The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1883-03-23
The Hartford Earthquake.

Some of our esteemed contemporaries are
disposed to make light of our recent little
earthquake, and treat of 1t with levity ~
together unhecoming an occurrence so uE-
usual and startling. The Baltimore Sunday
Ne'rS devotes half column of its valuable
to convey the mpresson-which the facts do
not warrant-that the people of Hartford and
Baltimore counties are extremely jealous in
regard to the merits of their respective coun-
ty fairs, and therefore not disposed to do JUS
tice to each other even in the matter of an
earthquake. The Nelcs intimates that the
citizen of Baltimore county turns up his nose
at the Hartford phenomenon, and says that it
was not much of an earthquake, after all-in
fact that it was probably only general ague
shake, or the discharge of big gun on the
flats at Havre de Grace. The Hartford man,
on the other hand, says the Ne'cs, feels elated
with the general and respectful observation
which has been drawn by the earthquake to-.
wards the garden spot" of the State, and
disdans the claims of Baltimore county to a
share in the honor. The Ners concludes rs
| follows
Hartford has her exposition and avails her
self of the benefits of holding it last Not
| only does she then have her own exhibits,
| but the vanity of her Baltimore county neigh
| bors can be depended upon to get all the ex-
hibits that had been displayed at Tmonium
| few weeks before Thus she makes a big
show, and when Towsontown puts in an ap-
pearance, Bel Air points with pride and
| pleasure to the fact that her show is decided
| ly the biggest. Thus it is that q constant
rivalry exists between the two counties, and
| Baltimore hates to concede to her neghbor
even the doubtful credit of having an extra
earthquake. If the shake could only be ex-
hibited at that fair, however, the cup of Har-
ford's triumph would be full. AS it is, we
must admit that, despite the ridicule of her
neighbors, she has the advantage of them by
a shake which cannot be attributed atogeth-
er to the ague. A chill, even of the Hartford
variety, is not so sudden or brief as this was,
and, hence, could be readily distinguished by
people of much less malarious experience
Then comes the Annapolis Republican,
with the following speculations regarding
our earthquake:
| Our neighbors up in Hartford and Balti-
more counties have recently been vigorously
| shaken up by means of an earthquake. 1t is
our belief that Virgins did it because he
couldn't get his huge storm and terrific tidal
wave to work exactly as he predicted. Just
why he should have seized upon Baltimore
and Hartford counties for display of his fiend
ishness is beyond our comprehension. There
certainly was, last year, something rotten in
! the State" of Hartford county Democratic pol
| itipa lint hrptbnr Rn1,u ,ft Ian Tnmepn
| nal, didn't deserve an earthquake shake for
his valiant efforts to keep his congressional
district in good shape.
Perhaps Col. Webster, of the Baltimore
Custom House, has been doing some more
radically republican wrongs, and, therefore,
| has had to be shaken up. Or, happy
thought! Did brother Mock, of the Bel Air
Times, knock up this quaking Robbery with
view of extending the reign of Republicanism
in Hartford county? The question is solemn
| ly referred to brother Baker, of the Itgis, for
inyestigation-witha an admonition that if The
process of habe0S corpus be necessarily Incl
dental to the case, Judge Yellot he not ap-
| piled TO for the writ.
| We accept the position of referee above so
solemnly conferred upon us by our Annapo-
lis contemporary, and decide without hesiia.
|
of the matter, but have since asccrtained that
ii was no earthquake at all that shook us lip
recently, but simply the quaking, shaking
and grooming of our Republican leaders ut
their approaching overwhelming defeat next
fall, which caused the earth to tremble and
made the rumbling noises. HdledS c0rpu,
will not be needed in the case, for few Of
them will be found after November next, and
those few will, in spite of habeas corpus and
Judge Yellott, be compelled to serve out the
sentence passed upon the verdict of the peo
| pie, namely Punishment to where the wood
bine" &c. Brother Ruby, of the Towson.
town JourAal, we venture to predict, will
confirm our decision as true also of Baltimore
| county.