The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1884-02-16
BELAIR. Mn. Feb 18th. 1884.

BELAIR, Nd, Feb. 18th, 1884.
Editors Union:-What strange world this is
that we occupy. More particularly this portion
of it. few days ago we were gaily skipping
along over the white snow and smooth ice in
little cutter, to the merry music of the bells, and
now we have to use pair of stills to wade
through the mud to get outside the shadow of
our dwelling. To tell the truth, we have only
been able to see o shadow for an hour for
the last two weeks. The weather has certainly
been very damp of late, and now the roads are
nearly impossible, Gin our parts" at least,
If the ground hog be a reliable prophet, sup
pose our winter will extend up into March. My
faith in his hogship is somewhat shaken at pres
ent, on last Friday saw flock of wild geese
making q morning tour to try their wings, pre-
paratory to making their annual spring flight
northward. This is considered by old sportsmen
who have long noted the wild goose's migratory
habits, to be conclusive indication that the win
ter is about past and the spring near at hand. Ac-
cording to reliable accounts it looks very Arctic
up ON the Susquehanna, about McCalps, Ferry at
this time, and I imagine the citizens of that
place would like to have some summer weather,
for few days at least. For myself, 1 would be
satisfied if the ground hogs prediction be cor
rect, provided that at the conclusion spring
would open up with clear, balmy weather that
would enable all hands to get to work. This
winter has been one of the worst for all kinds of
work that remember. farmer could do moth
ing but provide fuel and feed stock, and as to the
mechanic, he had to be content with smoking his
pipe and warming his toes. Too much of this
kind of life makes the most of us restless and
nervous and as the pay is poor, it don't add much
to our bank accounts. This paragraph of course
is only applicable to that class who make what
they get in this life by manual labor. The
wealthy have no concern about such things.
What favored people they be. But I imagine
they too have their moments of dependency,
either real or imaginary. l should think it would
be equally unpleasant to be surrounded with
averythins, that could satisfy tho sonse Of taste
and smell, and have real, substantial appetite
to enjoy it, as to have the appetite and not the
wherewith to satisfy it. This is the only real
difference between a rich man and poor one.
Because, all that either consumes in the manner
appointed to sustain life in what we eat and
wear is all that either of them really can call
theirs when they are called upon to pass in their
checks and depart for the spirit land. Wander
bilt with his millions, will be one day as equally
an insignificant mass of qualification and corrup-
ton as the humbIest poor man. The sum of both
their lives will be the same They both had their
allowance to sustain animal life while it lasted,
but neither of them would ever want any more.
There they lay in the sleep of death, brought at
last to this equality, both inanimate bodies of de-
cay-ht food for worms. How true Shakespeare
puts it when he makes Hamlet say "Now get
paint an inch thick, yet to this fauor must she
come"
Mr.. Thomas Hall, Jr, of Abingdon district, of
this county, and son-in-law of M. E. Pue, Esq,
near Belair, died on Saturday morning last, after
protracted illness of seven months. His disease
was an internal affection that attacked the intes
tines and the whole digestive system, and his
suerings for the greaterpart of the time have been
intense. He leaves a young widow and two
children to mourn the loss of loving husband
and indulgent parent The interment will take
place tomorrow, Tuesday, at St. Mary's P. E.
church cemetery, Emmorton, Rev. W. f. Brand.
don't see anything in the Legislature pro-
ceedings worth criticizing this week, and if they
don't expidite shortly I don't know when there
will be any capital for green critic to work upon.
They have fixed habit I see, of adjourning over
from Fridays to Tuesdays, for what purpose L
don't know, unless they want to take flying trip
to Baltimore to get their forums filled, and for
fear of an accident they adjourn over the time
stated. RAMBLER.