The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1885-11-07
woodensbureh 4th District.-Rev. B.

Woodensburgh, 4th District.-Rev. B.
w. G. Reid, pastor of the M. E. Church at Refs
tewn, who was married couple of weeks ago to
Mrs. Isabelle Pennington, widow of the late X.
Fl. Pennington, returned home last Wednesday
afternoon with his bride from their wedding tour
to New York. They have taken up their resi-
dence in Glyndon, at the home of the bride. On
last Friday night calethumpian club was or
ganized in Reisterstown and vicinity, and tender
ed the newly married couple q serenade, which
probably was not very greatly appreciated by the
latter. The parsonage at Reisterstown will be
left unoccupied by the change of residence OF Mr..
Reid, but may possibly be used by him for study.
Rev. Charles Reid performed the marriage core
mony, instead of Rev. VIM. Ferguson, as announc-
ed in The UNION, and also occupied the pulpit
during the pastors absence, being the supernu-
merary of the station. The regular minister
preached last Sunday morning. Last Sunday
week there was tho quarterly meeting at Refs
terstown, and Rev. DR.. Lannahan, Presiding Ell
der, preached in the evening and also on Mon
day morning.
Having mentioned Glyndon I cannot help
taking notice of some of the improvements that
have taken and are taking place in that growing
village. Mr.. S. P. Townsend, the wealthy CAPT.
talist of the place, in addition to new house on
Central avenue, just finished is completing two
story building on R. r. avenue, 20 by 81 feet in
dimensions, to be occupied by the following per-
maker; WIN. Kelley, blacksmith, and j. V. Brown,
stove and tin store, on the first floor j. Marshall,
Jr., carpenter and builder; John Hughes, har-
ness aker, and VIM. d. Yingling, collar manu-
facturer, on the second floor Adjoining this
building, Mr.. Townsend is digging foundation
for a large frame hail. 80 feet wide by 81 feet
long, and two stories in height, which is to be
rented to Gosnell Post, No. 80, G.. A. R., of Refs
terstown. 1t is thought the building will be
ready for occupancy about Christmas. The Sec
ond story will constitute the hall proper, which,
with the necessary ante-rooms, &C., will extend
the whole length of the building, and will be fit
ted up with stage and other appurtenances for
theatrical and other performances, as we'll as the
meetings of the post. The ceiling of the hall or
auditorium room will be 16 feet in height. The
lower portion of the building will be occupied by
stores, &c. Mr.. J. V. Brown, aforementioned,
has completed or is building large boarding
house which will make two in the place-on the
avenue leading to the Emory Grove camp ground.
These structures completed will make more than
a dozen houses that have been built in Glyndon
the past year.
Although the locality including this district is
considered the most healthy in the county and
the State, and perhaps in United States, there
have been great many deaths and funerals here
during and since the last meeting at Emory
Grove, the number of graves dug by the veteran
grave digger, Mr.. John Yinglng, ut Reisters-
twenty -five besides number of burials of color
ed people and others at different points in the
district. Still it cannot be believed that this dis
trict as well as the larger part of the county is
healthy compared with the major part of the
State and the rest of the country.
The family of q near neighbor-Mr. John
Clark-met with an episode week ago that was
not pleasant in all its features. One of Mr..
Clark's little cons went out in the morning to
attend his rabbit-traps. Finding one Of them
sprung, he took it home, thinking rabbit or
possibly an opossum was in it, but when the trap
was opened in the house and the occupant shaken
out, it proved to be pole-cat or skunk. The
family, of course, was non pussed by the denoue-
ment, but one of the elder sons Immediately went
vigorously to work to dispatch the obnoxious an
imal, which he did by striking it twice on the
head with booths But its demise was not
effected until it had committed the foul purpose
of seeming the entire house with its intolerable
odor. 1t was then kicked into the yard and
taken away. But ever since the occupation of
the house has been made possible only by the
most copious use of turnpine to overcome the
smell of the sickening animal. ANON.