The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1902-01-04
PERI Hau , tn District.-The Christmas

hereabout' Tbee no disorder fany kind
which speaks well for our people Watch
meetings were held in the several chuTcnes
Services were also held in the Lutheran Cnurcn
on New Year morning. Business generaliy
appeared to be at standstill.
Mr. George A Walter and family, OF tnls
place. spent Christmas and New Year with MI
G. F. Smith, in Hartford county. He IS
brother of Mrs. Walter and member OF tne
Belair banking firm ofSmith, Rouse & Webster.
Mr.. and Mrs. William George spent Christ
mas with their parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Henry
Walter, of Perry Hall.
One day last week tramp stopped at one OF
the saloons on the Belair road and asked for
something to eat. The proprietor told him be
could have all he wanted if he would saw some
wood. This was agreed to and the wood was
shown him. After saving a few sticks he
went back to the house and said he was SO
hungry he could do no more work until ne
had eaten something, promising to finish the me
wood when his appetite was satisfied. he ate
his fill and went back to the woodpile. little
later the proprietor's wife went out to see how
the fellow was getting on with the work. he
was not to be seen, but she found card on
the woodhorse with this message scrubbed on
it: TELL him you saw me, but you did not
see me saw wood" X
History of Hartford County 1.-THE His
tory of Hartford County" by w. w. Preston,
a member of the Hartford bar, has been issued.
1t is volume of nearly 400 pages, neatly
printed and illustrated, and contains many le-
gends of much local interest
The author begins bis narrative with the ad-
vent in 1908 of Captain Smith, of Pocahontas
fame, from jamestown to the headwaters OF
the Chesapeake, and found the country a will
derness, occupied by the Susquehannock and
Mingo Indians. He recites the recorded facts
of the anti Revolutionary period gives the
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and the names of many brave soldiers who
went out with their lives and property to re-
sist British tyranny, and of many names of
those who, with Washington, fought the Hes
slams on the Hudson.
The War of 1872 is also considered, and the
heroes from Hartford who took part in the de-
Tense of Baltimore when attacked by the Brit
ish are given due credit for their gallantry.
An interesting chapter is that on the primi-
tive churches of Hartford; old Spesutie, when
they taxed bachelors in 1870; Bethel in 1854 ;
Friends Meeting House at Darlington in 1876 ;
Churchville, 1888; Hartford Baptist Church,
1854; the introduction of Methodism by
Bishops Coke and Asbury in the college bear
ing their name in Abingdon, prosperous
town in 1885, and the beginning of st. Ignatius
Church, Hickory, at priesthood, about the mid
die of the eighteenth century.
In addition to these historic facts, the book
contains narrative of the early county towns
in Belair in 1774 and brief sketches of men,
bers of many families that were prominent in
the affairs of state in the olden time, and
whose descendants are now we'll known
citizens.
1t is carefully prepared, well written book,
showing much research in collecting incidents
of note 1t will preserve from loss informa-
ton valuable to the future historian and is
pleasant fireside reading for those who cherish
happy memories of the past and believe that
Harfords future is safe in the keeping of sons
of noble sires who risked life and fortune that
their country might be free.
They Are Well Known in Baltimore
County.-A letter from Piedmont, West Va,
to the Baltimore Herald says: 1.-The old say
ing, all work and no play makes Jack a
dull boy is evidently practical part of the
creed of the Rev. Edwin T. Mowbray, pastor
of the Piedmont M. e. Church. Since coming
from Baltimore, where Mr.. Mowbray was for
three years pastor of Bennett Memorial Church
and for two years pastor of Greenmount
Church, he has developed into mountain
climber of more than local reputation, and
every Monday he and Mrs. Mowbray take a
tramp Of five to ten miles, the length of their
Journey depending to some extent upon the
state of the weather. To the Herald cores
pendent Rev. Mowbray said:
1--WE try to use Monday as our Sunday, and
on that day get just as far as possible away
from work and enjoy day of recreation and
rest. l like to be, sometimes, away from PEG
pie, away from work, away from the crowd
with whom | mingle every day. and see the
things that are new and strange These beau
tiful West Virginia hills furnish an opportu-
nifty to climb, and thus prevent the nervous
breakdown which causes so many pastors to
be old when they ought to be still young men.
