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Annals of Sandy Spring
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FOURTEEN YEARS' HISTORY
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A Rural Community in Maryland.
VOLUME III
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Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1909, by REBECCA T. MILLER, in the Office of the Librarian of Congress, Washington, D. C.
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DEDICATION.
TO THE FRIENDS AND NEIGHBORS WHO HAVE AT FOUR- TEEN SUCCESSIVE ANNUAL MEETINGS LISTENED WITH PATIENCE AND KINDLY APPRECIA- TION TO THIS REHEARSAL OF THEIR OWN DOINGS, THIS BOOK IS DEDICATED.
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The traveler, who, for the first time, finds himself on the great upland plains that slope eastward from the foothills of the Rocky Mountains, feels, as his bronchos trot briskly along the trail, a rising sense of expectation. Each time the team breasts a rise, he finds his limbs grow tense, his breath quicken, in an- ticipation of the view that surely awaits him from this hill top, where he must see a vast horizon, full to the brim of those gray-green, motionless billows. The crest is reached, and as before the only prospect is another hill ahead of him, just as high as the one on which he stands, its gray-green softness only broken by the faint wheel tracks of the trail. Eagerly his eye sweeps to right, to left, behind, in search of the wide distance for which it aches. On every side a hill, each like all the others in height, in size, in color -- not a tree, not a house, not a moving creature to distinguish one from the other --- gray-green, softly rounded, endlessly monotonous.
For hours, for days, for weeks, he may travel, al- ways straining his weary eyes to see more; always filled with an irritating sense of unfulfilled desire. So long as he "yearns to view the kingdoms of the world and the glory of them." just so long shall the restricted range of his vision be to him an oppression and a wearing pain.
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Let him, then, but for a moment, turn his thought to things near at hand, and the dull waste suddenly reveals manifold beauties, and an interest, before wholly unsuspected-flowers of strange and varied loveliness, little living creatures, with a grace and charm of their own-all easily overlooked by the gaze fixed on the far horizon, but yet typifying the life and action of the great world outside.
The novice who begins to take notes for these An- nals is very like our traveler; at first always on the alert for something new and different, striking and interesting to record. But day after day, and year after year, the same incidents of birth, death and mar- riage, storm and accident recur, till the monotony is well-nigh overwhelming. "What is the use ?" is the question that paralyzes all his efforts, until some for- tunate chance reveals to him the importance of these seeming trifles-the existence of a Universal Law behind them, which produces the sameness he has deplored.
It is, after all, from the essential likeness of this vear to last-of our own century to those gone by -- of happenings in our own quiet homes, to events in the world at large that the differences between them draw their significance. Whatever serves to prove the kinship of all humanity, however widely separated, by time or space, is of historical value, and, if in generations to come, these plain records of the ob- scure doings of everyday people, shall give the life of our day another touch of reality for thein, they have not been written in vain, And any stranger who,
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reading them, wonders at these "frequent repetitions," must remember that each chapter was read at the end of the year it describes at the Annual Meeting of the Lyceum Company, so the volume is really a se- ries of separate essays, rather than one balanced and consistent narrative.
REBECCA T. MILLER. Sandy Spring, June, 1909.
INDEX.
CHAPTER I.
April 1895, to April, 1896.
