Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1903-08-15


Atlantic Ry. Co, will sell round trip
tickets from all Stations on Railway
| Division at reduced rates account
"Easton Fair" including admission to
fair grounds) on August 18th, 18th and
Goth good to return until August 2lst.
For rates see posters or call on Agents.
[ yards ara out announcing the mar
Mage of Miss Aline Lee Jones, of Girdle-
trSe, to Mr.. Clayton Thomas Richardson,
fbrherly of Girdletree. but now Mana
gger If the Wheaton Mercantile Com
pany. Chincoteague. The marriage will
be solemnized at Girdletree. OH Thurs
day, August twentieth.
DIR. S. Luther Mckee will be at
the drugstore of P. d. Oottingham u
Co., on Tuesday and Wednesday,
August 25th and Goth respectively. for
the purpose of examining eyes, and of
fitting glasses to them. If you are in
need of glasses, don't fail to call TO see
him, and to have your eyes examined.
Prof. Thomas Humphreys Spence,
accompanied by his wife, left Tuesday
morning for the Johns Hopkins Hospital
where he was operated on that same af-
ternoon for appendicitis. We are glad
to say that the operation was entirely
successful, and that Prof. Spence hopes
to be able to return to Snow Hill in
about two weeks.
-Messrs. John | Coulbourn, John S.
Hurlock, and Harry Howard went down
to the bay one morning this week on
fishing trip. Mine host, G. l.. Boehm,
of thu Ocean View House, was engaged
to take them out, and all had rare sport
Prof Coulbourn says he didn't have
bite all day, but that he and Mr..
Boehm together caught forty two trout.
This gave occasion for Wallace to re-
mark, "Purnell can stay at home and
do that we'll"
The Steamer Maryland" will run
an excursion to Deals Island Camp.
next Saturday, August 22nd, leaving
Snow Hill at o'clock III the afternoon.
Steamer will lay at Crisfield until next
morning, leaving there Sunday morn
ing at 7.30 o'clock, arriving at Deals
Island at 8 o'clock, a. III. Returning.
will leave Deals Island at O'Clock.
Meals will be served on the Steamer at
80 cents each. Round trip from Snow
Hill and Pocomolle City, Sl.00.
| The Baltimore. Chesapeake and
Atlantic Railway Company will sell
round trip tickets from all stations to
Parsonsburg, August ID to August "a,
good to return until August 25th, at
rate of two cents per mile for number
of miles travelled except Oh Sundays,
August 10th and 23rd, when there will
be special train leaving Ocean City at
s 10 a. m. and returning leaving Parsons
burg at / p. m. See posters or call on
Agents for rates and time of train leav-
ing your station.
The children's exhibit of calisthenic
movements and tableaus under direc-
ton of Prof Solmson, will be repeated
Monday evening, August nth, i'll the
Plimhimmon Casino, Ocean City, for
the benefit of St. Paul's blythe Sea. A
baZar and sale of ice cream and other
delicacies will be held at the same place.
There will be fifty children TO partici-
pate. with beautiful stage effects.
| Numerous friends of the church from
the hotels and cottages are busily EN-.
ployed in preparing for the fancy
tables and booths. Great interest is
being taken and large results are ex-
pected.
In another column will be found an
advertisement of the Maryland Agri-
cultural College. located at College
Park The student entering this institu-
ton will have four courses of instruc-
ton to choose from,-the Agricultural,
the Mechanical, the Scientific, and the
Classical. Each Department is complete
i'll itself, and is supplied with the most
modern and approved apparatus Special
attention is given to short course of
ten weeks in Agriculture. The Mary
land Agricultural College is well known
to the people of Worcester county. a
number of her young men having grad
uated there. Prof Thomas Humphreys
Spence. of this town, is Vice President,
and this fact no doubt, adds to the
popularity of the College with Worces-
ter county boys Prof. Charles S.
Richardson, formerly Principal of the
Snow Hill High School, is also a mem
Der of the Faculty, and is at present
engaged in conducting summer school
for teachers at the College For terms
and full particulars, write to r. w.
Sylvester, College Park. Maryland.