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The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1882-06-17
How 70 oe. Early swee. Corn.

Judge Miller. Of Missouri. mentioned TO Us fact
discovered by himself, in which full week can DO
gained IN getting sweet corn for boiling. He said
u was that NJ the ear is formed. break the
top down cut Il on. but leave the stalk erect In
order tha, the pollen Of the tassel will be sure 90
dust the silk of the ears. they may not be fully
imprcgnated should the stalk be topped. lie
stated that he had experimented for years and was
entirely satisfied that Il is uniformly practical aud
Of value. In fact he said that the ear becomes
more fully developed also. This Il hint easy 20
adopt. and may be of interest 90 truckers ~ we'll
~ for the private garden.-Er.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1882-06-17

lcs'-A An absent minded New Yorker had been
80 much In the habit of sending his children to
their mother when they preferred any request. that
TO headquarters. One dag the elder san, aged SIX.
wanted to look at ''pieture. book" belonging 20
his father, and asked permission Of bis mother
She replied, "Go aud ask your father" "why,'
said the boy, In astonishment, lis he the boss
now ,"
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1882-06-17

no-Mr. W. II. Miller. Of Washington county, 10
the possessor Of Eve cove which are hard 10 beat
a. butter producers. From these cows he ehurn-
ed zoe pounds of butter from the lOth Of October
last 10 the 10th of May, besides what vas used In
the family. From the sale Of the butter he real.
lad sqa0 Is
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1882-06-17

es-The Cambridge Nsrs says: The residence
Of DR.. A. II. Bayly, Of this town, has peculiar his.
tory, Of which but Few perhaps are acquainted.
II Il built Of spruce Or brought from England.
and put together with wrought nails. Itwas hFst
erected In Annapolis, then taken down and erect.
ed near the site Of the present court house, and
afterwards moved across TO lie present site.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1882-06-17
Miscellaneous.
Field & Garden Seeds
Our stock Of Seeds are from the most reliable
growcrs-frcsh and true 20 name.
Fertilizers orstandnrd Brands.

Grinith 4 Turner'S Animal Bone Phosphate.
Griffith Turner'S Amoniated Bone Phosphate.
Griffith 4 Turner'S Alkaline Plant Food.
Griffith Turner'S Raw Bone.
Bakers Dissolved Bone.
Slingiui's Dissolved hone.
Turner'S Excelsior and Phosphate.
Holloway's Excelsior and Phosphate
Listers aud whitclock's Phospha,cs
Peruvian and 0rchilla Guanos.
Plaster, &C., &c.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1882-06-17

re-A disappointed young man says he wishes
he was . rumor, because . rumor soon gains cur
rency, which he has never been able 10 do.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1882-06-17

eD-"weil." said an Irish attorney. "If !, piase
coort. n ! am wrong In this. have another point
that is equally conclusive"
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1882-06-17

cs-The following work of art, with the accom-
panying verses. entitled "Nobody's Darling" sp-
peared the other day in the waiertown (N. W
Timss.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1882-06-17
Various Causes

Advancing years. care. sickness. disappointment,
AMI hereditary prciisposiiion--ail operate to turn
the hair gray. aud either Of them inclincs IL 10
shed prematurcy. AYER's Ham ViGoR will re-
store ialel or gray, light Or red hair to n rich
brown or deep black. may be desired. II softens
and cleanscs the scalp. giving /; healthy action.
II removes anl cure. dandruF and humors. by
IT, use falling hair j. checked. anI new growth
will he produced in all where the fpllicles
not destroyed or the glands decayed. Iis
effects are beautifully shown on brashy. weak. or
siekiy hair. which few applications will pro-
duce the gloss and freshnes. Of youth. Harmless
and sure in it, results. IL Is Incompatible a. y
dressing, and especially valued for the soft iustTe
and richness Of tone Il impaTts.
AYERS Ham NiCoR is eolorlcss. contains neither
oil nor dye. and will not soil color white cam
brio. yet IL lasts long on the hair and keeps IL
fresh and vigorous. impariins an agreeable per-
fumc. For sale by all druggists. >
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1882-06-17

