The Baltimore County union, the Towson news., 1909-12-18

| - Mr. Joseph Thurman Of Hamilton has
/ completed new automobile fire truck. II has
pump attached that the engine. Will operate
He made trial trip on Tuesday night on
White avenue and the Hartford road with
seven men aboard. The run proved very
- Somebody saws (but we don't believe III
that there is a noticeable increase IN the at
| tendance at Sunday schools as the Christmas
HOLIDAYS approach. That is the season, It's
said when almost all the churches have a
| final "hand OUT and the astnte youngster
likes to be in at the finish.
- On Thursday Ralph Irwin was COM
mitted to Jail for the action of the grand jury
by Justice Herbert on the charge of stealing
two turkeys, valued at SO, the property Of
Mrs. Annie A. Ramsey of LOch Raven. John
+. A. Grant was also arrested on the same
charge and held for hearing.
- Christmas shopping is now in full blast
and the shops and stores present such ami
mated pictures that cannot be fully appre-
ciated without being seen. Everybody seems
to be provided with cash and the apparently
lavish manner in which they spend it does not
indicate a scarcity of that article.
81 is simply amazing to see what enor-
nous loads Of packages and bundles woman
can carry when she is bent on Christmas shop
ping. 1t would require the strength OF most
men to get away with such cargoes, but the
so-called weaker sex don't mind it bit.
And this is another thing we will not try to
explain.
Now here il is again: 4 Hamilton man
reported the production of a turnip that
weighed Is pounds, and the next day Hale
thorpe grower comes along with one that goes
it a pound or two better. Is this race for
big turnips or big liars? Ifthe latter, we know
lot of fellows that are anxious to take hand
in the game
&c. w. E. Treadwell, U. s. cooperative
weather observer at Towson, reports the fol-
lowing data for the week ended Thursday
evening: Highest temperature, "a degrees, on
Tuesday; lowest, 16 degrees, on Friday mean,
1874 degrees; greatest daily range, 20 degrees,
on Tuesday; total rainfall. $40 inches, all Of
which fell on Monday.
"A farmer near Bel Air had seven fine sheep
killed by dogs. He laid in wait for the miser-
able providers and killed three of them. Why
can't the Legislature be induced to do sOme-
thing to protect the sheep-grower in his efforts
to carry on very important and profitable
industry? The sheep-killing dog-in fact all
roaming curs-should be taxed out of existence.
- Forty acres of the Numsen estate,
located at Belvidere and Park Heights avenues,
has been purchased by the Beaufort Realty
Company and will be developed. In the last
ten years that section of the county has grown
so marveiously that almost all the old land
marks have vanished. Not only are there many
pretty frame cottages but solid brick rows line
some of the avenues.
- Unless the wants of many in, every COM
munity are looked after by those who have
ample store the Christmas season must neces-
sarily be dismal one to them. 1t is good to
be thoughtful of the poor at all times, but
especially so at this particular season. If each
one who is able will do his part much pleasure
can be afforded those who will otherwise
spend cherries holiday season.
- There are those who believe that event
ually Baltimore city will acquire the whole
of Lime Kiln Valley Qormerly called Lime
Kiln Bottom) for a storage lake. This would
entirely wipe out the farms of Messrs Thomas
R. Jenifer, A. w. Shanklin, d. H. Rice and
Frederick Won Kapff and partially those OF Mr..
Samuel E. Parks and the Reddington property.
A number of surveys have lately been made
in this valley by city engineers.
Zone of the white men who fell BY the
wayside on West Joppa road, Towson, while
in charge of a six-mule team, and who was
landed in Jail to sober up, claims to have had
$50 in his clothes when old John Barleycorn
landed the solar plexus blow that did the bus
iness, and he AYERS that the money was not
there when the jag departed. In view of the
fact that minister and lawyer were the first
to find him and rescue him from his perilous
position, it would seem that explanations are
now in order.
->The quarterly Christian Endeavor rally,
composed of the societies of Towson, Waverly,
Eutaw, Canton, Hamilton and Lauraville
Methodist Protestant churches, was held at
Canton Church on Tuesday night, December
IA. Reports of the various committees were
read and showed that the union was in pros
porous condition. The Suburban Union PEN
nant, offered to the society having the largest
percentage of their members present on these
occasions not including the place where the
rally is held, was won by the Waverly society,
who had about 35 per cent. of their members
present. T0WsOn was second with 33b per
cent.