The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1905-06-17
MR. JANNnYs ATTRAoT1va HOME.
margaret Meadows" Another Beauty
Spot in Green Spring Valley.

Mr.. IANNEY's ATTRACTIVE home.
Margaret Meadows" Another Beauty
Spot in Green Spring Valley.
The simple but beautiful home of Mr.
Ihomas Janney. known as Margaret Meadows
IN Ureen Spring Valley, stands in vivid con
trast 10 the many colonial mansions that sur
round 1t, says the Baltimore american. The
architecture of the house is gothic, and the
interior has been furnished to make the rooms
as coy and homelike as possible.
Inc house is at the foot of ridge and is sit
uated very low in the valley. The main We
randa faces the SOUTH and the entrance to the
mouse is on the east, where a large porte
coGnere, supported by a number of massive
pillars, Is given prominence:
The mansion is completely concealed from
view by innumerable trees. The driveway to
the house is macadamized and winds through
the estate from the public road between Ste
venson and Lystra. A spacious lawn encircles
the house, sloping downward from the south
ern 'front.' of the mansion, and we'll kept hedges
| separate 1t from the other part OF the land.
winding in and out through the estate are
ROADS and paths leading to the many buildings
that are located in the vicinity of the mansion.
Mr.. Janney purchased the land from the
stump estate, and he now has 2lS acres, $50 OF
which are under cultivation. When he acquir-
ed possession of the property there was only a
small stone house on it, which was then being
utlnzed as school house. Instead OF tearing
down the house, he built around 1t, and the
dlnlng.room, with stone wall about 24inches
thck inclosing it, was part OF the old house,
and is over 100 years old. Mr.. Janney bought
the land in 1888 and has lived there ever since.
The additions that he made are modern.
The house is constructed of frame, with a
shingle roof. 1t is two stories and an attic.
s125 feet.
i On entering the house one steps into large
attractive hall, with fireplace and mantel To-
Gated in an alcove facing the door, and in
| which cheerful log fire is always burning.
| The parquet floor is covered with large and
handsome rugs, and to one side is finely
carved mahogany table, with an odd lamp
| and several articles on it.
Entrance to the smoking-room, the parlor
\ apdt dining-room are from this hall. The
| stairs are to the right Of the main entrance,
and on the walls are number Of fine prints Of
| sporting events and rustic scenes.
The entranceto the smoking-roOm is to the
left. This roomis also used as a library and
sitting-room. Bookcases line one side Of the
| room, and all the classics are included in the
several hundred volumes that constitute the
| library. An escritolre, made from light ma
hogany, takes up pace to one side, while in
the south wall q fireplace gives forth q cheer
full glow made from old Boston brick.
Pictures. photographs and rare pieces of ware
| literally cover the walls The mantel and
tables and other availabls places have been
utilized to place these valuable souvenirs, and
there are hundreds of them in the room.
Throughout the house only rugs are used as
coverings for the floors, and all of them were
secured in England.
Displayed in available inches and places are
plaster figures that Mr.. Janney bought in Ber-
lin, and they are all excellent productions of
the skilled artisans of Europe and the Con-
tinent.
The drawing-room or parlor is situated in
the southeast wing. 1t is very tastefully fur
nished with mahogany furniture, and q pianola
occupies one corner of the room. On the walls
are portraits Of the family in oil. Old porce-
lain plates and plaques, which were secured in
Berlin, are prominently placed over the man
tel. under which'is an open fireplace.
The dining-room is the most beautiful room
in the house, and contains so many valuable
treasures that it is hardly likely that it can be
duplicated anywhere in the State of Maryland,
if in the United States. large table and
four chairs, all of mahogany, are the only por-
table furniture. To one side is light mahog-
any sideboard, perfectly smooth, but very mas
sive. This sideboard is over 100 years old, and
Mr. Janney inherited it from his mother.
