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The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1875-05-08
The Sense of Bees.

We find the following in the Popular Science
Monthly The sense of bees were the next
subject of investigation, and we will give, in
brief the results which Huber reached. The
lenses of the bees eyes are not adjustable and,
though they can see accurately to great dis
tances, they seem blind to objects close by
Bees dart down to the door of their hives with
precision which is generally unerring; but
il, from any cause, they miss the opening, they
are obliged to rise in the air, in order to take
another observation.
If bees hear-which is a doubtful question,
the old-fashion Changing" to the contrary-they
certainly hear only what effects their welfare.
Their sense of taste is also far from perfect,
foul ditch water being preferred by the IN to
limpid streams, or even dew, and ili-smelling
plants having quite as much attraction as
sweet ones; it is the quantity, rather than the
quality of their food, for which they care.
They are also fond of the secretions of the ap-
hides, the milch-cattle of the ants.
Their sense of smell is very keen the pres
ence of honey they detect even in the most
carefully concealed places. Honey bees often,
in scarce seasons, attack the humble bees on
their return from fields laden with honey, and
force them to disgorge all they have collected.
Its presence in the honey-bag must have been
detected by the sense of smell. The seat of
this smell is in the mouth this Huber deter
mined BY presenting SUCCESSFULLY to all parts
of the body, on camel's hair pencils, odors es
pecially repugnant to them. When held near
the mouth, the bee started back as if annoyed.
On one occasion he mixed honey with cam
phor, which they especially dislike; they man
aged 10 separate and remove all the honey
leaving the camphor untouched.
The sense which seems to be the most per
feet in these little creatures is that of touch,
and that seems to reside wholly in the attenne.
Greetings, caresses, and the communication of
intentions, are always effected, by one bee to-
ward another, by crossing their attenn@. 1t
must be remembered that no light enters hive
under ordinary circumstances. "The bee,"
says Huber, "constructs its comb in darkness !;
it pours its honey into the magazines, feeds its
young, judges of their age and necessities, rec
ognizes its queen, all by aid of its attenn@,
which are much less adapted for becoming ac-
quainted with objects than our hands. There
fore, shall we not grant to this sense modi6ca-
tions and projections unknown to the touch of
man?"
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1875-05-08
Pigeons in Western NesO YOrlc.
A RoosT NEAR cooPERs, ON THE LINE OF THE ERIE
RAILWAY.

There are countless millions of pigeons to be
found within one hundred miles of this city.
The country lying between the main line OF
the Erie Railroad from Corning to Buffalo, and
the Rochester branch from Corning to Avon, is
literally alive with the birds. Their roosting
place is situated in wild mountainous region
west of Coopers, New York, few miles this
side of Corning, and embraces a tract of land
from seven to ten miles square, heavily timber
cred, and unbroken by clearings or highways,
from which they issue at daylight and scatter
over the country for miles in search OF their
food, which consists principally OF acorns.-
The birds made their appearance near Coopersi
about three weeks ago and have advanced fur
ther west daily, until they now fly as far west
as Springwater. During the present week they
will in all probability be found at points along
the Gennessee Valley and scattered over the
surrounding country, and there is prospect
that considerable number of the birds will
build their nests and breed in this county and
those adjoining. AT present the easiest way to
bag them is to go to Coopers, Curtis, Campbells
or Savons, and choose elevated position di-
rectly in the line of the flight, and shoot as the
immense focks come surging past. This plan
gives an opportunity to shoot in the morning
as the birds fly to the feeding grounds, and
again at night as they return to roest, and
avoids the fatigue of climbing the high, rough
wooded hills in which the birds feed during
the day.
The writer took a trip to Campbells last
week, made big bags, and never had more
enjoyment crowded into two days trip
The birds fly over the western side of the val
ley in the morning and 60 back on the eastern
side at night, flying just above the tree tsps as
they pass up and down the mountains. Oppo-
site the village of Campbels are three high hills;
hllls; on the top of the centre one of our par
ty took up position, and when the fight COM
menced about $50 P. NJ, we could not load
.nd fire fast enough to take the focks they
charged upon US like the waves of the ocean.
The flight lasted an hour. From our elevated
position we commanded view of the country
for ten or twelve miles in length and five or
six in width, and for the entire distance in
mense focks could be stretching out in
long lines until lost in the distance. When
nearing the "roost" several aocks arriving sim
ultaneously would sweep together into one i'm
mense flock and alight in tree in thick
mass, seemingly covering an acre or more
Several trappers are endeavoring to ascertain
the exact location of the feeding ground, fer
the purpose of catching the birds with nets,
but as yet have not come far enough west to
meet success.--Rochester (N ~ Democrat,
April 26th.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1875-05-08

