The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1883-10-13

Long Green, 18th District.-The past week
has been a very busy one with the farmers of our
valley. Corn cutting. wheat seeding and tomato
picking has made work active. The dealers in
fertilizers have all been very active in their saes
and the amount handled far exceeded any pre-
ceding week this season. Mr.. johnson, as agent
for Listers phosphates, has sold several hundred
tons this fall, the most of which was delivered
from Dworths warehouse, Hydes Station, M
C. r. r.
The county fair at Belair this week will be
largely attended by the citizens of our valley
The programme is very attractive, and if the
weather proves favorable, the attendance will be
large. The agricultural association of Hartford
has been favored with irst-cass managers from
its very incipiency, and the result has been very
satisfactory to the stockholders and all interested
Local news of interest is rather dull and the
principle matter of talk with us is political
situation. There is one little item that 1 must
allude to in which many of our people are inter-
ested, and which smatters somewhat OF politics.
More than year ago application was made to
the Board of County Commissioners for the loca-
ton of public road from the Dulanys Valley
pike, near the public house of Mrs. Knoble, to
the Long Green pike at McCormick's store. The
conditions upon which the application was made
was that the right of-way was to be given by the
land owners through whose property it should be
located, and the citizens interested to raise the
sum within themselves sufficient to pay all ex-
peuses of locating and opening the same for pub
lie travel, the county then to assume the control
and management of the other public
roads. A commission was appointed, consisting
of Col. Dennis NJ. Matthews, Mr. Jos. Snyder and
the county surveyor, who reported favoraby, and
surveyed and located the road. The money (S550)
was all raised in due time, save about $780, and
when an appeal was made to tho board to COM
mence work on the road by giving it out by con-
tract to the lowest responsible bidder, the fact that
this $50 was not collected was made an excuse for
not complying with the request, although both
Mr.. Robert Dilworth and Mr.. Robert Piper, both
highly responsible men, obligated themselves to
it paid.
One evening last week several of gay and
festive young men met by chance at the saloon of
our worthy friend, Mr. John Mccormick, and
after free and liberal partake of Mack's best
red-eye they found themselves, about 10 o'clock,
in rather sickly state of blissful inebration.
Two of them, one a married man with family
the other bachelor started for the home OF the
former where they arrived without accident, and
where they retired to rest and sweet dreams, such
as Bacchus always has in store for his friends
Somewhere between midni ght and the mornings
dawn the, bachelor was aroused from a sound sleep
by presentment that he was in too hot locali-
ty, and making his way out of the house he saun-
tered up to Hyde's Station, where he boarded an
empty box car and ensconced himself in large
canvass for better time in dreamland. The
through freight from Belair to Baltimore came
along and coupled on to the car and sped away
for North avenue. When the train reached Tow
sontown, our hero awoke to find himself aboard,
and, as he didn't wish to be consigned to any firm
in the city as either stock or freight, he was un-
loaded and headed for the Smedey. Here good
luck began to dawn in the kind and hospitable
reception given our hero by the genial host of the
Smedley, friend Urban, and after bracing up with
several "smes" and "nips" and hearty break
fast, he returned home on the morning mail train
a sadder if not a wiser man. Some men are born
to luck while others make luck for themselves
Thus it happened to the hero of our narrative,
and yet he won't admit it, but says that it was
predestnated.
Col. Taylor, our Legislature candidate, called
on us few days since, and reports everything
lovely in the 1lth. He is sanguine of success,
and fully concur in this opinion from what
can learn from other sources. You may look out
for goodly number of friends of Holton and the
whole ticket from this section the 10th, at your
mass meeting. Success to it and the election of
our ticket. RAMBLER.