The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1908-03-27
CHIPS FROM THE REPORTERS
WORK BENCH.
By PENCIL POINT.

Jacob Torbert will remove onto the farm Of
Samuel Moore. near New Bridge.
In some old paper at the Cecil Paper Mil. VIM.
Kelly found nine inch dagger. It is a beauty.
Earl Kelly sold $3.50 worth Of skunk hides.
James Buchanan has sold his farm to John
Blackburn and will remove into the old James
Martindale house at Vinegar Hill.
Mrs. Jane Crothers. aunt of Governor Crothers,
has in years quilted 81 quilts. the last one con-
tanning 1S4s pieces. She is 80 years of age.
Mrs Samuel Tinnefrock has long necked
pumpkin grown in 'O6 and 1T is still in arst-cass
condition.
Part Of the cellar wall Of the residence OF VIM.
Kelly fell in with crash last week and both Mrs.
Kelly and son Earl had narrow escape, having
just left the spot where the stones fell.
Mrs. Annie Bentz removed to Jersey City last
Monday.
There came near being runaway accident from
Rradley,s corner oil the road to Conoyingo NJ
Gently. when horse scared at number OF intoxi-
Gated bodies Of men decorating the driveway. The
occupantso OF the vehicle aliRhted and rolled the
PROSTATE forms into the side ditch It is possible
for few drinks to be the cause of others losing
life or rendered a cripple. 'Let us Forbid
Rowlandville lady spent a day recently among
the Liberty Grove folks and upon arriving at her
home in the evening discovered she minus of
her false teeth. She he'd left them behind.
The EpWorth League OF Mt. Pleasant M e.
church met at the home OF Miss Katherine Sharp
less on Tuesday evening last.
The three months old infant of Mr. and Mrs.
M.,ffa r-tto
Mrs. Hughes Keilholtz has departed for Phila
delphia hospital, where an operation will be per-
formed for an inward trouble.
The stork's been over to John Wiers. It's a
daughter.
Harvey Iamn of Port Deposit, was kicked in
the stomach by horse and hurt internally.
Howard Preston of Liberty Grove. has been
down with the grip. He will remove into the
home of his father-in-law, John A. Woodrow.
In the mud near Greenhurst a horse being
driven by Benjamin Mcvey broke a leg and had
to be killed.
There was something doing around oxford last
week that was too good to keep out of this column
and which the participants are shaking in their
Shoes and keeping as quiet as Quaker meeting
for fear oft being found out.
Near the cemetery of Oxford where rests the
silent dead is q farm, owned by 8. r. Dickey the
noted financier of that town. Edward Barbour
farms the place and has in his employ, William
Rock. who one morning last week found in q
clump of trees near the barn newly -made grave
He saw visions of possible murder-a slaughter.
ing OF some innocent mite OF humanity, and
buckling on his courage he informed Edward
his boss. They decided to exhume the body at
once but after reflection decided to see Mr. Dickey
first. After consultation the pair were ordered
to keep their mouths shut, and that night under
lantern light, open the grave. eShovels, picks,
chisels and Ratchet were procured and after
the evening shades had fallen, under faint and
Pickering light, our warriors began operations
Bill was doing the digging while Edward our boss
farmer, held the lantern. He hadn't dug far
before the lid of box was struck and after Ie-
moving the earth from around 1t found it was
loose. Says Bill, Ed. You open the box" BE
doged If want to see into Il, says Ed. who turn
ed his back upon the scene. well give me the
lantern says Bill and sprawling on the ground
over the hole he lowered the lantern while he
carefully removed the lid, disclosing a nice
blanket. and catching hold of one of its corners,
raised it and peeped ander its folds. And there
lay, stiff and cold in death beautiful 'smatey"
cat.