The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1913-11-28

Norris Reynolds and Taylor Biles were
home from Swarthmore Prepa ratory
School over Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur S. Irwin. of Phil
adelphia. are visitors at the home OF Mr..
and Mrs. A. B. Keen.
Jonathan TODD and Miss Wilhelmina
Anna Jackson. Of Elk Mills. Cecil county,
were married on Tuesday.
Rev. and Mrs. w. H. Michaels, Of
Langhorne. Pa, are visiting the latter's
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Edwin Haines.
Rutherford Pyle, Of Philadelphia. was
Sunday visitor at the home of his
mother. Mrs. Ella Pyle. Cherry street.
Linn B. Gillespie, of PhiIadelphia.
spent Thanksgiving at the home of his
parenrs. Mr.. and Mrs. W. F. Gillespie.
Miss Francina Kirk. Of Walnut Lane
School. Germantown. is spending the
Thanksgiving holiday with Mrs. Clara /.
Turner.
The Home and Foreign Missionary So
ciety was entertained on Thursday after
noon last at the home of Mrs. A. L.
Duyckinck.
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. A. Hartenstine. Of
Principle Furnace, spent Thanksgiving
with the latter's parents. Mr.. and Mrs.
Jos. S. Pogne.
The Mission Study Glass met with Miss
Grace Wilson and Ralph Wilson Wednes-
day evening. An Immigrant Inventory
was the lesson reviewed. following which
refreshments were served and social
period enjoyed.
Poi. ]. H. Brown. of sunbury. Pa.
was the guest Of Geo. c. Reynolds several
days last week. Prof Brown is engaged
in staging musical pageants. and has con-
tracted with New York moving picture
concern to stage for 1--WE picture reels a
pageant covering 800 years in military
band history
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Mr.. and Mrs. Albert L. Burlington en-
tertaiued very pleasantly at cards on
Thursday evening last. when the 5000
club was reorganized for the winter.
Twenty-one guests were present to enjoy
the occasion. The club will be entertain
ed on the evening Of December 3rd by
Mr. and Mrs. Chas. E. Burlington.
The treasurer of Hartford county. has
apportioned the Havre de Grace race track
money to the first FIVE districts of the
county. Each district will receive $s7r.-
| oS for road purposes. The amount re-
ceived from the fall meeting was g.
$4,000.
The Penn R r., ia connection with
the Del. State Board of Agriculture, Del.
College and Md. Agricultural College,
will run farmers lecture train next
month stopping at all the principal sta
tons on the Peninsula. The lectures will
cover all subjects Of interest TO farmers.
Deputy Fire Marshal John w. Famous,
is not letting up in his efforts to find the
person who recently fred the buildings on
the Havre de Grace race track. He de-
clares he is on the trail of the person who
planted the dynamite under the tracks
waterworks. apparently with the intention,
Of emitting off the water supply and insur-
Ing the destruction of the whole plant.
The Newark. Del. Ledger sends out
this warning: 1--WE are informed that a
stranger representing himself as an ex
pert occulist, sent by the Government TO
inspect eyes. one day recently called upon
a well known farmer of Pencader hundred
and after examining the eyes of the
farmers wife. told her that unless she
got pair of glasses at once she would be
totally blind in six weeks. The stranger
induced the farmer to buy the glasses for
which he charged $3s Our informant
says the fellow went so far as to promise
the return of half the money II the glasses
| did not prove satisfactory"
One OF tne greatest annoyances with
which the postofice has to put up under
the new Parcel Post law. is the slovenly
manner in watch parcels are addressed.
Almost every train brings back some
parcels that have not been marked as
they should have been. One of the
most frequent causes Of trouble is the
making of the return address so promi-
nent that 1t is taken for the real address
and thus package sent out comes trail
Ing back at once, causing the sender and
the postal officials lot of unnecessary
trouble. Print the address plainly and in
| good size letters on the parcel and then
up in corner preceded by the word
From or Return to" put your own
address In much smaller letters Th;e