Malta Shovel Piows. Iron Ago cuitivators. Corn
Drags. cahoon Seed Sewers, Planet Seed Drill and
CultivatoF, Hagcrstown Grain Drills, Monarch
Grain Drills, Farmers Friend Grain Drills, The
Star Horse Rake, The Victor Horse Rake, The
lagcrs,own Horse Rake. Billiards. Hay Tcddcr.
Foust's Hay Loader. American Hay Elevator.
Double ilarpoon Hay Fork. Philadclphia Lawn
Mowers. McCnrmiek Iron Mowers. Mccormick
Imperial Reaper. Mccormick Tuinc Binders.
Farmers Friend Corn Planter. Keystone Corn
Drill. Grain Fans. Cider Mills. Corn Shelters, Hay
Presses. Hay. Straw and Fodder Cutters. Morclcy
creamers and Siodlard Churns, Davis Swing
Churns. Butter Workers, Fountain Pumps. Cucum-
Der Pumps, Patent Galvanized Steel Fence Wire,
cheap. durable and easily put up.
lES- Repairing done with dispatch.
5Es-Seni for circulars.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1882-06-17
OLIVER CHILLED PLOws,

Run lighter, are more easily managed and do bet
ter work than any other plow.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1882-01-05
" MuscIe -

DR.. Halls Jon,ndt of Health has
some severe words against the gymnas-
ium as a means of exercise in our lead
ing educational Institutions. The OBJ
jectiOns, however, must be understood
to lie against excess in exercise, as we'll
as the extremes to which ball playing.
boating. ETC., are carried. resulting in
''athletic feeblenesS' instead of athletic
strength.
Young men are frequently to be met
with who seem to have TN excessive
pride of muscular developments; the
great Developments, is confined. howev-
er, to an undue enlargement of the
muscles of the upper portions of tho
arms at the expense of the muscles of
the chest and OF the general health
Fhe prominent physicians of cities
have such patients frequently. They
usually come to ask advice in regard to
some unaccountable lung trouble
They point to their arms and ask how
it is possible that man can swing n
dumb-bell weighing fifty pounds and
have weak lungs. with splitting of blood
and other unfavorable symptoms
1t is the easiest thing in the world.
and the most natural result of such vio-
lent exercise. This "athletic exercise
craze has come to be national calam-
ity. 1t is injuring some of the best
young men in the country.
Every gymnasium in the country
should be abolished; not that there are
not some good features about them. but
that the evil resulting from gymnastic
exercise. as ordinarily practiced. does
more harm than good. The profess
sional gymnast is always short lived.
the average term of such life being
less than six years.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1882-01-05

stairs and went into, the room with
them Oh. you should have seen his
face! such a surprised look! and so
pleased! And then, when mamma told
him ,cho made the mincc, and fixed the
pumpkin and apples, and stuffed the
turkey, how he kissed his little girls!
Then how fast they talked. and told
him how many times they had nearly
let the secret out, and how once, when
he came home little earlier to dinner,
they had to stuff the chopin bowl
into the closet with his boots, TO get it
out of sight; and how once mamma
herself came near letting him know.
and ever so much more, till their
mouths were so stuffed with dinner that
they had to stop talking.
Then after dinner they PLAYED Prov
cribs, and We've thought of word
that rhymes" and other quiet plays.
And the games were not. SO quiet after
all, for they all laughed so, and mamma
as much as any of them. and best of all
it never made her bit worse, but she
was SO well in few days that she
drove out; and the children after that
would say. that Thanksgiving was al
ways nice but '.mammas Thanksgiv-
ing" was incest of all.-lNrs. Eliot IN
Vide. .A,cQke.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1882-01-05
Helping tho PARTY.

In the days gone by a Detroit sheriff
who had made close shave Of being
elected, had the i'll luck to lose a pris-
oner from tho jah. The fellow made
good his escape to tho country, but the
sheriff overhauled him about eight
miles out and drove him under barn.
Tho prisoner was captured and yet he
was not. II he could not got out the
sheriff could not get in, and threats
had no effect on him. In this emergen-
cy the officer called out:
Say, Jim."
s'Yes."
..You know I had q mighty close
shave get ing this Office"
''You did that"
''Well, I'm laying my pipes for . Sec
ond term. II lose you might as
we'll hang up. The opposition will hold
it up in letters four feet high. and hum
dreds Of mon in my own party will slip
my name. Do you hear n,eF
Il do.''
"Well. ask you to come out. not ex-
actly ~ prisoner going back to Jail,
but more as patriot bound to stand by
his party. Come, Jim"
..rn be hanged Il I dou'tr' replied
the prisoner. The Judge was Agin me.
my sentence was unjust. and hate
your Jail, but il it's going to help the
party aud crush the hydrs-headed op-
position out I comer'-Detroit Free
Press.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1882-01-05
Perseverance Got All the Business.

