The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1902-12-20
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| REGISTER avenue, south of Towson, on Tues
day last, was postponed on account of the
weather until Tuesday, December 3d. See
advertisement in THE UNION today.
"A beautiful lake 100 feet wide and 300
feet long is being constructed on Emory Grove
camp ground. 1t will be used for boating in
summer and for ice cutting in winter. The
water for the lake will be supplied from the
fine Minnehaha spring on the grounds.
1.-The little pink slips of paper are COM
ing back to THE UNION Office fairly well, but
not so rapidly as they should. Those who re-
ceived them should remember that they were
not sent out in fun. We are in dead" earnest
in this matter and want to be so understood.
- Heavy sleet like that of the past week
makes much extra work for the telegraph and
telephone line men, although the lines did not
suffer as much as they did during the storm of
| last February when the trees were so seriously
damaged by the accumulations of ice on their
branches.
= Mr.. Peter X. Fowble, of Butler, 9Th dis
trict. few days ago killed % hogs that weigh
ed, dressed, 1882 lbs, and sold 9, 200 lbs at 81
cts per pound. He still has 10 to kill. Mr..
Fowbe took advantage of the first freeze and
filled his ice-house with ice four inches in
thickness
- Remember that the open season for
pheasants, partridges and rabbits ends in Bal
timore county next Wednesday. Prohibited
game found in possession after that date will
lay you liable to fine. The deputy game war
dens should keep their eyes open for violators
of the law.
THE weather of the past two weeks has
been very trying on the county roads and CON-
plants will again be numerous. o, for the
time when hard roads will be reality and not
simply a vision. The realization of this eu-
topian period seems as far off in Baltimore
county as ever.
THE suburban burglar is again at work
and that means that the lot of the suburbanite,
like that of the policeman in Pinnafore, is not
happy one. But this is the season when
sneak thieves reap their harvest and it would
be well for all to take extra precautions against
their incursions.
Mr. Robert NJ. Taylor, of "Mt Pros
pect." near Towson, has sold his thoroughbred
chestnut stallion The Tory to Mr.. John Rush
STREET.. of Pennington" Hartford county, by
whom he will be used in the stud. The horse
is years old and was sired by imported Jaco-
bite dam Victoria
MIR. George r. Willis, attorney for Elmer
H. Stansbury, has filed bill in equity against
Annie e. Stansbury and others for petition
of the real estate of the late Charles W. STAINS
bury, consisting of two tracts of land en-
bracing together 305 acres, situated in the 10Th
district of Baltimore county.
1.-Two up-country farmers drove through
Towson few days ago on their way to Balti-
more with their wagons loaded with Christmas
trees and green wood cut into uneven lengths.
They must have thought that any old thing
will go as fuel these days. Perhaps they ex-
pected to sell the stuff by the yard.
1.-THE National Bank of Cockeysville is
sending out to its customers and friends an
attractive calendar for 1903. 1t has very sug-
gestive picture beneath which is the excellent
motto: "a penny saved is penny earned"
The Cockeysville institution has a savings
bank feature that is proving great success.
THE month of December thus far has
surely been trying itself and has furnished
samples Of almost every kind of weather that
could be imagined, but exceedingly little of
the sort that met general approval. But some
philosophical person says we'd better have
the winter now than later and perhaps he's
right.
Miss Lydia Reed, granddaughter of Mr.. Joseph
s. Bowen, of Towson, arrived home on Sunday
after having attended the pet stock show in
connection with the poultry show held in
Washington, D. c., last week. having captured
the blue ribbon for being the best of his breed
on exhibition.
CHARITY Lodge, No. 1884, A. f. g. A. NJ,
of Parkton, N Q. r. R., will attend public
worship in the Methodist Episcopal Church at
Monkton, on Sunday, December 28th at 3 P.