COLD CoURTING.-Saturday morning at one
o'clock the police found horse and cutter
coming in from the country on the Pontiac
road, with the driver so nearly frozen that he
was Topped over Oh the seat and unconscious.
He was taken to the station, and they thawed
him out after an hour or so. When he could
speak, he asked:
"sergeants will live"
>"N b, yeS- $guess so,7 was the answer.
/. all rLT sorry" mused the young man.
900. idted to die, so that they could put on my
ombstone: Here lies one who was fool enough
to ride twenty-six miles to spark red-headed
girl"
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1875-05-08

BROKEN FRIENDsHIp-We clip the following
from the Ledger. 1t is from the pen of Mary
Kyle Dallas, and is worthy of place in the
memory of all.
Friendship is good deal like china. 1t is
very durable and beautiful as long as it is quite
whole; but break it, and all the cement in the
world will never quite repair the damage.
You may stick the pieces together so that,
at distance, it looks nearly as we'll as ever,
but it won't hold hot water. 1t lis always ready
to deceive you if you trust it, and it is on the
whole very worthless thing, fit only to be put
empty on shelf and forgotten there.
The finer and the more delicate tits the more
utter the ruin. A mere acquaintanceship,
which needs only little good humor to keep
itup, may be coarsely puttied like that old
yellow bowl in the store closet, but tenderness,
and trust, and sweet exchange of confidence,
can no more be yours when angry words and
thoughts have broken them, than can those
delicate porcelain tea-cups which were splint-
cred to pieces be restored to their original
the true ring, and you had better search
for new friend than try to mend the old one.
And all this has nothing to do with forgive
ness. One may forgive and be forgiven, but
the deed has been done, and the word said ; the
flowers and the gliding are gone. The formal
"making up" especially between two women,
is of no more avail than the wonderful &C
ments that have made cracked uglness of
the china vase that you expected to be your
''joy forever"
Handled delicately, washed to purity in the
waters Of truth, conlided to no careless and
unsympathizing hands, friendship may last
two lives out, but it "does not pay" to try to
mend it. Once broken it is spoiled forever.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1875-05-08

M1-What shall be said of that benighted
bachelor who, being called on for a toast, gave
Our future wives-dstance lends enchant-
ment to the vew!' And that other one, if
possible, shade more reprobate, who pro-
posed: "Woman-the morning star of infan--
cy, the day star OF age; bless our stars, and
may they be kept at telescope distance"
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1875-05-08

@9-If any one has any doubts of a mothers
love he should drop into some corner grocery
during business hours. He will be sure to find
two or three women, and to hear one of them
sigh as she moves toward the door and say -
al should like to hear the rest of it, but I've
been here half an hour, and the baby was play
ing with the matches when l came away"
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1875-05-08

A Coon WAY.-They have in Ulster county
NY, a new and effectual way OF settling legal
difficulties, much to the disgust of the legal pro-
fession, who are in fair way of being starved
out. Nine suits were commenced there few
days ago, and the lawyers contemplated aprofits
able m0nth. Court assembled, and one suit twas
called, the principals looking Rerce, the witnesses
opening speech, with its usual vtuperatiou and
misconstruction, was finished, geod man, VIM
Alley, appeared on the scene. He called the liti
gants aside, prayed with them long and earnest-
", and did not leave them until they had shaken
hands and made up.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1875-05-08