Late spring-Orthodox Quarterly Meeting-W Edward Ma- gruder graduated in medicine-Low prices for farm products-Births: Lydia H. Tatum, Mary Randolph Janney, Benjamin Miller Thom, Dorothy Moore, Henry R. Shoemaker, Lydia Chichester, Esther Scott, Edward T. Janney-Pilgrimages to Della Brooke, Sugar Loaf Mountain, Maryland Agricultural College, and Atlanta Exposition-Interment of Joseph M. Shoemaker, Robert S. Moore, and Thomas Wetherald - Death of Gustavus Jones, Julius Marlow. Joseph Burr, Mr. Ridge, Mrs. Woodward, Miils Dean, and Josiah W. Jones-Obitu- aries of Elisha J. Miller, Robert R. Moore, Martha Ty- son Marshall, Robert M. Stabler, and Louisa Cook- Marriages of Myron Hubbard and Nellie Hutton, Rob- ert H. Miller and Mariana Stabler, George A. Willson and Sara Forsyth, Mary S. Willson and Luther M. Mun- caster, Albert G. Palmer and Julia E. Menard-Water fixtures-Phrenaskeia Banquet-Belle W. Hannum left Sherwood School-Emma T. Stabler to Europe-Edward Farquhar to Brazil-R. Rowland Moore and family to Suffolk, Va .- William S. Brooke, Jr., to St. Louis, Mo .- Frank Tatum and family to Lynchburg, Va .- Walter Scott and wife to Sabillasville, M.J .- C. G. Will- son and family to Baltimore County-Barley raised- Bicycles the fad-Wedding anniversaries -- Lectures by George Kennan, General Gibbon, U. S. A .; Miss Yates, Percy M. Reese, Annie L. Diggs, Henry E. Davis, and J. S. Kieffer-Camp at Folly Quarter -- Lawn fetes- County Fair-Mary S. Hallowell principal of Sher- wood-Unique reception at Plainfield-National Suffrage Convention-County Grange Meeting-W. C. T. U. enter-
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tainment-Farmers' Convention-Purchase of Oakmont Dairy herd and route by G. Farquhar-Suffrage meet- ing-E. P. Thomas president of Insurance Co .- Mr. Har- ris succeeded by Mr. West-Return of E. L. Iddings and family to Sandy Spring-Four new Clubs-Edward Far- quhar professor of history in Columbia College.
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CHAPTER II.
April, 1896, to April, 1897.
Annual Meeting-Cyclones-Family reunion at Alloway- Eliza N. Moore and M. Beatrix Tyson to Europe-Sec- ond Phrenaskeia Banquet-Quarterly Meeting at Sharp Street-Insect pests-Ground hog found-Isabel and Janet Miller to England-Tin weddings-Fine wheat crop at Ingleside-Basil Ray killed-Temperance Camp- meeting-Births : Douglas Gilpin, Allan Farquhar Brooke, Anna McF. Snowden, Sarah Chichester, Annie Miller, Dora A. Iddings, John J. Downey, J. J. Shoemaker, Jr., Samuel Janney Hutton-Lecture by R. W. Sylvester- New buildings-Dr. Charles Farquhar buys Fullerton Dairy herd-Creamery at Brookeville-Knollton begun- Real estate transfers-New assessment-Deaths noted : Janie Scofield, Henry C. Sherman, Mrs. Tucker, Alvin Boswell, W. Hallowell Chichester, Jane T. Porter, Wil- liam H. Laird, Bowie Magruder, Ellen Cochrane, R. M. Shoemaker, Marcia M. Libbey, Robert Marshall, Ellen M. Miller-Marriages : George E. Cooke and Constance Abert, George F. Nesbitt, Jr., and Anna L. Thomas, Robert O. Coulter and Emilie T. Brooke, Charles E. Bond and Florence M. Stabler-Harold B. Stabler to Altoona-Parties to Holly Beach. N. J .- Visit from Mrs. Wells-Swarthmore Conference-County Fair - Silver weddings-Small school at Sherwood-Horticultural Ex- hibition at Sharp Street-Orthodox Quarterly Meeting- Terrible gale-Mckinley President-Lecture by Percy
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M. Reese-T. W. Waters accidentally shot-Large hog- Cattle stolen-Changes of residence-Low water-Mor- mon missionaries-George L. Stabler and wife to Wash- ington-Lea Stabler to Cleveland, Ohio-S. A. Janney to Texas-Bishop Satterlee-Local W. S. A. formed- Religious visits from Isaac Wilson and Mary Heald Way. Page 32
CHAPTER III.
April, 1897, to April, 1898.
