The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1874-11-28

About two hundred Baltimore "sports'
made their appearance on Charles street av.
enue on Thursday of last week, to witness 9
three-mile trottng race, for a purse of 5000
between Lew Minks bay mare and Jim Nc
Cracken's sorrel. The race was won easily BY
the former. Pools were sold, previous to the
race, at Ulerys Govanstown hotel.
Here is a young lady's receipt for having
fun. She says: "Invite half dozen boys and
girls to your house when your pa and ma are
away; put half-dollar silver piece in dish
with molasses an inch deep in it, and offer il
to the boy who gets it with his mouth. The
more the boys try to get it the more fun there
will be-" Rather stickey fun, we imagine, but
fun for all that.
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Thanksgiving day was pretty generally
observed in Towsontown. Everybody ''took a
rest except the newspaper men and their en-
ployees, and they never will be able to enjoy
such seasons unless there can be some nfu-
ence brought to bear upon the President to
name some other day. Make it-well any
other day but Thursday, and we'll give thanks
with the rest of you.
Mr.. George A. Thompson, son of DR.. VIM.
S. Thompson, of Warren, Baltimore county,
Consul of the United States to Stettin, Germa-
ny, and one of the ports on the Oder, near the
Baltic sea- has resigned. The salary of the
Consulate is but 81 900, an amount inadequate
to the necessities of the incumbent and hence
his resignation. Mr.. Thompson arrived in
Baltimore about two weeks ago.
Three tramps went to the house of Capt.
VIM. Adams, on the Joppa road, about half a
mile east of this place, on Monday evening,
and whilst two of them were at the door, ask
ing for something to eat, the third one slipped
into the back yard and stole number of ar
ticles of clothing from the wash line. 1t is al
ways best to keep an eye to these fellows when
they come around begging. Just at this time
the country seems to be over run with them.
With the late change of schedule on the
N. c.. II. w., has been introduced among other
rules new signal which is green light at
night and green flag during the day time
The green signal indicates that the train or
engine ahead is out of the way OF any train or
engine that may be approaching. Green sig
pals in front of an engine indicates that train
is following on the same schedule time. A
white signal on a train indicates extra train.
The red lights are still used as signal oil dan
ger, and only as such.
"A bout seven times a week we have The
question propounded to US, "Why is it that the
Baltimore and Towsontown narrow gauge rail-
road is not completely" We are not good at
guessing conundrums, and therefore we give
this one up, but it seems to us that if real Gu
erqy were brought TO bear upon the enterprise
it wouldn't be- oug before the road would be
in operation. II some one will invent reme-
dy that will cure lack of enterprises disease
that has affected this section for long, long
time-we will have railroad very soon, other
wise we don't see any chance for having one.
1t is said the Company have the money, and
from this it would seem that something else is
needed. That something, say, is little
energy and public spirit. If talk would build
railroads we might have had seventeen
through lines" between this place and Balti-
more eighteen months ago, but unfortunately
it won't, hence our condition.