The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1905-11-18

secretary of the Navy Bonaparte q
resident OF Baltimore County-His Active
Daily Life.-Secretary of the Navy Charles J..
6onaparte is still leading the simple life" as
iar as he can do so without conflicting with
MS official duties. Until December LIST he will
/ Keep open his country home on the Hartford
ioao, 10 miles from Baltimore, and he1s spend
ing all the time possible there, says the Balti-
more NeDs of the 18th instant.
| What most men would consider hardship
Mr. B0naparte regards as a recreation-the
| privilege of driving the 30 miles daily from
DIS place in Snow Bird Valley TO his office in
tne morning and back again in the afternoon.
ne does even more than this, for he invaria-
ply goes from his Baltimore office to WASH
lDgton, where be takes up the arduors duties
IL connection with conducting the important
the head.
When he is at Bella Vista (well named
Beautiful View'') Mr.. Bonaparte retires at
O'Clock at night and rises at in the morning.
he goes into the details of managing his large
estate, writes out instructions to be followed
by his overseer during his absence, breakfasts
and then starts for the i5-mile drive, reaching
bis office in this city between and 10 o'clock.
his equipage is invariably dayton, drawn by
spanking pair of trotterS. He spreads him.
self the middle of the back seat, and his col
ored coachman handles the ribbons.
Yesterday, for instance, the Secretary got
into Baltimore in time to make the 10 o'clock
tram from Camden Station for Washington,
but did not stop at his office here. He reach
ca the Capitol at 10. As and was met by his car
rage (of the same type as that provided by the
Government for the other Cabinet oficers) and
was driven to the White House for the Cabinet
meeting. which began at IL o'clock and lasted
until 80 r. NJ. The rest of the afternoon he
devoted to matters at the Navy Department,
and spent the night in Washington, where he
has an apartment at the Portland.
Il try and get TO my country home as often
as possible" he said generally two or three
times week. The drive to and from Balti-
more is a recreation that enjoy and will miss
1t very much"
From December LIST on Mr.. Bonaparte will
keep his town house, corner of Park avenue
and Centre street. open for the remainder of
the winter, and Mrs. Bonaparte and himself
villdivide their time between there and their
apfftlhent in Washington.
Mr.. Bonaparte is not only a temperate man
inAhie method of living, but is to very great
extent Irregular &nd even methodical. He tries
usually to spend little time at his law office
when he is in Baltimore, but cannot well do
this when be takes the 10 o'clock train to
Washington on cabinet days" Other days,
however. he takes the II or the ~ clock train
by the Yevery hour on the hour" system. He
invariably, when he is returning to Baltimore,
takes the P. N. train from Washington, and,
as rule, occupies parlor-car seat in the same
car and the same position of the car. He is
unique in one other respect for public man
with lots of "pull." He does not ride on
pass.
The Secretary takes his lunch at his desk at
the Navy Department, and consumes little
time in disposing of it, often talking urgent
business with some one while he partakes of
the modest meal, which is served by his col
ored messenger, who, incidentally, is native
of Kent county and has long been in the Gov
eminent service.
Discussing Hog-Raising.-At the last
meeting of the Fallston Farmers Club the SUBJ
ject discussed was: "Can we with profit, raise
hogs on the farm"
Mr.. Hutchinson Hays, at whose farm the
meeting was held, was of the opinion that ii
was profitable to raise hogs. He thought that
if a man was selling milk it was better for him
to buy young shoats and turn them out in the
orchard in May and only feed one ear of corn
apiece at each feed. It makes good hogs of
them and they keep the apples, that would go
to waste, cleared up and fertilize the orchard.
Mr.. Benjamin Amoss said: II believe that
hogs pay if we do not have to buy feed for
them. like to have them run. l have a
grove in front of my house where the hogs
run and they fatten to certain extent upon
the acorns.'
