Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1869-06-08
Maryland Correspondence.


Inc Car Of progress moves very
remarkably slow'iii Mary land retarded
as it is, by the false pride and in
wrought preju6ees Of people will
WY blinded 70 their financial and
9 sps lmprovement Orsamong all
.n9 a 'lefiean States, ought to exult
"a her political and social ADVANTAGES
t 10 : ! 81 81 now struggling to main
~ Z ~ - y ri.le position. living in
cioso proximity 10 TIE buzz and Nv
citemehtof rorttcIu industrv Marrs
land should have been one hundred
| years in advance Of what she now K
for It Is q palpabto fact that our peo~
pie are wonderfully behind the times
IN al those IMPROVEMENTS in agricul.
taro and science which tend 10 mag.
mfg and onnoblo o free people.
Slavery has impoverished our soil.
stinted the growth Of our forests,
permitted our piantationsto overgrow
with therns aud thisttes, and turned
our houses and cities into 4 sort Of
dingiueSs, calculated to make the
impression on the mind of q foreign
81, that they are as old as the DAYS
q The Hood. Colored boys still drive
thor i've horse. team afeld with one
line. and, turn up the soil with the
antiquated narrow contracted blow
Of the past century, ard the coiored
girls do their baking ia the old fash
toned oven, remove tho Dirt from
clothing Ia the ancient method Of
elbow grease and the pounding bars
rel, and 50 to mill on horseback be,
tWeon . number OF pond6rous sacks
Of wheat and cora. Maryland ladies
know little q. work though l will!
say Tor their credit, they are trying
to adapt themselves to their sur
roundings, and are making decided
improvement on the .threadbar lab,
its and customs Of their grapdmoth-
crs. In 4 residence ID The South
Of number Of years, have seen
in use but few washing end sewing
machines. Modern agricultural inn
proyements are few and far between.
The old fashioned churn is used to
turn our cream to butter, men wo-
men and children go miles to church
on horseback /; tournaments take the
place Of horse races and circuses, at
which the sexes mingla promiscu-
ously, and generally wind up with
dancing on the smooth. sod, or on
platform mado of planks on the
ground reminding ono of the good
old days Of Our fathers, when lads
and lasses went miles to corn husk-
ing on moon lit night and didn't
go homo till morning.
The question is often asked "Are
the Blacks any Happier to-day Than
they were before The day 81 their
emancipation p As Ear as my OBJ
serYation goes in Virginia and Md,
/ have not, been able to see MUCH
difference Sambo is naturally hsy.
Ply anywhere if you viii give him a
full stomach and not too much hard
work. Let him work his own corn
patch, and ride his own mule, and
4 more independent happy fellow
could not be found above the sod
Nature formed them for display
- Nf4q - Nt,Sih ~ ~ aAlii2 laE MA
among the females, especially pride
runs rampant, and their love for
something dazzling and GORGEOUS
equal to Chat Of the Indians Of the
northwest. "Missuss old shawl if
it has not lost its colors, sits on Di-
nah's shoulders with becoming grace,
and Toby with Massar's white bea-
yer and shad belly coat, makes him
cut q figure equal TO "Falstaff -
Colorod people are perfect mimics -
whatever il done by white folks can
tc done By them; they have their
tournaments and social gatherings
picniea and stampedos, during which
hen roosts have 10 be locked and
especial guards have to bo put over
pautrys and meat houses and the
old adago eternal yigilenco Is the
price Of liberty" Git should read
eatables,) is most practically de-
monstratcd. Moro anon.
CLERICUs.
Montgomery Co, Nd, May g. 1860.