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2 THE-SUN. BALTIMOKE. SUNDAY MORNING, JUNE 4, 1916. CATONSVILLE, REMARKABLE FOR ITS NATURAL BEAUTY iLm 3 1 as i mTi ll 1 lit v- flrtj WSra Mvk x'sk PPM trWis A VIEW OF THE BUSINESS SECTION CATONSVILLE COUNTRY CLUB over' byi negroes, and a sorry place it became. Then, a dozen years ago, an organization came out from the city for a day's "rest." They "rested" a little too hard.

The police herded most of them into jail, and the picnic ground was abandoned. Catonsville's future promises to be a bright one. It is not likely that the old town itself will grow, for already larger and handsomer houses and stores are crowding out the quaint old buildings that have endeared themselves on account of their antiquity. But the countryside for miles around is the scene of many a spacious building, all to be included in Catonsville. and the outlying villages and towns will be united also.

ST. TIMOTHY'S P. E. CHURCH is the pride of the town. There is also a weekly newspaper, the Argus, which began in 1881, and was devoted to music, tbe drama and general information.

Its first editor was Edwin J. Farbcr. Near Catonsville is the Spring Grove State Hospital, one of the largest and most imposing institutions of the Sate. Social Activities. Social activities centre around the Country Club, which is one of the most popular clubs anywhere near Baltimore.

Plans were made for it more than a quarter of a century ago, and it at one-became the eentre for men athletically inclined. The house was destroyed by fire in 1906 and rebuilt in 1908. It now occupies the site of the old house on Bloomsbury avenue, part of the old foundations having been used in its reconstruction. It is of frame, two stories high, and overlooks a wide strip of lawn. Tlie clubhouse interior is low, spacious and delightfully "homey." The entrance hall on the first floor is a charming place and it is here that the visitors gather for gossip and tea.

Very successful features are the Saturday night dances held since the beginning. Music is furnished by the club, but there are many private little dinners being constantly given. There are tennis courts, a baseball field. a swimming pool, a golf course and a bowling alley. One great distinction of this club lies in the Fact that it permits women to vote at its annual election for officers.

The Story Of Paradise. Catonsville's story would not be complete without mention of Paradise, the exquisite garden spot lying to the east. It is said that his section was once called Purgatory, but it remains that there were many beautiful homes with beautiful young mistresses in them. One night at a dinner so Dame Rumor hath it a hostess, gazing at her bevy of beautiful guests, declared that the name ill-suited the place. Whereupon it at once became Paradise.

Paradise was famous for a large hotel, uspd in winter as a school for boys under the directorship of Captain Chif-felle. A gang of Italian laborers Mas working in the neighborhood a few years ago and one of the men wiit to sleep in an- outbuilding of the hotel. It is supposed that he took his pipe to bed with him and the rsult was the destruction by fire of the hotel and its buildings. It was in Paradise, too, that the Ely-sian Fields a pk-nio ground came to its sad end. This was first used long ago by Germans, but later it was taken I ixfiltsffi Hps? sssgviw mm.mm if a THE CHILDREN GO TO SCHOOL Aire Satisfied' fft? Are Not June Brides-to-be! Let us help you in the task of furnishing that home you've dreamed of! AYEL have been of service to thousands of young couples just starting housekeeping.

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ROBERT TAYLOR to the Revolutionary War probably was inhabited by the Susquehanna Indians, and relies of Indian life still are occasionally discovered. The earliest settlements in this neighborhood were at Johnny-Cake Town, which is along the route of the old National turnpike, and along the shore of the Patapsco river. There were farms, and tobacco was extensively raised, especially at Johnny-cake Town, and the old Rolling road at the western end of Catonsville is where the tobacco planters of the good old days rollled their hogsheads of the precious weed to the Colonial seaport at Elkridge. Catonsville included a part of land that was granted to the Baltimore Land Company, and which subsequently pased into the hands of Charles of Carrollton. Some Old Homesteads.

That the country was wrell settled be-for the village actually had its inception is indicated, however, by several of the old homesteads. It is supposed that when the Catons settled at Castle Thunder the district was occuiped by Indians. Possibly for this reason, Hilton, one of the old houses nearby, and the summer home of Major R. H. Ranson, bears indications that it was prepared for hostilities.

Surrounding the barnyard is a high stockade of stone, penetrated at intervals by loopholes, and the position of both house and stockade on a hill is a strategic one that no doubt had a decided purpose. "Hilton" is a house of stucco set in a thick grove of oaks. It is built in old iiingnsn style ana is surrounded Dy a Insist on name CREX Magnificent Queen Anne Bed Room In Walnut or Genuine Mahogany ELTON PARK, HOME One of the town's beautiful English garden. On the grounds is an old stone bowling alley, against which fruit trees grow. This was the manor house of the old Glenn estate, which formerly included 1,200 acres stretching out in every direction.

