The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1908-03-21

| Squire John L. Ambrose, magistrate ana
pacificator is justly entitled to special mention
for being far ahead of all others in his vegets.
| bic garden, having planted almost every varf
ETY. of seed procurabe and necessary. r'
Mrs. II. W. Dilworth has just returned from
New York, where she spent fortnight with
friends
Miss Elizabeth T. Ady is in Towson, the
guest of Mrs. Frank B Boarman.
| Ii all the rumored engagements (matrimoni-
| aD of this vicinity are unbroken the Towson
license clerk, after Easter had better lay in a
bounteous supply of the necessary parchments.
This week your correspondent made brief
visit to Verdant Valley Farm, the ancestral
home of Mr.. Beale r Howard, as a guest of
Manager Robert H. Ruhl, former Baltimore
county man, and was pleased to find every
thing up to date and in its place, forciby inn
pressing the fact of the old adage. HOWARD.
| Monkton, N. @. R. R.-The Ladies' Guild
of St. James Parish convened at the residence
| of Mrs. VIM. D. Curry, on Thursday afternoon,
March 18th. 1t was the last meeting of the
Guild year and an election for officers was held.
| Mrs. Jacob M. Pearce and Mrs. Edwin l..
Pearce were unanimously reelected first vice
president and treasurer, while Miss Ella Par
ker was chosen to succeed Mrs. e. M. Hutch
ins, the former secretary. The next meeting
of the Guild will be at the residence of Mrs. s.
Elmer Miller, March Goth, at 2P.M.
On Saturday morning last Mr.. j. Winfield
Shepperd was compelled to have valued
family horse shot. The animal was over 20
years old and had fallen and dislocated its hip
some time ago and was unable to get up, so to
end its misery it was killed.
Mr. and Mrs. Alex Guthrie and daughters,
with Mr.. Guthrie's niece, Miss Maybeth Guth-
rie. spent several days in York county, near
Stawartstown, visiting relatives.
Mr.. and Mrs. George E. Shelley, who were
staying in Baltimore, have returned to their
home on the Manor.
Mr.. Hutchins Cockey is busily engaged in
cleaning piece of land grown up with under
brush and which he recently purchased from
Mrs. Herbert Hutchins. When completed it
will be quite an improvement to his tract of
land as well as sign of progress in the COM
munity. Nothing gives stranger more
favorable impression of DeighborhO GOD than
clean, well faTmed land. No part of Baltimore
county is more beautifully located or more
naturally fertile than the Manor and yet many
of our farms have been allowed to deieriorate
for want of labor to keep them up Perhaps the
lack of activity in the commercial world will
benefit the farmer by supplying him with
labor.
The Ladies' Guild will give a birthday So
cial on Easter Monday evening. Beautiful lit
tie bags, with some appropriate verses. will be
sent out to the many friends of the Guild,
asking "for pennies. just as many as you have
birthdays" and in return the ladies will serve
sandwiches, coffee and cake free at the Guild
Hall TO the inner man, while the intellectual
part of mans nature will be given gastronom
ical feast of music and Rotations, SO that it lis
y ana n more Should be pat m
the ladies would smilingy take them and nos
think the donors any older. The funds are to
go toward the debt on the Guild Hall.
Miss Mabel Miller, who has been visiting
friends at Fallston, Hartford county. and also
in Baltimore, has returned to her home at
Monkton
Miss Ethel Tolley who has been visiting her
rnarripd sister in New York the mast month
is expected in the near future at her home on
the Manor.
The Manor Card Club is quietly resting on
it's laurels of victory won from the Hartford
Club, during these quiet Lenten days, having
won four of the six match games played. b.
Pleasant Hill, 9th District.-Mr. d. W.
Wilhelm and daughter of Baltimore are visit
ing relatives and friends in this community.
His brother, Mr.. G. w. Wilhelm, wife and
daughter, of South Dakota, who came here
last November, will return to their home dur
ing this month and Mr.. Wilhelm and daugh-
ter will accompany them.
Last Sunday morning Rev N. A. Karicofe
performed the baptismal rites upon eight young
converts admitted recently into the church at
Pine Grove, after which he held communion
services. There were % Sunday school scholars
who Joined the church as the result of the re.
vival services held recently at that place. Mrs.
