The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1905-09-30

IN 1Hh UNION of 23d inst, Mr.. Alex. McCor.
mick, President of the Baltimore County Agri-
cultural Society. last week visited the great fair
at Allentown. Pa. Referring to his visit the
newspaper of that city said :.
Aiexanuer Mccormick, president of the
Maryland State Agricultural and Fair Associ-
alton, visited the great Allentown fair yester-
day ana was shown the courtesies of the asso-
citation by President Roth. Mr. Mccormick
was mighty impressed with the magnitude and
scope OF our fair and was highly pleased with
arrangements and management. He is the
guest or bis nephew. William H. Mccormick,
superintendent of the John Hancock Mutual
Life Insurance Co. Mr.. Mccormick thinks it
IS the greatest thing in its line he has ever seem
1t was surprise and delight to him."
Alexander Mccormick, president of the
Maryland State Fair and the Agricultural So
ciety Tor Baltimore county, was visitor at the
Jee Ro sr and called on rT
panied BY his nephew, William II. McCor.
mick, OF this city. The courtesies of the fair
| were extended to them by President Roth,
who PERSONALITY conducted them around the
| grounds"
Respecting his visit Mr.. Mccormick writes
to The UNION as follows:
1T was indeed treat to me to see such
large Iair and think learned something about
management. The buildings are on very large
| scale and the prizes are liberals 600 being
| given 10 premiums Everything that is worthy
Is given a premium, which accounts for the
took sixty ladies' ali day Monday to arrange the
| EXHIBITS There were over 200 sofa cushions
alone ana other things In proportion. In the
| housenoid building there were l,7OO bottles of
wine, over 100 tumblers of jellies and 1900 ex-
hibits OF canned goods. Among farm and gar
| den products there were nearly 100 bushels of
p0taIoes and enough grain to load large wagon;
also l,2@ plates Of apples and grapes in large
quantlCles. one exhibit alone showing 90 varie-
ties; Inc ~ d racing was fine: saw Dan Patch go
haf-mile track.
Il also visited the Allentown Duck Farm,
owned Dy Mr. c. B: Gernand. who has the largest
duck an9 chicken breeding establishment in the
unlteo states. He has at present only 300
ducks, a. he has been killing 800 to 400 per day
ea nao M 10 sne sRT0 az se mas
He hafohes out p, 900 eggs each time they are
filled he youngest ducks are now six weeks
0ius9 Per cent. is about the average during
three orbgur months after cold weather, and 65
per cent. curing July and August. He has be-
hatch dUr the Seasons Was a ~ s
has at present 1900 pigeons and sells 200 to 800
pairs OF squalls week. Everything is worked
on scientlncprinciple and up -tO-date machine
ry and appliances used in the feeding-room and
killing department. 1t is worth while for any
one go9ng Nortl to stop and see this farm. One
niles on an electric car"
Count" Cipiani Dies in New York.-A
dispatch was received in Baltimore on Monday
nAHAb uuHOuuCiu6 buS ucdJu III 1NCW 1OIA Vi
Leonetto Cipriani who was we'll known in Bal
timore city and county. Count Cipriani, as he
was called, was sOunt by heritage, his father,
prominent and we'll known nobleman of
Italy, having married Miss Mary Worthing
ton, eldest daughtg of John Jolly Worthing
ton, of "MontmOre1ci," Worthington Valley,
Baltimore county, Who died at the time of his
birth.
According to the dispatch Cipriani expired
in his rooms where be had suit in the house
kept by one Colson.
Death is said to have been caused by nephri-
tbs. For some days the Count had been i'll, but
had refused to allow physician to attend him.
He grew so much worse that Mr.. ColsOn called
in a physician who sent, for trained nurse
During the night the nurse notified Mr.. Colson
that the Count was dying and he expired be-
fore the doctor arrived.
