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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1913-02-07
Birthday Dinner.

Al number of Miss Carrie Weir's many
friends gave her birthday dinner Satur
day, Feb. ISL. her ssth birthday being
on Feb and. Sunday. A feature Of the
dinner which was much enjoyed was the
place cards with ground hogs sketched
thereon. many yNof them showing this little
animal seeing his shadow. The table
looked very pretty in green and white
with beautiful dark red Carnations in the
centre. The dinner which consisted Of
roast guinea. chicken. beef, ham. baked
beans. potatoes. pickles. preserves, jellies.
salads, with ice cream and cakefor des-
sert. was enjoyed by the following: Miss
Carrie Weir. Mrs. NJ. j. Sill. Mr.. and Mrs.
A. L. Duyckinck. Mr.. and Mrs. Sam
Rowland. Mr.. and Mrs. James Buchanan.
Rev. and Mrs. Huffman. Mrs. Annie
Keene. Mrs. Ellen Tosh. Mrs. Mary Hind
man. Mrs. Luther Hindman. Mrs. Charles
Hindman. Mrs. Robt. Aiken, Mrs. w.
Maxwell. Mrs. Cole Mrs. Louisa Jenness.
Mrs W. Jenness. Mrs. ]. H. Evans. Mrs.
B. p. Nichols. Misses Angela and Helen
Nichols. Mary Taylor. Abbie Keene. Miss
Anne Balderston, Mrs. A. Q. Reynolds.
Mrs. Amy Reynolds, Mrs. Geo. H.
Thompson, Miss Maude childs. Mrs. H.
L. Glackin, Mrs. Mary Bechtel. Bertha
M. Tyson. Mr.. S. T. Wiley, Miss Mabel
Wiley and Miss Helen Aiken.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1913-02-07
Oxford Agricultural Society.

AT the annual meeting Of the managers
of Oxford Agricultural Society the old
officers were reelected as follows: Presi-
dent. Thomas Grier; vice-presidents. S.
E, Niven, Elwood Webster and Clifford
Cook; corresponding secretary. AL. F.
Wheeler; recording secretaries. H. c,
Thomas and R. L. Patterson; treasurer,
F. G. Andrews; managers. DR.. M. E,
Conrad, R. /. Johnson. r. T. Hogg, A.
H. Ingram. T. E. Gillingham. r. M.
Coulter. Wayne Reynolds and Thomas R.
Ankrim.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1913-02-07
Grange Officers.

Cecil Grange No. 8, met at the home oi
Leroy England, on Saturday. Feb. Ist,
and elected the following officers
Master. Webster Brown; Overseer, M. c.
Reederi Lecturer. Leora E. Little
Steward. Harry c. Thompson; asst. Ste
ward, William Little; Chaplain. Mary E.
Mackey; Treasurer, Charles E. johnson
Secretary. Harriet NJ. Brown Gate-keeper
Albert England; Pomona, Annie E.
England; Flora, Jessie T. Eneland Ceres,
Mrs. M. G. Reeder; Lady asst. Steward,
Addie M. Thompson. The next meeting
will be Saturday. March rst, at the home
of Leroy England.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1913-02-07
Real Estate Sales.

Thos. cooney has sold his property in
Fulton township, to Edgar S. Brown for
$500.
DR., Murray, of Newark, DEL. has pur-
chased for $1,000 the McNamee farm in
Elk Neck.
Samuel E. Mccauley. Of West Chester,
has purchased the William P. Swisher
farm Of ro4 acres. near Rowlandville. for
5000.
T. Roseby McMullen has sold his os-
acre farm on Chestnut Hill, near Newark.
on which are claimed to be large deposits
of iron ore and other minerals. to Samuel
J. Wright, president of the Continental
Fibre Company. of Newark. for $4,000
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1913-02-07
Jurors For March Term OF Court.

