Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1878-06-22
Baltimore Letter.
Rain and NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
Beer Se7mons--Satmmaer Gardcn
Concerts-A "Bumper" to
Mr.. John T. Ford.
Special Correspondence of tie JOURNAL.
BALTIMORE, June 10, 1878.

BALTIMORE, June 10, 1878.
We are experiencing the most I'M
usual weather for this time OF year.
even the Oldest inhabitant can not re-
member q parallel. As a general
thing it rains every second day the
exceptions are two or three days OF
constant pouring then the sun comes
out brightly and one could well say
what lovely April weather !" We
have scarcely had one day as warm as
June weather usually is. Surely Bal
timore has been very much favored,
for with such exhilarating breezes one
feels none of the e1a,tt15 so often accom-
panying the heats Of summer
Notwithstanding the quantity Of
rain that has fallen, the excursion
season opened with great success.
These excursions are one of the great
est institutions we possess for pleas
ure and health. 1t is the custom for
those families and businessmen who
are unable to spend the hot season
among the green fields and trees, to
take a number Of these trips down the
noble Chesapeake to repay them for
the loss they sustain in not going to
the country. There are quite num-
Der of delightful places on the shore
where one can spend the day with
great pleasure; some of these are one,
two or four hours steamboat-rld from
Baltimore. 1t is becoming the Gus
tom for Sunday Schools to go on all
excursion instead Of having an annu-
al pic mic. At these places of resort
can be found out door amusements
such as croquet, ten-pins, target-shoot
ing, swinging, etc., and Of course fish.
ing and bathing. Meals are served a.
the hotel and also on the boat. Sew
cral steamers ply regularly every day
to the different points, some leaving
in the afternoon. The latter are gen
orally considered the more pleasant
especially when Annapolis is the des-
,lnation, and the return is by moon
light.
We have lately had congress
Of brewers in our city and two of our
most prominent Methodist divines,
with great labor to themselves and
confusion to every one else, attacked
our acting Mayor for recognizing
them as a body and extending to them
tne courtesies Of our city. On the
following Sabbath large number o
ministers, after receiving this impetus,
edited their hearers with a discourse
from the text, '6cer.' 1t seems la
inevitable that they should with such
vehemence attack beer. Who ever
thought OF hearing anything on this
subject in a church? 1t is perfectly
surprising the conversant way these
same ministers used all the technical
q and slang terms connected with
bar-rooms. Those holy innocents
where did they learn them ?
The Summer Garden Concerts are
are still the chief attraction III the
way Of amusements.
Manager John T. Ford, for the frst
time in his career, accepted benefit
which came off last Monday evening,
edwin Booth in writing about it SAID
ne hoped it would be bumper, an0
it was what the most sanguine could
nave wished. Among those who par
ticipated were Mccullough, Barrett,
Levick, Rosa Rand and others, promi-
nent in the profession. Julius Caesar
was the play pre- 3ented, and, as may
be judged from the names given above,
ii was produced in excellent style.
PICKENS,