The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1909-05-29
For 1.-THE UNION"
DECORATION DAY.
BY ]. GRIFFIN HALL.

For THE UNION"
DECORATION DAY.
BYJ. GRIFFIN HALL.
The following poem was read by the author,
Mr.. ]. Griffin Hall, of Baltimore, at the conclu-
sion of his Grafton, delivered May 30. 1903, at the
National Cemetery, Antietam Battlefield:
Strew the flowers DER the soldiers grave.
Our country's soldiers, noble and brave;
Men to their convictions, loyal and true,
The gallant Gray, and the noble Blue;
1t matters not on which side they FELL
For they all together in Heaven dwell;
And today each faithful soldier at his post,
Answers the roll call of the Heavenly host.
Then bring your garlands in beauteous array.
And lay them on their graves today;
Yes, bring sweet flowers, rich and rare,
And decorate those sacred mounds with care;
AS their sweet fragrance greets the air,
That he Se loved ones Of those who sleep below.
May ever be kept from want and woe.
Come. children. with your tiny hands now spread
Your floral offerings to the noble dead;
Spread lilies and roses and the laurel too,
Yes sn spTeaG The Snr their Conflicts oer
And both have true glory on the evergreen shore.
Place the olive branch, too-sweet emblem OF
And pray to Jehovah that all enmity may cease.
Come. youths and maidens and old people, too,
And pay homage to the brave, the noble and true,
1t is but lust that we should some tribute pay
For thew both were sons of the land of the free.
And both were branches of old Liberty's tree;
Their forefathers together fought noDly ana
And for freedom and country their lives freely
gave.
Then let us think no longer Of the bitter past.
But the true hand of Friendship today let us
And united nation foreer let US be.
"The home of the brave and the land of the Free"
Then to our Heavenly Father let us raise
That ali sectional strife and conflicts are DER,
And our country Is peaceful ana united ONCE
more.
Hicks Weather Forecasts for June
We publish below from Word and Works the
Hicks weather forecasts for next month:
"a reactionary storm period is central on
the Sd, 4th and 9Th. The moon is full, at .
total eclipse node on the Sd, and at greatest
declination south on the 9Th. High tempera:
ture, low barometer and thunder storms Will
he the order at this time. Storm conditions
will develop and move in regular order from
west to east, but local thunder showersln June
are more sporadic, being liable to break out
simultaneously in widely scattered localities;
Beginning at this period, we enter marked
seismic cycle that will last up to the 10th OF
June.
10th, lasting from the 9th to the 18th. Mag
netic and electrical manifestations, out OF the
ordinary, will be noted in most parts Of the
earth within three days Of the 18th. From
Tbursdav. 10th, to Sunday, 18th, many vicious
! thunder storms will be natural. Higher oa-
| rometer and fair, cooler weather will follow
for several days after the storms OF this PERIOD.
"a reactonary storm period has its center on
| the 10th, 18th and 18th. Many scattering,
| highly electrical thunder storms will visit most
Darts on and touching the 18th. The culml
nation of a prolonged seismic strain will come
| within three to four days OF noon on the lHn.
| "a regular storm period is central on the
| Dist covering the 10Th to the 23d. In all PROB.
ability the preceding period will be prolonged
| into this period by daily thunder storms eacn
| afternoon and evening. Great fluctuations OF
| the barometer, with high temperature, great
| humidity and startling electrical displays are
| to be expected at this prolonged perlod-espe'
ciallv from about Sunday, Goth, to Thursday,
25th. High winds with possible tornadoes will
probably attend some Of these storms. over,
| - .-.avns and rivers will be most natural
flowing sti.-- - Iune SOlstice storms
as consequence OF III. ~ ~tvsFs be-
| High waters will reach the centra.
fore the end of june but we do not believe m a,
the most destructive or maximum floods need
DC feared at this time, or even during this wear.
"A reactionary storm period is central on the
Aeth. 9th and 2oth. Look for low barometer
promptly on the 18th, attended by sudden and
severe thunder gusts. These storms will pass
eastWRrdly over the country during the 26th
1th and 2Sth, being characterized by the ne.
