The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1888-02-24
The Hedge Company Meeting.
PROHIBITION.

The Hedge Company Meeting.
On Saturday last the Cecil Hedge and
Wire Fence Company held public meet
ing to which the stockholders especially and
the public generally were invited; and af-
ter the meeting dinner was served at the
Maryland House" to which q persons sat
down. The dinner was served by our bon.
iice, Mr.. Stephen J. Woodrow. The Vi
ands were not only bonntiful but tempta
ton TO gormond TO risk his rs alth and
violate the laws of hygiene. The dinner
was like the fellows best glrl who was call
that fancy painted her,
The hedge company are composed main.
" of orr best farmers who stand amongst
the foremost in the county, as men ofprobity
and honor, and who should be tried and
judged by the record of their liyes, have
felt good deal Of encouragement, to their
enterprise, and have been panied by the
criticisms they have been subjected to, by
persons who could have no motives for it
other than that all prevailing inclination
which appears to be inherent to the ent ire
farming class, which is to cry humbug and
fraud against everything that is new which
is placed before them and is in their line Of
business, while they fall easy victims to
real humbngs and frauds.
Being convinced Of the merit Of their en-
.srprise and the entegrity of their motives
they determined to call a meeting of those
who had contracted for hedge representing
about So miles in this county and others
who choose to attend the meeting, and
more fully explain the hedge and wire
fence, laying before them brief history OF
its progress for 81 years which time it has
been in use.
Mr.. S. j. Johnston of the Shenandoah
Valley, Va. who has been in the employ of
the. hedge company in that section and
thoroughly familiar with the work, has
been engaged BY the Cecil company as gen.
eral manager and Mr.. A. A. Jones CT Geau-
ga county Ohio. Is assisting in placing the
hedge and its merits fairly before the farm
ers of Cecil county. These gentlemen are
men of star ding and of the best repute in
the neighborhoods where they belong. Mr..
Jones 10 farmer Of 20 years experience in
Ohio aud is expresident of the Agricultural
Society and Farmers Institute Of Geauga
county.
The meeting was opened by statement
Of the change which the company proposed
making, which is TO increase the stock of
the company to $4,000 by admitting as
stockholders all who have contracted for
fence and those who contract in the future
till 100 miles of fence have been contracted
for, on the following basis. Every memb-
er contracting for fence becomes stock
holder to the amount of money he pays for
the fence. Ifhe contracts for, say fence to
the amount of$25. he receives that amount
of stock in addition to the fence. Or per
sons not having use for hedge can become
shareholders by paying go percent of the
sum, 40 percent being deducted to more
nearly equa.ize the purchase with those
who haye received hedge. There are many
advantages in this mutual plan. II will
add strength to the company and increase
public confidence.
Mr.. Johnston explained the peculiar
merits of the Hedge and Wire fence, illus-
trating 1t by diagrams, which showed ey-
cry operation and every stage of develop
ment from the plant to the perfect hedge in
all its beauty, and offered to place 500 in
The bank at Rising Sun. bear the expense
of representative men to points in Ohio
where miles of the hedge may be seen in all
its perfection. making them the judges, and
If they were not satisfied that the hedge
was all that he represented ii TO be in en-
cry point of perfection he would forfeit the
500. and pay their expenses.
We will not mere describe the hedge as
we have given full account of it as exam-
ined at Frederick last summer.
\ Mr.. Jones followed Mr.. Johnston and
Rave his experience. He and his brother
bought farm of $50 acres in Ohio 20 years
ADO, which was fenced INTO 8 acre lots with
ted rail worm fences locked u the corners.