The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1872-05-17
Reported for The -AgiS
The Railroad Meeting Oh Tuesday.

According to published notice, meeting
i'll behalf of the Hartford County Railroad
was held in the public ,uarc in front OF the
Jail, on the 18th inst Owing TO the inclc-
mency of the weather and the pressing en-.
gagemcnts Of some of the leading corporators
tit was understood they had some tomato
plants to set out the meeting was not as large
as was expected.
On motion, Mr.. Pushon was called to the
chair, and in a few brief remarks returned
thanks for the honor conferred, and said he
hoped the rain would wash down the hills,
fill up the valleys and make the grade of our
road less than one foot to the mile. Thus it
is, said he, that Providence helps those who
help themselves The remarks of the chair
man seemed to infuse new life into the enter
prise, and several of the audience lowered
their umbrellas and said they wished to re
wet with that lain.
Mr.. Learned Counsel being unavOitlably
present, was the first to address the meeting.
After placing a picture of Chase on the table
before him, he arose and said:
May it please your Honor and gentlemen
of the Railroad slock-There is an old adage
that has often warmed my heart and made
the blood in my veins to move at the rate of
forty miles an hour 1t is, Money makes
the female horse 60 rise to enquire
whether the usual fee in this case made and
provided'-(at this point the speakers voice
became inaudible at the reporters table-the
lustre of his eye grew dim, and lie took his
seat, looking faint. 1t was soon learned that
some audacous boy had surreptitiously re-
moved the picture of Chase from the table.
DIR. Pills next addressed the meeting. He
said he had just returned from visit to q
very sick patient and he had determined that
on the next visit he would change the medi-
cine. He thought this was an analogous case.
The chair asked what lie thought of the
case. He said he thought it was desperate.
The chair then asked which case he referred
to. The Doctor said he hardly knew-he
was not used to public speaking, and felt n
little confused; but he was sure little more
dough in both cases would do no harm.
The chair asked him to be seated.
Mr. Hammersmith being called upon for
his views, said he learned his trade with his
father, and the old gentleman taught him to
blow up good white heat, and then strike
while the iron was hot. He said he thought
the circumstances in this case illustrated that
striking fact. The chair said we struck with
one sledge. The proceedings at this stage
having become dry and pointless, Mr.. Bar
ometer, rising, said:
Mr. Chairman, and Fellow Citizens
Never before have | stood before an audi
ence whose upturned faces, beaming with in
telligence, has SO inspired my heart to do
something to further the interest of my be
loved fellow-citiZens. But before proceed
ing further in this important business, wish
to give You the information which l have
just received over the wires. Mr.. Greeley
has been nominated at Cincinnati" Hear,
hear. The chair interrupting asked if that
was so. Mr.. b. continuing said, as the
mouthpiece and servant of the people he was
not prepared to endorse Mr.. Greeley. mo
gentlemen, but this much can say-that for
tile last forty years have been a constant
reader of the Tribune, and what l know
about farming learned from that excellent
paper, in spare hours stolen from the public
service. No, gentlemen, am not prepared
to endorse Mr. Greeley, but this much | will
say, that for the last three months | have
been canvassing for subscribers to the 7ri-
bune and this is the point l wish to make.
When send on the names, will enclose
our r. r. subscription paper; and" said
MIR B., II guarantee we will get good sub
scriptlon, because this is the way the thing
works: We subscribe to the Tribune and
Mr.. Greeley subscribcs to our Railroad.
The remarks of the gentleman seemed TO
make n profound impression, and at their
Close inc CnalI Stdleu INC oDJcCI OI lnc HeeI-
ing to be the building of a railroad from Bel
Air to some point between the Capitol at
Washington and the Custom House at Balti-
more. (Sensaton).
After order was restored Farmer Slow
arose and said he had that very morning
taken a careful survey of his wheat field, and
he thought the road could be built out of the
profits of the growing crop. He therefore
moved that the meeting ad journ until after
harvest The meeting stood adjourned.