The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1885-07-04
Mt. Washington, N. G. R. R.-The sum

Mt. Washington, N. 9. r. R.-The summer
boarding season has now fairly begun and the re-
sorts around the city are rapidly filling up with
guests In our village all the old boarding houses
open and several new places have been taken
by persons from the city who wish to engage in
that business during the summer months. Our
houses not all full yet, as the prevailing cool
weather keeps many in the city who usually leave
town the latter part of june It'll expected, how
ever that by the end of the present week our town
will be pretty we'll filled up This place still keeps
up its popularity as summer resort, and the
number of our boarding houses increases every
year. Hard times have no perceptible effect on
the business In fact some assert that they are
rather beneficial than otherwise, in such years
many who generally visit the springs and distant
watering places have to content themselves with
the accommodations offered by suburban boarding
houses.
The strawberry growers, of whom there are quite
a number in this vicinity, are about finishing
picking for the present season. They report the
crop far short of the yield of last year. The long
continued drought of last autumn caused many of
the plants to perish and so enfeebed those that
did survive that much of the fruit failed to de-
velop. The raspberries and blackberries look
well and promise good crop. The little wheat
grown hereabouts, as in most other sections of our
county, does not give hopes of a large yield The
most promising fields not estimated above
half a crop. Grass is also short. The dry weather
of the fall months seems to have affected it it
did the strawberries.
Very little building will be done in this section
of the county this year, except on the confines of
the city, and the effect of the present depression is
plainly visible in that branch of business.
Our factory, which has been running on short
time the past winter and spring, was started on full
time two or three weeks ago, much to the gratif-
cation of the employees as well as to the citizens
generally.
Last week was quite an exciting one at the
"Casino," new hall is styled. On the nights
of Thursday and Friday festival was held by
the ladies of the Episcopal church of this place.
On Saturday night we had Pinafore, by an anna
teur company from the city, which caused a gen.
eral turnout of our people, and which appeared to
give satisfaction to the audience present.
On Sunday it was announced from the different
pulpits of the village that Rev. Mr.. King would
lecture the "Bible" at the Casino in the after
noon. Who Mr.. King was and what his theolog-
ical status no one seemed to know. At the APP
pointed time young man arrayed in clerical coat
appeared in front of the stage at the Casino and
stated that by request he would substitute lee.
ture ON the Resurrection" for one on the "Bible"
After brief prayer he began his address, the
chief points of which were denial of the resur-
rection of the material bodies of men and of a
general resurrection. In support of the first view
he quoted largely from scripture and his argu-
ments were forcbe and skillfuly presented, but
weak and unsatisfactory in support of his second
position. The audience, which was composed
chiefly of Friends, with slight admixture of
members of other churches listened with close at
tention, as thespeaker was eloquent of tongue and
impressive in manner. S.