The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1907-01-25
OXFORD AND VICINITY.

A roof over the barn yard on the
premises of Jonathan Barnett broke with
a surplus of snow. Saturday Members
of the family had been under the shed
only few moments before the collapse.
They report a stampede among the cattle
they oeing scared by the roof cracking
before the fall and escaping to the opeu
in the yard.
Howard Taylor's mill has been in
operation night aud day for nearly a
month. It's high time for the miller to
he struck with prosperity.
Much sickness prevails and many cases
of grip abound. Mrs Thomas Slack who
resides alone in her property which she
recently sold was found seriously III by
neighbors. She is improving.
Abbott's creamery in Oxford will not
have their machinery installed 50 as to
be in full service earlier than April
War has been declared at Beuna Vista
school house. The teacher famed a
strap" of boy who went home aud
told tales out of school by telling mother,
who departed for teacher relm" who in
turn sought the aid of one of the school
commissioners for protection, who sided
with the teacher in the matter. As soon
as the mother heard of this she decamped
for the home of the adviser in scholastic
matters She stood her ground on the
outside of the house and IN a manner not
brimming over with politeness she re-
quested his presence ION the outside" so
she could have the pleasure of dusting
him with mother earth and blackening
an eye or two Her words were a bit
tainted and we trust with her temper have
melted away in the dust. But we hear
not.
John Dewitt aud family have moved
into the mansion lately owned by Robert
Sprowl, deceased.
With the drop in the price OF milk,
butter fell S cents per pound at retail in
Oxford market.
Roland Smith, liverymau, lost SI6o
nag by blood poison.
In the binding snow one day last week
an aid" matron of Phiada. landed in
Oxford with FIVE youngsters in her care.
She hired a two-seater to deliver those in
her charge, and drove 40 miles to do so.
What has become of the Society to Pre-
sent Cruelty to Animals?
While Friday has been fish day" the
world over since the days of milk and
wild honey, it has been the lot of the
good folks of Oxford to be more modern
and establish new day" Since the
day that butcher opened the first meat
store in that town there has never been,
it is said, day that soup bones have
been in as much demand and as scarce as
last Friday.
Eight or ten years ago Jesse Holton
bought COW for which he paid SI8. She
mas been in active service ever since and
he recently sold her to a dealer for the
same sum he paid. The dealer put the
animal up at sale in Oxford and said,
~ bought this COW from Jesse Holton,
now what will you give ?" She brought
twelve-fifty.
WHY-A farmer in this vicinity who
was always way ahead of everybody else
in the housing of his crops and in the
planting of the same declares he is SI5o
out and that he will sell out this spring.
If people who did not work as hard as he
nor as long. and were way behind in
everything. made money. why didn't her
Lots of farmers thought in time way
back that they made money selling milk
at 90 cents per 100. Now they claim
there has been nothing in it at s.. So.
The real wonder is, why didn't they fail
long agos These are questions that will
take more than the average farmer to
solve s