ode most remarkable case uf borse-
vcrance dot l efer see." said Mr., Hof-
fenstein, vas dat uf Maurice Lowski.
vat keep redail grocery sdOre in
Vickspurg. He vas selling mackerel TO
beople in de country, ven anoder man
puts up Il sdOrc in dc town und sells
mackerel by de Wholesale, und his name
was Schwartz. No matter how low
Schwartz soils de mackerel, Maurice
Lowski puts dem down to de customers
twice so low und gets all dc drade.
Maurice would dake Oud some uf dc
mackerel from each uf de kits and fill
mp nit zalt, yon know. und he makes
money by his perseverance. Ven
Schwartz finds Oud vat Maurice Lowski
vas doing. he gets so mad dat he pleeds
nit his nose, und dells de peoples dat
Lowski vas n tam RASCAL. Maurice
don'd lose his perseverance,, you know,
and he dinks dot he will drive Schwai tz
oud uf de pizness before much longer.
He -arys several blows. but dOn'd can
make Schwartz go way. Veil. Won tay
Maurice Lowski sees mule nit wort
on his leg vot peiongs to Schwartz. und
he goes to him und says: Schwartz. uf
You plindfolt dot mule so he can see
noding, you can dake rethot iron und
purn lie wort off his leg But he viii
kick his heels oud, says Schwartz.
No. he Won't do angling but sdand unit
dremble uf you blindfolt him, but you
mustn't forget to do dot SAYS Maurice
Lowski. Schwartz. de tam fool, plind-
folts de mule md purns do wort NIT a
redhot iron. De next minute his frents
bick him ub so dead dot he don'd know
vot stdruck him.. and Maurice Lowski
gets all dc pizness-shust by his ,berse-
verance."
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1882-01-05
Something New in Navigation.

Recently a friend from Indiana
took me to see wonderful ship or
steamboat on the Harlem river, big
enough to get on it, which, did. 1t is
called the buoyant propeller, and con-
sists of q steamboat fifteen or twenty
feet long. propelled on globes of air
As you draw near you see three large
yellowish globes. made Of sheet iron.
revolving ON an axle like any other
wheel. There are little fiinges protru-
ding from the globe. which are also
paddle-wheels. An engine on the deck
makes these two axles rcvOlve. the front
axle having only one globe wheel Oh it
and the rear axle having two. As they
revolve any leakage into the wheel IS
discharged at the axle. Consequently
they can never fill. The inventor. q
Mr.. Fryer, formerly an engineer at
Nashville, means to build a ship this
winter for ocean service on this plan.
somewhere on the Hudson river, which
will be 25s feet long. and have state
room accommodations for 225 people
The present ship moves on globes only
six feet in diameter, but the new ship Is
to be- built on enormous globes. The
theory Is that such vessel will make
from twenty to forty miles an hour. and
an arc being presented ut every point.
there will be no s'ippage. l suppose
the idea of this machine Is taken from
the spheres on which we live that go
through the air quickly. IN Gin
clNuQfi ENQUIRER.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1882-01-05
An Efsctual Tempsrauce Lecture.

A young mau called. in company
with several other gentlemen. upon q
young lady. Her father was also pres
ent to assist in entertaining the callers.
He did not share his daughters scru-
Piles against the use of spirirons drinks.
for he had wine to offer. The wine
was poured out, and would have been
drunk, but the young lady asked:
Ibid you call upon me. or upon pa
pap
Gailantry. Il nothing else, compelled
them to answer:
I'VE called upon you"
Then you wiA please not drink
wine. have lemonads for my call
ers."
The father urged the guests 10 drink.
and they were undecided. The young
lady added:
Remember. II you cali upon me then
you drink lemonade; but it upon papa.
why. then in that case have nothing to
say.''
The vino glasses were set down with
their contents untasted. After leaving
tho house, oae Of the party exclaimed:
THAT Is the most effecfual temper
ance lecture have over heard"
The young man FROM whom these
facts were obtained broke Oh at once
from the use of strong drink, and is
now . clergyman preaching temperance
and religion. He still holds ia CRATE
full remembrance the lady who grace
fully aud resolutely gave him TO uuder-
stand that her callers should not drink
Win0
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1882-01-05
Literary Wares,