N9~A chap sought shelter ofa Boston officer.
"See, capn, first my father died land my moth
er married again; an then my mother died,
aad my father married again and somehow
or other, some way don't seem to have no
parent at all, nor no home, nor no nothing"
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1875-05-08

REJECTED SUIToRS.-A woman never quite
forgets the man who has once loved her. She
may not have loved him she may, indeed,
have given him the no instead of the yes he
hoped for but the remem brance that he de-
sired yes always softens her thoughts of him,
and would make him, were he reminded of it,
friend forever. There may be girls who
make jest of discarded suitors, but they are
generally very young, and the wooing has been
something that did not betoken much depth of
tenderness. There are mercenary offers, too,
that only awaken scorn and hate in the woman
wooed for money and not for herself; but real
ly to have touched a mans heart is something
not to be forgotten while she lives. Always she
remembers how his eyes looked into hers how,
perhaps, he touched her hand with his, and
how her heart ached when he turned away
without that which she could not give him.
She loves some obe else. Some other man has
all the truth of her soul-always has, and al
ways will have-but she cannot forget the one
who turned from her and vent his way and
came no more. She is glad when she hears of
his success, grieved when she knows that he
has suffered and when some day she hears
that he is married-she who has herself been
married long years, perhaps; she who, at all
events, would never have married him-is she
glad then do not know. A woman's heart
is very strange thing do not believe she
knows herself. Gladf Oh yes and is his wife
pretty and nice And then she says to herself
that she has quite forgotten" and "that, of
course, is best" and cries little.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1875-05-08

Ms-Cultivate consideration for the feelings
of other people if you would never have your
own injured. Those who complain most OF i'll.
usage are the ones who abuse themselves and
others the oftenest.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1875-05-08

M@>"It is beautiful to behold at wedding"
saws a cheerful old bachelor, "the sorrow
stricken air of the parent as he gives the bride
away when you know that for the past ten
years he has been trying his best to get her off
his hands,"
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1875-05-08

@-There are people whose very presence
seems to lift you into a better, higher atmos
phere. Choose such associates. "He that walk
eth with wise men shall be wise but COM
panisn of fools shall he destroyed"
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1875-05-08
CoRsUCH,s DAILY EXPRESS,

BETWEEN BALTIC. & ToWsoNToWN,
Starts from Green & Bros, Store, So W. BALTIC
St.. near Holiday st., daily. All orders left
there will be promptly attended to. The start
ing points at Towsontown are Willis and Van
horns Stores. Will call for baggage, &C., when
orders are left at either Of the above places.
APRIL 10.-iy. JOS. eoRSUCH, Proprietor.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1875-05-08

Mw-A Western paper speaks of "life-sse
statue of Seward, sixteen feet high"
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1875-05-08

A QUEER DISCOVERY "A MYSTERIOUS BULLET =
A correspondent of the Toledo Blade, writing
from Hastings, Mich, says: "About ten miles
south of this place farmer, while driving some
cows through deep forest adjoining his fields,
Unexpectedly came upon an unusually large buck
stretched out upon the ground, and moaning
away the last moments of its existence The an
imal was evidently very old, and in a sadly
emaciated condition, 80 the fact that the farmer
Immediately put bullet through its head should
rather be looked upon as an act Of compassion
than otherwise. Just as he was about TO leave
he observed a round lump upon the animal side,
which so attracted his attention that he stopped
to examine it. Quickly discovering that close
under the skin was deposited round, hard body,
he used his knife and brought to light silver
bullet such as was used in oden times for the in
closure of secret dispatches. He carried this Gu
riosty to his house, where after considerable
trouble, he succeeded in opening it, and found to
bis great surprise, that it contained message
written in cypher upon paper attenuated to a
high degree Otherwise than that the paper was
slightly discolored (not sufficiently, however, to
oblterate the characters Neither the bullet nor
what it enclosed bore any evidence OF lis late sur
roundings or of the strange vicissitudes through
which it might previously have gone. Several
men of science have carefully inspected this relic
of the past and are as much at a loss to decipher
the message as they are TO satisfactorily explain
when and how the bullet came to be lodged in
the side OF the buck"
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1875-06-29