If preachers instead of being always at their
work over their work and wrapped upin their
q q OFT TO ho
development and preservation of their physical
selves they would be much better prepared to
perform their ministerial duties and would
live longer and have better health"
REV. and Mrs Mowbray often walk to Bar
ton, Bloomington or Keyser, and sometimes
leave the. public roads and beaten paths to
ramble through dense forests which are &C.
cessible on all sides of Piedmont. Mrs. Now
bray vas form sriy Miss Ella Rider, daughter
of Mrs. Edward Rider, of Ruxton, Md. They
have three rosy checked children-Annie, aged
8; John, aged Z and Edwin, Jr., aged 5-who
often accompany them when the proposed
Journey is not too long. Mr.. Mowbray came
to the Piedmont Church about one year ago,
and his ministry has been one of the most
successful in the history of the church."
To Abate the "Shyster' Evil.-Conclud-
ing an article under this caption the Baltimore
Neocs saws: Another encouragement of the
the large corporations with regard to the suits
docketed against them almost daily by these
attorneys. These suits seldom, if ever, come
to trial, being compromised for a small sum
by the offending corporation. The least lit
tie occurrence is turned into damage suit,
from which the corporation escapes by the
payment of few hundred dollars.
1T is a we'll known fact that there are at
torneys in Baltimore who have numbers of
runners engaged to watch out for any accident
which may lead to damage suit, as well as
candel-mongers to unearth the private and
personal affairs of husband and wife. Many
of these damage suits are ridiculous upon their
face, and yet the corporation will compromise
them for a small sum rather than go into
court. The consequence is that the smallest
occurrence is provocative of threat to sue,
with sometimes no shadow of ground for it.
1t often happens that an attorney has two cases
against corporation, one of which is eminent
ly Just and the other absurd.
"He compromises both of these claims for
equal amounts, the company being anxious to
avoid the chance of heavy judgm in the
one case; and the inevitable result is that the
client with the just claim gets no more than
the unjust one, while the attorney gets rake
Off from both. These suits might easily be
reduced one-third if contested, as a rule, by
the companies against which they are filed, for
few attorneys are willing to take case with
the probability of an adverse verdict. Until
such and similar practices are discontinued by
those who have dealings with attorneys the
shyster evil will remain. Despite all laws
passed, there must be positive attitude taken
by the public as well as by the better members
of the profession before the shyster and his ne
farious practices are relegated, with other COM
mon nuisances, to the past"
The Will of Mr.. Reynolds.-The will of
Luther NJ Reynolds, one of the Oldest mem
bers of the Baltimore bar, and who was well
known in this county, has been probated in
the city. Aside from an annuity of 5000, be-
queathed to his mother-in-law, Mrs. Ellen
Lewis, and an annuity of 500 to his sister,
Fannie r. Clough, he leaves his entire estate
to Messrs. George r. Willis and Dwight NJ.
Ludington, trustees and executors, to pay the
income thereof, to the widow of the testator.
In case she should "be so unwise as to marry
again." after death one-half of the estate is to
go to George r. Willis and the other one-half
to be divided among Luther ii. r. Carter,
Reynolds Clough and David M. r. Culbreth,
nephews of the deceased; Luther M. r. Carter
being also bequeathed a debt due by his father,
Edward S. Carter to the deceased, amounting
to about 50, 400.
The trustees are empowered, If the widow OF
the testator so DESIRES to increase her income
from the corpus of the estate. The annuity
to Mrs. Fannie Clough. originally $500 in the
will, was reduced to 500 by codicl, of date of
February %, 1897. A codici, of date October
4, 1897, named Byron Reynolds as trustee and