The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1905-02-25

Mt. Vista, 18th District.-H anyone ha.
difficulty in getting the matrimonial knot TIED
| all they will have to do will be to hunt up Rev
! NJ. L. Beall the accommodating and energetic
pastor of Long Green Circuit. Ayoung couple
i who live in Baltimore county, obtained mar.
i riage license at Belair and then came to Rev
j Mr. Beall to have the final ceremony per
i formed. The minister discovered that the
| license having been issued in Hartford county,
the ceremony would haveto be performed there
ALSO Hence the party got into sleigh and
| drove to the Little Gunpowder, which is the
dividing line between the two counties. Going
to the Hartford end of the bridge that spans that
| stream the words were soon said that made the
| twain one, and then the small party departed
homeward well pleased at having overcome the
| The Aid Society Of Fork Christian Church
held pie social on the evening of February
| 22d at the home of Mrs. s. P. League. There
was no end to the supply of pie, audit was gen.
orally conceded that the affair was success
The regular meeting of this society will be held
| Saturday, March 4th, at the home OF MIS-.
Temple, at Mt. Vista.
| Mr.. d. r. Smith, who has been sick for some
| time, is slowly improving.
Mrs. s. Lanahan, who spent part of the
winter with her son, Prof. Henry Lanahan, OF
College Park, Md, has returned to her home
here.
Mrs. Kate Bevard, formerly of Fork, is
welcome visitor in this neighborhood.
Let us hope for continuation of the sun
shine that has already barred the ground in
places. thus slowly getting rid of the snow and
ice and averting the danger OF floods SHOULD
there come a sudden thaw. r. b.
O
Wiseburg, 9TH district.-A very enjoyable
Epworth League social was held on Saturday
evening" February 18th, at the home of Mrs.
L. Dill ri o.~l1 IUrcSn IrnrW
games and graphophone selections were the
features and refreshments were served during
the evening. Those present were Rev. George
r. Sanner, pastor of Parkton Circuit; Mr.. and
Mrs. John Amos. Mr.: and Mrs. Daniel Hare,
Mrs. William Burns, Mrs. Luella Talbot, Mrs.
Thomas Talbot Mrs. Pleasant Bull and daugh.
tiers, of Baltimore: Misses Hattie and Belle
Sanner, Virgie Griffin. Emma Rigney, Clara
Talbot, Bertha Seachrist. Emma Cooper, Eul-
ma, Lola and Bessie McCulloh, Edna Griffin,
Blanche Warner. Lydia and Grace Rigney and
Messrs. Dorsey Cooper Luther and David Rig
ney, Taylor and John Griffin, John Cooper,
Harris and Robert Sanner, Stanley Amos,
Howard Hare and Thomas Freeland and Car
roll Peregoy, of Walbrook.
The affair was most enjoyable one through
out and will long be remembered by those
present, especially so by Mrs. Bulls grand
daughter, Miss Clara Talbot, who celebrated
her 18th birthday at the same time and also
by Miss Lola McCulloh, whose 10th anniver-
u
pany separated for Retrospective homes.
The people here are grateful to their pastor,
Rev. Mr.. Sanner, for the organization of the
league, which meets every Sunday evening at
730 o'clock. general wish is expressed that
the present pastor be returned to this circuit by
the coming Annual Conference. L.
Kingsville, 18th District.-In School No. 2,
of this district, Mr.. r. Brent Crane, principal
Washington's birthday was appropriately OBJ
served and an interesting program was rem
Lyle Burton. Miilard Wann' Charlotte Chap.
man, Daisy Boyd, Lucy Demoss, Ethel and
Emma Wann, Virginia Fleury, Leila Bucking
ham, Emma and Ethel Written, Blanche
Knight and Elsie Burton. The vocal music
was feature of the program. Mr.. Crane
made suitable address. A large portrait of
Washington, purchased by the pupils of LIST,
I'd, Sd and 4th grades, was draped with flags
and hung in the assistants room.
Miss Mary A. Bell is visiting DIR. and Mrs.
David Biggs, of Baltimore.
Mrs. Harry Schultz and little daughter have
returned from visit to Mrs. Schutzs mother,
Mrs. Booth of Madison avenue, Baltimore.
Mrs. Wm. Loker and daughter have returned
from weeks visit to relatives in Baltimore
and Fallston. E.
Does the Country Store Injure Neigh
borhood Morals ?-The country store and the
saloon came in for much censure, as being
formidable enemies of neghborhood morals
last week at the Seven Days Study in Church
Life" which was being conducted at Straw
bridge Methodist Episcopal Church in Balti-
more, by Bishop John H. Vincent. To com.
bat these influences, which were denounced as
the promoters of low morals, it was decided
that the church should devise ways and means
of attracting the young and old folks to other
places more calculated to inspire reverence for
the Bible and its teachings.
The association of the country store was
spoken of as an evil influence from which the
children should be protected by their parents
by instructing them to spend only so much
time there as is necessary for the transaction
of making purchases. Around the store fire
in the winter time and the comfortable shade
of the store portico in summer it was shown
that conversation little calculated to elevate
the ideals and views of children is freely dis
pensed, and the allurements of this feature
of country and village life can only be met by
instructions and counter-attractions of moral
nature elsewhere
DON'T LIKE THE SOFT IMPEACHMENT.
Concerning the above subject Country
Storekeeper" writes to the Baltimore american
as follows: while | agree with Bishop Vim
cent that something should be done to stop the
practice of young men and boys lettering about
the country store, l must protest against his
remark that the country store, by reason of
the presence of the lOiterers is a promoter of
low morals. While what the Bishop says may
are conducted by good Christian men, who
will not permit improper talk on their premises.
'As rule the country storekeeper is as anx-
ious as the Bishop to put stop to lounging
about the store. The merchant himself, how
ever cannot stop it, for fear of offending some
of his customers. Many are under the i'm
preston that he and his clerks have plenty of
time to spare and are really glad to have idlers
congregate and talk. The real truth is that
we have plenty to do, and are bored. some
times beyond endurance, by loquacious Wis
itors.
II am willing to cooperate in any move
ment that Bishop Vincent or anybody else
may start to break up this lettering habit, but
at the same time l do not think it is right to
expect me to injure my business by offending
patrons"
Mr.. Councilman Talks to the Evansville
Farmers Mr.. and Mrs. Charles A. Council
man, of Bloomfield Farm, Baltimore county,
attended the monthly meeting of the Vans
vile Farmers Club which was held last Satur-
day evening at the home of Mr.. Counciman's
brother.in-law, DIR. Joseph r. Owens, in
Hyattsville, Md, when Mr.. Councilman read
an interesting paper on "The Poland-C China
Hog and Its Possibilities in the Tidewater Coun-
ties of Maryland" He went into elaborate
details as to the profit and advantages of rails
ing pigs and marketing hog products. His ad-
dress was chiefly to young farmers, and in con-
Guiding he said:
"a young, energetic farmer can start with
but little capital in this branch of animal in
dustry and it viii grow into business of vast
proportions, and, while some light-headed peo-
Pile may speak disparagingly Of your occupa-
tion do not be discouraged. Attend closely TO
the details and you will gather the shekels;
and remember George Washington, the father
of our country, when he retired to farm life
on his Mount Vernon estate, the great day of
the year with him was hog killing time, and
tradition says he could stick bis hogs and with
draw the knife so quickly that not a drop of
blood remained on the blade. Thomas Jeffer-
son, of MONTICELLO, always personally superin-
tended the killing of his hogs and curing his
bacon, and if these Colonial facts were brought
to the attention of Governor Warfield have
no doubt that he would make hog killing day
in December q State holiday. In the State