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Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1955-09-29
Also Tansey Tea, Cat-nips
Barley Pananda, Corn Pudding
Came from Walnut Hill Oven

alone. The leaves were stewed
with sugar and made into a deli
cate conserve for the sickly.
Brandy was distilled from the
rose petals. Some were dried
and put into little scent bags, as
was the lavender growing in the
garden. And bottles of lavender
compound were a must in proper
households.
Long-forgotten dishes such as
picked walnut conserve, mush-
room catSup, corn hammock, ter
rapin cooked in wine, fill the
pages of the old cook book.
1t is easy to imagine the de-
lectable aroma that must have
filled the Walnut Hill kitchen
when we read of the succulent
dishes that were once prepared
there. The SAVIOR of such dishes
as blackberry flummerie, post of
flee bread, little Maryland corn
cakes, and beaten biscuits fingers
in the neighborhood still.
Many of us in Sandy Spring
are still enjoying old-time corn
pudding. One should have an old
fashioned corn scorer to make this
properly. Run the corn scorer
over the kernels of a dozen fresh
ly gathered ears of corn, scrap
ing the milky substance into a
baking dish. Add big lump of
butter, a cup of cream and tad
of sugar. Cook until golden
brown and firm enough to serve.
Something to go with this?
Fried tomatoes, of course. Gather
one firm, slightly under-ripe
tomato, slice and drench in flour
Sprinkle with pepper, salt and
sugar. Drop the slices in hot
bacon fat, just enough to keep
the tomatoes from sticking to the
skillet. Serve these with rich
cream gravy made from the drip
pings in the pan.
1t is time now to close the old
Dutch oven door at Walnut Hill
and be about our business.
Copyright 1855 by Esther b. Stabler)
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1955-09-29
Rebel Generals
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And now occurred another of
the Unions fatal mistakes-call
it foolhardiness or bravado or
whatever you will-but they
chose to land at the worst de-
barkation point imaginable-a
spot where the high cliffs were
unscalable and a place of dense
copse wood thickets.
The rebels patiently waited
until all of the invaders had
landed-then opened fire. Sure.
ly pandemOnium reigned that
fateful day at Balls Bluff! Re-
treat was difficult because on
ly three boats were available;
the fact that the Potomac was
swollen by torrential rains six
feet above normal talmOst
flood stage) made swimming
hazardous and fOoIhardy.
Some, in desperation, tried 1t;
a very few made it.
One retreating boat, heavily
laden with frantic soldiers, sank
in the swirling, muddy waters
and all on board were lost. Re-
treat down the river in the hope
of joining up with the hurrying
achievements coming up, was
thWarted by the Confederates
who apparently had knowledge
of the maneuver. The slaughter
that bright Spring day was un-
believable. The Union forces,
half of which were unframed,
were completely demoralized;
few knew how to operate the
cannons when the veteran can.
noneers were killed-as a con.
sequence Union officers manned
the guns, and few of them lived
to tell the tale. Nineteen hundred
Union troops had crossed the
river; only eight hundred return
ed. Casualties, 223 dead, $50
wounded, 500 taken prisoner.
The South lost 300 men, 153 Of
which were killed.
Today, a stones throw from
the river is probably the small.
est Civil War cemetery in the
country-a mere handful of
graves. All are unmarked. Here
lie gallant men from both sides.
This little, well..kept cemetery is
beautifully fenced with native
stone; in the center is a modest
monument to forever mark the
spot where brother fought broth.
or because Of q conviction dear
to each.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1955-09-29
Pierce Mill, Once Busy Business,
Now Stands as Historical MOmentO

