The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1872-10-26
Letter. from Cecil COitntN.
PORT DEPOSIT, CECIL Co.. Nd. !

Oct. 10Th, 1874 !
Dear Union :-on the 18th instant we-Major A M.
Hancock and myself-commenced the canvass Of Cecil
county at
This is a pleasant and fourshing village located on
the Baltimore Philadelphia and MAJ yland Genital rail
road The country surrounding is a most delightful
rolling one fertile and highly cultivated farms looking
prosperous and houses and buildings and cmforta
BILE. The village contains two excellent hotels, Two
physicians, drug, hardware and several stores
town hall and bank-yet it has only about 800 in
habitants. fine church is in process of
structon and nearly completed. The people most
courteous and hOspitable. An excellent meeting col
lected Q the hall in the evening attended by the village
band. Major Hancock delivered excellent speech,
giving complete review of President Grants admins
traton.
The following day spent very agreeably in max
ing and receiving calls. We hung our hats on peg
"the Mary land Hotel" kept by VIM Grason, Esq. He
keeps good house and makes good landlord. IN the
afternoon two clever gentlemen called with their bug
ges and drove about four miles the country to
BRICK MEETING HOUSE.
Mr.. H. II. Haines took the Major and Mr.. Lewis H.
Richards myself The drive was through delight
full country, passing on the way the ancient resi-
dence of Governor Miffin of colonial Pennsylvania
before Mason and Dixon's line run. settling the
boundaries between Maryland and that State. Brick
Meeting House is technically known "The Brick"
1t takes its name from old brick church belonging to
the Friends, surrounded by 40 of land donated for
church purposes by William Penn and CONSTRUCTED OF
English bricks. There is hotel-kept well by T. b.
Ritche-a store two shops and several ancient look
ing but comfortable dwelling houses. Before Mason and
Dixon the boundary line between Pennsylvania and
Maryland, this section of country the former
State. This is why the land was given by William
Penn, it being under his jurisdiction at the time.
large and respectable meeting-probably four hun
dred-was assembled by TX o'clock p. m with the eX-
cellent Sun" band in attendance. The audience was
respectful and attentive to the calculation Of the issues
by Major Hancock and the writer A large number of
Democrats were present, among them member of the
Legisatire We were very kindly invited home With
Mr. Ellis p Passmore, very estimabe gentleman Who
resides about miles away. Mr.. Passmore has fine
farm of 286 1t is well situated, well fenced and
well cultivated. He has fine dwelling and large,
commodious barn. He keeps large number Of cows
and very extensive dairy. For the cattle Nj p.
raises great quantities of pumpkins and roots The
milk and butter shipped to Baltimore from North
East. We were most Hospitality and agreeaby erter-
tanned. In the evening we driven by Mr.. Pass
more to
NORTH EAST.
This is manufacturing place of some considerable
importance. McCullough's foundry works employ about
go hands There is the Cecil Fire Brick company which
fire brick and fire brick Innings for stoves
ranges locomotives, BAKERS tiles, &c. 1t makes
about $50 900 brick per annum and about So 600
tiles. 1t employs twenty-five hands. 1t procures its
clay from Amboy and other localities. Its bricks &c.
are sold in Baltimore, Washington and Wilmington,
chiefly. There is an old Episcopal church in the town
that was erected of English brick in 1890. The place
contains quite number of fine residences, good hotel
kept by B. F. Thomas, Esq., and quite business
air. We had good out of door meeting, audience at
tentive and respectful
On the following morning Friday-we took the train
and soon found ourselves in
PORT Deposit
We have no hesitancy in pronouncng this the ivest
town in the State of Maryland 1t has twelve stores
four lumber and coal yards five hotels two extensive
stone quarries, two large grain warehouses; large
stove foundry two extensive hardware stores-in ad
dition to the twelvea large SASH door, and blind
tory, four churchesone of them magnificent in all its
appointments costing 100000 without furnishing and
paid for mainly by Hon. Jacob Tome. The quarries
carry on trade with Baltimore, Philadelphia end
Washington amounting 0cO 900 per annum. There
are two railroads and two lines of steamboats, plying
tween there and Baltimore There are fourteen depar-
lures and arrivals of trains per day. This town is
marvel of enterprise and industry 1t is about three
miles long and contains about 2,0O0 inhabitants. Most
of the ground which it stands been made and was
under ten feet of water in many places Hon. Jacob
Tome has palatial residence back of which he has
splendid and picturesque hanging garden The hill is
steep that the terraces have to be held up
with stone walls. In front of the residence is de-
lightful park enclosed in iron fence In portion oil
his mansion there is the Port Deposit Bank, having
capital stock of $500 100 owned in a great measure
Mr. Tome The town is all business life and activity
1t is refreshing to visit the place and for day in
the atmosphere of its stirring men.
There very large, respectable and enthusiastic
meeting in the evening, that addressed by Gen.
Adam Il. King Major Hancock and your humble SER
after the torchgh procession had paraded through
the town
Our visit to Cecil of the agreeable charac-
ter, being welcomed with cordial greeting wherek c.
we went. The party Is alive in Cecil and has taken
flesh inspiration from the rout of the Democrats in
Pennsylvania. S. P. B.