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The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1878-08-17
SELECTED NATTER.



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SO the a,..at % fashion,. l, he Al.hte,.
frafl an elegant hll.k horse 4na t,,-r,i
tst .-.r, an 4if-aian,
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atfaInrt ,t~ a.r a' f5rt, = thuu, a.,
feminine a''lsh hmeut Pr,un.1ris ndr
penden;. ra, Z looans shias mas,
admit tha. .ha.u.d uasr shaf 'ha.e
asssstad.c, matchmaker. cali .ran.l
atch bur. thAns ms tafs. have
h4pt.ls preserved nv auter, trf ndc
.-ndeu,e b. lar. and "a aot akci, o.
.Ir,ursh nos ~ uu iask Champ
.ou sas l-a-a 20 fsr and d.-a has hria,
AL now f1f the ncssPapef
IN the mranume another n,.r-cman
had our g. the hatei. 81. horse rccs ~
s.fh .weaf. and frr1lis nnalA- ss .larr
one 'oof before anatheg
The same ho.ilrr nos mldc h., 81.
pear1n.r
.Pl. and thc fa.h.ana1'v a'trol
.9aug man. pui nv mare % tn~ stable
aad da ,ar l-.sf .an an f1- her
"ps- Mr Ir,.err. 4ot she .,i-
eatrrn
m af-aid g.,
An ahaf M, dsl NAL. .-.,r.N,l
Ter -
..No matter 1. u, .,qter here 80
We, SIR .ho~ this gentleman tntl
,he adi~. farior
"An. g-U. and the ,oYng man
Won are here
.Y~. r~pi,e,I q, h.-au,,f fl ,.runy -,
man. r,sng 70 mce, h.m. .ia, sha,
the m,f,rr Nth yov D.
"Noth,ng. Reli nothing
"Sonething = certainly the matter
! You look a~shed and cye,,ed
"Ihs.'s -: =!
"Oh. tell me what Ia, happened -
II mus, H. hrief. fnr / am isirsned -
Pursued -
.sYes. Won know that (ellow Who IN
suited yo, IN the coach. aid the Young
man. "wcn. / have been on his ,rafl
for more than a week. fmet himto-day
in the street. and gave h,m a confound
eI hOrs.~hipplng. used him yer,
roughly I'm afraid. lie instantly got
warrant agains, me. and no, wishing t,
be dragged into court until was ready
I mounted ms horse and gave the officer
the slip. Perhaps ! had better ~aiieC
and braved It out bu, having iakcr
this step ! am bound to battle them
To morrow ! will surrender myself
Now. Bell, Il your poney will take IN,
to your uncle sin five minutes. I'm you
man.
Poor Charley oouldn', do it. an
swered the lady.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1878-08-17

I a limited degree IN neuiralizing the siren
uous efforts of their supporters to bea,
/ out through the breakers which surround
them and weather the storm ByookbH
Comm06fd( Rcfo,fcy.
REGULATING THE FEELINGS
A great lesson a. l,c learned by much
study 0i the profound arts Of keeping
uIr friends and regulating our feelings
sA that the province Of the will lies very
deep doWn indeed, not 20 say = long Nay
back is hardest tasks, indeed, ought
10 bc performed for Us By our great.
Rfandparents Our hsat effort, Will
hardly bear satisfactory fruit much bc
fore 'he third of fourth generation Bu,
they base o. b. made. and 81 We can
~ is % restrict them > much A. p0ss
DIE ~ th9-, deep aln3I region, wher,
'hef ,E0a lcas' and cfcc, mp.f H. he
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The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1878-08-17
CONSOLATION.

