The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1883-02-22

ton, situated as it is between the
two great sections of the country
1t is also the nearest Atlantic port
to the great wheat fields ofthe West.
Consequently, Baltimore will one
day seriously interfere with the trade
of New York; and Philadelphia, sit
uated between the two rivals, must
! be contented to remain a simple
manufacturing town. The Broad
way Of the city is Baltimore Street,
which runs east ami west across the
city for a distance Of some six
miles. Streets which intersect Bal
timore Street are divided into
two portions, Northern and South
ern. Thus Charles Street above
Baltimore is North Charles Street
and below it is South Charles.
Jones Falls, a small stream about
three times the size Of Bush river,
divides the city into two parts called
East and West Baltimore. The
! population of East Baltimore is
largely composed of workingmen
and foreigners, 1t is Amasoka on a
big scale. No one can live in Bal
timore and suffer for want Of fresh
air. There is Druid Hill Park, one
OF the finest natural parks in Ameri-
ca containing nearly one thousand
acres. Its huge trees of oak and
chestnut; its grassy meadows and
hillsides; its quiet ponds and lakes,
whose placid waters are disturbed
ever and anon by the races Of the
gentle wavelets as they chase each
other from shore to shore; it's firm
and smooth drives and walks which
wind in the shady groves and then
out again, all afford relief and
| pleasure to the sons and daughters Of
toll as well as to wealthy Incidence.
Then also there are Patterson,
Federal Hill, Harlem, Riverside.
and Franklin Parks with their many
attractions, and squares and green's
almost without number. Baltimore
is called the monumental city from
the great number Of memorial
shafts which testify to the worth
and character Of those whom they
are designed to commemorate. The
largest OF these monuments is the
one erected to ''the Father of his
Country" and which has an alti-
tude of PIP feet. Battle monu-
ment, Wells and McComos monu-
ment, Odd Fellows memorial and
the Poe monument, are all attrac-
tions worth seeing, The Poe mon
ument was erected in the West
minister Presbyterian churchyard
by the public schools Of the city in
1870, The monument is marble
throughout and rests on a granite
base. A medalline portrait Of the
gifted genius is chiselled on one
side Of the marble and the simple
inscription Edgar Allan Poe, born
January 20, 1878; died October Z,
1949'' tells whose remains sleeps
beneath it. But Edgar Poe needs
no monument except the one he
himself created. Clio never for
gets a good poet, and it has well been
said that on the "dusky wings of
the raven Poe will sail over the
chasm of oblivion The Metho-
dist, Catholic, and Episcopalian de-
nominations are the strongest reli-
gious sects in Baltimore. AS q
rule the citizens Of the Monumen.
tai City are great chcrch goers.
In religion as in politics the people
are conservative to a degree, amount
ing to fault, Very few cities
possess such immense educational
advantages as those enjoyed by the
queen city of the South Some
Of the finest schools in the country
are inclosed by its limits.
Much has been said in praise of
the beauty of the fair sex of Balti-
more. Their radiance has been ex-
tolled by visitors to the city both
from other American cities and those
in distant lands. Not the half has
been told. Each generation sustains
the reputation Of the beauty of the
fair sex. Baltimore girls are the bellies
at the watering places and seashore;
they relegate other girls to the paper
inga nd plastering, when at recep-
tions abroad, and they make even
the courtiers of the gilded thrones of
Europe proud to win one of their
smiles, If any man lives under
the delusion that no woman who
breathes can capture the citadel of