Daily Republican., 1878-12-10
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/ kAILADntfHIA, Dec !, 1878.
MsssRs. HDIross: As / gave you ,
detailed aocount Of MY exploits il
Philadelphia, will give you astail-t
account ofmy exploits In and srount
the Monumental City, which all Of you
readers know, Is Baltimore. Ny frs
object In view was to visit Druid Hill
Park, which Is nearly 100 acres in size
Al you enter from the Madison strss
entrance, which is the main ons, Their
are AZ iron vases from six 70 eight ~
in height, which contain flowers. Oi
the right Of the walk Is Druid Lake, 81
acres, which, affords q splendid driv,
around 1t. The lake also affords
splendid place for boating. As you z,
about five hundred yards up tho mail
walk you come TO four splendid pillar,
inside ,f which stands BEAUTIFUL sum
lner house surrounded by four STATUES
further on to my right ID q little island
with small lake surrounding Il which
contains white swans.
Ny next visit was to the mansion
house, a place for the accommodation Of
visitors; on the loft the Geological gar.
den which contains living wild animals,
birds, reptiles. &c. On the right Of the
mansion stands the Maryland building
which was the State building at the
Centennial exposition. Room No.
contains all kinds Of mineral products;
room No. 2 contains specimens OF stuff.
I'd birds and animals room, No. 3 con-
tains relics Of the noble Indian. next
visited the observatory $50 feet high.
The greatest curiosity in the park l.,
the fish Matching building, where you
can See millions Of eggs; you can stand
and look In the glass cases see them
hatch and swim away and are lot into
the lakes Ny next visit was to the
park depot which is magnificent build
ing which affords shelter fro :, the rain.
My next object WAS to the Deer house;
there | saw about one hundred bead OF
deers running around also in the park
is the city reservoir which il very large
but | did not get the size of it, and in
fact several other buildings and lakes
too numerous to mention. | visited the
Washington Monument park ground
which is considered the prettiest in the
city.
was furnished with lamp aud
went up in the monument, which is 2ou
feet high, where had fn- view OF
the city and surrounding country. Op
posite the Washington Monument is
the Mount Vernon Church, the most
magnificent chdrch in the State. ana
opposite the church is the Peabody In
stitute, founded by the late George
'eabody, tee great banker ard phlan-
thropist. While going through the
Peabody Institute | was asked a hun
dred questions about lny Higgins Ger.
man Laundry Soap Collar. My next
visit was to the City Hall, which is sit
natrd i'll Fayette street. 1t is very
fine large white marble building, very
fine both inside and out. My next visit
was to Federal Hill, which was a forti.
fcat'on during the Rebellion, bu: il
now used as a signal station. Through .
" friend of Commodore Dunlap, who is
IN officer stationed at this place. | wa,
permitted to 90 through the signal sta
tion and Fort McllenIy.
| also visitsd the shot tower, and Bat.
lie monument. The most noted squar-,
are Lafayette, franklin aud Harlem.
On sunday like 10 bear the chitn...
"f the church bells. On sunday they
ar" very strict i'll regards to selling any.
hing. ! know OF two men whom th.
Grand jury found true bill against.
Tor selling pint of peanuts. The police
are set OF gentlrlnanly men and yuu
tont find them going in and out of gin
mills. You always find them neat and
trim. visited several o. the fire com.
panies and found their houses and an
paratuses in good order, also the Sal.
wage corps, they use the BaboOck fire
extlnguishers, which they carry on
their backs to fires.
Monday,a and Tuesday are market days
II the Hanover market, Wednesday th.
nash market, Thursday in the Lrxinc
ION market. Friday and Saturday in
The Bellair mar ct. The commodor.
says he expects before long | will he a
second Stanley. The only difference
heine that Stanley carried America in
o Africa while ! am carrying Africa into
America. No more at present until YOU
near from me again. Remain Yours,
EDWARD LEARY.