The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1888-02-10
The Egis & Intelligence
Bei Air, Md, February 10. 1858.
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caught the fish all the same. | remember
upon one occasion when four of US caught as
many rs We could all carry ON poles which
we carried on our shoulders, swinging the
fish between us, nj Sluice Rock.
The old Conowinro Bridge y as very com
pleie structure, being built nt or near the
time of the war of 1912, costing, have been
told, $4,000. II WIS built hy Wirnwag, the
most celebrated lrdgc builder of his day.
The wood work was of very superior char
acter, the timber forming the arches were all
planed and beaded.
The village Of Conowingo was quite brisk
place while the old canal from Ark Haven to
Port Deposit was in operation, but the build
ing of the Tidewater Canal and the abandon
ing of the old canal, together with the sweep
ing away of the bridge about lS49, complete
ly ruined it in a business point of view.
| remember Mr.. Fem, n very large man,
who used to keep hotel there, and a Mr..
Isaac Brown, who was man of considerable
mechanical genius who had saw mill, and
introduced a machine for mortisinG doors,
sash, etc, which was considered quite an in
vention The railroad and the spirit of pro.
gress manifested by Mr.. Bell has given quite
an impulse to the place, and it appears TO be
renewing it, youth, and is a railroad and dis
tributing point for Darlington, Dublin and
other parts Of Hartford
THE SOCIAL LIFE.
With what pleasure do recall the memory
of the lady friends and associates of my dear
mother, who, over the prOverbial dish of
tea" chicken and Maryland biscuit, would
have their social meetings together and dis
cuss their domestic duties. The true and
genuine affection they manifested for each
other, the loving care they bestowed upon
their families, their neighbors, and their un.
ostentatiOus hospitality were unequaed in
the social life Of any community.
| FHin would | linger with these familiar
scenes and make note of the many points uf
comparison and of contrast which present
Themselves between the Hartford of to dav
and that of my boyhood The noble "homng"
instinct Of the lower orders ofcrcation, which
turns even the animal back to the place of its
birth, is not lost in man.
In my youth, contrasting the apparent
poverty of the soil here with more favored
localities, and lamentng the lack of local
| opportunities for material advancement, was
too often unmindful of the moral advantages
of that genial, social life and the strong de-
velopment Of personal character which were
formed under the conditions have tried to
sketch. AS grew to manhood and ripper age
l realized more wildly my obligations to
them.
Some of my cont, mporares, like Hugh j.
Jewett, son OF that memorable woman, "prO.
phetess in Israel" Susanna Jewctt, after an
ilustrious public career. or like Wharton
Smith, have testified their affection by re-
turning to the old homesteads and adjoining
them with the improvements of modern
times | bring my less notable, but no less
sincere tribute in these scattering leaves of
local history.
Over fifty years ago, when the opportunity
was offered me to get into business in another
State, it was gladly embraced, as few chances
appeared at home at that time; in fact this
was generally looked upon as a slow-going
neighborhood. While my removal gave me
opportunities which could not have obtain.
ed iu Hartford, and the change In the end
aided greatly my success IN life, yet was too
young 10 properly appreciate my surround
iDgs and the character and the worth of the
people among whom my lot had been cast in
early life
Going on. among strangers, into a neigh
borhood whose habits, customs and modes of
life were entirely different from what I had
been accustomed to, | naturally felt the
change; and as grew to manhood, and be-
came acquainted with men and the ways ofthe
world, was all the better able by comparison
to estimate the worth and character of nv old
friends; and | realize now that to my early
training and the habits formed among the
people ard scenes of Hartford county is in
large measure due whatever success has at
tended me in life.
1t has been my fortune to see good deal
of my own country and to have Travelled
somewhat in foreign lands; yet have not
seen any spot so dear to my heart, nor around
which so many tender memories linger, as
in "Old Hartford" where | spent the morn.
ing of my youth.
"This fond attachment to the we'll known place
Where first we started into LIES long race
Maintains its hold withssuch uniailing sway
We feel 1t cen in age and ut our latest day"
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