The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1890-12-20

Fork, 18th District.-The fair and oyster
supper held in Shirley Hall, on the evenings
of 4th 9Th and 9th, was well attended, consid-
ering all things. If the weather had been pro-
pitious no doubt sufficient funds would have
been realized to pay off the Indebtedness in
CURED i'll the improvement of Fork Church.
The mite society undertook the work and de-
serves credit for having SO successfully carried
it to completion Rev. D. c. Marriott has Sc
cured the promise of Rev. w. G. Herbert, of
Baltimore, for the reopening services, which
will be held either the first or second Sunday
in January. An announcement will be made
hereafter of the exact time.
A temperance meeting will be held on next
Sunday, Dist inst, at 7.30 o'clock P. M There
will be speaking, reading, singing, &c. All
friends of the cause are especially invited. 1t
is very desirable at this particular season OF the
year, when nearing the holidays that the weak
ones should have their temperance principles
strengthened. We sadly need it in this vicin-
ity where almost daily on the highways and
in public conveyances, we see young men stag.
gering under the influence of liquor.
Before another issue of The UNION Christmas
will have come and gone, with its family re-
unions, its gifts &c. One after another, in quick
succession, the seasons come and go. Children
anticipate and realizeso much happiness IN the
visit of their; patron saint, who seldom disap-
points them. Sad indeed is that chlld's life
that has never been the beneficiary of his
lavish hand One of the pleasures of the rich
should be to help make the poor happy on this
the greatest festival of the year.
The general complaint is that money is I'M
usually tight. Many failures have occurred
throughout the country. Each political party
blames the other for the trouble. Provisions
are high and a hard winter is predicted. The
poor will suffer, particularly in the cities.
Country people, with their larders well filled
with the good things of life do not realize the
situation Reports reach us of great suffering
in Kansas, Ireland, and elsewhere by the fail
ure of the crops
Some of the residents of this vicinity have re-
Gently been much annoyed by the encroach-
ments of men, with dogs and guns, firing indis--
criminately without permission at any and
everything they fancied. A neighbor of ours,
while sitting at the dinner table, heard shot
rafting against the diningroom windows. On
examination found the window-frames pune
tured with the shot. Upon demonstrating with
the gunners second report was heard and the
shot came rafting down through the trees. |
learn there is law to protect one against such
invasion and it should be enforced.
The singing school taught by Prof Singleton,
which meets every Thursday evening in the
public school house at this place, is in very
flourishing condition New members are re-
ceived each evening.
Mr.. George w. 1jams and Miss Ada Andrews
are the public school teachers here. They have
over one hundred pupils enrolled, many of
them boys of all ages yet the school-room is
model of neatness.
In conclusion, allow me to wish you and your
numerous readers pleasant Christmas and
happy New Year, and many returns of the
same. 1NCoG.