The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1876-10-20
VOL. XX---NO. AZ.

stead of weaving harmonies from Beethoy-
en- or Mendelsohn, more advanced utili-
tarlanism will find her absorbed in com
posing the harmonies of substantial din.
ner, by skilfully and gracefully touching
the Keys which direct the limb, elbow and
fingers OF the mechanical cook down stairs.
The art OF playing the silent cook must be
supposed to have superseded the obsolete
practice upon the piano. 1t will be taupbt
IN all the schools, prizes will be awarded
Tor proficiency in it, and wives will he
adored Tor their accomplishment in this
particular. The country will be oyerrun
with light spring wagons, propelled by
some yet undiscovered motive power. con.
tanning agents for rival patents of the mn.
tomato cook. Everybody will agree that
no family ought to be without one, but the
ladies will be embarrassed between the con.
petlng claims of a number of instruments
each protesting unquestioned superiority.
A certain class of customers it is true NAV
| find fault with the automatic cook for the
very reason which is its strongest recon-
mendation. to many Others. They NAV
complain that they find no excitement in
Its dull and monotonous mechanical per.
lection, they are denied the privilege of
speech, they miss the dramatic flavor of
the old-fashioned sauce" or "sass, from
the Kitchen. To suit the views of this
class an improved and combined machine
may bepatented and put upon the market
having complete vocal apparatus which
VIII be warranted TO stop working and
begin by the simple turn of cranl The
patenter OF this unrivalled combination
VIII justly claim for it the merit of going
TO work again as patiently as before when.
ever the operator has had enough of its
"slack."
But | must not longer detain you with
tins nonsense from the Roman chariot race
winch is now preparing for you a much
more interesting entertain If have
omitted much that might have been deem
ed suitable, it is because I have found
that nearly all that can be said has been
often said before.
Before concluding, however, l cannot
fall to express the qualification afforded TO
myself personally from the opportunity of
renewing my associations with the farm.
ers and mechanics of Hartford county. The
farmers and mechanics of Hartford are not
wholly unknown to me. AS their comrade
ana their commander | have seen them
tested In some OF the severest ordeas that
can try the mettle of men, and have formed
with many of them associations that have
IN some cases been ruptured by death, and
III others still remain TO be ruptured by
death only. Speaking now not of the
living, but of the dead, the most splendid
model OF man and soldier that | ever
lound In the ranks, was a Hartford county
farmer. lie was color sergeant of the nth
Maryland regiment, and more gallant
and gentle spirit never advanced upon Ger
tain death with a serener courage. Gene.
rally, the Hartford county men were snb-
stantia and reliable, with very small uer
centage Of desertion, with a full proportion
OF loss by the casualties of war. cheerful
IN times OF privation and hardship, render.
ing to irksome discipline an intelligent
obedience, firm and steady when bullets
whistled and blood flowed. Perhaps this
tribute will not be deemed invidious in
the midst of & political campaign, one
of whose marked features is the zeal with
which both parties vie with each other in
arraying under their respective standards
the largest column of Boys in Blue or
" Boys who were the Blue"
But all that is of the past. NV parting
wish for you is that you may before yery
long succeed in putting yourselves in COM
with the outside world by
means of railroad through the heart Of
your rich and beautiful county. am
aware that an embarrassing question is
likely to arise as to what shall be done
with Mr. Anderson's stage venture
with great dffidence the suggestion that
the difficulty might perhaps be satisfacto-
Fily. adjusted by giving Mr.. Anderson a
position as conductor, not of the fast but
81 the accommodation train. and by care
July preserving his stage for exhibition
1t the next Centennial to be gazed upon
by generations yet unborn rs a venerable
'eic Of the 10Th century.