The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1908-02-28
BY PENCIL POINT.

Ccotb Ou Weuuesuhv evening
Miss Ethel Reynolds of Rising Sun is the well
come guest of Miss Violet Mckinney
Mrs. Francis Ri ey of Fremont has been con-
fined to her home with the measles.
Mr. and Mrs. Alexander Cameron, of Bryn Mawr,
are Red Turkey guests of Mr.. and Mrs. John
Cameron.
Mrs E. s. Rowland of Liberty Grove has
been the guest OF Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Barrett
In Baltimore, Mrs. Ellen Tosh and daughter.
Ellen, are spending the winter
Mrs Alice Richardson has been the guest of DR.
Richardson OF Calvert.
Colora is to have an oil tank. Land for it is
being secured.
Andrew Jones and a dance party had things
serene at his residence Thursday evening of last
week.
Miss Rosa R. Caldwell and Mrs. Joseph T. Cald
well. are spending some time with the latter's
mother, Mrs. Hoff. of Hacketstown, N j.
Robert Cameron has been to Philadelphia on
business.
There was man in our town,
He proved he was no tool.
He took the sleigh bells Off
He staid with his best girl till the hours
began to cool.
Mrs Amelia, wife of Herman Brauer of Port
Deposit. was buried in West Nottingham cemetery
Monday a week. Besides her husband five
children survive.
Revival services ended last Friday night in the
West Nottingham Presbyterian church.
When George Poist of Woodlawn had a test
made of 20 pound gambrel, that withstood
strain Of the-weight of 25l4 pound OK, in Phia-
deiphia recently he was carried around on the
greasy shoulders of butchers until he felt ike Taft
in the Presidential chair. His recent invention is
a pronounced success and saves the labor of one
man. The construction of the gambrel is such
that it releases itselfautomaticaly when carcass
is removed from it and is quite an item in the
saving of time and patience. Orders have been
received for % of them from one Philadelphia
firm alone. Mr.. Poist has several other patents
of merit pending.
Miss Mary Fryer of Baltimore is the guest of
her parents, Mr.. and Mr.. Saml. D Fryer.
VIM Atkinson of the Lincoln Bros. farm has
made arrangements to farm the Shannon place
for the coming season.
young swain of Mt. Pleasant while visiting
his girl near this town had the pleasure of having
his buggy wheels wired together. 1t is needless
to remark what he said.
Miss Bessie Thompson of near town was married
last Saturday at the home of the groom, E Stan
ley Webster Of Nottingham.
Let's sing song of cupid.
As busy as bee,
A shootin' arrows-rapid,
As far as he could see
For sessions of the Lovers Court
Are being held at Vinegar Hill aud
Port"
One of our neighbors women is responsible for
the statement that her husband is so good to her
that it anything would happen to him the hearse
tracks wond not be covered up before she would
be on the hunt for another man.
Man is like monkey. What an older one does
the younger follows suit. Shooting dice has be-
come popular past-time-much to our discredit,
especially since our wee-tots have caught the
inspiration-shootin for marbles. If the parents
win not take the matter in nand let the law
authorities step in and squash things at once.
VIM. Creswell received 20 post hole" cards on
his birthday. Miss Blanche received an even
dozen to celebrate hers.
There are couple of chaps who. outside of
Jessups Cut are better known in the Ridge than
any other place in creation, but who are allowed
their acquaintance to expand and ii they con-
Liu0e 10 allow Lneif lrleuusDip luctehee as
have been doing, land in all probability they willl
they will be sorry for it, for an angry mob of law
abiding citizens win jump on them like thous
and of brick. Since their departure from the
Ridge they have been thanked for remaining
away and cussed by those whom they have since
endeayored to associate with. But boiling pot
Of tar and downy coat OF feathers will make
them look quite different in the eyes of those
whom they annoy. They decided to make their
power felt in the neighborhood OF Liberty Grove.
Sunday week and invaded number Of homes
without permission, and when invited on the out
side gave the queens of the American homes a
good cussing. At Andrew Viewers they stole an
umbrella from the porch and against a telc-
phone pole in the vicinity they battered out the
umbrellas brains and broke Its ribs.
Horace Tammany was in his corn crib when
they called upon him, and the culprits it is said
barlicaied the door making him prisoner. OF
him. they asked. ''if anything happened to him.
was he ready to meet his God?" He thought
and answered in the negative and they forthwith
prayed for him. But, poor Horace really didn't
need 1t near as much as they did. At James Nc
Aflisters they askel tor him and when he came
out of doors to see who and what was wanted
they picked. him up bodily and threw him to the
earth and took to the woods. James is far from
right yet and has very bad arm. He is not
man of power and strength and has consti-
tuition that will not bear twistn' an squeezin'.
At Granville Pierce's they swiped gallon can
ofoil from porch and kicking it out in an adjoin
ing field endeavored to set it on fre-But alas
their matches were as drunk as they were. Must
the law abiding residents of the Ridge or the
Grove tolerate this state OF affairs any longer2
The poor Ridgetes for years suffered the less of
fowls, and everything that could be easily stolen.