Baltimore: its past and present . r city on the globe. The unlimited ^ujiply afforded by theChesapeake and its tributaries and the superiority and delicate flavor of the Oysters,make it impossible for any other city in the world to compete with Baltimore in thisregard. Eight hundred small schooners and over 3,000 smaller boats are engaged inthe trade. An Oyster Navy enforces the Oyster Law of the State and the efforts oflegislators have been directed to the regulation of the manner of taking Oysters thatthe beds may not be permanently injured. The City divided into 20 wards, counts 220 Churche
Baltimore: its past and present . r city on the globe. The unlimited ^ujiply afforded by theChesapeake and its tributaries and the superiority and delicate flavor of the Oysters,make it impossible for any other city in the world to compete with Baltimore in thisregard. Eight hundred small schooners and over 3,000 smaller boats are engaged inthe trade. An Oyster Navy enforces the Oyster Law of the State and the efforts oflegislators have been directed to the regulation of the manner of taking Oysters thatthe beds may not be permanently injured. The City divided into 20 wards, counts 220 Churches, 9 Synagogues, 14 OrphanAsylums. 12 Hospitals, 10 Markethouses, 68 Schoolhouses, 6 Railroad Depots, etc. Ithas an inliabitance of over 370,000 souls, excluding the Belt. A stranger fromcity is struck byof tenementfearful hot-bedsother large citiesBaltimore doesHer un 1 i mi tedsion, her reasoncheap rates of livhumblest me-te live with hisdwellmg and sur-the pleasures andhome, and he and Xi^esi*^a n individualitywhich are apt to. THE nf:w post office. any other largethe utter absencehouse s— thoseof pestilence inof the world,not need them,space of extenable rents andi n g , enable thechanic or laborerfamily in a modestround them withc < 1 m f o r ts of ahis family acquireand m a n 1 i n ess,display them-Home-influence, the strongest. selves for the right in their careers through life the purest and most precious that can surround man, either in his relations to society or the family circle, is offered here in all its freshness and luxuriance. The moral tone of our community is therefore excellent; though the city is not exemptfrom evils of other large cities. Purity from time immemorial has been claimed as anespecial virtue of the inliabitants and our citizens have not soiled the fame, which camedown to them from their ancestors.
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