The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1902-05-03

| ten nouns. lUe pay Vi tUc IOTculeH las Dccl
raised IS per month and they now receive 500
THE regular meeting of the Neighbor
hood Improvement Club of Govans will b.
held in Golden Eagle Hall, Tuesday evening
May 9Th, at O'Clock. The program will in
clude vocal and instrumental music and the
reading of papers on subjects of general In
terest.
THE School Board will hold meeting
at Towson, on Wednesday next, 18th inst.
when reorganization will take place. Mr..
NJ. Shoemaker will then succeed Mr.. w.
| Krout as a member of the Board, and it is un
derstood that all the present officers will be re
| elected.
- Last Saturday afternoon two silos on thu
farm of Mr. Robert NJ. Taylor, on the Hillen
road, about two miles from Towson, were
blown down by the high wind and much
damaged On the same day one of his horse:
ran away with new runabout and partially
wrecked it.
| THE business of the Maryland & Penn
sylvana Railroad is constantly growing and il
will continue to do so as the physical condi
ing of the road bed east of Baldwin, the work
on which is now in progress, will prove OF
! vast benefit.
- Talk about "hot stuff" you should have
heard what took place in the County Commits
| sioners' office last Tuesday morning. 1t was q
Democratic war over the alleged shortcomings
of an appointee of the Board who, to use a
slang expression, was dressed up to the
queens TASTE"
->On the east side of Towson a pair OF
robins have built their nest on the fiat top of
a cucumber pump and although several fami-
lies draw their supply of water from the
pump the birds are so tame that they are not
frightened away. Usually the robin is an ex-
tremely shy bird.
->The poet says that "in the spring the
young mans fancy lightly turns to thoughts
of love-" and Thursday, being Mayday, let US
nj aol1o ftor
tive to those thoughts to the extent that if be
has not already done IL he will do it noW or
forever after hold his peace"
- The high wind of last Saturday, that
drove the dust in clouds and made it extreme
ly unpleasant to be outdoors, brought with it
thunder gust and fine shower at night that
dspelled the dust and freshened things up
wonderfully. Although the gale continued on
Sunday the day was beautiful.
THE April meeting of the Junior Gun
powder Agricultural Club was held last Satur-
day at the farm of Mr.. Frank G. Scott, near
Shawan. The question of encouraging an in
creased tax rate for the county 10 provide a
special fund to meet losses by fire of property
at the assessed value was discussed.
- Entries for the Horse Show, to take
place at The Kennels, Charles street avenue,
closed on Thursday, May LIST. Mr.. William P.
Riggs, treasurer of the association, is the act
ing secretary during the absence of Mr.. VIM.
NJ. Manly, who is away on his wedding trip.
The show will be held May 10Th, 10Th and 18th.
->Towson is now beginning to look its
prettiest and by the end of the present month
it will be in full spring array and about as at
tractive as any country town in Mary land or
any other state. There is no more healthful
town in the country than Towson and its adj
vantages as place of residence are almost too
numerous to recount.
"a travelling printer, who had not been in
Towson for period of forty-five years, again
struck the town on Wednesday of this week.
When here before he worked for the late X. +.
Church in the Office of the Baltimore County
Advocate. The old man showed the wear and
stains of travel but his head was all right and
he is still able to work.
Mr.. Walter R. Townsend this week re-
ported to the County Commissioners the bad
condition of Stemmer's Run road, in the 18th
district. Mr.. and Mrs. Townsend were in Sc
rious runaway accident, and their buggy was
badly damaged about ten days before, because
of the defects complained Of The Board will
call the road commissioners attention to the
matter.
~ The public sale of Messrs John and Will
liam Oschinsky, which took place on their
farm, about one mile east OF Glen-Arm, In
lower Long Green Valley, on Monday last
was largely attended, the bidding was spirited
and good prices were obtained throughout
James L. Norwood was the auctioneer, and W.
o. B. Wright, clerk. The sale was advertised
exclusively in THE UNION.
- Nearly 6lBlIy neu1UeTS Vi lOWSOu
Lodge of Odd Fellows, accompanied by the Of
ficers of the Grand Lodge of Maryland, atten-
ded service at Towson NJ. 4. Church last Sum-
day morning and listened to sermon by the
pastor Rev. John r. Edwards. The occasion
was the eighty.third anniversary of the for
nation of the order, which was founded by
the late Thomas Wildey, of Baltimore.
THE two fine houses that Mr.. George G.
Jenkins is erecting in Green Spring Valley
one for himself and the other for his son-in-
law, Mr.. l. NJ. Parr-are progressing rapidly
and when completed, will be beautiful addi-
tons to that highly favored section of Balti
more county. These houses are almost in
froEt of the "Nacirema" estate of Gen. Felix
Agnus and while directly in the valley, both
occupy commanding and beautiful sites.
THE ninth annual point-to-point race
for the Maryland Hunt Cup took place last
Saturday afternoon on the farm of Col. R. M.
Denson, east of Timonium, and was won in
grand style by Mr.. ]. Harry O'Donovan's
Garry Owen, the winner of the same event
last year. Mr.. w. ]. H. Walters Princeton
was second and Mr.. Redmond G. Stewards
Tom FIR third. Nine horses started and there
were no mishaps of any kind. A large crowd
of people witnessed the race.
Mr.. Benjamin w. Ady, of Long Green
Valley, who was in Towson on Wednesday,
spoke very hopefully of the proposed improve
ment of the important thoroughfare extend
ing from the west prong of the Hartford road
to Hyde's Station There are times in the
year when this is, perhaps. the worst road in
the county and it has long been disgrace to
the community. The improvement associa-
ton that was lately formed there has taken up
the matter in earnest and it is now thought the
work will soon be accomplished.