The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1884-01-05

occasion was one of interest and impressive ess
and was enjoyed by all present Kindly greeting
followed upon the dismissal of the congregation
and all returned home doubtless determined t
live better lives for the future
An esteemed subscriber of Gainesville, en-
closing postal note to cover the amount of hi
own and his sons subscription to The UNION, will
two bills, says "Herewith you will find speci
mems received from your printing office, which arr
very neat and on handsome "yaller" paper, bu
our postmaster says they have an unfinished lool
without your autograph, and he advises me tt
send you one of his in exchange, which is alst
enclosed, and if found satisfactory please return
and we will file away with other priced documents
Having sworn off the usual things at this season
we don't care about putting away any ice, bu
may change our minds later"
There are very general complaints from The
two Methodist churches in this place of the baC
conduct of large number of young people--male'
and femaIes-who attend the services Sunday
nights. They talk, laugh and carry on in a mos
outrageous manner, to the great disgust and an
noyance of preachers and congregations. One Of
the ministers has found it necessary to call the at
tention of officer Perne to the matter and ask him
to preserve order even if he finds it necessary tc
resort to making arrests. That such things should
be permitted in a civilized community is beyond
our comprehension, and we think the leading
members of the church-some of whose children
are among those who misbehave-are censurable
for not putting a stop to it Immediately.
Fixing the Rates to Delta, &c.-The direc.
tors of the Slate Ridge and Delta Railroad held
a meeting few days ago which was attended by
Mr.. S. G. Boyd, of the Maryland Central, who
made statement concerning the plans and pros
poets of the later road, and stated that con-
soldation of the two roads would be desirable, OF
that his company would be willing to lease the
Slate Ridge and Delta road, which extends from
Delta to the Susquehanna river, at Peach Bottom
a distance Of about two miles.
Mr. Boyd also announced the freight and pas
senger rates adopted by the Maryland Central
between Baltimore and Delta, as follows
For first class goods, 16 cents hundred; second
class Is cents; third class IL cents. Coal, salt,
&C., will be carried at ST 20 per ton lumber, bark
&C., empty cans III boxes, canned goods and roof
ing slate, $3.50 per ton; wood, $l.5O per cord
hay. straw, husks, (baled,) $1.75 per ton; wheat
and corn, in quantities of 800 bushels or more, 81
cents per bushels; oats, 600 bushels and upwards,
cents bushe.
These are the rates to Boundary Avenue station.
Wheat and corn may be taken to an elevator for
foreign shipment for q cents bushel additional.
General passenger rates are fixed at three cents
q mile each way, the usual rates on railroads. -
Round trip tickets will, however, be sold at a re-
duc:ion. From Delta and The Rocks and inter
vening stations, these tickets will be sold at $40
This schedule of rates was Endorsed by the direc-
tors of the S. r. & D. R. r.
1t is the purpose to run two passenger trains
daily from Delta to Baltimore and return, besides
the necessary freight trains. A resolution was
passed unanimously disappearing the running OF
Sunday trains.
Mr.. Boyd said that many of the merchants of
having heard much of Delta, were
anxious to see it at the first opportunity. 1t was
therefore decided to celebrate the opening of the
read to that place and invite the Baltimore friends
Of the road.
City Papers Opinion of the Local
Philadelphia Times, one of
The best daily papers in the country, has the fol-
owing good words to say for the local newspaper
1.-THE New Year is good time to consider the
generally overlooked claims of the local newspa-
per- 1t is the most useful and the least compen-
'ated and appreciated of all the agencies which
stamp the impress of progress upon villages and
inland cities. Without the local newspaper local
towns are as rule, thriftness and tend to decay.
aft is common for small great men to speak
with contempt of the local newspaper. In that
hey initiate greater men in speaking of greater
journals which offend by manly criticism; but the
village newspaper makes more great men out of
ess material-m0re bricks without straw--than
my other factor in politics, and it is the one lad
Ter on which men climb to local distinction as the
beginning of wider fame.
