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Several killing frosts and fine clear weather were especially enjoyed by native as well as visiting sports- men, who returned from their long tramps laden with many rabbits and a goodly number of partridges: Some of these Nimrods professed to be hunting for our democratic friends, who since the tidal wave of recent elections had swept over the country, were not only difficult to find, but ominously silent on political topics. *
In reviewing the yield of farm products, now all har- vested, the farmer had a most gloomy outlook, and
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but little to encourage him. Potatoes and hay, owing to the drought, were far behind the average yield ; corn was better, but who could live on corn alone? The fine crop of wheat had brought phenomenally low prices, some of it not even fifty cents per bushel. Our agriculturists seem more inclined each year to go into the raising of poultry and small fruits as be- ing more profitable than the standard crops, although requiring more constant attention. The dairy busi- ness is also constantly on the increase. Edward P. Thomas has put in a United States separator, which run by steam and whirling with lightning rapidity, quickly separates the cream from the new milk, with- out waiting for it to raise, which would indeed be a waste of time and material in this age of headlong haste.
They now handle about a ton of milk daily at Bel- mont dairy. At the November meeting of the board of directors of the Mutual Fire Insurance Company, Robert R. Moore, in his eighty-third year, first and only secretary and treasurer of that organization, re- signed the office he had filled with untiring industry and faithfulness for forty-seven years.
William A. Iddings and wife returned from Virginia, and settled at Fairfield, where later on the former procured a loom and engaged in carpet weaving, a new occupation for Sandy Spring.
Twelfth month, 4th. The twenty-first anniversary of the establishment of Olney grange, No. 7, about one hundred and fifty members and ex-members of Olney, Brighton and Ashton met in the hall at Olney, and enjoyed the evening together. Henry C. Hallowell,
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Allan Farquhar and others spoke feelingly of those shining lights whose familiar faces were no longer seen in their accustomed place. Sweet music charmed the passing hour, and all felt that an occasional re- union would tend to keep bright the links of that chain of fraternity, brotherhood and helpfulness that should bind all good grangers in friendly bonds.
At the annual meeting of the Sandy Spring Savings Institution, Twelfth month, 6th, Charles G. Porter was reelected president, and Joseph T. Moore and Allan Farquhar were respectively reelected treasurer and secretary. Alban G. Thomas was elected vice- president to fill the vacancy occasioned by the retire- ment of Robert R. Moore from that position.
Twelfth month, 22nd, Nicholas Snowden, son of Helen S. and Dr. Augustus Stabler, was born. Clear, cold, frosty days prevailed. The Christmas weather was unusually fine, and students from the George school, and various colleges, gathered about the fire- side, and brought many guests to partake of home cheer. We are never without the stranger within our gates, and if there is ever any relaxation from "company manners" in Sandy Spring it must be when our inhabitants go abroad, or let us rather hope our hospitality is of that kind which is bestowed without effort, and received with no sense of undue obliga- tion.
Twelfth month, 27th. "The band of hope," Vir- ginia M. Stabler, president, and the Ashton Sun- day-school, gave a very charming cantata at the Ly- ceum, which was well attended by an appreciative au- dience.
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Twelfth month, 28th, "An Armenian gentleman". from Mt. Lebanon, belonging to the Society of Friends, lectured at the Lyceum, and the next day at the Orthodox meeting-house.
The first snow, which fell on the 27th, 'although it seemed a mere skim, owing to the mercury hovering around zero, gave us good sleighing for nearly two weeks. During this time ice-houses were filled to overflowing with the finest ice gathered for some years, and everyone in general, but especially the dairymen, rejoiced.
