The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1905-10-14

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- Among the poultry exhibitors at th
Hagerstown fair this week were the following
from Baltimore county: Alfred w. Pleasant
and ]. Merryman Black, Cockeysville; w. NJ
Gorsuch. Philopolis; Montrose Farm, Cations
viIle and B. NJ. Jones' Lake Roland.
THE Ladies' Aid Society of the Presby
terrain Church at Hamilton, Hartford road, ar
preparing to hold bazaar and supper in tn
hall at that place, on the evenings of Octobe
18th and 18th-Tuesday and Wednesday next
A number of committees have been appointed
- West Towson is looking up and il prom
ises to become a popular place of residence
Many beautiful building sites are now in tn
market and no doubt these will soon find pur
chasers. The water question is still serious
drawback, but this III time, may be bridget
over.
- The musical entertainment given in lib,
public school house at Unionvile 18th district
on Saturday night last, was successful ant
ENJOYABLE affair, and reflected much credit upor
Miss G. Bernice Gorsuch. the teacher. who go
il up. The proceeds were devoted to the piano
fund.
The coon hunters are now engaging in
their favorite sport and we can look out for al
sorts of stories concerning their exploits. The
| average man fails to see where the sport
comes in to tramp through the woods all night
to catch one measly coon, or perhaps none
at all.
mo doubt many of the farmer friends oil
The UNION have produced unusually large
crops of corn this season and we would esteem
| it a favor if they would report to us the mum
Der of barrels per acre after it is hnsked. But
perhaps the crop will not be as large as antici
pated.
THE regular monthly meeting of the
Senior Gunpowder Agricultural Club was held
| last Saturday at the farm of DIR. j. E. Orrison,
4 north of Cockeysville. Mr.. ]. s. Crowther was
foreman. The report of the proceedings of the
meeting will be published in full in THE UNION
next week.
The Ladies' Aid Society of Towson M.
E. Church will hold an oyster supper and fes-
tival in the hall over the engine house, on
Tuesday and Wednesday evenings of next
week, October 18th and 18th. Proceeds to de-
fray the expense of placing furnace in the
parsonage.
The Mt. Washington Athletic Club has
taken the precautiOn to insure all the mem bers
| Gifts football team for period ofthree months.
1t is said that this will free the men from worry
over what would happen should they be dsa-
bled. An accident policy's the thing for foot
ball players.
- Mr.. James Nick. Merryman, of Grove
Farm, Baltimore county, who was so success
full with his Guernsey herd and Berkshires at
the York fair last week, met with equal sue
cess at Hagerstown this week, having taken a
number of first and second prizes with both
cattle and hogs.
THE property.owners of Govanstown are
taking steps to secure more ample supply of
water, and a committee has been appointed
with this object in view. The committee is
composed of Messrs. Isaac II. Moss, f. s. Hay
ward. J. L. Rosensteel, William s. Norris and
DR.. H. G. Hess.
The election will take place three weeks
from next Tuesday, and things political are so
quiet in this county that one might think it
was,six months off. People generally seem to
be manifesting no interest whatever and this
seems very strange in view OF the fact that the
oil will n a most imO0rfant one.
r AT the last meeting of the Ladies' Aid
Society of EpwOrth M. E. Church, Jockeys
vile, the secretary read the response of Presi-
dent Roosevelt to the congratulations of the
society for his services in bringing about peace
between Russia and Japan. The meeting was
held at the home of Mr.. w. Albert Long.
- Baltimore county's population has been
very much reduced in the last two weeks
because the many hundreds of Baltimore people
who spent the summer with US have returned
to their city abodes for the winter. In leaving
us this early they miss one of the most beauti
full seasons Of the year in the Countrywide
autumn.
cunning OF election day is forbidden by
law in Baltimore county, just as 1t is on Sum
days. A few years ago the country was over
run with hundreds of gunners on every elec-
ton day and we have no doubt there are many
now who do not regard the Sunday provision.
