The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1877-03-31

| The Board of Control and Review ha
completed the of all the districts ofth
county, except the LIST, Sd, 9th and 18th, and re-
| turned the books to the County Commissioners
The time for hearing appeals in the completed
| districts having expired, the levy book is now
being made up. Mr.. George B. Jean, the clerk
is being assisted in this important work by Col
B. T. Taylor of the 18th district. For the nfor-
nation of our readers will say that the levy for
1877 will be made on the basis Of the new assess
| ment.
Some years ago German gardner living
on the Beair road, needed wife to cheer his
lonely abode and betoOk himself to Bayview asy-
lum in quest of a mate. He found maid, an in
mate of the institution, who was willing to share
his lows and sorrows and they were married.
About three years ago the wife died and the dis
consulate widower, feeling that it was not good to
be alone, decided to seek another "frau" in the
same quarter. He obtained permission from the
authorities to visit the asylum for the purpose of
'picking one out" but before reaching Bayview
he met some friends and with them got gO-lorious-
ly drunk. He spent the night in station house
in the city, and, after paying his fine next morn
ing departed for his home, with his matrimonial
ardOr much dampened.
LONG GREEN ITEMs.-Messrs. Editors On last
Saturday night in the "little Bethel church" we
had an interesting and very instructive lecture,
with experiments, on combustion, by Prof. Curtis,
of Fallston. His illustrations of spontaneous
combustion were very fine, particularly where
chlorine and sugar were made to oft. Wethought
at the time, that spirituasts claim that spirits
can make paper burn by talking to it, it would
have been well for some of them to have been
present and have learned from the Professor less
bungling way of doing it than some of them have
He produced some volumes of blue and white
flame that were grandly luminous. He showed
that mercury, which is fifteen times heavier than
water, heated to $40 becomes vapor. The au-
dence was small but intelligently appreciative
1t was pity there were not many more
On last Monday (26th Feb.) Mr. Sylvester Foard
died in his Goth year, after an illness of eleven
days. His disease was supposed to have been
pleurisy. On Thursday his remains were taken
to the Fork NJ. E. church, attended by an i'm
mense concourse of neighbors and friends. There
were ninety-six vehicles present He was extern
sively known and highly esteemed, as a good
christian and upright man. A sermon was preach
ed by his pastor Rev. Thomas Myers, from Tim.
". 6, and s. 81 am now ready to be offered,
and the time of my departure is at hand. have
fought good fight have finished my course,
have kept the faith: Henceforth there is laid up
for me a crown of righteousness, which the Lord,
the righteous judge, shall give me at that day:
and not to me only, but unto all them that love
his appearing" Tho discourse listened to
with deep attention, and responded to with tears
by many.
In that same church wedding ceremony was
performed at night by tho same clergyman. Tho
happy couple werc Mr.. John Steel Arthur and
Miss Angelina Dampman. After repairing to the
brides residence the detestable "calithumpian
band" made its appearance, and attempted their
odious music. Fortunately they were restrained
by the solemn funeral of the morning, and retired
early.
Our people here have been much interested in
tho Presidential contest, and the Democrats are
disappointed that the true and noble and eight
should have exhibited so much partisanism as to
refuse to stultfy themselves in not voting in that
pseudo reformer, Mr. Tilden. More anon. 0
fempord! o mores
March Sd, 1877 COSMOPOLITAN.