The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1904-07-23
Correspondence Baltimore County Union.
THE TOWSON MENAGERIE.

editors BALTIMORE COUNTY UNION-Ded7
their word for ROSTERS only by a breathing. A
gentleman, who thought he had mastered the
arabic language, remarked to an audience, with
much solemnity: my friends, we all have our
r0osteTs," intending to say Affections. The blum
ger would not have been so bad in Towson. You
nrb mo t IN sne Near
Iar big and little from the struggling base OF
tne Plymouth Rock to high of the bantam, till
you have dreamed you were sleeping amidst q
When sleep comes again you dream child is
Deing killed and start up to find two rakish
4 Inomas cats Yowling and splitting about some
lady friend of theirs. whose surname we have
never heard.
When that has passed the dogs break loose.
and you are glad to think they may die by poison:
And now, some one has introduced cow and
tethered her in the centre of our lovely town,
awake in horror. There is an earthquake, the
mouse is falling in, or naval battle, and that
was broadsideI tits only the repeated below
Do. Messrs. Editors, for the nerves of the sick
and the well, start a subscription and buy the
COW and have her sent to the country.
What's the use of getting FIVE cent car fare
70 Tows0n il we are going to keep all these
chickens and cats and dogs and this cow
want to know! INSOMNIA.
Saving the Hay Crop.-At the last meet
ing of the Fallston Farmers Club the subject
discussed was: when is the best time to
harvest clover and grasses, and what is the
right condition for the hay to be in when put
IN the barn 2' We append the views OF some
ofthose present:
Mr.. James o. Watson thought the harvesting
ought to be done now, before the weeds ma
ture their seeds, and the hay put away as soon
i as cured.
Mr.. R. s. Preston said 1.-THE subject is one
i am very much interested in. do not know
j about the condition, but think the greener 1t
can be put away, to keep, the better. Our
grass timothy and clover, will be all right to
cut next week. do not know about putting
away timothy while in blossom, as it is dusty.
4 II timothy is ripening it can be put away much
sooner than when green. The tedder can be
used to advantage"
Mr.. w. G. Hoskins said his father used to
cut In the morning and rake up in the after
noon and haul in the next day. He remem-
4 bered cutting timothy after it had bloomed,
up is of advantage as il cures more evenly. The
| time to cut clover is when the heads begin to
die little but when the clover has timothy in
! it it would be wise to leave it little later.
| Mr.. WIS. B. Preston said: 81 like to cut
clover as has been stated and timothy before
it is in full bloom cut after the dew is offand
lift is not too heavy do not care to use the
tedder, but rake in small winrows. The near
| er alright The hay can be put away the better.
Have the barn as tight as possible and tramp
| the hay wellp
Mr.. L Bradbury said Take up a
bunch of clover and if you can wiring any sap
! out OF it, it is too green; if you have dry
weather it will do to put away timothy the
same day you cut it, but not clover"
|. Mr.. Carville e. Amos said: II like to cut
in the afternoon as it does not blacken as much
before it can be gotten in. We have to use
| judgement in putting hay away"
Mr.. J. w. Moore said: $50 much depends
on the condition of the weather that no fiat
rule will apply. We began to cut last Tuesday
| and hauled in on Friday and Saturday. Hard
ly one-third of the heads had turned brown.
| Cut timothy after the bloom falls. have not
had hay heavy enough to justify using the ted
der. 1t used to be to use salt was common but
| / have not heard of it of late"
| Mr.. Benjamin Amoss said "Cut timothy
before full bloom. Cut in the afternoon and
get in the next day"
Mr.. ]. B. Twining said "Cut in the after
noon, tedder the next morning, go over it
| twice If necessary, bunch up and haul in the
afternoon. Cut timothy just as the bloom be-
| gins to drop or sooner"
Wants the Ridgely Will Construed by
| the Court.-Mr. McHenry Howard, attorney
| for Misses Eliza and Margaret Sophia Ridgely,
| Mrs. Julia e. H. Yeaton and her husband, j.
