The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1871-09-23
Letter from The Se0-ShOre.

by TIE OEA, OepC. 10, 1911.
It is pleasant sitting here upon the piazza in
this morning sun, which has Just lost little OF
its summer tone, with your glass-no. drink
ing-by your side, every now and then looking
up from your book and looking through it
the glass and not the book--to make out that
new sail in the offing or far away down in the
horizon. There goes rusty looking smack
that has been down along "the banks" where
the deep sea cod are, and has run up to the city
with her fare and drops anchor here for bait
and for word with the home folk and will be
off again before another day is up; her patched
sail and rugged hull look like work. Close in
rolls leisurely, indolently, luxuriously saucy
yacht, with unstained and unstinted canvass,
whose little brass cannon makes all the echoes
along the shore every time she lifts or drops
her anchor. Away off is a long column of
smoke, quite parallel with both sea and horizon,
and the glass shows the hull ofan ocean steam
er beneath Close here are the little boats
dancing on the waves that are never still and
are ever telling in thesame monotone the never
ending story. 1t is very winning, and the
summer folk who go by almanac and not by
fact and have fled to the city and to mosquitoes,
are doing penance for their mistake and wish
ing they were back where beauty walks the
waters and morning and evening freshly de-
clare the glory thatin all thingsis.
We are beginning to get results of the agita-
ton that the great accident has produced. The
railway still is mastery piece of inefficient
management, but the mutter of the coming
thunder makes US hopeful of something that
shall clear away the fearful risks we have been
so long unconsciously running. l do not see
that the papers have been at any pains to deny
the first stories about stealing from the dead.
There is no reason for supposing any one was
robbed. Watches, jewelry and other articles,
supposed to have been stolen have been picked
up among the ruins or returned to proper
claimants by those who secured them against
possible loss. The whole record is one credita-
Bile to humanity on the part of all who were
present, either injured or helpless. 1t now
looks as if beside criminal lack of oversight on
the part of the Directors, the desire to get ahead
of competing road lay at the bottom of the
disaster. Before such things be wholly
prevented there will be need to invent some
sort of public punishment which shall cling, as
the shirt of Nessus, during life.
The melancholy days have come to watering
place life. Every train bears away pyramids
Of trunks. All express wagons are loaded with
household goods. Every day you miss familiar
equipagos on the drive, friendly faces on the
beach. Every night some other window is
dark Down along the horizon the sentinel
lights CLEAN from their watch-towers, out in
the harbor yet few yacht lights swing, and
the sane stars keep their vigil but he village
grows dark, the laugh and the song along the
shore are hushed. The many are gone. The
few who stay know how beautiful the early fall
is here emu dre;d he mosquitoes and noon day
heat OF the city. 1t will not be long before the
fishing village will re ume it's wonted habit,
live on the proceeds of the summer and lay
plans for the summer coming. l doubt if any
community be so surely and so easily becom-
ing rich as this, which has suddenly left the
exclusive fishing for fish, and taken to fishing
for men. / would like to draw you a picture
of the genuine habit and life of such COM
munity, but pity your readers and forbear.
have caught a few Baltimore folk under
my summer roof. They seem to take it very
kindly, and when they look upon the blue
waves and hear the surf roar and the beach
prattle and snuff long breaths of the bracing
sea air, don't think they fall far behind the
enjoyment of those who got born this way. 1t
is wonderful what fascination the sea has, and
now through all ages and languages and bar
barians as civilizations it seems to have entered
into mems life and mems love.
We had a great wonder in the heavens few
nights ago. 1 have seen many grand aurora
displays but in some respects this was beyond
all. And for several succeeding nights the
aurora light was very marked. think /. has
had something to do with our unusually cool
weather. W.