Pierce Mill, at the edge of
Rock Creek Park on Broad
Branch Road, was restored by
PWA as an educational and
historic project" but at one time
was a profitable business.
Isaac Pierce bought the tract
from William Deakins in 1894.
On the land was one of eight
small frame mills operating
along Rock Creek.
Pierce was a millwright and in
the 1905 he erected a three
story blue granite mill, using
stone from the Broad Branch
Road quarry. The original mill
wheel was the understood" type.
This was replaced in 1910 by an
"overshoot" wheel, which in turn
was removed in favor of a tur-
bine. When PWA restored the
mill, the old understood wheel
was returned. s"~'
There were three buhrs at the
old mill: one for corn meal, one
for wheat and rye and one for
rough grain like buckwheat.
Pierce did not operate the mill
himself, but hired millers and
slavers to carry on the operation.
In an historical sketch in the
SENTINEL by Elsie White
Haines the boom" milling years
of 1860 and 1870 were described.
Large quantities of corn, wheat
and rye were hauled by teams
from the surrounding towns and
villages. Saturdays presented a
scene of great activity - so
many horses and teams around
the mill that it was difficult to
pass even on week days there
we're 10 or IL teams and num-
Der of boys on horseback coming
to the mill with grist. The poor
little boys would ride down the
winding road with the sack Of
grain in front Of him almost
pulling him over the horses head
- and then going back up hill
the grist would pull back against
him and almost push him off
backward"
The old mill was used as a tea
house for many years after
modern grinding methods made
it obsolete. Then Harold Ickes'
PWA took over.
The restored mill sold sample
quantities Of corn meal, whole
wheat flour and breakfast cereal
until 1913.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1955-09-29
BY Esther b. Stabler

We find many quaint and color
full terms used in Betsy Ellicott
Lea's cook book, unfamiliar to
us now. The book, published in
1851 by the Sandy Spring farm
wife, refers to such things as
wood firkins, unbolted flour, pow
dered precysitate, and carrageen.
This last was wood moss,
bleached, dried and imported from
Ireland. "When boiled this makes
a jellituious substance useful for
blancmange buildings" said Mis-
tress Lea.
The old Dutch oven in the Wat
nut Hill kitchen was Mistress
LEAFS pride and joy. She leaves
us explicit directions on how to
build and keep a fire at the cor
rect temperature for baking in
Dutch ovens.
Such ovens, she explains, are
Every necessary in large families
where baking must be done twice
a week. A brick oven properly
manipulated" she claims, will
hold six pies, six loaves of bread,
rolls or biscuits, all at once"
One of her favorite recipes was
called elk Ridge huckleberry
pudding" Another was "trifle
with a base of Naples biscuits"
Others were arrow root pud-
ding" and little Indian cakes"
Out of this old Dutch oven
came "mince pies rich" "mince
pies not so rich" and "mince
pies for the hands," There are
instructions for making "tincture
of Vanilla" for picking butter for
the winter, and even a recipe for
preserving milk for the sailors at
sea.
Another popular dish was a
desert made of shaved isinglass,
called isinglass pudding, boiled
and favored with sugar and wine.
In the book there are invalid
dishes such as barley pananda
salaeratus cake, syspepsey bis
cults, not to mention mulled
wines, cat-nips, sage and tansey
teas, all used in our great-grand,
mothers day. Some people in
isolated areas still drink tansey
tea.
The old-fashioned damask rose
was never raised for beauty
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1955-09-29

its Tooth anniversary meeting in
1914, Mr.. Muncaster said, This
story cannot close without a trib-
ute to those genial ladies who
have been the hostesses of the
club for 100 years; whose man.
lgement of that important SEN
tence, after taking tea has been
model Of patience in entertain.
ing a crowd of men who seem
always to have been hard to get
away from the bountiful meals
set before them.
HOstesses Vital
BE- Some folks say that if there
were no hostess, there would
soon be no club. Probably they
are right. :"
At present, 80 percent Of the
clubs members are actively en-.
Gagged in agriculture. The rest,
ike Richard Lansdale, are retired
farmers.
Even though the area in which
it was founded is rapidly being
engulfed by Suburbia, the Sandy
Spring Farmers Club will never
lie out, Mr.. Lansdale says. The
club will simply move its area
Of operations farther and farther
away from the encroaching city,
as its new members come in from
outlying districts.
Its members firmly believe that
the Nations Oldest farmers club
will still be around to rate a
write.up when the SENTINEL
publishes its 200th anniversary
edition.
protection and self confidence
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1955-09-29
Potomac Man One
OF First on Stamp

