Democratic messenger., 1909-09-03

The last Sunday excursion to Ocean
City for the season of 1909 was run last
Sunday and large number of people
from all the stations from Franklin City
to Berlin took advantage of the last OPP
portunity that will be afforded them to
take an early morning train to the sea-
shore on the Sabbath day this year.
175 tickets were sold from Snow Hill.
The Junior Christian Endeavor of
Bates Memorial M. p. Church will hold
festival on the lawn in front of the
church tomorrow Saturday evening.
Should the weather prove stormy, it
will be held in the basement of the
church. Rev. l.. A. Bennett has re-
turned from his vacation and hopes for
a large attendance on Sunday at all the
services, with increased enthusiasm for
work.
Millions of crabs are moving up the
Delaware river from the sea. This is
due to the protracted drought. which
has reduced the downward strength of
the current in the river and caused the
saline waters of the Atlantic to reach
the harbor. For the first time in many
years the Delaware river is brackish as
far as Gloster, the result of which is
that mullet, sea bass and porpoises may
be seen every day above Chester.
Mr.. o. M. Purnell. the real estate
agent, has sold the old Purnell home
stead near Snow Hill, owned by Mr..
Thomas p. Selby. to Mr.. Henry C.
Northam, of Virginia, for $5, $50. 90.
The deal was closed last Saturday and
Mr.. Northam will take possession of
the property the first day of next jan
! uary. He expects to make extensive
improvement Is in the buildings. We will
welcome Mr.. Northam to our county.
Mr.. Herbert, w. Mason killed re-
markably large hen hawk in the swamp
near his farm last Friday, and on Satur-
day brought it in town for the inspection
of the editors of the MESSENGER. 1t
measured four feet, five inches from tip
to tip and with its strong, curved beak
and sharp talons looks like veritable
bird of prey. MIR. Mason is jubilant over
having killed the hawk as it has been
living on his chickens this summer. He
will preserve the enormous wings as a
trophy.
From Word and Works, published
by Rev. Irl X. Hicks, we obtain the
following in reference to the weather
for the month of September. "A re-
dictionary storm period is central on the
Sd, 4th and 5th. A regular storm period
is central on the 10th. A reactionary
storm period is central on the 18th, 10th
and 18th. A regular storm period is
central on the 2lst. the central day of
autumnal equinox. This period will
bring prompt changes of temperature
and barometic pressure as early as the
10Th in western parts of the country.
By the 2lst these conditions will bring
on storms of rain, wind and thunder,
and during the 2lst to 23d these storms
will touch most parts of the country in
their eastward sweep to the Atlantic.
A regular storm period is central on the
26th, 9th and 28th.
The promoters of the new Balti-
more and Eastern Shore Railway or
trolley company made formal request
of the United States Board of Engi-
neers for Rivers and Harbors, Monday,
for a preliminary survey of the Ches-
apeake Bay for the purpose of establish
ing channel for ferry between Bay
Shore Park and some point opposite on
the Eastern Shore of Maryland. The 16
miles of track from Baltimore to the fer
ry point on the Bay, Bay Shore Park. the
engineers pointed out, has already been
constructed and is being used. By
charts, the depths of the Chesapeake
Bay at various points were shown and
there is natural channel running from
point just outside Bay Shore to point
just south of Colchester, in Kent
County. This, they declared, will do
away with the necessity of extensive
dredging. This is the same line which
it is proposed to build through Kent,
Queen Anne's, Talbot and Dorchester
Counties.