The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1885-10-10
Correspondence Baltimore County Union.
LETTER FROM BALTIMORE.
The County Fair and It's Lessons-A Cor
rection-Other Matters of Interest.

BALTIMORE, October 9th, 1885.
Messrs. Editors Il am especially pleased TO
know that your county agricultural fair at limo
mum last week proved complete success In every
way, including weather, numbers in attendance
materials presented for exhibition and all else
This cannot but give general satisfaction and
must induce citizens of your county and others TO
increase their energies and activity towards still
greater and grander triumphs next season. You,
Messrs. Editors, and your able correspondents,
deserve praise for this, as yours was the first jour-
nal to advocate the commencement of that enter
prise, now so solidy and handsomely established,
fixed upon firm, progressive basis. 1t was my
own pleasure to advocate it in its incipiency and
will be henceforth. Nothing can be more encour-
aging than to see the growth and wealth of our
counties and rural districts thus progressing AS
they grow in such wealth, so must our towns and
cities all the State. The truth is our life de-
pends upon cultivating the soil. 1t is our exist
ence. Even those who live by toll, mental and
physical, could not exist prosper unless the
farmer come to their relief by striking the earth,
making it yield their real substance, the very
bread os life, on which we depend for actual mo-
mentum. We would crumbe into shadows or
nothingness otherwise. Let us then do all that is
in our power to aid these fairs and help those who
sustain them. Cities or great metropolises with
out being aided by the farmer-however great and
attractive-would in time grow inert and become
roosting places for owls and bats. How almost
wholly therefore, we of solely intellectual and
mechanical pursuits indebted to our friends in the
country who make the earth yield her substance
for really all that we 1t is therefore of vast
moment that these things be theoretically kept up
and augmented. Under such circumstances the
period is near at hand when the agricultural show
at Timonium will be one of the greatest, most i'm
portant in our country-certainly in this State
As the country grows in wealth and prosperity SO
must the town.
Last week, in my letter, referred briefly to the
establishment of the present great book and peri
odical store, in the Sun Iron Building, of Mr.. VIM.
Taylor, now deceased, and subsequently by Mr..
Henry Taylor. then made a slight mistake or
slip of the pen calling putting the name of
Willamette original proprietor-t that of Henry
Taylor, still living. This mistake however, must
have been easily corrected by reading the para
graph through. Mr. David Abercrombie, a
nephew of Mr.. Taylor-the former having retired
from active business in it's sole manager of the
establishment doing very large business Mr.
Abercrombie is comparatively young and has been
really brought up in the trade and engaged in the
same concern or firm nearly oil his life. lie may,
therefore, be considered the real manager of this
well known periodical and book house, though
Mr.. Henry Taylor, residing at his beautiful coun
try place Waverly, gives it some of his super
visory attention, but may be put down as veal
thy resident of Baltimore county.
Though there has been no frost here the leaves
and foliage are beginning rapidly to assume tneir
variegated autumnal hue and look beautiful. Our
various parks in their autumn garb and hue are
well worth visiting.
Mr.. Joseph Dorsey, son of Mr.. Dani. Dorsey,
deceased recently, is solely conducting Barnum's
well-known hotel, as he has done in the past
There appears to be no change in the manage
ment. 1t does large business.
Mr.. Robert ReEGert has opened his new hotel
at the corner of Saratoga ard Liberty streets. 1t
is a superb establishment.
regret to hear that Mr.. John K. Owens, y0ur
near neighbor, is very feeble in health and
may pass away before long to a better world.
am glad to hear that Mr.. William Thompson,
private secretary to Collector Webster, who was
stricken with paralysis some weeks ago, has con-
sideraby improved and may be cut before long.
Mr. Geo. W. Childs, editor of the Philadelphia
Ledger, was in our city few days ago, and meet
ing an old Baltimore poet-Mr. j. II. Hewitt, in
his S5th year, and quite hale and hearty-true to
his liberal generosity, made him present of
check for one hundred dollars Like nearly all
poets, being quite poor it was like dews of heaven
doing good alike to the gver and receiver. Mr.
Hewitt is very worthy gentleman
am glad to say that the health of Baltimore is
now quite good, excepting some malarial cases.
The recent advices from Europe are less indica-
tive of war, and in consequence prices of -four,
grain, provisions, &c., are not so firm. Trade
may be looked upon quiet and dull Politics
to some extent interfere with trade. NEsFoR.