Frederick Doering, a Potomac
resident and retired District Of
Columbia letter carrier, claims
the distinction to being the Sec
ond living person to be pictured
on United States postage stamp.
In 1925, Mr.. Doering posed
loading sacks Of mail into a de-
livery truck. His picture was u.s.
ed to illustrate a 20 cent special
delivery stamp issued on April
Is Of that year. He has the first
copy Of that issue.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1955-09-29
Early County Tax
Collection Informal

Back in the days when taxes
were a minor expense in citl-
zen's budget, tax collection was
on a more informal basis than it
is today.
In the late years of the 18th
century, County taxes were usual.
ly collected by the sons Of the
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1955-09-29
G. Washington Was
County Hen Thief!

George Washington was once
arrested for chicken stealing in
Montgomery County.
No. Not THE George Wash.
ington!
Mr.. Washington, Augustus
Awkward, and Archie Bellows
were charged in April of 1919
with stealing $40 worth Of chick
ems from c. Willard Barnsley
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1955-09-29
Reverses Bible;
Changes Church
Into Stables

Bible stories of stables being
converted into churches were
reversed by Montgomery Coun-
tan Francis c. Chopper in 1872.
He converted Seneca Chapel into
a stable and carriage house.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1955-09-29

William Benson, who owned
the land, had intended to leave
it. to the Protestant Episcopal
parish but died without a will.
The usual legal difficulties en-
sued. Finding the chapel I'm.
used, Chopper moved in his
horses and wagons.
1t wasn't until 1927 that the
matter was finally settled with
Chopper agreeing "to furnish
the timber and scantling for a
new frame church"
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1955-09-29
Founded in 1916, Exclusive
Club Is Still Going Strong

The oldest continuous agricultural organization in the
Nation, the Sandy Spring Farmers Club is III years old
and still going strong.
Originally limited to II members, the club now has 16
Membership is counted by families that father and
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1955-09-29

In 1864, New York was seized
from the Dutch by King Charles
II and made an English colony.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1955-09-29

Mahlon Kirke died in 1860.
Henry Stabler resigned and was
reinstated after being out II
years the first time and 10 years
the second time. He died mem.
Der in 1889, and his son, DR.. Au.
gustus Stabler took his place.
Edward Lea was still a mem
Der when he died, though his
resignation had been written and
was found among his papers.
Richard Bentley died in 1889, still
The Sidney herald., 1955-03-03
GREEN MANURE CROPs

Green manure crops have not
been used too extensively in Mon
tana but under certain conditions
they deserve serious considera-
ton by the farm operator especi-
ally on irrigation.
They are valuable in supplying
the soil with organic matter and
help to increase the yields of
succeeding crops.
Under Montana conditions there
are several green manure crops
which can be used successfully.
One of the most commonly used
is alfalfa which is a good soil
builder and fits well with most
rotations on irrigated land. The
Huntley Brach station has obtain
ed best results by blowing the al
falfa to a depth of 3 inches after
the second hay cutting of the
third season. Then later, the al
falfa is plowed to a depth of 7 or
8 inches. This is better, the sta
ton finds, than late fall blowing
because it allows more time for
decomposition of the roots and
crowns of the plant.
Another good green manure
crop is sweet clover and it can
be used on either irrigated or
dryland.
There are several ways of grow
inc these green manure crops SO
that they will not greatly inter-
fere with rotations. One way on
an irrigated farm is to grow sweet
clover with small grains. After the
grain is harvested, irrigate the
sweet clover and allow it to grow
for a period before blowing il
down. Also, sweet clover is some
times grown for green manure
during part of the fallow season
in an alternate grain-fallow sys-
tenn under dryland conditions.
The Sidney herald., 1955-03-03
Richland County
Men In Service
THE SIDNEY HERALD
Thursday. March 8. 1855