isis u. rASlaa 1 SOY. Ass.Isas.s:: Z =
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1875-06-29
=, By Richardson & Coz u 90
Real Estate Agents and Auctfopeers,
,1H;: No III 10 Main street. sit y

A yALUABLEsSgBURBAN FARM
"A FUR sALK By .AUCTIoE.-Aty the request
OF the owner DR. Martin q TayIorl we shan seii oy
auction, on the premises, On THURSDAY the sin
ugust, nj: 81 O'Clock e. 3D.! bis. beautiful and
hfghly.improved- FARM. named Edgewoo0, swo
miles north OF fhe city Of Richmond ana one mile
from The Agricultural Fair. adJoinlpR OF
near the lards of Messrs Thomas Branch, bai.SIo q,
Johnson Bamer, and others, IRONING on thei her.
cirSI and the kichmondr Fredericksburg ana Pc
IoInac railroad, whose trains stop daily tmornlng
and EVENING" this farm enabling It's 70
20 30 and from the city with great convenience Dy
'a This Is FARM Contains ONE HUNDRED AND
FORTY-THkEEa ACRES. fifty OF which are IN
timber OF oak and pine suitable for fenclnR,
In winter, with an excessive ice-pond ana nouse,
Furnishing an almost e8haustiess supply OF Ice Ior
summer. The balance of the land is finely In, =
proved and watered With abundant streams ana
Springs and adapted to the culture OF grain, fruit,
and vegetables - tCilSIJ.. 80 itIG 80 49,,
The dairy business could be carried on at this
Mace with great convenience and proht- Indeedi
here is scarcely anything that cannot be produced
nome consumption, and market use, whose daily
demand will exhaust its supply. =
The dwelling IS of two stories, and new contains
Ing SIX Or seven rooms. wi b the usual yontrn0uses
convenient and III good repair.
I The view Of the city ana surrounding country OF
rare sttraction Is really very fine
/. TERMS OF SALE: .One-tnird OF the purchase
money In cash; the residue in three equal 1nstai.
menrs, payable respectively In six, twelve, and
eighteen months from the day otsale. u orable
notes to be given for the deferred payments, with
interest added, aid secured BY = deed Of trust -
-. .-@' ".' $50 sRICHARDsON& CO., -
u lie go .,E4Hls {. Auctioneers. H.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1875-06-29
- ), By .. l.. Apperson.
Real Estate Auctiopeer and Agent,
l'iG 1O16 Main street

