The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1880-02-07

degree otherwise so judicious an histo.
rian as Mr.. Scarf would not have writ.
ten il out in three volumns. But rs life,
according to the tables used by insurance
companies, averages but 62 years, will
not trouble the reader with even an alb
stract. will say however, that the
State was originally settled by terrapins,
which are even yet considerably mixed
up with the population. The people do
not so universally belong to the ED5i
Families rs they do in Virginia 4; but
our First Families are the Firstest.
The form of government was at one
time supposed to be republican, and is
now vulgarly imagined to be democratic;
but in fact it is japanese, the Tycoon
being Arthur German, and his Duel,
the espiritual ruler being Micado Bannon.
Every few years the Constitution is made
over anew, which affords opportunity
to introduce the most modern improve
mcnts.
Taxes are pretty high. This is the
best evidence Of our prosperity. When
there was nobody here but savages there
was no State tax at all, and we hope to
advance by degrees to such degree of
development that the State will own
everything-when it ispresumed people
will be paid salaries for living within its
bounds.
Religion may be said to be misccllanc-
Gus. Drunkenness is unknown --or would
be but for the prevalence OF water. On
election days, for instance, when it is
impossible by law to obtain Intoxicating
drink, citizens have been occasionally
charged with irregularity, which could
have been occasioncd only by the too
free Use of water.
The population is dense in the thick
ly settled parts, but thinner in those
which are more sparsely settled. They
are chiefly male and female, the bloom
ers having mostly died out there are
also some negroes. lngeneral the peo-
pie are prosperous, except in the vic;n-
ity of railroads, whose chief object seems
to be to ruin the agricultural and other
interests of the State by Transporting
foreign commodities below cost, and
making their profits out OF heavy charges
upon natives. They take the turkey that
roosts upon the fence for rcn; OF the
fence.
The rich men of Maryland have 4 re-
markable habit, when they come to die
and cannot take their money with them,
of founding all sorts of asylums. sani-
tariums and hospitals. One lately en-
dowed two hospitals, ,onc OF which he calls
university, to be run by railroad. =
Another provided for an insane asylum.
which has been so long building that
the first installment will tumble down
before it comes to be hab,able. Anoth-
CT endowed sanitarium with the pro-
viso Of river on the top of 4 mountain /;
another 4 public libarry TO which the
public have no access and still another
give lands in Louisiana for educational
purposes, for which the only title found
was to mansions in the skies" But
these errors are abundantly atoned for
by the establishment in their lifetime of
factories in which sugar is refined gratis
for the public benefit.
The most serious drawback 10 Mary
land is the proximity OF the National
Capital, the odors OF which. when the
wind is :. 5. W., infect the whole State.
and were for several years mistaken in
Baltimore for emanaiionS from the Basin
Ii must be apparen, from these brief
notices tha, Maryland is the most i'm
portant State in the Union. and the
most important place in the State is Mt
Washington. SMl.AX.