Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-08-07
SANDY STRING.

TIE recent meeting OF the woman's AsSa~iai ion
was WIN Miss Martha Holland of Pleasant Grove
whose invited guests were Mr.. and Mrs Amos Iiol.
iand MIS-. Louis Steer. Mrs. Nich,lls. Miss Belle
w Hannum. Miss Sarah Needles Miss Matthews
and Miss Mary Potter. some iftccu s,ort articles
or literary or domestic character were road ana
Few questions aisi'Iss,d Tie secretary wished 10
earh what was the distinguishing feature nr pp-
V'i,ail'! "i each farm in Saidy Spring aisl a par
tiai list WAS secured. Those men, .,n.,I ,x.r,.
'le'he"i"us 'aSfnut tree al Cherry Grow" an i'm
license oak and what is supposed TO IL. n
stone mia at tio'ciiy, iuns box walk ai.out Tn
a his n,s" ~ Norm""d gold mine AT OAK ,iro,r
sahug spring whlch gave this vicinity its
hiisieinlIs maine. Al uartwo-l: "a ,urist, nil, of
-e rShs az 'iit'"i. some tomtston,s bcariy I5u
80; ns "iu, ana pear tire which is known TO have
borne iruit esan inunnsly sine, I>pT AZ MI Ary
i aad 'i. t''hilins "t a wide dtra hair mile
ns cut To Try an experiment in irryat ion M ,.lst
h'tthI! -hNc stars sine. al Isrimunt
te ,he nnsii - session Of Ille s,ty
,ss, 'ihpt my Hlnirti 10 Miss Hollands lp.au
iiui hover -ar'ieil, aasd heretofore, f,lnd mud
10 reward their aite4:tIon. '-
Adjourned 10 Oak Grow. th,. hotne of Nrs I,r.,
> Hd"Mell. IN On month.
Lie horticultural Soctety, Henry c TIailowci
scsiurht' conNiind af hpdhurn with Dr. Mahlr
hifA' son and daughters. Tuesday afternoon Iu.I
=; hetley WAS ia tide chair. aud the guests were
mrs ..drlrs Stanler, Miss Elizabeth T. Staidar
Aiss May MOciT2rd and Miss Alice Hall The
Vegetable garden l. one IL the lnest In IN, ,-,u
llunity, and uNuriant ,rp af i,ntat.,s N,lll mn
d"nhitTily be again gathered from trt ion 81 Nh.
ni!1Safe '"hlc.i has been devoted exclusively I,
That .urIosf tor nearly afty wears WI, ,,ftil,nS
success This is frequently commented uIsu, as
lEe iacis upset the Old ticury that rotation /.
essential in all surl cas.s
Willie the exqusitely neat promises and ~,
many evidences OF comfort l.iuItlan-. w.r,.
Eotced ana praised, as They deserved To l.c. the
most retnlrhatle feature this lrautIrI r.
modelled old homestead. is its POULTRY the va
rlriy being greater than upon any other farm Tor
miles around. Beside chickens. turkeys ,.. fowl.
geese suihta fowls, pigeons and a conversational
= inclined parrot Dock of three hundred dlrks
ii"ated ON the little stream which adds sO much
10 the pi'-tureslucntss 81 Wo0diiura.
lhe iioriicHltu'ai viii neat assemble at Ailo-
way with Mr. and Mrs. Robert IL. Miller.
Mrs. Alhan q. Thomas Mrs. Josrph W. Titnn
and Miss May NJ. staher In charge Of
Week at that interesting odd mansion. ia Howard
county. knoMn FAR and wide A. Folly QUARTER
named. consists of the Misses Edith and Elsie FL
bfey, Helen l.. Thomas, Alice \, Faruahar lam.
7. Brooke. katherine l. Brooke Harriet Bowie.
Agnes Bryant and Barbara Such. with Mortimer
o. Stabler. George IL. Brooke, Fred L. Thomas,
Ernest Gill, Roger IL. Farlubar, Edward 7.
Brooke. Herbert Staber and Edward L. Palmer,
Junior.
Francis T. Lea of Thomas J. Lea, made n
brief farewell visit 10 relatives here. and has
since sailed, with his wife, from New York for the
western coast OF Africa. From thence the young
couple hope to extend their travels i've hundred
miles inland beyond any public highway
veyance, 10 engage in missionary laiors lInong the
natives. Mr.. and Mrs. Lea have spent most OF the
past years in the sums Of New York, and IL is
matter of regret 10 their friends that such
est and self-sacrificing reformers should transfer
their energies to a distant land, where many
dangers beset all who endeavcr to carry Chris
tianty into darkest Africa.
Late arrivals have been: From Baltimore. Mr..
and Mrs. Jordan Siabler. from Philadelphia. MIR.
ard Mrs Warwick +. Miller jr and soy and the
brothers Shoemaker: from Washington MIS-. Cox.
Miss Mary Potter and Miss Louise Cox: from Gal
weston. Mrs Nichols and Janney. from VIII
mington. " C., Aan Brooke PleasaatS aud Miss
Helen Peasants. from Lawrence. Henry 4. Lea
and Frederic Brown; from Boston, Miss Alice Iiall
and Miss Lucy Hummer; from New York. Mrs.
Cannon and Mrs. Joseph w Tilton; from How ard
county. Alfred Mathews and daughter
Absentees Mrs. William ;. Bond, N Water
ford: Mr.. and Mrs James L. Siahler, at Ocean
City: Mrs. Samuel u. wetherald, At Seaside lark,
y. j., and Miss Slllie L. Brooke and Miss Ldna v.
Thomas. in Baltimore
Miss Eliza Elgar Farquhar. who has spent the
past month in Washington. Is again with her sis
ter, Mrs Charles ii. Brooke
Frederic Stal,ler distinguished himself during his
trip TO Capon Springs last week, 10y cnrounicrlng
and dispatching rattlesnase. four feet long. with
nine rattes the skin of which he brought home
trophy
Mrs Iiohert H. Miller las invited her friends TO
n reception in honor OF her guests. Bliss Janet
Miller Of Philadelphia. Miss Alice Hall and Miss
Incy Hummer Of Boston
MIR. and Mrs. Thomas Talliaferro Of PENNSYLVANIA
are the guests Of Mrs Samuel Hopkins. at WHITE
hall farm