The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1903-08-29
THE LATE NJ. w. oFFuTT.
Meeting of the Members of the Bar
Resolutions of Condolence-Re-
marks of Judge Burke
The Fnnaral etc.

The members of the Baltimore county bar
held meeting in the court room on Saturday
morning, August Odd to take suitable action
upon the death of Col. Milton w. Offutt,
which occurred suddenly at his home here on
Thursday evening. Many members of the
par and others were present and the occasion
was one of much solemnity. Judge Burke
had previously appointed committee, COM
posed of Messrs. d. g. Mcintosh. Frank 1.
Duncan and Osborne |. Yellott, to prepare
resolutions, which were submitted as follows:
and shocked by the the sudden and untimely death
OF our friend and neighbor. Col Milton w.
Onutt, who for period of Y years mad been
respected and leading member of our bar. and
who during that period had endeared himself to
us all by the many estimable qualities OF mind
and character exhibited in his life as citizen
be it
Resolced That we do hereby testify our high
esteem for the character and memory OF the de-
ceased and our deep sense of the loss which the
community has sustained in the death OF an ac-
| tive, pubic-spirited and devoted citizen, and
| which this bar has sustained by the removal of
one Of its most active and useful members; and
Resoloed That we do hereby extend to the
| members of his bereaved family our heartfelt
/ sympathy in their deep affiction, and that
copy of these resolutions be spread upon the
minutes of this court and copy presented 10
| his family.
After several fellow members made feeling
| and eulogistic addresses Judge Burke responded
for the court as follows:
| Occasions like this are always sad. But this
/ one is especially so, for we have met to mourn
| the sudden and seemingly untimely death of
] one who was so well known and so generally es-
| teemed and loved. An intimate. uninterrupted
and increasing friendship extending over pc
Rod of 20-Odd years enables me to say OF our de-
/ ceased friend that he was large hearted, Droad-
minded. charitable, sympathetic, loyal, kindly
! and companionable. 1t was these grand quail
ties of his mind and heart that attracted to him
4 hosts of friends who deeply deplore his death.
Bui it was in the domestic circle that his genial,
lOVaDl0
| the brightest, and in that relation his memory
and Character will be the best remembered and
| CHERISHED by those who loved him. The general
sorrow With which the announcement OF his
death has been received attests the appreciation
of the community of the usefulness of his life
and the sense of public loss occasoned by his
death. fully concur in what has been so well
said in the resolutions of the committee ana IN
! the remarks of counsel respecting the ability,
character and estimable qualities of Mr.. Ofutt,
1 and will direct that those resolutions be en-
/ tered upon the records of the court as an ex-
| preston of the esteem in which he was regarded
by the court and his fellow-members of this bar"
! VERY LARGE FUNERAL.
The funerafof Col Offutt took place at 10. 30
A. NJ. on Monday, in the Cathedral in Balti-
more, and was one of the largest gatherings of
| the kind ever seen in that edifice. Rev. Mat
thew O'Keefe, pastor of the Church of the
| Immaculate at Towson. conducted the services,
assisted by several other priests. The inter-
ment was in Bonnie Brae Cemetery The
| following served as pall-bearers
| Active-Messrs. T. Scott Offutt, Caleb D.
| Cherbonnier ]. Albert Hughes, William A.
| House, Alfred Tormey, Charles Harris Daniel
Brooks and Lemuel D. Offutt.
| Henorary-Judge N. Charles Burke and
/ Messrs. Frederick Won Kapf, Harry O'Dono-
van, Robert H. jenkins, John Crowther, Jr.,
I w. Stewart Symington George Q. jenkins,
| George D. Penniman, Richard Cromwell, Sr.,
Joseph w. Jenkins, William Grason and Will
| liam Lanahan.
TRIBUTES TO COLONEL oFFUTT.
| The board of directors of the United Elec-
| trio Light and Power Company met in special
session in the companys office in Baltimore,
| on Wednesday and passed resolutions of sym
| pathy on the death of their vice-president and
acting president, Col. Milton w. 0ffutt. The
resolutions testify to the high appreciation
with which Colonel Offutt was held by the
| board and to his great personal worth and his
| fine executive ability.
The directors of the Maryland Biscuit Com
pany met the same day at the offices of the
company, South Charles street. and passed
resolutions on the death of the late Col. Olfutt,
| president of the company His successor was
| not elected.