Cipriani was living in Baltimore about Is
years ago when he returned to Italy to visit rel
ativesa and claim property left by his father. In
Southern Italy he was taken up by the mill.
tary authorities and charged with having left
the country to escape military service. He ap
pealed to the American Minister at Rome on
the ground of his American citizenship, and
denied the right Of the Italian government to
enforce military service upon him. The case
became a celebrated one, there being many
communications between Washington and
Rome over Ciprianis citizenship
Cipriani is said, however, in order to save his
property, to have been compelled to enter the
Italian army and serve three years, although
be was at that time about 30 years old.
When he returned from Italy he made his
home in New York city, and because of a
bountiful supply of cash and his liberali:y in
spending it, it is said, he came to be generally
known along Broadway. He was large man,
and in recent years. through high living and
lack of exercise, had grown much stouter.
Capriani had no regular occupation or work,
but is said to have received regular remittances
from his relatives in Italy, who were reputed
to be very wealthy.
Mr.. E. N. Rich, attorney for Cipriani, with |
some of his Maryland relatives, went to New
York and brought the body on. The inter-
ment took place at ST. Johns Church, Worth |
ington Valley at noon on Thursday.
Some Facts About a Remarkable Fam |
ily.-The papers of last week contained state |
ments to the effect that two couples in the |
county shad, within the week, celebrated the |
10th anniversary, Of their marriage This was,
perhaps, unusual but recalled facts and figures |
in the history of family now living in this |
county. The present representative is man |
over 81 years of age and his wife above 20. |
They have been married more than 30 years. |
His oldest brother died over 81 years of age |
and his widow, recently deceased was also 81. |
They had been married So years.
These brothers had ten aunts and uncles |
whose combined ages amounted to more than |
1872 years, or an average of more than Is years
each.
Their father died at the age of So and their
mother at 80, and they were married So years
previously.
The great grandfather of the wife of the man
first mentioned lived to the age of 80 and she |
had three aunts and an uncle whose combined |
ages amounted to more than 308 years and |
averaged n each, and her mother died at rs.
The grandfather of the man now living died
at the age of SO and the grandmother at 63.
They were married A years before her DEATH
The great grandfather of the same died at |
the age of IA, after a married life of SO years.
His widow at the age of SO.
The farm he now owns-where he was born
was patented in 1704 and sold to his great
great grandfather in 1718 Since this date the
property has always descended by will.
There is graveyard on the farm that con- |
tains the remains of seven generations of the |
family and although the land was cleared of !
the timber and built upon in 1741, yet no |
white person died there until 1888.
The Bishop at ST. Thomas Churchill.
Rev. William Paret, Bishop Of Maryland
who on Saturday last celebrated his 10th BIRTH
day, preached at St. Thomas Church, CARR
son Forest, last Sunday morning to large
the church, read the opening prayer, after
which he made some brief remarks regarding
the venerable prelate.
The Bishop preached from the text, "Why
stand We mere all the Gay lole! he began Dy
saying that there are many persons who are
not willing to work for the glory of God be-
cause they are not followers. 1--WE care more
for our earthly treasures, said he, land neglect
the duties required of US by our religion. There
are four kinds of idlers in the vineyard of the
Lord willing and unwilling iders and guilty
and guiltless idlers."
The Bishop said that man to become a
successful worker for God must necessarily
start young and must continue in order to reap
the reward. Having thoroughly explained
the necessary work of the labOrers in the diff
ferent professions in life, he concluded his ser
mon by stating that men have won their high
achievements only by incessant toll.
Considering the age of the Bishop be has a |
strong. clear and stern voice and reads fiuently
with the aid of glasses. He has been at the |
head of the diocese for the past twenty years.
Mr.. Powelps New Home.-A letter from
EIlicott City says: "Mr. William S. Powell,
who recently bought the Elicott City Times,
has rented Mount Ida, the beautiful home |
north Of Ellcott City, on Patapsco Heights,
of Miss Ida Tyson. Mr.. Powell, with Mrs.
Powell and their son, will take possession
at an!early day. Mount Ida was built in the
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