The Baltimore County union, the Towson news., 1909-12-11


Wednesday, December o. until after the holi-
- We are willing to give odds and bet that
"What Every Woman Knows" everybody else
knows.
26, and that date marks general season OF
"fullness."
- County Treasurer Merryman had on
hand December the comfortable balance OF
$196586 So
The Elkridge Hounds will meet Satur-
day. December IL, at Cockeysville. at 1.SO z.
NJ, for hunt.
-sAnd then there's the fur female head
gear. Did any mortal man ever see anything
ugiier than most off
The public schools of this county viii
close for the Christmas holiday December %
and reopen January 4.
- Looks like firebug was operating about
GOvanstown, judging from the mysterious tlIes
that have occurred there lately.
@All the national banks hold their annual
meetings on the second Tuesday in January
for the election of directors, etc.
Another small contribution of rain this
week, but the real, old-fashoned downpour is
still conspicuous by its absence.
THE display of the daily weather fore
cast signals at Towson will be discontinued
until further notice. owing to repairs
- Lookout for ickpOckets when you are
out shopping at this season of the year II is
said there are plenty of them about.
- Another lot of the annual bills for sub
scription 90 out with this weeks issue of The
Union-News. Please keep lookout for them
- Deer tracks have been seen in the Loeb
Raven hills within the last few davs-that is,
if the veracity of some people can be relied on:
- Mrs. Martha B. Curry has been appointed
postmaster at Upper Cross Roads, Hartford
county, succeeding her late husband, j. Miles
Curry.
@And now the shopkeepers are reaping
their annual harvest and it really seems that
there is no end to the money that is being ex-
pended.
Twenty five fatal accidents occurred in
Baltimore last month and 249 that were not
fatal Sixteen of the accidents were caused by
automobiles.
The apple crop of Berkeley county, w.
Va, sold this year for S420, 900, and it is said
that only 10 per cent. of the orchards are now
of bearing age.
- Thursday morning was the coldest OF
the season up to that time The mercury in
Towson dropped below 20 degrees and the earth
was frozen hard.
- Mr.. Charles Kemper of Cockeysville
has 16 five-and-ahalfm months hens of Plymouth
Rock breed that, since the middle of October,
have laid 1876 eggs.
1.-The dog and chicken nuisance is said to
be even greater in Govanstown than in Tow
son, and here they are bad enough, without
any means of relief.
- Chewing gum was the cause of the death
of little girl in New York few days ago. A
piece stuck in her throat and she died before
she could be relieved.
81 Peach and other fruit trees have been in
blossom in different sections OF Baltimore
county within the past ten days, due to the re-
markably mild weather.
IA minstrel show for the benefit OF
Govans Volunteer Fire Company will be given
BY st. Mary Lyceum in Golden Eagle Hall,
next Wednesday at 8 P. M.
-The next meeting of the Junior Gun
powder Agricultural Club will be held Thurs
day, December %, at the farm of Mr.. William
d. Curry, My Lady's Manor.
-Mr. and Mrs. Robert Gerstmyer of Tow
son gave birthday party last Saturday after
noon in honor of the fifth anniversary of their
son. Robert Tarbert Gerstmyer.
>Governor Crothers has appointed George
D. Myerly an additional deputy game war
den for Baltimore county. Mr.. Myerly is a
special officer in the Ninth district.
- Christmas two weeks from today and il
is safe to say that already many pocketbooks
are beginning to present that "labby'' appear
ance that is so intensely discouragng.
IA young runaway couple from Baltimore
came to Towson on Monday and had the nup-
tial knot tied in short order by Rev. 81. f,
Wright of the Methodist Protestant Church.
Mrs. John H. Garrison has sold heI
house and lot at Sherwood, Northern Central
Railroad. to Mr.. William Bishop of Baltimore
who will improve the property and occupy it
- Bishop Goodsell, who died in New York
last Sunday, was to have presided at the An
nual Conference of the Methodist Episcopal
Church that will meet in Baltimore in March
next.
Marble Lodge, l. O. o. F., of Cockeys-
vile, attended service at Ashland Presbyterian
Church last Sunday morning and heard spe-
cial sermon by the pastor, Rev. ID. Medley
Price.
-Mr. Charles Chilcoat, near Dover, hao
acres of corn that yielded Ia barrels or lac
bushels of ear corn to the acre. Seven barrels
to the acre was the average of the balance oi
his crop.
After today but IL days of the open sea-
son for game 10 Baltimore county will be left
From the reports that come to us it would ap-
pear that birds and rabbits were never before
so scarce.
sOne of the largest hogs ever raised in
Baltimore county was slaughtered few days
ago by Mr.. P. Martell of PatapscO Neck. II
dressed 800 pounds, the hams weighing 81
pounds each.
- They are "blue birds" this year, the
s'canaries" having been retired, at least for the
present. If you don't get one in your paper
you'll know that you don't owe The Union
News anything.
- Last Sunday morning large swarm oi
bees lii in tree at the residence of Mr.. VIM
s. Keech, West Joppa road, Towson. 1t is 9
most unusual thing for bees to swarm at this
time of the year.
- Charles Wesley Fowble of Fow blesbure
has awarded the contract for the erection of
frame house on the Hanover pike, near Fow.
blesburg. to @. f. Snyder. The house will bt
two and a-haIf stories high.
- Miss A. Van Drscoll closed her Towsor
millinery store on Wednesday and removed tC
Baltimore. She will reopen for business or
the first of March next, her season here having
been very satisfactory one
- Mr.. A. Lupo who lately purchased th'
fine Loyeton estate, north of Cockeysville, il
making q number of improvements on th,
property. Contractor j. L.. Fowble of Timo
niun has charge of the work.
- At the Missouri State Poultry Show
st. Louis the grand prize for gobblers was wor
by Taft" a splendid bronze specimen tha
weighed SIS lbs. There were more than $50 com
petitors for this prize from % States.