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

the crest OF the waves, IN the ulFecIlOn OF
Carpenters Point. At first ii was mere
speck upon the water, but as it approached
it became larger and more hileously fear
full in form. Some fled as it neared the
shore, but Others, logically assuming that
sea serpents were not necessarily amphibi-
Gus, stood their ground, and were relieved
as well as amazed when the trightful-look-
ing monster turned out to be Mr. Ware
hams horse. He had been taken over to
the fishery and getting loose made bee
line for home. 1t was long and perilous
swim, but lie performed it safely, almost
exhausted when he reached the shore.
There were two old Drs. at Havrc de
Grace or vicinity at this time, by the names
of Hall and lie Barron. On one occasion,
during the races near the village, they con-
ceived the novel idea of prevailing upon
two fishermen to permit themselves to be
tied up in sacks, and thus run, or rather
jump foot race. They were entirely en-
veloped except their heads, the sacks be-
ing tied around their necks. Having each
received glass of toddy from the Drs. af-
ter they had been prepared for the race,
they became very impatient to start, but
the Drs, for some reason best known to
themselves, were in no particular hurry.
The delay but increased their impationce,
which now began to assume the form of
agony. At length the word was given,
when away they went tumbling and roll
ing over each other, but when the outcome
was reached, both the old Drs had disap-
peared and it was well they had, for the
two men as soon as they were freed from
their canvass surroundings, became very
much enraged and fearfully vengcful--
THE Drs. had d1ugged the t003y.
This will do for Havre de Grace at pres
ent, and will now return to Bel Air and
vicinity.
One of the oldest men living in the vi
cinity of Bel Air at my day, was Col Hen
ry Dorsey, clerk of the court. He was q
peculiar man, somewhat eccentric, abrupt,
austere and impulsive, but high-minded,
honest and true. He owned very valua-
BILE estate adjoining town, but, like John
Henderson and Nicholas Bond, he had no
idea Of vexing himself over-much in i'm
proving it, and the consequence was, that
the products were mainly blackberries and
persimmons. His wife was an excellent
lady, large and amiable, good to the poor,
and humane and liberal to the domestics
around her. They had but one child-a
daughter-a very lovely young lady, with
whom l had no acquaintance, as she married
just about the time of my advent into Bel
Air.
Harry ID. Cough was another valuable
citizen, for whom all young people enter
tanned the highest esteem. He had been
II seaman, had seen much of the world, and
loved to narrate his experiences and adven.
lures "among those who go down to sea il
cl no al, il,
eign lands These rambles had stored hi.
mind with large fund of facts and fan
cics, and for hours have | sat and listened
to his thrilling stories. He married a lady
q think her name was O'Brien,) who livcC
. with her mother some q miles east of Bel
Air, and where he was living when I left
He always kept fat horses, good table
and was never happier than when he hai
a circle of friends around his own board
Y He paid but little attention to farming
t the land upon which he lived yielded
S nothing SO liberal as sycamore bushes, null
f stalks and scdge-grass. | remembc
G two immense weeping willows that grew
f in his yard.
Y James and Paca Moores were two of til,
t incest gentlemen in Hartford, as was thei
G brother Parker, who died before left BE
G Air, and as was also their father before
them. They lived on Bynum's Run, OPP
G posite and mile or two from town. The,
G owned fine farm and carried on an ey
: tensivc tannery. James went to the Leg
/ islature whenever he wanted to do SO
C and sometimes when he didn't, merely t.
: accommodate his friends. The whole fam
:, lily were very useful men and very popular
/ Paca had lived in Virginia, and thinl
= married here, but he had settled down 70
n life imagine, on Bynum's Run, when
c left.
/ Robert Holland was another good an,
: useful man, and one of the best farmers il
: the county at that day, always exceptin!
= the Quakers and Stumps on Deer Creek
;" Mr.. Holland married, think, sister o
Y Nicholas and DR.. Elijah Bond, bought ant
+, settled upon one of the poorest and stoni
a est pieces of land in Hartford, between BE
! Air and the Hickory. Heat once went t,
4 work like Il man, piled up the stone!
r. cleared out the thickets, planted fruit trees
IS ploughed deep, put all the land he coulC
h spare in grass, and raised the biggest cro]
IS of ruta bagas year or two after he tool
= possession that | ever saw, either before O
d since. His land was bounded by Bynum'
II Run, think, in the direction of town, an
a on his side of the run, u few steps beloy
is where the road crosses, had been a mill i
e the earlier settlement of that country, an
Scott Preston used to say that he was tn
If only individual in the neighborhood, VIII
% had not seen a ghost about that old mil
Is l would not have passed it after dark fc
l Robert Hollands plantation. Not that m
2 heart was not courageous enough, but III
E. fortunately I had a cowardly pair oflegs.
v There are several others in my mind a
v this moment to whom / would be glad t
&c refer, but as cannot do SO without runnin
1t this already verbose letter to too great
e. length-and as dull and labored as it
N tong-I must defer them to another occs
sion.
l. am yours, most respectfully,
is c. B. c.
Va Narnb 1890