The late james I. Fields. while an
active partner in the firm of Ticknor q
Fields, was waited upon by young
sugar merchant who had poetic aspira-
tions. The mercantile man complained
that his manuscript poems had been
rejected by the firm, and he wanted to
know the reason why, inasmuch rs all
of his friends had heard the verses
read. and unanimously declared them
TO be an accession 10 American Ntera-
ture. al" Hf:" t1g
s.Our reader decides that" said Mr..
Fields. in his blandest tones.
s.Then would like to see the read
er." i1 -".a Or. e
Always the personification Of amia-
bili;y himself. the publisher took the
merchant up stairs to the reader. That
mighty parsonage sat at desk heaped
high with manuscripts; he carefully
read few pages of each package. then
dropped it into basket at his side.
Occasionally he became more than Or
dinarily interested; in that case he
placed the package inside his desk.
"Why. he goes through 'em just as /
sample sugarr' exclaimed the would be
poet, in amnzement. .,...--s
That's because he's familiar with
literary wares as you are with sugars,
rejoined Mr.. Fields. '#
II am satisfied" said the merchant;
''let us 60"
They went, and the disappointed
bard gave up verse.making, but no
made large fortune in sugar.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1882-01-05
The, First Thanksgiving Day-A. D
1929. .xns
= = - y = y u Vff-T . ? %
NY MRS. MARGARET J. PRESTON.

-sSaSSIi ia3i 80 ---T--T--- Il,
"And now." said the Governor. gazing abroad
or tS n p,es tSst d"td the eesngs and
covered the meadows FER, =. :.
"'Tis meet that We render praises because OF
"ris meet that the Lord of the harvest be
l. thanked for His sun and rain ....is
"And therefore, ], William bradford tby the
And the franchise Of this good people,. Gov
\ error OF Plymouth. say -.
THO virtue Of vested powcr-ye shall gather
Ana hold In the emonth OF November thanks
giving unto the Lord. Qza to 4s
He hath granted us peace and plenty. and the
quiet we've sought so long; .,'>
He has thwarted the willy savage, and kept
him from doing uswrong:
And unto, our Feast the Sachem shall be bid
We , Worship hip us lis owl, own Great Spirit who maketh
the harvests grov.0 3s. -
'so shouldenyour matchlocks, masters: there
. ie,hunting Of all degrees;
And nshermen. take your tackle, and scour for
And maidens and danes of Plymouth, your
delicate crafts employ
a Feast Of joy!
1--WE fail of the fruits and daintics so close to
a our hand in Devon;
-Ah, they are the lightest losses we suner
But SEE ,n S, eur open cearings' how golden the
Enrich III then Nth sEsss; and spices and give
SO, bravely the preparations went ON for the
! autumn Feast; ~ 8 --y.ltt
The deer and the bear were slaughtered; wild
game from the greatest to least
Was heapcd In the Colony cabins: brown
hOmc-brew served for wine,
Aud the plum aud the grape OF the forest, for
orange and peach and pine.
At length came the day appointed: the snow
But the cisns from the Westinghouse ,elfry
rang merrty. cut for all, H1 80.
Aud summoned tho folk Of Plymouth, who
b hnstened with glad accord
To listen to Elder Brewster as he fervcntly
thanked the Lord.
In Ms sest ssst G3overnor Bradford: men, mat
> rons and, mnidens fair; 80 49,
Miles staniish md all his soldiers, with cOrse-
let and sword. Fvoro there; sTatt.5.-s .-..
And sobbing and tears and xladness had each
I'm its turn the sway "
For the grave of the sweet Rose Standish DER
rshadowed Thanksgiving Day. a
And when MassasOit, the Sachem, sat down
with his-hundfed braves,
And ate of the varied riches of gardens and
woods aud waves, sA&
And looked on the granaried harvest-with
blow ON his brawny chest,
He muttered, .'rhe good Great Spirit loves His
white children Dcstr'
And then, - the Feast was ended, with grave
Thedovefnor drew his broadsword out from
It's scabe3rd there.
And shifting the trcncher near him, he cried in
"Haii! Pic of fhe Pumpkini dub thee Prince
OF Thanksgiving Dayr's
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1882-01-05
Caught n His ON Tap

