The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1883-12-15

From Mt. Washington.-The canning and
packing interests of Hartford county seem to have
become tremendously stirred up upon the neces
sty of taking care of themselves. In all the dis
cussons they have had through the newspapers
about the way they have been cheated and swim
died, they have had the manlness to stand up
and say that the principal thing which has given
the business such black eye has been the prac-
tice of "blatherskite" packers of putting up sops
and thus defrauding the public, both the buyer
and the consumer, pretending that a label with
whole lot of red and green ink and the motto
"Packed where grown" was amply sufficient to
make the aforesaid slops go down all right, dirt
and all. That's right, gentlemen, go ahead, clean
out your own places; get yourselves all rights de
serve the confidence of the public and you will
get it, but for Heavens sake send a few mission
aries over into Baltimore county and convert
some people there into the belief that "Cleanli.
ness is next to Goodness" and a very desirable
adjunct in all food packing business.
There is also a commOtOn among the cotton
spinners. If the statements of Messrs. Hooper
and Gary be correct-and they are both thorough
ly reliable men-what is the future before us in
Baltimore county 1t looks bad for the success of
the new Franklinville mill, because if the Messrs
Hooper and Gary are losing money with all the
advantages they have in short distances from
market, cheap fuel, low freghtage, enormous
capital to command and hold the market, what
can be expected of our new enterprise, which, to
balance all these advantages, has the onlyi one OF
cheaper labor as an offset? Yet we feel encouraged
by Mr. Garys statement that these Southern fac
tories cannot, in the long run, compete with the
Maryland factories, because OF inability to manu-
facture as good an article for the various reasons
which he gives. This will make it Survival Of
the fttest" How funny it is, though, that these
factories, built to affect and cut into the New
England mills, and in some instances with Mary
land capital, should have effect on our own
home mills and not disturb the Yankees at all If
it continues, will we have to abandon the manu-
facture of duck and go into the calico printing,
&C.? Why won't it pay to make calicoes and
yarns more largely down here?
l have been quite overpowered with the mani
festations of regards from so many kind. sympa-
thetic friends in the 18th district. l regret my
absence from them, which is now likely to con-
tinue all winter. The air is full of rumors of i'm
portant political moves in Democratic circles and
among the newspapers of Baltimore, and prob
ably shall elsewhere be fully occupied, but read
The UNION regularly and we can, through it, talk
to each other.
This is "hog killing" time, though all the hogs
don't get killed, so | close my letter by giving
some hog poetry, and say, just think OF me at
sausage time. John Nichols knows where and
how to find me in case you feel like sending any
thing along.
GwINETER KILL HOGS TER DAY.
Cum, bull up de fire an heat de big rocks,
Gwineter kill hogs ter day
War yer brogan shoes an two pair o socks,
Gwineter kill hogs ter day.
De Guinea niger scrapes de h'ar wild hoe,
Gwineter kill hogs ter days
1t makes de chunkey man bof puff and blow,
Gwineter kill hogs ter day.
De wimmin am biin' OBJ de fat in de yard,
Gwineter kill hogs ter day.
An da smiles mighty cunnin' case da gwneter
hab lard,
Gwineer kill hogs ter day.
An err fetch err long de water, boys, an po' in de
box.
Den rake away de burnin' stick an fling in de
rocks,
An, Lawd a. massy, it am SIGH fine sight,
Fur we'se gwineter hab spar ribs an tenderlnes
ter night.
Take up de clean shoat an hang him on de pole,
Gwineter kill hogs ter day;
Make niger smile way down in his soul,
Gwineter kill hogs ter day.
De chilun cum err roun' roastin' O. de melt,
Gwineter kill hogs ter day.
1t am de bes' scent what cher was smelt
Gwineter kill hogs ter day.
De dogs stan aroun' snffen' O. de ar,
Gwineter kill hogs ter day,
An bark at de niger as he grabs off de h'ar,
Gwineter kill hogs ter day.
An err cum er long ter supper, boys, we'll all eat
meat,
Fur de hogs backbone it am powerful sweet;
Wen chaw de CON cake an drink de buttermilk,
All, Lawd we'se got it down jes' as fine as any
silk.-Arkan8os Traveller.
BILLY BARLOW.