The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1866-02-03
CONCENTRATIONS,
Communicated.

good people even go so far as TO express doubts
whether such a thing as fairy existed at ALL
Now, | wish to set this matter right, and to as
sert as matter of fact that fairies do still exist
and that you may find them in our very midst.
AS reason for the I" faith that's in me" in ref
erence to these rally-supposedto-b my thcal
creatures | wish to record a queer adventure
which recently befel me.
Not long since had occasion TO cross the Gun
powder Falls, and as | approached the bridge
which crosses that stream, Noticed rather de-
lapidated specimen of humanity lying upon it
He seemed to be suffering much, and ! iIpnedl-
ately experienced feeling o: pity for the old
man, spoke to him kindly, and assisted him to
rise TO his feet, and asked him the cause of his
living there in that condition. lie told me his
tale 1t was one of sorrow aud suffering OF OPP
preston and wrong perpetrated by the hand OF
man. | offered him assistance, but strange to
saw. he refused g material aid. turned 10.
leave him, but he said he wished to see me snort
distance down the Falls and desired me to ac-
company him. Wishing to see the adventure
out. followed the old man, until we had reached
a sDot entirely shut out from the sight OF man,
and then the old man stopped and took me by
the hand and told me that was within the con-
fines of q Fairy Land, that their home was amid
the Craven Rocks - and that he was their king
lie had, he said started ont that morning to see
whether kindly feeling still existed in the breast
position on the bridge in which J found him.
Many had passed him coldly by, but | had been
kind to him. aud now he would repay me. lie
then handed me a glove, and instructed me that
when placed my hand in it, | would become
| invisible to human eyes, and could go whittier
wished, unseen, unheard and unbldden. The
possession of this talsman has been fruitful
source of adventure to me, and one OF my strang-
est propose 10 lay before your readers.
7 tcifo n n a
certain county which we will locate for conve-
nience, on the west bank Of the Mississippi. This
| town is noted for many things, and particularly
] as a place where "Seceshp lawyers " most do
coneregate" On the occasion on which visited
this town, noticed quite a commotion among
these lawyers, and learned that Il meeting of them
was to take place directly. wishing to see
what the matter was" slipped on my glove,
and wien | saw these gentry gathering at the
office of one of their number, | walked in and
| took q seat After about dozen had gathered
| in. the doors were locked shutters closed, and
every precaution taken to prevent eavesdropping,
smooth faced individual arose and ''spoke a
pecep He said that all present knew the difficult
ties under which they labored. The regular Judge
of the Court, he said had been taken i'll, which
/ they had supposed was God-send, because they
thought some good Southern Rights man "a fan
cy term for Rebel) would be appointed to act
during his disability. But they bad been wofn-
ly disappointed. The Court of Appeals had Sc
lected learned jurist, a gentleman, and more
! than ALL q sound Union man, for the position,
and although they had tried falsehood, sophistry
and bullying, he was immovcable from the path
| of right and of Justice and something must be
done. Anything but having ham for Judge. The
regular Judge was bad enough but this one was
worse. heState's Attorney, too, must be at
tended to, for he was getting too much for them.
He knew mere law than any of them, and they
could not now hope 10 have criminal go un-
| whpt of Justice, If they came before that Court.
! They must be senced-put down--said this
speaker and yielded the floor to another, who
said he agreed with all that had been said, but
thought they should go further The gentlemen
composing this meeting all knew how obnoxious
the Clerk of the Court was to them. He was
known as one of the staunchest Union men in
the county, and openly avowed it. Did he not
have the courage TO tell Rebels plainly what he
thought of them? He too, must be silenced,-
But how2 This question was discussed at some
length, until happy thought struck one member
of the meeting. He said these obnoxious indi-
viduals must be put down by blackguardism.-
Some one must attack them through the papers,
falsely their proceedings and positions, and de-
fame their character This idea was immediate
ly adopted, but who should do this dirty-work
None present seemed willing to engage in il, and
Mt last another was mentioned as the fitting per-
son, gentleman (2) known in the community
as yellow George This man" said our
speaker, I" is peculiarly fitted for the work of de-
tamation proposed. Heexceeded anybody in black
guardism in the county, possesses enough of low
GINNING and hypocrisy to keep out of the way
Of harm by the law; wasn't worth whipping
and coudn' t lose character, for he hadn't any to
lose-that he had sank so low now in the depths
of degradation and depravity, that nothing he
could do would sink him lower. He was the
man." The meeting thought so too, and imme-
diately appointed Committee to wait on Vel
low George" and inform him Of the honorable
vocation to which he had been called. l wanted
to see this famed individual and went with the
Committee. We found him in his office, bu-
silly engaged, rs subsequently, learned in the
construction of II patent steam engine, warranted
TO have the power of all the engines now incre-
alton combined, and to consume but an armful
of wood year The Committee announced the
object of heirvisit, when Yellow George" rose
nagestically, rolled his eyes around until they
looked like little moons in the vista of his smut
begrimed face, and gesticulating francally, said,
" Gentlemen, am your man, too, have an ac-
count to settle with this Judge. Did be not only
to-day refuse to allow me to ask Illegal questions
of q witness, and was not one Of my clients,
charged only with the gentle recreation of whip
ping poor woman, convicted thereby And
|
and insisted that justice should be rendered to all
concerned? Yes, gentlemen, i will blackguard
| them to your hearts content. do not fear con-
sequences for no one thinks me worth molesting,
and if the worst comes to the worst, let them be-
ware for have the means here land he placed
| his hand on his patent steam engine of blowing
the Court House and all in it to atoms in jiffy
And they could not punish me even for that, for
| here have the means Of escape at hand, there
he took down n queer looking object.) This, he
| continued, is the yeritable balloon in which a
former Judge Of our Court used to migrate be-
tween our town and Baltimore, and if any body
tries to modest or arrest me, why cap initiate
this balloon, for which purpose ! can'easily OBJ
| tain the gas from my friend whose office is two
or three doors above here, and them / can flee
away TO that modern heaven for rebels, Virginia,
and be at rest. Do not be afraid, gentlemen,
but that will acquit myself to your satisfaction.
will indulge in the foulest Of personal abuse and
malignity, and make these Court House officials
rue the day they ever crossed the path OF Yellow
George Here the countenance OF this person
became so hideous and unlike that Of man that
was glad to quit the scene.
The next morning Iagain visited George sden,
and found him just finishing his remarkable
production He had about dozen states writ
ten full and from there he copied what he had
written npOn paper. i waited until he had fin
ished, and then he carefully rolled up his manu-
script, and started out. followed in his foot
steps to printing Office few squares off. He
handed the roll of paper to the head of that con-
Germ, who sat down and read it, and after doing
so the editor seemed sadly troubled He turned
to g Yellow George, and told him he could not
publish this article, that the gentlemen whom he
had abused had never injured him, that one of
them at least, had been his friend and benefactor
ever since he 1.-THE editor, had entered the conn
ty friendless, unknown printer boy. He had
stuck to him and remained faithful to his interests
through sickness aud health, through good and
evil report, and that now he could not turn and
sting the hand that had nourished him. George