Now nearly all of this territory has been cut up and developed. The oldest house in the village is a frame double structure built over It is owned by August Schotta, a retired shoemaker. It is on the Frederick road, a little west of the centre of the village. The name of St. Timothy's Protestant Episcopal Church arouses many tender memories in the hearts of Baltimoreans, for here it was that many of the most romantic and the most beautiful of our grandmothers' weddings took place in the quaint little ivy-covered chapel that could well stand competition with many far grander structures.

Many a daughter has pored over the old records in the church for the odd description of her great-grandmother's marriage or has strolled through the lovely grounds where those dear to her rambled long before her. And perhaps it is this delicate bit of shall we call it sentimentality? that is responsible for so many simple ceremonies being performed beneath its stained glass windows. St. Timothy's cornerstone was laid September 12, 1844, and the building was consecrated June 5, 1S51 by Bishop Whittingharn. The church is of stone, Gothic style, and cost $10,000, of which $5,000 was subscribed by John Glenn, of Baltimore county.

Its dimensions are 28 by 100 feet, and it seats 450 people. The stained glass windows are very rich and the organ is remarkable for its delicacy and power. Another ancient institution that adds to the fame of Catonsville is Mount De Sales Academy, founded in 1S52 by the Sisters of the Order of the Visitation of the Blessed Virgin and known over all North America. The cornerstone was laid by Bishop Charbonnel, of Toronto, Canada. Near Mount De Sales is old St.

Agnes' Catholic Church, built in 1852 by Mrs. Henry Somerville. For many years it was the only Catholic Church near Catonsville, but in 18SS. St. Mark's Church, built on the Frederick road, within the town, superseded it.

The first pastor was the Rev. Edward Caton, who died in 18G2; he is buried in the churchyard, his grave being the only one there. The old Methodist church was an other landmark, but when a few years ago its walls showed cracks, it was con demned and blasted down. A Suburb fFashion. Catonsville today, however, is not compelled to depend upon its great his torical interest for attention.

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By KATITARINE S. BOBLITZ. CATONSVILLE, like AVind- sor Hills, owes its fame to a very wonderful natural beauty that throughout the decades has managed to elude the scathing hand of civilization and well-intentioned real estate companies. Everywhere are tall, big-trunked oaks that have been untouched by the ax, and where the rolling hills break abruptly huge boulder thrust themselves through the earth. Patches of woodland remain untouched, big trees rear their limbs high above a groundwork of twining moss and vines.

Ancient stately estates stand in their groves of tall oaks, and the later-built residences cluster around the splendid old houses, The village itself is not a very large place, but its beautiful environs give it a population of more than 5,000. There are five churches, a splendid high school, a graded school for little folks and several excellent private schools. Roads are paved, sidewalks are of asphalt. Cor service on two lines makes it easily accessible, and it is scarcely 50 minutes' distance from the city. All modern advantages make it one oi xne most uesirauie oi Baltimore suburbs.

QATONSVILLE is situated nearly in the centre of the First district of Baltimore county and is six miles from the hoart of the city. Located upon an elevated plateau 550 feet above tidewater, surrounded by forests and pleasantly cultivated farms, and drained by gentle slopes toward the Patapsco river south and west and by Gwynn's Falls north and east, it has enjoyed so preat a reputation for salubrity that it was chosen in its very beginnings for the site of four educational institutions. The suburb owes its name to Richard Caton, an English gentleman, who came to this country in 1785, and won the heart of Elizabeth, the eldest daughter of Charles Carroll of Carrollton, who was called the most fascinating woman of her day. Caton was not rich, and her father opposed the match. Cut although Carroll called in his friend Thomas Cockey Dcye.

and induced him to argue the matter with her, she refused to give up her lover. Mr. Devo informed Mr. Carroll of the young beauty's determination, and the latter said. "(Jo and ask her who will take him out if he gets into jail?" She raised her hands so the old story runs and said with a lovely smile: hands shall take him out." Carroll resisted no longer.

