The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1883-04-14

has been agtaiing the temperance question in
this burg Of late among both white aud oolorei
people, and has pronounced IL abont the most des-
perstely intempeFate Of any locality he ever Wis
tied. All those among us Who found their reg-
ion ~ morality getting too weak kneed 20 sup.
port them ia the conflicts With the adversary,
have betaken themselves 90 the bulwarks Of the
Temperance pledge, behind which they can tire
assay at him With less danger Of getting hit them
selves. They have, furthermore, from Harry Cos
kerry q small boy up, attached jaunty little blue
ribbons g. their watch chains or button holes.
which, after being duly blessed for the purpose.
and hung Immediately in from, Of the great liquor
Receptacle q each individual, will be supposed
TO charm of the imbibing desire. II would no,
be bad idea for somebody TO tackle one of these
same blue ribbons on 90 certain timer and also
certain painter aai also few others Of the dis
posed in the burg and see what they are worth at
"beafding the lion ia his den" IL was just the
other ight that we heard = woman cry Of muir
der murder and pistol fired and a window
smasted. a. the following TO a husband coming
home IN y lively state; but while crudeiy guess
ing. every other house On the pike l. saloon AMI
I every other vehicle a laundering liquor wagon
with mammoth horses and men, there don't seem
TO be much chance for any poor little trus-biue
ribbon temperance workers 20 come oil other than
second best. IL will take some Of Mr.. Dittys re.
pressiye ideas put in practice 10 work any perma-
nent good about here.
| Somebody would like 10 ask Mr.. Farber, our
authority dog Law, IL there cannot be some
I sort Of amendment put in his protectory dog
la1. whereby IL will not be n Enable oflense TO
shoot the highway a cur that spends the best
part of his time yelling up and down the same.
even II he does belong 10 n widow washerwonan
With exactly six small children, who claims that
| he is Invaluable for minding her clothes hanging
out at night, when II can be proved that for Just
one half Of each night he does such thin. but
runs like mad" tmaking respectable dogs mad
I far away from home. sweet home. and makes hi.
a LII -.
ing Here Pondo Here Ponio :" while he 1.
feasting on spare.rb in somebody's back yard
/ halt n mile away.
NJ. Wilson. of the firm of Wilson, Coi.ton A
Co. banker. has purchased the Gne country seat
| oi Capt. James Y. johnson, about one mile west
| of this place. Mr.. Wilson takes possession May
let. Frederick road attractions seem % be raid.
ing the bankers. That IL a. Il should be: let them
! come along thick for the fsffeshment Of garden.
/ ers. hot house aud farmers. Who will be only
too glad 10 make things pleasant for them. and
relieve the weight Of their purses 20 any desired
extent also.
The large carriage shed that has stood Cor over
| quarter OF n century a. an appsndage TO 81.
| Timothy's church, Is about TO be torn down and
l. 20 be built in the north. west corner %
the church lot, near the road. One BY one the
| loves Of our boyhood paas auay, ~ many an old
student Of 81. Timothy's will say when he
members the shingles which he safely retreat
ell for cards. TASKS, pipes, novels and secTe, con
| fabs In the days gone by.
Our ''old corner stone" has undergone q thor.
ough renovation. Large plate glass windows have
taken the place of its peep holes In 'front.' aud the
beaver of the liz footer will never more knock
things down depending from the ceiling. catch
the spiders web that Johnny" with his broom.
was too sleepy to sec in the early morning hours.
| The smoke from friendly pipes and weeds nj
night will also betake itself 10 higher latitudcs
than that occupied by the edibles. A ventilator
IN the roof Is about, however. the only efficient
method Of purifying the ordinary country store
In this partieular-sueh being the extent Of the
patronage In the line.
The old 81. Timothy's farm rejoiess In another
tenant Who probably thinks the last tenant didn't
half farm it-auay. Its = jolly good thing that
| rich ground IL only \ few inches deep on the
earths surface. u Il reached all the way down 90
"the lava sea" this earth, TO Its telescope admir-
crs on other planets. would have . good many
"spots" 10 show where the average farm renter
had put things right through to that point. Y.