Every season seems to bring one or two days that are accentuated in memory as the very essence of na- ture's most perfect work. In May, when the orchards are a mass of bloom, there comes a day full of exqui- site tender shades of bird song, of perfume, of soft, balmy air, and of fleecy clouds floating in a pale blue sky. In the heart of summer, when the bud has ex- panded into the glowing flower, when the grass is thick and high, the shade dense and green, the breeze blowing as if from the tropics, heavy with the excess and fulness of life and verdure. Again, in October. we awake to a morning, and breathe the invigorating air with joy, when mother earth is aflame with color, and sits in royal robes, adored by her loving subjects, an almost imperceptible haze softens the brilliant pageant, and we are intoxicated by the beauty and consummation of the growth of the year ; and in Janu- ary, through a long night. which you will all remem- ber, the frost king was silently toiling, and when the unclouded sun arose he was as a bridegroom to greet his snowy bride, imagination could not pic-
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ture a more characteristic winter scene; every object was clothed in the softest downy hoar-frost. It seemed to produce a singular feeling of profound quiet, as if the message to all the children of men was, "Be ye · pure and white of soul, even as I, all nature, am spot- less."
First month, 5th, 1895, Lea Gilpin, son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles G. Willson, was born.
On the morning of First month, 7th, the board of directors of the Mutual Fire Insurance Company of Montgomery County convened; the members meet- ing, many times larger than ever before, was held at the Lyceum, and lasted from noon until nine o'clock p. m. The causes which led up to this meeting, the manner of procedure, the circumstances which sur- rounded it, the feeling engendered, and the results arising therefrom were and are of such nature, the historian would gladly ignore the whole subject could she feel herself excused for so doing, and it is with an earnest desire to be impartial, and with heartfelt charity towards all differences, that she is constrained by her position to make this brief mention of the most prominent event of the entire year.
At a called meeting of the board of directors, First month, 23rd, Joseph T. Moore absolutely declining reelection, Edward P. Thomas was elected president, Allan Farquhar, secretary and treasurer, to fill the vacancy occasioned by the retirement of Robert R. Moore. Benjamin D. Palmer was elected assistant secretary, and resigned his directorship ; E. L. Tchaf- faly, of Hunting Hill, this county, was made director,
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all the old board of directors, with this exception, re- taining office.
Samuel Wetherald and family moved from Ashton into the pleasant, commodious home just completed by him at Sandy Spring, on the edges of the woods, where there is abundant shade without waiting for trees to grow.
At the annual meeting of the Woman Suffrage Association of Maryland, held in Baltimore, First month, 11th, Mary Bentley Thomas was reelected president; Rebecca T. Miller, vice-president ; James P. Stabler, recording secretary, and Belle W. Han- num, treasurer. Mary Bentley Thomas was appointed delegate to the national convention to be held at At- lanta, Georgia.
First month, 21st, Ulric, son of Mary J. and Ulric Hutton was born.
"At midnight, First month, 25th, 1895, after long suffering Richard Jackson Iddings died at his home, Riverside, in the seventy-eighth year of his age, and on the 28th inst., was laid to rest in Woodside ceme- tery; in the spot he had himself chosen, close by the grave of his parents. When a boy of sixteen he left his home in Philadelphia to accept a situation offered him in New York, and he there established the repu- tation that was his through life, that of serving those for whom he worked with untiring faithfulness. He held many positions of great trust in Philadelphia, New York and Baltimore, always leaving the same unblemished record of strict integrity.
His habits of industry and application to business formed so early in life clung to him to the last. His
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generosity and many deeds of kindness can be known only to the few. He was always ready to deny him- self that he might be able to hold out a helping hand to those he felt in greater need. The latter part of his life was spent at Riverside, and as long as his health permitted he attended the meeting at Sandy Spring, of which he had become a member. His oft- quoted text of scripture, 'What doth the Lord re- quire of thee but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God?' seemed exemplified in his own walk and conversation." H. P. C.
I am indebted to a friend who was intimately ac- quainted with Richard Iddings for the above tribute.
Tarleton B. Stabler purchased from R. Rowland Moore the farm "Amersley," on which he had been living for the past three years.
William M. Thompson, an industrious, worthy young man, died First month, 22nd, at Ashton, after a long illness, and was followed to the grave in a very short time by his aged father Moses Thompson. Both were buried in Woodside cemetery.
George L. Stabler opened a small store for general merchandise at his home on the Brighton road.
Dr. Wolf, of Michigan, delivered a lecture on "Phrenology," to a small audience at the Lyceum.