The board of directors of the Towson Ma
| tional Bank, of which Col. Offutt was men,
Der, at their meeting on Thursday, passed reso-
buttons of regret at his death and expressing
sympathy with his family in their bereave-
'ment. The vacancy in the board will not be
| filled at present.
Slightly Sarcastic on the Road Cues
"Now and Then" had communication in last
weeks maryland Journal on the subject of
county fairs, etc., from which we take the fol-
| lowing extract:
"a few years ago we had 300 feet of sample
road on exhibition (meaning at TimOnium.)
1t was both endorsed and condemned. There
is at this time great deal being said about
| putting the five miles of newly made road lead
Inv e-qW fTtfenr SNaqlllsvo I'll
this fall, and if they succeed in getting it on
| the fair grounds it will certainly draw paying
| crowd There are six natural outlets from The
| Caves property to the valley road. The route
| selected, and on which the road is now being
made is the very best-except the other five.
| 1t is being made strictly according to the road
! law except it is sixteen feet wide, andin many
| places from eight to ten feet above ground,
| while in other places from eight to ten feet
| below ground, and guaranteed the usual dis
| lance safe to ride or drive over except from
! one end to the other. Captain Bill says this
| road is descended on the one side from the
| same source as the celebrated and well-known
| Bonita avenue and should by all means be
christened Bonita No. g. Joseph Merryman,
who hauls the best beef around the Sd and 4th
| districts, and claims to be great judge of all
meats says the bloodynouns in the old iron
! ore pits on The Caves are of the finest stock
and as large and wide as his meat cleaver, and
expects soon to commence hauling them
| around to his customers, who are continually
! inquiring for them. Thomas Harding, the
| contractor
| will be, celebrated road, says-and swears to
it-tbat these frogs are of noted and superior
| stock, descended direct from what Noah had
/ on the Ark and came over on the Mayt1ower,
and if they keep on growing he believes he
| can use them in the pillow and scoop to finish
| the road, while one of his sons is training one
to 60 in the next jumping contest of the fox
| hunting clubs.
| "Young Basil Bowen, who was raised on
The Caves and ought to know, says Mr.. Hard
| &c 10 n yva al XvQu
there, and when his father was farming The
Caves he used them to pull the loads of town
produce out the present Caves road and never
had any trouble only in slippery weather"
A Heavy Board of Directors. The Pros
pect Park Fair and Racing Association has a
| board of directors of seven members who have
in three years brought the association from
an unknown quantity to one of great magni-
tude commensurate with the size of the board.
While the catalogue of fairs calls for premiums
for heavyweight horses, cattle, sheep and
| swine, there is no mention of heavyweight
Is"boards of directors" but if there were the
Prospect board. would have walkover for
the blue ribbon.
The board consists of Messrs. Henry A.
Brehm, president, height feet Al inches,
weight GAG pounds; Grant Stockham, secre-
tary, height feet inch, weight 212 pounds
Wallace Elliott, height feet inches, weight
235 pounds; Samuel REGISTER, height feet
liinches, weight 205 pounds; John T. Cougar,
| height IeeC IL luCHeSi weight ZUo pOuHuSi w.
T, Dietrich, height 5 feet II inches weight 300
pounds; Frank M. Gossman, height feet 10
inches, weight 295 pounds The combined
|. height of the seven is Al feet II inches, and
combined weight 1921 pounds average weight
I 231 AT pounds.
H. Hard work in preparing for the fair and the
/ hot weather have reduced the weight of all of
i the members. In the winter they are in bet
fter shape and weigh more.-Bdltinlore San.
III Successful Sunday School Reunion
| The reunion of the Sunday schools of Parkton
Circuit, NJ E. Church, took place on Thursday,
ia20th inst, in Mr.. John w. Trouts grove, at
Trump, eth district. The following schools
were present: Stabler's, Mr.. f. Wright, super
intendent; Bentley Springs, Mr.. Brothers,
| superintendent Wiseburg, Mr. George Rgney
superintendent; West Liberty, Mr. Alfred W..
Curry superintendent; Gorsuch, Mr.. Newton
w. Hershner, superintendent Oakland, Mr..
Lewis Dougherty, superintendent; Partition,
Mr.. Thomas w. Lytle, superintendent; New
Market, Mr.. Charles Kay, superintendent;
Middletown, Mr.. Charles S. Kidd, superinten-
dent. Pine Grove Band, of Rayville, Mr.. John
Sitter, leader, rendered the music for the occa-
sion. Revs. J. w. Fleming and Nathan Rig
don are pastors of the circuit and had charge
of the exercises. Rev. George L. Jones, for