Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1903-07-18
PENINSULA Happenings.
Wind Storm Plays Havoc up
in Kent County. Mother
Badly Burned While Try
ing to Save Her Boy From
Being Burned to Death.

The storm last Sunday played havoc
in Kent County. The section of Wortor
was devastated. Samuel Soller lost a
big barn. built last year. while his
wheat was blown in every direction
The wind lifted "A pump out of the well
blew tree over and laid low the fences
Thomas Plumm" s barn was unroofed
Charles Toulson lost his barn and the
roof was scattered for hundred of yards
around. A reaper and other implements
were crushed. A five acre tract OF
hickory was wrecked, large trees being
twisted like small twigs. At Betterton
r. 7. Turner's barn was blown down
also Mr. III l.. Crews, while fences and
outhouses were scattered in every direc.
ton Near Galena Mr. Frank Cochran ;:
home was unroofed, corn crib. wagon
shed and hennery destroyed.
Lockwood Cowgirl, well known
farmer near Dover, is exhibiting with
much pride freak calf. which was
born on his place over a month ago. and
unlike all other freak animals born on
the Peninsula farms, is living and
thriving. This young heifer has nc
sign of a tail, the backbone being sym.
metrically ended where the tail ought to
have its beginning. Mr.. Cowgirl will
sell the animal to some showmen who
are bidding for it, as the ST. Jones
District, with its mosquito clouds, is
not congenial place for a dumb ami.
NAL not blessed with muscular tail.
Mr.. A. NJ. Kea'ing has pair of young
foxes that are certainly "things of
beauty" They are about nine weeks
old and are as tame as kittens. The
mother was killed at my Lords Gift
and Mr. Heating took the twins to
raise. One is a male and the other a
female.
An attempt to abduct child one day
last week, in Clayton, caused quite a
little comment. 1t seems a lady who
was visiting friends there, accompanied
by her son, had left the little fellow
playing in the yard. The father, from
whom the mother has separated, came
down from Wilmington, and seeing the
boy in the yard, lifted him over the
fence and started off with his son. The
lads cries were heard and help arriving
the little fellow was returned to his
mother.
Mr.. Edward H. Tarbutton. a graduate
of St. Johns college. class of 1902, who
recently passed the regular army exami-
ration, has been assigned to the
Thirteenth Infantry. company L., and
been ordered to Fort McHenry for
temporary duty. After completing
temporary duty he will be ordered by
the commanding officer of that post to
join his company which is now stationed
at Bernicia Barracks, about 35 miles
from San Francisco. California. Mr..
Tarbutton is son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Hiram G.. Tarbutton. of Crumpton. He
has been principal of the Sharptown,
Wicomico county, public school, resign.
ing that position. several months since
for the purpose of preparing himself for
the army examination.
Colonel James j. Ross. of Seaford,
who is reckoned as Delaware's most
prominent farmer and who lives ON one
of the finest farms in the United States,
has harvested the largest crop of white
potatoes ever heard of i'm Delaware.
Potato is king throughout lower Della
ware and the Peninsula this year. and
the new potatoes have been in such de-
mand that che early varieties have been
big money makers. Mr. Ross gathered
and shipped 1900 barrels of the tubers,
for which he received 90 30 per barrel,
or 81 800 in all.
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AT Il meeting of the committee of in
struction and discipline held at Della.
ware College last week, James A. Foord,
of New Hampshire, was elected profess i.
or of Agriculture to succeed Prof Bishop
He will assume his new duties Septem.
Der LIST. Mr.. Foord was born in Ports.
mouth, Eng, in 1872. came to America
in 1884, took four year course at the
New Hampshire College. graduating in
1898; did post graduate work at Cornell
and received the degree of NJ. S. A. in
1902, also Sig. HI.
Mrs. Julia Potts, mother of Erlin Potts,
aged 3 years. who was burned to death
last week at his home in West Elkton
by the explosion of a can of coal oil. was
taken to Baltimore hospital for treat.
ment. Her condition has somewhat
improved, but she is still a very sick
woman. Mrs. Potts received injuries
while attempting to save the life of her
boy. and is horribly burned about the
breast, stomach and limbs She clasped
the burning child in her arms beat out the
flames with her hands and wrapped the
child the best she could in the folds of
her dress In this manner her cloth N q