Mr. Josiah W. Jones, of Olney, gave a dinner to George E. Brooke, of Brooke Grove, and Thomas and Edward Owens. The united ages of these venerable gentlemen, with their host, was three hundred and thirty-nine years.
Joseph T. Moore, one of the prominent founders of the Saving's Institution, who had held office from
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its organization, for twenty-seven years, tendered his resignation as director and treasurer.
At a special meeting of the directors, held Second month, 5th, William W. Moore was elected vice- president, and Alban G. Thomas, treasurer. Allan Farquhar, owing to increased duties in the insurance company, resigned as secretary, and George F. Nes- bitt, jr., was elected to that position.
Through February extremely cold weather pre- vailed, and for nine consecutive mornings the mercury either touched zero, or rose a few degrees above that point. On the 7th a violent snow-storm, with high- piercing winds, continued for many hours, followed by intense cold, when the thermometer registered from eight degrees to fourteen degrees below zero. Roads were blocked in all directions. and travel impeded to an extent never before remembered by the oldest in- habitant in this section.
From the 7th to the evening of the 9th no mail from any quarter was received, and the first that arrived was brought on horseback from Laurel, through woods and fields, by a devious route. The efforts of some of our people to get the products of their dair- ies to Washington were almost heroic, and consumed many hours, over a track so circuitous and altogether intoxicated-looking it seemed hardly possible that an innocent milk-wagon could have made it.
On the eleventh the turnpike company employed large gangs of men to open the highways. So tightly packed was the light, dry snow in these huge drifts it was thrown up on either side the harrow road, like blocks of marble, and the effect of riding through
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these long white lanes that rose above one's head was most peculiar and seemed more like the Arctic regions than our own country.
This severe storm, extending over a large area, es- pecially southward, and causing immense damage, suffering and personal inconvenience, will long be spoken of as the blizzard of 1895.
During the bitterly cold and inclement month of February, three homes, Leawood, Pen-y-Bryn and Mt. Airy, caught fire, and were only saved from de- struction by prompt and energetic measures.
The twenty-third annual farmers' convention was held at the Lyceum on Second month, 19th, Edward P. Thomas presiding, and J. Janney Shoemaker and M. O. Stabler, secretaries. Farmers were present from Howard, Harford and Prince George counties, and took an active part in the discussions. In addi- tion to the reports of committees and clubs, four sub- jects were assigned for consideration, namely :
"Would an electric railroad from Kensington to Ellicott City benefit the community and enhance the value of farm lands enough to justify farmers to sub- scribe to stock?"
2. "To what extent will the exclusion of American beef and pork from many of the European markets, affect the price of these articles in the near future?"
3. "Will it pay to produce crimson clover and legumes into our regular rotation ?"
William E. Mannakee, chairman of the committee on public road legislation, submitted a report on the present method of repairing roads 'in Montgomery county.
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C. E. Bond, of the same committee, read a paper on public roads, which attracted attention, as well for the clear and forcible manner in which he express- ed himself as for the knowledge which he disclosed of his subject.
The question of the advantages of an electric road through Montgomery county was referred to a com- mittee. The consensus of opinion was that the pro- posed road would be of inestimable value by opening the markets of Baltimore and Washington to our farmers.
Dr. Augustus Stabler spoke of the peculiarities of crimson clover, and Robert H. Miller gave the re- sult of experiments with the clover, showing plainly the increased yield in other crops, where it had been first grown on the land.
The stockholders of Sherwood Friends' school, at their annual meeting, elected the following directors to serve for one year: William W. Moore, John Thomas, Asa M. Stabler, Alban G. Thomas, Charles E. Bond, Sarah E. Stabler, Mary E. Moore and Mary Bentley Thomas.
Belle W. Hannum, so long and successfully con- nected with the school as teacher, and then principal, and with the neighborhood, socially, resigned her po- sition to take effect in June, and at a subsequent meet- ing of the board in the Third month, Mary S. Hallo- well was appointed principal, Sarah B. Farquhar, as- sistant teacher, and Nora Stabler, pupil teacher.
Second month, 25th, Gideon Gilpin, one of our old- est inhabitants, and long in failing health, passed away, after a brief illness, aged seventy-five years. A.