Entirely covering it is the silver used by the
family. A valuable carving table Of ma.
hogany has position against the wall. But
the walls are the attraction in the room. Hun
dreds of pieces of Delft and old Staffordshire
ware act as covering and they are the rarest
that can be obtained.
veranda circles the house, on which is
placed yarious-shaped wicker chairs and rock.
ers. The main veranda faces the south, and is
of semicircular shape. Potted flowers are pro-
fusely distributed about.
To the left of the managers house is the
stables, and here Mr.. Janney keeps two blue
ribbon horses in addition to IL horses for
driving purposes and for farm work. The
blue-ribbOn horses are "Belle'S Beautiful and
'.Trilby." "Belle's Beautiful" is mare IL
years old, and has taken about - blue ribbons
and about 8 seconds in New York, Philadel-
phia Baltimore and at Timonium.
Located on the estate are IL cottages owned
by Mr.. Janney, and these he rents for the
summer or by the year. The stations of Ste
venson and Lystra are located on his property.
The most remarkable thing on the place is
the spring that supplies the water for all the
houses on the estate. The spring is located at
the foot of the ridge and over it has been built
an engine-house which pumps the water up
into cement tank capable of holding 1900
gallons. From this tank the water is pumped
through pipes to a tank at the top of the ridge,
at height of 1853 feet, this tanks capacity
being 10000 gallons. The water is usually
pumped from the spring three times week,
and the spring is capable of producing 30 gal
Ions OF water minute. Through system OF
pipes this water is run into every house on the
estate, and nothing but spring water is used
for all purposes.
my place is not an estate of city gentle
man." said Mr.. Janney, "but it is farm in
every sense of the word. l raise my vegetables
and cattle and everything we eat is cultivated
on the place. My house is unpretentious in
appearance, and while the interior is not fur
nished with the elaborateness of wealthy
gentleman, yet it is comfortable and home
like, as you can see.
1--WE have endeavored to make everything as
simple as possible, and, believe we have sue
ooodo1 in CARRYING ont i0oaq Whom
selected this place | was attracted to it by the
beautiful meadow that spreads out before MS
with the stream running through it, and there
from the name of the estate is derived.
Gall my hands have been looked after in the
arrangement of the buildings, as like to see
them cared for in the proper way. have
given them all the comforts possible"
Serious Accident in a Quarry.-Mr.
| Joshua Frock and William Emory, the latter
| colored, were seriously injured while at work
| in the quarry of Hook & Ford, near Dickey-
| explosion of a charge of dynamite. The men
| were ramming charge into rock prepare
| tory to blast They were using stick of
wood to drive down the explosive, but finding
that the wood did not accomplish results, they
| got an iron bar to force the dynamite into the
opening. A roar that echoed through the
| woods and a flash of flame resulted, blowing
| the two men away from the hole. When other
men ran to the scene they found Mr.. Frock
and Emory blinded and bleeding and the cloth
| ing torn from their bodies. Drs. ]. G. Mon
monier and ]. G. Dickson. were summoned,
but it was found that the men were seriously
| injured and they were sent to the Maryland
General Hospital. Mr.. Frock has fractured
| Jaw and lacerated arms and hands and his face,
eyes and body are burned. Emory had his low
| er Jaw fractured and may lose his sight. He
had both hands lacerated, one of which was
| split to the wrist, and leg lacerated. Mr..
| Frock, who is quarry superintendent for
| Messrs. Hook & Ford, lives at Dickeyville and
has family. He was formerly a conductor
| on the old York road horsecar line, and is well
known in this county.
| Slang and Swearing. Some writer
lately claimed that the use of any kind of by
word or slang was equal to swearing. In fact,
| he claimed to be able TO trace every odd ex-
preston to an oath as its origin. If this is true
then there is no one who is not guilty of swear
ing. Some contemporary would like to know
from some one posted on swearing whether il
| Is sacrilegious to say "holy smoke" As we
| are not experts we cannot pass dogmatic
i opinion, beyond saying that it is not very
elegant ejaculation, though one of the most
common in use. Another expression, to escape
downright, unqualified swearing of the sailor