The following Richland county
men (pictured below, Stanley L.
Smith, son of Nh. and Mrs. Leon
ard Smith, Sidney; Stanley ].
Frasca, son of Mr.. and Mrs. Joe
Frasca, Sidney; Paul R. Vallejo,
son of Mr.. and Mrs. Desi Vallejo,
Savage; and Robert l.. Ebersole,
son of Mr.. and Mrs. c. E. Ebersole,
Sidney, are currently undergoing
basic military training in the Air
Force at Parks ALB, California.
Airman Ebersole entered the
Air Force on Is October, 1854.
Altman Vallejo entered the Air
Force 8 December, 1854. Airman
Frasca entered the Air Force on
3 December, 1854. Altman Smith
entered the Air Force on Is No
vember, 1854. All of these men
we're sworn in at Butte Recruit
ing Station of the 3506th USAF
Recruiting Group.
The Sidney herald., 1955-03-03
Pix Bits

Lavish in its beauty, Walt Dis
ney's first true life adventure fea-
ture open up a magic new world
to screen audiences with "The
Living Desert"
The film which opens Tuesday
at the Centre Theatre brings to
the screen a colorful pageant of
desert life, ranging from the
sweep of the Great American
Desert to the tiniest night flying
moth which pollenizes a blossom.
Such odd personalities encount-
cred in the film are the round
tailed ground squirrels with their
frisky games and their dauntless
courage in the fact of danger. The
kangaroo rat is another rarely
seen rodent, and, in this case, a
mother and her small brood are
seen outwitting one of the threat
ening reptiles. Among the snakes
is the side-winder, and the bur-
rowing snake, two strange Great
ures whose adventures with the
other animals make highly dra-
matte sequences in "The Living
Desert" The ella monster, the
centipede, the chuwawalla and
others all enact their roles under
the all-seeing eye of the camera.
The insect world also offers the
exciting duel between a burly tar
antula and a ~ferocious pepsis
wasp, ancient enemies since the
wasp must kill the tarantula if
her young are to be fed. Other
battles in pictures are the fang
and-talon argument between rat
tier and red tailed hawk, between
a tiny rodent and a large snake
between a band of peccaries-
short tempered wild pigs-and &
bob cat on the prowl. These ele-
ments in shap contrast to the
breath-taking beauty of the gigan-
tic cactus, the lavish floral dis
plays which follow the deserts
wild flash flood, all make "The
Living Desert a memorable film
the more SO because of its mag
nificent Technicolor.
= i :
Did you know that if Beat
Brummell hadn't invented Ions
pants $50 years ago, the men O.
this city might still be Showing
their legs in long stockings anC
knee breeches-pink ones, per-
haps! Woe is me!
The Sidney herald., 1955-03-03

by barley and oats crops as a re-
suit of smut run as high as Is
percent for farmers who do not
treat their seed.
In addition to protecting seed
grain from the various diseases
mentioned, research shows seed
treatment increased termination
an average of z percent and with
some lots of seed increased ger
mination as high as 20 percent.
In a recent study on the germi-
nation of treated compared with
non-treated lightweight durum,
an increase of 38 percent emer-
genee in favor of seed treatment
was shown. Most of the treated
samples came up a day or two
earlier than seed not treated. Also,
the plants appeared to have more
vigor and uniformity of size as a
result of seed treatment.
Unless correct amounts of chem
ical are used in accordance with
the manufacturers recommended
tons, and the grain is treated at
least "a hours before seeding,
maximum benefits will not be re-
ceived. Seeding right after treat
ment or treating the grain in the
drill box is a waste Of time anC
material.
The Sidney herald., 1955-03-03
SHEEP RAISING

SHEEP RAISING
Farm operators who keep a
small flock of sheep on the place
find that the animals not only
make good use of idle land and
surplus forage, but they also fur
niSh. additional income.
This was indicated, in a recent
study made by the u. S. Depart
ment of Agriculture in coopera-
ton with the Montana Agricul-
ture Experiment station to find
out how profitable and feasible it
might be to add a few sheep to
the small or medium-sized farm.
The study revealed that the av-
erage farm flock Of so ewes and
two rams produced an annual re-
turn of $1,000 or $21.70 per eve.
Of this amount, 864 came from
sale of the lamb crop, $64 from
culling old ewes, and 1914 from
sale of wool. These figures are
based on a lamb crop of 70 lambs,
of which go were sold at 80 lbs.
weight for IS cents a pound and
the others were kept as replace
mentS.
Farm flock owners in this study
reported that a small bunch of
sheep takes very little time away
from other operations since the
animals need the most attention
in the winter time.
Anyone interested in getting
started with a farm flock will find
much helpful information in the
Montana Extension service bull
letin, MAKE Your Farm Flock
Pay" Copies are available at our
office.
The Sidney herald., 1955-03-03
Prior Approval
Necessary Under
AC Program

