The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1918-10-18
Letter from Manchester District

Letter from Manchester District.
Many people are talking of IN
usual experiences in their lives, and
about the present day happenings.
IT. will be interesting for them to
read carefully the 21st chapter of st.
Luke.
On account of the Blight" the
chestnut trees once delight to the
youngsters of former years, who
found I'd many chestnutS that some
tied together the lower part elf their
trousers To safely bring Ill home they
could find, are now. or no interest to
them, being only desolate, bare trees,
| in various stages Of decay. Perhaps
we could import some from the APP
perine mountains in Italy, where they
were SO plentiful that quantities were
ground into flour to. be- baked into
nutritious bread.
On Saturday afternoon, October 12,
we were walking in our garden, with
bElmy air and bright sunbeams sur
rounding us, when we came to a
small bed of monthly Strawberries,
and enjoyed a number of plump, ripe
berries. Last August year ago a
EneighhOr gave us few plants, which
have blOssomed and yielded fruit
every month from May IT'D To the pres
ent time.
Having had occasion to work in a
| field near the Court House, Westmins-
ter, we noticed thousands OF Morn
ing Glory vines and blossoms taking
possession of large field near the
Advocate office. Anyone wishing to
run opposition in having such a
flower field OF many colors, will, we
are sure, b. welcome to 20 and
gather lit the seed wanted or needed
One OF our toWnsmen recently re
ceived a very interesting letter from
his brother in New Jersey, who was
in the zone of that terrible explosion
of a munition and shell plant which
killed more than hundred men.
AS the newspapers have so much war
and influenza news, the account of
such occurrences are not complete.
The Following abstracts from the
letter Of an ear and eye witness will
be- read with interest: October 5th
Ever since last night at eight O'Clock,
q big she'll plant went up in flames
and smoke, shells of all sizes ex-
i
the bum, with hundreds of people
killed. am six miles from there,
| and the ceiling i'm ny hotel room BE-
gan To crumble and fall. had the
courage To stay in the room until
morning, and then il cot too hot for
me- There is not whole window
pane in this town. All the rest of
the occupants of the hotel fled to
New York for safety early in the
night The plant covered IS acres Of
ground The loss il estimated at
more than $14,O0O,00O The worst il
We could get nothing to eat from TAO
Friday night NMtil ~ o'clock Saturday
noon. Every WAcond shell exploded,
some knocking down people here. six
| miles from the scene of the confagra-
ton. Everything looks desolate,
streets full of broken glass, and peo-
pie camping out in the open fields
like gypsies."
The disease called Spanish Influ-
enza,' which has spread I'D rapidly,
seems to b. one OF the signs OF the
near approach of the last days. III
we turn to St. Matthew, oath chapter
7th verse, we read of "pestilences. y
j We read awful accounts in the
newspapers, but, the half has never
been told" No mention is made
when hundreds die in camp, that al
Of these were somebody's boys
some mother once pressed him tO her
breast, some mother tWined the locks
lof hair into ringlets; some mother
rlsmothered him with kisses; some
mother watched him try to walk;
some mother delighted in his baby
talk; some mother prayed and wor-
ried about his future; some mother
sacrificed rest, food, all-for her boy
Yes, the half has never been told
Let "a take some comfort in read
ling His Word, especially a. this time
the passages as found In St. Matthew
Hath chapter; St Luke, 21st chapter
and End Timothy, Sd chapter, and
then turn to st. John 14th chapter
verse ! and
; Let us go to China for cheap ar
ticles Of diet, Eggs retail at 25c DO
hundred; spring chickens, 15c pel
pair; fresh meat sells AZ Tic ID
pound, and sucking pigs are plenti
full at 1Oc each They catch guam.
vi titles Of fish with the aid Of a trainet
bird "a good bird can catch $50 pc
hour. A ring is put around the mech
, OF the birds to prevent them from
swallowing the fish.
j On Saturday two small heifers
were driven through here to b. fet
for market, CO. perhaps t0 D. reare'
| OH the farm The purchaser told mt
he paid $1,000 for the pair, and b.
/ the size and general appearance, TIN
pair did not weigh more than 30
! pounds.
j. ALBERT ZEPP, Manchester. Md