The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1909-02-27


trees were cnt from the Hampton estate.
The live stock quarantine was on Wed
nesday removed from Maryland. except thu
9th district of Baltimore county and the 9Th
district of Carroll There are no cases of foot
and mouth disease among the cattle in the 9Th
district of this county and never has been.
THE articles lost in the trolley cars oil
Baltimore city and suburbs every day in the
week make up list of considerable size that
contains the names of many very curious
things. These show that the average Ameri
can, man and woman, is a very thoughtless
person.
- Rear Admiral Samuel R. Franklin, U.
! s. Navy, retired, brother of Col. Walter s.
franklin, formerly of Baltimore county, died
at bis home in Washington on Wednesday.
aged "a years. He was graduate OF the An
napolis Naval Academy and was in the service
46 years.
- Judge Frank l. Duncan, OF Baltimore
county, will speak on "The Prodigal Son.
before the Mems Club of Grace NJ E. Church,
Baltimore, on Tuesday evening" March I'd, and
will be the guest of honor at the dinner to be
given in the parlors of the church following the
meeting.
- Those Of the three hunt clubs that par
ticipated in the big hunt last Monday-nearly
100 Of them-eDjoyed luncheon at beauti-
ful old Hampton. At night dance took place
at the Elkridge club house, on Charles street
avenue, thus winding up day of unalloyed
pleasure.
- Washington's birthday was celebrated
by the Lansdowne Volunteer Fire Association
by raising flag on their newly erected 75-foot
pole. The address was made by Mr.. Charles ].
Hull. The music was furnished by the Fire
mems Band, under the leadership of Mr.. W..
Scott Hull.
>Mr. Powers Symington, who was among
those who participated in the hunt starting
from the Mile House, York road. on Monday
morning, had a shoulder dislOcated by his
horse falling on him. His brother. Mr.. Thomas
Symington, was also thrown but escaped with
out injury.
Mrs. Hall. wife of Mr.. William Hall. of
the 10th district. who died suddenly on the 10th
instant from strychnine poison taken in mis-
take for headache remedy, was buried in Pros
pect Hill Cemetery, Towson, on Monday.
Slsde Bros. & Co. had charge of the funeral
arrangements.
MIR. William G. Hall, the tragic death of
whose wife was published in THE UNION last
week, has rented his farm, near Sunnybrook,
10th district, and will dispose of the personal
property thereon on Thursday, March 4th.
See announcement in the advertising columns
of this paper today.
Last week The UNION contained twenty
two separate and distinct advertisements under
the head of new advertisements" making
that department of the paper as interesting as
any other. The people know the value of this
paper as an advertising medium and they
patronize its columns literally.
THE December term petit jury was finally
discharged by the court on Friday, 26th inst.
Before separating the members gave an oyster
roast at Miller's shore, near Dundalk, at which
they entertained the judges, court officials and
Others The party went down in a special
trolley car, leaving here about noon.
81 Baltimore will shortly be the scene of
the annual conference of the three great
branches Of Methodism-the Methodist Epis-
copal Church, Methodist Episcopal Church
South, and the Methodist Protestant Church.
The second named will meet March oath in st.
Pauls Church, Fayette street near Carrollton
avenue.
->S Small boys with cat.rifies and guns of
various kinds are dangerous nuisances in al
most every community. A well known young
woman Of Gainesville made a narrow escape
from being shot in the head by one Of these a
few days ago. Boys should not be permitted
to use guns until they are old enough to observe
due care.
- Mr.. Frank /. Wheeler, chairman Of the
general committee, has announced the names
Of those who will serve on the several commit
tees for the convention of the volunteer firemen
to be held in Towson, Wednesday, May 9th.
This promises to be an occasion of much in
terest and will no doubt attract thousan DIS of
strangers to this place.
THE board of governors of the Towson
Athletic Club met on Thursday at the office of
President z. Howard Isaac. and elected Mr. H.
Courtenay Jenifer, manager of the baseball
team, and Mr.. Jackson Grason, captain. 1t
was decided that the manager could not play
ball, as be is to devote his entire attention to
the running of the team.
THE young peoples organizations-the
Sunday school, the Epworth League and the
Junior League-connected with Towson M. e.
Church, have purchased for the use Of the lee
ture room, Stieff Baby Grand piano, which
was used for the first time last Sunday. One
hundred new music books, New Gospel Songs,
No. 3, have also been bought"
The public schools did not observe the
Washingtons birthday holiday because the
School Board thought it best for them to be in
school and there learn something about the
father Of the country. Two days holiday and
relaxation each week ought to be enough with
out wasting valuable time in the observance of
every legal holiday that comes along.
Nearly 600 people attended the sale of
Mr.. John Thomas Chilcoat, near Belfast. 9Th
district, on Monday last. and it was one of the
most successful held in this county in a long
time. Horses brought from $210 to $247;
COWS from $50 to 500. and corn $505 per
barrel. John V. Slade was the auctioneer and
the sale was advertised exclusively in THE
UNION.
"A large number of those who went to
the joint hunt Of the Elkridge Green Spring
Valley and Patapeco Hunt Clubs last Monday
Travelled in carriages and automobiles, and
many of these were almost as enthusiastic as
those mounted on the prancing steeds. 1t was
luuccu d pretty duu SplTlteu SiRuI anu the
weather could not have been finer if it had
been made to order.
"A Towson business man had a horse,
wagon and harness to sell and someone sug-
gested that he advertise them in THE UNION.
He adopted the idea and the result was in few
days he sold the horse for almost double what
he gave for him about fourteen years before,
and the harness brought within so cents of
what it cost him about ten years ago. The ad-
vertiser says be never before invested single
dollar that gave him so much satisfaction.
There were more than double as many
deaths in this county from tuberculosis in
January than there were in the month of No
vember, 1908. This can be readily explained
by the fact that there is hospital for con-
sumptives in the county and also a sort of an
mex where advanced cases of the disease are
taken. Hence it is wrong to charge these
deaths to Baltimore county when the patients
are brought here-often the last stages-to die.
A Towson Audience Gets "Roast."-
A person who attended the entertainment
given in Towson Guild House on Friday night
of last week has sent the following letter to
THE UNION:
Messrs. Editors ION Friday evening. 10th inst.
at the Guild Hall, a very enjoyable musicale was
and women of cultivation. All the songs were
well selected and well sung, but unfortunately
those present who had some appreciation of the
beauty of music and might have enjoyed the
repertoire, were so disturbed by the rude, UNI
seemly behavior of many in the audience that
not only they could not enjoy the music, bat the
musicians, as we were afterward told, were so
disconnected by the outrageous conduct of some
of those present that they could scarcely pro-
coed with their songs.
We would like to state, through your columns,
that it has been our privilege to hear good music
in many places, but never have we seen such an
utter disregard of the rules of etiquette as was
evidenced on this occasion; nor do we believe
that such behavior would be tolerated anywhere
but in Towson.
An especially interesting feature of the enter
tainment were descriptive Folk Songs by Mr..
Paulson, of Moscow, who has been accustomed
to singing before cultivated audiences, such as
the Woman's Literary Club of Baltimore and
others. Instead of being greeted with enthusi-
asm, as he deserved, the audience laughed and
talked so audibly that his accompanist had to
play chords on the piano to command silence,
and the singer. who found some difficulty in ex-
pressing himself in our language. was SO con-
fused that he could scarcely continue.
If the noise and confusion had been caused by
children only there might have been some allow
ances made. but when grown men and women
have little sense of propriety and so little ap