The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1920-12-24
TOWN AND COUNTY.
Short Paragraphs of Events in the County
During the Past Week.
local HAPPENINGS BRIEFLY NOTED
Merry Christmas!

Merry CQTlSImdS'
" Full moon on Christmas.
Enjoy Christmas by causing
others to enjoy it.
Tome school closed on Friday last
for a two weeks holiday vacation.
The public schools Of the county
closed on Wednesday for the hoii-
days.
Red Cross Tuberculosis Christmas
Seals may be purchased at the drug
store in this town.
Checks from our two banks have
made the hearts of members OF the
christmas Savings fund glad.
The cunning season for partrldges'
rabbits. ETC., closes Jan. l. Inc
season for duck shooting closes
Jan. 81.
The first skating this winter was
enioyed on Hunters dam Monday
and Tuesday. Wednesdays ram
spoiled the sport.
George Kepler, of Principle, Dutch-
cred a pair of fine fat year old PORK
ers some days ago, that dressed 4oo
and S96 lbs. respectively.
A band of gypsies passed through
town this week. Not the OLD time
caravan of horse and wagon put
the modern auto-traveling gypsy
The Minnehaha band, of Newark,
Del. cleared $500 by their recent
bazaar. The proceeds will be de-
voted to the purchase of new instru-
ments.
The store of Brown & Fisher, IN
this town, was closed on wednesday
afternoon and fumigated, one OF the
firm, Cameron Brown, having con-
tracted diphtheria.
w. p. Girton, living near Blooms
burg. Pa, claims the State recorh
for corn husking made recenu9
when he husked two bushels OF coin
minute for half an hour.
Newark, DEL, town council mas
decided to equip its policeman with
motorcycle in order that auto
speeders may be apprehended when
thew attempt to evade arrest.
The cold snap of last week and Inc
forepart Of this brought visions OF
an early ice harvest, only to be as
nelled by the rain and mild weather
Of wednesday and Thursday
The ground was covered TO the
depth of about one inch by the
snow Of Thursday afternoon. IL
did not snow very long, but worked
at It furiously when the flakes began
70 fly.
n is estimated that 100 tons OF
rabbit meat was bagged by the L.
GOD, gunners, who paid the hunters
license tax of 81 each, in Lancaster
county during the season which re-
Gently closed.
The campaign expenses of T. Alan
iGoldsborough, Democratic Congress
man-elect from the First, or Eastern
shore District of Maryland, are
shown by his recently filed state
ment to have been $1,523.7O.
Farmers week will be hold at
Delaware College during the Christ
! mas holidays, December 27 to 81
when fifty boys and girls CLUB
lmpions in various farm achieve
hts will attend the junior short
rse.
5harles Lefevre and Charles Beck,
hgemen of Drumore Center, Pa,
lrned home Saturday from
ming trip in the mountains, and
e each fortunate enough to bring
yine a fine buck deer, which they
hot during their hunt.
Nunzio Vaccarini, aged % years,
n Italian employed at the Casparis
tone quarry, near Havre de Grace,
6S INSTANTLY hAAAC0 VA
corning of last week, when bould-
Weighing between four and hve
ms pinioned him against the large
one crusher.
The Christmas entertainment OF
sing Sun public school, held Tues
v evening in the school building
d attended by an apprecia,ive
dience and every number OF the
bgram was we'll rendered by the
eftlly drilled pupils, the singing
Ieing especially good. The decoIa-
lions added to the Christmas spirit
of the occasion. The drawings on
the blackboards and programs were
the handiwork of some of the pupils
and displayed great deal OF talent.
The proceeds OF the entertalnment
united to $28.00. which Yiii be
tied to school purposes.