Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-07-05
SANDY SPRING.

The Senior Agricultural Club met at the
home Of Uric Hutton on Saturday after
noon. Samuel Coale was elected a member
in place of Charles Stabler, who has re-
signed. on account Of impaired health.
Owing to storm, and the absence of
several members from the neighborhood the
August meeting of the Enterprise Club,
held at Mt. Olney, the home of Granville
Farquhar, was small. Dr. Charles Far
quhar and DIR. Francis Thomas were the
only guests. The next farm to be explored
by these friendly critics is that of Frederick
Stabler
Sherwood School reopened on Monday
with thirty-three scholars. Arabella W.
Hannum Is principal, Sarah B. Farquhar,
Mary E. Thomas and Hermann Stabler, as
sistants. Miss Hannum has rented the east
end OF Bloomfield" aud has made prep
arations to keep house there in company
with her niece, Miss Annie Hopes. for
the school year.
Miss Ella Henderson has charge of the
sandy Spring public school.
Jane T. Brooke, Alice V. Farquhar, Au-
Is; Magruder, William j. T. Farquhar and
Herbert Stabler have entered the George
School at Newtown. Pa. VIM. L. Brooke,
Frederick l.. Thomas and William Carson
Harvey expect to go to Swarthmore Col
iese next week, and Mary Richard Chi
chester Will spend the winter with her sis
Ter, Mrs. Muir, in Philadelphia, and attend
school there.
Mrs. Joseph T. Moore has gone to New
York and Boston, and she will probably
be absent until the middle of October. r.
Rowland Moore is at Asheville, n. c.
John Thomas has recently made a brief
visit to Philadelphia and the George School,
and John l. Bentley to Hagerstown.
William w. Moore. Alban G. Thomas and
wife, BENJAMIN II. Miller, Anna F. Brooke
Cornelia III. Bentley, Edward p. Thomas
and wife attended the quarterly meeting
of Friends held at Gunpowder. Baltimore
county, on the Sth, 9th and 10th instants.
The meeting appointed William w. Moore.
Benjamin II. Miller L. p. Thomas Alban
q. Thomas, Anna F. Brooke, Anna G.. Lea,
Susannah l.. Thomas and Mary Bentley
Thomas representatives to the yearly meet
ing of Friends. to be held at Park avenue.
Baltimore, the last of next NOR tn. Some of
the above named had the pleasure of in
specting a large and complete barn just
erected on the farm of Mr.. Parr of Luther
Vile, who last spring placed his beautiful
under the energetic management OF
our former neighbor, Thomas ]. Lea.
The Washingtonians sojourning at Fair
Hill and Rockland had an old-fashioned
country treat one day last week in the
shape of a corn roast in the woods.
Miss Mary E. Gilpin expects to so to
Denver in November, to stay several
months with her cousin, Mrs. Frederic
Jackson. formerly Miss Mary p. Thomas
OF Sandy Spring.
The wedding of Warwick P. Miller, jr., to
Miss Mary Bentz of Philadelphia will take
place searly in October.
Chester Colt and family, who have resided
at Ashton for several years, will shortly
again take up their abode in Washington.
Joseph w. Tilton and wife. who have been
for some months at Mrs. Tilton's old home
Norwood. have returned to Pennsylvania.
The Misses Chandlee have gone to Alex
andria for the winter.
Guests of the week, as far as known, are
Gen. Birney and wife, Miss Christy, Mrs
George IS. Farquhar. Miss Dunlevy and
Miss Maloy Of Washington, Misses Sarah
and Ella Steer of Loudoun county, Amasa
Hough. Miss Elinor Hough and Thomas
Love.
Cards are out for dance at the home of
the Misses Riley on Friday evening.
The severe wind storm of Saturday after
noon unroofed some buildings. blew down a
number of shade trees and damaged many
fields of corn. walnut treet at least
thirty feet high, which was Frustrated by a
storm some six weeks since. on the farm of
Samuel p. Thomas. was raised by the wind
sufficiently to fall back into its original
position, and 1t Is apparently unframed by
its curious experience