The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1918-10-25
Letter from Manchester District

The newspapers say that 6,122
deaths from influenza occurred dur
ing the week ending October 18th.
This dreaded disease first started att
Camp DeVens, Mass, September 18th.
In a letter from Boston, the writer
says, I'VE have had siege of the flu,
many died, but the situation IL inn
proved SO much that next week the
schools and churches will again be
opened.
Hearing an unusual noise, on Fri
day morning our people happened to
look skyWard and saw the cause OF
the noise-an aeroplane with a man
plainly visible in it, Evidently il was
tine mail-carrier between Philadelphia
and Washington, who in some way lost
his bearings. When he located Man
chester, it seemed he turned his plane
and started at al rapid rate toward
Washington.
Lately one OF the Southern men,
who wanted to test the courage of his
chauffeur said, HSambp, 4 expect to
get an aerUplane, and will want you
To steer it for me-" The cOlOred man
replied, BOSS, count me out The
Southerner said, Why, Sambo, don't
YOU like I'D travel up in the ARP
mo, indeed, Boss, liz the machine
would stop, you would say, Sambo,
crank it UP, and where would 7 stand
tO crank it2 Count me out, Boss"
Not having had any rain for quite
| long time, some Of our wells are
failing, and i'm some parts of York
county the dust and sand or some Of
the public highways, we are told, il
several inches thick.
The apple crop is an immense one,
almost every tree of any size bearing
| its share OH fruit The retail price iS
go cents bushel on an average. An
old adage says, Eat an apple in the
morning, IL the doctors warning; eat
an apple through the day, you need
not care IL the doctor Is away; eat an
apple when you go to bed, you need
not care If the doctors are dead
The wars effect upon newspapers
\ was told at Press association att
Chicago Labor conditions forced ESQ
daily papers to be merged and $50
suspended publication.
From man who iS well acquainted
| in Baltimore, we learn that some firms
take care OF their men bY continuing
their salary even III they ar sick.
This protects their loved ones, eases
their minds, and hastens recovery.
This is the right spirit.
In letter dated October 9th, from
northeast Washington State, W. quote
the following: I'VE raise about
everything here that is raised in a
temperate zone; the frost bcthers us
up here I'm the mountains. We have
had, or have now, apples, pears.
| peaches, plums, prunes, ounces, red
raspberries, logan berries, currants,
cherries, gOoSeberrieS, Strawberries,
ground cherries, tomatoes, potatoes
fine Ones), carrots, beets, onions,
lrutabagas, parsnips, cabbage, cauli-
flowers, radishes, lettuce, beans, Gu
cumbers, WatermelOns, muskmelons,
peas pumpkins, summer squash, corn,
popcorn and wheat. ALI these grow
apricots around here. Grapes do not
do well here, yet some raise a few.
We still have Strawberries, / think
they are fairly good, though the frost
lately hurt them. This IL "a great
place for alfalfa
1t will be interesting to the readers
Ito know something about Japan. Tt
Iis made up of about 500 islands. al
together, III Japan were placed along
side the United States, It would
stretch parallel to the entire coast,
from Maine to California. ri il more
| than 1000 miles in length. But its
average width is less than one hun
dred miles, SO that its area is only
a little larger than the state of Cali
fOrnia. Japan il the most volcanic
and earthquaking region OF the earth.
The summer heat is intense in central
land southern Japan. On the other
hand the northern portion OF the coun-
TRY towrd China il 30 cold in winter
that snow sometimes buries whole
villages. The population is fifty-four
millions, about half aS many people
8 the United States contains.
j. ALBERT ZEPP, Manchester, Md
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