The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1878-05-17
Letter From Edgew0Od.

BEL AIR AND EDGEwooD TRAVEL.
The Inland Transportation Company has built
up this travel wonderfully since they have come
in our midst, nearly one year ago. They are
carrying at present a great amount of freight and
passengers, receiving the patronage of Bel Air,
which they certainly deserve. They have care
full drivers, polite agents and splendid accommo-
dations They have started new line from
Dublin to Aberdeen, and another line is propos.
ed from Delta to this place, via Bel Air. One of
twenty passengers.
GLASS BALL SHOOTING.
On last Saturday evening the young men of
this neghborhood met on the Lawn, about a
mile below this station, for the purpose of try
ing their skill at shooting glass balls and pigeons.
Excellent shots were made by +. Lynch and G..
Herbert, and very remarkable shooting was done
by two boys, James p. Sullivan and j. Warren
Brown, neither of whom is over eighteen years
of age. They broke every ball that was thrown
up for them. One of them would like to shoot
Bogardus a match, and the other says he don't
care if Bogardus did make the balls, he can beat
the man that made them. The balls are thrown
up in the air by one of Bogardus' ground traps,
A screen is placed between the gunner and trap,
SO that he has no idea which direction the ball
may take.
THE ARMY OF TRAMPs
fittings continue as they are wcwill soon have
standing army of tramps, as they are on the in
crease every day. crowd was seen the other
DAY having fire built and cooking their dinner
in an old lime kiln belonging to Mr. Mechem, of
this place. Their dinner consisted of coffee and
some greens and potatoes about the size of n
penny marble, which they no doubt dug out of
some truck patch on their line of march, They
have very peculiar phrases in theirlanguage; for
instance they say, 81 shot snipe, " whenever
they find a cigar stump and 81 fried an OYSTER"
whenever they get vctuals to eat at Il house, &c.
DUCKS AND GEESE.
Our friend Mr.. George Hardy will be able to
supply liavre de Grace with ducks and geese if
egoes on in the same proportion that he has the
past year that is if the population"dat is so
fond of taking dc yeller legged chickens off
de hen roost at two O'Clock in de momin' "
keeps out of his poultry yard. Having occasion
to go to his place at Bush one day last week saw
an remarkably large lot of live stock on a small
space of ground. lie informed me that he had
over two hundred and fifty ducks, about eighty
geese and an equal number of chickens.
ACCIDENT.
Mrs. Thomas Sullivan met with an accident,
las t Sunday week, while driving. The horse be-
came frightened and started OIL, throwing her
out. She has been lying seriously i'll ever since,
but is now in u fair way of recovery. The rails
ing of an umbrella caused the accident.
LITERARY ASSOCIATION.
The Martha Washington Literary Society met
on last Friday evening, with well filled house,
it being the last meeting of the season. The
evening was spent with declamations and dia-
logues, which were decidedly the best of the sea-
son. The last piece being defamation by Mr..
Tracy Bowers, given in the African costume,
color and language. TWAS entitled only Politi-
cal Speech" Speeches were made by several of
the members in reference to the benefits the
neighborhood had derived from the association,
and acknowledging their gratitude to its found.
en- Afterwards a vote of thanks was unanimous
ly rendered to the founder of the association,
Mr.. J. o. L. Wetherill. The association ad.
journed to meet again the first Friday in Octo-
ber CoNFRERE.