The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1884-03-22
Correspondence Baltimore County Union.
LETTER FROM HARTFORD COUNTY.
A Visit to Long Green Valley-Items of
News-The Legislature, Etc.
BELAIR. MD. March 18th. is,

bELAIR, ND, Marcn LIN, 1854.
Editors Union business of Importance that
required my closest attention is my only apology
for not writing last week. 1t may be that your
readers never noticed my absence. Be this as it
may, shall again put in an appearance.
On a visit to Long Green Valley, week before
last, l met with many old acquaintance and some
friends who gave me the items here MENTION
The measles are prevailing in the Valley. 1 un-
derstood that a daughter of Mr.. Hyde had it very
bad indeed.
There seems to be bad feeling among many of
the citizens of the neighborhood about Hyde's
Station, M. c.. r. r. learned that Mr.. Robert
Dilworth has the postOffce at this point, and that
he has given the name of Dimtsvile to the village
and Dimits' Lane to the highway which passes it
from the Long Green pike, at McCormicks store,
to the Dulany's Valley pike, at Knoble's.
The people of this section should never want for
news,s as their mail facilities are unequaed by
any other community ever heard of. They have
no less than iue postoices within radius of four
or five miles, and some of them within mile of
each other. To enumerate them, Baldwin's store,
the M. G. r. R.; Barteson's store, on the pike,
less than two miles from the first named; Hydes
Station, NJ G. r. r., less than mile from the
last named; KNOXVILLE and Glenarm-the last
two not more than mile and a-half apart, and
the whole five in sight from a point on the farm
of Mr.. James Brogden.
There is considerable talk in this neighborhood
to the sale of liquor by the keeper of a wayside
inn 1t is currently reported that the law is vio-
lated by this party every Sunday. Any one who
claims to be rdreiler can get whisky warranted
to poison, either by the drink or pint. 1t is the
violators of law that necessitates such sumptuary
legislation in regard to the liquor traffic. and If
you but breach the subject of local option, any
other measure looking to the estoppel of such VIC
lations, you at once are called "fanatic,"
"trifer with the rights of Others, &c. If the law
officers would but do their whole duty these VIOLA
lions would not occur so often.
The of Williams Millis%Hss father agaas!
by many of our people. We have some feeling of
interest in the mat or, the elder one of the par
ties is by birth one Of our natives. 1t is great
shame that money, or the love of it, should so de
grade ones better nature as to make an expose of
domestic broils and chickering's, such as has been
the outgrowth of this case. "The love of money
is the root of all evil, the good book informs u.s.
and l never knew of a clearer exemplifcation Of
this proveib than in this case.
The little unpleasantness in the Democratic
family of Baltimore is source of much concern
to every member of the household throughout the
State. AS an outsider and looker-on L simply
give expression to my feelings when quote this
sentiment: clay on Macduff, and id be he
who first cries hold, enough" 1t is none of our
funeral, but over the sad scene I would if could
draw dark veil to hide from the world at large
such black and disgraceful acts. Messrs Brown
and Keyser are gentlemen of great prominence
and responsibility among the people of Baltimore,
and the question of veracity as between them and
the Mayor should from the social status of all con-
cerned be settled either by arbitration or court
of law Blood itself would not suffice An Offend
ed constituency are interested and should be con-
suited and nothing short of clear and untarnish-
ed settlement that will forever estop further bick-
ering will sat sly them.
Our Legislature has spent seven ninths of its
allotted time in doing nothing. 1t remains to be
seen what they will accomplish in the remaining
two nnths. II they would only pass a general
act enabling the Boards of County Commissioners
to do certain things for their respective counties,
it would be the best act of the session, and war
rant it would be popular if not more so as any
thing they have yet DONE
would like to know what the members have
! done with the $50 worth of stamps they voted
| themselves at the commencement of the session
I well know that not one came to me, and have
heard several prominent gentlemen remark the
same. They certainly must have reserved then
for future use-probably to be used in their can
vass for re election. Some of them methinks viii
have to make very great exertions ever again t.
| get to Annapolis as representatives. don't con
fine myself to any particular delegation; speal
for the whole House. May their labors end with
out doing any more damage than they have al
ready done. RAMBLER.