The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1900-08-04
Correspondence Baltimore County Union.
LETTER FROM MONTGOMERY COUNTY
FoREsr GLEN. MD, August LIST, 1899;

FOREST GLEN Nd, August LIST, 1900
Messrs. Editors Since my last letter coPlous
showers of the so much needed rain nave Iaileu
in this locality. causing vegetation to revive, but
too late to help the early planted vegetables anu
grain. The farmer works hard, early and Iate,
hoping for success, but often realizes tnat MS
If there is season for relaxation it is the
month of August. The young people take ao-
vantage of the chance and indulge in various
amusements. such as lawn fetes. nsnlng parties,
tournaments &c. The tournament annually
held here will take place on the 9TH and Stn OF
August, for the benefit of the Catholic Church.
Premiums will be given the succees1ul knlenIs'
There will be speaking by prominent genEleiSSt
of Labor. Good music will be furnished ana
dancing INDUCED in. learn that as many as a
thousand persons are present on these occasions.
IL was thought by some that an eclipse of the
sun would affect the weather and llkely MAXI ~
colder. On the contrary we have had unusualiy
Complaints by government employees in wash
ington, particularly those IN the census pePadI
ment The building being covered Wli :ni g,as ~
the heat was sitting Those in the division OF
punchers are paid in proportion to the munger SeI
of cards they punch, receiving from sou 70 go
per month Rapid workers MAKE an agera man in in
this division leads the whole of them, punching
1000 per day, for which he receives $40 per
During a recent visit to the Congressional Ii
brary / copied the following verses verbatim
from the first paper published IN Wasnlngton'
MISUNDERSTANDING
"There's nothing beauties or decorates the
mind Like Generous Actions that are well de-
fined. 1t shines with lustre where It's rays e3
tend. In every honest heart it finds Erlena.
The best reward does centre IN ms DreaSt,
Whose rule of conduct makes another plest; he
feels q pleasure which to Sord1d minds, l5 NO
more known than calmness to the winds. May
such ingredient fill each coming year, When
life to us with pleasure will appear.
Among other articles of interest l notlced a
EDITION Of the Bible printed Kfrsaeee tn Ma n9s
reign in London in 1858; Shakespeare's plays,
the original Emancipation Proclamation by Lin
coin, Jan. 1st, 1868; the Penn Gazette. edited by
BENJAMIN Franklin, in Philadelphia, 1734-173S.
Other items of interest for your young read
ers: The new Postoffice building in Washington
cost So, 100000. Sixty thousand postmasters send
largest auditing Office in the world.
The Treasury building cost $6,S0OOO0. The
cash room is said to be one of the most costly in
the world. In the vault room as much as $40
100000 may be seen by the public. There are
closed vaults with a capacity of $215, 100000
equatorial telescope, weighing tons and cost
ing $47, 600. The dome overhead cost $4,000.
The telescope is 81 feet high. The meridian of
Washington passes through the dome from which
every day the time-bell drops communicating
the time by telegraph to all parts of the Union.
ny cost 100000.
The State, War and Navy building was six
years in constructing, covering AZ acres, cost
ing $1l 100000 and containing 566 rooms. 1t is
called the finest edifice of the kind in the world.
The State Department library contains $4,000
of 10000 volumes. The Army Medical Museum
contains $1,000 specimens of interest to surgical
and medical students, and has library OF 10000
volumes. OCCASIONAL.