The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1948-04-29
Horse And Buggy Days
BY IDA 10 MARTIN

the Wings as a delegate to the Gen
eral Assembly of Maryland. In
1888 l find in the records of the
County Commissioners the proposal
of John Weaver and William Grubb
to build a stone bridge across the
Antietam at Sharon's Mill, which
was known as Roses Mill. There is
a marble tablet set in the angle of
the bridge, bearing an inscription
with Robert Fowler's name on it,
dated June "a, 1889. Afterwards, my
grandfather removed to Baltimore
County, where he was treasurer of
the state of Maryland from 1862 to
1870. He died in Baltimore on March
3, 1874.
in the early days, my grandmoth-
er and aunt Celeste often visited the
Mealeys in Hagerstown and spent
many summers on the Hewitt farm
near CavetoWn, and | remember GO
ing, at an early age, via stage coach
from Hagerstown to BoonSboro, with
my grandmother, to visit two eld-
erly ladies, the Misses Meredith,
who if remember, lived in a fine
house on the main street in BoonS-
boro. My grandparents and the
Keedys may have been connected
with the United Brethren when in
or near Boonsboro, but after remov-
ing to Hagerstown they attended st.
Pauls Episcopal Church, where
Robert Fowler was a member of the
westerly in 1853"
l will appreciate it if any of you
will send me information on this
family, and you will also have the
thanks of Mr.. Robert Fowler Miller.
And now, as l promised you last
week-the story of the Iowa Girl in
Soldiers Costume Such a discov-
cry would not be so surprising to-
day, but this happened during the
Civil War, and was published in
numerous papers over the country,
| including our own Herald of Free
dom and Torch Light, of September
4, 1861. The events described first
took place in ST. Louis. Here is
the story:
Early Wednesday morning some
of the police. officers at the Central
Station discovered a young soldier
passing on the opposite side of the
street. The young soldiers step was
very elastic, complexion fair, and
hands small and rather delicate
These little circumstances excited
the suspicious of the policemen; and
following the young soldier a square
or two, they deemed it proper to
take him into custody. He gave his
name as Charles H. Williams, and
seemed somewhat surprised, and not
little indignant at being thus in
terfered with. He exclaimed that
he was merely on his way to the Re-
publican office to obtain a copy OF
that highly interesting newspaper
So they took the young soldier to
! the police station and there, blush
ingly and confusedly, he, she, or it.
admitted that the suspicious of the
policemen were we'll founded. In
short, the young soldier was a young
lady. In company with Captain
Turner, we visited the romantic
young creature during the forenoon
She related the story of her adven-
lures, frankly and modestly. She
was born in the town of Davenport
Iowa, where he mother presently
resides. For several years she had
resided in Lyons, Iowa, and from
there she enlisted, not quite three
months ago, in the second Iowa regi-
ment, Col. Curtis. Her company was
Company One, Captain Cox. 1t was
in this company she had a friend
who was a Lieutenant. She loved
the Lieutenant, and so she clipped
her raven locks short off, obtained
suit of boys clothing, packed erin