A story quite - good for being
true-is told Of tvo medical students.
the one . very large and the other .
very small person, who were ROOM
mates and bedfellOws. On . certain
warm night the big man. who was on
the inner side awoke 70 tho conscious
ness that he was being crowded 10 the
wall his companion having taken .
good sized reservation in the middle of
the bed. BY way of Furnishing the en-
encroachment with neatness and dis
patch. he gently adjusted his soles and
ousted the little fellow 90 efectually as
to land him on the carpet. The elected
one showed no signs Of resentment un-
til several nights later. when finding
his bulky comrads occupying . posi-
ton similar to the ono in which he had
given otfenss. he plotted . revenge.
Stealthily clambering over the huge
form. he braced his back against the
wall. and planting foot on either side
of his friends spine. collected all his
forces and gave . tremendous push.
The effect was instantaneous. and il
not what had been anticipated. was
certainly In strict accordance with ma
lures laws. The big man moved, but
the bed moved with him. opening a
wide space between him and the wall,
through which the little man immedi-
ately dropped to the floor. where he
doubtless had chance to recover from
his astonishment and reflect on the rea-
sons why another good plan had gone
wrong.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1882-01-05

"Em brOiderers for shoes wanted.
was the advertisement which led re.
porter up . long fight Of stairs in {
tall building, through the room that
was 6lled With shoes, to an Office. where
sat benevolent gentlemen. who said:
''Shoes are now embroidered for ladies.
{ We have orders for line of cloth-top
shoes embroidered in chenille. and for
low, shoes embroidered st tho instep.
Ehe embroidered stockings have be-
come so popular that now embroidery
is wanted on tho shoes. too. We have
an artist who makes the patterns. and
we expect to turn out some charming
bits Of art embroidery in shoes for next
summer wear. We had an order re-
gently for embroidered white slippers
for bride to match . pair of white
silk stockings with chantilly lace let in
from the instep, and another pair of white
silk embroidered with doss silk. the de-
sign being pale-blue forget-me-nots
and pink roses. Clock-stockings arc
now superseded by embroidered stock.
ings.
I'VE follow the fashion in stockings.
and shoes and stockings will next year
be sold to match. Openwork is get
ting popular. Black silk stockings are
made with pain seripe. aud there are
open work stripe, With white feet,
which show through open work in the
shoes. There are now twelve hundred
new designs in silk stockings. and we
have to make shoes to suit the most
popular styles. We mako tho tops of
cloth or leather to match the color Of
the stocking. and then we embroider
the top to match tie stocking embroi-
derry, SO ut glance the lady seems to
have on Newport slippers with embroi-
dered stockings. 1t will add about two
dollars . pair to shoes to embroider
them, but we can make them to cost
tifty-nine dollars pair. Some of our
uptown danes don't seem to mind
what it costs to beautify their feet"
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1882-01-05
A Presumntnous Wretch.


Charles Augustus fell in love with tho
daughter of IA wealthy dry goods mer-
chant, and when he propOunded the
vital question he was referred TO papa.
Papa was stern, gold-spectacled man.
and Charles Augustus would rather
have faced stuffed lion in his lair; but
remembering the old ,adage. Faint
heart never won fair lady"-nor q
homely one. either-he called at the
store to see her father. And when he
saw that gentleman his heart failed
him, and he was about to ask for q
spool of old gold colored cotton and
exit. when the girls father gave a sig
nificant cough and made the lovers
pericardium flop by asking. well.
Charles, what II you haveP'' Here was
a splendid opportunity to boldly say.
''Your daughter" and have done with
it, but the youth merely stammered,
while he glanced furtively around: Il
l don't sec wh-what l want. ''You
don'tP'' said the old gentleman.
..Well." he added, .'don't you see
thatP" pointing to a placard on which
was printed the legend. If you don't
see what you want, ask for it." ''But."
hesitated Charles Augustus. 'I-don't
think she is here-your daughter Ma
mie. mean" A thunder cloud, fol-
lowed by whirlwind. gathered ON the
old mans brow. rs lie seized a yard
stick and angrily exclaimed: "Why.
you presumptuous wretch! how dare
you"
But Charles Augustus didn't linger
to hear the remainder of the thrilling
narrative. He lit out-went away from
suddenly hence. And
he feelingly says that it is mean swim
die to have the sign, IF you don't see
what you want. ask for it." posted in a
store. and then when a young man asks
for it to be unceremoniously boanced.
And we think so. too.-IHe Judge.