The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1906-08-03
OXFORD AND VICINITY.

Howard Taylor of Taylors mill is the possessor
of mixed Jersey heifer 10 months old that IS
fresh. The motheris only knee high to a grass
hopper and can be easily lifted around Both
mother and calf are doing well.
Between the grub worm and the blight the poor
potatoes are having hard time of it. They took
a drop in price this week and went begging in
oxford at 20 cents per bushel but from the reports
of farmers they will not remain at that price long.
Tomatoes are on the market, and nice ones at
that. The farmer will soon be hauling them into
town and returning to his domicile with another
kind of load 'Tissaid that last summer farm
er came into town with load of truck accom-
panied by his daughter. They drove up in front
of one of Oxfords sw ell palaces and the butterfly
of fashion made her appearance, Have you any
tomaw-toes ?" "No num- replied the farmer.
Pop" said the girl in the checkered apron ITO.
ma-toes is what she wants, mats" ooh mats
replied the old man in a gruf voice, got any
Gods quantity of en-
From the report of our house wives only about
20 per cent of the turkeys Matched are being
for they simply die without any apparent cause
The possibility of the average sweet girl winning
a husband through the wish bone-door frame
method or the small boy greaslng the interior
of his working apparatus, face and hands with his
favorite drum stick next Thanksgiving day.
appears remote.
Frank Carr found in Thomas Persons woods a
turtle marked II. T. z. 1910. The carving was
hardly discernsible. No one seems to know who
the initials stand for. 1t might be remarked here
that Frank Carr has his sister Mrs. Mary Bazette
getting so fat the talow is oozing from his hide
these warm days, to such an extent that he in
tends to diet himself on dry fodder the balance of
the summer.
Johnathan Barrett's crop of about 500 bushels
OF grain and twenty tons of hay turned in
without getting wet with even drop of water.
A number of Oxford folks are spending their
cash and time at Atlantic City. Some of our
bellies that are puff in silk and satin on the
boardwalk are satisfied on the beach with only
a smile and a suit that won't washoff" Daugh-
tiers of men who run duck farms and duck ponds
naturally like to be in the swim.
Between the excursion to COLCHESTER on
Wednesday, and the picnic of the Sunday School
of the Oxford Presbyterian church to Peach
Bottom on Thursday the children had one
strenuous time of it, last week.
The plum trees are blighted but it will not pre-
vent the politicians from grabbing few plums
Roy Bye, of Wilmington is a guest of his parents
Mr.. and Mrs. John Bye, Hickory Hill, For years
Mr.. Bye has been patient sufferer with spinal
disease and it is with pleasure that a marked I'm
provement is noted.
A farmer near Oxford has, it is said, received
$3.50 from local creamery for his Is cows pro.
duct for the past month.
Weasels are numerous and on that account
chickens are becoming less so.
Early oats has not amounted to much, the later
crop proving its self much better. Farmers all
complain of much weeds in fact some fields are
so bad and the oats so trifing that it will not be
th1eshed.
Leslie hODGTlS prefers 10 De III Lle HICKORY
Hills than the Rising Sun From there he can
view the ''setting sum-
AS a surprise on your birthday 'phone" parties
are the latest. 1t has swept oxford as stable
card past redemption. Speaking of the "post
card reminds us that collector of them is
fadist while the collector of silver dollars and
greenback is considered a miser and fool.
Then may we have more fools.
A man who, like Moses, was born in the bull
rushesan who worked in and knew nothing else
but hedges all his life says that if you desire to
have them slow-growing trim them when the
signs are right
June Is 1917.
August 26 % %.
This has been demonstrated and found correct
Lightning struck the chimney of the dwelling
house of John Reburn Oxford, Friday evening
causing small loss but ample excitement to make
up the deficiency.
The family of Calvin Ewing who was so severely
injured in Orange, N J. report that he is improv
ing as we'll as can be expected. Both ankles are
broken as well as his spine from which vertebra
has been removed. He fell SO feet and not
hundred as reported. Arthur Ewing OF Hickory
Hill is brother and is at this writing at the bed
side of the sufferer.
Theodore Stubs, ex-mayor of Oxford is on the
sick list.
About 175 farmers have sign flied their in.
tentions of delivering the product of their dairy
department to the Abbot merry. Oxford when
ready to begin operations. On and after the first
of the present month those farmers who deliver
mix 10 ADDOG creamery at Lincoln are reQulr-
ed to furnish their own cans, the company fur
nishing them heretofore.
just few moments after William Wherry of
HickorysHil had departed from buggy in which
he had been riding. last Friday evening. it
struck by lightning demolishing the falling top
into rags and splinters.
lady who has more success in raising turkeys
than the majority of other folks says that she
always sells for the market the first batch of eggs
They never amount to much for Matching
purposes. The second crop is what she is after.
George W. Crowl. of Oxford, and Miss Isabella
O. Hoff. OF Phila., were quietly married at Wayne
on Wednesday and are spending their honeymoon
at Ocean City, N. j., where the groom's mother
Mrs. Alex. Crowl, has rented cottage.
One of the bricklayers employed ON the new
condensery at Rising sun hired team and drove
to Oxford on Wednesday and while in town his
horse became frightened at an automobile, throw
ing him from the buggy. He received a severe
cash over the eye but able to resume his
journey back to Rising SUM-
W. b. Cooney, of Rising Sun, was in Oxford on
business Tuesday.
Robert McIntiIe. aged rs years. vel. known
resident OF Oxford, was touud dead in bed by
neighbors, Tuesday morning. apoplexy being the
cause of his DEATH Mr.. McIntire lived alone
Two sons survive him.
War has been declared at Pine Grove Messrs
John Kerr. Paul Burling and Clarence Kidd have
been camping for week and the mosquitoes have
had the best OF the spoils.
DEATH OF MISS LOUISE STRICKLAND.
several Weeks ago tnere SAT upon one OF tine
porches Ola hotel at Mountain Lake Park, Md a
Jolly crowd of men and women. Gayety reigned
supreme. Everybody had forgotten their troubles
and hearts were as light feathers in the breeze
Out upon the lawn was man busily engaged in
setting up a portable swing. such as we have
around our homes. When finished he requested
of those seated on the porch for imam" to try
the swing "Im your man" came from the lips
of young lady as she arose from a rocker aud
advanced down the steps toward the swing
wherein she seated herself. In moment the
swing tilted and Miss Louise Strickland, OF Ok
lord. tell to the ground. striking ON her head and
shoulders. She quickly got to her feet not feeling
much the worse for the fall. But for two days
she suffered with severe headache and wrote
home to her parents. Mr.. and Mrs. ]. r. Strick.
land. Market street. informing them of the mishap
and that outside OF headache she felt all right
few days later on entering store of the resort
where workmen were shellacing the floor, she
slipped and fell her hands and knees This
fall gave her quite sat back. Miss Hanna Ewing
OF Oxford. was also stoppingat the same place
and the pair were together most of the time. Miss
Strickland grew worse and took her bed. Her
sister, Miss Helen Strickland was visiting in
Washington and Miss Ewing telegraphed for her
to come to Mountain Lake Park. Upon her arri-
val she found her sister paralyZed The patient
begged them not to write to her narants that II