There was a very interesting meeting of Moler’s Alliance at Moler’s Cross Roads last Friday, the occasion being a dinner given by the Alliance to visiting brethren and friends. The ladies of that section are famous […]
The Harper’s Ferry Sentinel says that Mr. John Flanagan, one of Jefferson’s successful farmers, harvested this year from 16 acres of ground 467 bushels of wheat, an average yield per acre of over 29 bushels. Sunday […]
The past month has been an extremely dry one, and vegetation has suffered greatly for want of rain. The corn crop in this section will not be nearly as large as usual, as the ground has […]
Mr. E. Hess Reinhart raised a big crop of corn this year. On 13 acres he raised 950 bushels, and average of 73 bushels per acre. The corn was of the “Golden Beauty” variety, and Mr. […]
The hog statistics are still coming in. Mr. Frank M. Moler, near Bakerton, killed five last week that averages 833 pounds each. The largest weighed 390 pounds. Mr. Isaac Kidwiler, near the same place, killed one […]
The heaviest weight reported by the hog committee from Shepherdstown was the porker killed last week by Mr. Jep Wintermoyer, which weighed 415 pounds net. Mr. J. J. W. Johnson’s two big hogs betrayed the confidence […]
For Sale– Some full-bred mammoth bronze turkeys, imported from Bedford county, Pennsylvania. Terms moderate. Inquire of Mrs. D. M. Daniels, Bakerton, W. Va.
Notwithstanding the heavy rain Monday night and the gloomy outlook Tuesday morning, a large crowd of persons assembled at Morgan’s Grove to witness the opening of the third annual agricultural exhibition. The entries of horses, colts, […]
MAN BEHEADED.Run Over by a Tramcar Near Shepherdstown– Barn Burned A young man by the name of Walters, about 18 years of age, was instantly killed at the Virginia ore bank, about six miles east of […]
N. P. Willis in a recent letter, detailing a trip over the Baltimore & Ohio Road, thus mentions a novelty in keeping swine: “And by the way, there is another novelty of railway sustenance, which I […]
According to the Harper’s Ferry Sentinel farm laborers are scarce in that vicinity and high priced, owing to all the laborers being in demand by the following industries in operation in the district. The Halltown Straw […]
Charles Swope, who has been working in the clearing of the Messrs. Turner, west of town, found a bee tree a few days ago, and when it was cut down it yielded about a hundred pounds […]
Bakerton is the name of the new town that is being built up at Oak Grove school-house. It is two and a-half miles from the main line of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, by which it […]
COMMUNICATED.Bakerton, W. Va. February 2, 1892 DEAR EDITOR– As your correspondent, with many others of this community, has been so unfortunate as to have the grippe, you have had no news from this section for some […]
STRAY HOGS.On or about the 25th of June, two Sows came upon my premises, near Moler’s Cross Roads– one of them is white with a slit in both ears– the other is of a sandy color, […]
Delving into old records of early land grants, you will find that tracts of land were taken up in this section along the Potomac River just as early as those nearer the tiny village of Mecklenburg […]
