The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1886-04-10
Correspondence Baltimore County Onion.
LETTER FROM BALTIMORE.
Good Outlook Tor Baltimore County's
Progressive Farmers The Agricul-
ture Fair-A Glance at the Flu
tural-The New Collector and
Naval Officer, &c.
BAITIMORE. Anril 9Th 1894

BALTIMORE, April 9th, 1886.
Messrs. Editors: 1t is gratifying to say that
thus far our season has been especially seasonable
to farmers and Others. There is likely also to be
an encouraging fruit season, with a good outlook
for the coming cereal harvest or crops Agricul-
turists are looking round them to see where they
will begin and what to do first. They in your
proverbially good and fourishing county al
ways on hand and up to time. I think it doubt
full If they can be beaten by their brethren of any
other county in the State and not many through.
out our Union. Whilst this is true there are some
things yet to learn and they are wide awake there.
to. You have the foundation to accomplish al
most anything you wish in agriculture, including
also mechanics and commerce Looking, there
FORE at matters in this light judging from the past,
there are indications of osperity
awaiting your Baltimore County Agricultural
Exhibition at Timonium next autumn. 1t need
not and predict will not be many if any years
distant when that exhibition will become the
largest, most attractive in State and surpassed
by but few in the country. To do this time must
be taken by the forelock. Your farmers and others
must begin early and earnestly to prepare for this
attractive collection, commingling and gathering
of the people. The ladies, 1 am confident will do
their share, always an important one in such in
situations or exhibitions. Their chvalrous lords
of creation, whose power is great, will certainly
not be behind them in such home matters. Let
the fair put out in their gardens, their yards
and other choice patches of ground such plants,
vegetables and other choice affairs as will come in
play at their exhibition. They may also present
beautiful and useful display of agriculture pro-
ducts as will win deserved plaudits. In all these
these they cannot begin too early. They have
done nobly in the past; let them, if possible ex
eel themselves in the future Baltimore county
stands highest in point of population in our com
monwealth. She should, therefore, be ahead in
all else car be and will he-.------.-=---s-,--
1t may not be very many years before our Mon
umental metropolis, stretching forth vigorously
her kindly, sinewy arms, will be extending far out
into your county-far almost as Towsohtown-
and the exigency must be met. The time is at
hand for such marching forward to triumph
Your citizens cannot afford to stand still or be
inert or they must surely fall behind. 1t might
be as it was in the early days of Rome and Car
thage. Rival towns may spring up to your in
jury and take-in common phraZe-the wind from
old Towsontown. There is no time to spare. No
such thing as standing still can be INDUCED. You
must either go ahead or fall behind Which is
best? Why energy, self protection, home triumph
and all else say most plainly be up and doing
You can be great in your sphere and opportun.
ties if you will Then embrace them. 1 have
been a visitor to your town many times through
the past quarter of a century, and must say Your
people have not progressed or advanced in trade,
business, &C., you might have done, or
in your power to do. You now have steam rail-
road, horse-cars, telegraph, telephone, county
seat, court house, Jail and other public buildings.
1t is yours, therefore, to value and make good
of these privileges. Your advantages most
inviting Begin at once and do the very best in
your power. Thus taking advantage of things as
they are, with grateful location, beauty and ex-
panse of surrounding country and all else, you
assuredy rise to Importance. The nearer Balti-
more extends &c Your borders the mere thrifty and
successful must it be for your town. Ifindeed an
hundred years hence you should find yourselves or
descendants right in the very heart of our great,
and growing Monumental metropolis the better it
must be for all. This is an absolutism not to be
denied. 1 might say much more but this is
enough TO excite emulation. Very soon you will
find real estate and property of every kind ad-
vancing in value, both in town and country, and
what is thus mapped out or predicted fully real
lied to the great qualification of all. Let the Belt
come in when it is ready, which it surely must
I did myself the pleasure, few days ago, of
calling upon x-Gov. Groome, our newly appoint
ed Collector Of the Port, to offer my congratula-
tions. I found him in his oi!ce with only few
visitors, and they, like myself, suppose, merely
casual. He was affabe usual, good natured,
jova and perfectly at home in business and social
courteses. As it was the LIST of April L was not
fool enough to ask him for an ofice-as wanted
none-but merely to congratulate an esteemed old
friend upon being so fortunate as to obtain good
and pleasant en- Office and to in every respect
he was so admirably suited
Mr.. Rasin, our newly appointed Naval Officer,
took possession of his room in the Custom House
on the same day, and to "kill two birds with one
stone" I also made brief congratulatory visit to
him. He was polite and all that could be desired
observe that many very sensible articles have
appeared in public prints recently against the pre-
vailing fashion with ladies Of wearing low neck
dresses and other partial nude appearances with
them; There Is alsSnoftsn with very young girls
they might present what they suppose a more at
tractive beautiful appearance. This can be often
seen on the Streets at theatres and parties In our
city 1t is great misfortune that those thus
painting their cheeks cannot blush, which is one
of girls most attractive beauties, as paint atoays
6usGes, often when out of place, besides it will in
time spoil the skin and complexion. There is
nothing more charming to a fair one than to see
crimson waves come and go, as with twilight, eve
or sunset on her sweet countenance. This can
not appear under a coat of paint.
The Legislature adjourned sine die at Il O'Clock
last night Some good bills were passed and others
left over that ought to have been made laws.
NEsToR.