The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1873-08-16
Letter from the Se0-ShOre.
SEASIDE COTTAGE, SwAMpsooTr, Mass,

August llth, 1873.
1t has kind of familiar, old-time look, the
Baltimore County Union that every week finds its
way to me here, and reminds me of friends and
plans and hopes which are pleasant to think Of
and not pleasant to be separated from. And
many time have resolved TO send letter into
your columns only not TO do it, as so much is
the history of all our resolves. | forget who it
was who said that certain place, whose heat is
graduated only by internal thermometers, is
paved with good resolutions. He was mistaken.
They are the paving stones of our every day
paths The way of the present rather than the
way of the future is it that they trouble.
: Ills hot aud dry summer. The ocean is full
of water>yet, but our beautiful lawn has wasted
and yellowed, and man and beast have langnish-
ed for the descending rain. Strangely enough
on the beach just opposite the house, at low tide
we find copious springs of purest fresh water, and
| if worst came we should only have to work hard
while the tide is out to get all that we might need
| But we not near that necessity. The water
| pipes of the neghboring city of Lynn, pass my
gate, and couple of hundred feet of hose lay
the dust of the street and keep the front green,
while they can't nourish the two or three acres
that pant and beg for refreshing behind the house.
| However, the worst is over, and the fields and
| gardens begin again to ''stand dressed in living
green"
Our piazza is cozy and beautiful, and ii you
can find anywhere that has more to please and
comfort you are welcome. The ocean is wonder
| full and never tires 1t is like friend whom you
know and know, and yet ever find more to know.
| | do not know whereunto to liken it. Those
who do not live by and study it form no concep-
ton of It's restless beauty, OF its ever chang
ing face Il can't help thinking what blank a
world would be that had no ocean
We are rather lazy this year. The boat lies
on the beach and have hardly pulled an oar the
summer long My crew is scattered somewhat,
but its the laziness in me that is mainly to blame
Our horses are kept busy, beach and basket wag-
| ons are on the go the multitudinous demands
| ofhousehold detail seem to keep somebody moving
all the time aud there is very little time to read
and yet feel if the spirit of utter and unutter-
able lazness dominated the place. We coax q
stray Baltmorean here, now and then by that
| magic word ''choacder, " and we find that hot and
weary are glad to rest and breathe with us-so
we make life do and mean ourselves to do by and
bye-just as people Away do.
| | don't know if Towsontown has yet its rail
way, but see that Baltimore has its fire. What
ails the cities? Since our big one ] find it hard
to consider few acres burned as much of an af
| fair There's grand chance "to improve" ia
| the Baltimore burnt district. Boston is getting
into shape again, and they say the latter glory i:
to eclipse the former, but we shall miss the pecu
larly sond look tue Branlte gave. us uay mas
| suppose, passed for building. 1t will not stand
trial by fire."
1t is curious how thoroughly romantic oul
people have got to be in the summer days
When you are moving about and see the crowds
and the trunks you wonder who stays at home
And it is so funny the different ways in which
different people enjoy themselves. 1t is lucky
that happiness is not stereotyped, that it is capa
BILE of variety There's wide chance for differ
ence between the happiness of getting drunk, ani
the happiness OF ''toting" baby wagon. Ye
one sees that each has its devoees, and that eact
is the highest supreme TO its advocate.
You have peripatetic editor see-gone tC
Atlantic City have noticed great editoria
rambling this season. The men OF the sanctun
have had holiday. Well, that is what every vo
cation ought to have, what every man is the bet
ter for. They shut up churches these hot summa
days; suppose they were to shut up printing of
| fees? W.