The Baltimore County union., 1881-10-29
Catnnauiiis r,niiinna

The Library.-The 81, 500 realized from the fair
of last summer for the library has been spent In
painting the building. putting in heating appa.
ra,u', Papcring and In supplying IL with sundry
convenience. II is now altogether n very in.
viting looking establishment aud answers 20 many
purposes Of convenience and pleasure. In the
morning hours II is generally cnlivened by an rs.
semby of ladies, who drive % the village on plea.
sure or store errands, and who grayiate there 10
pick out their novels aud hold their conversational
exchange. A considerable sum j. also being spent
for new books; but y lover Of substantial litera-
ture cannot hut regret TO see the great preponder
anee given TO novels. A library can hardly be
said TO be such that does not contain the standard
English authors; but one may search the library's
shelves in vain for the sturdy volumes Of such old
grandfathers Of the pen a. sJOhnson aud Addison.
Well, the library answers the demands Of It's pa.
irons and perhaps that IL enough. Il 10 fashion
able IL II 10 not altogether useful In = literary
point Of view, and IL enncryaiing f IL s not In.
spiriting. IL Is to be hoped that the next sun
raised In its behalf will be the means Of securing
for u the standard works of the past well the
advanced works Of the scientific present, and will
open the doors gratuitousiy, at due times for the
benefit Of poor laboring young men, who can
thereby have some slight indueement 20 quit their
corner roosts and become reminded through the
perusal Of the lives of great that they can
perhaps leave footprints ON the sands Of time u
opportunities os Improvement are ayailed Of.
Wkers is tie Road MaH g-Iugleside avenue
from the pike to Edmondson avenue il n much
travelled short stretch Of rond wherein cv.ry feI
Low likes ,o shov "A his mas :. n. d,;v.. ,,io m.
village and the occupant, Of everv twain. hand
summer evening estabIi.hment Ike 10 law hack In
an enyious ease; but the vanity of such human
wishes has been little tempered by the ruts there
existing the past summer. and the road that should
be the best In or around the village has been CON-
paratively the worst. A faint hope Of repair was
shown In several piles Of int stones hauled along
It's side, but these even In their piles seem 20 be-
come crushed 10 dust By the occasional wheel. II
Ia true that che road cannot be every where nj
tie same time and do every Job at lust the needed
minute, but instinct, if not II seems
TO US, would have pointed 10 the necessity of 70.
pairs here long ago.
: Linie fir.-0us people thought they had
every thing fxed pertaining 10 connections Of the
ca;0nsviic horse cars with trains on the u. A r.
X. H., and competing omnibu.es and private con.
veyances were alike ,iropprd for the reliable nc.
coinmoiation. as was supposed, which the force Of
eircntnstsnces brought the horse car IN ina cement
e. adopt. On the evening of the 22d inst, how.
ever. the steam were two minutes late, and
the horse cars. with q momentuous exactitude be-
fitting - limited express. logged westward, lcav-
ing n number OF ladies aud gentlemen TO enter
tain each other for an hour with varicgated es.
ubcrahccs of wrath. Capt. Mason Of 4. u. r.,
fomentcd himself generally upon the eonductor Of
the horse car, the gentlemen vowed the weight of
their influence furcvrTmore against his "Ho,s, -
aud the ladies showed the quiet feminine expres.
sions of displcasure.
4 Tar q S~iI-.--Therc was "a light in tho
window "f one "f our humble domiciles the greater
part "f the past summer for middle aged gentle
man from the city, and nupiials in the fall were
expected TO be the result. But as the time drew
near Il was suddenly noised about that he had
been pronounced insane aud had been hied away
TO an asylum. The hearts Of some sympathetic
were touched at 80 sudden blight to prospective
bli's and many memories reverted 10 the slips be.
tween the cup ani the lip but the boys were
cruel enough 10 suppose that the gentleman "lt
he found his PURGE rather than his heart the OBJ
jcrt of his fair oaes attention.