"Local weeklies have now extended from the
country towns into most of the thrifty villages,
md the advent of the local newspaper has always
lated the increased thrift of the community. The
oca newspaper is the life of its locality, and the
measure of its support, as rule, measures the ad-
OF the people. Begin the new year by
lot only subscribing but paying for your local
,awsponars Thav tho frieudq nd helr nt ae
If all seasons"
Symbolism in Masonry and Religion -
IN Sunday evening last the Rev. j. B. Purcell,
ector of the P. Z. Church, Mt. Washington,
preached in St. Georges Church, Baltimore, on
Symbolism in Masonry and Religion" He said
the Holy Book tells us that mysteries revealed
o the weak, and in another place that the spirit
# man is the candle of the Lord. In discussing
,ur subject snti speak symbolism as seen
n natural religion in the Mosaic worship and its
elimination in the Christian revelation.
"The early Christians used symbols to aid them
n their worship in the catacombs. Natural relig-
on is full of symbols. The rainbow represents
Divine love; the dove is the symbol of peace.
Among the ancient Egyptians the eye on scep-
er and winged globe represented the all seeing
,mnipresent God, acting everywhere and on every
hing. The aim of the symbol is spiritual and
moral elevation. Among the ancients all deity
was worshiped as light-the symbol of purity and
When the Mason approaches the church
DR. lodge he the two pillars, strength and fix
sdness, and the beautifully carved heads, beauty,
and he thinks of strength established in beauty.
The lodge and the church each represents the
world The open Bible, thank God and the Eng
sh Reformation for that symbol, is the truth
guided by the compass and the square"
Permission Granted to Examine the
Books-The directors of the Maryland Central
Railroad held meeting ON Friday of last week
to consider the application of those stockholders
who recently met at the Carrolton Hotel, for per-
mission TO examine the books of the company
The following resolution was passed, which was
ordered to be incorporated in communication
and forwarded to the committee of stockholders
by Mr.. S. G. Boyd, superintendent:
Resolved, That, without admitting the right of
parties to examine the books and
accounts of this company, the request of I. kell
Bradford and others, purporting to represent a
large number of stockholders, to examine the
same as contained in the letter of the 18th inst.
to the president of this board, be, and
the same is hereby granted as an act Of courtesy,
under the supervision of the executive committee
and the bookkeepers of this board, provided any
expense attending said examination shall be borne
by the parties making the same, and that the said
executive committee and bookkeepers be instructed
to afford said committee of stockholders every
facility in their power to make said examination.
The committee of stockholders consists OF
Messrs. T. Kell Bradford, S. Parker Bosley, Edw.
G. Price, John W. Jenkins and John A Dushane.
Rehabilitation of a Church.-Mt. Paren
Presbyterian Church, OF Harrisonvile, I'd district
has lately undergone extensive improvements at
q cost of about $1,000. The rededication cere
monies took place on Sunday last ant were con
Quoted by Rev. John Ewing, D. D., of Pennsyl-
vania. This church is one of the oldest in the
Baltimore Presbytery. 1t was first organized in
Ills, and was then known as the Church of Pa
tapsco. The first minister who filled its pulpit
was the Rev. Hugh Conn, graduate of the Uni
versity of Glasgow. From 1866 to 1S41 it was
known as the Church of Soldiers Delight, and ii
has borne its present name since lS4l. The church
has been handsomely renovated inside and out
An addition has been built to the front, making
room for a vestibue and stairway to the gallery.
The Rev. A. M. Jelly, of New Windsor College, is
pastor. Mr.. James L. Ridgley is superintendent
Of the Sunday school.
A Pleasant Entertainment.-The Towson-
town M. E. Sunday school held its annual enter
and treat, in the lecture of the
church, on New Years night. Although the
weather was very disagreeable, there was good
audience present. The exercises consisted OF
readings, Rotations and singing of hymns appro-
pirate to the occasion. At the conclusion of the