Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1906-11-17

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considerable work to do in that line.
There's nothing so helpful at public
sale as a good auctioneer, and it has
been demonstrated more than once that
his ingenuity can more than pay for
the value of his services. while poor
auctioneer is dear at any price. See
his advertisement in this paper.
After an illness of consumption
Mrs. Frank Duer, of this town died
last Thursday. Her funeral was held
yesterday in tbe-0. S. Baptist Meeting
house after which interment was made
in the MP. Cemetery. Mrs. Duer was
"A patient Christian women with large
circle of friends. She leaves to mourn
her death husband and five young
children. Before marriage Mrs Duer
was Miss Annie Belle West. daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. James X. West, of At
kinsons District.
Robert Purnell, of Ocean City, was
indicted by the late Grand Jury for at
tempted assault upon the person of
Miss Mary l.. Truitt. highly respect
ed young lady of/QAean City. The as
sault was committed during the first
part of last month. As soon as Purnell
learned of the action of the Grand Jury
he left the county and avoided arrest
until this week, when Sheriff Anderson
caught him in Baltimore and brought
him to Snow Hill, where he is now in
generated in Jail.
Mr.. and Mrs. Francis Edward
Waters. of Baltimore, have issued in
vitations to the marriage of their daugh-
ter, Miss Jennie Scott Waters, to DR..
Ronald Taylor Abercrombie, on We'd
nesday evening, November twenty-first.
The marriage will take place at the
home of Gen and Mrs. Waters, lila
N. Calvert Street. Miss Waters is
well known in Snow Hill, where she
has frequently visited. She was the
sponsor of the battleship Maryland.
when that vessel was launched at New
Port News about three years ago.
William II. Cook, of Laurel, Del.
received last week from a conscience
stricken farmer near Easton a letter
with an inclosure of one cent which the
writer sent in payment for a penny box
of cough drops which he says he stole
from Mr.. Cook when he was engaged
in business at Easton. The sender
states that he is now endeavoring to
lead a Christian life and could only
ease his conscience by thus making res
titution and asking forgiveness. Mr.
Cook prizes the letter and enclosure
highly. He has had the letter framed
and he is going to keep the coin for
luck.
Messrs Cooper. Johnson and Brit
tingham, County Commissioners for
Wicomico County, visited Snow Hill
last Monday to examine the piece of
stone road over the river just completed
by the county and to inquire at the
County Treasurer office as to the mat
ter of expense of constructing the
very much pleased with the piece of
road in question. and agree with our
people that stone is much cheaper than
shells in the long run. Wicomico in
tends to build at once several miles of
stone road leading from Salisbury to
several sections of the county.
Plenty of turkey at a seasonable
price is the present outlook for Thanks
giving, and since this is based on the
of the entire field, it is a promise that
is pretty sure of fulltilment. Turkey is
still the most popular dish for the great
American festival. Chicken and duck
are offered, and used to some extent as
side dishes. but all efforts to make
them the chief item on the bill of fare
have so far been unsuccessful. Ii seems
hardly possible that the supply of tur-
keys can be made to keep pace with the
growing demand. but for
this year, at least, there will be enough.
Now is the time to push hogs intend
ed for pork. A given amount of feed
will make more pork now than il will
in freezing weather. There is proba-
bly, no better feed for fattening hogs
than corn, but no one kind of feed used
alone yields the the best results. If
the hogs are to be fed three or four
weeks, corn alone may give fairly sat
isfactory results. but for longer feeding
periods better balanced ration with
with more variety is necessary. If
there are no peas to be grazed. then il
will pay to buy dried blood and mix one
pound Of dried blood with ten pounds of
corn. The blood will be as cheap as
the corn, and the corn VIII give Tar bet
ter returns because of being fed with
the blood.
Black bass fishing in the Pocomoke
River is furnishing some fine sport for
the disciples Of Isaac Walton. Messrs.
William Duffy and William G. Kerbin
were among the fortunate ones to cap
ture a big bass last week. Mr.. ker-
bins bass weighed exactly three
pounds. A large number of pike have
been caught here this fall, mostly with
fly hook. Bait is no longer used by the
fishermen. The favorite
is three hooks bound to-
gether and secreted in bunch of fine
feathers just above which is spoon
like piece of nickle working on swivel.
so that when the line is trolled the
spoon twirls around and by its bright
ness attracts bass or pike to the art-
ficially constructed fly, which the fish
grabs, only to find that he
has a mouth full of hooks with some
thing doing at the other end of the line.
We are sending out Postal Card no.
tees this week. On these cards we
have asked as politely as we know how
to be paid for our paper If the same