The deputy game wardens should keep sharp
lookout for these.
MIR. Joel w. Price, who had been a resi-
dent of California since 1851, died at his home
in that State on Wednesday, aged SO years.
He was native of the 9Th district of Baltimore
county and was Government contractor. Mr..
Price was an uncle of Mr. George G. Tracey, of
Towson, who visited him at his home in Cali
fornia last August.
-It is evident that the corn specials that
were run through Baltimore county last spring
has served to increase the corn crop many
thousands of bushels and has taught the farmers
some lessons that will be of inestimable value
to them in the future. The man who helps to
make two blades of grass grow where one grew
before is valuable citizen.
1.-THE United Railways Company paid to
Baltimore city as park tax for the quarter ended
September Both, the large sum of S98, 207. 49,
This amount represents per cent. of the gross
receipts of all the company's lines within the
city limits and is the largest sum ever received
from this source. For the same period last
year the tax amounted to $91, 291.68.
The Green Spring Valley Hunt Club is
arranging for one-day horse show to be held
at the Kennels, on Saturday, October 2Sth.
The committee is composed of Messrs. W.
Stewart Diffenderffer, Thomas Deford, W..
Plunkett Stewart and James Piper. Messrs.
G. o. Wilson and d. H. Rice are among those
who have been invited to serve as judges.
THE Suburban trolley lines did large
business last Sunday hauling chestnut-hunters
into the country. Many came Towson way
but they were generally poorly rewarded, the
nuts being scarce. In some cases those who
went after chestnuts came back loaded with
apples, while others contented themselves with
brilliant colored leaves collected in the woods
"a race meeting and tournament at the
Manor Glen Track will take place on Saturday,
October DIST In addition to running and trot
ting races there will be various amusements
that will afford innocent amusement for every
body. For full particulars see advertising
columns of THE UNION today. This is q young
and deserving association and it should be en-
couraged in every way possible.
- Ellcott City appears to be running
close second to TOwson as Gretna Green for
couples from Baltimore. We must contend,
however, that this town possesses many ad
vantages over our neigh Dor in this respect, and
that those matrimonially inclined who want
to have the knot tied promptly and indissol-
ubly Chats "a good world had better come
right here
- On Saturday night last two thieves
effected an entrance into the home of Mrs.
Catharine Refer, at Greenwood, Hartford road,
by forcing an upstairs window. Mrs. Refer,
who was in a room below, heard them and
armed herself with pistol and went in pur-
suit. They heard her approaching and left in
hot haste before she could get chance to fire.
She could not tell whether they were black or
white men.
There can be no doubt that automobiling
is rapidly growing in popularity. The best
evidence OF LnlS Is Tue Tdpluly INCREASING NUM-
Der of the machines seen on the roads. Some
people think this is only fad that will soon
run itself out like the bicycle did, but we don't
think So The auto is too useful an article TO
wear out its popularity in two or three years.
In our opinion it has come to stay. the price at
present being the most serious drawback to it.
ION Wednesday evening County Commits
sioners Yellott Slade and Mann met a number
of the leading residents of Green Spring Valley
at the home of the Green Spring Valley Hunt
Club, to consider the condition of the roads in
that section of the county. Mr.. George G.
Jenkins presided at the conference, which was
entirely informal. An understanding was ar
rived at and it now looks as though the things
chiefly complained of in the matter of roads
and bridges in the valley will be remedied as
speedily as possible.
Improving School Yards.-The Ellicott
City Times of last week said: "Mr E. Stanley
Gary, one of the proprietors of the Alberton
Mills and a member of the State Board of Ed
ucation, is a strong advocate of identifying
the public school yards and he deserves the
commentator of all school children and their
parents for the position he takes in this matter.
Can anything be more uninviting or less cal
culated to arouse the enthusiasm of our chill
dren to take an interest in the public schools