The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1885-02-21
Sickness at woodberry-want of Pure

Sickness at neutrality-suspicious. of Pure
Water.-A Baltimore paper reports that ma
ignant type oftyphoid fever is prevailing at Wood
berry, and that during the past several months q
good many deaths occurred. 1t has now redoubled
its energies, and has become alarming. From the
information gathered there are now some 40 or 5O
cases. One physician says he has % cases, and
some of them he would lose The medical men
of the place are of the opinion that of the
troubles is impurities in the drinking water.
After the above appeared in print Mr.. g. d.
Hunt, of the firm of Poole Hunt of Woodbury.,
called upon Mayor Latrobe with reference to the
matter. 1t is said he attributed the sickness pre-
valing there largely to the impurity of the water
supply, which comes mostly from wells. The
town contains about ten thousand inhabitants,
and Mr.. Hunt says there is no organized system
of removing garbage, or keeping the town in a
good sanitary condition. He asked Mayor Latrobe
if arrangements could not be made whereby the
town could be supplied with water from the city
supply. The mayor directed Chief Engineer
Martin, of the water department, to confer with
Mr.. Hunt to the best means to adopt for furnish
ing the town with city water.
When Mr.. Hunt called upon Chief Engineer
Martin the latter said that it will cost about SlO,-
600, according to a former estimate made by him,
to lay down the pipes to furnish the necessary
supply. In addition to this, the town would have
to pay for the water consumed. The water would
this source is already heavily taxed. On account
of the location of Woodbury., water could not be
obtained from the Gunpowder supply unless there
was a system of pumping, which would make the
cost much more. There two things, therefore,
to consider, Mr.. Martin says, in connection with
supplying Woodberry with water: first the cost,
and then the feasibility of further taxing Jones's
falls supply, which is already taxed almost to its
utmost capabity of supplying.
The city Water Board has agreed that the pipe
running to the mill of the Messrs. Gambrill shall
be tapped and three or four hydrants erected,
from which temporary supply of water for drink
ing purposes can be obtained by those living in
the low section of Woodberry, the locality where
it is said the typhoid fever exists.
A CLONE Made" Valentine.-One would
suppose that in these days, when valentines, rang
ing in price from cent to fifty dollars, are or
fered by all dealers, that the most fastideous
could be accommodated both as to beauty Of
design and cost. But those who may have thought
so are previously mistaken. A young gentle
man Of our acquaintance conceived the brilliant
idea of getting up the valentine which he wanted
to send to young lady in Towsontown, who had
previously told him that she would not deign to
favorably consider a missive of this kind I'M
less the same had cost at least $40. He obtained
large sheet of paper, upon which he drew
flaming red heart, pierced by the most formidable
ink-to represent the blood from the heart we
suppose-was the following agonzing "pome:"
"Dost thou see where Cupid's dart,
Has made an opening in my heart?
Mend the tear and sew it up
Do it quick-Im all broke up.
"Dost thou know that I'm poet,
And when I'm started can go it.
Fol de rol de, dol doe do,
I'm daisy--and so are you.
81 could write like this all night,
If of you 1 had a sight;
But this can't be, you see, te he
Accept this 'Poem'-and think of me-"
We forgot to mention that in the left hand cor
ner of this original valentine the sender had
fully written, in very small figures, $4,000"
Thousands of more expensive valentines were
sent last Saturday, but none, we venture to say,
that created more amusement among small cir
Gle of friends than the one above described.