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most excellent, kind-hearted man, with an innate po- liteness of manner that was never wanting in his in- tercourse with others, he had led a blameless life, and his familiar figure about the village, or seated on his porch greeting the passers-by, will be greatly missed. He was a constant reader, and wrote an admirable letter. He married Sarah Levering, of Baltimore county, who, with three grown daughters and two sons, survive him. He was buried from the meeting- house on the afternoon of the 27th.
The mercury, which had seemed permanently fixed near the bottom of the tube, on Second month, 28th, climbed to sixty-five, and the snow melted rapidly away. Third month, Ist, it registered seventy-two degrees, but the next day, as if repenting of such genial behavior, dropped to thirty-six degrees.
Dr. Charles Farquhar and wife returned to their home, near Olney, after a sojourn in Washington, which is fast becoming the winter residence of a num- ber of our inhabitants. Dr. Francis Thomas and family, Granville Farquhar and family, Arthur Stab- ler and wife, Elizabeth Tyson and Malvinia Miles, have all spent the winter in the beautiful capital city. Prof. William Taylor Thom has been teaching there, and Benjamin H. Miller engaged in the life insurance business.
Hannah P. and Elma Chandlee closed "Home- wood" in the fall, and went to Alexandria to remain until spring, and Warwick P. Miller and daughters left "Alloway" and passed the time between Brooke Grove and Germantown, Pennsylvania.
The International Council of Women now in ses-
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sion in Washington, claimed the attention of some of our progressive citizens, who attended many of the sittings.
A Boston paper says that if St. Paul were to return to a mundane existence, and start on a round of apostolic visitations in the United States, what would he think of the geyser-like activity of women?" Every little hamlet, every manufacturing city, every country town, is a ganglionic centre for all sorts of alliances, clubs, associations, lecture courses and every imagin- able means of culture, information and amusement. We need not go so far back as to cite the most promi- nent old bachelor of all times. Even one of our great- grandfathers in short clothes and ruffled shirt front, daintily stitched by the patient fingers of the Griselda of that day, if he could return to us would doubtless open wide his astonished and disapproving eyes on the convention-attending, business-like, female suf- fragist of these enlightened times.
A recent toast given at a banquet in one of the states where women already vote, was, "Woman for- mally our superior, now our equal." The press teems with the woman question, and society is convulsed in the great cities, from the slums to the palaces, over its pros and cons. The fear seems to be not what she wants to do and can do as well, if not better, than all her masculine relations, but whether in her resist- less, onward rush, she will leave any avocation for man whereby they can support themselves, while she looks after herself and the family. A. gentleman told me not very long ago, almost with tears in his eyes, that it was much easier now for a capable young
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woman to procure a situation, almost anywhere, than an equally capable young man, and he very nearly proved to me that the wide-spread depression in busi- ness, the terrible state of national finances, the abso- lute incompetency of Congress, were all owing to the fact that women in these degenerate days just hustled the lords of creation aside, and grabbed everything, from driving street cars and navigating ships, to hold- ing important municipal offices. He saw but one ray of light in this darkness : the number of marriages was steadily decreasing, and just as soon as these hustling creatures discovered that the men did not want to marry them and could not be forced to, they would speedily return to the good old "clinging vine" days. But with more nopeful and impartial spirit a writer in Chambers' Journal discourses on
"THE NEW WOMAN."
"She does not 'languish in her bower,' Or squander all the golden day In fashioning a gaudy flower Upon a worsted spray; Nor is she quite content to wait,
Behind her rose-wreathed lattice pane, Until beside her father's gate, . The gallant prince draws rein.
"The brave 'New Woman' scorns to sigh, And count it such a grievous thing, That year on year should hurry by, And no gay suitor bring. In labor's ranks she takes her place, With skillful hand and cultured mind- Not always foremost in the race, But never far behind.
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"And not less lightly fall her feet, Because they tread the busy ways; She is no whit less fair and sweet Than maids of olden days,
Who gowned in samite or brocade, Looked charming in their dainty guise, But dwell like violets in the shade, With shy, half-opened eyes.
