The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1884-10-04

The Towsontown high school has now
about 275 pupils, larger number than ever be-
fore. Some of them come distance of nine or
more miles. Under Prof. Hanna's principalship,
assisted by an able corps of teachers, the school
was never more fourishing.
Mr.. James Edward Lee, son of Mr. j. W.
Lee, of this town, who has been living at James,
town, Dakota, for the past three years, has now
gone to Sweet Water, Nolan county, Texas, and in
connection with several other gentlemen will en-
gage largely in the cattle business.
No train from this place on the Maryland
Central road between SIG a. m. and $3.50 D. IN
causes it to lose very many passengers, who are
going by the horse railway. And then the $50
train from the city in the afternoon is too late for
a large majority of the regular passengers.
-"Sal," cried young girl, looking out of
the upper story of a small grocery, and addressing
another girl who was trying to enter at the front
door, "we've all been to camp meeting and been
converted, so when you want milk on Sundays
now, you'll have to come in the back way"
The oldest letter carrier in the United
States in point of age and service, is Mr.. Girard
T. King, who serves the people along the Freder-
lex road as far as the House of Refuge. He was
appointed in 1864, when be was forty eight years
old. He has been on this route about six years.
The managers of the Stewartstown Rail-
road Company, of York county, ask for propo-
sails for the grading, masonry and bridging Of the
road, which is about seven miles long. The re-
quisite subscriptions to the capital stock have
been secured and the work is to be commenced at
once.
Mr.. C. c. Carman, of the 18th district, who
always makes good display at our county fairs,
this year surpassed all former efforts in his exhibit
of vegetables, which was very large and the speci-
mems shown were among the finest on exhibition.
Mr.. Carman is No. l farmer and always does
his part towards our county fair.
Several cattle purchased by Hartford county
farmers for grazing purposes, have recently died
from what is known as Texas fever. The Belair
Democrat says there is in consequence much alarm
among cattle owners for fear of contagon and
there is general disposition to wait until after
frost before introducing more new cattle.
The Belair -Egis says that Mr.. Isaac FL.
Thompson, near Darlington, has the best equip
ped dairy in the county. He keeps from rs to 80
cows. and makes from IS to 125 lbs. of"glt edged"
butter per week, the year around. The butter is
sold TO public institution near Philadelphia.
The cows are mostly grade Jerseys, with few
pure-bred Jerseys.
The cholera has been raging among the
hogs in some parts of Long Green Valley and a
number of farmers have incurred heavy losses
from the disease. Mr.. Thos Armstrong lost about
40, Mr.. John JeHkins is or 20. Probably if Mr.
E. II. Roberts powders, that have been advertised
in The UNION, had been tried, the lives might
have been saved.
Mr.. Frank E. Corse, of the 18th district
last week sold 5-year-old Orange Blossom colt
to Mr.. Luther NJ. Reynolds, of Baltimore, for
$1,000. This colt was raised ON the farm of Mr..
George W. Yellott, in Long Green Valley. In
private trial at Herring Run few days ago,
without any extra work, he trotted mile in 1884
and afterwards trotted half in I'LL.
On Sunday morning last Archbishop Glib
bons confirmed at st. AIMS Catholic church, on
ha of hir1 efr he
seventy-fve persons-sixty children (thrty-fve
females and twenty live males,) eight adults and
seven converts. The confirmation took place i'm
mediately before the 1880 mass, celebrated by the
Archbishop, who instructed the confirmed before
mass.
The Rev. DR.. Stephen Yerkes, who was
formerly in charge of Chestnut Grove church,
near Sweet Air, preached to his old congregation
on Sunday last He is now n professor in the
Theological Seminary at Danville, Kentucky
He passed through Towsontown on Monday and
met many old friends who were delighted to see
him. 1t has been 80 years since Mr.. Yerkes left
the county.
At sale of Jersey cattle in Philadelphia
on Tuesday, the prices ranged from $50 to 1926.
A cattle breeder who attended the sale said that
of late dealers have not manifested much interest
in Jerseys, and that contagious pleuro- pneumonia
in the Western States had made Jersey buyers
timid. He said that the time had almost arrived
when the thoroughbred Jersey would be sold
simply as butter COW.
The delightful rain we had on Tuesday
morning was most refreshing and greatly appre-
ciated. and in addition to that it had the effect
of dispelling from the minds of some persons the
little story from Carroll county, which we APP
pend, viz: "a strange story is abroad in the
Sans Creek neighborhood. 1t is said that q
child recently born announced the startling fact
that there would be no rain for seven years. The
child of course then died."