! Southgate Yeaton, have filed bill in the Cir
| cult Court here against John Ridgely, of Hamp-
| ton, and others to obtain decree constituting
| the will of the late Charles Ridgely, of Hamp-
ton, as to whether Helen M. Ridgely, execu-
| trix and devisee under the will, is entitled to
any part OF the reSl0uary, personal properly,
which was directed by the testator to be assess
ed and divided upon the death of his wife and
the rest of his property and estate real as well
as personal, which was devised and beQueath-
| ed upon the demise Of his wife, and that the
stocks and bonds investments enumerated in
| the schedule accompanying the bill may be as
sessed and divided among the parties according
| to their respective interests.
| The late Charles Ridgely provided in his will
| for the distribution of the rest and residue Of
| his personal estate after the death of his wife,
| Margaret Sophia Ridgely, or her remarriage,
among all his surviving children. save and
/ except my eldest surviving son or such son as
| may take the last-mention legacy [one-half OF
! all the personal estate and the Hampton farm
| Of i 200 acres] and unto the issue female Of
I vious to the demise Of his wife or previous TO
lSher remarriage" in equal shares. The bill also
states that Charles Ridgely, Jr., second son of
the testator, died May TO- 1873, intestate, with
| out issue and unmarried and that Howard
Ridgely, the third son, died September %, 1900,
| without issue, but leaving q will in which he
appointed his wife, Helen M. Ridgely, execu-
| trix. It is claimed that neither the admins
traitor of the estate and the next of kin and
| heirs of the one nor the executor of the will
] and the devisees of the other as such have any
| interest in the personal estate and the rest Of
the property and estate of the the testator.
JUDGE BURKE's DECISION.
The court has decided in the above matter
that Mrs. Helen Ridgely, widow Of Howard
Ridgely, took no interest in the personal estate
of Charles Ridgely, the father Of Howard but
| took the interest of her husband in the real
| estate.
Fair Will Have Corn-H usking Contest.
! A letter from York, Pa, says: THE cham
| pion corn huskers of York, Adams and Lam
caster counties and Hartford county, Md, will
meet at the next annual exhibition of the York
| County Agricultural Society, October to 7, in
a corn husking contest for the championship
| Of the the four counties named.
"This contest will be feature of the big fair
and will likely occur on Thursday, October 6.
| The idea of holding the contest is Elijah Barn.
| harris. He claims to be the champion corn
| husker of York and Adams counties, having
| met and defeated some fast men during the 20
seasons that he has been ripping the husks of
the golden ears:
| farm hands in all parts OF the four counties,
and has already opened correspondence with
many. He has entered negotiations with Ed
ward Chaplin, secretary of the York County
Agricultural Society, for the execution of his
plan, and the society will give him all the aid
| possible to make the contest a success.
"Barnhart thinks that at least 20 huskers
will hustle for the championship. Each con-
| testant will be required to pay small fee. and
this money, with contributions from Barn.
harts farmer friends and an appropriation from
the agricultural society, will make up the
| prlZe puIdo.
Farmers living near the fair grounds have
agreed to furnish several hundred shocks Of
corn for the contest"
Work Of the Orphans Court.-In the
Baltimore county Orphans Court this week
letters were granted on the following estates
On the personal estate of Hepza G. Werden
to Jefferson d. Norris, executor.
On the personal estate of Charles Madden to
Edwin j. Griffin, administrator
On the personal estate of Joseph A. Monroe
to Elizabeth F. Monroe, Administrative.
On Wednesday the court passed an order al.
lowing Miss Catharine W. France $1,000 fol
counsel fees, as administrator of the estate OF
Elizabeth q. Williams. One of the wills exc
cuted by the deceased was contested and sci
aside. Miss France retained Hon. ]. Fred. c.
Talbot and Messrs Frank I. Duncan and
James J. Archer to defend the will.
The will Of Mrs. Hepza G.. Werden was ad
mitted to probate on Tuesday. She bequeathE
81, 900 to her sister. Sarita Hancock; $1,000 tc
her niece, May Hobson 1000 to her nephew
Jefferson Davis Norris. The testatrix bequeaths
the furniture in her residence, at Newport, r
l., to her nieces, Sarita NJ. Norris, Florence
Hobson, Georgina Hobson and May Hobson
The residue of the estate not disposed of is be
queathed in equal parts to the four nieces above
named.