"Of life she takes a clearer view, And through the press serenely moves, Unfettered, free, with judgment true, Avoiding narrow grooves; She reasons and she understands, And sometimes 'tis her joy and crown To lift, with strong, yet tender, hands, The burdens men lay down."
However all this may be, our neighborhood having only eighteen or twenty clubs, associations and soci- eties, might well afford another to be devoted to the comfort and amelioration of all downtrodden men within her borders.
Third month, Ist. Business was transacted in the neat, suitable and substantial building recently com- pleted at Sandy Spring by the savings institution. The bank will be opened on Mondays and Thursdays, from two to four o'clock p. m. Notwithstanding the finan- cial distress extending over the farming community the institution has gained in the past year, and at the directors meetings, Third month, 4th, the usual divi- dend of four per cent. was declared.
Third month, 3rd, Barbara, daughter of Henry and Helen G. Miller, was born.
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Third month, 8th, John Needles, son of John C. and Cornelia H. Bentley, was born.
On the evening of Third month, 8th, Worthington Waters, who has been for some years a missionary, gave an interesting illustrated lecture at the Lyceum, on Japan, and the strange scenes he had witnessed in that far-away land.
Although the pictures on the calendar were dis- tinctly springlike, and that season had undoubtedly arrived, if dates were correct, the weather continued cold, but like a disagreeable guest who makes amends in leaving by a pleasant speech on the door-step, old winter gave us her fairest spectacle on the 16th, in a crystal day ; diamonds of the first water decked every twig and vine and grass blade, and the eye revelled in a vision of glittering beauty. Alternate freezing and thawing, and the usual high winds prevailed, that make this month so trying on health and temper.
On the night of the 27th there was a thunder- storm, and the following morning almost a gale, con- tinuing through the day, but all this must be accepted as Dame Nature's spring cleaning, so
"March winds blow with all your might, Set disordered things aright,
Rustle every dry leaf down, Chase the cold all out of town;
Sweep the roads quite free from dust,
Blow it off with many a gust, Make the earth all clean again, And ready for the April rain."
Third month, 29th. Mrs. George Kennan gave a most entertaining reading at the Lyceum, relating her varied experiences in Russia, with her husband,
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on his return from Siberia. The beautiful peasant dress she wore, which had been purchased in Mos- cow, enhanced the interest of the occasion.
In this month: James P. Stabler entered into part- nership with Frederick McReynolds, in the insurance, loan and real estate business, their office to be in Washington.
The tinkle of the telephone bell was now heard in all directions, and the messages flying from point to point were as varied as they were constant. Ting, ling, ling. "Hello, central ! Give me Smiling Valley ;" "How do?" "Can you hear me?" "Yes; can you hear me?" "Perfectly." "We have just had our 'phone put in; isn't this fine?" "Yes." "Good-bye."
Ting, ling, ling. "Central, give me Ashton store. That thee, Edward ? Just put up ten pounds of granu- lated and start a gallon of molasses running; I'll be along directly."
Ting, ling, ling. "Hello, beautiful Mountain Dairy; this is the telegraph office; dispatch just in from Washington, 'Send twenty-seven gallons of cream and thirty dozen eggs immediately." "All right." Hens began to cackle as soon as they heard the bell.
Ting, ling, ling. "That Sandy Spring store?" "Just send me that porous plaster I left on the counter; it might do more good on my back."
Ting, ling, ling. "Hello, central, I want the manor." "What, the whole of it?" "No, the edge will do."
"Hello, girls, what's the news?" "Heard of the engagement ?" "Yes, isn't it splendid?" "Perhaps it is only an experiment."; "No danger of that."
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"Wonder who else is engaged. There are always three cases ; never was known to fail ; it's contagious." "Well, I heard two bachelors, not far from Brighton, say they would furnish the historian items next year or die in the attempt." "That's good. They had better start out before the roads close up; seems to me 'lone maiden stock' will soon go up to par." "Yes, and be knocked down to the highest bidder."
Ting, ling, ling, ling, ling. "Oh, doctor, do come quickly ; the baby's swallowed a shoe-button." "Yes, certainly ; but who's talking, which baby?"
