The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1876-06-17

ing alone costing x22 5a lKd ($1l1 2sl August 8,
1906 permission was given 70 open
SCHOOL IN TIE Clue HOUSE,
and the club appointed the trustees OF the school from
their memberA They were Colonel Richard Harwood,
Major william Bsogden, General Jonathan ssIlman
hessra William Steunrt, Joseph N. Stockett William
Sanders and Dr. John Gassaway. The trustees have
entire charge and meet four times year. unless OFT
ener called together This was the germ Of the public
school system IN Maryland number OF similar schools
having been established about this time in different
the OLD free schools and there are many in this section
OF the State who consider then inaugurated
ncomparaoiy superior TO the cumbrous and compro-
hcnsive machinery now in vogue, uuder which thous-
anus are being educated far beyond any
prospects near or remote, they may have IN life.
Al meeting september 8, 1911, member whose
name, for obvious reasons is suppressed. expelled
the society for cruel treatment his wife and chill
lsl2 This can only be- attributed the last that
gion and politics strictly prohibited subjects Of
discussion and In certain both tho Revolution,
to which there onya slight reference. and tho war
OF 1912 political
From 1885 to lS40 the number or members was gen.
orally from sixteen twenty From 1s4o 10 1850 there
werc many changes, quite number OF the old MEM
Ders resgning and some OF them dying The list bears
the names Of Hon. George W. Hughes, former mem
Der OF Congress from this district Mr.. Virgil Maxcy
who was at one time Minister 70 Belgium and was
afterward killed by the bursting OF the peace Maker"
father OF the Confederate General Of the name
Commodore Isaac Mayo, United States Navy; Colonel
Alfred Selman. OF Rhode Rivers Mr. J. Noble Stockett
who was member Tor forty-nine consecutive years,
and Mr.. Thomas Welsh prominent planter Of South
River. From 1880 TO 1854 there IRON fifteen to
nineteen members, at which time they began gradu-
ally 10 TALL Oh until 1859 when there ony three
Observation-Disclosures Mayo D. Mccullough Brogdcn
and T. II. StocketI To these added A. b. Hag-
nor, oil the Annapolis Bar, n. H. Green II. p. Sell
man, Dr. Howard NJ. Duva and Rev. c. H. Nelson,
d. d., Vice President OF ST. Johns College. The
record
DURING THE CIVIL
gives no token OF the struggle then taking place. the
strictly enforced For briei period after the war.
owing 70 the distressing effects OF the contest there
was suspension of the meetings. On July IL, 1874
the members met anu recognized, with Mr. David
Mccullough Brogdcn as President, since which time
they have continued to meet days appointed
grand-ncphew Of Mr. VIM Steuart, who became
member OF the club June I 1890. Al that time there
were five members-D. Mccullough Brogden who be-
came member on the 9Th of May, 1886 and who con-
tnusd his membership to the day Of his death,
4th OF last month; A. b. Hagncr, Dr. Howard NJ
Duvali aud H. II. Brcgdcn-whose father, grandfather,
great and great ndiaIhcr had all
seen that the South River Club the oldest merely
social organization the United States perhaps
Oldest In the world, founded before the days
OF clubs In Europe The rules governing the club
the same which controlled II IN 1900 for that is popu
larry supposed TO DO The year in which IL founded
No GAMBLING
mas ever been permitted on the premises. The only
game allowed is quolts and tho set OF quoits used
was presented 10 The club by Joseph X. ngsrsoll Of
Philadelphia, for which he elected honorary
member. No person who abuses the hospitality oi the
association by drinking too much eau DO again In
vtrd Three meats only are alIowsd-no side dishes
eysters crabs and FISH In season. but plainly served.
No wines at all Whskey and whiskey punch, clean
pipes and tobacco or clsars-potatoss-these things
comprise the bill of fare