The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1906-08-24
OXFORD AND VICINITY

the corn in his silo.
A father and mother the proud possessors of
10 children will shortly move into this section.
President Roosevelt should be appraised of the
matter and it is likely he would send to the
parents bottle of antrace suicide promoter and
a motto framed in Republican campaign fund
greenbacks, the motto hand painted, (the tail of
the G. o. P. elephant having been used for a
brush) and reading "God Bless Our Home"
This is bully section in which to be according
to the report of farmers whose gentlemen COWS
made their departure for other pastures, quite
number giving the dairymen much trouble the
past week.
Walter Anderson while threshing on the farm
of Frank Terry sent his little son with two horses
hitched to the water tank in the direction of the
creek for water and in descending the hill in the
direction of the Glen Hope mill the horses took
fright and decamped The little boys tendons in
the calf of his legs were badly cut and torn, be
sides being bruised all over his body. The horses
are in bad shape. All received the proper medical
attention, are doing as well as can be expected.
We hear people around complaining of their
hard lot and regretting that they are not as
wealthy as Rockefeller. Don't worry brethren,
Johnny with all his millions couldn't have 'lasses
OH his bread. His stomach will not permit it.
Henry Cope land company" held corn boil
ing on their Indian Grove plantation last satur-
day, near Lincoln mot Nebraska, else they would
have roasted Bryan) Quite number of our
folks were invited to the feast but on account of
the showers they were unable to cope with the
situation.
Farmers are investing cold cash in a new
wrinkle, a potato digger. They do the work
successfully, with two or three horses to the
'turnup" laying the potatoes out in piles, nice
and clean. Old farmers say they never saw so
many grub worm in all their born days, even
when worm fences were in fashion. Some farm
ers report the crop poor on account of the rot.
A number of the strikers of the Bell Company
have 'rang off" and departed for Coatesville to
work with iron instead of copper.
A number of farmers have ceased delivering
milk to certain creamery because of a notice
hung in conspicuous place containing their
name and that there was indications of water
The farmer was most likely strictly honest in re
gard to the matter but it is said that if such
notices were not displayed once in while some
farmers would get careless and the result would
be that the creamery people would receive milk
contents of the slop barrel had accidently been
diluted. However most of milk is water anyway,
as nature intended the COW adulterating the
milk when she cools her thirst from flowing
stream. As an experiment, soft drinks, or even
beer or whiskey might be given her to ally her
thirst instead of the water but as all those
quenchers contain aqua it is hardly likely it
would prove successful.
Representatives of the Oxford cap and the car
amel factories made tours of the country districts
last week in search of country lassies to wrap
caramels and make caps We do not know of the
success met with, but we do know that there are
number of young ladies' who to ''cap" the eli
max would rather be in wrapper in their own
home. They would as soon think of putting on
wrappers in candy joint as stripping in a cigar
factory. They are of marriagable age and boys,
they oven look lonely. 1t doesn't make any diff.
ference how ugly you are if you have good nag
and rubber tire you stand fair chance of win
ming one, taking it for granted that you have as
good right to starve woman as anyone. How
ever If this plan does not work to the desired end
the girls might go and wrap caramels and hide
their names and addresses under the wax paper
As the caramel people ship goods all over the
world 1t might fall into the hands of some Pitts
burg millionaires. who, from late reports, are
buying heavy in CONNECTIONS, endeavoring to
sweeten their regulations. Or the cap factory is
in need of your services and even if you do not
grow wealthy at the business you have that feeling
OF pleasure that you have done your share in as.
sisting some old bald-headed henpecked husband
in keeping the flies off his shining top piece.
There appears to be lack of Sunday school
work in this section. The Presbyterian church
workers OF Oxford have taken possession oil Maple
Grove school house and have started the good
work in that vicinity. But what is the matter
with the Christian folks at Hickory Hill? The
chapel is closed, religion taking vacation during
the winter. spring and summer. No one appears
to be willing to accept the position of Sunday
school superintendent and the little ones are get.
ting no more education in that respect than the
pygmies OF darkest Africa. Bashfulness galore
may be one of the causes of the nonexistence of
interest in Sunday school work but many are not
TOO backward to refuse prominent position in
sne vicinity OF jug Of cider or an eye opener
from the confines of Oxford, Lewisville or KEN
bleville. rather than the office of Sunday school
superintendent.
Oxford folks now have a sensational story on
hand and are getting things somewhat mixed
According to one most interested in the case the
following are the true facts: Elwood Mcintyre,
whose father recently died and left him fairly
well healed, and Peter smyth are neighbors.
Peter owed Elwood SIS. Elwood wanted four
bushels of wheat and Peter said when he needed
it to come sDd get it. When Elwood went for the
wheat Peter was not at home and needing 1t at
once he went to the bin, measured up four buehel
of wheat and took 1t home. The next day Elwood
told Peter OF obtaining the wheat but Peter did
not take to this and furrow deep enough to drill
the wheat in appeared across his brow. Elwood
noticed this and that Peter did not take kindly To
the matter. SO he told him he would bring back
the wheat. except one bushel, which he had used
and allow him for the bushel on the bill How.
ever Peter thought differently land by the time he
is finished with the he will likely think
still differently and paid the bill of SIS to Elwood
Then Peter departs for the office of the Great
Am" where the law books are taken down, busted
and homes of spiders broken into, and the law
searched from "A' to ~" Peter enters suit
against Elwood for confscating his wheat. Be.
cause Elwood was kindly remembered in his
fathers will. it's not saying that outsiders can
lay claim to it as easy as Elwood. himself There
are people who want law, law. nothing but law.
Their stomachs will eventually be filled causing
far more trouble and pain than green apples. We
await the outcome.