Deaths : Hadassah J. Moore, Lucy Stabler, Laura Canby, Perry Leizear, Charles Abert, Mary P. Brooke, George H. Jackson, Joshua C. Gilpin, Charles A. Iddings, Elea- nor Hough, "Aunt Julie" Green-Births: Andrew Ad- ams, Martha Ellicott Moore, William Cooke, Rudolph Kirk, Harold Gilpin-Marriages: Samuel Paschal and Mary Lois Sherman, Harry Johnson and M. Edith Wood- ward, French Green and Edith F. Brooke-Tenant house burned-Cyclone at Ednor-Earthquake-New engines at Sherwood Mill-Turnpike dividend-Third Phrenas- keia Banquet-Quarterly Meeting-The Outlet-Piano recital by Gertrude H. Nye-Local storms-Crystal wed- ding-Temperance Camp-meeting-Flood-The Neigh- bors organized-Folly Quarter Camp-Sandy Spring school house-Excursion to Fredericksburg-F.T.Lea to Africa as missionary-Much travel-Lawn fete-Sharp Street's seventy-fifth anniversary-Teachers and schools -Anti-Saloon League Meeting-Dark deeds of William Timmons-Anti-Saloon League-W. C. T. U. lunch-room in Rockville-Chorus Class-Ice harvest-Flag-raising at Sherwood-Meetings for Mrs. Haslup-Lyceum en- tertainment-Lecture by Dr. Fewkes-Visit of William W. Birdsall-Knollton and Brooke Place opened-Addi- tions to Alloway and Belmont-Mail routes-New Post- offices-J. Hillis Robison and S. A. Janney start for
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Klondike-New gold mines here-Needlework by Tyson sisters-Outside hopors for our people-Spanish war threatened.
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CHAPTER IV. April, 1898, to April, 1899.
Spanish war-Annual Meeting-Marriages : Josiah W. Jones and Margaret E. Sherman, Newton Stabler and Mary S. Hallowell, Caleb Stabler and Wilhelmina G. Laird- Strange visitors-Robert H. Miller resigns as Director of Experiment Station-Few strawberries and apples- May party at Sherwood-Fourth Phrenaskeia Banquet- Dry summer-Ingleside herd breaks butter record- Quarterly Meeting - Barn-raising - A baby party- Deaths: Robert M. Stabler, Mary Holland, Thomas Lea, Samuel P. Thomas, Lydia G. Thomas, J. C. Williams, Warner Cook-Cloudburst-Tournament-Camping par- ties-Summer guests and gaities-County Fair-Ortho- dox Quarterly Meeting-Lafayette entertainment-Anti- Saloon League-Junior Bicycle Club-Coming of Louis and Virginia Steer-Recital of Scotch songs-Good Man- ners Club-Fire at Burnside-A. G. Thomas and family to California-Births: Elizabeth S. Iddings, Ridgely Brown Chichester, Elizabeth Miller, William H. Gilpin, Jr., Elgar H. Stabler-Lecture by Edward van Alstyne- Farm Institute-Great blizzard-Farmers' Convention- Lecture by William Dinwiddie-Return of Emilie T. Massey and J. Hilles Robison-Lecture by Sophia E. Easter-Late spring -- Much building-Catholic Church at Olney-Journeys-Ernest and Sallie Janney Adams to Howard County-Paintings of meeting-house inte- rior-Telegraph poles-The railroad. Page 84
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CHAPTER V.
April, 1899, to April, 1900.
Annual Meeting -- National Suffrage Association-Lecture by Sophia Easter-William Penn Tea-Graphophone re- cital-Fifth Phrenaskeia Banquet-Entertainment by Sherwood School. Deaths : Mary Willis Kirk, Sallie E. Ellicott, Gertrude Iddings, Elizabeth Miller, F. T. Lei- zear, Henry C. Hallowell, Beulah L. Thomas, Rachel Bellows, Annie Hamlin Adams, Martha Lea, Charles S. Jones - Births: George Floyd Nesbitt, Jr., Margaret Sherman Jones, Frank J. Downey, Jr., Neil Graham Stabler, Donald Brooke Stabler, Mary Warner Cooke- Sherwood commencement-Quarterly Meeting-First au- tomobile-Return of S. I. Scott and family-Library re- opened -- Crops -- W. C. T. U. Camp-meeting-Sherwood reunion-Travel-talk by Eliza N. Moore -- Growth of Sherwood School-Early fall and brilliant foliage- Hoar frosts-Forest fires-Crystal wedding-Helen L. Thomas to Europe-Julia Hallowell to California-Er- nest Adams' house burned-Reading by Mrs. Weil- Marriages : Granville Thompson and Edna Tucker, Jo- seph E. Janney and Huldah Newsome-Cardinal Gib- bons dedicates Catholic church -- Christmas reunions- . Dr. Tatum's new home -- Miss Ackerman fails to come- Snow storm-Play given by a Kensington Club-Farm- ers' Convention-Patriotic Tea-Book sale-Woman Suffrage-Lectures by Dr. Thom and Dr. Grammer- Man frozen to death - Anti-Saloon meeting - Roger Brooke, Jr., graduates in medicine-Roger B. Farquhar, Jr., wins honors at Swarthmore-Real estate transfers- New stores opened-Changes at Olney-G. R. Wild to Baltimore-Cozy Corner built-Improvements-F. T. Lea home from Africa. Page 112
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CHAPTER VI.
