The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1906-07-13
-General and Mrs Herman Stump lett

CaIcdonian canal, Scotland, returning
by way of Irelandand then expect to
tour through the Continent. They will
get back home about the first of October.
The building committee of the House
of Refuge is planning to erect alarge new
barn on the property at Loeb Raven, at
n probable cost of about $4,000. 1t is
intended to be large enough to accom-
modate Is or 20 head of cattle, and as
M my horses, as well as supplies from
$50 to 200 acres of land. The new
grounds at Loeb Raven contain 500
acres. 1t is proposed to remove the
present House of Refuge on the Frederick
road to the Loeb Raven location as soon
as the former property can be sold.
Postmaster General Cortelyou has
issued an order, to go into effect August
1, resembling the regulations under which
patrons of rural mail routes were COM
PEELED to purchase boxes from certain
listed manufacturers. Hereafter patrons
can make their own boxes, provided they
conform to the requirements of size, dura-
bility, safety and protection from the
weather The boxes must be approved |
by the postmaster of the Office from
which the route is served, and shall have
painted on it "Approved by the Post
master General"
The summer of / 9O6 will be noted for
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striking to persons unless they keep in
touch with the different local neighbour
hoods of the county. This office frequent
ly records washing rains and damages |
by lightning in certain parts of the coun-
ty, while at the same time, elsewhere
within our borders picnics and other out
door occurances are going on. The num-
Der of general rains in the county have
been very few, and since the drouth in |
May vegetation has been moistened al
most entirely by local showers.
We call special attention to the adj
vertisemcnt of the New York Clothing
| House in this week $ issue. Personal eX-
perience has convinced us that this firm
is thoroughly reliable and lives up to
every statement that it makes, This is a
Sufficient inducement to influence local
custom, but there is still greater one in
dealing with Mr.. Archer II. Jarrett, Il
former resident of this county. who is
in Hartford and requires no special recon-
mendation, although this paper stands
ready to give him one whenever neces-
slry.
Governor Warfield has named Mr.. ]. |
Martin McNabb, of Macton, one of the
commissioners to the Jamestown Expo
sition. This exposition commences on
April 26, 1907, and will close on Novem-
Der 80. 1t is an international affair given
in honor of the 300th anniversary Of the
first permanent English settlement in
America. The state of Maryland has APP
propriated a sum of money sufficient to
insure favorable representation of our
state and Congress recently gave nearly |
a million and a half dollars to aid the
affair. Among the suggested attractions
of the exposition is the possibility of a
meeting of the Emperor of Germany and |
King of England.
-The committee, consisting of Messrs. |
4. II. Strasbaugh, William II. Harlan
and John S. Holt, expert accountant,
which was appointed sometime ago to
devise a system of keeping the books of
the county commissioners office and the |
county treasurer's office in conformity |
with each other, and also toexaminc the |
books of the county commissioners and |
make report as to the financial condi- |
| ton of the county, has begun work. 1t |
is thought that the members can make a
report in about two months. They will
go number of years back as a starting
point and make statements of the
county's condition as it stood at the end
of each fiscal year.
One day last week, Mr.. Rush Rut-
ledge, who lives near Jarrettsville, found
terrapin marked with the year 1856
and the initials of Mr.. George X. Cairnes,
secretary of the Hartford Mutual Fire In
surance Company. The terrapin was
roaming about on the home farm of Mr..
Cairnes, where he had spent his boyhood
days When asked about this mute wit
ness of his years, Mr.. Cairnes said that
it was his boyhood play to mark terra
pins with his name and the year. He re-
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terrapin with the name Of Anthony Janet,
bearing the date of upwards of 100 years
before. This proves the oft repeated as
sertion of the longevity attributed to
this species of land jewellers.
Travellers on the Maryland and Penn
sylvania railroad have been very much
interested the past few days in watching
the work of removing 8 feet off of the hill
of the property recently acquired by the
Roland Park Company, near Merryman's
= lane and the railroad line. Hydraulic
, pressure is being used and the hill is
literally being washed away. The top
intended to be removed is 500 feet long
and 800 feet wide. The dirt is being
drawn down through suction pipes into
an old ice pond, which has been an eye
sore for a number of years. As soon as
this hill has been reduced, another one
about 20 feet in height will be next at
: tackled 1t is said that this novel means
l of grading has been suggested by a man
e from Florida, where it is quite common
in building railroads.
On Tuesday of last week, Mr.. James
w. Gorrell, of near Calvary, made mar
row escape with his life. He was driving
self binder reaper on the farm Of MIR.
ohm Elsner. A few drops of rain were
+ falling from an approaching storm and
i he started to unhitch his horses, three in
!. number, when a bolt of lightning struck
u a nearby hen house. This scared the
: horses so badly that they ran away,
. dashing through fence, where their pro-
- gress was impeded sufficiently to enable
: them to be caught. The lightning tore
the roof off of the hen house, killed two
l. chickens and broke lot of eggs. Mr.
L. Gorrell's escape was almost miraculous
z. az he had to contend with both the Gle
a merts and frightened animals. The rec
K. of the self binder was badly broken ant
d the other machinery severely strained