Cost-sharing under the 1855
ACP will be available only on
conservation practices which are
approved before work is begun,
Leo S. Kolstad, State ASC admin
istrative officer, said this week.
Approvals, or disapprovals, if
necessary, are issued by County
ASC committees following the fill
ing of a request for cost sharing
by a producer. Unless a request is
made and the operator receives
approval before beginning to car
ny out the desired practice, no
cost-sharing payment can be
made. Requests for approval of
any conservation practice includ-
ed in a county's conservation pro-
gram may be filed anytime dur
ing the year.
Since cost-sharing requests can
be filed throughout the year, each
request should be for only the
practice or practices which the
operation is reasonably certain he
will carry out. If changing condi-
tons warrant the institution of
additional practices, additional re-
quests may be filed as necessary.
Kolstad said that information
regarding practices on which cost
sharing is available and the prac-
tice specifications may be secur-
ed at each county ASC office. All
requests submitted by early April
will be considered around the
middle Of the month and operators
notified Immediately thereafter of
approval or disapproval. In those
cases where a practice is approx
ed, the notice will state that the
operator can earn a definite a.
mount by carrying out the work
as specified.
The ASC program is available
to all farm and ranch operators
who desire to participate. Infor-
nation concerning practices Of
fered and operational details OF
the program are available at all
! county ASC offices.
The Sidney herald., 1955-03-03
Travelling with The
County Agents
By Ray Stack and Dean Davidson
MORE FARMERS FIND
SEED TREATING PAYS

More and more farmers are fol-
lowing the recommended practice
Of cleaning and treating their seed
during the winter months. If the
seed IS sound and dry, an extend
ed period of storage causes no
damage and the practice often has
some advantages these farmers
have learned.
Every bushel of grain used for
seed IN Richland county should be
treated to control the large num-
Der OF diseases carried by the seed.
Seed treating with recommend
ed materials is one of the import
ant production practices neces-
sary to give grain crops a favor
able start.
In some years, losses suffered
The Sidney herald., 1955-03-03
FARMERS UNION JUNIORS
TO MEET MARCH 5TH

A regular meeting Of the Farm
ers Union Juniors was held at
the home of Douglas Johnson Feb,
10 with Is members present. The
next regular meeting will be held
at the home of Mary Hackley
March 5. Lunch was served by
the hostess.
Naomi Olofson, reporter.
The Sidney herald., 1955-03-03
SAFEY WHEN
TREATING SEEDS

Measures to take the human
hazard out of seed grain treating
are urged.
Treating of seed to control seed
borne diseases is important to sue
cessful crop production = but
don't take unnecessary risks with
the poisonous chemicals.
If you use one of the mercurial
dust compounds, wear gloves
while you handle the dust material
or the treated grain. And be sure
you don't put your bare hands
into the dust or into the treated
grain.
This mercury dust can blister
the skin. If you accidentally get
some of the dust on your skin,
wash it off Immediately.
The skin of your hands and
body is even more susceptible in
injury from the liquid mercurial
compounds. The liquid is more
quickly absorbed through the skin
than is the dust form, thus caus-
ing more severe %blistering quick
er.
Be sure to read the instructions
on the label of the material you
use and follow these instructions
carefully. Seed treating is a use
full and profitable practice - but
the materials used should still be
recognized as dangerous to human
health and be handled as any 9TH
er poison is handled.
The Sidney herald., 1955-03-03

People can be placed into three
classes: the few who make things
happen; the many who watch
things happen; and the over
whelming majority who have no
idea what happened.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-04-13
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-04-13
AUTOMOBILES FOR SALE

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