The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1888-11-17

While gray leaden clouds fit over the sky,
Ominously telling that nature must die.
The birds to their Southern homes have fed
And the Yiolets sleep in their messy bed,
King frost is here
My blossoms to scar,
And soon, l know, old winter will throw
Ger valley and hill his mantle OF snow.
The streamlet that laughed and gurgled along
Sings no more for me its ripping song,
But rests profound,
Like a captive bound.
Meath q network of pearls, an lnanlmate Jnlng,
Calmly awaiting the soft breath of spring.
There's a seeming unrest in the swaying pines,
And a dirgelike sound is heard in the winds,
The sumac is red,
Fond hopes are dead,
So with each passing ,lear, L can but remember,
That my autumn of life creeps on like November.
NEW OXFORD, PA. y. D. u.
An Interesting and Pleesurable Event.
Mr.. and Mrs. William S. Keech celebrated
the twenty-fifth anniversary of their marriage
Silver wedding) at their residence. 'Rosedale, -
on the JOppa road, short distance west
of Towsontown, on Monday evening last: Up
wards of three hundred invitations had been
issued and from 6 to o'clock the large house
was crowded with friends who came to pay
their respects and offer their congratulations.
Mr.. and Mrs. Keech received their guests in the
main parlor, where they were assisted by their
daughters; Misses Rose and Lilly Keech, Miss
Margaret Ridgey, of Hampton; Miss Mary f.
Barnard of Washington Miss Matte Wardin,
of Aigburth Vale; Miss Annie Schley and Miss
Laura Packard. All the rooms were beautifully
garnished with profusiOn of flowers, the work
of Mr. E. G. Prince, head gardener at Hampton.
and the rich coloring blended well with the
handsome toilets of the ladies. The wide
porch extending along the entire front OF the
house was closed in with canvass and lighted
with Chinese lanterns, and here, after the re-
ceptOn was over as also in the large parlOr,
many of the guests enjoyed dance.
An elegant supper, prepared by Daniel Troy,
the well-known Baltimore cate.er, embraced
every delicacy and was served IL such excellent
taste as to call forth complimentary remarks
from all.
Mr. and Mrs. Keech were the recipients of
very large number of beautiful presents IN solid
silver, the tokens of love and remembrance from
their extensive circle of friends.
Among the large number present were Hon.
David Fowler and wife, Col. d. G. Mcintosh
and daughter, Mrs. R. r. Boarman and daugh-
tiers, Mrs. c. Bohn Slingluff and daughter, Maj.
John l. Yellott and wife, Mrs. Fred. Won Kaptf,
Misses Eliza and Margaret Ridgely, Mr.. Julian
White, Mrs. L. r. FitZhugh, Mrs. Henry Kel-
logg and daughters, Col: D. N. Matthews and
c. NJ. Bosley, Mr.. Washington Stevenson H.
C. Turnbull, Jr., and wife, Mr.. M. w. Offutt
and wife, Mr.. J. b. Brown and wife, Mr.. J. B.
Longnecker and wife, Miss Lizzie Keech, Mr..
and Mrs Chas. L. Fendall, Mr.. JOS NJ. Street,
and daughter, of Belair; Miss Manu. of Ger
mantown, Pa; Col. Chas. H Mann, Mr.. Chas.
B. Rogers Mr.. A. w. Perrie, Rev. George C.
Stokes and family; Mr.. John S. Ensor, Mr..
Thos. Stevenson, Mr.. w. NJ. Isaac and family,
Mrs. B. w. Crane, Mr.. r. Morris Shanklin,
Mr.. H. G. Longnecker, Mr.. Sewell Slingluff,
Mr.. Jesse Slingluff Mr., VIM. NJ. Risteau, Miss
Hanan, Mr.. Parkin Brown, the Messrs. Ellicott,
Mr.. William S. Keech, ,Jr., Mrs. Eudocia STAINS
bury, Miss Monks, Mr.. Thomas |. Elliott Mr..
n. Charles Burke, Capt Chas. b. MCLEAN, Mr..
John Ridgely of H., Mr.. Edward Rider and
many others.
Among the many professional friends of Mr..
Keech who were invited were Hon. Herman
Stump, Judge George Yellott, Hon. Richard
Grason Hon. ]. Morrison Harris, John S. Ty-
son. Judge Edward Duffy, William G. Schley
Groome, Hon. S. Teackle Wallis, Judge George
w. Brown, n. Rufus Gill, Samuel d. Schmuck
er, James H. Cable Geo. Morris Bond, Fielder
G. Slingluff Albert Richie, James McColgan,
Charles E. Hill, Hon. Stevenson Archer, Judge
James D. Walters, Col. Ohio S. Lee, George L.
