The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1907-08-24

THE annual dahlia show by the Vincent
Company at Convention will continue four days
this year, beginning September 18th. Just fix
your mind on 40 acres Of blooming dahlias and
you won't be likely to miss this great SHOW
the only one like ii in this country.
"a lawn fete under the auspices Of Com
pany Fl of the United Boys Brigade will be
held on the vacant lot opposite the Lee Build
ing, Towson, Tuesday and Wednesday even
ings next, August 9th and 18th, to which the
patronage OF our citizens is solicited.
1.-THE new residence of Mr.. Lewis K. Hen
nighausen, on South Baltimore avenue, Tow
son, is well under way, but will not be COM
pleted in time for occupancy this summer.
The new residence of Mrs. Grace Mattingly. on
the same avenue. is nearing completion.
->Mr. w. B. Duke, an active Baltimore
business man. who resides at Sherwood, N. Z.
r. r., is building fine hotel at Leonardtown,
the county seat Of st. Mary's county. Mr..
Duke is a native of that county. He is di-
rector of the Second National Bank of Towson.
Mr. Harry Malcolm, deputy State game
warden, who is now living at La Plata, Md,
says the reason the voice OF the partridge is not
heard now is because the birds are quiet after
| their broods are Matched and the only sounds
they make is the 'clucking" of the mother
bird.
MIR. r. P. Allen who some time ago pur-
chased the Mcdonnell property, on the
York road, just south of Towson, is improv.
| ing the front Dy removing SOLu6 Vi tuo Oiu
trees, etc. This place was for some years the
home of the late Richard j. Cuttings and
i family.
Mr.. Charles E. FendalI is receiving orders
in nearly every mail for plants Of his new va
riety of straw berry-The Fendall. The de-
mand for these is so great that he has been
scarcely able to supply il. The advertising Of
this new plant has shown the most extraordi-
nary results.
- While driving a spirited colt on Park
nm Wa6nosdau
Monzell Sipes, well known citizen Of Airing
| ton, was run down by an automobile going at
high rate of speed. He was thrown out and
received deep cut on the forehead. He was
unconscious for short time.
THE bungalow that Mr.. D. H. Rice Is
erecting on his Valley View Stock Farm, east
ofTowson, will be ready for occupancy in about
two weeks. His family are getting along very
comfortably In tents on the farm. Mr.. Rice
will shortly begin the erection of his new house
on the site of the one that was burned few
weeks ago.
tile plan that was inaugurated to bring
foreigners to Maryland to work on farms has
proven q failure. The men were brought here,
but they soon learned that they could get higher
wages on public works than farmers could
afford to pay them and they were not long in
quitting the farms. So the farm labor problem
remains unsolved.
-Old Home Week is going to be one of the
biggest things Baltimore city ever saw, except
the great fire. If you have any friends or &C.
quaintances anywhere in the United States
that you would like to have invited just send
their names and addresses to the committee in
the Equitable Building and they will be sent
invitations promptly.
The second tournament at Bauer's Park,
on the Hartford road, will take place next We'd
nesday, August 28th. A special prize of five
dollars in gold will be given to the best equip
ped knight. This ought to be an incentive to
the boys to get themselves up in gorgeous ar
ray. Oflate years most OF them pay very little
attention to their appearance.
Troop A, that had been on ten-day
practice march to Charles Town, w. Va, re-
turned to headquarters last Monday afternoon.
The last night of the outing was spent at the
home ofGovernor Warfield, in Howard county.
1t is said that during the entire march but one
of the horses in the command had to drop out
of line. Men and animals stood it WE'LL
There was large attendance at the Sum
day school reunion and picnic held at Cedar
Grove q. B. Church, 9Th district, last Saturday.
Hereford, Foreston and Mt. Carmel schools
were represented. Among those who made ad-
dresses were Messrs. Robert n. Bussey and
William H. Lawrence, nominees, respectively,
of the Democratic and Republican parties for
States Attorney.
THE ladies' tournament held on the farm
of Mr.. Walter Hutchins, on My Lady's Manor,
on Thursday, was marked success in every
particular and Mrs. ]. Myers Pearce, who
managed the affair, showed that she possesses
real ability in such matters. Mr.. Laban
Sparks and Mr.. John Mays Little we're the
orators. The affair was for the benefit of st.
James Guild House.
1.-THE entry lists of the Prospect Park Fair
Association are filling up rapidly and the out
look for big show is excellent. The racing
will be big feature Of the fair this year and
Mr.. w. Stewart Diffenderffer is looking after
the running end of the sport, which means that
nothing will be lacking. All the officers Of the
association will be uniformed this year, an in
novation that the public will no doubt appre-
ciate.
The congregation of the Protestant Epis-
copal Church of the Epiphany held its last SER
vice in the old church building, east OF the |
York road, last Sunday. The fine new stone
church, now nearly completed, is located on |
Arlington and Ready avenues. Rev. G. E. |
Harding who has been the rector for ten years,
has done much earnest and effective work and |
the congregation has grown steadily under bis |
ministrations.
1.-The development of the suburbs of Bal |
timore city is going forward at a pace that is |
simply marvellous. Almost daily land is being |
acquired by capitalists with view to selling |
lots for building purposes, or themselves erect
ing houses thereon and then dsposing of them. |
Where the people are coming from to bny or
occupy these houses is another question. 1t is |
plain that the taste for living in the country |
has become an epidemic with city people.
MIR. Charles M. Chilcoat, of Butler sent
US this week two samples of wheat in the straw,
both OF them very heavy. One is the Rocky
Fulcaster. He has % acres of the latter and
thinks it will show heavy yield per acre of
an extra fine quality of grain. 1t was grown
on field that produced 10 barrels of corn to
the acre two years ago. When he threshes
Mr.. Chilcoat has promised 10 let Us know
the result.
MIR G. Bosley Littig, who owns fine
farm in Hartford county, sent to THE UNION |
Office this week sample of clover from one OF
growth known as dodder This stuff-the seed |
of which comes in aduterated clover seed-en- |
twines itself around the clover plant and soon
kills it. Mr.. Littig thinks that farmers should |
take some strenuous measures to put stop to |
the sale of such seed. He has taken active |
measures to prevent the spread of the dodder on
his farm.
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