Chief Judge Albert Constable drew the
following jurors for the March term Of
the Circuit Court for Cecil county:
First Harry D. Crockett, H.
D. Budd. Charles n. Crawford. Thomas
G. cruikshank. John M. Rowan and
Samuel T. Othoson.
Second District Thomas T.. Howard,
W. Harry Jones. Bennett Steele. James
Keithley, John W. McCool. Jr.. and
Harry Buckworth.
Third District-Alfred Davis. Wilmer
c. Bouchelle, Elmer E. MARBLE, Walter
e. Maxwell. Eugene Feucht. J. H. Marsh-
bank and Calvin NJ. Blake.
Fourth District-James A. Holland.
George Mccormick, John W. Queen.
Robert II. Gallaher and William A. Hill.
Fifth District-Charles R. Ulary. Sr..
Herbert H. White. R. B. Gibson, William
McNamee, William Guiberson and An
drew w. Holt.
Sixth Dis trict-W. t. Jenness. R. H.
Aiken. George M. Christie. Harry E.
Fisher and Samuel T. Tyson.
Seventh District-Leslie B. Roberts,
Rumsey Smithson. Martin L. Thompson.
John A. Hartenstine, Guy Kirk. John F.
Mohrlein and Walter Buck.
Eighth District-Stephen c. Regan. P.
R. West and Edward A. Hill.
Ninth District-William Perry. William
]. Boyle and Haines Job.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1913-02-07
sheriff,s sale Of Tobacco.

John !. Pennell. through his attorney
S. j. Ramsey. of Westc Chester, has issued
execution and attachment against Saml.
Hoffmans interest in nine acres of baled
tobacco, grown on the Ephraim Black.
burp farm. Chester county, on a judg.
ment note signed by Samuel Hoffman and
May Hoffman. waving exemption law
for $a75. with interest. given about eigh-
teen years ago, short time before the
Huffman family movedto South Dakota
70 farm John Pennell's place.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1913-02-07

Through the recent discovery Of the old
diary which was kept by man who was
once an owner of many slaves in Queen
Anne's county. the fact has been learned
that the infamous murderer. John Brown.
who bcame notorious by his attempts in
1859 to incite the slaves TO insurrection
and by bis seizure of the Federal Arsenal.
at Harper's Ferry. Va. visited Queen
Anne's county In that year and endeavor-
ed to persuade the negroes to take up
arms against their masters.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1913-02-07
KllIed Ry fallIna Tree.

William Wilson. aged about 50 years. a
farmer and stone mason residing near
Bel Air. was crushed to death on Thurs
day by falling tree. He was assisting
in the cutting of timber and in running
from beneath tree that was being felled.
his foot caught in some underbrush,
tripping him. the tree crushing down
upon him and killing him Instantly. His
widows and two children survive.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1913-02-07
FARMERS CIVIL AND BUSINESS
ASSOCIATION.
VIII Elect Officers and Adopt Con
stltution and Bylaws.

Saturday. February Ist. 1913. the CON-
mittee on Constitution. Bylaws and
Nomination OF the Farmers Civil and
Business Association, held meeting al
the residence Of Mr.. ]. B. Fassitt.
There were present Elwood Balderston.
]. J. Hanna. R. B. Cameron, J. B.
Fassitt. chas. w. Mckinney. ]. P.
Simpers and Elmer E. Brown, ex oficio.
Communications we're read from the
officers Of the Farmers Society Of Equity,
Indiana; the Farmers National Congress
Creamery Association OF Eastern PennsyI-
vania, Monmouth County Farmers Ex-
change, Freehold. N. j; South Jersey
Farmers Exchange. Trenton N. J.. East
ern Shore Of Virginia Produce Exchange,
Onley, Va. Copies Of the Constitution
and Bylaws Of each Of these Associations
were at the disposal Of the Committee
and each association very courteously
volunteered to give any further informa-
tion that we might desire.
The Committee was organized with Mr..
Balderston as Chairman, and agreed upon
q preliminary report 70 be submitted to
the meeting which will be held in Rose
bank Hall. Calvert, Md. at one p. M.
February 9th. 1913. They also agreed
upon officers for the first year. a number
Of the Board Of Directors. but It was felt
that the enti.e Board should not be filed
at this time.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1913-02-07
pweIIIna gurnsd At DarIInuton

The residence of Alfred P. Edge. pro-
prietor Of the Darlington Egg Farm. al
Darlington, Hartford county, was totally
destroyed by Are. together with most Of
the contents, one night last week. That
misfortunes never come singly. would
seem to be exemplifed in this instance.
as through illness Mr.. Edge was unable
10 give proper attention to his extensive
chicken farm of 6 600 white leghorns. and
was compelled to make deed of trust for
the benefit of creditors. follwing which he
loses his home by FIRE.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1913-02-07

BY the will Of the late Charles Nc
Creary. who died last October In Denver
$40. 900 is bequeathed to his uncle. Albert
T. Mccreary. Of near Cherry Hill. and
s.. 900 to his aunt. Miss Harriet B. Nc
Crery. formerly OF this county but now Of
Wilmington.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1913-02-07
WEDDINGS.
Moore-Kelthley.

