The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1902-03-21

Bill.
The Sacrament of the Lords Suppe
will be administered at Fallston Presby
terian Church, next Sunday afternoon
at $50 o'clock.
The case of Jacob Hetrick against the
Conowingo Bridge Company which was
removed from this Court. is now on trial
in Cecil county. The local counsel are
Messrs James ]. Archer George l.. Van.
Bibber and Thomas H. Robinson.
Unless all signs fail, Bel Air is on the
eve of boom. We hope that some OF
our old grandmothers will forget their
cranky notions, at least for while, and
Join in the procession towards making
the Countyseat a modern town i'll every
particular.
Mr. W. Arthur Trago. of Churchville,
sold hog in Havre de Grace on Monday
that dressed 521 pounds. 1t was of the
breed of Chester White and was not quite
two wears old. This is one of the heaviest
porkers, for its age, that we have heard
of lately.
Mr.. Isaac Klein, of West Chester, has
opened a shoemaker shop over the tailor
ing establishment of Mr.. Joseph Gallus,
Bel Air, where he is prepared to do the
finest work at lowest prices. A call is
all that is sufficient to make a permanent
customer.
"A surprise party was given at the
residence of Mr.. Josiah Bailey, near Level,
on Thursday evening of last week, the
occasion being gathering in honor of
his daughter, Miss Lottie. The evening
| was spent in music and games, after
which handsome collation. was served.
The cold wave which followed the
| heavy rains of the first part of the week,
caused much discomfort to many persons
who were under the impression that
balmv spring had arrived. The tempera-
ture on Wednesday morning was as low
as it had been during a portion of the
cold spell in February.
The good people of Bel Air are now
unduly exciting themselves over the
question of town extension. We fear
that some of them are inclined to go too
far in expressing their individual feelings.
AS long as the world stands there will be
two sides to every question and we
should accord to each person the same
right to personal opinion as we have
to our own.
-Rev. Samuel w. Gratflin, of Balti-
more, will deliver his popular lecture on
"Coits," as follows: at Zion NJ. L.
Church, Monday, March oath; Bel Air
NJ. E. Church, Tuesday, March 25th.
The lecture will begin at s p. NJ. The
Quarterly Conference will be held on
Wednesday, March Goth at 2 O'Clock.
Preaching on Sunday by the pastor at
II A. NJ. and 7.45 p. NJ.
Peter Burk, colored, aged thirty years,
was thrown from a moving freight train
on the Philadelphia, Wilmington and
Baltimore Railroad, near Bush station,
on Sunday morning while beating his
way to Philadelphia. The man is now
at the Hopkins Hospital and says that
the train crew threw him off. He was
picked up by the crew of another train a
few hours later and was taken to Balti-
more.
The Bel Air Drug Store has request
ed US to call the attention of the public
to the action of the postoffice authorities,
who have issued a fraud order against
"red albumen,' a mixture guaranteed
to make hens lay more eggs in the Win
ter" 1t is said that a considerable
amount of the stuff has been sold in this
county and there has been quite demand
for it at the different drug stores. 1t is
said that an analysis proved the stuff to
Ne nothing more than oxide of iron or
ordinary red paint.
A large number of importers in Balti-
more City have signed Il petition asking
for the disappointment of Honorable
John B. Hanna as Surveyor of the Port
of Baltimore. Mr.. Hanna's time will
expire next June and be has filled this
position in highly acceptable manner
both to the Government and the patrons
of the office. Mr.. Hannas successful
administration has been source ofgrati-
ication to all of his friends, regardless of
political utilization, and it is to be sincere
ly hoped that President Roosevelt will
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The question whether or not the
Liquor License law shall be submitted to
the voters, now rests with the four men,
bers of the House of Delegates from Har-
ford county. Over twelve hundred voters
and taxpayers have asked for the privi-
lege of being allowed to formally record
their opinion on this important subject.
Legislators should bear in mind the fact
that it is we'll to allow the people the
privilege of expressing their choice not
only on this, but any other important
matter When our representatives are
afraid to trust the people to decide for
themselves they should remember that
they are getting close to the line which
divides Democracy from an Aristocracy.
ga scrap of paper, or the adventures
of love letter." which is to be given by
the dramatic talent of Bel Air, in the
Masonic Hall, Friday evening, April 4th,
is a comedy of the present day, which
contains many ludicrous points aud in
teresting climaxes. The lines are bright,
and the play moves briskly from the time
the curtain is raised until the closing act.
Not for an instant is the public allowed
to lag. The story is wound around a
a mischievous scrap of paper which
causes all manner of trouble until it is
finally destroyed in the last act. The
play is from he repertoire ofMr and Mrs.
Kendall. The caste is composed of Misses
Caroline Hall, Mabel Street,, Anna and
Ellen Harris, Carolyn Hunter, Mrs. A. F..
VanBibber, Dr. H. J. Boyd, Messrs. T. c.
Galbreath, Reuben Harlan, Charles H..
McNabb, c. d. Rosan, Henry w. Lee
and Wylie W. Hopkins. The play is under
the management of Miss Grace K. Street,
and Miss Helen A. Bradshaw.
During the next few months we con-
template having the clergy of this county
to address our readers on any topic that
they may wish to choose, and have cX-
tended to them an invitation to cooper
ate with us in this matter. The number
of favorable replies that we have received