Mr. VIM. Curry said: II have not much
faith in hogs. / do not think them profitable
unless one has lot of milk and an orchard
for them to run in"
Mr.. Charles E. Burton said: "Ifyou divide
the orchard into sections and then let the hogs
run, they may be made profitable. If you
have to buy feed and keep them up there isn't
anything in them"
run in the orchard and also in letting them
run in the barnyard with the COWS in winter.
He keeps four brood sows and finds them
profitable.
Mr.. William Harlan thinks that they can be
made profitable with reasonable care. He be-
-, khnno in hn hord Had
had better results with old than young stock
Mr.. Carville Amoss said: There is profit
in hogs. A man should be judge ofjust how
many to keep. 1 believe in raising them as
there is but little profit in buying shoats at
present prices"
Autumn Social.-The Ladies' Aid Society
of Chestnut Grove Church held an autumn
social in the hall at Sweet Air on Friday night.
November 10th, under the management OF
Nus. VIM. L. Schmalhorst, the PASTORS wife.
ShE was untiring in her efforts to make tia
success and fully succeeded. Her good taste
was exemplified in the painting of handsome
curtain for the stage representing Venetian
water scene. She is woman of rare ability
and good judgment as the audience realized
its capacity and many returned to their homes
having been unable toget even standing room.
handsome sum was realized.
Candies were served to the audience during
the performance in hand.painted boxes. The
hall was decorated in autumn colors sngges-
tive of the season and the entertainment.
Some of the young ladies and gentlemen OF
the congregation, as well as others not con-
nected with the church, kindly assisted Mrs.
Schmalhorst in the laborious undertaking
and feel fully repaid for all services rendered
by helping to make the affair what it proved
to be.
Among those who participated in the plays
were: Misses Beulah Baker Maude Bunting,
Eva Nau, Eleanor Green, Helen Wilson, Ethel
Goodwin Katharine Patterson, H. Wilson,
Malrey Carroll, Silver Wilson, Alice Price,
Frances Kane and Messrs. H. Marshall, E.
O'Donovan, G. Green, John Green, j. Patter-
son, T. Baker and others.
Beginning to Occupy the New Location.
The work of moving the House of Refuge
from its old home, near the Frederick road, to
its new location east of Loeb Raven, between
the Mary land and Pennsylvania Railroad and
the Hartford road, has begun, 10 or 15 lads and
a part of the stock and equipment of the insti-
tuition having been sent there this week. Sec
rotary Maurice Laupheimer has received tenta..
tive plans from Architects Nagle, Cooper and
Davis for group cottages on the new site. one
plan includes a campus several hundred feet
wide. lined with cottages on either side to the
number of about 20, with chapel and gym
nasium at one end and the industrial hall,
school, assembly hall, kitchen and power house
at the other END. IL IS proposed 10 run an un-
derground passage connecting the various
buildings, for use in bad weather. Another
plan by the same architects groups the build
ings about wider and oval.shaped campus.
Fairgrounds are in the rear OF each cottage.
Lutherans Want Funeral Reforms.-T
Eastern Conference of the Maryland Synod of
the Lutheran Church, in session in Washing
ton last Monday, adopted the following funer-
al reform hints, submitted by Rev. L. M. Zim-
norman, of Baltimore:
Time-1. Evening previous to day of burial,
If agreeable. 2. Week days as over against
Sundays. 8. Sundays only when a necessity
Manner. Simplicity of service. 2. Sim
plicity of burial. 8. Avoid, therefore, ostenta-
ton and extravaganza.
Place.. Home preferable. 2. Church the
exception. 8. Let the hour be one Of privacy
among the immediate members of the family.
Mourners-1. Consult the minister before
fixing time of burial. 2. Take last leave of de-
ceased before hour of service for burial. 3. Let
the minister be near the family during the SER
vice and not be compelled to speak merely to
| strangers. 4. With subdued grief, suffer as a
christian in resignation to Gods will.
Balance Of Williamson Property Sold.--
| That portion of the Williamson tract, which
is on the northeast side of Park Heights avenue,
adjoining the Maryland Country. Club, has