Van Bibber, Col. VIM. Young, Hon. Geo. Y.
Maynadier, John B. Wentz and many others
Mr.. William S. Keech and Miss Rose Keech
were married at "Waverly," Prince Georges
county, Md, November 10Th, 1868. The cere-
mony was performed by Rev. l.. ]. Mills and
Rev. VIM. Pinkney,, afterwards bishop Pink
ney, pronounced the benedictiOn. Immediately
afterwards they located in Towsontown, where
Mr. Keech was then actively engaged in his
profession, and they have ever since resided
here. Mr.. Keech is one Of our best known and
most highly respected citizens. He is native
of Hartford county, but was admitted to the
Baltimore county bar when very young man
and has built up large and lucrative practice
to which he devOteS his attention with as much
energy to-day as he did twenty-five years ago.
He has been States Attorney of Baltimore
county, and having always been an ardent
Democrat he has been otherwise hOnored by his
party. In every relation of life he stands de-
servedly high and we, in common with the en-
tire community, extend congratulations on the
happy event just celebrated and hope that he
and his estimable wife may enjoy many more
years of connubial happiness.
Celebrating his Eighty-Fifth Birthday
The Rev. John G. Morris, d. d., Ii. d., the
principal founder of the village of Lutherville,
Baltimore county, and the man who built the
female seminary at that place. celebrated his
S5th birthday at his residence in the city, on
Wednesday last, when large number offriends
called to pay their respects and offer congratu-
lations. The San says Notwithstanding Dr.
Morris's great age, he is hale, hearty and active
and as vigorous, mentally, as he ever was. He
is exceedingly well preserved, and is younger in
appearance than were some of his callers who
are 30 years his junior. DIR. Morris was born
in York, Pa, in 1903, and is the son of DIR. John
Morris, surgeon of the revolutionary war APP
pointed by Gen. Washington. He received his
education in the York County College, NISSAN
was graduated from the latter in 1922, when but
10 years of age. He then decided to enter the
ministry of the Lutheran Church. in which he
had been raised. He studied privately for two
years and a-half and finished the prescribed
course at the Princeton Theological Seminary
In October 1896 he was licensed to preach in
Winchester, Va, but was soon called to the pas
torate of the First English Lutheran Church of
this city. 1t was then composed of about thir-
ty families, and had erected small house of
worship on Lexington street He remained
here thirty-three years. during which time the
church was remodeled and enlarged three times,
and the congregation grew so that it sent off
two colonies, who established the Second Eng
lsh Lutheran Church on Lombard street, and
the Third, on Monument street. At the end of
that period DR.. Morris accepted the position of
first librarian ofthe Peabody Institute of which
he had previously been trustee by appointment
by Mr. Peabody. He was then elected temporary
pastor of the Third Church, and held that posi-
ton for six years. Since then he has held no
pastorate, although he frequently breaches in
grees of D. d. and Ii. ID. from Pennsylvania
College at Gettysburg. In early life he was for
two years editor of the Lutheran Observer, and
is the author of number of interesting books
He was professor of natural history in the
academic department ofthe University of Mary
land for some years was lecturer on zoology in
Pennsylvania College, and was professor of the
connection between science and revelation in
the Theological Seminary, Gettysburg"
Pointers for Local Correspondents
At the last annual meeting of the New York
Editorial Association Mr. VIM. H. Clark, edi-
tor of the CORTLAND Standard, read paper on
local correspondence" Below we print some
of his general hints"
Write proper names very plainly.
Write on only one side of the sheet.
Be brief in statement and sparing in COM
ment.
Write with ink-not with pencil, when it
can be avoided.
When you have nothing to say on any sub
ject, say nothing. Don't string words together
for the purpose of filling pages of manuscript.
''Short items and lots of Them was the
homely rule given by country editor to cor
respondent, once upon time and it is CAPT
tai one.
Avoid ''puffs'' of this one and that, and save
the editor the trouble of cutting them OUT of
the letter.
Don't set forth your own opinions on politics,
religion, or the questions of the day. These
subjects will be discussed by the editor, as far
as he cares to have them, in the editorial col
umns of the paper.
Don't say f'eve'' when you mean evening.
Tuesday "eve' is Monday evening, just as
''Christmas eve'' is the night before Christmas.
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