The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1875-05-08
Letter from B0ItilltO ore.


BALTIMORE, May 5th, 1875,
We are now fairly entered upon the budding,
fowery, love.begetting, romantic, genial, zephyr
izing and balm-breathing month of May, when
all nature proclaims harmonial mating of her
living creatures. Though verging upon life's
Indian Summer, or its wintery age, there is some
thing in the return Of spring which bids the old
heart become perennial and willing to beat life
over again. He who looks, during 'chill No.
vember's surly blasts" upon the bleak, naked
limbs and branches Of the forest, beholding them
stripped OF verdure, can scarcely realize that
| within a few months hence they will again be
covered with beautiful foliage and fragrant bios
SONS. II this were merely matter Of revelation,
| never seen practically or beheld fully demon
strated, there are those who might pronounce it
impossible and unworthy Of credence. They,
however, see with their own eyes and become
convinced that new beauty and new life are sure
| to come again in future days above where the
autumn leaf aud fragrant flower once grew af-
fording freshness, fragrance and beauty. So is
| it, may we hope, with the undying, immortal
spirit that for time inhabits and animates these
| frail, perishable bodies Of ours. The organism,
or casket containing and surrounding it decays,
| returns to its native element, like the autumn
leaf, but the spriag of fresh existence comes and
| it lives again in immortal youth. Such are the
| reflections naturally begotten at beholding the
renewal of nature in her vernal robings. Earth
would be dreary waste, sterile orb, and hui
man existence hopeless blank were it not for
the ever consoling belief that there must surely
come period after this body dies and lies mo.
tienless, unconscious in the silent grave, the
spirit, like renewed garniture Of our neither world,
| will realize the bossoming and full fruitions of
an eternal spring where chilling frosts nor win
| terry blasts come again 10 destroy. This convic-
ton cannot fail Of begetting happiness and joy
Gus consolation.
These thoughts have just impressed themselves
npon me, as many times before, when looking
out upon tender buds and leaves as they venture
forth obedient to natures unerring laws. Who
could be an atheist, an infdel, or stole when be-
holding such impressive evidences, even unaided
by inspiration, that mans spirit must continue
| to exist Perhaps the reader may weary of these
| disquistions, but they may aid some disconso-
late, hopeless creature in looking upward and
onward to promised glores unseen at present,
yet sure of realization. That which exists must,
of necessity be something, else it would not have
been made. Once being, it becomes indestructa-
BILE though subject to mutation or change An
Inhalation is impossible and contrary to the very
nature of an Allwise Creator We, therefore, in
our spiritual essence must live hereafter and for
ever. The great object, taen, is to so use, and
not abuse, what has been kindly bestowed upon
US that progress in virtue and happiness here, and
throughout all time and eternity may be within
the scope of attainment. The reader will, doubt
less, perceive that have thus far, in this epstle,
been drawing upon my own brain resources to
occupy space. He will, perhaps excuse me for
80 doing when announce that there is very lit
tie news of general or special character TO write
about not already published in the Baltimore
papers which circulate daily in your city and vi.
cinty, and probably already been read by them.
| We here continue to feel great anxiety about
the proposition started in your excellent journal
to supply US with pure milk through the proposed
| combination. Our citizens are anxiously looking
for the plan being put speedily into effective op.
Grafton, aud will be grevously disappointed if it
is not. Let your county farmers put shoulder to
| the wheel at once and do the thing up energetic
ally. When they have done this-or before, il
expedent-I would have them and all Towson.
townians 60 earnestly to work and build the
narrow gauge railroad to Baltimore, of which
| they have so long been talking. This completed
ii will afford vastly superior facilities in trans
porting, not only milk, but other products OF
| Baltimore county to our market at reduced cost
besides greatly augmenting social intercourse. -
Col. Mann of the Smedley will then have his ho-
tel crowded all summer with Baltimore guests,
who can go out and come in at leisure. Even ms
it now is he is likely to be very literally patron
lied. People, however, expect conveniences in
reaching suburban retreats and according thereto
| will patronize them. | feel confident Baltimore
capitalists will aid to the extent of their power in
| that improvement.
| am glad 10 learn from farmers and others
| arriving here daily from the Eastern Shore Of
| Maryland also Delaware and counties of the
| Western Shore along the Chesapeake, that pros
poets Of a very fair, il not luxuriant peach crop
| are decidedly promising. The late cold spell did
! not do so much damage as was apprehended.--
Thara al5 Eair inLi Of full uha OF
harvest. Corn planting has commenced with
very propiti0us weather. Agricultural hopes are
cheerful, all things considered.
Political affairs are active among the Demo
Gratis ambitious of getting either themselves or
| special friends nominated to Office. Gov. Groome,
| John Lee Carroll and Hon. S. Hamilton are the
three leading aspirants for the Gubernaterial
| prize 1t is about q stand off between them per-
sonally, though Groome appears to have the most
| friends among the bone and sinew. If neither OF
| them can win the high prize, possibly my friend,
Judge Grason, will come in by way of compro-
mise. If so, acleverer gentleman could not grace
the Executive chair. There seems no opposition
to Gen. Latrobe for Mayor Of cur city. He has
got the inside track decidedly and unless OPP
| posed by strong, conservative, independent
man upon whom Republicans can concentrate,
his election is sure. The same may be said OF
Col. S. S. Mills, for Sheriff, and A. Leo Knott,
Esq, regarding the States Attoneyship. The
Attorney Generalship may rest between G. J NJ
Gwinn, of Baltimore, Hon. Fred. Nelson and Mr.
| Syester, present incumbent, of Washington ceun-
| ty. There are numerous aspirants for the State
Legislature and our City Council These are
locked upon as places where free fight is adj
| missible
The Republicans are inert They seem to be
lying low for black ducks, and hoping something
may turn up to work in their favor. The truth
is they sorely need effective, reliable, active lead
ers, and will never succeed here until they gel
them. With proper energy and spirit fair
sprinkling of members of the State Legislature
and City Council might be had on their side, or,
at least opponents Of old Democracy.
FOrd's Grand Opera House and the Academy
OF Music are doing good business and well filled
nightly. The attendance at Holiday street is
poor, but poor pay, poor preach, as the parson
said Front street, with its excellent varieties is
crowded generally to overlooking
The railroad war still continues and both roads
do large business. They are making money
| by the increased trade and travel which argues
in favor of low prices.
| / notice that some notorious thieves have COM
menced their depredations in the surrounding
| country near Baltimore, robbng, etc 1t will be
well for your rurel citizens TO look out and be on
| their guard. 1t is said New York and other
Northern cities have poured out scores Of their
desperadoes recently, many of whom may have
come in this direction. They, probably, are in
tending to try their hands upon unsuspectiHg,
and to some extent, unprotected countrymen in
and outside the 'belt where bat few policemen
are found. NEsToR
MD~ A CORES pondent writing from New
York, has this to say of Tiffany's famous dia-
mond and jewelry store on Union square
'We advise all our friends when they come to
the great city to visit this establishment.
Gone thing you will learn, is the immense
number of fools there is in the world Only
fools trade at this store, and yet the business
is sufficient to pay the interest on an invest
ment of nearly a million. The property is
worth $5eO0O and the stock as much more.
Here you can see vases worth $500 apiece, and
gentleman's shaving tools priced at 5000.
All manner of similar notions may be found
here at just such prices and you can spend
! your money as easy as can be imagined
"The most attractive thing however to the
FOOLS class generally is the diamonds. TiTa-
ny has in one show case these baubles to the