The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1905-06-17
Coyysspoaaence Baltimore GOu'aty Union.
LETTER FROM TEXAS
Rnx.n. TEXAS. june 18th. 1a0

BRYAN, TEXAS, june 18th. 1906.
Mssers Editors. Our little town has assumed
its usual summer quietness, though it appears
10 me to be unusually still for so early In the
season. Rut the hot weather seems to have
come upon us all of a sudden this year and some
of the residents have already gone to seek refuge
at their fayorite summer resorts. The tempera-
ture has ranged between IS and 90 degrees in the
shade for about ten days past, but the nights are
cool and pleasant; in fact cool enough to make
sleeping under cover necessary. We have q
strong gulf breeze every night and generally
through the day, though not always.
School commandments have been the orderof
the day for two weeks past. First the Bryan
Academic and Collegiate Institute held its grad
uating exercises at the Grand Opera House,
commencing on Sunday. May 18th, and conclu-
ding on the 3Oth FROM this school there were
four young lady graduates in the regular litera-
nv course, including instrumental music Two
medals were presented to members of tho class
One for the greatest improvement in music
during the year and presented by Judge j. w.
Doremus and earned by Miss Edith Preston; the
other medal was awarded for the highest grade
in literature during the session and was won by
Miss Pattie McClung and presented by Rev. d.
j. West The above exercises were followed by
the commencement of the Allen Academy, from
which several male students were graduated.
This is one of the best schools in the State and
has students from many of the older states and
also from Mexico. The Bryan graded school
also has closed for this session, having graduated
several students. The Agricultural and Me-
chanical College, which is located 4K miles from
here. began its commencement Sunday June
10th. So you see from this that we have good
schools in this part of the world. Bryan is noted
all over the State for its educational advan-
tages.
The town is gradually growing. Several handf
some residences have been completed this sea-
son and many more are receiving their finishing
touches. Besides these there are Others to be
commenced as soon as practicable, including one
church of the Christian denomination and two
new school houses-one for public school and
the other Baptist missionary college for young
women.
The ice factory has been quite busy night and
day since the warm weather began in order to
keep the city supplied with that very necessary
article for hot weather. Besides supplying the
town people for 10 or 12miles round come here
for ice. It is also shipped by car loads to many
places along the Central Railroad, which passes
through this town. By running on full time the
plant can manufacture Is tons of ice every Sc
hours. 1t is made in blocks averaging in weight
about 300 pounds each.
Farmers from the country around Bryan re-
port that their crop prospects are not the least
encouraging. Corn will be an entire failure and
cotton is very much behind in growth for the
season. The Irish potato crop was failure on
account of wet weather. which caused the pota-
toes to rot In the early part of the spring, but
rain at this time would be an advantage and a
welcome visitor. M.