April, 1900, to April, 1901.
Lecture by Frank T. Lea-He returned to Africa-E. R. Stabler to Alexandria-Births: Winder Laird Stabler, Lucy Lewis Thom, Eleanor Miller, Evelyn Janvier Kirk, Anna Moore Bancroft, Mildred H. Janney, Frederick Stabler Gilpin, William Wilson Stabler, Mary Gilpin Downey, William Canby-Philip and Pole Robison to Montana and return - Sixth Phrenaskeia Banquet- Eclipse of the sun-Quarterly Meeting-Great straw- berry crop-R. B. Farquhar, Jr., graduated at Swarth- more. Marriages : William Hyde Appleton and Esther T. Moore, E. W. Haviland and Sadie M. Edge, Odorion Robey and Grace Irwin, Edgar Irwin and Bessie Thomp- son-W. C. T. U. Camp-meeting-Thom family to Oak- leigh-Camp Pine Knot-Helen L. Thomas returned from Europe-Barns destroyed-Damage by lightning- New store at Ednor-Monthly meeting census-Confer- ence at Chautauqua-First National Bank opened- County Fair-Speech by Anna Shaw-Mary M. Stabler to Europe-Changes at Sherwood-Attempted bank rob- beries-Orthodox Quarterly Meeting-Negro trade-pa- rade-Violet culture-Edward and Tariton Brooke to Wilmington, N. C .- Second McKinley-Bryan campaign- Meeting for Henry W. Wilbur-Deaths : James F. Barns- ley, Margaret S. Hallowell, Isaac Hartshorne, Henson Hill-National W. C. T. U. in Washington-Fires- Farm Institute-Visit from Isaac Wilson-A new star- Fox hounds-Telephone-Much building-Entertain- ments-A. G. Thomas sells business at Ashton to Bond & Bentley-Brief history of clubs : Farmers' Club, Asso- ciation, Horticultural, Enterprise Club, Home Interest, Book Club, Montgomery Club Grange, Benevolent Aid, W. C. T. U .. Phrenaskeia, Phrenaskeia, Jr., Suffrage As- sociation, Whist Club. Pentagon, Neighbors.
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CHAPTER VII. April, 1901, to April, 1902.
Radical changes -- Births : Meredith Brooke Green, Kather- ine Iddings, Helen Muncaster, Elizabeth Edge Haviland, Elizabeth Miller Thom, Osburn N. Stabler, Ada Flor- ence Skinner-Roger Brooke, Jr., appointed army sur- geon-An expert teacher of geography-Fires-The Loan of a Lover-Mary Bentley Thomas delegate to Suffrage Convention-Fifty-six to Pan-American Exposition- Frederick Stabler and wife to Amersley-Destruction of timber-Poultry business-Building-Marriages : C. Rus- sell Hinchman and Elizabeth B. S. Hopkins, Edward P. Taylor and Sallie A. Ellicott, Samuel S. Bond and Emma L. Estep, Herbert S. Adams and Sarah T. Moore-M. T. Fussell and family came-Last Phrenaskeia Banquet- Quarterly Meeting-Temperance Camp-meeting-Lyceum entertainment-Asa M. and Llewellyn Stabler West- Phrenaskeia, Jr., Banquet-County Fair-Central Com- mittee meeting-Fancy work sale-Alice V. Farquhar principal of Sherwood-McKinley's assassination-Quick work-Departure of T. J. Lea and wife-F. T. Lea re- turned-Prizes for beagles-American Telephone-Ice cut at Thanksgiving-Deaths: Elizabeth P. M. Thom, Eliza Downey, Caroline L. Kummer, John R. Lethbridge, Amos Holland, Lizzie Hardesty, Eliza Bacon, Isaiah Coar-Deer seen-A false (burglar) alarm-Newton Stabler's family to Elburn-Lecture by F. T. Lea- Sleet storm-wonderful rainbows-Great explosion- Farmers' Convention-Mad-dog scare-Rummage sale -- R. H. Miller and family to The Highlands-Bad roads- Rev. H. P. West succeeded by H. C. Smtih-Sherwood Gymnasium-Anti-Saloon League-Crops-Cow peas- Banks and Insurance Co .- Enterprise Telephone Co .- Real estate transfers -- Return of William S. Brooke and wife, R. R. Moore and family-Colored preachers- Mission work.
