The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1904-11-19

ABOUT SeVenty-nVe stones were lS'
Gently renewed or restored, and four
teen old stones that were recoveree
were replaced west of Sideling Hill
Mr.. Martin had many interesting
experiences in retracing and recover
ing stones. The Id old ones plant
ed west of Sideling Hill were recover
ed near Clearspring, Maryland, and
hauled to the points where they have
been set. Some were in use in build
ings as doorsteps others were con
verted into porch steps and Others
were used as sills in carriage yards
One was taken up in the streets d
Clearspring, where it was used as q
curb. Two were taken out of the
Park Head Church, along the ma
tional pike. nine miles east of Hau-
cock. There are still six of the or.
ginal stones in use near Clearsprine
as door sills, the people in whose pos
session they now are refusing to give
them up. This fact was reported tc
the Maryland Commission, but SO fal
no legal proceedings have been insti-
tuted to recover them.
At the town of Ellerslie, six miles
above Cumberland. a beautiful crown
stone has been placed; it is very con-
spicuous and is facsimile of the stone
in possession of the Pennsylvania
Historical Society in Philadelphia.
The latter stone was found in a eel
lar at the corner of Calvert and LON
bard streets, Baltimore it came from
point I55 miles from the northeast
corner, near Fairveiw, on North
Mountain. The stone had lain there
since 1876 and had been forgotten.
1t was shipped to Arthur P. Bare &
Co., leather dealers, who desired to
present it to Druid Hill Park, but
those in charge of the Park refused
to receive it. 1t was then relegated
to the celler and forgotten. Mr..
Martin found man near Clearspring
who had hauled the stone to the rail-
way station for Mr.. Baer, who had an
interest in the mountain. This led
Mr.. Martin to look up the Baers to
find that the firm had gone out of
business He at length located where
the firm had once been in business and
called there explaining his mission,
only to be told that there was no stone
in the cellar. He persisted, however,
with his belief that it was on the prem
ises and was at last permitted to
make search, and discovered the relic
under lot of rubbish.
The prettiest earth mound on the
line is to be found on the top of the
little Allegheny Mountain on the Ken
mel estate, near Wellersburg, Pa,
and the prettiest stone is on Wills
Mountain, near Ellerslie, Md.
Mr.. Martin had many interesting
experiences, and found much local
legend and table formed on the con-
struction of the boundary line. When.
itznaaa rssseih1sS So xsRaixA LlSL>S-As'
stone, Mr.. Martin had it hauled TO a
nearby blacksmith shop where it was
put together with iron bands. Chips
from the stones are eagerly sought for
as relics. The new stones were made
at the quarry of the Beaver Dan, Mar
BILE Company near Cockeysville, Md.
There is story of interest in con-
nection with the first stone set up in
the northeast corner, near North East,
Md, and Newark, Del. It had be-
come accidentally broken before the
Revolution and the pieces were fas-
tened together with leaden bands.
After the war broke out these bands
were removed by the patroits and
moulded into bullets, which were fred
at the British at the Battle of Brandy
wine. The upper part of the stone
fell and was lost and through time the
lower part became covered with earth ;
the stone was located in dark ra-
vine, and United States Typographical
engineers located the spot. Workmen
in sinking hole to place the new
stone, found the long-buried portions
of the old stone.
The Reformed Church, at Ellerslie.
six miles north of Cumberland, stands
on the line half in Pennsylvania and
half in Maryland. When pastor, Rev.
A. R. Kreamer, is preaching he talks
to congregation onehalf of which
is in Maryland and one half in Penn
sylvania, and frequently steps from one
State to the other in the pulpit.
In the churchyard is beautiful
marble crown stone almost opposite
the door of the church besides the
coat of arms it bears the dates 1866
and 1902, as do all the duplicate
stones.
A mound, several hundred yards
back from the mountain top, overlook
ing Ellerslie, has been surmounted by a
plain marker. The mound was built
because in the days of the original
survey it was impossible to get mark
er up the mountains. Itwould be al
most impossible to-day were it not
for the tram road OF friedrich plant,
as the mountain side,is almost per-
pendicular the stone was carried up
on the tram road. One tree of good
size is growing on the mound, and
several others have sprung up around
its edge. There is also telegraph
pole of the line of the National Tran
sit Company, branch of the Stand
ard Oil Company, whose pipe line,
just inside of the Pennsylvania line,
follows the Mason and Dixon bound
ary for many miles.-A. r. e. NJ, tn
Mewto1sm pa. } Enterprise.
WILDRAKE-"I bucked up against
faro game last night"
Ascum (sarcastically)-"And as a