The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1885-08-22
Woodaushuror 9TH Diatrict-The Emory

Woodensburg, 4th District.-The Emory
| Grove camp meeting, which has been in progress
| two weeks, breaks up tomorrow (Thursday)
| morning. There was good deal of religious en-
| thusiasm manifested on Saturday morning and a
number of conversions took place. The forenoon
| prayer and experience meeting, at which the re-
ligious feeling was so intense, was continued until
noon, dispensing with the morning sermon, which
| was to be preached by the Rev. S. NJ. Hartsock,
that gentleman preaching in the afternoon instead
| The weather Sunday was consummately line
and consequently the number of people present at
the camp was greatly augmented over that OF the
| first Sunday. The number was estimated at about
| 1000 Towsontown people, or people from that
section of the county, SO far as was able to oD-
serve, were conspicuous for their absence, although
| there may have been q good many "out IN the
woods" comminglng with the politicians, who
were again out in force, whom l did not see. l
recognized Mr.. R. G. McGinn, of Woodbury., who
very prompt in his attendance at the religious
services at the grand auditorium, and contributed
handsomely at the morning collection for the ex-
penses of the camp, although am not privileged
to say how much he gave. All the services on
Sunday were conducted with considerable zeal and
fervor. The collections amounted to over five
hundred dollars, enough to defray all the nclden-
tai expenses of the camp. Prof. Little, OF Dick
inson College, preached the morning sermon, and
in the afternoon Prof. Harmon, professor of Greek
and Hebrew in the same institution, occupied the
pulpit. The large auditorium or tabernacle was
filled to overlooking at both services.
The Asbury Grove colored camp-meeting, near
St. Georges Station, w. M. R. R., will begin to-
morrow, after the breaking up of the camp at
Emory Grove, which will keep up the camp meet
ing excitement in this section for couple of weeks
yet to come.
The farmers here are busily engaged in thresh
ing their grain, no less than three or four steam
threshers, in competition, going the rounds of the
mi oh orhn 1nin fhn for ham
yield of wheat is considered good in proportion
to the quantity of straw, which latter, however, is
quite small or short.
This immediate section, during the thunder
storms on last Thursday afternoon, was visited by
a considerable cyclone, which struck the village
with terrific force, blowing in the windows and
doors of houses in some instances, blowing down
fences and trees in all directions, and greatly
damaging many of the corn-felds and orchards.
The principal sufferers in the latter case were
Messrs. Randolph and Stanley Slade, who had
more than two dozen apple and pear trees blown
down in their orchards, and the damage to their
corn-feds is estimated at between fifty and one
hundred dollars. Mrs. Julia A. Duncan and Mr..
John Tinker also suffered in like manner. The
next day the farmers could be seen in all direc-
tions trying to repair the damages from the storm,
rebuilding their blown down fences and endeavor-
ing to save their fruit trees by proping them in
their places again. The mill dam of Mr.. Jacob
Odliy WniCu wa pal iOhi WV oAASSeS
of the last storm, again washed out, and it is
thought he will not again attempt to rebuild it.
Several large trees standing within the radius of
the gale, which extended little more than half a
mile in width, and which were near the H., H. j.
& G. R. R., were blown across the track, break
ing down the telegraph wire and interrupting the
running of trains for awhile.
On Monday morning about six o'clock, the barn
of Mr.. Francis Humphrey, living near the 14-Mile
House, Resterstown road, this district was dis
covered on fire and burned to the ground.
year or two ago Mr.. Humphrey had barn burned
in the same place where this stood. That fire was
supposed to be of incendiary origin, but whether
this is believed to be of like origin have not
heard. have learned none of the particulars of
the fire, it being in the lower part of this district
but undoubtedly Mr.. H. lost all the contents of
his barn, which probably included his grain crop
of this year, and possibly some of his horses and
stock, the fire burning fercey it is said. ANON.
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