The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1867-02-02
Labor IN Large Cities.

The excess OF laborers in all our large cit.
! les Is an admitted fact, aud il j. shown in
the want OF employment by thousand. --
The inadequacy Of laborefs Ia the rural dis.
! tricts IL At the same time felt a. q great and
Iamentable evil. This tendency OF popuia.
iion from the country 20 the cliy--seeklng
easier aud more luxurious modes Tor i!vrl!
hood. at the risk Of both derivation aud
generalization OF the rising genera ou g.. a
serious drawback on the nations pto.i.r.i,
II fcourss ..s<sns production from Ia. sol
the first necessity OF all. II appears iron.
a card published 10 q Chicago newspaprf
sigRed by Que Of the Local Empio,nirnt
Committee that the ciiy Is ovvFsun With men
~ search Of work 4 similar complaint
comes from all the large cities ofthe United
states. People out OF employment find j,
difficult TO get work, and hence those Whu
are earning living in the country. should Il.
warned BY this circumstance that il will ON.
ly be waste OF time, in most instances H.
visit the cities n the hope Of bettering their
condition. ofthe condition Of Affairs IN New
York, Horace Greeley thus writes 10 an ap-
plicant for situation: y. York is Just en-
tering upon the interesting process Of statV.
ing out two hundred thousand people whom
war and irredeemable paper have driven
ploy more tillthese are gone Thus those
young men especially. who are casting about
for field Of endeayOr in which 10 apply
their industry and enterprise. and are now
located IN the country. would do well tn
look ai home" before going abroad into tn,
cities 20 pssh their fortunes. Al ih,. da,
nothing bears q higher price IN proportion
10 all prices than do the products nf 3D..
farm. aud oil steady and paii-ui Application
ofihe labor Of ih. mind and body To- the du.
ties Of country life is amply rewarded.
MOUNTAINS AROUND JERUsALEN.-.Ieru.
salem does not lio ia the hollow of an am.
htheatre; IL is placed. on the contrary. on
Bn eminence with deeb valleys running near.
ly all around il. But il is true. uotw.ih.
standing. that the mountains girdle !; about.
as the Psalmist describes. On two sides. the
north and east. il is enfolded by the Mount
Of Olives on the south. the Hill Of Evil
Counsel-the reputed site Of the country
palace OF Caiphas. the High Priest, where
the conspiraiOrs against our Lord met on
the night Of his seizure in Geihsemane-
overhangs the valley Of Hinnom. aud looks
right over il on Mount Zion. And although
upon the west the hills are at a great
distance. they are on that side The highest
Of all. In that direction are Ramah aud
Gideon. and not farther away than Eve 81
six miles is the remarkable height by the
name Of Neby Samwil, upon which height
tradition tells Us that Samuel. the prophet
was burned. Ofihe truth ofihis statement
there is no evidence. but recent inqgisic.
sobteTvaiions seem to have proved II
to be the site Of the ancient Mispah or
saul. Standing on the top OF Neby SaG s. i.
the eye ranges from Jaiia on the Mediterra.
mean sea on the west 20 Jordan valley. aud
the mountains Of Ammon aud Moab beyond
IL on the east. Jerusalem is thus in ia.
heart Of = mountain land; for nearly twenty
miles on either side there is nothing around
il hut hills.-t BscA0.on's Clerical EurlouqL
~ ne Holy Land.