The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1907-06-14

selves to the nest boxes at the PennSyl
Vania railroad crossing. Our genial gate.
keeper, Mr.. Fowler, reported that eighteen
birds were removed from the box at one
time, their death apparently being due
to starvation caused by the scarcity OF
insects in the air.
Our farmers have not vet completed
the planting of corn Owing to the
backward season, tomato plants have
! been in great demand in this section. Mr.
David Hutchinson has been especially
successful, however, in raising early
plants.
Children's day was observed In Grove
| Presby terian Church on Sunday morn
ing, June 8, before an unusually large
congregation. The children deported
| themselves in a manner of which their in
structors were justly proud and this cele-
bration was pronounced one of the most
successful ones In the history of the Sun
day school.
The Sunday school of Aberdeen NJ E.
Church celebrated Children's day on the
evening of the ninth instant with care
fully prepared program of Rotations
and appropriate exercises. A helpful ad-
dress was made by the pastor Rev.
Frances X. Bayley.
MIR. and Mrs. H. p. Strasbaugh made
a trip to Baltimore in their automobile
on Monday, having as their guests Mr..
and Mrs. William H. Bayless.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. Willard Tarring, of
Baltimore, visited his parents In Aber-
deem on Sunday
DIR. A. Shartzer and his daughter, Mrs.
Hartman, of Baltimore, are visiting rela-
tiveS near Aberdeen.
Mrs. Richard Dorsey, of Baltimore,
spent part of last week with her sister,
Mrs. Tcvis Baker.
Miss Lillian Hanway returned home
on Saturday after visit to relatives In
Philadelphia.
MIR. James B. Baker visited the James
town exposition during the past week.
Mr.. Harold Baker and Mr.. Perry B
Rowe. are at their respective homes in this
town since the close of Dickinson College
from which Mr. Rowe is graduate.
MIR. Henry Rigdon's PAGER, Amanda
Hart" won first honors In the 2 20 class
race at Oxford fair last Friday, making
herself a record of 17h During the |
same week, at Prospect Park, she won
fourth place in a race. She was driven |
from Baltimore to Aberdeen on Thursday |
and that evening was sent by rail to Ok |
ford, standing all night and until 10 |
O'Clock the following morning In the car,
and then paced three heats before enter
ing the race, thus showing a wonderful
degree of endurance.
Theodore Gibson, a colored resident of
Aberdeen. was struck by freight train
on the Baltimore and Ohio rail road at an
early hour on Sunday morning. Having
had recourse to virus stimulus during the
preceding night, it is reported that he
had fallen on the track. When found,
two wounds had been made in his head
and an arm was so badly injured that he
was taken to the Baltimore City Hospi-
tai, where he is now improving.
The Chesapeake and Atlantic base ball
team, of Baltimore. will play the
Aberdeen boys on Saturday on the home
grounds.
The delegates from Aberdeen who at
tended the Fire Convention at Annapolis
were Messrs. William H. Jacobs, E. w.
Bennett, George w. Brock and George E.
Pritchard.
1t is rumored that new mail route
will be started on July 1 from Belcamp
to Churchville, Fountain Green, Bush
and return to Belcamp. VIRGINIA.