. Picturesque B. and O. Historical and descriptive . rs of the citys commerce, and the water of such depth as to per-mit ocean steamers to run their bows into town. The famous Bay Line steamers land within a few moments walk of the leadinghotels, as do those of the ^ork River line, and it is only a triflefarllicr ti. the piers ..f the Boston and \e\v York LocustPoint, is th,. marine terminus nf the Baltimore and Ohio, isdirectly within the main harbor, and is Ieadily reached by .street-car (piartet went by the tug because the distance is somewhat sho
. Picturesque B. and O. Historical and descriptive . rs of the citys commerce, and the water of such depth as to per-mit ocean steamers to run their bows into town. The famous Bay Line steamers land within a few moments walk of the leadinghotels, as do those of the ^ork River line, and it is only a triflefarllicr ti. the piers ..f the Boston and \e\v York LocustPoint, is th,. marine terminus nf the Baltimore and Ohio, isdirectly within the main harbor, and is Ieadily reached by .street-car (piartet went by the tug because the distance is somewhat shorterby water, and a capital opportunity would thus be afforded to note Balti-mores importance as a seaport. The sail was like a walk down Broad-way: to keep with the crowd moving one way was all right, but anyattempt to skip about meant slow progress and possible collision. Nomore busy place could be imagined, and to tell of all the craft plying thewater, of the large steamships lying at wharves, and of incoming and out- Pictnresijue li. and (). 39. 4oing steamboats, would1 equire many pages of de-tails Ben, whose earlyfe Baltimore was quitefamiliar with, knew everytoot of the way down theharbor. He pointed outFederal Hill, and at oncefound himself in a livelydispute with Apple Jackas to whether Ben Butler marched his men uj) or down the hill, or in factwhether Ben had ever seen the place or not. Farther on Fort McHenrycame in siolit, and involuntarily thoughts of Key and the inspirationwhich jirompted him to write the Star Spangled Banner came crowd-ing in and the present was momentarily forgotten. Yellowstone, dreamyand poetic under the influences of memory, in his face the soulgiven over to the consecrated past. Ben, practical and gossipy, rattledon with his historic reminiscences, paying little attention to Apple Jacksrepeated corrections, and every now and then growing earnest in impress-ing upon the Fairy the importance of getting everything down in his
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