The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1905-03-11

Partition, n. @. R. R.-The funeral of Mr..
Herbert c. Shaver, who died at his home in
Baltimore. March LIST, took place on Saturday
last at Pine Grove U. B. Church, Rayville.
Mr.. VIM. II. Stiffier, of Parkton, had charge
of the funeral arrangements. Services were
conducted by Rev. G. d. Gossard, pastor OF
Fourth q. B. Church, Baltimore, of which the
deceased was member. A large number OF
people were in attendance who were much i'm
pressed by the sermon delivered from the text,
There is but step between me and death, =
SAM, 20-3. Mr.. Shaver was an exemplary
friends HGans man anu mao q large ''l'is o. warm
Communion service was held at Pine Grove
q. B. Church on Sunday last. Rev. II. W.
Fuse. of Manchester Circuit. delivered an inn
pressive sermon to large congregation.
Mr.. John H. Cole, the evangelist, who as
sisted Rev. F. B. Emenheiser in conducting
revival services during the fall and early part
Of the winter, has gone to Cockeysville to
spend the balance of the winter with Mrs.
John Bosley of VIM, his sister.
There has been snow on the ground in this
section since the middle of November and
there is enough left to last for several weeks
vet In some places the banks of snow on
each side of the road are higher than mans
head and will keep the roads in bad condition
for long time.
Some of the roads in this section have not
been opened, which is great inconveniencet to
many people. If it was near election time the
candidates would not be able to visit all the
dear people"
The distribution of seeds from the U. s. seed
warehouse has begun and so has the weighing
of the mail by the postmasters along the N. G.
r. R., which is weighed FOR one month every
few years to determine the weight of mail mat
ter carried by the different railroads. The
question naturally arises Is the mail matter
weighed when it is heaviest for the benefit of
the Government-i. e. the people-or for the
railroad corporations. or is it mere coinci-
dence?
The people of the upper end" have very
little fault to find with Rural Free Delivery.
The carriers are intelligent and obligiDg, the
mail is delivered earlier in the morning than
before, and by judicious arrangement OF the
different routes large number of the people
have an opportunity to mail an answer toa
letter the same day it is received without going
as far to mail it as they did before A number
of people can be reached by mail in less than
two hours, which before required parts of two
days. 1t is q loss to the county papers, though.
Formerly the local correspondents heard the
latest happenings in business, society &C., at
the postofice; now they have no excuse to go
there and the storekeeper and school teacher
are the only ones who have the opportunity to
gather the news, and when the parcels post
gets into operation-and it is coming before
long in spite of the express companies repre-
sentatives in Congress-the cross roads store
keeper will go out of business and all our little
villages will be nameess. The school teacher
will then be the only one in position to learn
all the news of the neighborhood.
o, yes the huckster. came near forgetting
him. He gathers up the surplus produce and
also the local news, but some people are in
cined to doubt his veracity.
Sic transit gloria naundi. OCCASIONAL.