The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1877-08-04
FROM THE PEOPLE.
THIS COLUMN Is OPEN TO ALL.
LETTER FROM LYNN, MASS.
LYNN. .IulY Roth. 1S1I.

LYNN, July 30th, 1870
EDITOR OF WHIG-!Sr:-P your
self for brief account of my visit 60 Down
East"
OF course the appearance of Southerner
in these parts calls forth quite an amount
of criticism, and the people us readily know
IA Southerner by his dialect as we know a
Yankee. But laying aside these pecul
| arlties of the Yankees they are a clever
set, and boast of acquiring their wealth by
industry. The chief source of wealth in
this town is the manufacture of shoes; and
shoe factories here are as numerous as
candy shops are in Elkton.
1t would consume too much time to
notice all the places of note between
Elkton and Boston, for in these days when
railroad and excursion tickets are nu mer-
Gus, almost any one can start from Elkton
on the S.5S train, and the following morn
ing take breakfast in Lynn. So it seems
as if ace are travelling as fast as time could
wish. The passage on the cars was not so
interesting and pleasant. Owing to the
rain and wind it was impossible to keep
dry and your eyes clear of cinders and
before you reach the Fall River steamer,
you need to be hung up on the clothes
line, or undergo an optical operation of
having a small piece of coal extracted from
your eyes.
But after encountering all these misror-
tunes, at O'Clock found myself on the
steamer, en- route for Boston. Promenad-
ing the steamer, looking for somebody or
something that would remind me of home
and old Maryland, my attention was called
to mule which seemed determined to
"Live and Die in Dixie ~ rather than be
shipped to Massachusetts. Whether or not
these were the thoughts of the mule |
know not, but the writer would say, Let
noe live and die in old Maryland, with all
her impertections. Her hospitality will
ever live green on memory's tablet The
next item of interest and mirth was a
young lady SO tightly tied back that only
the most infinite Smal step could be taken,
and who fell very gracefully. She was
picked up 10y gentleman, who inquired If
she was hurt. SO it is ev d Mt that the
vutares of Fl shions ext md far, her north
than Mason Il Dixon's Line, and will be
GLOVE by the blai: SIS portion of tie
community to such an extent that sensib
persons must censure the proceedings.
At o'clock the bell rang, and we found
ourselves making Roadway through the
Sound. The many fine res dences that
skirt Long Island. and the fertile
islands, waving with grain, that are scat
tered over the Sound, called forth many
remarks from the passengers. The Sound
was getting rough, and between the waves
and heavy mist | began to wish myself
home again, for it had been il hard day for
me, not having uttered half dozen words
since | left home, and took my seat in the
ladies, cabin, when a woman from Erin
inquired how long l had been from the
"O!d Country" | did not care about
passing joke on the old lady, as she
seemed to be my senior, so politely replied,
81 am not from Ireland saw by the
manner of the old lady that she was begin
ming to feel the effects Of keeping silent
and wished to enter into conversation.
The first object to call out remark flom
the old lady, was the girl who a few mo-
mentS before had made her obeisance to
the floor. | said nothing, but thought.
old woman, you are about rig ht,' and
with the wit that is SO characteristic with
that Nation, she wound up with Burns:
so wad some power the giftie gle us,
To see ourselves as Others see us"
These steamers have magnificent cabins,
furnished as cosy as parlors, with sofas,
reclining chairs, long mirrors, and music
now and then. | forgot l was on the briny
waters, but occasionally the waves dashing
high and the unearthly whoop to warn an
approaching vessel to keep clear, were
reminders that we were miles from home.
Next morning we were ready to take cars
into Boston, which | will try to describe in
my next.
Lynn, where have been stopping over a
week, like all other New England cities,
covers an immense amount of territory,
and is divided into East West and LYNN
Proper, and a few years ago Included
Swampscott Chelsea, and Nahant Sag as;
but now these towns claim a separated
territory and their own Importance Ivy
some particu interest that renders each
place ndepeudent-Lynn for shoes, Swamp
scott for fish and bathing, and the others
for Summer resort, etc.
| will not have time Or room to speak of
Fort Ellis, Lovers Leap and
Salem the history Of which is familiar to
all school children as the seat of witch
craft, but will in my next.
More anon, PHILUS.