Year: 1879

From Lake Roland, 9th District. -"Hos
Month"-The Potato Bug and Cabbage Flea
Far and Fesfirai-Schoot ErhiJition-Th Tar.
| Payers Morement dc.-This day begins the month
of July-the seventh month of our calendar
called ebay month" by the old Saxons, the bulk OF
the hay crop being secured during this month in
England. Wheat harvesting has been going on
all of last week in this vicinity and the greater
part of the crop has been cut, but few large
fields are still standing. The weather has been
unusually favorable for the work, no interruption
having occurred from rain except the showers OF
last Wednesday and Saturday afternoons. The
growing crops need rain, especially oats and po-
tatoes, the late showers having only mostened
the surface.


There is decided falling off in the number OF
potato bugs with this year-in some potatoes
none being visible. 1t appears probable that the
demand for "Paris Green" will not be so great
next spring as this. | have only used about one
fourth of the stock laid in to 'pizen" the beetles
with this season. But set off to this, the cab
bage flea has been unusually numerous and de-
struetive hereabOuts. He first began operations
upon the few fall planted cabbage which survived
the winter and destroyed many of them. Next
he attacked the spring sOwn plants which he al
most eXterminated. Our cabbage is just now ex-
periencng u run of bad luck. The crop of last
fall was short, the spring crop still shorter and
with the present scarcity of plants the prospect OF
q crop next tall Is not encouraging


The ladies of st. Johns p. L. church, Mt.
Washington, held fair and festival for the bene-
fit of the church on Wednesday and Thursday
evenings of last week. The number of visitors
was large and about $500 were realized.


On Friday evening an exhibition was given by
the pupils of Prof. LOvejOy's school in the above
village, before a crowded audience who appeared
to enjoy the performances despite the oppressive
heat. The programme consisted of declamations,
dialogues, tableauX, &C.. in all Ofwhich the young
folks acquitted themselves with credit. The in
tervals between the pieces were filled with music
on the piano by ladies of the neighbOrhood.


l see by the last No. of the UNION the 'tax-
payers committee have decided to call County
Convention to meet July 26th, in Baltimore.
Many persons interested in this movement are of
opinion that it would be better to nominate an in
dependent mixed ticket before any nomina-
tions made by either of the political parties.
To call this convention at so late a date renders
this impossible. The Democratic nominating
convention meets July 2Sth, and their ticket will
be first in the field and no matter how good its
material may be it will be party ticket only and
that is just what the taxpayers movement was
intended to prevent if possible. The people are
sick of the present state of affairs in the county
none more so than many Of the dominant party,
if they are sincere in their denunciations of it
and a change is demanded. That n satisfactory
reform can be effected ''within the party" now in
power no man of sense believes. In the present
emergency, the puppets whom the rings nominate
and who move only at the bidding of the ring
masters, are not the kind of men wanted by those
whose money pays the expenses of the show; but
experience has taught us that these are just the
kind of men that political party long in power
usually puts up. Judging by the past the future
affords no hope unless the people of the county
are willing to obiterate all party lines and sink
all party feeling to secure the desired end. If
anything is accomplished in the way of more eff
fcient and economical administration of our pub
lie business it can only be done by men who wear
no party yoke, who have no political friends or
foes, and who are both willing and able to make
a sacrifice of their personal interests-if need be
for the good of their fellow citizens. With
such men as our public servants we may hope for
reform, without them we may not.