The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1890-12-06

BALTIMORE December 4th, 1890.
MeSsrS. Editors Last Sabbath being the first
Sunday in Advent the ceremony OF the forty
hours devotion was inaugurated at the Cathe-
dral, Cardinal Gibbons occupying the pulpit.
in procession around the church by the Cardinal
and then exposed upon the altar for the sue
ceeding forty hours, in memory OF the forty
and the altar magnifcently lighted and adorned
with flowers. In bearing around the monstrance
the Cardinal wore splendid chasuble of cloth of
gold worked in exquisite designs. Many of these
church vestments are of the richest and most
costly fabrics, and in Europe some are preserved
still to the interior of the new Cathedral extern
sion that it can hardly be finished before Easter
or perhaps later.
The shops are already beginning to put on
holiday appearance and the book stores are
especially attractive. There is no end OF the
perb bindings, fitted for Christmas gifts, and
mere sight of them fills the impecunious scholar
at once with envy and delight. Among them is
q very beautiful volume, Longfellow's song OF
Hiawatha, filled with exquisite designs OF Indian
scenes and ornaments drawn from the most
authentic sources and thus charmingly memo
rializing fast perishing race. Many of the fore
most publishers are now in the habit OF issuing
editions de luce of limited set OF copies, winch
are regularly numbered, and these in time be-
come scarce and have an increased value. Moth
ing paws better as an investment than collec-
ton of fine books. Common ones of course sell
at auction for a mere song but elegant volumes
arc certain to advance in price and often in ten
years are worth double or treble their original
cost. .
Congress met again on Monday and with it on
the first day of winter brought snow-storm and
all sorts of wheezy weather. This session Will De
ton, Judging from the tone of the Presidents
message is DESTROYS of putting through its favor
lite measures notably the Federal election bill.
Mhshss 1hf G. Sc oa2
be some doubt, has come to stay now, and in
late visit to Washington l was struck by the
numerous new buildings and the continued boom
in raalo 7 q estate
of piece of property that three years since was
offered to the proprietors of one of our largest
newspapers in Baltimore for 100000. By some
misgiving they declined it and the same proper
ty would readily sell to-day for half million
VI course n East az adanne and tbe
future value of real estate at the national capital
Stocks are by no means settled and considera-
BILE fluctuations in the list have taken place this
week. After the first of January, 1891, when
large amounts of money from dividends on
United States bonds, banks, railroads, &c, will
be thrown upon the market, better things are
promised by the stock brokers, but it must be
remembered that they promised a great boom to
follow the election OF Harrison ana ina that tne
trary the market has doomed pretty steadily the
other way and many stocks are now fifty per
CIeyeland's term. Still there are many little
good turns to be made by buying for cash when
prices are down and selling out again at mod
The last of old Barnum's is leveled with the
dust and ere long another structure will arise in
lLS place, DuC many reHiulSCcHCCc VI
Portable old place will continue to dwell in the
bosoms of its old frequenters until they them
selves go down. 1t has grown very much the
fashion of late years to Frenchyfy the names OF
public houses by putting the hotel first ana the
name afterwards, as the hotels Brunswick and
Vendome in Boston, &c.
Lent comes early this year and therefore the
young people seem determined to make life gay
while they can. The last Monday german was
especially brilliant from the large turnout OF
debutantes while the dowagerS also assembled In
force. An immense amount of entertainment
also goes ON in East Baltimore and across the
basin Judging, from the loaded society columns
of the Sky Scraper Socials and the Refreshments
served at midnight" in surprise parties. Itwould
be delightful to witness some OF these scenes,
but it is easier to get into the Monday german
than for an interloping camel to pierce the
needles eye of these associations.
Game seems to be abundant and the gunnerS
are having fine sport upon the rivers with ducks,
&c. Having been liberal patron of my butcher
and purveyOr was in hopes that brace OF can
Vas-backs as q gift would be forthcoming, but
unfortunately the butcher from dealing IN ten
derlOn so constantly became himself smltten
with tender passion for young maiden from
Omaha, and all the game he could spare was laid
prevailed and she surrendered. He married her
last week and has departed for that distant land
of promise. In a few years he Will likely realize
fortune in real estate and for aught know to
the contrary be returned as q millionaire mem
Der of the United States Senate. Meantime am
obliged to look out for another butcher whose
heart fear will prove as tough as his beef.
The new Board of General Appraisers in New
York appear to give satisfaction by their deci-
sions which they very carefully consider. Mr.
T. s. Sharretts, so long appraiser at the Public
Store No. /, is one of the board. WALPoLE.