Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1872-02-17

me reverence in which this old region is held
by those who have wandered from il is exem-
plihed by late remark of VIM. H. HOOPER,
delegate IN congress from Utah, and a Mormon,
though not polygdmist. He was describing
the virtues Of eastern shore cooking, when one
sad:
Capt. Hooper, when were you last on the
old PENINSULA
"Never, madame, since l left it thirty-fye
years ago"
Why, sir, from your frequent mention of the
place, should think you would want TO slip
over there at least once every session of CON
gress."
Never, madame. ! never wish to see it
again; for might be disappointed | always
want TO remember it rs it appeared to me last
~ the days of my youth; the most beautiful
spot under the eyes Of Providence"
Similar testimony was that OF John Gusts.
iatherinl law, by her first marriage, of Mrs,
George Washngt N. The Gusts family had
descended, in America, from John Custis a
hOilander IN name and ORIGIN who received the
appointment Of collector of customs on the east
efn shore OF Virginia in 1857, and whose great
estate oil Arlington there, and relative fortune
IN money, atesed either the richness of the east.
ern shore at that tune, or the antiquity of the
collector OF customs as we know him n rongj
ofncer to this day. The estate of Arlington.
near washington city, perpetuates the name Of
t VIC eiuer manor OF the Gusts family near Cape
OF the collector married the daughter OF ID mel
Farke, who carried the dispatches of Marlbor.
0ugh TO Queen Anne, announcing the victory of
blenheim. This second Gusts, living unhappi.
~ with his wife left this tribute to the cast. I'm
shore on his tombstone:
Under this marble tomb lies the bodv os tho
Hon John Gusts, Esq, Of the city of Williams.
burg and parish of Burton, formerly Of Hun.
gars parish on the eastern shore of Virginia and
comfy oil northampton, aged seventy.One wears.
unu yel lVcd nut seven years, which was the
space of time he kept a bachelors home M Ar.
Dnston, on the eastern shore of Virginia"
Toe attestations, however, revive the widely
KNOWN anecdOte iuN enied by the Hon Tom Cor
win, who used TO tel 1t on the Stump A yeIv
Old man, with long jaws and high cheek bones
came once upon lime to the witness box OF an
OHIO court. " "'
",,What IS your age~ asked Corwin.
twenty-five"
You probably mistake the question. The
years OF your liie--I wish to know the number
"Iweniy.twop
Have you spent all your life in Ohio?p
"Ob, no. did live forty year on the eastern
sho' OF Maryland, but / hope the Lord AIM
counted them agin mel'
The queer phrases and pronunciation of this
region are OF habit, and no longer OF Ignorance
u do'no but" is mild form Of affirmation
"a DANCED sight good deal" Is an ambiguous
estimate Of quantity "Won't 'mung ye come
TO see mel" Is u somewhat querulous renewal of
an invitation. "What Tor q sort OF man" Is
hardly indigenous. but sounds suspiciousy like
an imitation OF "Fldelfy" or "Baltmer' bust.
ness talk. VINO can define an "lll.commeoned
day. except upon the theory OF natural vOlu.
0iity unreleved by dictionary can else" is
tiansposition of unless. Right smart" is q
universal currency; IL applies to man Of sagac-
ig' 70 quantity, and TO distance; occasionally
.le Wolu "peair takes the place OF "smari," 10
slsnliy animation. "Clcveness" in Delaware
n ua,sns hospitality and good fellowship solely,
never ski aud II is the next diploma below tie
inbassaOle grade of "a gentleman"
A. Souslilsnip IL feature Of good family life on
tne peninsula, the remark being common of so
eha 80 my fourth cousin" Extraordinary