Moore -Kelthley.
Miss Hattie Virginia Keithley. Of Havre
de Grace. and Mr.. Geo. c. Moore. Of Up,
per Marlborough. were married in Elkron
on January ao.
Woodrow iiaNens
Howard M. Woodrow and Mrs. Lille
M. Hagens. Of Pleasant Grove, were
married Thursday. Jan. 80, by Rev.
Clyde S. Holston.
Daniels WoolIeyIlan.
Miss Emma w. WooIleyhan. Of Earle
vile, and Mr.. Joshua Daniels, Jr.. Of
Philadelphia, were married Feb. 3. at the
home Of the brides parents.
smith Spear.
Miss Anna Spear and Mr.. Julian Smith
of Ceciiton. were united in marriage by
Rev. w. "A. Coale at St, Stephens rectory
on Thursday afternoon, January 80.
Pierce Reed.
Miss Alma G. Reed. Of Wilmington.
and Mr.. Andrew S. Pierce. Of Cecil.on.
were married at the home of the bride
Jan. rs. by Rev. w. Allen Wise, pastor Of
Scott M. E. church.
Burkins Barrow.
Miss Elizabeth Barrow, daughter Of
Mrs. Rachel Barrow Of New Bridge, and
Harry Burkins, son OF Mr.. and Mrs.
Albert Burkins OF near town. were mar
ried last week at Union N. ?. parsonage.
Crulkshanix M0odall.
The marriage Of Miss Julia E. Woodail
and Mr.. Thomas G. Cruikshank. which
was postponed from January Fl on ac-
count of the illness Of the groom, took
place on Saturday. at the home of the
bride. in Georgetown.
Brown Reynolds.
Miss Anna Belle Reynolds, Oldest
daughter Of Mr.. Levi Reynolds, Of North
East. and Mr. Baker Brown, prominent
farmer OF Chester County. Pa. were mas-
ried Thursday. Jan. go. at St. Mary's rec
tory by Rev. Charles "A. Eaton.
Hastings Mercer.
Elmer Hastings, son Of Emerson
Hastings Of Colerain township. and Miss
Lucy Mercer. daughter of Townsend
Mercer of Doe Run. were quietly married
Jan. rs. at their newly furnished home in
Sadsburyville. The ceremony was per-
formed by Rev. R S. Patterson, pastor of
! Trinity Lutheran Church Of Coatesville.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1913-02-07

We are closing out our stock Of Ior:
Hats at $r.75. &r.oo and 7o cents.
McCoy's Millinery. Rising Sun
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1913-02-07

Miss Hattie Virginia Keithley. of Havre
de Grace. and Mr.. Geo. c. Moore, Of Up.
per Marlborough. were married ia EIkton
on January ao.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1913-02-07

Howard M. Woodrow and Mrs. Lille
M. Hagens. Of Pleasant Grove, were
married Thursday. Jan. 80, BY Rev.
Clyde S. Holston.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1913-12-27
OF NATURAL
\ CEAY IN ROAD MAKING

