The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1886-02-06

Woodensburg, 4th District.-An absence
| of several weeks from home prevented my send
ing any items from this neighborhood. All the
talk heard when I returned was about the ex-
cessively cold weather recently experienced and
| the tremendous snow-drifts that impeded the
progress of the trains on the railroads and which
were broken through only with the greatest diff
Guilty by the heaviest engines that could be brought
| to bear to combat them. Undoubtedly it was the
| lowest temperature ever known here and the
| severest snow storm.
| Since my absence find that in some parts of
the district farmers horsesa few of them at least
| have been suffering with epzootic, and the
weather being extremely cold and disagreeable the
most careful blanketing and attention to their
comfort, together with remedial agents, were
| necessary for their recovery. Two young horses,
belonging to Mr.. Marion Duncan, near this place,
were thus affected, but believe they fully
restored to health.
The usual quietness and placdty of this neigh
borhood was greatly disturbed, if l may not say
wholly turned upside down, the past week by q
movement projected not only to change the name
of the postofce here but also of the village ITSELF
to "Leo," in honor of the Hon. A. Leo Knott
Second Assistant Postmaster General, and large
number of names to petition for this purpose
were obtained. But soon revulsion of feeling
took place with regard to the subject, especially
among the old residents of the village and the
representatives and connections of the Wooden
family, after whom long years ago the village was
named Then many of those who had signed the
petition demanded to have their names taken off,
but Mr.. Samuel w. Starr, the leader of the pro-
ject refused to allow this to be done. This, with
other wordy sparrngs between the opponents,
caused much bitter feeling to be aroused, and it
is only wonderful that up to the present the pub
Tic peace has not been broken in the village. At
any rate those opposed to changing the name un-
der which the village has quietly rested for much
more than half a century, and perhaps whole
one for aught know, and the mails have been
received since the posto6ice was established here
in 1857 on last Saturday. aroused to the full vgor
of their manhood-and womanhood, too, for some
ladies also signed the petition-and determined
the thing shall not be done, and drew up and
started another petition in opposition to the
change, with which one or more of the parties
rode all day getting sgners, Notwithstanding the
disagreeableness of the weather. A "count of
noses" or rather names, to this petition in the
evening showed that it had been signed by about
forty. five bona ide patrons of the office, and also
that another pettion-both being addressed to
the Postmaster Genera-had been signed by
eighteen out of the twenty five persons who signed
the original petition asking for the change, pro-
testing against their names being counted on that
side but as opposed to the change. These petit
tions, together with very strong letter, were adj
dressed to Representative Shaw and mailed to
him on Monday, to be presented to the Depart
ment, and it is believed that, with other letters
that will follow from prominent Democrats of the
district, the movement will fail to change the
name of our old established postofice and village.
Mr.. Henry S. Fitch, of Owingss Mills, received
last week his long delayed commission post
master at that place, and on Monday the postofice
was transferred to him by the former postmstress,
Mrs. Fannie B. Hartman.
There has been no change in the postmastership
at Boring (Fairview), the H., II. j. & G. R. R.,
two miles beyond here, although an announce
ment of such change was made officially from
Washington a long time ago. Mr.. VIM. F. Gard
still remains postmaster and there is not like
ly to be change.
numerous party, upwards of fifty, it is said,
visited Mr.. Randolph Shades, adjoining this viii
lage, in sleighs one evening last week, and enjoy
ed themselves till the "wee sma' hours" of the
morning. dancing, &c. The party, though mostly
from a distance was got up by Mr.. Jacob Upton.
The same evening party from this neighbor-
hood visited Mrs. Thomas Brown, at Reisters-
town, in two horse sled.
The Townsend hall, or opera house, at Glyndon,
is nearing completion and it is thought will be
ready for occupancy about the 22d of this month.
ANON.