The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1876-11-10
Letter From Carroll County.
WESTERN MARYLAND COLLEGE,
WESTMINSTER, Oct. 81, 1876.


WESTMINSTER, Oct. 81, 1876.
Mr.. EDITOR Although absent from the
| pleasant scenes and associations of Har.
ford, we love to indulge in frequent remi-
niscences of her, and cherish the proud sat
isfaction that it requires only abaence from
her fair landscapes, bright streams and ro-
mantle hills, 70 convince US of her charms,
both physical and social; to say intellect
ual would perhaps provoke q feeling of
Jealousy or smile of incredulity from
| those without her borders; but are kn0ac
that all over the fair face of Hartford are
scattered, and that not sparingly, the de-
voices of science and literature; that
around not few of her homes are thrown
the elevating graces of culture, and beam
the pure rays of polite learning.
Your ever welcome 1Egis reaches us ev-
cry Friday evening promptly, and after the
laDors OF the recitation room are over for
the week, it and the Democrat come like
welcome message, bearing intelligence
from "home, sweet home"
Although not permitted to attend the
Exhibition, we learned through your pa
pers of its proud success and general salts
faction; also read the able, classical and
eloquent Grafton of Gen. Phelps, which is
a gem in ITSELF and in every particular
worthy the occasion of its delivery. With
pleasure we notice among the many pre-
miums large number awarded to the la
dies, giving evidence of their exquisite
taste in fancy execution, and also OF their
cultivation of the graces, as we'll as the
probabilities of life. If the ladies of Har-
naoIa1 Of f,ai
no further need be given, than to permit
her charming story and its talented author
ess to represent them in the comparison
wit hher sister counties. This beautiful
romance needs no encomium, but to speak
through perusal for ITSELF The grand and
almost matchless scenery of the noble Sus-
quehanna is fifty given a touch of the beau
tifully picturesque that it has received
from no pen before, and the authoress has
thrown around thu location of the incidents
recorded, a veil of pleasant fancy that will
long be associated with its actual exist
ence and the unromantic history of its real
life. The occurrence of familiar names
gives to the story so much of q homelike
phase, that we arc at once interested-and
delighted to see SCIENCES so well known,
Swallowed and beautitied by a glow Of
pleasant fiction. The generous hospitality
ascribed to the characters is but faithful
portraiture of the real as it shows itself in
thousands of Maryland homes.
The body of the unfortunate Mcdonald,
who was run over by a train short dis
lance below Westminster, on Friday, goth
inst, was terribly mangled. There is some
mystery connected with the seeming acct
dent which investigation may unravel.
The Centennial is still an important
theme of conversation, and the citizens of
Westminster seemed determined to see
"the world in nutshell" OF course
we speak comparatively, as absolutely it
is the largest exposition the world ever
witnessed, and France may well he anx-
ious for the success of what she will no
doubt style Ia super6e exposition Paris and
in which she will endeavor to surpass even
the splendor of our own. CT. w.