The Baltimore County union., 1883-12-29

Eklo, 9th District. n. A. Bailey aud
io are spending Christmas in ElmiFa, y. Y.
MT. u. u. WinohOit has gone to York aud Ian.
caster, Pa.
Mr.. Wesley Walker and wife are visiting In
Baltimore.
Everybody. horse, FOO, aud dragon are having
q good time sleIghing In the Upper End, though
the slsighing eommrncsd just one night too soon
for "Rand0m." His better hall being engaged one
day lat week assisting n neighbor butehefiBg be
let his larder run low. In the evening he com
mitted all the little "Randoms" to the care oi
Morpheus, pulled oil bis boots, uiied the Yue log
In the kitchen stove, and squared himself fof
reading. just then . couple Of sieighs pulled up
at "idiewild." containing two merry ladies and
their beaux, from below MiddlctoUn. It,sppears
one sleigh had been following the other, ala Zm-
norman, Baltimore style, just 20 see where IL vas
going. All were In good spirits. and feast u
reason and how Of soul went round aud round
the cory kitchen range. with only one Tegfet-ths
absence Of the hostcss-whilc outside. an old
hound that had followed ono sleigh from q paper
mill on the Little Falls, amused himsef chasing
rabbits around the barn. IL "RaBdom" was per.
mitted 20 whisper aloud ho would say, judging
from the attentions these young men have shown,
that the game was bagged and these tinkling
sleigh bells were n fpTcrunncT of merry wedding
bells In the near future, and apple juice was
on haud, or Christmas cake about, he foTaged
around and set up n couple Of mincc pies His
in the fragments Ia knife and couple Of empty
plates oHtyl. ono Of his urchins peepcd down
through crack from above, saying "What siil
ina say when she finds out you treated the girls :"
which caused "Random" to blow out the light and
sneak on 10 bed hastily.
The debating society At Ruhrs, 9th district, Is
increasing In interest.
Mr.. Jacob d. Iiampsher, near EklO, is sick with
typhoid fever.
Mr.. C. Roys,on. our Grand Juror, los, valua-
bic horse on the 10th instant. CIRCLE.
Economizing tho Use or Coal.--The open
Ing Of Winter calls up moro tho waste that
is visible on all sides In the burning coal There
are no bills that come along 20 promptly at this
season Of the year as those for coal, and they
pretty large ones, too just now for coal IL not 10
be had at m rely nominal price. Ono would
induce the utmost economy on the part of all who
use this valuable fuel, but Il seems to have Z,
such Eject. Perhaps one hall the people who un
anthracite coal are indifferent To getting the wortl
Of their money out of the coal they buy. Tbs
stoves. ranges and furnaces are filled day after
day, the ashes. cinders and unconsumed coal n.
moved aud thrown away without further thought
or care. Nothing l. more common 10 spring tins.
when cellars aud wards are cleared Of their acchu
ulated winter ashes than 10 zee cart load after
cart load Of this material hauled away 20 The
dumping grounds without an effort 10 scpa'ae
the still unconsumei coal from the mass. In NEST
cases the result of doing this would we'll reward
the labor required. Where large furnaces arc
used in heating houses tons of most excellent cni
could be saved. What is true in such cases a,
plies In lesser degree TO the domestic stoves %
ordinary uss. There are. perhaps. none that
tirely burn up all the fuel put into them. The
eommon coal sieve will rescue many pound Of
valuable coal. Let IL be more generally employed
than Il now is IL seems but n small matter IN
every household. but in the aggregate Il smouiis
% many thousands of tons which now rcd<
lessly wasted.