The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1884-05-03
AGENTS OF TOWN IMPROVEMENTS
IN MARYLAND.

$1,000
IN MARYLAND.
The Sun of April 23d says 'individual and
corporate enterprise is doing much towards in
creasng the facilities of business and the security
of property in the towns of Maryland. Some of
these towns, like Hagerstown, Frederick, West
minister, Cumberland, Havre-d de- Grace, Easton
and Cambridge have made very great progress
in these particulars, and it is one of the good
signs of the times that many other growing towns
are also falling into line. The Sun has shown
how rapidly the telephone has spread its wires
over great part of the State, and now going
along with this agency of rapid communication is
the adoption of the mode of interior lighting by
electricity. Cumberland and Hagerstown are
both taking hold of electric lighting for interiors,
while some of the Eastern Shore towns are going
ahead with gas. individuals and companies are
enabled to make advantageous terms for gas and
water with the town authorities, securing stipu-
lated rates for street lighting and for water sup
plies to meet the emergencies of fires, and at the
same time offering inducements to private con-
sumers to become takers at specified rates. The
burden upon the town governments is in this way
reduced to the minimum, and at the same time
the enterprises prove remunerative to the capital
invested in them, as well as make the towns more
desirable places of residence enhancing the value
real estate, and giving an impetus to other indus
tries calculated in the end to swell the volume of
general business and insure prosperity. Several
towns are hesitating over propositions for water
and lighting. There should be no hesitation about
either, especially in regard to the water supply,
in which health and life involved as much as
the security of property and the promotion of in
dustrial Development
We deeply regret that Towsontown cannot be
classed with the other towns of the State enumer-
ated above. Here nothing of the kind has even
We see h6 prospect that any such improve
ments will likely be made here-at least not in
the near future. Towsontown has advantages
not possessed by some of the places mentioned by
The Sun, yet she lacks one very important ele
ment-enterprise. We want to see the town keep
pace with the other growing towns of the State,
and for years we have labored earnestly in this
behalf, but the fruits yet to be seem The Sun
strikes the keynote when it refers to the water
supply, in which it says 'Aealh and life are in
r0tved ds much as the security Of property and the
promotion Of industrial Development" Truer
words were never spoken.
Farm Misunderstanding upon the subject
of the drainage of farms and the manner in which
the work of drainage should be done, Professor
Morrow, of the Illinois industrial University, says
"No one thing over which man has control has
done SO much for the agriculture of that State in the
last half-dozen years as has tile drainage. The
experience of thousands of farmers is being added
TO the arguments showing that this work, sensibly
done, has been, is, and will be good Investment
Nevertheless the farmer should not ATTEMPT too
manent Improvement should he don or tins per-
ehS - p1sllng up q temporary fence it does not /
matter much whether the line be on:ts 80 noe
tne posts well set Il is worth while however to
'54pe1u some time and money in getting the line
right and the posts stable if the fence is to be a
permanent one. When city street is laid out it
pays to fill up the holes and dig down the hills.
When farmer runs a furrow with his pillow to
draw off some surface water from his flooded field
1t is not much matter whether or not the line be
chosen with much care. It does not matter whether
the work be well done or not 1t should be remem-
bered that failure in any point, as for ex-
ample, neglect to provide and maintain free out
lets, may render Intellectual and useless an other
wise well-executed system costing hundreds of
dollars
Seed Corn.-Farmers cannot be too careful
in selecting corn for seed. The Mechanicstown, |
Frederick county Clarion, of recent date says |
"Mr. 81. G. Foreman took more than ordinary
precaution last fall to provide himself with Seed
allowing selected stalks to stand for time after
the crop was cut this he husked and put away |
carefully to dry, not heaping it. About two weeks
ago he selected therefrom one hundred and twen- |
ty- four of the best ears, from each of which he |
took one grain /; these he planted in a hot bed |
and under these most favorable conditions but |
eighty-seven plants appeared, or but about two |
thirds. 1t may almost be accepted as certain, !
that had this same lot of seed taken the chances
OF the field, imperfect covering, colder ground and
possibly cold rain, that one half would be q |
liberal estimate of what might be expected to come
up. To say nothing to the favorable opportunity
for sprouting this corn, it is probable that the
average crib does not contain as good corn and
cur farmers should by all means test the seed
that they intend to before risking the plant
ing of an entire field. 1t may save labor and loss
of time"
Drinking While Eating. never in
tended for people to wash down their food while
eating. She has wisely placed salivary glands in
various places in our mouths; they secrete fluid
for the moistening, besides chemical action of
the food after mastication. This gets the food
in suitable condition for swallowing. Drinking
every few minutes while eating prevents the
usual flow of saliva; also it washes it down