The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1870-01-28

RPCoEEecii0nS or The DIaPn Time
First series---No I.

10 III, Ehim% n Tie 1Fgis If hteHiJH"p':
MEssRs. EDITORS When | wrote my
last letter, land as | stated at its close,) it
was fully my intention to close the series
with regard to the men and incidents of
the past, but as one after another of those
who stood in the foreground in the days of
my boyhood start up before me as memory
wanders back, I have concluded, even at
the risk of tedious prolixity, to impose
upon you and your readers at least one
more letter, and maybe two.
Thus far, have brought upon the stage
but few Of the ancient citizens of Havre de
Grace, for the reason that | was 50 young
when i left there, that most of the men and
incidents with which was familiar have
faded from memory. George Bartol, how
ever the principal merchant of the place,
and who was the most enterprising and
thrifty man in it, stands out so plainly be-
fore me, in every feature, that ] sec him
exactly as he was fifty years ago His store
was near the upper end of the village, and
nearly opposite the old hotel and ferry
house That store was hominum gatht1'-
nm, to use an old ALTERATION, u "miscella-
neous mess of multifarious merchandise. =
His stock in trade comprised almost any
/ and everything that might be called for
from a second-handed pulpit down to a
mouse trap. Although there were several
other stores in the place, all who wanted
to sell or buy seemed to congregate at Mr.
Bartol's, and hence his establishment was
always crowded with customers. Although
like most thorough business men, he was
exact and close in his dealings, he bestow
ed in charity three times as much as would
have supported his own family, and still
amassed fortune. He disseminated &
vast amount of good in his day, and is
doubtless now enjoying, without alloy, the
full truition of a well-spent life.
Speaking of the hotel, reminds me o.
James Wright, an amiable bachelor who
kept the house for some years. Hs was
one of the best and kindest landlords
have ever known, and it was a great puz
zle to me to understand how, with no wife
no mother, no sister, no nobody properly
qualified to receive and entertain lady
guests, he made out to manage his large
and well patronized establishment. Blu
he did ibid it acceptably- it ele
gantly-did it to the fullest satisfaction
of all who called upon him.
A little farther up the village was fam
lily by the name of Wareham, but at thi
remote period have no distinct recollec
ton of any particular individual of til,
household, but do remember that they
were enterprlsing and thrifty men. TIVE
OF the Suter boys, one dark and storm,
night, had been at Mr.. Wareham's, ant
soon after they left for home, which wa
about mile distant, like Tom O'Shante
at Kirk Alloway, they "saw an unco
sight, If not his Satanic Majesty, it wa
some other monster equally as frightful, a
black as midnight and about the size of
polar bear AS it rushed towards then
with distended jaws and fiery eye balls
they didn't wait to take dimensions or ex
anime the apparition very infinitely, bu
called upon their legs to save them. The
fled at the top of their speed, jumped tn
, well-curb in the yard and dashed into tn
house, the monster grabbing at them a
the door closed upon him. This circun,
stance produced much excitement at TIL
time, and neither of those boys were eve
after known to be out at night. So nue.
for the power of imagination.
The Wareham family owned a fishery q
Carpenters Point, on the opposite sid
and at the mouth of the river Once dur
ing the fishing season, half the population
of Havre de Grace was drawn to the shor
to see sea serpent that was riding upo1