The Baltimore County union., 1882-12-23
Correspondence Baiiinors County UHigA.
LETTER FROM UPPER FALLS.
Season OF Merry y-Maklng-Departod olo-
ries-Room for New Entorprises--
Belair Road.

MsssFs. kanoTs!-Ihc season Of merry making
u now upon us-the time Of family reunions and
festivities, the era Of good times and good things
for the children. Yet 10 most Of Us Il brings the
consciousness Of ourselves growing older: of the
departure Of youth Of the coming Of frost aud old
age And though We join 10 the merrimcnt of this
'luie tide" and We say like little "Tiny jim"
"God blcss us all, as We shout the MERRY Christ
mas yet the tear IL Ia our eye as We mourn the
fast vanishing years. You have stood on the stern
Of ship as she ccaves her way through the dane.
Ing waters and noticed the foam Of her track. SO
u seems 20 We stand on the vessel Of life aud
sadly watch through the shining waters the way
by which We have come and which We cannot re.
trace. The poet Moore has we'll expressed 1t:
IA slow our ship her foamy track
Against the Wind was eleaving.
Her trembling pennant still looked back
To that dear place twas leaving.
So sad We part from all we love,
From all the links that bind us;
So turn our hearts where'cr We rove,
To those we've left behind Us.
When round the bowl Of vanished jcars,
We talk with joyous seeming.
With smiles, that might as well bo tears,
SO sad. 80 faint their bcaming;
While memory brings us back again
Each early tie that twincd us,
Oh sweet the cup that circles then
To those we've LEFT behind us.
As travellers OF look back at eve,
When eastward darkly going.
To gaze upon the light they leave
still faint behind them glowing
SO, when the close Of pieasure's day
To gloom hath near consigned Us.
We iurn to catch one fading ray
0fjoy that's left behind us.
What contrast this neishborhood ia now 10 a
few months since. Then frankiinville cotton mill
was running and full Of orders. Every house ten.
| antsd; everybody moving around things lively
generally. Nov. the place almost deserted very
few inhabitants left; the mill burned out aud the
debris AMI ruins staring up 60 the daily sun II
shines, seeming 10 mutcly ash why fumcbudy does
no, have courage ani vim enough 10 come here
and restore things. bring order out Of chaos
Jericho j. IN just the same condition: all the rc.
suit of the incapaciiy OF Indifference Of the
to take advantage cf the lavish opportunities offer
! cd by nature. | have carefully examined the al.
vaniages Of this village and section. it, water
power, it, accessibility. it, economy Of living. AMI
10 does surprise me that capitalist takes hold Of
IL. Yet perhaps the true explanation Is that the
owners OF these Vroper;ic. ,hcmsclve..by their
ilons.throw cold water on every precc; for dcvcl-
! oping what they own. | have seen the lay when
this ncighborhOod was alive with the cotton inlls
| and iron works and the farmers Ncfc made happy
by the market for their produce being At their own
doors. Jericho and Franklinviilc mills. whi,ia-
kcr's and kidgely's forscs and Joppa nail works.
all going. made the air stir with the noise anl
! ciatter of machinery. Now all l. dead and silent
| Homes untcuantei slowly dropping away g. ruin
and waste. Works dismantlcl and covered with
! the rust and decay of death. No sound heard
save the ripping of the waters they sing the
requiem Of these dep paTel goFic.. viii life again
ever take hold Il these dry bones II shattered en-.
/ terprisc' IL needs some thorough, live man,
wide awake AMI alert. Such tnan could come
/ here, breathe upon these bones ami bring them
once more into activity.
/ The new Baltimore and ohio Railroad l. cx.
! pcc,cl to run within two miles Of this place and
. + II II
/ former inius;fics. There j. room here also for a
! frst-class canning estabiishmcnt, which would
! just suit some cnirrprisiug man and could be
/ bough; cheap think. Now canning 4 one ol those
| businesses that cannot very we'll be over done
long as there are human stDmacl o. iill aud stuff.
u say stuff advi,ciy because obseryation tea hes
tHc that humanity has ceased to eat aud We stuff.
upon the principle o! 80 much room 10 Gu. 80 much
time 90 DO II in Ani much food and drink 60 10
! II wiih-a regular rule Of three opcraiion.) Can
ming can be made success IL attended O. and
watched in business way. and there i limit
! 10 the amount of that success. This then l. the
"e Plas ultra ncighboFhood f,r that kind Of bust
ncss. "fhcrc's millions in il and pl,n,y Of corner
| lots"
The Bciair road people have at la, started 10
| fx the road. Joe Snyder l. in charge of the i'm.
provemen, below Perry Hall and Frank Car4wslI
in charge above Perry Hall. IL is hardly proba.
| bic that much can be done this winter now. but
the very effort 10 DO something will cause people
TO have more faith in the good intentions Of the
managers of the road. aEd the improvement itself
| will much increase their from tie tolls by
the increased travel over the road. II Is great
pity that the Grand Jury had 20 take hold 10 con
| vince these managers Of the earnesincss Of the
| people living on and using the road. Whilst they
are bxing up the road IL would be we'll IL the Big
0un, powder bridge was examined. II nosr oHfy
Hesds iJhieHiny oJ the braces dad bolts. LEFT alone
| for short while and new bridge will be needed
| ] attn perfectly aware that corporations don't like
TO have a newspaper after them. but the doctors
| don't always give their patients the kind of medi-
cine they like best. Tafy don; always do tho
| work and sometimes castor oil or even cro;on l.
male necessary. and here i. the great benefit Of \
| free paper. IL stands as a bulwark between the
people and the yultuTe proeivitics of the corpora
tions. which now raise their heads 50 dedan,y all
over our land. think the Jerusalem turnpike
corporation will yet thank you and the Grand
Jury and BILLY Barlow" for max ing them swallow
such dose instead of waiting until next year
| Enough Of this, however. as Shakespeare says.
| "All's well that end. we'll" - I wish you and
yours, and all. Ear ami near. "a merry Christ.
mas aud a happy Nex Year
Ring out, wild bells. ring out
| Yours, billy BARLOW.
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