The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1908-02-08

Col D. g. Mcintosh, who was very sick
with grip for some days, has recovered. Mrs.
Mcintosh has also been indisposed.
| Mr.. A. @. Klingelhofer, formerly Of Balti-
| more county, who was located at Jenner's, Pc,
for some time, is now at Morgantown, w. Va.
| Senator Biddison, of Baltimore county,
acted as president of the Maryland Senate
last Monday during the temporary absence of
Mr.. George H. Merryman, president of the
| Baltimore County Fire Insurance Company,
| who suffered from severe attack of grip at his
home near Bosley, has entirely recovered.
Mrs. Thomas Peerce. of Dulany's Valley,
has rented her Springfield Farm to Mr.. Joseph
| F. Smith, who has been occupying the Snow
Hill Farm, in Worthington Valley, for some
| time.
Mr.. W. Stewart Diffenderffer, a well known
| resident of Green Spring Valley, is being men,
| toned among those who will likely be honored
with an appointment on the staff OF Governor
| Crothers.
MIR. and Mrs James Rittenhouse, of Lake.
land. Baltimore county. have announced the
! engagement of their daughter, Miss Blanche
Rittenhouse, to Mr.. J. Martin Hancock, Of
| Philadelphia.
Mr. Harry Fahnestock, one of the proprie-
| tors of Halten Farms, north OF Cockeysvlile,
has been elected director of the Baltimore
| Savings Bank to succeed the late George NJ.
| Lamb. Mr.. Fahnestock is banker.
| Miss Joanna Matthews, of Phllopolls, 9Th
district was stricken with paralysis few days
| ago, being alone in her room at the time. She
| was later found BY her sister, Miss Annie Mat
thews. She was helpless but not unconscious.
| Rev. Louis o. Donovan, who has been an
| assistant at the Baltimore Cathedral for some
time. has been appointed secretary to Cardinal
| Gibbons. He is a son of the late Dr. Charles
| O'Donovan and has many friendsin Baltimore
/ county
Major John /. Yellott and family, who left
| for San Angelo Texas, about two weeks ago,
arrived safely at the end of their long journey
and greatly enjoyed the trip. They left here
| Just in time to escape the most dsagreeable
weather Of the winter.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lewis NJ. Troyer, of White
! Hall, N. G. r. B., have sent out invitations to
the marriage of their daughter, Miss Ada +.
Troyer. to Mr.. James Fl. Swift, of Jarrettsville.
The ceremony will take place on Wednesday
| evening, February 18th, at 73O O'Clock, in
Wesley Chapel NJ. E. Church. 10th district
Mr. and Mrs. Richard Todd Merritt, of
Grange who were recently married, were given
a reception last Saturday evening at the home
| of Miss Clara Ridgely Todd, of North Point.
| The 74th birthday of Miss Todd's father, Mr..
! Thomas B. Todd, president of the Baltimore
County School Board, was celebrated at the
| same time
Mr.. Charles H. Writ. of the 9Th district,
| is the man who has rented the Brook wood
| Farm of Col. D. M. Matthews, in Dulanys
| Valley. and will take charge about March LIST.
| The sale of the personal property on the farm
| will take place February 18th, after which COL
| for the balance of the winter
| Mr. John M. Diehl, a successful truck
| farmer of Grange, Patapsco Neck. has lately
| completed fine new house for his own occu-
pancy. It is heated throughout with hot water,
| and the sixteen radiators that it contains keep
! it comfortable in the coolest weather. Mr..
| Diehl says hot water is the most satisfactory
and cheapest artificial heat he knows Of
Among those who attended the Farmers
Institute in Towson on Thursday was Mr.. John
| G Cockey, son of Mr.. and Mrs. Edward A.
| Cockey of Worthington Valley. Mr.. COckey,
who is % years of age, graduated at the Mary
land Agricultural College in mechanical engi-
neering, and last week be was commissioned
second lieutenant of Troop A, Nj. N. g.. He en-
| joys the distinction of being the youngest COM
missioned officer in the Maryland National
| Guard.
for the marriage of Miss Agnes Montgomery
Donaldson and Mr.. Willard Church, both OF
New York city. The ceremony will take place
at st. Matthew's P. e. Church, West Eighty
fourth street. Monday, February oath, at $50
Pm A reception will follow at the residence
of the brides parents, 300 West Eighty fifth
street. The prospective groom, who has rela-
tives in Towson, is the only son of COL William
CoDant Church. editor and proprietor of the
Aymy and Navy Journal, and is connected in
business with his father.
