The Baltimore County union, the Towson news., 1909-09-11
FAIR GOOD, AS EVER.
Crowds Were Large and Exhibits Fine,
But Dust and Then Rain Somewhat
MARRIED Big County Reunion,

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Crowds Were Large and Exhibits Fine
But Dust and Then Rain Somewhat
Marred Big County Reunion.
If any visitor to the County Fair at Timo
MUM before Friday this week had entertained
doubts of the Biblical statement as to his basic
composition, his incredulity must have van.
ished by his return home in a willingness tC
admit that he was composed wholly of dust
1t filled the air along the York road SO that
sometimes one could not see the ears of ones
own mules, it drifted all over the Fair grounds
it got in the eyes, in the ears, in the hair, down
ones neck, in ones shoes, down the throat
everywhere. And then, the gentle rain came
Friday and settled both dust and Fair.
The wisdom of stopping the old practice OF
paying one firm to make an exhibit OF agricul-
tural machinery and giving everybody q
chance was again made manifest in splendid
exhibits by such old and well-known firms as
the s. L. Lamberd Company, the Griffith q
Turner Company, j. Manns q Company. and
]. Bolgiano & Son. The cattle pens were well
filled with splendid stock, only It was voted
that Howard Gould's Kerry cattle were no bet
ter than had been seen at the Fair many q
time before and looked just like them. The
horse show went q little beyond its usual
standard and the poultry exhibit was larger
than ever and the best ever. superintendent
Phipps, who has attended all the big poultry
shows in the country, said that many OF the
local birds were not at all inferior to the prize
winners at Madison Square Garden, N. Y.
1t was in the Household Department that
the Fair, as usual for several years past, fell
down." What exhibits there were possessed
in evidence but the trouble was that the articles
were so few. 1t is stated that this is because Of
the poor character of the Exhibition Build
ing, which does not afford proper protection
for valuable or delicate articles. The man
ayers have in recent years made great improve
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other buildings, and the ladies devoutly hope
that the next improvement will be House
hold Building adequate for the display of the
woman's work of so large and rich a section
as Baltimore county.
The crowd Of fakirs was probably larger than
ever, but they did not seem to be very liber
ally patronized. But little real gambling for
money was seen and placards were conspicu-
ously displayed forbidding this or sbuying
back. Chief of Fair Police Myerly on
Wednesday arrested one man for gambling
and Justice Wilkinson of Govans, who hap
and told him to git" The order was, in the
main, very good, and the police had but little
to do.
All the county candidates were on the
grounds looking after the voters and, strange
to say, number of Baltimore city aspirants
for Office put in one or more days at the Fair.
Jack" Hanson, the Republican candidate for
people there than he could at home.
Thistle Mills Incorporated-Mr Blake
ney at the Head.-Articles of incorporation
of the Thistle Mills Company were filed in the
County Clerks Office here on Thursday. The
incorporators are ex-Congressman A. A. Blake
ney, Redmond @. Stewart and Frank B. Smith.
The company has capital stock of $3.50, 1000,
and will take over the Thistle Mills property,
which was recently purchased by a syndicate
which Mr.. Blakeney represented. The former
company, which owned the property, was
placed in the hands of receiver and sale or
dered by the Circuit Court.
The mills are located on the Patapsco, at
Leicester, on the main line of the Baltimore
and Ohio Railroad, and are among the oldest
in Maryland. There is fine water power and
the mills were recently equipped with the most
improved machinery for the manufacture of
silk, cotton and woolen goods. There is also
a plant to operate the mills by steam power, If
necessary. There is large number of houses
on the property, which are occupied by the
employees of the mills.
Mr.. Blakeney will in the future have the
management of the mills, which, it is stated,
will be run to their full capacity. He has had
q long and successful career in the manage
ment of such industries, and under his direc-
ton it is practically felt assured that the mills
will resume their former prosperity.
0Od6Oa6OAO o0NACO AOOob
Sportsman writes as follows to the Baltimore
American "The cunning season has just
opened and already three persons have been
killed through the reckless use of firearms. In
each of the three instances the victims were
boys, none of them being past 20 years of age.
Experience teaches man the danger wrapped
up in powder and shot, and. realizing this, care
is taken in the handling of arms. A good
marksman is exceedingly careful when using
any style of arm, and seldom do we hear of an
accident befalling this class of men. In COM
parison there are young men who do not know
the danger when they shoulder shotgun and
go off to the woods. Quite often they shoot at
anything that strikes their fancy while we
have read of the excuse-didn't know it was
loaded. Great caution should be exercised
when young men go cunning. Every effort
should be made to lessen the number of gun
ming accidents. Above all things, avoid horse
play with firearms and empty the barrels of
the shotgun after leaving the field"
Pitchers Averages.-A baseball enthu-
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