his swce,bear, has Tilted him or a friend
gone back on him, nothing is 80 sOOth-
ing 10 his bruised heart a. II told you
80 il is a balm tina, exceeds any
thing produced by Gilead. 50 also when
something has gone wrong. something
that iritates and c2asperaies, though
~ itself small thing, It is - kind in a
LOVING and sympathetic ncighbor 20 say
son, J wouldn't bother about that, or
"Oh, well, II will BE- all the same a hun
dred years hence, Or at NIGH; be
great deal wOrse all of these admin
ister comfort and consolation. 9s.sy
apply the lotion exactly 70 the wound.
And gel human nature is 2 strange
thing Very few People know how u
aPpfc' ate lheae word. u hope and con
syI4uOn. Sometime, they even gei
angry ana say. "Ao. you dIdn'tteil me
- and your pfrtcu,e THAR t0u fofes4w
. FRAUD. ~ You i, ou.an't bother
about that lc- son would /, ,foub-
led Jo4 sou are abb, - 3caf !, 81 vel
ir-,al-r tf.4llee R< u ls ca,s 70
Lcaf fht m.,torlacs 10: other. Asio
it- beng al. 'he s4me hundred wears
hrnrt ti4i oLls lltFcas,e thr mls-fl
4 n.s suffer n.s are d s4if u9Jydy
- tsr Dc,tcr i9f tnru hundred
t,-n a-.ee and 10, gfea, word TIA,
uaHs.r ur Lus u.l grsnc %. q ,nr
--far j al- 1of le 8 rs. same
= uF i-r>e-t t-.l w9a.c ,4,s other.
iaf 'ar 'ltlrr ~Juid have tu, s1t.
ls-' .l-.. era .t -ar's- q. earc 1
Iag -. eam~ ID, d. ~h4, tol
aae' us ~ ,lmfa- only moeAs q. o.,
m.srst % a.4k-s j. harder 8. le4-
NuS ae-1t.eas ta.s friaaa o. =, com
ilf.rc IS trrt annoying to tac kiuG-
uraftra I-9ple 49,. .t ~ to4e $500 n.
j Is rnt 4u' tar .1a. .8c-, are -h,a
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.u- 81 ths .sa-- rtt-rult arc fms
tae-, c1r>l.atlHr. t1t ~-.-e. com
f.4.clrt . 't ve.ct ,ls fortunate l19A
-p1t fat a.sta-t4uc ~ tar- trlcuds
@u- erH ..o--a.-t. s--m, 3 .alHt
ir cIas-.,e Z ~ AaAr4et
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The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1878-08-17

nS-There is a beautiful sentiment in
the following liaes: "He who forgets
the fountains from which he drank and
the trees under whose shades he gam
bolded in his youth, is a stranger to the
sweetest impressions Of the heart"
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1878-08-17

tas-"Mariar :" remarked one of the
horny handed sons of toll 10 his wife.
"pcars to me it takes 4 sight o calico
TO make YOU dress these hard times.
Can't yer economic with one o. them
pull-hacks the city gals wear ?" II was
then that Mariah fired the bread board
At him. and remarked thar she wasn't
''goin' to stop the circulation of blood
in my legs for no bald-headcd old PEN
ny pincher ~
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1878-08-17

"OCh, its all wrong SAID Pat, keep
ing tight hold ON the reins.
"NouT carriage can take two inside "
Every we,l, but came alone.
You've got to take a passenger.
What DO YOU mcanf"
"Oh. wirra Your brother has been
stealing a horse.
Stealing 90
"les this gen,lcman's. and he said
YOU were to take HIM to the villa to get
his horse back again
''Nery singular said the widow ''but
William vas always eccentric -
At this crisis Mr. Champion appear
rl
My hor>e read, ?"
Jump ,n. sir
Il didn't come in a carriage
In MD ,e. shouted the husilcr
Take a seat beside me Il yuu please.
sir said the Nido~ With her mos, las
,iu4iIng sm,lc
Nj Champion approached the step
90 inquire The meaning. when the host
lcr ssl4rd hlm - lth q , tgOfous hield and
thrust him into the phetOn, Nhle the
lgn.. ''Af''ed o' The movement dashed
on - 4 IuH
it'"t 'Ali,h hAilfi"h iicfr NJ
: '.i4i'''H \ ,o"if"ed "li i-1' he!of'
bo,lIN al,inl ted ia q iAs. mating Young
~.ti'" lae captain hal O. lend hn
assistance ~ The Aoan. ltd, in manag
.n- iHe is'hs ~n' "a' SHORTLY icda' cd
o. h.' a'aA. 'i"" atl -'ri sAf iof rs
A''''A'. Mfs. e''ie '.'h h'in ihai in
ie~ a'.H-ie' he sh'lii = % i-''sc'''oa
OF h.' ..fae ~H..H h-d 0ee" iotf'@ei
ot scHi.e1iAn a' a. AZ. ihe "a
t.taii ''r Voc H'Aic" >ir frl-f
"I &" '-i" hc HAle q 'Aiht'd ~ith
.Ae .A'"f q hsi comps 'H iile' giving
Deg t"A
1" ic" inmate iNr 'lltAiA - S.An
ia - ~ihe~ ~HA' AZ rA~ iAti hr e
sAa i' ist hh position ic hal never
- - hFtf Hetif ~"naah .- a.' Iiie
He '".Ah g - A'a'ss -he'iicf y ihe
PROXIMITY @AA - i'siAAh' - - le~
'-' ''ai %" s.as'H. 4Ap
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..veD >,J,fe ess,,o
And indeed ht. look. seemed 10 cor
rotsoriie his statement. iot b. as a. rcd
asa lean,
Ihc captain and 'hc DBL gentleman
we're soon chatting togr,hcr hmiharl,.
and the former icI' h'niseif ,ofni'leiel, At
home
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1878-08-17
DOMESTIC ECONOMY.

