Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1880-05-19

Space will not admit of description Of
the many noble charities of Baltimore.
The homes for INDECENT old ladies are
models of comfort; also the ohildren's
hospitals.
The house of refuge, refo mstory in
'litution for boys, is situated in the suburbs
If the city. 1t is a massive stone pile,
admirably managed and we'll worth visit
ng.
A Sabbath morning hour spent in the
penitentiary of Maryland. on Madison
,treet, was one of the most impressive of
ny life. Twenty years ago noted bank
+ and doctor of divinity of Baltimorp
established u Sunday school there. Thi
banker and his talented wife told me that
in all these years they had not been absent
nnless unavoidably detained at home.
That hour was held sacred, and they had
received nothing but perfect respect from
the convicts. Other efficient workers had
become interested in the work. had a
queer feeling, impossible to describe, as
entered the building filled with seven hum
| lred men in their hideous striped clothing.
\ yourg man scarcely twenty years OF
,ge sat at the fine organ. while another
stood at the music roll, which was worked
~ machinery. Philip Phillips hnd come
to spend the hour there, and to sing The
music commenced, and such singing!
From, am sure, the depths OF their hearts,
flowed that touching song, Toiling up
the way The sweet singer of Israel "
i bowed his head and wept like childhood
My own eyes were strangely misty, and
eacher's place, felt no fear as [ went TO
| distant corner of the room The rough
faces of the men lighted as | read the
gracious words Of Scripture, and tears
| filled their eyes us tried to tell them the
''old, old story"
The educational institutions of Balti-
more rank high. The city has one hundred
md twenty five public schools, and seven
hundred and six teachers. The yearly
cost for maintenance is over six hundred
thousand dollars. Added to the public
schools maintained at the citys expense,
are twenty large and fourshng Catholic
male and female parochial schools, with
colleges and academies under different re.
ligious orders. There are besides private
schools for young ladies, seminaries, etc.,
which are largely patronized from the
south.
Among leading industries the oyster
trade occupies an important place. In
South Baltimore whole streets are occupied
with oyster and fruit packin. establish.
ments. Eight hundred schooners are
engaged seven months in year in the
oyster trade, and Il large fleet of bay craft
to say nothing of the steamers employed
in bringing fruit and vegetables to the
packing houses.
Libraries. museums and art galleries
play an important part in the educational
resources Of the city. Besides the Pea.
body and Maryland institute libraries,
should be enumerated the resources of the
atheneum at the corner of St. Paul and
Saratoga streets. In this building the
mercantile library association has its
rooms on the first floor. 1t is circulating
library of twenty five thousand volumes
of general current literature, The library
is open daily. The second floor is occupied
by the looms of the Maryland historical
society, which has three thousand five hun.
dred volumes of material forming the ba-
,s ot the history Of Maryland and Other
states, including several hundred volumes
of newspapers. The rooms contain be-
sides original documents and writings o.
eminent men of colonial and revolutionary
times, relics and curiosilies. Among the
relics is the famous Pulaski banner
wrought and presented to The gallan
Pole by the Moravian nuns Of Bethlehem
Pa: also an original portrait of Lord Bal
timore. On the third floor is a large col
lection of valuable paintings some o
which are large and comprise copies o
noted masterpieces. There are the por
traits of Jerome Bonaparte and his wife
who was the beautiful Elizabeth Patterson
of Baltimore. There is no charge for ad
mission to any part of the atheneum.
ELIZABETH.