The Baltimore County union., 1880-05-01

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! --PeHro- IasHsaoaio-Th The Iron Doom. de.-Tbs
day my last letter 10 the USioS was mailed
-,asirsl for visit TO Hartford county. and m ah
scnrc Of nearly week from home has prevented
from collecting any local items. 50 in lieu there
/ Of ] send some ObseTvat taken by the way
which may be OF interest. went to Hartford by
way of the Philadelphia railroad as FAR A. Magno,
lie and then by stage TO Clayton. Passing through
the l2th district Of our county vegetation usua
appeared rather more advanced than with Us. Ia
several places along the railway the farmers were
working their early peas while others were plant
ing corn. The fall planted cabbage did not pre-
sent very promising appearance, most Of u
having gone TO seed. There was also \ notable
absence Of kals and spinach, both these vegeta.
bles having largely failed In tho "nseks," owing
to the dry weather last fall. But little wheat u
sown In this section, but soon rs the Gunpow-
der river 10 crossed the deep green color Of the
wheat fields form prominent feature Of the land
sears and the frssrss: Is good sss 81 sssH.sS;
crop.
I left Baltimore by tho y. NJ. train. or Port
| Deposit accommodation as Il IL called. The mum.
Der OF passengers was unusually small many oi
them being men and boys bound for Stemmer''
run 90 fish for gudgeons. The trains on this rail.
road run at high speed the easy grades and
track cnsuring degree of safety that renders ac-
ci'icnts almost unknown. The Philadelphia rail-
road also oiers accommodations 90 local
travel AMI freight shipments than any road out oi
baltimore. The numerous stage lines connecting
with II carry passengers to points along their
routes for very small advance upon the price oi
the railroad ticket the railroad company dividing
the fares with the stage owners and thus encour.
aging them 10 bring travel 20 the railroad. The
freight rates are also very low and ut most sta
tions there arc storehouses where goods are KEEP,
under lock and key till called for, thereby secur-
| ing the safe delivery OF even the smallest pack
| ages
Tho new railroad between baltimore and phila-
dclphia is creating some talk in the section Of
Hartford where was visiting Although nothing
positive 10 known about Il there seems to be an
impression that IL will cross from Baltimore "a
Hartford county somewhere in the vicinity Of the
frankln,illc factory. Since my return home.
however. have seen the whole thing pronounced
myth in one &c the baltimore papers.
The efficient measures recently taken In iiar.
ford for preventing the spread of plcuro. .pncumo-
| mia meets the appro,a Of all intelligent people
aud IL is high time something had been done
around Baltimore. The fact that the disease pre-.
vailed 10 NJ. alarming extent around the city was
known before the report Of the Government CT
| pert. DIR. Lyman. was made public. and as its
presence in other localities has bscnciearly traced
| in this vicinity. wisdom would dictate the most
proper course to eradicate Il would be to begin at
the source. and tho work cannot be begun tou
! speedily. This Is y matter 90 which .hc old saw
'hastcn slowly" does not apply. II were better
that some cases were sunmarily disposed Of upon
| should escape.
The effect If the boom In the iron trade l. dis.
/ tinctiy visible in the numerous ore banks that arc
nov being worked in the 18th district and in liar-
| ford county. Al Stemmcr's run are quite cxtcn-
sivc deposits where large force Is ai work anil NJ
several other points along the railroad the heaps
"f clay which indicate an ore bank are plainly
'isibe from the windows. Along the stage
route from Magnolia can be seen piles Of an
the roadsilcs and 10 fence corners. many Of them
," small that ut ordinary times they would not be
deemed worthy of notice. but as the demand nov
Il every scrap is carefully gathered up. II Is
however extremely doubtful whether present
prices can be long maintained, a. already some OF
our furnaces have suspended operations. :.
From Gardenville, 18th Distrlct.-Tiird
Annual B"N-I1iafo FPaHfiHg---i Bnrk'r"rd
! Spri"y-E Eariy Tos,afo.s. d.. dr.-Thc Garlcn.
willie band held its third annual ball at Biddison,
| Hall. on Thursday night Of last week. having d
! fair attendance. An admission fee of - O0 wa,
| CHARGED. Dancing was kept up until late hour
There are more potatoes being planted this sea.
| son than for number Of years. no doubt on ne.
count Of the chcapncss Of the seed. which l. nov
lower than for number of years. There has been
| good demand for potatoes in July and August
for two or three wears for shipping purposes.-
| After taking cut the crop tho ground Is then in
g"''i condition for putting in fall crop. Some
| Of my friends. myself included, have received Mr.
J,scrh Gcrinan's receipt for growing large croI
bu, will not plant n large scale until its advan
tagos are proven.
The spring may be considered u backward one
the weather having been cold and dry that
many crops have bocn retarded. Small seed hai
not come up very well, and the late freeze has in
jurel planis. Cabbage seed. which was sowr
early. Is now coming up and the plants are bcins
| attacked by the little black bug which soon lie
siroys them. These always more destructive
in dry weather. but they may be driven away b,
mn application Of equal portions of SCOT and ashs.
busted over the plants when the dew is on. or b,
| putting one pint Of coal oil into Eve gallons VI
water and sprinkling the plants.
hear of one Of our neighbors who has tomai,
plants SC; out. think he has forgotten the oil,
rule or never heard of IL lcrhaps-as he is a new
conner in the country-noi To plant until May 10th
have some plants which are in blos,om tAbou
one dozen raisei in my green house which wan
90 plant out as ! can risk them. My OBJ
jsct l. 90 try ami have sOme early tomatoes 10 b
used on the excursion or pic. mic whatever kin'
Of entertainment you. Messrs. Editors. intend &
give your cnrrcspondcnts, and doubt il vii
take place in the latter part Of June, want TO tr
and Tipen the fruit about that time. which will b.
some two weeks earlier than usual. Brothers o
the quill. let US keep this matter fresh in the edi
tors memory. N. A. X.