The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1885-12-26

We acknowledge the receipt of an invita-
tion to attend dramatic entertainment and grand
ball Of the Singing Society Frohsnn, to be held
at Becks Hall, Garrison Lane, LIST district, Friday
evening, January LIST. Mr.. +. Lohmann is presi-
dent OF this society," Mr.. Albert Brunier, vice.
president, and Mr.. Il. Grumbrecht, secretary.
Capt. A. Lingen Jarrett, who has been
Clerk Of the Hartford county Circuit Court for so
many years that the memory Of the Oldest man
scarcely runs to the contrary, had slight attack
Of something like apoplexy while dining at the
Eutaw House, Baltimore, q few days ago. But
he Is All right again, apparently as well as ever.
-Referring to the fact that TowsontOwn had q
case Of scarlet fever the Belair Dsmoerat says
~whatever the enterprising citizens ofthat borough
fail 70 catch l. not worth having" But there is
one thing we have not caught and that's local
oPtion-" Bslair's got il bad, judging from the
reports q The late terra e IN q tis Court Tor
that county.
LII you want eounty paper that publishes
nothing offensive, either in the shape Of reading
natter o. Advertisements, subscribe for tHE UNION
II has been aim in the past 20 keep its columns
eloaa and pure and aside from the qualification il
gives % exclude from columns offensive
matter, ne end that II pays and We shah stick to
the rule in the future.
The basiness outlook in Baltimore county
Cor lss6 Is very encouraging. The starting up
q the Ashland furnace and the resaming Of oper-
atoms in the Ridgely ore banks, near fimOnium,
are very gratifying indications Of general revi-
val Of the iron trade, and with boom in this par
ticulaF line we may look for improvement in other
branches Of business.
-'Tis said that into the lives Of all
Who live in this vale Of woe,
A shower Of rain must sometimes fall
For fate has deereed il so;
But into the life of the bard, we know,
When the editors feeling blue,
There falls fog, rain, hail, sleet and snow
And thunder and lightning too.
Mr.. w. w. Kenly, who was engaged as an
engineer on the Gunpowder water works, and who
has for some time been inspecting engineer at the
Baltimore and Ohio r. r. bridge over the Susque-
hanna, has resigned the latter position to accept
that of assistant to the general manager of the
Atlantic Coast Line road. Mr.. Keny is nephew
Of Major VIM. T. Kenly, assistant engineer of the
city Water Board.
The present is the very hest time in the
year to subscribe for THE UNION and we are
pleased to say that n great many are availing
themselves of the opportunity. 1t only costs
SI.50 year and if you will say at the end of 365
days that you did not get your moneys worth,
we'll either refund the cash or send the paper to
you another year free of charge. That's fair
proposition. Now let's hear from you.
"A cigar smoking doctor says that when
other smokers ask him for light he offers them
box of matches, but never his cigar. "Gentlemen
suppose" said he, "that do this because my own
cigar is not well lighted. The real reason is that
1 wish to avoid the risk of contagion from any
one disease out of the dozen more which may
be transmitted by putting into the mouth an
article infected persons have handled.
Prof Hanna, principal of the Towsontown
public school, did very commendabs act this
week. He placed contribution box in his school
and told the children that he wanted them to do
what they could for a charitable object. The box
was opened on Wednesday and was found to con-
tain S11.7S. Prof. Hanna took this amount to
of the stores and purchased So worth of goods
which he sent to widow who has large family
of small children. This is kind of practical
charity that is worthy of the highest praise.
The tin horn-that terrible instrument of
torture-is again in full blast. 1t is astonishing
what an amount of fun boy appears to extract
out of big horn-tin horn, we mean, of course.
But no. He don't think its fun TO toot it in your
ears. He only does it because he thinks it
noys you, and that's devilment, pure and simple.
But we're gotit on the boys. School commences
again in few days. 0, how sweet revenge is
Whoop her up boys, all you want to. The circus
can't last much longer.
Our friend, John O. Shamberger, son of
County School Commissioner Jacob Shamberger,
writes us from Butte City, Montana, under date
of December 18th. He says that Butte is the
finest mining camp in the Northwest and that it
is the liveliest town of its size in the United
States, having population of about $4,000. He
also imparts the chilling information that the
thermometer so far this winter has been only 20
degrees below zero and that they are likely to
have it so below before the advent of spring.
Our esteemed friend, Thomas Butler, Esq,
of Hartford county, will accept our thanks for
beautiful dressed turkey, received on Wednesday.
The bird will grace the editors table on Christ
mas day. Hartford is undoubtedly ahead in
great many things. and she seems determined to
keep up her well-earned reputation for open
handed hospitality and generosity. Of course we
value the present, but the kindly feeling which
prompted our old friend to remember US, is far
more dear to the editorial heart than all the fur
keys that Hartford could produce.