men Of the household. Nothing ihmuf,
melancholy than 10 see the lcrplcxitic
into which the mere hani, already loadc'
with counting house difficulties, Is drawn
by those whom he ough, % le able {,
trust when all Others fail him, by tko,e
whom ought to he a comfort and a
source Of rest, support 10 affection,
rather than added burden 10 hia already
I oyeTiaKed financial fcsOur,cs
How many q father has been driven
90 dcspcra,on and forced 10 throw ul
the sponge hy the constant ,lam8fng
tor ,il., and iurhclow, by daughter,
had the, more desire &. 6ll their bead.
~ith common SENSE and less tY d,,t %
empty ,aumm with thc latest lytelf.
tn fashionable houur',. might have ,a,
e. 'hem,chc, and theif ,aHp1rtef from
run How mans m4.4nc flt acr.
forced over ihc lrrk ~ despair mat.
luuatc q .4a4t, $50 .lme. a..,i t
,ldc' grave, De- iu, aeitltefs 1nlet
cheated ftTHf-' 't.mv',r ,.r-
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male mcm'er ~ 'hs tmi'' iArn,raV.
90 lc e,unomiler, f'aD ea'.' mya.,.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1878-08-17

seS-A plain-speaking country minis
ter was asked one day how it happened
that. considering the good example sup
posed TO be set before them, so many
ministers sons should turn out ne'er-
do-wells. "rhat's accounted for" said
the divine "You see the devil kens
he Gamma get hauld o the geese, so he
just maks grab among the gaislins 20
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1878-08-17

a@An exchange insists that no man
likes to hold girl baby in his arms un-
Gil she is ~ years old.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1878-08-17

srShow may be purchased but
happiness is q home made article.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1878-08-17
attorneys af Lac.

attorneys at Lac.
sLINGLUYF a sLINGLUFF.
ArrOR RNEYS At LAW
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b. HOPPER EMuEY.
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The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1878-08-17

b0-Now is the time to buy thermom-
they are down.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1878-04-04

/ have no more cunning than a
blind goose has, and / am glad Of it.
had rather get cheated four times
out of five than escape entirely at the
expense of suspecting everything.
i don't despise the day Of small
things, / have seen the tine when al
most anybody could help me, and l
keep on hand now sevent-five cents
or dollar to help any man who must
Or ought to have it.
Two things no man ever discovers,
how much he loves himself, and how
little he loves others.
l do love a live man, | would rath-
er see him fail in every honest enter
prise he undertakes than TO see him
SIT down and get stupid and fat on
six per cent interest.
Happiness is simply having what
We desire. One man is happy if his
potatoes are served up with the skins
on, and another is miserable if they
are.
L have very little policy, and what
little | have has beat me oftener than
anything else l ever tried.
We are happy in this world just in
proportion MS we make others happy
i stand ready TO bet fifty dollars
on his.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1878-04-04
NEW USE FOR sUNBEAMS