Karicofe, wife of the pastor, has organized
Young converts training class which meets
every Tuesday night. This class is well attended
and most excellent results are being accom-
| plished by the indefatgable efforts OF this
| worthy and pious woman.
| A series of holiness meetings was begun last
Sunday night to continue for one week at Gum
| powder Baptist Church. DR.. Henderson, a
brother of the Rev. G. E Henderson, who is
minister in charge, preached on Sunday night
| and will remain during the week. The Doctor
has been missionary in foreign fields, having
spent IA years in China. He has also been
| worker in Cuba Next week Rev. Mr.. Carter.
ofGovanstown, will assist Rev. Mr.. Henderson
| DR.. Wills, Baptist minister who last fall
| gave up charge in the city of Baltimore and
| took q trip to Europe for his health, has loca
ted in our midst on the farm known as the
| Christopher Bull property. He is materially
| changing the appearance of the buildings and
| also intends to renovate things in general so
that ere long many of our farmers may be prof
tied by the scientific application of his agricul-
| tural knowledge.
| As spring approaches the usual moving
| around by some of our folks will take place.
| Mr.. Abraham f. Spicer will remove from the
village to his fathers residence, one mile west
of town; Mr.. Fred. Gore, who resides at Mr.
| H. NJ Cores paper mill. will take the house
vacated by Mr.. Spicer; Mr.. Charles Hilker, of
| Sbamburg, goes to Mr. H. NJ. Cores house to
engage in the manufacture of paper.
The Owings brothers will take charge ofthe
EklO store ana cODOuCt the meTCdntlc Ousl-
ness. Mr.. N. N. Norris, who had been engaged
| there for eight years in weighing groceries and
| measuring calcoes, will thrive by following
the pillow on the beautiful farm he purchased
recently, near Gorsuch mills. Mr.: Daniel
| Heise has moved into what was formerly
known as the Briggs house, in the village.
Next Saturday night the Ladies' Aid Society
| of Gunpowder Baptist Church will give an
oyster supper and festival in the village. b.
| Some Belair Notes.-Captain Baird, U. s..
| A., and Col Gather, assisted by Major Reck-
ord, inspected Co. n, First IDfintry, NJ. N. g.,
on Thursday night. The men were in full
dress uniform and made a fine appearance, for
which they were complimented by the inspect
ing officers. There were 81 men and officers
present and they were drilled in both close and
extended order. The company will go into
| camp, together with the First Regiment, at Fort
| Howard, NAV 18th, 1908.
Mr. John Lippincott. proprietor of the Eu-
reka Poultry Yards, Belair, has shipped 81 Of
bis fine @. White Leghorn pullets to Mr.. j..
! A. Shoemaker Bellefonte, Pa. MIR Shoemaker
is of the firm of the Eyre. Shoemaker Co +,
contractors, who are building the and o.
bridge over the Susquehanna at Havre de-
| Grace.
The Belair Lyceum held its debate in the
| Town Hail, Friday evening. The subject was |:
Resolved That the word obey be retained
| in the marriage ceremony" Negative-Dr.
| Charles Bagley, Mr.. Robert Archer and DR..
| Van Bibber; atfirmative-Mr Walter Preston,
Mr. John Hanna and DR.. ]. F. H. Gorsuch.
| The debate was won by the negative The
| entertainment closed with a piano duet by
| Misses Mildred Brown and Helen Reckord ;
solo by Miss Brown; recitation, casey at the
Bat" Dr. BagIey. The attendance was the
| largest this season. l..
! Dwelling Burned--Heavy Loss The
dwelling of Mr. Orrick W. Gent. well known
farmer near Shawan. 9Th district, was entirely
! destroyed by fire about noon on Monday. The
| fire started in the roof and it is thought de-
fective flue was the cause. Theneighbors bur-
| ried to the scene when the alarm was given,
but on account of the high wind they were I'M.
| able to do much towards saving the contents OF
the house, most of which was destroyed also.
! The estimated loss is about IS 600 and, unfor-
! tunately, there was no insurance. Mr. Gent
was in Towson attending court as n member OF
| the petit iury when apprised of the fire.