Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1911-12-09

Mr.. and Mrs. Wilmer ]. Hancock
and little daughter. of near Stockton.
were in Snow Hill Tuesday. BY hand
bills printed at the Messenger office.
Mr.. Hancock advertises some valuable
live stock, and farming implements at
public sale on Tuesday. Dec. 10th. He in
tends to move to Exmo-e, Va. next
year.
Mr.. William ~ Clayville. of near
Wilton. has h,tchered three hogs,
whose total weight,was 1876 lbs. The
largest one weighed 424 lbs. and the
others 4O4 and 81 lbs., respectively.
A week before Christmas of last year
the largest one weighed only 56 lbs. A
gain of 1868 lbs. in about eleven months
is not bad, even for hog.
Snow Hill and vicinity were visited
Monday morning by the first snow of
the season. This was one day earlier
than last years snow storm. which took
place on the fifth of December. and
which was the forerunner of the coolest
and most severe weather that was ex-
perienced during the winter. Last Mon
days snow melted as fast as it fell. on
account Of the high temperature. high
wind and wet ground.
Mr.. S. e. Shockley, of Wilton,
butchered ten Dogs Thursday, their
weight aggregatihg 1892 an, average
of 1924 lbs. The largest one weighed
1881 lbs. and the smallest POI lbs.
Messrs Murray Bethards and George
Davis, of the same neighborhood, also
killed their hogs this week. The for
mer killed five. weighing l,576 lbs, an
average of 3l5 lbs, and the latter killed
four. averaging 343 lbs. each.
Mr.. Theron b. Hanley was in Snow
Hill this week looking for pair of good
mules. He found that Mr.. Frank Hud-
son, of near Girdletree, had what he
wanted, and he purchased young pair
at satisfactory price. Mr.. Hanley is
logging mine props at Kings Creek,
Somerset County. and has sixteen mules
at work. He loads on an average car
of props day. and estimates that there
are five hundred cars on the tract he is
working.
The Kuhner Engine Company, a
new enterprise for Talbot county, which
was recently organized and capitalized
at $4,000, has just completed a con-
crete machine shop, l5Ox6O feet, equip
ped for the manufacture of stationary,
portable and marine engines, at Oxford,
and began business last Saturday. Dur
ing the day several hundred invited
guests and other visitors were enter
tanned at luncheon. The enterprise will
give employment to so men, and it is
expected that this number will shortly
be doubled.
Five engineers in the employ of 7.
Coleman du Pont were ordered by James
C. McCombb. from his farm of 265 acres
at Claymont last week. They did as
ordered. When the engineers obeyed
without protest Mr.. McCombb told them
they were welcome to gun or fish on his
property or to dine with him at his home.
Being an active fox-hunter he said.
my only reservation is that you do not
kill any foxes. He stated that this
was the first time he ever ordered any
one from his farm that he does not
want his property interfered with, and
wants to live and die there. He has
owned and resided on the place for q
years, his father having bought it in
1870.
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