The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1908-07-25

MIR. Edward ]. o. Donovan, a we'll know
young farmer of Sweet Air, makes a plea
The UNION this week for the common bar
worked farm horse, especially when he han
bis owner to the Timonium Fair. We hoy
the management will read it.
- The greatly needed and oft-promis.
showers put in an appearance on Tuesds
night and thus the drought was PARTIAL
broken. But there was not enough rain to r,
viye vegetation. 1t will require many houl
of steady downpour to do this.
- Owing to short pasture a well know
farmer said this week that he was feeding h
cows now just the same as he did in white
This means big loss to dairymen who Deepen
largely on pasturage for their stock. The gras
in the fields is literally burned up.
- The showers of Tuesday night appear I
have been general throughout the county an
much qualification was expressed because q
their arrival, though long delayed. The SIT
fling dust on the roads has been temporary
banished and that is great relief
- Nearly two inches of rain fell at Towsol
on Wednesday evening and the dowrpour ap
pears to have been general throughout th
county. II rain like that had fallen three O
four weeks ago it would have been wortl
thousands of dollars to the farmers.
- Mr.. P. H. Mccormick. ofNorwood Stool
Farm, Belair, will leave neyt month with Mr.
Joseph T. Hopes st. Omer show herd of Jer
sey cattle for the state fairs. He expects tc
have about % head of thoroughbred and regis
tered Jerseys. He will show at Timonium
- Mr.. John 8. Ensor, the well known
young attorney, had one of the small bones oil
his left hand broken few days ago while en-.
| gagged in game of baseball at Mt. Washing.
ton. The x-ray was used to locate the extent
of the injury which caused him much pain.
- Mr.. ]. Robert Gordon, of Towson, dug a
well on Linden Terrace to supply the house be-
ing erected there by Mr.. ]. T. Brookhart. Itis
81 feet deep and has 81 feet of water in it. The
of q nnFaIU fp0r ho
pany made the sinking of the well necessary.
- The rain of Wednesday afternoon greatly
interfeTed with the pleasures of the tourna
ment for the benefit of St. Johns Catholic
Church, Long Green Valley. The pastor, Rev.
]. B. Hauck, announced that the festival and
dance would take place next Tuesday night.
- On Thursday the Highways Commission
awarded the contract for improving the Falls
road from Seminary avenue, north of Jockeys
Tavern, to the Old Court road, to the firm of
Fisher, Riley u CorroZa, whose bid was $780,
272.T. There were several bidders for the work.
AT Emory Grove camp meeting next
month Prof. F. A. Mills, the Brooklyn evan
geist whose work at the camp last year was so
successful, will be director of music, and Rev.
A. +. Campbell will direct the services Sacred
concerts will be given by the First Regiment
Band.
~ Mr.. John s. Slade harvested from Indian
Spring farm 134 fOur-horse wagon loads of
prime hay without drop of rain. He had left
over from last year about ten tons of hay. Mr..
Slade thinks there never has been such fine
hay crop in the county as this year.-Bslair
Democrat.
%The Elms beat the Towsons on the lat
ter's home grounds last Saturday afternoon
8 to 2. On the same day the Waverly team
beat Roland Parks TO 2. The Waverly team
still stands at the head of the Suburban League
without single defeat. Towson continues in
fourth place.
1.-THE month of July, 1908, has made an
unpleasant record in the way Of the lack of
rain and vegetation of all kinds has suffered in
consequence. The lawns in Towson-in fact
grass every where-presents sorry sight and
it is doubtful if any amount of moisture will
help matters now.
->Secretary Nussear has secured enough
promises to justify him in offering eleven spe.
cial prizes in the poultry department at the
are fully set forth on pages 83 and IS of the
catalogue and they should serve to increase
the poultry exhibit.
MIR. William @. Espey has secured the
contract for building the new Odd Fellows
Hall in Gainesville. 1t will cost about $1,000.
The building committee is composed of DIR.
Charles L. Mattfeldt and Messrs. K. E. CARRIER,
A. Schotta, William Priester, B. O. Isaac, AL
bert Smith and 81. @. Andreae.
- Five horses and colts belonging to Mr..
r. Emory Wartield were killed by lightning
during the storm last Wednesday afternoon.
Spring farm, east of Timonium, when the tree
was struck and shattered. They were highly
bred animals and all were insured.
People who travel the Falls road are
much pleased at the prospect of having another
section of that important thoroughfare i'm
proved. From Seminary avenue south to the
Old Court road is about 1t miles, and this is a
section that will next be taken in hand. Bids
for the work are now being considered.
- The electrical storms of this week caused
the loss of much valuable property in Balti
more county, including barns, stock, etc. The
heaviest loser was Mr.. Thomas ]. Miller, of
Monkton, whose splendid barn-one of the
largest and most complete in the county-was
destroyed, with its contents, causing loss of
nearly $4,000
= Mosquitoes are causing good deal of
complaint in Towson this summer, and it is
would observe more care about their premises
the nuisance might be to some extent miti-
gated. The residents of the town should insti-
tute war of determination.
>The fraternal order of Eagles took High
landtown by storm this week, the occasion
being the holding of the annual State conven-
ton there The town was gaily decorated and
there was big jollification generally. County
Commissioner Henry P. Mann and Attorney
VIM. q. Lawrence. both of whom are mem
bers of the order, figured prominently in the
affair.
Towson M E. Church last Sunday morning
and at Lakeview Church in the afternoon. He
made a vigorous attack on the late Legislature
for not passing the local option law and charged
Hon. J. Fred. c. Talbot with being response
BILE for the action of the Baltimore county
members on the question.
THE financial trouble of the Wilson &
Kenney Company of Towson and Lutherville,
which was made public last Monday, caused
great deal of comment as nothing was pre-
viously known of the company's embarrass-
ment Much sympathy is expressed for Mr..
Edmund ]. Kenney, who owns the entire stock
of the company and who is regarded as an up
right and thorough business man who has the
confidence and respect of the community.
->It wasn't so long ago that young man
who lived in Towsou and attended school in
Baltimore, walked the seven miles between the
two points when he didn't have money to pay
car fare rather than have his studies interfered
with. Now this same young man is drawing
a salary of 81, 500 year with extras that
make the position worth 81. 600 more. That is
what grit and energy will do. There are plenty
of good places in the world for fellows like
this one.