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CHAPTER VIII.
April, 1902, to April, 1903.
Locusts-Benjamin and Lydia Hallowell at Oakleigh-pig- eon raising-Automobiles-Deaths : Remus Q. Hill, Es- ther Wetherald, William S. Brooke, Elizabeth Lea, Mary S. Osburn Adeline E. Stabler, Benjamin F. Thompson, . Rear-Admiral James E. Jouett, W. B. Chichester, Wal- ter H. Brooke, George F. Nesbitt, Jr., Charles M. Sta- bler-"Hill place" sold-Edith and Elsie Elbrey to Eu- rope-Marriages : Edward Farquhar and Mary W. Mi- lam, William H. Gilpin and Evangeline Stabler, L. W. Dorsey and Kate Henderson-Well in "the sand"- Quarterly Meeting-W. C. T. U. lawn fete-Crops- Camp at Triadelphia-Marion Farquhar graduated at Swarthmore-Mary C. Brooke to the Philippines- Births: George G. Willson, Thomas M. Bancroft, Fran- cis T. Kirk, Mary M. Miller, Anna G. Haviland-Fran- cis and Ellen H. Thomas to California-"Sporting news" -Book sale -- W. W. Welsh at Olney-Telephone serv- ice-China wedding-Piano recital by Gertrude Nye- Camping party to West Virginia-Third Phrenaskeia, Jr., Banquet-Summer amusements-Fancy sale-Con- cert by Sharp Street Choir-Tin wedding-Fifty-three to Conference at Asbury Park-Reception for Clifton and Elsie Thomas-Lecture by Anna H. Shaw-Music and French lessons-County Fair-E. P. Thomas to Georgia-Orthodox Quarterly Meeting-Coal strike end- ed-Sarah T. Miller and Cornelia N. Stabler to National W. C. T. U .- Yearly Meeting-Clifton barn burned- Sleet storm-Hillis Robison bought plumbing business- Many auctions-Visit from Misses Stone and Petit- Caroline L. and Katharine L. Brooke to California- Farm Institute-Ellen Farquhar and Rebecca T. Miller to Bermuda-Sleighing-Blackbirds early - Farmers' Convention-Mary B. Thomas to National Suffrage As-
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sociation-"Floating population"-Allowav house fin- ished-Anti-Saloon League-Publication of second vol- ume of Annals of Sandy Spring-Mission work aban- doned-Triadelphia Bell. Page 209
CHAPTER IX. April, 1903, to April, 1904.
Great events-Gardening late-Births : Mary F. Green, Wal- ter B. Stabler, Cornelia A. Chichester, Caroline M. Sta- bler, Elizabeth E. Willson Joseph E. Janney, Jr., Edith A. Haviland. Robert H. Miller, Jr .- Much building-Ri- fle team-Strawberries to Pittsburg-Cyclone-Aliice V. Farquhar leaves Sherwood-Quarterly Meeting-Wooden wedding-Golden wedding-George E. Brooke's ninety- first birthday-Address by Rev. Charles Meade-Mar- riages : Norman G. Smith and Jane P. Brooke, Samuel C. Rumford and M. Beatrix Tyson. Scott Duval and S. Lizzie Fairall-Smoke from forest fires-Flood-Colored boy drowned-Camp "Re-Pine-Knot"-Crops-Deaths : George Johnson, Charles E. Porter, Lillian H. Bentley, Benjamin Miller Thom, John Murphy. Sarah Needles, Richard T. Leizear, Caroline Taylor, Charles B. Ma- gruder-Recital by Beulah Darby-Thunder storm- Freshets-County W. C. T. U. Convention-Lectures by Admiral Harrie Webster and Major James M. Morgan- Wheat rick burned-Annual sale-Lecture by Mary B. Thomas-Rival villages-County Fair-Horseback riding -Ida P. Stabler principal of Sherwood-Epidemics- Ensilage-Large apple crop-Large poultry deal-Agri- cultural exhibit at the Lyceum-Lecture by Col. John So- bieski-Election-Sandy Spring candidates-Longwood sold-Cold winter-Sarah T. Miller delegate to W. C. T. U. Convention-Belmont Dairy's tenth anniversary-Ida P. Stabler and family at Holly Cottage-Gertrude Nye's piano recital-Concert-Farm Institute at Kensington-
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Wednesday Club formed-Baltimore fire-Farmers' Con- vention-Roger B. Farquhar School Commissioner-C. F. Brooke Fish Commissioner-Burnside farm sold-Dr. A. Stabler and R. B. Farquhar address Institute in Fredericksburg-Meetings for Mrs. Lambert-Mid-week meetings laid down-School entertainment-Telephone. Page 249
CHAPTER X.
