The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1919-05-02
Letter from Manchester District.

The Red Cross magazine says there
are $500 shell-shocked soldiers at one
hospital i'm Washington, I'D. @.
In one day, April Sth, there were
shipped into Chicago, 73,457 cases OF
eggs, the largest amount ever re-
ceived in one day. And yet indica-
tions point to no decrease in the price
of eggs in the near future. Does that
mean that food products will not
come down in price?
A fish dealer passing through town
last week had the courage to say
shad are selling at 45c per pound,
and 75c apiece is asked for chicken
fanciers for high class chicks one
day old. 1t is not likely that we
will eat too much meat within the
next six months.
Considerable progress has already
been made on our public highway be-
tween Hanover and Baltimore. Good
roads are agitated everywhere, but
not every locality is fortunate in Sc
curing what justly belongs to them.
The churches at Manchester would
not have had such good attendance
from our locality (Melrose), were it
not for the solid road bed both in
winter and summer.
This summer aerial transit will be
started May 1st, a regular Fly
Route" will be made between New
York and Atlantic City, passengers
being transferred safely from one
city to the other at the rate Of 80
miles an hour.
1t is now released for publication
that President Wilson sent wireless
messages to Kaiser Bill" Of Germany
that he must step down and out,
which he did before November 18th,
as we all know.
Now they are trying to have a
system whereby with the aid Of a
few operators, messages can be sent
around the world in a few minutes.
We were informed that the flower
plant called "Nasturtium" planted
between the rows Of cucumbers will
keep the bugs away. This is some
thing to experiment on early next
month.
One Sunday morning recently I
listened to a well prepared and well
delivered sermon on Moses by a.
Brethren minister. Evidently he was
a man of God, studying and praying,
while preaching, to bring forcibly to
his hearers the truths about the life
of Moses to compare with the pres
ent modes Of living, to show that
this age cares more for honor, fame,
praise and pleasure, than the humber
things of life, helping those cast
down, discouraged and abandoned by
the wayside. He plainly illustrated
how we lean toward greatness in
worldly matters by the story of a
North Carolina boy whose father died
and left much of the burden of the
! farm work on him to help rear the
family. The work was hard, and Of
| ten the stumps and roots in the new
ground threw the boy who held the
plow handles over in the plowed
ground quite frequently. Instead of
helping him, the neighbor boys who
witnessed it, applauded and scoffed
at him. By hard work and study he
worked himself up and became Gov
ernor of his state. Then these same
boys craved the honor of shaking
hands with one Of their neighbors
who had risen to such an exalted
position. Moses obeyed Gods COM
mands, and God showed His favor by
giving him great things to accomplish
Moses was Of humble parentage, and
though leading nations, felt for those
in need and worked among the
humblest. NJ
In letter from st. Adams, Ver-
mont, we find the following: Last
week we had an awful biz snow
storm here. Snow fell to the depth
of about feet, the deepest snow Of
the winter. The farmers had the
trees tapped in the sugar woods, but
the snow was 90 deep they could not
take the teams into the woods to
gather the sap. The men were
obliged to 20 in and gather what they
could. The snow was waist deep.
\ I'm a magazine we read that i'm 1748
there ragged in the Eastern states OF
this country an epidemic then called
lin Germany Brust-Krankheit. Many
died. Translated it means, Breast
Sickness something similar to the
Influenza Of the present time.
.IJ. ALBERT ZEPP, Manchester, Md.