A NEW USE FOR SUNBEAMS
A little six-year-old Whitehall boy
was watching the sunbeams as they
shot through a window and danced
dlagonally across the room.
Mamma said he, ''what are those
streaks?"
''Those my son." she replied,
ssare sunbeams from heaven"
''Oh, l know what they are for,
mamma,'' said the little fellow who
had been sliding down beams in the
barn-ioft, ''they are'what god slides
the babies down on, when be sends
EN- to folks"
Mexico weekly ledger., 1878-04-04
Mark Twain's latest heroine Dire

Mark Twain's latest heroine dress
es thus: s'Her gown was of a simple
Magenta tulle, cut bias, traversed by
three lows of light blue fiohnces, with
the selvedge edge turned up, with
ashes of roses chenille, overdress OF
dark bay ~tarletan, with scarlet satin
~lambrequins ; corn-colored polonaise
panier, looped with mother-of-pear
buttons and silver cord, and hauled
aft and made fast by buff velvet LASH
ings basque of lavender reps, picked
ont with Valenciennes, low neck,
short sleeves ; maroon neck tie, edged
with delicate pink silk inside hand
kcrchief of some simple three-ply in
grain fabric of a soft saffron tint:
couture of forget-me-nots and lilies of
the valley fnassed lound a noble Gala.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1878-04-04

A Springfield young man, recent
ly married, who has been an enthusi-
astic collector of coins, found the
other day that his new WIFE, with the
charming freshness characteristic OF
brides, has been drawing on his cab
met for change, and among other
things had passed out an old pen
ny for which he paid So 80 for g
cents worth of yeast. He coined
some new words for the occasion.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1878-04-04

Seize upon the truth whcrc'er It's
found,
Among your friends, among your
foes,
On heather or on Christian ground.
The flowers divine where'er il
grows;
Neglect the prickle, but II the
rose.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1878-04-04

Woman consumes thlrty-six but
tons on her single pair of kid gloves
whereas man buttons his suspenders
with a shingle-nmi. And yet folkst
will ask, Button, button-who's go
the button"
Mexico weekly ledger., 1878-04-04

The PORE AND HIS FAMILY.~-PCpe
Leo XIII, is OF patrician and an
cient family, and Is the youngest Of
four brothers, the eldest Of whom
still lives, al. old bachelor of eighty
tour. The second, nov seventy-six,
is married and has four sons and two
daughters, who alive ut Carpineto.
One of the four sons has just com
pleteA, and another is now complet-
ing, at Rome, bis term of service IA :
volunteer in the Italian army. The
third brother il a learned profes.
sor Of theology, once a member o
the Company of Jesus, hnt who ha:
quilted it for the last twenty years,
They have two married sisters.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1878-04-04
CHINESE OUTRAGE.

When the ! merican does not pay
his washing the following is the
Kind of racket the Heather Chinee
gives him:
You owe howty do!le-me washee
your campl
You catchee my ~washee-me
catchee 10 stamp;
One dolce hrp-dczen, me no
catchee yet,
Now that lowty dollee-no hat?
how can get?
Me catchee your piggee-nle sellee
for cash,
1t catchee hue licee-yom catchee
no ''hash :"
BE belly good shelih-me lehbee
when can,
Me alice same man halp-pin ss
Mclean man!
But Mclean man
He washee him pan
On bottom side hillee,
And catchee-how cam"
Mexico weekly ledger., 1878-04-04

"What is the difference between a
potato and a lemon?' When the
questioned party says he don't
know, the other says: Then l don't
want you to buy any lemons for me !;
and then comes the ''ha! ha! ha!''
Mexico weekly ledger., 1878-04-04

"Come into the garden Gentle An
ME-" and clear the leaves and rub
bish out, for the spring time cometh.
The Philadelphia-Fir Association
boasts assests to the amount of four
millions. 1t was established in 1917.
The local agency has been transferred
to Johnny NJ. Clark of this city, who
will gladly explain to you the merits
OF this most reliable company.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1878-04-04

Mercury will the SUMS disc
May 10th. Ingress, 9 h. 50 Ill.
norm. /; Middle, l b. 80 III. afternoon;
Egress, 5 h q m. afternoon, Pitts
burgh time.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1878-04-04

An old, rough clergyman once took
for his text that passage of the
Psalm, II said in my haste, all men
are liars" Looking, apparently, as
il he saw the Psalmist standing be-
fore him, he said: "You said it in
your haste, David. If you had been
here, you might have said it after
mature elaboration"
Mexico weekly ledger., 1878-04-04
.ftsF."4 atf --T+~-~~-e @
WHAT BECAME OF The OTHER
...,Ha WIFE?

