The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1890-12-27
Corr sspondence Baltimore County linton.
LETTER FROM BALTIMORE.
Children's Books = Progress of the Belt
Line-Boston's Rapid Transit System
The Jenkins Memorial Church
Reduced Railroad Rates-Get
an Encyclopedias Cheap
va Another Decapitation--
Stock Market, etc.
BALTIMORE. December oath, 1890.

BALTIMORE, December Gath, 1890
MesSTS. Editors There is no literature hkely
to last as long as childrens literature: Motnef
that many of the fugitive pieces now collected
in Mother Goose are older than the Engllsh IAN
guage. Children have perpetuated them from
age to age. "Buck, Buck how many fingers DO
hold up was asked by nurses as they tapped
Nero. These reflections came upon me as look
ing over some children's books in toy store l
came across several different pictorial editions OF
been the success of this fable, written some
seventy years ago, that the authors name has
P Peeh Ma Csm le Moore of New YORK long
since dead. had the pleasure Of meeting MIN
once great many years ago at sharon springs,
New York State. Instead of being the jolly
looking mortal one would have supposed from
his poem, he was a little dried-up old gentleman
who never smiled and looked as if he never ate
mince pie in his life. But his poem, the only
thing he ever wrote that is remembered, is like
ly to live as long as Christmas itself. 49,
A committee of rapid transit people has just
visited Boston to inspect the system there OF
electric railways. All of that class in Boston are
rapidity with which they travel is amazing to a
conservative Baltimorean. All over the city TINS
network of wire is suspended and the cars seem seen,
the horse cars. These lines must pay well, Tor
the cars are crowded at all hours of the day, and
as soon as one becomes accustomed to them ne
prefers them to any other. Our Belt railroad IS
burrowing like mole under number OF streets
on its route, and among the changes IL VIII eHect
is the row of large houses on Mount Royal ave
nue. from Dolphin street northwest. Some i've
or six of these dwellings are to be pulled down,
as they are in the pathway of the new road. ,
It may be mentioned here en- PEASANT that the
new and beautiful jenkins Memorial Church. on
Mo WIT Is &9SaH hs
sisted by Bishop Foley, OF Detroit, and anumDer
Of % s tine list a4 esn y tb
jenkins family The architect is P. G: Kelley,
of Brooklyn, N. Y, a self-taught man altogether,
but who appears to have genius for building
and who has erected quite number of fine
ecclesiastical structures. The Roman Catholic
church does not consecrate a house of worship
until it has been entirely paid for. There is of
course no difficulty about this one as the veal
thy family who reared it will leave it entirely
The railroads have issued prospectuses of re-
duced rates at Christmas for excursion tickets
and could thus perhaps satisfy the black boys
that the fares would be reduced so that they
could ride. The Baltimore and Potomac road
issues round trip tickets to New York to-day,
good to return till the 9th OF January, Tor the
small sum of STAB.
The theatres are running very full this week
ana at the 1he 6Ura pae
ter" This new theatre has taken undisputed
possession of the fashionable element in North
west Baltimore. 1t is most elegant in its interior
appointments, while its acoustic properties are
admirable. Mr.. Albaugh will have none but
first-class productions and actors at the Lyceum
One of our newspapers has issued proposals for
obtaining fair reprint of the great Encyclo-
month, to include the daily newspaper for one
year. Tothose having plenty of money of course
the original edition: published by Adam and
Charles Black, of Edinburg, is preferable, while
many of limited means, not caring so much for
print and paper will gladly avail themselves Of
this offer. Reprints seem to be in order now.
Within the last year the copyright of Webster's
original quarto dictionary, which had run out,
was thus reprinted and sold by Chicago firm at
a ridiculously low price. to the intense rage of
the Webster publishers in Springfield, Mass. 1t
is Just as good for all practical purposes as the
last edition with its ten thousand new words.
drive "a substantive and Six" so fluent was he
in language before jury. and thus when the
late Chief Justice Shaw, of Massachusetts heard
that Websters last edition was to contain ten
thousand new words he exclaimed, For heavens
sake don't tell Choate."
The old habitues of the Custom House will
ed, who for so many years has been the head of
the laborerS in sweeping. SpittoOn cleaning, &c.
1t was supposed that Lemuel had preempted
claim on the Custom House and that he would
From some unforeseen cause the wheel of poll
tics went round and Lemuel was submerged.
In other words he was discharged on the LIST of
the month and new incumbent succeeded.
The stock market during the last ten days has
slightly improved and firmer tone is exhibited
in quotations. There is little to be hoped for,
however, as to higher prices until after the mid
die of January, when very large amounts from
quarterly dividends on United States bonds and
other dividend payers will be thrown upon the
market. 1t is an excellent time to buy stocks
and bonds for cash, and such specialties as Lake
Erie and Western preferred pays per cent. per
annum on present prices. The cash buyer will
be sure to make money, as such opportunities
have not occurred for years, but it is dangerous
still to buy stocks on margin, and after the late
semi-panics the brokers themselves are very
cautious.
A merry Christmas to the staff and workers of
The BALTIMORE COUNTY UNION says