The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1880-07-09
1lciahhurhnud ale,us.
From BOOthby Hill.
SUNDAY SCHOOL CONVENTION

SUNDAY SCHOOL CONVENTION.
The following delegates have been elected from
this neghborhood to the $. s. convention to be
held at Churchvile, July 10th and 2lst. Boothby
Hill Sunday school.Jas. X. Chesney, Mrs. James
L. Gorrel Soule Chapel-Charles Wells, Thomas
Bradford Cranberry Church-Richard Holloway,
II. 7. Hopkins. The other. schools will choose
delegates on next Sunday. Sunday School con-
vention was held n few weeks ago in Garrett
county and the Sunday School workers through
out the county united in making the convention a
success The people are now enthusiastic over
the beneficial results. Wehope Hartford will even
excel Garrett in showing her zeal in the Sunday
School cause and Misrepresentation of conference
on so important subject. We learn that the eX-
ecutive committee, in order to devote as much
time as possible to the work of the convention,
have decided to adopt the camp-meeting method
of eating dinner in the carriages. We think that
sides the regular delegates, who desire to attend
the convention one or both days.
STEAM MOTOR ON PUBLIC ROADS.
we have in our vicinity one of the self propel-
ling steam threshers, which as it moves along the
roads is calculated to brighten almost any horse.
Ladies especially, who drive themselves, are al
ways in dread of meeting it, AS this engine was
passing through our village on Thursday last. the
two horses that guide it were, by some cause,
thrown from their course, and before the engineer
plunged into the fence, demolishing several pam
els. 1t was frightful TO see the ponderous ma
chine rushing upon the horses which in their
fright attempted to jump over the fence, and
thereby saved themselves from injury. The man
driving the horses being unable to guide them,
also made narrow escape.
SCHOOL ENTERTAINMENTS
Our school closed on last Wednesday. On
Thursday afternoon, an entertainment by the
teacher and scholars was held in the grove sur
rounding the school house. The patrons and n
large number of the friends of the school were
present. A procession of the whole school an
nounced the beginning of the exercises, after
which Master Silver Mitchell delivered the open
ing address: An organ was at hand and was util-
lied throughout the entire exercises. The class
in casthenics, consisting of twenty two girls was
both novel and proficient. The operetta 1.-THE
Courts of the Birds and the Fairies" by twenty
nj rlG nrfn nd trttl
was highly commended Misses Sadie Gilbert and
Mollie Gallup represented the queens of the re-
spective courts. The skipping around the may
pole was nicely done by number of little girls.
when the programme was nearly concluded. the
company was invited into the school house where
oranges, SC, We're freely distributed. 1t was
gala day for the children, who were abundantly
provided with good things" After all had been
served the company again repaired to the grove,
where the programme was concluded with singing
and the vaedictory address by Master Willie
ney, in the name of the scholars, presented the
teacher, Miss Mary p. Hendon, with handsome
writing desk. Miss Hendon replied in few we'll
chosen words. The entertainment was exceed
ingly commendable to both teacher and scholars,
and evinced degree of proficiency that is seldom
seen in country school; Miss Hendon left on
Monday to attend the state Teachers Conven-
ton" at Ocean city.
our census enumerator reports a large increase
in the number of inhabitants of our precinct
Halls Cross Roads may therefore be expected to
give an unusually large majority for Hancock and
English.
Another drought is upon u.s.
Mr.. James l.. Gorrell, who has been quite i'll, is
now much better. HAL.