Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1875-10-02

DEER PARK. Md. Sept. 21. Z.

DEER PARK, Md, sept. %, 10.
~ NJ Edaors Of The Independent
The Summer beauties Of this pop
nlar resort are fast preparing to re-
turn to their winter homes: the for
ests are no longer green, but golden
capped: the surroundings of the
great Hotel are as attractive as in
midsummer the falling leaves are
wonderfully beautiful. and the few
visitors who still stay are ENJOYING
the grandest season of the year amid
the charming GOODNESS Of the glades.
and rural beauty Of the mountains.
The warm season here commenced
in July, and early in September the
cold nights set in, and the visitors,
who have for weeks mingled i'm the
social gayeties, are astonished to see
the evidences Of approaching winter.
That "the faded woods a yellow liv-
cry wear.
Brightly sac Summer, brightly
Thine hours have Apatel b, -
1t has only been a few years since
the country for distance of many
miles from where the Deer Park Ho-
tel is situated was almost a wilder
ness-now it is spotted with Summer
homes, which, III point of cultivation
and comfort, will compare favorably
with the finest old country seats in
the State. The B. and O. r. Il. has
taken the advance step, and the inn
provernents made by it's officers are
creditable even to that immense Cor
poration.
Henry G.. Davis, II. s. Senator
from the adjoining State, has de-
llghtfni nome 81 tract of land adj
joining that of the Railroad Compa-
ny. His immense wealth has enabled
him to make it worthy of the home
of a Senator.
VIM. Keyser, Esq, Vice President
of the Railroad, lives in a beautiful
cottage near the Senator. There are
other cottages equally elegant. The
improvements arenot confined to the
vicinity of The Hotel, but for many
miles around there are well-improv-
ed farms. Mr.. Proctor's, Gen. Kel-
ley's, and other farms are as well inn
proved as the lands in the lower
counties.
Col. James NJ. Schley, who lives in
Cumberland, has purchased very
large tract of land about six miles
from Deer Park, and has made it
most charming Summer home
Years ago the place was named The
Promised Land, and nothing has
been spared to make it attractive and
comfortable. | have not seen a farm
in the State more highly improved
and none can equal it in natural
beauty. Should you, Messrs. Edi-
tors, visit Deer Park, you will he
fully repaid for drive to 'sThe Pro-
missed Land - nor will you soon for
get the princely hospitality of the
Colonel and Mrs. Schley.
Politics absorbs the attention of
the people of these western counties
well, there seems to be strong de-
termination to defeat the ring, de-
mocracy of the State. The reformers
as the opposition to the old line call
themselves, are determined to take
the State government out of the
hands of the old political ring-mast-
ers. And if surface indications are
to be relied on, there will be vic
tory won by the Independents.
We yesterday rode down to Rowles-
bury, in West Virginia, and found
business suspended, nothing doing,
the saw-mills and machines for man
ufacturing lumber were all idle.
And men who, year ago, were ac-
tive in the lumber business, are COM
planning of hard times, and Micawber
like waiting for something to turn
up that they may have employment.
We cOnversed with some of them
and we found that they cherished a
hope that when Allen was elected
governor of Ohio upon his imitation
platform, that he would manufac-
ture money enough to meet their
fullest demands. Vain hopel infa-
ton will, we fear, leave these labor
ers worse off. Politicians demand
imitation, and they may ride into
Office upon the tidal wave; but for
the men who earn their bread by the
sweat of their brows, safety lies in
the pathway to specie payments.
Yours, III.