The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1881-12-23
a1ein1rhur1tnnl 9etus.


MIR. EDITOR: With your permission send
q few lines, for the purpose of informing you
that the people in this section of our county
have abandoned for the season their periodical
amusement of shaking, which they annually in
dulge in on alternate days during the fall
months. Consequently our heads are level once
more, and the market for quinine and wild cher
ry is perfectly fiat.
Business has been unusually active during
the summer and fall at this station which is at
tribuable, in great measure, to the great in-
crease OfcanuIng establishments in this vicinity,
which necessarily send off large quantities of
fruit and vegetables by railroad. The activity
which is indispensable in conducting the can
Mug business appears to be contagious, from
the fact that those engaged in other branches
appear to be more energetic than usual. Our
friend William Mechem, who has pursued the
even tenor of his way for many years. has
inhaled the infectious air of activity, and is
teeping step with the music of progressive
lines. He has ill cd his capacious store with q
largo and choice selection Of goods of every de-
scription, which he is disposing of at low rates.
Perhaps the business which has imbibed the
greatest portion of this infectious air of acivei
ty, is the two stage lines between here and Bel
Air. There is SO much energy displayed by the
agents of the rival companies, in the prosecu-
ton of their business, that our Imagination
often leads us to compare 1t with New York
one hundred years ago. Upon the arrival of
every train the cars are thanked on both sides
by the agents. drivers and adherents of the rival
companies, who watch with hawk-lkc eagcrness
every door or opening by which passenger
could escape Their opposition appears to be
as intense and hostile as the deadly antagonism
which existed between the rival houses of York
and Lancaster. In fact we had miniature rep
resentation of the battle of Bosworth field, with
this slight difference, no blood was she'd Upon
the separation of Richard the third and Rich
nond, one of the lieutenants of the latter OK
claimed, 'Shimmy, vas here"
Since the railroad has changed owners mum
Der of improvements have been made, the most
noted of which is the erection of signal stations,
abont three miles distant from each other, along
the entire road each of which buildings is oc.
cupied night and day by n telegraph operator,
whose duty it is to prevent by signal the posi-.
bility of one train getting nearer than three
miles to another This station (Edgewood) is
alsG intended to accommodate the public, and
the two gentlemanly operators stationed here
will be pleased TO send dispatches ut any hour
day or night.
i understand the railroad company intend en-
forcing their rule prohibiting their employees
or servants at all the stations along the roaC
from engaging in any business outside of tht
duties apper;aining to the interest of the com
pany, not only for the reason that they are en-
titled to their time but it comes directly in com
petition with the patrons Of the road, and ere
ates feeling of hostility between the public
and the compuny, which they desire to eradi
cate.
IVrRoS