Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1871-09-08
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Tho Eden Of Maryland.

Let me tell you of Sandy Spring. 1t is in
Montgomery county, Maryland sixteen OF
eighteen miles from Washington, on high
ground, where mosquitoes never come, and
where big bills, hotel discomforts, plotting
mammas, willing gisls, heartless compliments,
fashiorble lauguor gAddy dress and indges-
ton are never Known. Instead, y0ti- haze s.
locality where sincerity is the ruling feature,
where health Is no established law, and where
enjoyment seeks incentive in ones own nature.
SANDY Spring is a community Of Quakers; not
The sort that arc always thee-ing and thou-ing
you; always turning down the corners of the
mouth and looking grave at the sight of en-
joyment, and smiling only in their sleep; but
the kind that the love Of God has made happy;
the kind in whose nature selfishuess has given
way to fairness; The kind who believe that
| God has not made men after bis own image
to groan and weep and lameut the.wicked-
| ness of the world, but rather to read sermons
| in nature, gratitude in the happiness which
every neighbours family feels, aud enjoyment
which harmless pleasure brings, where laugh
| ter is not crime, and where music is not re-
garded as too worldly for the elect.
LOCATION.
As for the location Of this newly discovered
| Eden, this too is perfect. 1t is 80 high that
there is no dnmpness and no fever and mos
quitos; the air is dry and pure and invigorat-
ing; there is lucious fruit, good water, prize
vegetables, milk from cows, butter that does
not take the skin OFF your tongue, and, above
all, there is peaceful good nature and cheerful
happiness There is no whining and dcspond-
ency, lamenting Of poverty, envy of
| more thrifty neighbours no 'bluesH IF IL
man has poor luck he does not whine about
| it: he Is not always ringing il in your ears;
| but lie works the harder and lis neighbors
| help him.
A finer landscape of farms and grounds.
| and shrubbery and trees and handsome houses
aud plenty smiling all the wear round, was
never spread out before the eyes Of man.
| There may be better land but there are no
better farms. and in point Of intelligence and
general information their like is not found
among the tilers of the soil anywhe ;. SO far
as NV knowledge qoes Into such ommupi-
ties are we TO 20 TO find the coming woman,
and the true nobility of manhood 10 10 he
found there also. Health, sincerity, gentle
brecdiue--lbese are the Characteristic
or.,.o nun.
S'.''."'' 49,
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VI sickness' sometimeR use u myself, shid
he. 'lf thee is ignorant Of the manner ia
winch II rs prepared wilI show NEE; u is
not unpleasant to the taste ana IS beneficial TO
the appetite.
WIN ms ne rev me Suing rs was, IN
tpe uehclo"s snaue OF OAKS ma chesthuls
winch surrounded ms mousse The meadow,
WIN IT'S SWEEP smelling nay, was near the
corn-stacks green and graceful, waved lan-
Ruidiy "a We breezei the golden wheat, as the
vino swept ny, wrlnkled ana crawied IKE Tho
waves OF the sea; The quail along the stnbbie
increasingly insisted Thai "Bob bite should
come and the wholc scene was 50 sun and
peaceful that laneuor came over me, and
nodded ana winked heavily Ia response TO The