The aegis & intelligencer., 1895-04-26
FRANK E. GORRELL
BEAUTIFUL hartford.

DLh IfAhFOhDs
We are just approaching that per-
iod of the year when Dame Nature
puts on her loveliest garb, beautiful in
itself and all the more beautiful by
contrast with the sombre and dreary
robes of winter. To the dwellers in
the cities the beauty of spring Is not
so marked, bringing only suggestion
of the change from the pinching pow
erty of winter to hot, sitting nights,
when whole households gasp on door
steps and housetops for a breath of
fresh air. Those, however, who are
privileged to watch the buds and
grasses springing from their long sleep
and the smiling flowers opening their
eyes to meet the kisses of the sun
enjoy a delight only second to what
might have been could man have seen
the creation of the beautiful world on
which we live out of the original void.
The man who does not enjoy the
sights, sounds and scents of a spring
morning in the country must have a
dull nature indeed, or else something
is radically wrong with his soul.
The works of nature are all grand.
The majestic ocean, the broad plains
of the littoral, the towering mountains,
the wide spreading prairies, and even
the vast deserts which lie beyond are
grand or awe-inspiring in their way,
but while their grandeur or immensity
may charm the beholder for a time
their eternal sameness soon wearies
the eye and one turns with pleasure to
the rolling hills, the fertile valleys, the
green fields and the pleasant
woods of the ideal farming country
in short, just such a country as we
have right here in Hartford.
For here we have a most delightful
blending of all elements which make
country life worth living, with as few
discomforts as possible. A splendid
climate. healthy and free from ex-
tremes, a fertile and well-tilled soil,
a rich and peaceful landscape, made
up of gentle and peaceful scenery; fine
farms with substantial and frequently
handsome buildings, and a topography
varying from the tide-water section
along the bay to the steep hills and
tumbling cascades of upper Deer
Creek and the Susquehanna bluffs.
ments of nature the fact that we have
a most intelligent population, noted
for kindness and hospitality, what
wonder is it that Harford's adventur-
GUS sons who wander away to seek
more stirring scenes, where the rush
for gain is swifter and the battle of
life severe, grow weary and sick with
longing to breathe again the air of
home. What wonder is it that strang
ers who come among us prolong their
stay and come back again and again
and go away regretfully. What won
der is it that the wanderer returning
weary and travel-worn from journey
ings over all this and perhaps other
countries, looks about him with salts
flying glances and breathes with
sigh of restful content ''There is no
place in the whole world equal to
Hartford county"
Yet we who are privileged to live
and have our being here do not al
ways make the most of our advan-
tages. While representatives of other
sections are loudly proclaming the
merits of their various localities which
are not one-half so desirable or at
tractive as ours we sit idly by and
make no effort to secure the advanta-
ges which accrue from the influx of
capital or immigrants of a desirable
class, for both of which we still have
much room. Where one word can be
said, and much is truly said, in favor
of any other section of the South as a
place of refuge for the storm beaten
residents of tine Northwest and the
starved out denizens of our large cities,
ten words could as justly be said of
the counties of central and eastern
Maryland-a diadem in which Hartford
is the choicest jewel. We have air
and water of the purest, cheap lands,
already cleared and with good build
ings, abundant and rapid transporta-
ton by water and rail to the markets
of the large cities which lie close by,
an excellent school system, peace and
good order, and, above all, a warm
welcome for the new conner who in
tends to make his home among us.
Why is it, then, that we do not take
more active measures to let our ad-
vantages be known, to advertise our
selves as it were. 1t is simply for want
of organized effort ON the part of our
citizens. Our people are, as general
thing, pretty well contented and
modesty stands in the way of their
pushing their county or themselves to
the front, so it is not at all probable
that anything in the way of organiza
tion for this purpose will be done in
the near future. Much can be done by
individuals, however. Let every
man in this beautiful county of ours
feel assured that he lives on one of the
most desirable parts of the earth's
surface and let him not be backward
about making it known. Let him
sing the praises of his native place
wherever he goes, and he may do so
with a clear conscience, for no one can
deny that as place to live long and
happily in, and to prepare successfully
for happy life herafter, Hartford
county is and will be unsurpassed and
indispensable.
"A rumor from Washington says
that President Cleveland will appoint
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