April, 1904, to April, 1905.
Glimpses of forty years-Railroad projects-New Insurance Building-Caroline L. Brooke at Walbrooke-Shoemaker family at Drayton-Deaths : Caroline M. Farquhar, Dr. C. E. Iddings, Henry W. Davis, Mary T. Marlowe, Charles King, Ruthy Hill, Martha R. Stabler, Mary J. Duvall, Jane Scofield, Sarah B. L. Gilpin-Address by Volney B. Cushing-Measles-Fires-Bank robbers-Births : Rich- ard W. Janney, Amelie Clare Hutton, Anna F. Gilpin, Julia Palmer, R. Rowland Stabler-Rifle match-Grad- uates-Crops-Marriages : George S. Worth and Nora L. Stabler, Frank Janney and Cora Barker, R. T. West and Ella M. Henderson, Dr. Nathan Winslow and Mar- garet K. Massey-Frank T. Leizear and Elizabeth Robi- son, J. Wallace Bond and Jessie Johnson, Guy C. Ewing and Edith C. Elbrey-Laying of Insurance Office cor- ner stone-Dr. Stabler's study of sweet-corn growing- Recital by Beulah Darby-Engagements-Toronto Con- ference -- Annual sale-County Fair-Improved thresh- ing machines-Horticultural Exhibition-G. A. Willson's barn burned and rebuilt-Orthodox Quarterly Meeting- St. Louis Fair-Anti-Saloon Meeting-Book sale-Tele- phones demoralized - Wednesday Club entertainment- Hutton fire-Address by Miss Tinling-"Mad dog"- Blizzard-Farm Institute-First-day School conference -Farmers' Convention-Birds-Skunks-Roosevelt's in-
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auguration-Eliza N. Moore, Dollie E. Vedder, Caroline L. and Katharine L. Brooke to Europe-Savings Bank- Lecture by Nellie Simmonds-Real estate transfers- Building-Nitro-culture-Automobiles-A. G., Sue L., and Helen L. Thomas to Europe-Mary G. Moore starts to Honolulu-Suffrage propaganda-Anti-Saloon League -Leawood burned. Page 278
CHAPTER XI.
April, 1905, to April, 1906.
Improvements in Lyceum-Henry W. Wilbur's visit-Deaths : Dora A. Moore, Dollie E. Vedder, Charlotte Howard, William Wright, Caroline H. Miller, Edward Farquhar, Mary Milam Farquhar, George E. Brooke, Elizabeth B. Smith, Edward Boswell, George Stiffler, Fritz Bulwer, Mrs. Simon, Eugenia Amos, Susanna L. Thomas, James B. Hallowell, Joseph T. Moore, Jr .- Ellen H. Thomas and Gertrude Massey to Europe-Drought-Fine corn crop-Births : Thomas J. and Merritt M. Haviland, Eliz- abeth Leizear, Frances E. Cooke, Mildred A. Bond, Ruth Sherman Jones-Sherwood Quarterly Meeting-"Turnout" -Portland Exposition-Clay-pigeon shoot-Readings by Mrs. Weil-Crops-"Girls' Friendly"-Camping party at Lydon-Catholic pic-nic-Travelers return-W. C. T. U. Entertainments-Club House begun-County Fair-S. P. Brooke teacher at Sandy Spring school-Tin wedding- No weddings-R. F. D .- Yearly Meeting-Visit from H. W. Wilbur-Reading Club started-Barns burned-"Poe amendment"-Curio exhibit-Asa M. Stabler president of the Savings Institution-Prize apples-Spraying appa- ratus bought-Farmers' Convention-Farm Institute- The Merry Milk Maid-Mary M. Stabler. to Europe- Public High School - Railroad projects - Portsmouth Conference-Susan B. Anthony. Page 318
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CHAPTER XII.
