The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1885-11-28
woodensburg. 4th District.-There are

Woodensburg, 4th District.-There are
but few items afoat that 1 have heard of in this
| district the past week. Snow has fallen to depth
of several inches and is still lying on the ground,
which took everybody by surprise and caught
many farmers with much of their corn unhusked
and nearly or quite all their cornfodder standing
in the fields. This is certainly very precocious
splurge of young winter, yet the farmers are not
without hope, for they believe that it will soon
pass by and they will again have fair weather to
resume and finish up their work, when they will
be fully ready to 60 into winter quarters. II the
past give any prognostication for the future
l would call attention to the fact that In 1881 q
snow about like the present fell on Thanksgiving
day NOV. 25th), and all will remember that we
had a very severe winter that year.
Miss Luella Barr, of Worthington Valley, whom
mentioned in my last letter as being quite ill, is
much improved and was able to sit up some the
past week. There is no doubt now of her speedy
recovery.
Mr. John Clark, of this immediate neighbor-
hood, and who was one of the Democratic judges
at the late election has been confined more or less
to the house by rheumatism, and been able to do
no work the past fall. He has been attended by
both Drs. Wilson and I. N. Dickson, but is as yet
but slightly improved.
The interesting little wo-year-old child of Mr..
Wm Hunter had quite severe attack OF Group
the past week, but is now fully recovered. Also
quite ill but is now much better. She is aged and
had been previously paralyzed and some appre-
tensions were felt for her life.
Among other items may mention the fact that
Mr.. Eugene Barr, of Worthington Valley, has had
built recently new bank barn on the site
on his property where the mill, known as Bars
mill, was burnt by an incendary a couple of years
ago, the stone of which he used for the foundation
and stable story of his barn. The barn is of good
dimensions, containing two rows of stalls with
feed-roOm between for COWS, and separate row
with feed-room for his horses Mr.. Barr, like
most of the other farmers in his immediate Sec
ton, is engaged in the milk business, generally
shipping it from Gyndon Station, W. M. R. r., to
Baltimore.
Mr.. J. Marion Duncan has the past year built
himself very convenient little barn on his prop
erty near this place, and there have been recently
improvements generally throughout this section.
Mr.. Alex. Wooden built a new barn. Mr.. William
johnson, grocer of Baltimore, who bought Mr..
John Green's property, has built new house,
barn and other outbuildings, and new fencing
Mr.. j. W. Benson has enlarged and improved his
dwelling house and store at the station and built
a warehouse. Mrs. Julia Duncan newly painted
her house. as also Mr. John Clark. Mr.. William
Henster has improved his house by tearing down
an old kitchen part and erecting a new back
building He has also improved his stabling
with weather. boarding. Mr.. Frederick I'm
denmark is building part to his house and
making other renovations, and three or four new
frame houses have been built during the summer
at Fairview. These some of the improvements
1 meant to speak of some time ago, to show that
this neighborhood is not behind her neighbOrs,
Glyndon and Reisterstown, in the line of improve
ment.
1 notice that change has been made in the
mails on this route from Baltimore to Hanover,
they coming up on the 955 instead of the earlier
morning train, which caused them to lie three or
four hours at Emory Grove Station exposed to
weather and depredations. Whether this change
is in consequence of my remarks in THE UNION
last week 1 cannot say, but it is an improvement
in their management However, it would have
been more satisfactory to the people along the
route could it have been arranged for them to get
their mail couple of hours earlier, viz, on the
train that leaves Emory Grove Station for Hanover
about O. 10 n m ANON.