The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1909-06-26
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MORE COUNTY UNION. If they fail to
give such order the business may be
diverted into other channels.
The camp-meeting season will soon be
with MS and also the time for tournaments.
1.-THE discount on county taxes paid next
month is / per cent. On State taxes per
cent.
THE public schools of the county closed
on Friday, 25th instant. for the long summer
holiday.
MIR. d. H. Rice, of Valley View Farm
near Towson, commenced cutting wheat on
Thursday.
-T6e catalogues for the Timonium fair
of 1909 will be out in few days. The fair will
begin september 7h.
- The first half of the year 1909 is about
ended and the bslance of it will slip away
before we think OF it.
The Aigburth Water Company is now
selling from % to 40 gallons of artesian well
water day in Towson.
-Tbe proposed Gunpowder lake still sleep
eth What's the matter? Has the crop of
"water experts" run out
1.-The Children s day services and the straw
berry festivals are now about over for the pres
ent season. thank goodness.
- Monday, June 21st, was the first day OF
summer and IL was ''scorcher." Ninety de-
grees was the mark in TowsOn.
- The first new wheat sold in Baltimore
last Saturday at 81 30 bushel. 1t came from
Merry Point, Lancaster county, Va.
- Governor Crothers on Tuesday appointed
Mr.. John F. Wiley, of White Hall, N. G. R. R.,
an additional notary public for Baltimore
county.
The wild blackberry crop is ripening
rapidly and will be very large. The cultivated
berries are now being brought in by the
growers.
1T will be unlawful to fish for brook trout
in Baltimore county after Wednesday. June
Both. The open months are March, April, May
and June.
- Towson has q good many frog-hunters,
but the game appears to be scarce and if an all
night hunt results in dozen frogs they think
they have done well.
The Towson team defeated the Forest
Park team on the new grounds here on Satur-
day last, to 8. Today June 26th) the Tow
sons play at Waverly.
- Lutherville people are preparing for a
big celebration on the GLORIOUS Fourth, !"
which will include tennis baseball and dance
and fireworks at night.
->Mr. N. D. r. Allen, who owns several
acres of land on West Joppa road. Towson, is
breeding Angora goats and now has about a
dozen of them on hand.
- The late heavy rains played the mischief
with a good many Baltimore county roads,
and it will take lot of money to get them in
- Potato bugs are very numerous and de-
structive just now. Not in years have they
been so troublesome and the growers would
like to know the reason why.
- Defenders day is another Maryland holt
day that falls this year on Sunday-September
18th. 1t is not a general State holiday, but is
always observed in Baltimore.
- Frank Hidey, an expressman aged 80
years, whose home is at Rockdale, attempted
to commit suicide few days ago by cutting
his throat with butcher knife.
- Last Sunday the Towson Pedestrian Club
composed of four young men-walked from
this place to Belair in hours and 40 minutes.
The distance travelled is about Is miles.
lover two inches of rain fell the first ten
DAYS of the present month-enOugh to last for
some time If the wet season" early in June
insures ''drv" harvest it will be all right
"a gentleman who filled his icehouse with
snow late last winter is now using it instead OF
ice and says it makes an excellent substitute
for the refrigerator and lasts as well there as ice.
THE Democrats had hot primary fight
in Hartford last Saturday and big vote was
polled 1t was held under the Crawford county
system, the same as will be used in this county
today.
- Attention is invited to the statements of
the National Banks published in THE UNION
today. The figures are interesting and show
these institutions to be we'll managed and
prosperous.
THE Farmers Improvement Association
of New Freedom, N. G.. r. r., is arranging to
hold a farmers fair for three days beginning
September 10Th. The association has about
100 members.
- Dr. Stuart Cassard, of Towson. has sold
his fine driving horse Black Dick to Sheriff A.
T. Street, at good long figure. The horse has
a mark of 2:21 and in his younger days was q
star on the track.
- At the regular meeting of the board of
directors of the Second National Bank of Tow
son, held on Wednesday, semi-annual divi-
dend of 3 per cent. was declared, free of State
and county taxes.
The UNION is indebted to Mr., w, Clarence
Craumer, cashier of the Towson National Bank,
for a copy of The Life of Mary Baker Eddy,
written by Sibyl Wilbur before she became a
Christian Scientist.
He was around again this week, drat
him. He's the fellow who always asks, when
the mercury begins to soar sis it hot enough
for your" And then he grins as though he had
said something funny.
- Don't permit any mosquito breeding
places about your premises. These are danger
Gus pests because they are spreaders of disease.
They breed in damp and wet places and thsee
should be carefully looked after.
- Make it safe and sane'' Fourth by cut
ting out the fireworks. There is always more
or less danger attending the use of them and
many deaths have resulted from accidents that
have occurred on the Nations birthday.
- Inc criminal DOCKET was called ID the
Circuit Court here last Monday and that always
brings a molly crowd to Towson, about two
thirds of whom appeared to be Italians and
other foreigners of the undesirable" class.
summit Grove camp-meeting at New
Freedom, N. G. r. r. will begin this year on
the Goth of July and close August 10th. Rev
+. L. Hubbard, pastor of Eutaw Street M. E.
Church, Baltimore, will again be in charge.
$"Young" Frank Brown, as be is called
has something else to do now besides running
people down with his automobile. He'll have
to get into court to defend himself against 6
divorce suit that his wife is about to institute.
%Since the rainy season" ended the grow
ing corn has been making rapid progress aDc
now gives promise of good return to the
farmer, who was beginning to feel rather blue
over his prospects on account of so much rain
"a horse that won't scare at an automo-
bile on the road is much sought Just now. Oh
course many have been educated to take nc
notice of these noisy machines, but there are
others that become terrified at the sight of one
> George Mettle, ST., retired blacksmith
of the 18th district, who had been sick many
months, committed suicide on the 18th instant
by shooting himself through the heart with {
gun. He was 81 years of age and leaves {
family.
The harvest season is now with us and
farmers generally are on the jump. With thu
improved machinery now in use the farmer!
work has been very much lightened and th'
old-time harvest druggery is known no more il
the land.
THE Presbyterian Church at Owings
Mills has been supplied with new pews and {
new carpet, the latter having been provided by
the Ladies' Aid Society. The mission is il
charge of Rev. h. +. Richardson and j!
hourishing.
->Some large crops of barley, grown thi!
season, are being reported. Mr.. N. Howard
Gill. near Mantua Mills. threshed 71S bushels
from Is acres, and Mr.. H. S. Writ. tenant or
the Hayfields Farm, had yield $40 bushels
from IL acres.
- The County Commissioners request PEG
pie living in the thickly settled sections of th'
county to abstain from the use OF fireworks OF
the 4th of July Skyrockets and balloons ar
especially dangerous and liable to set franz
buildings on ire.
-The Little Juniors of Trinity Sunday
school, Towson, will give an entertainment TO
the benefit of missions, in the Parish House
on Friday evening, June 18th, at O'Clock, ant
on Saturday afternoon, June 10th. at A o'clock
Admission 10 cents.