Ting, ling, ling, ling. "Who is that ? Has the lime come? Is this old Brooke? Give me Emily; I want Emily. Is this Brighton?"-Do hush, Janney, for one minute ; I'm talking to Oak Dale-"Come to tea this afternoon." "Can't you come here?"
Who's talking? Why it's the whole neighborhood talking at once. Good time to build another tower of Babel. What's the matter? The new switch-board must be a double transmitter "ting, ling, ling."
Do you wonder that forty tons of wire, fifty miles of line, thirty-nine private and eleven public 'phones are now required to enable the neighborhood to talk, in season and out of season, with a prospect of many new subscribers, and the telephone already connect- ing at Rockville with the capital city?
Third month, 30th. The Bond Brothers started their new engine and boiler for the first time. The engine is a fine 12x36 Corliss. of about seventy-five maximum horse power, at sixty turns per minute, and has been pronounced first-class by an expert. The starting of the new engine is the culmination of im-
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provements which were begun in the Twelfth month, 1891, when they commenced building their new mill, which has added so much to the convenience of manufacturing as well as the improved appearance of the mill.
On the afternoon of Fourth month, 2nd, there was a thunder-storm, acompanied by heavy rain, which continued to fall through the night, and freezing weather again on the 3rd seemed to discourage those who were anxious to get gardens planted and winter debris removed. We frequently hear the remark that the climate has changed, and it certainly has, from the seasons experienced in the beginning of the pres- ent century. A friend from Sharon, who disclaims all personal recollection of the year 1816, furnishes me the following veracious report of that date :
"June was the coldest ever known in this latitude ; ' frost, ice and snow were common ; almost every green thing was killed. Fruit was nearly all destroyed ; snow fell to the depth of ten inches in Vermont, seven inches in Maine, and three in Central New York, and also in Massachusetts. Considerable damage was done in New Orleans in consequence of the rapid rise in the river. The suburbs were covered with water, and roads were only passable in boats.
"July was accompanied by frost and ice. On the 5th ice formed of the thickness of window glass through- out New England, New York and parts of Pennsyl- vania ; Indian corn was nearly all destroyed.
"August was more cheerless if possible than the summer months already passed. Ice formed half an inch thick; Indian corn was so frozen that the greater
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part was cut and dried for fodder. Almost every green thing was destroyed, both in this country and Europe. There was no summer in 1816, and seed- corn kept over from 1815 sold for four and five dol- lars a bushel.
"September furnished about two weeks of the mild- est weather of the season. Soon after the middle it became very cold and frosty, and ice formed.
"October produced more than its share of cold weather, frost and ice particularly.
"November was cold and blustering, and enough snow fell to make good sleighing.
"December was quite mild and comfortable."
The above is a brief summary of the "cold summer of 1816." Frost and ice were common in every month in the year, and very little vegetation matured in the eastern and western states. The sun's rays seemed to be destitute of heat, all nature seemed to be clad in a sable hue, and men exhibited no little anxiety con- cerning the future of this life. Let us hope our gen- eration will - ot have a repetition of such an experience as this.
About this time Charles G. Willson and family moved from Lucknow to Lutherville, Maryland, and Dr. Francis Thomas and family returned to their sum- mer home from Washington.
There seems always to be a pause in drawing near the end of our historical year, as if the events great and small, grave or gay, that go to make up the sum of existence, had come to a full stop, and, yet, there is really no hiatus and we are only passing another mile-stone in our journey of life.
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To many of us Time's finger on the dial points to high noon, and we realize as age advances how quickly these mile-stones succeed each other, and that our half spent day leaves less than half remain- ing. The last item is recorded; the chronicle is spread before you, but the thread is not dropped. The history goes steadily on, its roots in the past, its wide branches stretching to that future for which we are all responsible ..
This very custom of gathering together and pre- serving these neighborhood happenings makes us the more responsible, and life in Sandy Spring should grow richer with each passing year, and have larger treasure in itself and larger treasure in other lives, re- membering always,
"Who blesses others in his daily deeds,
Will find the healing which his spirit needs, And every flower on other's pathway strewn Confers a pleasing fragrance on his own."
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