A missionary rebukcd q South Sea
Islander for polygamy, whereat the
heathen was much grieved. In a
day or two be cane back to the mis-
sionary, with a face radiant with joy.
"Ne very good christian now,''
said he "One Wife" /.
seWhat didyoud do withth o~tiler?''
asked the missionary.
ssMe eat her up!"
This storyis related ia 2 Sunday
newspaper and ought, therefore, to
be true Tit isn't.
5000 g--big fire id Philadelphia
" M6 fA" sh 49, - nm mn
ii Oh ! brambe-bush 81 craR ovo'Oo
w -&F[6& Observation-Disclosures HJE20.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1878-04-04
LIGHT.

" &SaZ.N4tL Szsa@.aA t@f' 90
Light has the singular property of
entering into the bodu, and Of being
afterwards extricated without any al
teration. i diamond which has been
exposed to the suns rays for some
little time, and Immediately covered
with black wax, shown in the dark
several years after the removal Of the
wax. The glow worm appears to
have the power of receiving and Civ
l;H4 Ugh. a. pleasure. In tie Asiatic
lZoE7a& $a~ lS9Z we Gn@ ssel4 ti,ert,
GgNt.4# st15Gsiau f4.>4
sa3 tal JnEtiept 70 at IQl its East at
night Win glow worms, which it col
iects. for the purpose, and attaches to
the inside Of the nest by means of G
tenacious clay"
How many chemical changes are
produced by the action of light we
are not prepared just now to- say.
Upon these changes are based the az
Of photography, and We should nc
ike TO be deprived of our sun pic
4. iiSo Ath. IlistS WHY IfSul1 dilt
1.-THE light of the sun. Oar wives ant
tmothers usually try to purchase col
ored materials by daylight, and We
some of these good wives. and font
mothers think a great deal more @
their curtains and carpets than the,
do of their health. They live for tn
most part In the basement, and kec'
the blinds closed in the parlors, whic
arc too often dark aud damp. Man
sick children would be in fair way c
recovery if the sun could shine o
them for an hour or two every day
We do. not insist thtt the light shoul
always come through blue glass, hu
NC DO say, admit light into the house
and il it should enter into The head o
the house, SO much the better for al
concerned. We hope the perusal o
this subject will afford
"One ray oflight in this terrene abode,
To prove to man the goodness Of his God.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1878-04-04

If What Mr.. BeecEer says is true.
we've been good all these long years
for nothing.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1878-04-04

Don't lean on the gate darling,
The hinge you've busted of.
And pa and ma are snarling---
They say III catch a cough.
Bob Iogersoll will not speak at
Columbia during the commence
ment exercises of the University.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1878-04-04

A petrified man, supposed to be
1900 years old, has been discovered
in the shaft of Vince Marmaduke's
'oal mine. He viii be taken out
aud run. for county. judge.-Marshail
d ,moerat.i ... ...
Mexico weekly ledger., 1878-04-04

In regard to the weather, '.If You
don't e what you want, just ask for
it."
Mexico weekly ledger., 1878-04-04

The great question, docs it hurt
a mar to hang him?' is thus answer
ed: ssft hurts his reputation"
Mexico weekly ledger., 1878-04-04

A story is told of Ben Wade's in
tervicw with a lank resident of the
alkali region at Il railroad station.
The mar was peddling cakes on the
train while it stopped at the station.
Wade asked the cake-yender what
sort of a country it was around there.
The man said it vas as fine a patch
orcOuntry as could he found in Amer
lea, they lacked but two things
water and good society. Wade re-
piled: ''lIumph, That's all hell
ueeds," and the train started, to get
ont of the alk,xli country as quick As
possible.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1878-04-04

Repair your dog muzzles. A stitch
ia time saves nine-canine.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1878-04-04

The red-hot bumble-b bee now crawl
eth up the sleepy p~low-boy's trowsers
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