The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1877-01-26
Letter from Darlington.

MIR. EDITOR: Permit friend to conyraiu
lhte you ana your Subscribers on the appearance
of your valuable paper. | sincerely hope Won
may meet WIN such encouragement as will II.
able you t. progress in your good work until
II discerning public shall acknowledge your
paper to he second to no county naper in ,hr
Union, The perpeluu'ion ola good newspaper
l. a deSiderntum, traueht with interest TO every
family in the county. Ills IL source OF infurmn-
ton To the aged, and Instruction TO the Young
AID is Of It,eIf IL school for children. 1t is usr.
less for amy one To say . don't want a county
paper; get nll the news in the city papers
three or four days in ADVANCE ! say it is use.
less for people To make this oft reiterated asser
ton, Tor the numerous calls of will Won loan
me your AgiS d hteIigcncer, for a f.w min.
ulcs?" is denial of the truth of such osssrr-
tion; and besides, we are now receiving several
newspapers, besides periodicals, and can su, we
always find something in the -Egis that has not
appeared III inc city papers; and such articles
are generally Interesting to the people of
the county But the public should bear in
mind that printers, from the editor to the devil,
saving his presence, for in my vocabulary /
know ofno mlder name for the imp, must be
cio'hed ana LED as other people; aud the best
way 10 enable them to do so, Is to subscribe
and pay in advance. | do not believe that any
head of family ever feels the loss of the money
lie pays for newspaper, more particularly if he
pays III advance. 1t gives us pleasure 10 OH.
serve the high moral stand you have assumed
~ poi''ics, anu nopc you VIII never forget that
the success of the Democratic party does moi
, require lis editors TO wage eternal war with
| their Republican brethren. The prncipIes ot
Democracy stand ON the broad pedestal of riyht
| aud must prevail. A controversy in courteous
terms gives Zrs, and will have more effect Than
affecting spent in vindic'rve vituperation The
| stand taken by you is good one.
| 1t Is remarkably duh here al present. In ON
| Iltle village We have il very quiet indeed; bu
| when we get uncle Sam T,lden in the Preside,
tml chair, we hope to See Il change for the better
| BLACKsMITHs.
we have fine opening here fora good black.
Shlih, ana nope We may obtain one soon, as our
| horses cannot do without shoes this slippcI,
| weather Our former smiths who have ken
Them shod for years have now retired from busi
| ness, WIN money enough. This should en-
| courage blacksmith To come TO our little vii
lagc and 60 TO work at once.
TEXAS
Some of our Oldest CITIZENS of the village lay,
| The Texas fever, as some Of our young men tern
| II, and are talking of going 10 that delightful
| climate very soon, where we do not often hay.
| this mantle Of white spread in winter. Wcwisl
hem ali great success and prosperity.
THE WEATHER
| Cold, dreary winter clings to- us with a peril
naciiy only ,quall,d by an incorripible DIM
| While we write, (Wedncsday,) The earth is GOV
cred with the mantle of winter, and the how T..
| ing of the north wind makes us trembe W,
| have had abundance of seghing, and the pros
! poets are good for At lcast one week longer.
| Dor