NJ, when a special sermon will be preached
by Rev. ]. T. Marsh. Members of other lodges
are cordially invited. Rev. Richard G. Koontz
is chairman of the committee in charge
"A few days ago the Ladies' Aid Society
of Hiss M. E. Church paid visit to the par
sonage and surprised their esteemed pastor,
Rev. f. r. Isaac, with a bountiful supply of
almost everything for. the table. as well as
provender for his horse. 1t is almost unne-
cessary to add that their kindness was highly
appreciated by the pastor and his family.
=" Pathfinder" the fine jumper that Mrs.
G. Stewart Lee exhibited successfully at the
late Richmond horse show, and that had
been sent to her mothers farm at Sunnybroo
to winter, had leg broken from the kick of
another horse few days ago and had to be
killed. The horse cost 5000 and was highly
priced by Mrs. Lee, he being an exceptionally
fine animal.
->Mr. G. w. Battee, of Lauraville, whor rep
resents the William j. Corse nursery, reports
an unusually brisk season in his line. Upon
being asked how he accounted for it he said
that last year being locust year, many who
needed nursery stock held off for fear of in
jury to the young trees by the locusts. To
this fact he partially attributes the large sales
of the present year.
AT the meeting of the Evansville Farm
ers' Club last Saturday Col. William S. Powell
exhibited a specimen of Savoy kale, grown
on his farm at Annapolis Junction, that sur
passed anything of the kind the members had
ever seen. 1t measured so inches in diameter
and weighed II lbs. Col. Powell also exhibited
some ears of yellow corn grown by him that
were exceptionally fine.
ION Tuesday morning last the dead body
of an unknown white man, apparently about
80 years of age, was found in vacant house
on the Philadelphia road near the Gunpowder
bridge. jury summoned by Justice Schultz
and exposure. Rev. j. w. Larmour, rector of
st. Johns Church, Kingsville had the re-
mains decently inferred
THE UNION made an awkward blunder
in publishing last week the figures furnished
by our Hyde correspondent as the result of
Mr. B. w Ady's hog killing. Correctly given
the figures are 200 lbs. lard, $50 lbs sausage
and ,116 lbs. meat, dressed. That four fat
hogs should yield but 20 lbs of lard-as pre-
viously published-must have struck the aver
age reader as simply ridiculous.
- The police authorities of Baltimore city
have issued an order against the repetition of
the disorder that has heretofore been permit
ted ON the streets on Christmas eve. The
racket created by the ringing and jangling of
cowbells the blowing of horns, etc., was some
thing terrible and at times almost amounted to
a riot. 1t is highly creditable to the police
that they have taken this stand.
Next Thursday is Christmas, the most
important holiday of the year, and to many it
will not prove the most pleasant. Living ex-
penses are higher this winter than usual and
the high price of fuel weigh heavily upon
many. The men who are responsible for this
state of affairs will have a serious account to
answer for hereafter Perhaps there will be
plenty of fuel on hand where they will go.
> During the recent sleety weather teams
experienced great deal of trouble getting over
the new bridge at the Sherwood crossing of the
Northern Central road. No one appears able
to explain why this structure was raised so
high in the centre, although 1t is said to have
been built that way so that the engineers of
southbound trains could see the tower which
is located a short distance below the bridge.
THE hunt clubs have done very little in
the field this month, the weather having been
unfit for outdoor sports. The Overland Club
will have a meet at the club house. Towson,
on Christmas day at 10 A. NJ. The Green
Spring Valley Club will have shooting match
in the morning, to be followed by the annual
farmers dinner" at 2.30 P. NJ. To this latter
the club invites all over whose lands it hunts.
Santa Claus has his BUSY Day" sign
out now and his hands will be full for few
days yet. The little folks are getting a good
deal worked up over his prospective visit and
the excitement will increase as the day of all the
year, to them, approaches. Santa should make
special provision for the less fortunate children
this year else it may prove anything but a
Merry Christmas" to them. And many could
assist him in his good work who seem never
to think it necessary to do so.
1.-THE time for adopting that new resolu-
ton is drawing near rapidly and we ought to
be thinking about it seriously. There are a
thousand and one things that are open to re-
formation and while it would be, perhaps, fu-
tile to attempt all of them, yet there are some
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