The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1867-11-02

| Iucnis aud cutters recking with stagnancy Al
| every turn funeral this one composed OF tive
carriages. 10 th' inTeInOs, OF which little whit'
collin resting htiwern the parents on the s.at
tells Of loved rh.d taken rrmorsrlcssly ava, by
| the destroyer that one preceded by hears, tb'
horses H. 'k'rl with nodding plumrs oi blnck aud
scores "I carriages following, slowly, unOurnfuliy
as another anh anuilrr GOES io his grave. Thi.
Is the stOr, every day, of every hour, Ia thu.
afflicted, crushed, heart broken city. You, at
distance simpl, hear each day that 20 many
deaths wrrr rcp"ried yesterday This is bul
the bare outline III the terrible recital aud nothing
but actual pfrscnrr here could give true idea OI
the disir,s, ahirh prevails, and of the complete
| disorganizaii'. financial, commercial and sOcIal,
existing ~ rinrqucncr oi the epidemic. The
namlrf ui death. now exceeds fifty pcr day Thi,
| IL comparative, small when ronparrl with the
population III ~" city ar with the number Of per
sons Hi'acA,d. lint IL Is the rapid spread of tho
DISEASE ~hirl ruw excics alarm In one day
last week there was nm increase Of sixteen ia the
| number a. death, iTuin the fever On Monday
the ?h instant. the total mortality reported was
seventy eight greater number than " usually
| reported in entire week In the carly summer
se,son az this number hfiy zone were from yci.
low fever
| A. write II lab rat,es by the street below,
aud looking oui sce seated in IL poor young
| fellow, just seiZed with the disease lie had
probahl, not becn an hour sick. and yet is per
fectly, entirely helpless. lie is wtappr
10 - ruarse blanket, aud l., go all appearances
unconscious A saffron face half closed eyes, his
head rolling tom side TO side these are symptoms
tia, inaii him yellow fever patient. by his
-ii' .iis 'iithful friend, who is taking him
in tie ,hati' hospital, that great receptacle for
thu l'''' md m'dy, where nov thousand vic.
tim H. i.'''h''i delirous, and many of them
| dyn.
Ani ,ln. ihie is an even saddcr side to this
mi M
white n,u Thrieare very many Of these Men
whu ha'. huha. ives children are taken sick
npun lsc .ii'ri. rnd soon deprived Of reason, are
found h, ~, police md taken 10 the hospital.
Ever, dai the T'lic'' reports show number Of
| pcFsuus l''vk,d az sirk and destitute. Some arc
ahlc 10 give ihcu nhm s, others are not. Only
yes,rtia, ~. was riding down Magazine street,
in a cm. s,w, l,in: upon the sidewalk, before
an undcriakcrs establishment, a poor fellow q
mdde-agc'l msn identity u laborcr. lie Was
wriihing with pain while the hot sun was bca-
ting aud glaring down upon him with all lis
power. Some goud Samaritan was STOPPING over
him aud doing all h, cuul,l TO relieve the poor
man suffering. Aud !cl many in the car barely
turned ih,i heads TO look 1t the sad sight, and
then went "n talking and aughing again as ifi
were nothing
DirecII, orpusii-. IN ~ gilIc,l har-ioom rncn
were drinking aud carou,iny. The click ufihrir
glasses, the loud Laughter. ihe merry uproar were
1
/ with the scene over the wal.
But when night has stolen over the city aud
then il IL tina, the red gloom comes. And set
this is strange iur such rshian;ly moonlighis
nights were never dreamed OF hy ,oung lovers as
those " hich We are having now. Onr who looks
up through the trees Of LafaS cite Square nj the
mellow moonlight ofmidnighii who feels tile cool,
bracinF air almost like that Of our Louisiana
winter, finds il hard Ia believe that on all sides
Of him the sick the dy ing, the bereayed, lying
/ or weeping but there is Loneliness aud gloom
ON the streets at night which makes ones foot
steps resound with n weird echo.
MY wWE's PiASo. The deed Is accomplished.
Ny wife has go, piano, and now farewell the
tranquil mind. II came on a dray. Six men
carried IL into the parlor and IL grunied awfully
Il weighs u ton, shines like mirror, and has car
| ved Curids climbing up its limbs. And such
lungs-whcw Ny wife has commcnc, 10 prac.
tice and the first time she touched the machine,
thought We were in the midst Of a thunder.
storm, and the lightning had struck the cTockery
chest. The cat, With tail erect, took a bee line
for particular friend upon the back fence. de.
molishing six-shilling pane Of glass. The baby
awokc, aud the little fellow tried his best 10 beat
the instrument, but he couldn't do Il. Il beat
him.
A TEACHER has been introduced into the house
lie says be is the last Of Napoleon's grand army
4
smells of garlic, and goes by the name Of Courl
Run-a- way -never-come back -a-gain-by lie play
| ed an extract de opera the other night. lie ran
his fingers through his hair twice, then grinncd,
then cooked bis eyes up at the ceiling, like d
monkey hunting lies, and then came down one
Of bis fingers, and ! heard a delightful sound
similar to that produced by a cockroach dancing
upon the tenor string Of q fiddle. Down cams
another finger aud was reminded Of the wind
whistling through knot.hole In hen.coop. u,
touched bis thumb, aud thought that was IL
an orchard listening TO the distant braying OF 4
jackass. Now he ran bis fingers along the keys
and thought Of q boy rattiing stick upon 4
store box or picket fence. All OF sudden III
stopped, and ! thought something had happened
Then came down both fists, and, oh. Lord sucl
q noise was never heard before. | thought n
hurricane had struck the house and the walls wer,
caving in Imagined was In u cellar, and
ton Of coal was falling about my head. though
the machine had bursied, when the internal nois'
stopped aud heard my wife ejacuiaic
Exquisite r.
"what the deuce is the matter p
why, dear, that's la SomnambulA =
| "D--n Somnambular' r. thought aud th'
Count rolled up his sheet of paper. lie calls !
music but for the life Of me can't make II lool
like anything else but q rail fence with lot O
juvenile niggcrs climbing over.
&aa- Not many months ago woman 81 Brook
| iyn MAS Killed hv an enormous lQfr of "A dcadl