Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1869-05-06
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Persr L1-oE0r1, May Bird, 1869.

,ril. instead Of tie fresh sweet, fragrance
If balm May I, il sn peasant here
looking out uron tie grand Old Bay
; stretching ifq line ra'er, far away 10 TN
ripplcl rcpose after ita storm tossed VIII
ter. while the gentle breeze with It's ca
rcssing touch comes laden with tic per-
fume Of esrlv flowers. and glad songstors
.rill their anthem to returning Spring
This i. but the dawn Of Summers ap-
preach, when ecorched by its burning
rays you'll rweltcr during the day. and
loss in restless slumber through mos
quito pestered night. all UNCONSCIOUS OF
+ this cooling Of place few miles distant
Seriously speaking--3o any OF your Peo-
pie know its where's bouts @ because they
do say that folks up there detf fARoE-e
any other live spot but Leonsrdtown: It's
a way you have, hey tell me, Of keeping
trade among yourselves.
For the benefit Of the uuenlightened
permit me through your columns to IN
| form them tina, more delightful Sum
-mer resor. caut be found than this very
same place, tapering of from rich in-
land TO the junction of these magn'ncent
waters. the famed Chesapeake. and beau
tiful Potomac.
! A splendid breeze "morn. noon. ami
night" an unsurpassed surf, rolling IN
over vclvety bed Of sand that reaches
| out some hundred yards or more. where
wadera, and splashers. can duck and sport
! in fearless security FROM ander-tow' or
over-h head while the holder plurg has
water at It's very shore that will ride che
/ largest II an of war that floats. he saline
| propel tics Of which are sufficiently invlg-
Grating, and without the depressing or
exhausting Influence Of Newport. End
Cape May" bathin-.
To jump from your led, as the sun
comes up out of The Bay, into the crested
surf for your morning bath, then, after
/ good crash down, settle cozily into al arm
chair, or Toll on the green sward fringing
the white pcbbled beach, and 'listen to
! the mocking -biru" rs he provoking'y i'm
itates the sweet little songsters fitting
overhead from tree to tree or if you pre-
fe, it, stroll along the shore, or to the
Notifications that were built during the
war fer the benefit of adventurous rebels,
! by which time breakfast is ready, and SO
is your appetite. Do you love good
brs akfast Candid!y speaking, Centre
nous) III run chances for the balance OF
( the day if you'll give me Point Loci
OUT breakfast Fish, from your fresh
sheep s-head to the smaller fry" claI 8,
hard and soft, devl'd, and the devil
knows what not, with oysters-dtd you
ever 90 regular Point Lookouter-(D
in every conceivable and inconceiyable,
style, TO say nothing of water fowl, ter
rapins, mocho, those rolls and May but
ter, spread temptinely before YOU as an
introduction to your days gastrononic.
performance, digestcd by phlosoi n. ca
Whit of Virs MIA W, ed. when you a e au
fait for the days enjoyment OF hsAins on
"Ah,ep- head rock" (and capital sport 1t
is wien they bite) or for rock, tayiors'
croakers, aud such like. from the wharf
, or "round about in spots, Ealing, crab
| binr. and various recreations to while the
! :ime nwav most pleasantly with the
surge Of deep waters as lullaby Tor
| sleep, and no misquito. that Isl
should say-only at hnses, and they (po0F
things) are obliged to come from oomer-
set to feed, and they go back again de-
lighted with their trip which accounts tor
more coming after while +; but they 60
away too.
Such nights IS we have! Moonlight
nights why you have no conception OF
what such a thing really is until you sit
there. on that old bleachcd log by the
Bay-side, under it's mellow rays as they
silver DER the blue water sleeping quiet
IL before YOU, with = soft hand clasped
! in Yours, and the low sweet voice telling
YOU how beautiful il is.
If pleasant now, what will it not be
when opened for tie season with those
improvements that are to BE commenced
for its sdornment and greater comfort =
! Tbourh n selfish human, I'm glad of it,
for it will PROFESSIONALLY prove great
.dvantare to the immediate community,
and 10 Washington. and Baltimore,
safety valve for their brick steamed in
hsbitapts, as well as, promote the COM
nletion Of tie proposed railroad to this
no;ut Il Yankee observation-disclosures
takes hold Of Point Lookout III bet
zig apple to a sour 'cimmon that the
go and value az the lower section Of this
county will surpass any othe- 10 from
ave 10 ten wears. Land viii DO bought
up at good prices, differently managed
! he resources Of the different creeks de-
vclopcd, the oyster cultivated, orchards
plsnt.d and blooming garden of small
! farms replacing the now idle, or but hall
worked fields cf larger ones.
When this comes to pass you can swing
Garnet -baCs f,r Saturday afternoon run
down, but Just now would advise you TO
try hugcv-ride to these parts for there
are catering steps every other mile or so,
q chance fer an clectioneering side prom
Use, with an opportunity to drop in at the
- ins" an establishment Of much re-
sort, famous flr it, medicinal pine top"
i hard tp heat on euchre, ana with an &C
commodatins shufBeof poker" BY way
| OF eatert ain neDt.
Tie crops atou; here are looking bet
ter than for years past, II fact, the wheat
prospect is SO encouraging that farmers
I done grudsc taking hand for aroth<r
n;nt auS rs said that some were seen to
drop stamp in the church box last Sun
day. Fairs, weddings. no taxes nor tu-
pcTsls, tie order 81 ,hc day, with roads
in tip-top condition for enterprlsing
vhssl.wris hts, so trot sloug down aad
see things for yourself we hsve .fsrst
class ,r.reop<tis on tie "Po;nt") and
we'll tell you. soto voce, sll about the