The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1906-07-27
OXFORD AND VICINITY

Crickets have begun their annual con-
certs, thus forcing the season.
Mrs. Alexander Crowl, and Miss Mabel
Crowl are off for a two weeks visit to
Ocean Grove.
West Springer, of Hickory Hill, was
internally injured at the mill in which he
is employed at Modena. His condition
is not serious.
Blackberrying parties are now all the
go. But with the advent of any monke.'-
shines on the part of the negroes it will
revert to niger funerals.
Peaches in the orchard of Frederick
Alexander are growing at such lively
pace, endeavoring to reach the 1000
basket mark, that the fuzz on their
downey cheeks resembles whiskers.
A sister of Mrs. Baker Spencer lived in
San Francisco and, after the recent catas-
trophe, Mrs. Spencer received postal
from her stating that she had lost every
thing and was sleeping on the ground and
that she would write again. This, how
ever, she failed to do and has not been
heard from since. No information as to
her whereabouts has been obtained.
Potato vines are afflicted with blight's
disease. Many patches of Murphy's are
already gone and the prospect of poor
crop is assured. New potatoes have been
fetching dollar a bushel, but as they
will not now be able to out grow their
jackets there is likely to be an increase in
the market price.
The oats crop is trife backward, but
it will be ready to cut and thresh by the
time the saw mills resume operations for
the manufacture of breakfast foods for
the coming season.
The wife of man who has very little
of this worlds goods. beyond that which
he daily produces, wishes to make it
known that she is to apply for divorce
and that she will personally give him an
absolute separation for the small sum OF
twelve thousand dollars. According to
her ideas and the proclamation that she
presents he should have no difficulty in
proving that her mind has been side
tracked with green lantern.
The wagon episode as noted in this
column last week is now closed, the mer-
chant having seized the four wheeler and
purchasing it at the sale. Thus endeth
a tale of Messrs. Emerson Pitt and Albert
McCumsey.
A farmer has made it known number
of times that his corn crop was poor and
that if it yielded five dollars worth of corn
he would be lucky. Neighbours cows
got in his field and now he claims twenty
five sweet williams for damage to his
corn. Inconsistency is the largest jewel
in some folks crown.
Traction engines making their annual
visits here have caused a number OF
small bridges to sink from three inches to
foot, they having had their foundations
weakened by the recent rains.
VIM. Springer while hanging round
the Hickory Hill store thought few
handsprings would probably grease up a
few rusty joints and landing on the earth,
picked himself up with broken ankle.
Frank Cherry while performing his
part and duty on hay wagon, fell to the
ground and is now suffering with three
broken stats. Medical attention was ad-
ministered in both cases. If the "hand-
springer" had been so unfortunate as to
have been on the hay wagon, he might
have broken his neck.
An inferior quality of hay, delivered to
market from the field is bringing ten
dollars per ton. On the general average,
the quality is poorer than that of last
season. Some farmers have been unable
TO haul in their crops on account of the
condition of the roads and the super
Visors have not been able to make the
necessary repairs on account of their in
ability to obtain laborers.
According to the Midland Journal, of
fast week, James M. Tosh, of near Rising
Sun, got mixed up in bolt of electricity,
the horse he was driving falling to its
knees. Let such a thing overtake some
of our Oxford folks and it would be them
who would drop on their knees. That
they are not overly good is apparent. the
Salvation Army coming among us to in.
duce folks to get on the sunny side of the
fence. They have tent erected for the
accommodation of the public, but folks do
not care to injure or mar the beauty of
the seats so they remain standing around
the outside of the tent, like menagerie
in circus. There are lots of ''pre.
tenders" in the churches who will smile
at and ridicule the Salvation Army, but
they do something that they will not do
and plenty of the workers in churches
will not do, and that is go down into the
novels and lowest dives and endeavor to
redeem the lost sheep. The Army is a
grand institution and to be a member of
it would give higher honors than being in
the class to which some of US belong.
A farmer ordered by mail from Sears,
Roebuck and Co. a watch, we presume a
Waterbury because it had spring in it
The timepiece arrived in "due time" but
needing little "spring" tonic, the ticks
having taken possession of things, it was