The marriage took place in 1786, and he gave nie couple a spienma esrare, wnicn embraced the present site of Catonsville proper. They were the parents of the "American (traces," thp famous Mary, Louise and Elizabeth Caton, who captured the hearts of the English arisv tocracy early in the century, and who became, respectively, the Marchioness of Wellesley the Duchess of Leeds and Lady Stafford. Carroll is described as one of the most fascinating women of her day and George Washington is said to have considered her the most beautiful woman he had ever seen. Given As Marriage Dower. Emily MacTavish, fourth and youngest daughter, Charles Carroll gave Currollton Ilall as a marriage dower.

name or tne place was changed afterward to Folly Hall, from an estate owned by the MacTavish family in Scotland. Thunder Castle, the old home-bfoad of Richard and Elizabeth, was at. one time, tradition says, the leading hostelry of Catonsville. Ilcre the stages uAed to lavc many a weary stranger bAund westward, who desired a night of before continuing on. rBeforft the Civil War a private school wm convicted in the romantic old place WHERE OF EL IAS LIVEZEY oldest residences.

the thoroughfares. There is the Rolling road, wliich starts near the centre of the village and runs across the country to Relay. For most of the way it is down grade to the Patapsco river, and gets its name from the custom in the old days of the farmers rolling their hogsheads of tobacco down to Elkridge landing, then the head of navigation of the river. Maiden's Choice Lane is another quaint thoroughfare. This road originally got its start in the western end the city, but when the city "extended and the winding three-shaded lane was out of keeping with the development of-brick houses, its bed was taken up in the building of Wilkens- avenue, which runs almost to Catonsvilfe.

The origin of the old name is doubtful. Some think that it came from England, while another theory is that there was swimming pool in the neighborhood much sought by feminine bathers. The Johnnycake road gets its name from the fact that it runs through Johnnycake Town, and Newburg avenue, which passes through a strip of beautiful oaks and beeches, was named by a German, who wished to commemorate his native town. What is known as Blooms-bury avenue is really Bloomsburv Lane, because it was tlra highway into Blooms-bury Farm. It is now a principal cross thoroughfare of, Catonsville and leads into Ilalethorpe.

Nunnery Lane is so named because it runs from the Frederick turnpike to the Mount De Sales Convent. Electricity Supersedes Steam. Catonsville's first means of transpor tation to and from Baltimore, besides the Frederick road, was the Baltimore and Catonsville Short Line, a steam road built in 1SG1 at a cost of $100,000. For years its trains ran between the suburb and Union Station, but the horse-car line and later the electric railway, which was built about 19 years ago, superseded the steam passenger service. The track is still used, however, for a freight train makes a trip Catonsville twice and sometimes four times a week, and the old passenger station is now used as a freight depot.

Today there is a car service with a 12-minute schedule. There are plenty up-to-date stores, gas and electric lights. The postoffice is a large and well-conducted establishment, with seven carriers serving the mails. The First National Bank is a county, state and national depository. The police force is adequate and the fire department is equipped with an automobile engine that BAD TEETH means BAD HEALTH It's a rule of nature bad teeth will ruin health and shorten life.

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mmmm! II 1 1 111 i iWf' "iS RESIDENCE OF by Mrs. Carrie Coale and her daughter. Afterward it was occupied as a private home. The building was made of stone, with a large frame wing added at a later period. It was located on what waa known in earlier days of the village as the National pike between Washington and St.

Louis. It was the Government mail route through Maryland, the western part of what was then the State of Virginia, the States of Ohio, Indiana arid Illinois, and was the first great internal improvement that the Government of the United States undertook. In 1907 Thunder Castle was purchased by former Senator John Hubner and torn down to make room for the residence of Arthur C. Montell. cashier of the First National Bank of Catonsville.

Catonsville possesses no Colonial history. The site of the village previous ARMENIANS ARE PEOPLE OF TASTE TRAVELERS have recognized for centuries, says Sir Edwin Pears, that the Armenian population of Turkey, numbering about 2,000,000, is a most valuable element in the country. The people, like ourselves belong to the Indo-European race. A large portion of them occupy a mountainous country, and the men are usually stalwart and industrious. Their country was civilized and prosperous in the time of Christ, and there can be no doubt that the general average intelligence of Armenians is due to the fact that they are the decendants of parents who have been civilized for centuries.

Armenia was the first country to establish Christianity as the religion of the State. Their great Christian teacher and national saint is Gregory the Illuminator. It is rare to visit the house of an Armenian in a fairly prosperous condition where there is not evidence of artistic and musical taste; pictures or a piano, or other musical instruments. STRANGE TOAST OF SCOTS RECALLED In the course of a recent address Dr. Smellie, of the Original Secession Church, recalled a curious toast which one of the Scottish regiments quartered at Edinburg Castle in the early years of last century was accustomed to drink at mess.

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