Farmers Institute Meeting.-The annual
Farmers Institute, conducted by State Director
William Lee Amoss. was held in the Court
House on Thursday and Friday of this week.
with two sessions each day.
At the morning session on Thursday Mr.:
Edward Van Alstyne successful farmer or
New York, discussed, Failures and Success
With Alfalfa" At the afternoon session Mr.
Van Astyne spoke on Hay Crops and Meth
DDS of Seeding"
Mr.. John Jeannan, Jr., of West Sand Lake,
N Y. large grower of vegetables, discussed
Potato Growing, With Results of Growing
Seed Stock and its Selection" Mr.. Jeannan
sad thsEs j. nc nssa Of MaEylsne farmers
secured infhis State as anywhere in the coun
Try Rse gavs The
| tied the model of what he considers the best
| poultry house.
At the Friday sessions A. J. Lovejoy dis
cussed 1.-The Hog as Consumer ofthe By-pro-
| ducts of the Dairy DIR. Ward King, of Matt
land, Mo, the inventor of the split. log drag for
dirt roads, delivered an address on Good
Roads Right Now" Mr.. Frank Rankin, who
is in charge of the college extension work for
the University of Illinois, delivered an address
on developing the American Boy"
The attendance was not large either day but
many we'll known farmers were deeply inter-
ested listeners, among them the following:
E. Cuttings Merryman, Edward A. Cockey,
Thomas ]. Lea, Thomas B. Todd, John ID.
FriDger, Thomas Pearce, Daniel s. Pearce,
Harry A. Matthews, ]. A. Booth, George b.
Coale Frank Parks, Samuel e. Parks, W. Jeff
Shanklin, John G. Cockey, Harry V. Shipley,
Thomas V. Richardson, John CrOwther, Fred
erick Won Kapf, w. R. Riddle, John Miller,
Adam g. Kolk, Seymour Smith, Henry
Hinder Thomas Hinder o. Peter Grau, G. Q.
Burton, John Snyder. Joshua G. Bosley, W.
G. Strickland, John V. Wilson, Nicholas Reg
ester, George Emmel, VIM. Fell johnson and
Jacob j. Gerst.
Many business and professional men. county
officials. &C.. also attended and showed much
interest in the addresses.
Meeting of Racing Circuit Representa-.
tives.-A meeting of the Maryland and Vir-
ginia Fairs and Racing Circuit was held in Bal
timore on Thursday. The principal business
was the fixing of dates for the tracks in the cir
cult for race meetings. There were six associa-
tions represented, Which shows a decrease in
| the membership. The dates for racing and
| fairs as finally agreed upon were:
| Norfolk, July Is, %, 30 and 81 Tasley. Au-
gust f. 5, Sand z; Pocomoke City. August IL;
81; Rock Vile, August rs. 26. q and %; limo
MUM, September l, 2, 8, and g..
The most surprising thing of the meeting
was the resignation of Mr.. Henry A. Brehm as
president of the association and the withdrawal
| of the Prospect Park track, controlled by Mr..
| Brehm, from the circuit.
| The members of the association were at a
| loss over the action of Mr.. Brehm. Mr.. John
| T. Cougar, secretary of the Prospect Park Fair
Association, was present, but was unable to &C
|
| result of the resignation of Mr.. Brehm, Mr. d.
| H. Rice, of the Baltimore county association,
| was made president. Col. Robert Hough was
| again selected as secretary.
The Timonium fair was represented at the
meeting by Messrs. Duane d. Rice, John +.
Anderson and DR.. A. G. McCurdy.
Must Stand for Good Roads.-The indif-
| ference of good roads Is one of the inexplicable
| things, says the Baltimore News. Good roads
are sure solution of the problem of country
| life and farm values in Maryland. We can
stand almost any amount of increase Of taxa
ton to get q system of roads, provided only
that 1t is honestly and efficiently planned and
executed and that the right kind of mainte-
| nance is assured A few city people are inter-
ested in this matter-the automobilists. those
who approach such subjects with public spirit
ed motives. and some others. But the farm
ers Every landhoder in the counties could
we'll afford to make trip to Annapolis to help
good roads legislation. Maryland ie the exact
spot on the map to get the most profit out of
this particular form of enterprise. And when
we drop peanut politics and start on real things
| a fine vista of industrial progress will open up