COMMISSIONERS SALE OF TUT
~ VERY. VALUABLE PROPERTY Kvnu.E
AS THE MONUMENT HUTEL.-By yirfne ", y
decree OF the fhaucery Court of the eitv M ptaha
moad entered on The 20tn of February. is7h ,as
by consent OF the parties ID Interest we sh,ii =,
special commissioners thereby appointeI AN -
the premises at aQctton. on MONTY. ! a,h ~, un
1875. 1t O'Clock p NJ, III fair: IL mot The n
fair day thereafter the weli-k nOwnand t,niy ~
able fMONUaENT HOTEL PROPERTY ~ aa ~.
nofthwest corner Of Grace and Ninth streets fro,
Ing on the former, SO 3.l2 feet, on The ,s,,a-
163 AZ feet with dep'h on the nortb line or
$50 feet, and width on the rear Ilpe OF 5s 2.Ia
iees tor that dep,h Tile hotel is partly three and
partly fcHr stories above the basempnts and cnnl
tafps sixty rooms i,he wooden tenement adnlnInr.
contains seven roomsl; kitchen. lsundry, servaniS
apartments, stables. carriage. house. &c.
situated In the geographical centre OF the CITY In
front OF '.apfol street and the handsome Canj,ni
square, with an elevation insnripg heal,bful air and
line views OF the surrounding country IL is iusfIT
considered as the most desirable position within its
limits for much. needed 6re hotel.
TERMS One.ffth cash; balance In equal install.
menis or six. twelve, eighteen. twenty-four thirty
thirty.six, fortv.two. forty-eiaht. ffty.four and
sixty months. with interest payable h,if.yearfy on
all the deferred payments. for negotiable notes for
each separate instalment of principal and If ine
rest, and the title retained until the whole purchase
money Is paid and q conveyance directed BIZ the
court. VILLA GREES "
A. L. BOULWARE.
le "a Special Commissioner
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1875-06-29

: - .t- a. 81 49,
and Join III the cnofo beatipg titre Win ms
hspda 10 bis raggef ffseuds below.
Under tue pr .textot tnttr being National
Gusrds. be "o' "a snvise the Lowest artisans
to bis dtuner and baths, ttH at last the We es
at the paise htcsFse the most vulgar meet
ings In ans ard the rsske Of all society.
Que 6s' Sbcn NJ. Dusailly was driving 10 nus
carrie re ca the Bautcvard be met tue Ciu"
gen 6sc walking Sy himself 70 round na',
" al a lsree tri-cosored cocksdp, and bis uD.
osrsla 10 his hand, fdisdat E0irndbte toW
oeetsyr. He stopped his carriage, and SAID 10
his footrain,' & will give you twenty iraDc
| if seu will 20 and stfsSe bands With tee
Eisr., The man. who desired no 6eWer
amusement, jumped down from the Hos-
heard. aud Offering his band to his sovereign,
said. BonSsxr, mon esai !; which The other
very cordially took, and said In reeura,' an,
soavmer comment scportes-tu -? =. 80. y
| ,IComnent te porte~su?"-not "vous p
indicating much more intimacy :
s. Here is an aoecdote which illustrates
Creker's periinadty OF opinion: Cd one oe-
easiea he was LAYING down the law after din
ner TO the Duke of Wellington, and, accord.
inr to custom. asserting the superiority OF
! his cen information ou all eRtjects, having
even filthy contradEled the Duke, who had
4 mentioned some incident that took place at
the battle Of Waterloo. At last the conyer-
sa'ion turned upon the. use of percussion
I caps for the nuskers of the army, when
Croker again maintained q directly opposite
opinion 10. that which was urged by the
/ Duke, who at last good @huuoredly said to
him. dear Croker, I can yield to your
superior Information on most points, ana you
naay.psrhaps, know great deal more OF
what passed at Waterloe than MYSELF but as
a sportsman will maintaio my point about
i the percussion caps Cookers view o.
pektics," writes Dir. Raikes, "has now for
some years been Of the most gloomy cast; and
\ so Tar does his wish for infailibility super
sede bis patriotism that be absolutely seems
Ito rejoice at any partial fulfilment of his pro-
phecies though it may thwart his own views
and that of bis party. Fitzgerald once said
to Lord Wellesley, at the Castle, have bad
a very melancholy letter from Croker tni;
morning. aye said Lord Wellesley.
written. suppose, 10 strain OF the most
sanguine dependency"
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:, ~ 1 By james n, TAYLOR Z fon, -
- !, Real Estate Agents and Anctionss,.
y nfBce-c corner Eleventh ana baaA suS

