The Baltimore County union., 1883-01-20

man must tcide Tor himself. But Nennor has To
make his predietions months in advance Of the
time prophesied about. and yet lately our Signal
Service Bureau has botched uP things generally
in trying 10 give the probabilities only few hours
ahead. still nobody denies it, usefulness. You
might almost well say that the SuR almanac Is
worthless because u makes n mistake and prints
Eugene Higgins, Secretary Of the Senate. when ~
4 fact John ". Miller, Of Cecil county. Is the see.
retary. You see "mistakes will happen even in
the best regulated families
Snow Plenty of IL for my ta.,c.
THE snow lies ON hi. bed.
The wind blows sharp aud keen.
The naked boughs between;
There are no song birds In the woods.
No hewcrcis in the dcls.
Sing hey sing hoi
A. down the slide We 60,
With laugh aud shout.
That ringeth out
Upon the frosty air.
Sing up. sing down,
oh leave the sloppy town.
The sports, the pastimcs and the joys
OF country folks 90 share.
The air l. full of snow.
The cattle stand and low.
Knee deep in straw. beside the barns
And ricks all rooted with white.
The huddled birds cry "chcep,"
Beside the folded sheep.
Whose hceces brown aud dinsy look.
Where all L. fair and bright,
Sing hey sing no!
As down the slide We GO
am not saying anything this week about the
patent commodes on wheels. because | understand
Chief " "iIollowarc" has made up his mind To- smash
"smitherecns" out Of me with whole arsenal Of
statistics and figures and an Aurora Borcalis
thrown in besides. / am anxiously awaiting his
fusilladc and all I ask l. that he won't open one
Of his squirters aud fEElcrs at close range. which.
I am informed. for infeHsiiy aud HReiioH can bea,
all the combined pole eats in our county. $50 lay
on Macduf.
Messrs. Snyder and Cariwell are oncrgc;ically
pushing on the improvement Of the Beiair road.
bu; ilai bridge has not been attended 10 yet. %
far as am told. This improvement of the road
will ring q much increased travel over it, line.
coming down from away up in Hartford county.
and the Directors will find In the course of few
years their action amply repaid. Anyhow IN the
struggle coming of in the next Legislature be.
tween the people aud corporations and moaopolic.
they will be able 10 come in with comparatively
clean hands and thus escape many 'worri,ing
attacks.
The district needs n new school house badly
about the corner of the Beair road and the cross
road leading up into Long Green Valley. Posi-.
bly, thirty or forty children live there within a
radius Of mile. deprived in such weather n VIC
have had lately of school privileges, excep, for too
long a walk. I am told a good private school IL
now kept near kingsvillc by young lady, and
should think that school, teacher and all. could be
made the star; for u public school. with Mrs.
Freeman's hall rented until house could be built
abou: the corner before mentioned.
Then the district road AZ kingsyille. near the
Episcopal church. needs mending badly. II IL
nasty in every spell Of bad weather. Good stoning
for a distance Of 200 yards would help IL nightly
Another great improvement in this section would
be a bridge or cuivert over Broad Run, just where
our Road Supervisor lives. II is impossible in
times Of heavy rains. Cannot friend Parle,; help
us out In these road Improvements! They are
both Of them badly needed. We need new and
better road Law for this county. hope that Bal.
timOre county will have In the next Legislature
some good business. intelligent man, who will
have the courage 60 frame aud get passed such a
Law as will meet the necessities of people, and
then We will see every cent Of our money properly
expended under intelligent supervision. | must
cay that this district possesses in Snydtr and
cardweil two good men. Dunn, / hope, may
equal them. But 81 800 year l. not enough ioi
thi. district 20 have out of the fund. and Is 10 b
wished that the Board of County Commissioner
may tor the year lss3 allow u $4,000 a, least
Tha, would make not quite S700 for each super
visor in one Of the largest territorial districts 10
our county.
This brings me 10 the point Of saying tha. thii
district ought TO be divided into three precincts
and really would Il not he advantageous 20 re
divide the whole county! Look at those immens'
Belt districts. Or if not expedient 20 re divide
the county, has not the time come when differ
ent mode Of government than = Board of hr..
Commissioner becomes n necessity. Just look n
our anomalous position, ''neither fish. flesh MOI
fowl" We are both city and county with con,in
uaily clashing interests. Re-diyide the districts.
Equalize them. Have n council form of govern.
nent with = representative from each district. OF
perhaps q township system. I think what be
tween road laws and other necessities of our coun.
" whoever does 20 % the next Legislature will
very likely have their hands full and find the place
any thing but "a bed Of roses" lie, Us all strive
TO send "good men aud true" faithful, intelligent
and capable.
One Of my friends up here undertook lately "a
give some cunning yarns. and ! send \ couple oi
them. The first is Of q man, who, going along.
saw thirty seven black birds sitting on limb oi
tree. lie wanted them all. yet had only a single.
barrel gun, and that loaded with ball. Taking
careful aim he fired and split the limb on which
they sat. The splitting of the limb caught their
legs and held them fast, 30 he secured the whole
thirty seven. The second yarn was Of another
gunner who ono day saw some Wild turkeys be-
hind \ hay stack. Fast as he would go around
just so fast they kept ahead sf him. Al last in
despair Of catching them he stopped. took his gun
and bent the barrel loaded up with ball and fred
around the stack. lie afterwards picked up seven
turkeys a. ths result Of his shot. thought these
yarns entitled Jake 20 the cake and constituted
him champion. Yours, BILLY BARLOW.