The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1906-09-14
OXFORD AND VICINITY

David McAllister lost horse by death. Just
collie.
The Spring Lawn rug mill is in full operation
and requires an additional force of hands.
Almost half OF the potato crop is failure on
account of the rot. Buzzards have taken posses
sion of the deserted "hills."
A flock of blackbirds, thousands in number
lowered over East Nottingham one day last week.
The apples in the orchards dropped like rain
when they alighted in the trees. AT dollar
head the number was sufficient to buy everything
in Cecil and Chester counties, excepting, perhaps
the tomato crop on Pleasant View farm.
Mr.. and Mrs. Albert johnson have returned to
the Monumental City after spending the summer
in their cottage at Hickory Hill Clarence Bye
has moved into the "mansion" for its care and
keeping until the next season of crickets, bull
frogs and mosquitoes.
A certain Oxford young lady is bent on having
everything from Paris and letting folks know it.
Everything she has on must come from France,
except the smile which is undoubtedly home
made. She has not yet stated whether she desires
a casket of french brier or one made of material
from Pine Grove.
Miss Mary f. Hill who for twenty years con-
Quoted millinery establishment on Market
street. died last Friday at the residence Of her sis
ter in Philadelphia. Some time ago Miss Hill
had a paralytic stroke which failed to leave her
as her former self. She attended the "fall OPEN
ings'' in Philadelphia and while there was over
come with another stroke. Interment made
in Philadelphia.
Pork is bringing ~ and Sc. Calves 81 and &c
Haaf no hufahoP riC tn fob fro, of
pound from the farmer in buying a calf when the
farmer in return has to pay for every ounce of
meat he buys from the butcher? They have even
paid for the weight of the butchers thumb on the
scales. Let's do as we would be done by
Howard Brown, the thresher, has sold his old
outfit and bought new one complete. He now
has as fine an outfit as there is in the county.
President Roosevelt now has his 800 words of
reformed spelling alphabetically arranged. By
the time we learn to make use of them we shall
be alphabetically deranged.
Some of our folks have put up" at the Males
tic, Philadelphia. They consider Adolph
Sea Gull reformed spelling) bird They say
that if Mrs Cassie Chadwick had been working
with him on the same bank the depositors would
not even have place to roost.
ders than there has been for years. That ac-
counts for the lack of complaint as to the fly
crop.
William Sharples, of near Avondale, while
seated on load of hay Saturday, drove into the
barn and stopped as the team entered the door
way but not far enough to escape the door frame
which struck him on the bent shoulders, break
ing his back. Under the proper medical treat
ment he is doing as well as can be expected
Robert C. Sproul, wealthy resident of New
London, died Sunday in Philadelphia hospital
of a paralytic stroke, after an illness of about
three months. Mr.. Sproul was about SO years of
age and occupied one OF the finest country resi-
dences in the county. The funeral took place
Wednesday, with interment at New London.
VIM F. McHenry, who for four years has made
his home with his COUSIN John A. Leeke, lies at
the point of death of infirmities of age. Mr.. Nc
Henry is 70 years of age and has lived in East
Nottingham all his life. His father was the
founder OF the McHenry paper mill and there he
learned the trade of paper making. For over
forty years he held the position of school director
and was favorably known throughout the county.
When young man he married Miss Elizabeth
Broadway, who died fifteen years ago. He has two
sons and four daughters, Mark B., of the National
Bank of West Grove Rev. VIM. W., of the State
of Washington; Mrs. Lee Graves, of Nottingham
Mrs. VIM. Crossen, of hamburg; Miss Clara of
Wilmington, and Miss Bertha, of Philadelphia.
The familiar sound of the school bell is again in
order, but its strains not as sweet as that OF
the dinner bell One OF East Nottinghams we'll
known "bad boys'' was taken in on the third day
of school by his teacher and sent home to ease up
the affected parts by an application of smart
weed. The following evening as the birds were
thinking of feathered beds for the night and the
golden sunset was kissing the western skies, his
mother, foot sore and weary, a strap twirling
wind mill fashion in her hand, travelled the mile
road in the direction of the school house looking
for her boy (he having not as yet returned to the
parental roof and carrying her wrath as dog
would after investigating hornets nest. And
as darkness covered the earth the pair was seen
returning to "Home Sweet Home" the mother
occupying one side of the road and the youngster
the other, a dark chasm of starlight and grief
between them. The strap was still going round
but it eventually made things square. fthe boy
does not stop his indecent conversation and actions
to the little girls there will be measures taken
that will be much longer than the strap.