pending on the character of the sub
grade or foundation. Where you have
a hard clay for foundation, inches
of sand-clay will suffice. If the foun-
dation is sand, it is we'll to put on as
much as IL inches of the surfacing
material. After a few hundred feet
of surfacing material has been placed,
a grading machine should be run over
it TO smooth and crown the road be-
fore the the top becomes too hard. 1t
is good plan to turn the blade of the
machine out and trim the edges of
the surfaced part, discharEng the ex-
cess sand and clay onto the earth
shoulders. After one round trip with
the blade turned out the remaining
lress work with the machine should
be with the blade turned in, with the
exception of one trip down the center
of the road with blade at right angle
to the axis Of the road for the pur-
pose of distributing any excess ma
terial left in the center. a
After the machine work it is Nell
to follow with split-dog drag, which
'smoothes any rough places left by the
machine and leaves the road with
\nooth, even surface. 1t must be
prne in mind that a sand-clay road,
like. other roads, can not be fin
led in short space of time. 1t
p, of course, be left in an apparent
finished condition with a hard,
9th surface, but it will be found
pse examination that the hard sur
is in reality only crust, under
which are several inches of
material. After the first hard
le crust softens, the road gets
id the work appears to be
This, however, is just what
to make it eventually good.
road has dried until in
tie it should be dragged
rface is once more smooth,
roper crown, and should
way by dragging at least
ntil the sun has baked it
The mistake of keep
during this process of
not be made. The
pg of the wheels of
shoofs of horses is
to pack the sand
eous mass. The
effective in this
r, however, that
as has been
~, oil roads
Ineffective.
\ensable
lny
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1913-12-27
City Men and Boys Look To The Farm Life

in false colors the opportunities of
country life, so as to mislead any one
who has never had chance to find out
what it really is. To make a success
of farming one must go into it with
his eyes open wide, not only to the
fine possibilities of the calling, but to
the drudgery of it as well; for there
is drudgery about it and drudgery
of the most prosaic kind. The farm
calls men of strength and determin-
alton, men who can get up early and
work late when the season demands
tific understanding of the conditions
to be met with in soil and in weather,
in breeding and in marketing
The man WI iinskes a success on
the farm mus ferSe an apprentice
ship as truly ~ ne who makes sue
cess in mechanical engineering. The
city clerk who leaves his desk for the
farm after saving up few hundred
dollars, who has had no experience
whatever with horses and cattle, hay
and corn, and who expects. to succeed
on the only business knowledge he
has ever had a chance to get, will not
only fail but will actually do more
harm than good to the farming in
dustry. The same thing may be said
of any professional city man without
practical experience in agriculture
unless that man has been able to Sc
lect from his sources of knowledge the
true from the false and with it all
has a capacity for overcoming many
preliminary failures.
We want the city man and the city
boy on the farm. The farm needs
them. But in order to save them
from unnecessary expense and loss,
and agriculture. from misrepresenta-
ton and the resulting injury, we want
them to have a right kind of knowl-
edge of the various sides of farm life.
There is enjoyment about it of the
keenest kind; there is money to be
made in it; there are the advantages
of health moral and physical; and
there is no better place in the world
for bringing up a family of boys and
girls to teach them thrift and to give
them broad visions or life and of hap
piness; but-yes, butt means some
hard knocks, discouraging failures at
times, and eternal vigilance to keep up
with the seasons and the steady adj
vancement of agricultural knowledge.
The boy who was born on the farm,
who is growing up under its influence
and learning it as he learned his ma
tive language, without conscious effort
and who holds a firm faith in his
ability to do things and keeps ever be-
fore him a vision of possible achieve
ment, has the surest chance of success
in this fundamental calling of the hui
man race.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1913-12-27
Continued from last week.

from week.
But | was going to tell of those ex-
periments. Professor A. j. Cook, pro-
fessor of technology of the Michigan
Agricultural college at that time
made extensive experiments along the
line of covering certain branches of
trees and leaving others uncovered
during the time they were in blossom.
The blossoms on these branches were
counted and also the number of them
that set fruit. 1t was found that of
those that were covered during the
fruit bloom there were only 2 per
cent set fruit, while of those that
were left uncovered 20 per cent were
found to set. He also found that al
sike clover from which the bees were
shut away developed no seed at all
although the other clover left uncov-
cred beside it was full of seed. Well
it is a generally accepted fact that
where we have no bees we get no fruit
so t is needless to dwell longer on
thie phase of the subject. But phase
of tie subject which is not quite so well
known except to theslarge fruit grow
ers is the fact that outside of the
damage they are doing in destroying
their friends the bees by spraying
when the blossoms are on, it is very
serious damage to the fruit. Many
who do know this do not know why
it is So For the benefit of these |
will say that it is because those poi
sonous mixtures have to be so strong
in order to kill the insect pests, that
the delicate particles of pollen are
killed and as this pollen is the only
means of fertilizing the fruit of
course the fruit is ruined. This is
why fruit growers are beginning to
realize that it is worse, yes much
worse than useless to spray while the
trees are in blossom. In spite of all
this, however, many get in so much
of hurry that they cannot wait until
the blossoms are off because they say
1--WE cannot get all over the orchard
in time unless we begin to spray be-
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1913-12-27

