The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1874-06-13

and none but our friends ought ma aaea tife-
affairs. Common decency would suggesttheir
immediate departure, but they still abid. with
us, realizing, perhaps, how pleasant it is 10 re-
ceive a large salary for their inadequate ervi-
ces.
FUNERAL, OF }. EDGAR THOMSON.
On June LIST the remains of this DISTINGUISH
ed man were removed to their last restingnlace
in Woodland Cemetery in this CITY. fse fu.
neral procession was so long that the remains
were buried before the last carriage had cross
ed the Chestnut street bridge. The Gorsl tri
butes of respect and affection were nur. erous
and most beautiful. They were gotten un in a
large variety of designs, consisting Of w.saths
broken columns, crosses, anchors and a mag
nifcent basket, surmounted by cross All
these were taken to the cemetery and alaced
around his grave, literally hiding The earth
from the sight.
While this grand display was mag. n the
funeral Of the rich man, at<tiie safne lie a
hearse was driven to the opposte side Of the
Woodlands, and only one mourder was in at
tendance. A plain coffin contai4ed the emains
of poor creature, and the orly person who
mourned for her was sister She was alone
in her grief, and no floral Offering was given to
sooth her sorrow. She had not been fsyored
with q fortune, and therefore her friends were
few. The coffin was placed ID its humble grave
and the sister went away as she had coiee, sor
rowful and alone.
Such scene is seldom Witnessed evea in a
crowded city, and it is indeed true thas- death
is the great leveller. The rich may basi, in the
sunshine OF prosperity, and enjoy all tie lux
uries and comforts Of life, yet atlast they must
be brought down to the grave, and corruption
feeds upon them as the vlest outcast. Death
is no respector of persons, and the poor and the
rich, the honored and degraded, must all come
to one common end.
MARRIAGE OF COUSINS
Thereshould DO a law against these marriages
In England widower may not marry his de-
ceased wife's sister, and yet cousins are permit
| ted to inter marry ab libitWm Victoria was
married to her first cousin, and among the no.
blity such alliances are very common.
| We cannot understand why the marriage Of
a man with his deceased wife's sister is worse
than the marriage of blood cousins, First
cousins-children of sisters or brothers, or Of
brother and sister-are as nearly related as the
| children of the second generation can be. Ac
cording to the statistics in this carsr,i& large
proportion of the def aud dumb, tfe stiIid the
| idiotic, are the offspring of married CO Sins.
| Surely, the world is large enough to make a Sc
| lection of partner for life, without being
obliged to confine ourselves to suit a narrow
| circle as that of our own blood relaticns. II
would be far better for humanity, if the mar
riage of cousins were prohibited by law and
so much misery would not then be entaied up
| on our race.
DEATH FROM EATING HAM
A person recently died in this city from eat
| ing uncooked ham. His sufferings were of the
most excruciating kind, and he was literally
devoured by worms A powerful microscope
revealed in the ham hundreds of trichinse that
were sporting around like immense boa con
strictors. We advise all persons not to eat m ca
of any kind unless ithas been previously cooked
as there is always more or less danger from the
| presence of these nauseous vermin.
| DEATH OF PROMINENT MEN.
This week two gentlemen died, who wore Ell
gagged in almost identical pursuits. Richard
| Norris was the celebrated builder of locomo
tives, and Asa Whitney owned an extensive es
tablishment of car wheels. These two mer
died within twenty four hours of each other
and their places of business had been fog many
years almost in the same neighborhood 1t i:
seldom that such singular coincidence occurs
| Norris was the first and only man who mad,
locomotive run up and down an incline plane
with perfect safety. When the Columbia rail
road was built, there was an incline plane neal
the Schuylkill, and over it Norris exhibited
| locomotive that actually run down and stopped
on the plane at the pleasure of the engineer.
Yours truly,