DEBLfC SALE OF VALUAbLh., ~ S TIE
sE EST &TF, sTEAM-ENa!Ns, H IN CRY or
scOUE7Y OF HENkICO. EEAH h nr Syinse Of.
RIGHMUED, YA.rAT AUCIlV5.Ss 'CE1rs-Br.ef I'D
deed Of truss from the NonpanSsss ~ lfusee,
Kaolin Company 10 the uuGe1at ,,iy ~ record =
dated the 28ihdiyof July s8s, aa 81 Of tbs Nd
coanty or HenIieo, and at the o. eli n psae
seeti tliestbs, we shall proceed 70 ~ anaY ,be
aucttoD on ike pYen1ISes, on w ~ ~ lie fol"
8Dth DAY OF June, 1878, st. IL o 'c1foeA ~
lowing f3roperty.-to VII .pwo ACREs.
e-TTract OF Ian % containing aboos ~ Ise tsSss
ssfiaied in the county OF Henrifo on p,,a nead
river. Short distance below the cisy IsIlrSsd
aI,d above the Chesapeake sno .Usansness. Spd
;whayes with oil rights OF way, .fIh shIi,
privileges thesst ~ wai pslsse
and at buildings and In "a ,aaa bsint
Or kind 50 eyefupon said lsno "a by lbe aS ~,
por.ion q The prSIssty W. Sa s RaSlta cobpaaS
of HeiryS Kinbail and used 6y 49, sr., ths s!
IT'S Durpsses plat will be exhioite@ Ind sIdlse
OF sale Allowing the exset quanlss "
49, Cash a. to the sum o. ssS e.
md ,sasaeianif supa 10 defray ,the sts M OF ts
nenssx M executirx this tIusis tes Az, and 81
pnrchasc moitey 10 be pas able ~ sasm re fir
cnFtfs IA s,tch man rer aa the Sad Nen.,bs os DE-
Brick and Kaollne Company siiali psS ,irsclyea,
rect OF In case Of ts faltIe 70 1Ise - The Gsdr
nc such time aud In saeh manner "a. me Jay y
Aatsned Ahsli think ~ and ~ IEe
ms taxes for IS 70 be pstd hy,,inse.tpnMKS,
"a ,ai ~ ~ - 81 as,aass1 - Trustees.
sSs Il ASs,I,on / SON, Aaeitoneers. -
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1875-06-29
BY james N. Taylor q Son,
= Real Estate Agents and Aucaoneers,
office corner o T Eleventh and Bank streets.

COMMISSIONERS SALE OF YALU.
~ ABLE REAL STATE LS THE COUNTY
OF HtNRfCO, ON THE RICH MOND. FREDE-
RICKSBURG AND POTOMAC kAILRUAD.
Me- Ka HUNGARY STATLUN, AND ABOUT
iAT AUCllON.-In ex, cution OF decree OF The
Chancery Court Of The city OF Rchm md rem dered
on The 18th day Of Juhe, 1875, In the case of
Gtazebrook cs. Glszcbrook will. as special COM
missioner thereby appointed proceed TO sell al pub
lie auction, upon the premises, on FRIDAY The 2d
day OF july. 1875, at O'Clock " at the risk and
cost If the former purchasers, Messrs, W. G. Wor
sham and James #. sutton, Jr., TWO TRACTS OF
LAND designated as Lots Nos ], 2, and 4 and s
and 9, inthe plan Of fiazebrork's farm-One desig.
mated as Lots Nos. l.. and co tanning 209 2-l0
acres, with all the the reon being The
same formerly purchased by the said v. q. Wor.
sham, Fsq.; The other. designated as Lots Nos
aud 8. coisining AZ a. 100 acres. with all the i'm
thereon, being tie same formerly pur.
chas ed By James T. sutton, Jr.
TERMS: OBe-f0urth cash: the balance at SIX,
twelve, and eighteen months for negotiable notes.
interest added, and lise retained until the whole
Of the purchase1norey is paid, and conveyance is
ordered by The court. JOHN HOWARD.
Special Commissioner.
JAMES: NJ. TAYLOR & SON, Auciioneers. Ie2l