The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1875-07-17

The want most felt at Long Branch is
young men. That is the want everywhere in
modern high life. The tailors' dummy, the
girls find, lacks virility, and becomes painfully
useless, except as an object of refreshing con-
tempt. 1t does foolish woman good to feel
she's not the most contemplate creature in the
world.
Governor Berkeley, of Virginia, said in
1861 al thank Ged that we have no free
schools or printing presses and hope we shall
not have any for hundred years; for learn
ing has brought disobedience and heresy and
sects into the world, aud printing has divulgsd
them and libeled governments. God keep us
from both Z"
When Governor Leslie and Governor II ar
Ian, rival candidates for the Kentucky Govern
orship in 1871, were stumping together, they
found at one place only single bed for the
two. "Well," said Leslie, as they got comfort
ably under its comfortables, zone thing is GER
tain-the next Governor of Kentucky is lying
in this bed"
The paddle wheels of a large steamer on
the st. John river in Florida stopped suddenly,
few nights ago, and then came crash after
crash in the woodwork. panic followed,
ybody rolling out of his bunk and rushing
for the deck, and it was soon ascertained that
big alligator had become entangled in the
revolving wheel
Mr.. Daniel Wise, living on South Noun
tain, Washington county, (battle- feld9 died
last week in the 10th year of his age. Deceased
was living on the battle field when the battle
took place in 1862, and witnessed many of its
exciting scenes. His cabin stood within sixty
yards of the spot where Gen. Reno fell, and on
his lot was the we'll into which so many of the
Confederate dead We're thrown.
They do not waste words at the Utah mining
camp. Last week fellow known as "Frenchy,"
entered restaurant and ordered some hot
cakes. The cakes were brought out steaming
hot, but 'Frenchy" found fly in one of them,
and flung the dish on the floor The proprie-
tor, j. D. Andrews, rushed into an adjoining
room, got doubled arreled shot gun, and NOR
tally wounded the fastidious customer.
The San Francisco Bulletin represents the
effect of opium eating upon the Chinese in that
city as worse than the popular estimate Of 1t.
The victim when deprived of the drug is in
more pitiable condition than the drunkard with
delirium tremens. His complexion becomes
CHASTITY, and his stomach will not retain food.
1t is believed that nine tenths of the thieving
done by Chinese is to get money for opium.
Two gentlemen and their wives, at Wau-
regan, Conn, drove two miles out of town last
Sunday, to battle in the Quinebaug river
They left their clothes in the carriage, and
plunged into the river. When they came out
their carriage was gone, and they had to walk
a mile in their bathing clothes, to the nearest
mouse. Inc next DAY the carriage was found
in the river, the horse having been drowned.
John Thompson of Algers, near New Or
leans, lives close to a railroad, and one day his
dog was killed by a locomotive. The dog was
a favorte with his master, whose resentment
was aroused by its death. That night he mis-
placed switch and threw freight train off
the track, and two days afterward he repeated
the act. Then a watch was kept, and he was
caught fastening iron bars to cause disaster
TO passenger train.