The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1891-07-17
HITS AND MISSES.
CONTRIBUTED By 4. sPABBBR.
'De onani re sci5iI ct q4s5usdau. ais.

"De onans re scibi5 ct QuS6usdaus aliis"
A certain learned statistician having re-
Gently decided that if for every ten strokes
we make one hit, we may count that success,
and tradition having calculated that miss is
as good as mile, we conclude a sparring
match, even If conducted on unscientifc prin-
ciples, may not be inopportune. We might
awaken the snakes asleep on old Harfords
motherly bosom, we surely could cheer that
! patient old toad, who at whisper of very
wonderful railroad to thread the Deer Creek
valley, ceased his croaking and has been nod
ding and blinking ever since. CARRIED in the
sere and yellow leaf of prolonged anticipa-
ton, he doubtless attended railroad meeting
called not long since.
Be there one thing above another that Har-
ford does pride herself upon, 1t Is the quiet
and orderly manner In which she can con-
duct such public-spirited affairs.
Size is nothing II not conservative. but as.
pires to the mildly progressive, so where an
other would have caucus, be 1t for railroads,
immigration or the heather, she lets one man
call, represent, preside dismlss and 90 avoids
wild west show.
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Apropos of the wild west and imm-
gration-a word to the wise. Before we
try the Danes from the East, let Us i'm
port delegation of female hustlers from
Kansas to initiate our wives and daughters
The question of female help is the nearest to
them at present, colored labor is no longer q
factor in the problem; generous Hartford has
given homes of their own 10 the sober and
industrious of that race, the worthless no one
wants. So our housewives work and toll,
fret and stew, nag at husband or brother as
to what he should do, not being advanced"
enough to rise in their wrath and take the
matter in their own hands. They, that are
landowners, might at least agitate, whilst
am sure the woes Of the mass, if told In the
aggregate, would move the heart of even a
repressive politician. Or else, put all the
men of Hartford at the cook stove for six
in immigration at the expiration of that time,
think.
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The proverbial ant is at work on our roads,
the tumbler tumbleth, likewise our supervi-
sors wax warm over few upturned burrows
aud goodly pile of stones. My prophetic
soul pictures mire eight months hence and
signs to know that any miss will then be bet
ter than many miles.
But there-let the chickens die Of The gapes,
the blackbirds eat the corn, the hens refuse to
lay, the cat lap up the cream, the baby crack
her crown, the cook be off to parts unknown,
the ricks come tumbling down, what matter
Goods in His hesven-All's right with the
world"
The poet, who is more than poet and more
than seer. gives Us philosophy IN nutshell,
whole course of theology in a sentence
Our woes are not the woes of the city-bred
toilers, those words were coined for US from
out of natures heart. OUR lines have fallen
in pleasant places, in modeLcounty, which
were not worthy Of our love, could we not
improve it, so let US hope and sing
THE years at the spring,
And days at the morn,
Mornings at seven,
The hill-Side'S dew pearled
The lark'S on the wing;
The snaips on the thorn;
Gods in His heaven
ALP right with the world