The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1906-07-13
OXFORD AND VICINITY.

number OF farmers have begun to thrash.
Wilmer Hall lost $3.50 horse, Inflammation of
the stomach being the cause
One of the best fields of corn in this section is
planted stalks in a hill and the hills feet apart
Dealers are offering thirteen dollars a ton for
timothy still uncut. The offer is generally
refused.
The bugs on the rose bushes have been the
means of extinguishing the lives of many young
fowl that have partaken of that dainty partic-
ularly ducks.
Louis sharpless has upon his lawn willow
tree planted from a cutting off the grave of
Napoleon Bonaparte.
Your West Nottingham correspondent in last
weeks JOURNAL, in speaking of the Fourth, says
that it passed off," In Oxford, it went off,
Looking back over the deeds of property in this
section it has been discovered, on record, where
the late William Penn sold to certain Robert
Wilson, hundreds of acres of land.
prominent lady in Oxford had dog suffering
with distemper, and, not desiring the company of
the canine, anyway. decided to release poor dog
gle of its troubles and gave it large dose of
rough-on rats. Instead of the closing his eyes
forever on this wicked world he speedily got
well. The arsenic in the poison did the trick.
Almost everybody has good crop of wheat
the heads being well filed, prominent farmer
has received letter from his son in South Da
kota. who says the wheat in that section is the
finest they have had for years. When the har
vest days are over be not only thankful for the
crops, but also include the magnificent weather.
The linemen on the Bell system are out on a
strike. They have been receiving $3.50 per day
of hours and all expenses when out on duty
They seldom work in stormy weather and get
paid whether they do or not. They now demand
$500 day of hours. There are lots of folks in
this world who do no: know good thing when
they see it, nor brains enough to let we'll enough
alone.
Amos Springer, of Coatesville, was a Sunday
visitor of friends and relatives at Hickory Hill
Mr.. Springer recently lost his prospective bride
by death. During a cool spring evening Miss
Rubenchamp, of Unionville. accompanied Mr..
Springer in carriage, bareheaded, on visit to
Hickory Hill. Catching cold, she took to her
bed, and never recovered, dying two weeks before
the day set for the ceremony. Much sympathy
is expressed for Mr.. Springer.
During an electrical storm Monday evening,
lightning struck telephone pole in front OF
James Giffords store, Hickory Hill, and rebound
ing on UNITED" wire entered the store like the
releasing of 29-mile spring in an SOC alarm
clock. The wires were torn asunder, glass shat
tered and wood work set afame, which was
quickly extinguished. Edward Morton, the
clerk, was standing but few feet away when the
crash came. He was surrounded by balls of fame
which he endeavored to grasp for use in deco
rating the tree next Christmas. tits said the shock
was SO great that his spectacles jumped on his
nose. All the "phone'' lines have BEEN knocked
out of commission. A number of trees were felled
and roads that have been repaired again badly
washed. number of women who were caught
near Hickory Hill removed their shoes and stock
ings and, with dresses above shoe tops, waded
home. A wag made remark that he. saw more
calves come up the road than for some time past.
There is plenty of work for those who want it.
Those who don't want it often find it hard work
to keep out OF its way. Then there are lots OF
folks who are not afraid of work, who can lay
down and go to snooze land beside it any time.
We have lots of lazy people in our midst. One
man will lay down in the shade meath a tree and
go to sleep. When the sun gets around and pen
etrates his hide to the boiling point he is actually
too lazy to roll over few times into shady spot
He will lay there and groan and squirm until his
face looks like map of some unexplored coun-
try. Then we have man, able and strong, with
a wife and several small children who will not
work. One of the little ones has to go out and
make sufficient means to pay the rent. The rest
are made to go and borrow-everything from a
quart of milk to slice of bread-never to return
to the lender. The poor wife would and could dc
ifthere was the where-with, but. The little
boy was out some time ago and going to farm
house asked, "Do you want to buy a magazine?'
"But my boy. that is only the cover"
81 know it is, came the quick reply 'but pop
is reading story in the rest of it and he didn't
want to give itup."
Then again we have the farmer who will work
save, to such an extent that he will stint his
stomach Save for drink of liquor stint his
back, stint his home stint his barn of machinery
and farming implements would a thousand
times rather borrow from his neighbors) so that
he may have fat bank account The buildings
he lets all go to pieces and if they were painted
or whitewashed it would take more material to
cover the props than it would the building. One
just as bad as the other, neither one doing their
share in adding prosperity to this country, both
being menace to civilization. The one being
too stingy to hire the other refusing If it is offered
to him. The fewer such men, the better for bus
iness and the world.