of
an incendiary. We are glaG to report
that he found no reason for such a be
lief. 1t has developed that the upper
room was sometimes secretly used by
boys and young men for cardplaying at
night. a door across two boxes was,
il is thought. used as card table, while
the stumps of few tallow candles show
how the light was secured A theory
has been advanced that heat was oh.
tanned by building a fire in box of
sand and after the last game was played
there the fire in the improvised furnace
was apparently extinguished and the
box thrust into the closet ON the first
floor, where the fire was discovered.
Chief Charles w. Corddry, of the Fire
Department. who was the first man to
enter the closet where the fire was dis
covered, says there was absolutely no
indication of any such sand box aud
there seems 10 be nothing that would
indicate that the fire was started by
carelessness
II
-Adjutant Kemp's Salvation Army
Brigade has been doing effective work
during the week at Whatcoat NJ. f.
Church, and as result many new
names will be added TO this and the
other church rolls of the town. The
church auditorium. with seating ca
pacity of five hundred persons, is filled
nightly 18th interested audiences There
nave been no such meetings here for
many years. and it is universally agreed
that the Brigade is doing great good.
The christian members of all denomi-
nations turn out and help in the work
al these meetings. aud are aroused to
the Importance of their responsibility in
helping to save souls. Col Clifford, of
New York, will be here to-day and
conduct the services to. night. aud the
three services tomorrow. The evening
service will be the farewell service un-
der the auspices of the brigade aud will
be- specially interesting There is a de-
mand among those who have attended
these services for Il repetition Of the
steroptican exhibition and lecture. aud
If this is acceded the exhibition will
take place Monday night at the usual
| hour.
Our people We're generally surprised
on getting out of bed last Monday morn.
ing at finding the ground covered with
a