Rare success with poultry by one
who had no special preparation for
undertaking the work is rewarding
the scrupulous attention given by
Alec Shannon to his flock of 300
White Leghorns. The plant is situated
at Twenty-secOnd avenue and Garden
street in the outskirts of Spokane,
Washington, and occupies less than an
acre of land, but its efficiency has
been brought to a high point and is
still advancing. The secret of his sue
cess is attention to details. Years ago
Shannon was a police sergeant in Spo-
kane, when some of the present off
GERS were learning their profession.
After leaving Spokane Shannon fol-
lowed the life of a prospector from
Canada to Mexico. When a year ago
last March he again drifted into the
city it was with no thought of set
Ting down on what he terms zone
horse poultry plant" Nevertheless he
accepted. the advice of friends and
bought for 81 800 on credit a row of
lots in the Lincoln Heights district,
unimproved except for a shack, and
set about building his poultry plant.
1t was already time to buy stock if he
was to have winter layers and he at
once put in orders for day-old chicks,
building A-hOuses in which to brood
them. Then he built larger ones for
the layers, sold off the surplus cock
erels, and last winter had one Of the
heaviest laying flocks in Spokane. The
neighbors Laughter at his methods, but
he persevered and studied his chick
ems. In fact he lived with them, and
the secret of his success seems to be
that he enjoys the companionship and
confidence. The birds are tame and
will flock to him and over him and he
can pick any of them up in yard or
house without difficulty. No one else
has ever fed or waeered one of them
and every bird looks to ShaK1on as its
particular keeper. There are two A
houses each 9x16 feet and feet high,
with a capacity of 200 chicks. These
are used for brooding and later as
roosting houses until the pullets -.
old enough to segregate for laySsY
An inexpensive sheetiron stove, en-
closed within a wire cage to keep thu
chicks from burning themselves, gives
heat in the cold weather of early
spring, while a large, portable plat
form furnishes clean place on which
to put the feed. The fronts are closed
with wire netting and muslin curtains
are dropped when necessary. Each
house opens into small front yard.
The bran troughs and drinking foun-
tains are kept clean and replenished
several times a day. The yards are
swept with a broom every evening.
While the chicks are very small they
are placed in hovers at night, and
until the recent warm weather Shan
non put each one of the 400 young
birds away in these boxes. The boxes
have four sides and a bottom, but no
top, except gunny sack, fastened
loosely in frame, which rests on
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1913-12-27
Fruit Blossoms and Spra, ing

fore the blossoms are all off," And
so rather than forgo spraying on
some trees they might not be able to
get to they will spend their time and
money putting on a spray that is a
distinct damage to them and means
also a severe loss to their neighbor
beekeeper. Now don't think | am ac-
cusing them of intentional meanness,
but it is that they either do not know
or they only know in part.
Bees poisoned with these spraying
materials generally show it in the
brood first, perhaps because the older
bees when they die from the effects
of it fall in the field and are never
seen but the trouble with the brood is
easily seen and it is here also that it
is so destructive. Bees are dying off
rapidly anyway at this season of the
year and unless they are replaced by
younger bees Matching out the colony
will soon become seriously weakened.
The appearance of the poisoned
brood is very similar to that of dis
eased brood from any other cause ex-
cept that unlike foul brood it is never
ropy. 1t is so nearly like picked
brood that so far as / know there
has never been any way of telling
it apart except by a, microscopical ex-
animation. There is nothing we can
do for it unless it might be to shut
the bees from going out until the
blossoms are off ana then the trouble
is we seldom can know Of it until the
damage is done and past recall. But
the next year it will be up to us to see
that the one who poisoned your bees
has some educating along that line.
Very few men will persist in doing
that kind of work once it is conclu-
sively proved to them that it is detri-
mental to their own interest and this
you can very easily do, for if you
haven't the data at hand you can cas-
lily get all the literature you want on
this subject from the experimenrssts--
tions or agricultural colleges.