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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1912
Page
6
A local clubwoman tells a joke tale about a distillery fire in a small town she once taught in. She recalls barrels of whisky being rolled into a river to save stock, prompting a crowd to disperse before discovering the town’s all-day drunkenness, except her upstream community. The anecdote is recounted with humor and a twist of local memory.
A reflective piece urged to perform daily duties faithfully whether in town or village, stressing steady effort, small deeds, and mutual aid. A Welsh minister's parable about the devil chained to illustrate universal reach, ending with a rival voice noting the chain’s looseness.
A trio of southern politicians Legendre Semmes and Ben Hill dined in a railway restaurant. Semmes and Nifit paid a dollar while Legendre spent seventy five cents. Each left a silver dollar tip. Legendre later added a quarter to the tray. Semmes misread the tip as change and kept it. Legendre added another quarter to soothe him. Hill also misdirected the tip, and the party hurried to catch their train.
A packed miscellany recalls John W. Mackay inviting Robert G. Ingersoll to visit the Comstock mines, where the guest gasped at furnace heat and quipped about hades. Also recounted is a Duke of Connaught New York visit with a witty exchange about Simpul Saint Paul and a cabinet succession mnemonic St Wapniac. Finally a joke about a widow, a promised answer, and a bachelor’s uneasy sleep after a marriage proposal.
The Eddystone rocks formed a dangerous reef off Plymouth where the first lighthouse was built in 1695 by Henry Winstanley and washed away in a storm with the builder among the drowned. Subsequent towers by Rudyerd and Smeaton rose, but the 1759 masonry design proved faulty. A new 1882 lighthouse by James Douglass replaced the old flanked by fog bells and later an explosive gun cotton fog signal. The present structure’s solid vertical base withstands battering seas, unlike earlier towers whose curved facade allowed waves to surge onto the lantern gallery.
Four parcels of land near the Caroline county seat, with frontages of 630 640 and 316 acres respectively, no improvements, laid out as small farms. Parcels 66 and 312 10 acres each, tenant house on parcel 66, plat available at Harvey L Cooper Denton Maryland. Four instalments starting Jan 1 1913 through Jan 1 1915 with one fourth cash on day of sale. Title papers at purchaser expense.
A Carroll County sale lists seven parcels on roads from Penton to An duontown and Ebobbs to Walliston with seven and seven tenths acres up to ninety nine and four tenths acres. Improvements include houses barns stables and other outbuildings, all in good repair. Parcels 3 4 and 6 will be offered separately then as a whole. Possession January 1 1913 crops for 1912 reserved. plat available at Harvey L Cooper Denton Md.
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