The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1886-06-25

We are indebted to Brother Azarias, Presi-
dent, for an invitation to attend the commence.
ment exercises of Rock Hill College, to be held
at the Academy of Music, Baltimore, June 25th.
The valedictory address will be delivered by
Mr.. s. Sidney Hayward subject, Life Lessons.
"The Poet Priest of the South" is the subject
of thesis to be delivered by Mr.. Augustine
Hayward. Both these young men are sons of
DR.. Thomas B. Hayward, of this county
Mr.. S. g. Davis, Jr., has our thanks for an
invitation to the Farewell Ball to be given June
25th, at the Virginia Military Institute, Lex
ington, by the class of 1886.
We have received from Mr. W. K. Prigg, oil
Nottingham Chester county Pa, a copy of the
Pennsylvania Railroad Company's Summer Ex-
cursion Routes to the mountain, lake and sea-
side. 1t is attractively illustrated and contains
descriptions of hundreds of places of resort
accessible by the great Pennsylvania Railroad,
together with excursion rates and all other in
formation tourist might require.
We are indebted to Mr.. Thomas G. Weeks,
Chief of the Bureau of Industrial Statistics of
Maryland for a copy of his first biennial report.
1t is most interesting document and has been
printed in an elegant manner by Messrs. Gug-
gcnhemer Il We'll, of Baltimore. Among other
things it gives sketch of the rise and decadence
of the canning industry in Hartford. The report
says:
"Prior to about 1875 the packing of corn and
tomatoes was confined exclusively to the city OF
Baltimore and some few of the towns of the
State. About that time Mr.. Geo. w. Baker, of
Aberdeen, Hartford county, commenced as an
experiment the canning of corn in a small way.
1t proved success, Others soon followed, and
to-day Hartford county packed corn has world
wide reputation and finds ready sale in all the
principal markets. Mr.. Baker is regarded as
the pioneer of the canning industry. Hartford
county contains the largest number of packing
houses of any county in the United States"
The report adds that in 1882, when the can
ming industry was at its height in Maryland,
Hartford county packed 100000 cases of can
ned goods, the product of 300 factories and Civ
ing employment to 10000 persons. Mr.. Weeks
estimates that between the prices of 1881 and
1885 tomatoes have fallen IS per cent. corn 80
per cent. peaches, 46 per cent; and peas, Is
per cent. Altogether the report is the most
complete and reliable that has ever been made
on the subject of Maryland industries
Mr.. l.. H. Baldwin, General Agent of the
Washington Life Insurance Company, has our
thanks for an invitation to the boat race be-
tween the Ariel and l. Hrondelle Rowing Clubs,
to take place at Ferry Bar, Baltimore, June 3Oth,
We are also indebted to Mr.. F. ID. Morrison,
Superintendent, for an invitation to the annual
concert by the pupils of the Maryland School
| for the Blind which took place last night.
We have received from the author, Mr.. Ebcn
Newton Baldwin, book entitled "The Engi-
neer's Last Journey" and other poems, dedicat-
ed to his brother employees of the p, w. and 3.
Railroad Co. Mr.. Baldwin has versatile fancy,
and treats of variety of subjects in the little
volume before us. Noticeable among his poems
is "Darktown Banquet" an African jingle, in
which the negro style of thought and expression
has been cleverly initiated.