The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1878-11-30

laW--an extensive but desuitory readers ready
and agreeable talkcF-and with manners formed
by association with the best people Of his day-he
was very much mure than the average country
gentleman 81 the period. lie was In no sense a
boa rieaai but "tcmpeFate in his meat aud dTink,
and though not thrifty could hardly be called cx-
travagant In his personal habits. lie was q man
Of h"bbss and In business Of the class who hope 20
capture fortune by o"aI rather than secure her
by the slow and sure approaches of regular
scgc. lie tried many plans, well enough devised,
which lacked nothing of success except in being
veil executed, and there he failed. lie had no
capacity Tor details, and the little things Of which
the great heaps arr mainly composed slipped
through his fingers. The result WAS a total loss
Of fortune and an oil age Of dependence. but yet
dependence sweetened by parental affection and
hiial duty, immcasurably preferable 10 wealth
eumulated In solitary sc.ashncss, AMI without
sympathy save that which Is bought with price
Al his battles Of life over long before l
know him. and he had become a tenant of the
arm chair IN the chimney corner where he the
unfailing source Of gcniaiity aud cheeffuine.s
His faiurr-it such life with such nm end could
be called a iAilaTe-leit na touch oI sonrnc.s Or
msanthfopy. lie had, think, the slight aul
Unconscious trace ~ fatslism, which masci some
feel that their careers have been overfuiel hy
an influence beyond their control. anil which by
lcssonng their sense of personal responsibility
clnpts them in great degree FROM the sting uf
self FeprOaca They arc conscious "a least e good
inieniions-thcy were very far from dcsirin. ~
meaning Ia be what they have turned oui-thcy
would have much preferred o. he rich and great
had they only known how. They see M reason
o. blame themselves for what seems to them gait,
a. mach defect Of organization a. u they had
been born without the usua! complement of
bodily members or senses. That thee are ten.
peraments u this Kind there eau be no sloubt AMI
the men who posscss them are not the wurst pfas.
tical philosophers u the race Very few have per
haps formulated such theory a. I begr present
on their behalf even In their secre, ininls and
vet have No doubt that a careful analyst. would
she's tha, Is the chief corner stone Il that IsucA
laudsd and i,tlr understood quality called ''hap.
piness in adversely"
M. Pitshugh would probably have di.claimcd
any sach feeling q have here aitTihatel TO him.
lie Nas sineefe and Esaloas rharchman aud
would pefhaps have found ~ his religion. faith
the source u his eheeffuiurss and peace II b..
husover. unfortunately not rare % sec ytfcnuou.
Christian belief accompanied By extremely M
pieAsan, trait. q manner ani coninc, anl a nainr
atty moruse temper - sometimes aggravated rather
Tran assuags.i ~ theological deg .a-. Whatever
ths cause, Mr.. ftshugh was laost cheerful cid
gentleman. overt 1~ing With r-coii-ytiun, aud
Anccdois' q the past hv 80 uesVfihc c.. kecuis
alive g. whatever Sas passing ahaut him. IL
took espscial .utesr., IN politics AMI strong.
Almost sioisn, iAcksonlan We g. tie ,ataiy
u John Quincy ADAMS Henry Clay Who en-
e5uuterei h,in. ~ would b. utcf~heiusI 9Th
4 dood & fact Ani Afg4ueut. ,hastng tlc corrupt
bargain by uh,ch the fsstaef ~ aaaIe ricsiisn,
All the latter ruinei 10 Nj. n;gsc a'i'eai pro.
pet. III. seems rather cufisu. "a deg o. zee
sho 30 the Re- aiaiieuart days 49, suspscisi "
Zoo strung a. attachment ~ The u lttsf calrtrt
VI. f,Iasgh ssel = relate uith great sirs a. 90
counter hetsc,u hiia-ef Aui Gel E.iets ~
Hamriou sh~u ihs latter ~ Il eau .t ~ tte
lieuss = Delegate q NAfyianI r aIirsst a
meeting a. "ie'iss rit.s~u," los isNs ,eo.ss
perfectly natural vt ~ ffsf lt AaA . .tfat.