April, 1906, to April, 1907.
San Francisco catastrophe-Deaths: Grace Harvey, Annie M. Shoemaker, John Bready, Charles Stabler, William C. Riggs, Mary E. Moore, Sarah H. Stone, Annie T. Porter, Beulah I. Lea, Miss Haviland, John Hall-Births : Rachel C. Willson, E. Clifton Thomas, Jr., E. W. Havi- land, Jr., Richard D. Chichester, Estelle N. Janney- Another railroad-Building-New bank building-Gov- ernment survey-Marriage of W. J. T. Farquhar and Lottie Griffith-Address by Alonzo H. Stewart-Swarth- more Glee Club-C. & P. Company buys our telephone- Coming of the Brigham family-Close of Sherwood Friends' School-Samuel P. Thomas takes B. S. degree -Quarterly Meeting-Wonderful rainbow-Woman's Exchange -- Interment of William P. Iddings, Walter Lea and John Stabler-Riding Club-Partition of Mt. Olney farm-Indian party-Concert-Minstrel show-Song re- cital-Barns burned-J. E. Gilpin's bungalow-Camp- ing parties-Gambling at the Fair-Box and Cox-R. Rowland Moore and family at Plainfield-Poultry plant -- Conference at Mountain Lake Park-High School- Roger J. Whiteford principal-Visit from John J. and Eliza HI. Cornell-Ashton Quarterly Meeting-Tin wed- ding-Auctions-Caleb Stabler and family to Wilming- ton-E. P. and Sallie E. Taylor to California-Jackson family to Cherry Grove-Conflagration at Lucknough- Lecture by J. E. Tylor-Earthquake-Snyders to Balti- more-Henry T. Moore to Wilmington-Granville and Martha T. Farquhar visit California-Lucy S. Lea and daughter at Leacroft-Augustus Stabler as institute lecturer-Farmers' Convention-Mutual Fire Insurance Co .- Dorothy Brooke, Ellen and Ethel Farquhar to Ber- muda -- Week-end conference-Lectures by Charlotte Brigham, May Stone and Dr. O. E. Janney-Farm In- stitute-R. I. Lea's barn burned-Savings Institution-
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Reading Circle-Laboring with Congress-Cure for ex- ophthalmic goitre-Honors-Crops. Page 364
CHAPTER XIII.
April, 1907, to April, 1908. .
Little fruit-Recital by Jeanette Broomell-Visit from Henry W. Wilbur-Lecture by Mary C. Brooke-Births : Stan- ley Phillips Stabler, Lawrence Cadwalader Kirk-Deaths : Henrietta Snowden, James T. Henderson, Georgeanna Henderson, R. O. Coulter, E. C. Gilpin. Interment of Lillie Chichester Muir-Lecture by Messrs. Olds and Wood. Song recital by George Russell Strauss-Golden anniversary of the Association-Graduation of William and Anna Hartshorne, and Nellie Jackson-Quarterly Meeting-Mary G. Moore to England-Balloons-Dog team-Mary M. Stabler's business-Silver and Golden weddings-Reception to Edward P. Brooke and bride- Eclipse-Club House-"Bone mill"-Sister Loyola-W. C. T. U. lawn fete-Helen L. Thomas and Anna M. Far- quhar to England-County Fair-Camping parties- Young Friends' Pilgrimage-No potato bugs-Phrenas- keia, Jr., Banquet-Reception to William P. Palmer and bride-Fire at Belmont-Congress of Religious Liber- als-Large school at Sherwood-Farm work belated- Servant problem-Crops-Marriage of R. B. Thomas and Ethel Farquhar-Anti-Saloon League-Ellen H. Thomas to Mexico-Sarah T. and Rebecca T. Miller delegates to National W. C. T. U .- Lecture by Jordan Stabler-Automobiles-Whittier Centennial - Farm In- stitute-Farmers' Convention-Freshets-Revival at Sharp Street-Water plants - Building - Hip-roofed barns -- Gate to Graveyard-Augustus Stabler and A .. A. Brigham in institute work-C. R. Hartshorne organ- izing Granges-State Local Option bill-Jamestown Ex- position-An "appreciation." Page 401
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