I'll. local phenomena common to June sol.
o LILA. ~ms. All of the storms in June. esDe-
o;,I9 st 49, the middle to the end of the month.
O w;II hr T n any local surprises by sudden
turns in their di. ections. often whirling side
wise or backward i'll ad COURSES gu ano deiuglng
picnickers from UNLOCK ~ Al iGr ulreoLions. We
do not think this June VIII D;; g. Inc average
of general rainfall. June - tne month OF
maximum rains, as is well 1'own 10 most
people; but it does not always coms up TO the
highest standard, although it may have more
rains than other months in the year. Inc
outlook to our mind is that the present sim.
mer will not be up to the average of general
rainfall. We will not omit our usual warning
of danger from taking shelter under trees
during June thunder storms. Such risks
should never be taken. Much June lightning
is startling, but harmless. the dangerous and
the harmless being clearly defined The diff
ference-thunderbolt and sheet-lightning."
Truck Farmers Must Stop Using Sew
age.-The State Board of Health has issued an
order providing for the condemnation of all
vegetables grown with the use of sewage as q
fertilizer, unless it is used according to an
order of the board says the Baltimore San.
The decision Of the board was arrived at
through an examination of the vegetables
grown in Patapsco Neck, where the use of
sewage is most popular, and was brought
about through correspondent with the sur
geons at Fort Howard and two years exami
nation of the vegetables grown in the Neck.
Under the ruling of the board it is declared
unlawful to sell any vegetables which come in
direct contact, through sprinkling, with the
sewage, and it is provided that all vegetables
thus grown and displayed on sale in markets
shall be declared diseased. unsound, unwhole-
some, and subject to condemnation by an in
spector of the board. Copies of the order will
be sent to all the markets.
Sewage can be used as fertilizer, the board
comedies, only when it is mixed with an equal
volume of lime earth or similar inorganic
material, and used on the fields only when
buried two inches below the surface. The
common mode of sprinkling it over the grow
ing cabbages, lettuce and other products of the
Neck is prohibited.
Recently the War Department, through
Lieut. Col. W. G. Rafferty,, commanding the
surgeons at Fort Howard to correspond with
the State health authorities with view to pre-
venting the use Of the Objectionable sewage
and its collection in pools. The idea was to
prevent the flies from injecting the food of the
Fort Howard garrison.
Accordingly, Capt. Geddings and Lieut..
Lennon, of the Medical Corps, surgeons at
Fort Howard, started few weeks ago COM
plete investigation of the conditions in the
Neck, taking photographs of the fields sprin-
killed. with the sewage, wagons engaged in the
work and the pools where the sewage is
puupCu IlOuA cOOWo olOA6 sAC CIoCho uHhluk
into the Neck. They furnished their informa-
ton to the board and action followed
New Companies Incorporated.-Thec GER
tificate of incorporation of the Aigburth Well
Company of Baltimore County, which was or.
ganized to furnish the residents ofTowson and
vicinity with artesian water from the Aigburth
wells, has been filed for record in the County
Clerks Office here. The incorporators are
Me.srs Albert s. Cook, T. Scott Offutt and w.
Clarence Craumer. The capital stock is $40, 900,
divided into 900 shares of $25 EACH The direc
tors for the first year are Major John l. Vel.
lott, Albert s. Cook. N. D. r. Allen, James
Kelley, John H. Grill, Marion II. Merryman,
John W. Hall, W. G, Craumer, John @. Per-
kins. T. Scott 0ffutt, A. G. MoCurdy and
Arthur p. Shanklin.
The certificate of incorporation of the The
Willms Sanitary Works has also been placed
on record. Julia A. Willms, Charles Willms,
Jr., and Jessie c. johnson are the incorpora-
tors. The capital stock is S25, 900, divided into
$50 shares of 800 each. The principal Office
will be located at Orangevile. 1t is authorized
to manufacture and deal in goods, wares and
real estate.
Articles of incorporation Of the Owners Co.
operative improvement Association Of Balti-
more County has also been received for record.