The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1890-08-29

of all who knew him.
BEL AIR FIRE BRIGADE.-Mr. Charles s.
Seckelman, formerly chief of the fire depart
ment of Bethlehem, Pa, and representative of
tine Eureka Fire Hose Company, of New York,
on Monday met number of the citizens of Bel
Air, in the Grand Jury room, and gave an in
teresting talk on the subject of fire departments
for small towns.
He recommended the organization of one or
two companies of twenty or thirty men each,
duly chartered uuder the laws of the State, hav-
ing constitution and bylaws and regulations
for the proper management of fire apparatus
when needed. At the head of each company
there should be as foreman sober, clear-head-
ed man. whom the frepen will respect and
obey, for obedience should be the watchword
with all good frernen. No dues should be ex-
acted from active members but honorary mem
bers may be enrolled upon the payment of GER
tain dues annually. Each fireman should be
duly sworn in and enrolled, and be provided with
a key TO the engine house. He is required to de-
posit25 cents with the Fire Committee or
Trustees. when he obtains the key and badge,
which is returned to him, upon his resignation
or expulsion.
Members who refuse to obey superior officers
to be expelled from the company. 1t is custo-
mary, he said, for town authorities, in addi-
ton to providing the necessary apparatus for
extinguishing fires, to make small annual ap-
preparation to each fire company, to enable
them to buy uniforms, provide comfortable
quarters, &c. The foreman has command of
the company, his first assistant having charge
of the hydrant. In addition to these there
must be lnemen and pipemen. "a
MIR. Seckelman suggested first temporary or
ganization, then permanent organization and
the election of officers Next obtaining an act
of Incorporation, members who are admitted
afterwards to be chosen by ballot. Mr.. Seckel-
man presented to the meeting a printed form
for the organization of volunteer fire compan-
les, which embodies all the experience gained
in other places in such matters.
A vote of thanks was given to Mr.. Seckelman
for his interesting and valuable address.
BEL AIR NoTEs.-Rev. j. NJ. Slarrow will
deliver a lecture. on "Curious Superstitions, !"
in the NJ. f. Church, tonight
Misses Jessie Baker and Florence Mitchell,
! of Aberdeen, are visiting Miss Nellie Chesney.
Mr. John =. Richardson, Jr., has awarded the
contract for his new house on Pennsylvania
Avenue to Clinton Smith. Work will be COM
menced at once.
Mr.. Henry l. Buell. returned Tuesday evening
from trip through the South.
| Mr.. Cover &. Street, has returned Fl ON Ocean
City.
| Miss Fannie Magness, of Emmorton, is visit
ing Miss Ella Hoblitzell.
valuable sorrel horse belonging to Mr.. s.
A. Williams was seriously injured, on Tuesday,
| by accidentally running Into Mrs. John s.
| Dallam's carriage.
Master Harold Gilbert exhibited at our Of
fee, on Wednesday, two diminutiye hens eggs,
perfect in form but Joined together Samese-
| twin fashion. He found them in his mothers
| poultry house.
! Rev. and Mrs. 8. A. Hoblitzell left Bel Air,
last Wednesday, for trip to the Eastern Shore
OF Maryland, Old Point Comfort and Cape
Charles, Va. They will also visit friends and
| former parishoners at Pocomoke City, and
return about the 18th of September.
The Town Commissioners, at their meeting
| on Monday night, passed all ordinance forbid
| ding any person from removing any barr,cade
| or lantern erected in any of the streets, lanes
or alleys in the town, when repairs are in pro-
gress, under penalty of from 81 to $40. They
also made a contract with the Eureka Hose
Company, of New York, for supplying the town
with $50 feet of fire hose, at 60 cents per foot.
This price includes, free of charge, two play
| pipes, g spanners or wfenches for coupling
hose and six hose sings for conveying hoseup
ladders. .EEB Frss
| Capt E. E. Boudin has growing in his gar
| den a sunfower plant, IA feet In height. II has
six flowers on Its topmost branches.
We are indebted to Mr.. VIM j. Keen for q
basket full of tomatoes, grown by him in his
garden, on Broadway. Eight of them filled
the basket, their combined weight being over
eight pounds. He calls them "Keen's Favor
| ite." They are the finest tomatoes we have
seen this season.
Mr.. F. L. Reigle, machinist at the toll gate,
| to arrange water fixtures for them as soon as
the new water works are completed.
| A musica'e will be held at the residence of
Rev. E. D. Finney, on Tuesday, September 9th.
for the benefit of the Presbyterian Church.
Miss jackson, daughter of Gov. Jackson, is a
| guest at Mr.. j. NJ. Streett's.
1t is suggested that the completion of the
water works aud the introduction of pure
water into the town should be made the occa-
sion of celebration. The idea is good one.
Let us celebrate the happy event, by all
means.
! A dramatic and musical entertainment will be
held in the Town Hall, on Thursday evening,
September 11th, at 8 o'clock, under the super
vision of Madame Workman, assisted by the
Misses STREET., the Misses Lee, Miss Daisy
Rouse, of Bel Air, and Misses Allen, DeBarry,
Jennie Keys, Sadie Welch, Messrs. Warden,
Swikert, Royston, Furst and John Paca, of
Baltimore. The programme will include fun
ny farce, an amusing comedy, songs, &c.
| tournament is announced to take place at
the fair grounds, Sept. 10Th.
| Mr.. VIM. w. Heuer has added plumbing to
his timing business, and has secured the SER
vices of frst-class registered plumber from
Baltimore city.
Saved the Value of a Farm.
Sellers Cough Syrup has attained reputation
almost equal to Sellers Pills, and more could hard
ly be said of any other medicine. The Syrup should
be kept in every family where there children,
and grown up people find it most valuable medi-
cine for coughs colds, hoarseness and throat dis