Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1878-07-18
From thc Annapolis Republican }
I Tr!s Through SszthsT1 Earyiaa2'

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On Monday morning. the first instant, we
started on little trip through Prince a'roI-t =
Clarl,< ard St Mary's couuiirs reaching PIef
Marlboro hy f0ar o'Cluck. tie same Gay. &c
made our wax - the dwelling Ct |. ;. " i'soa,
- oftbe Igarsr-.. who expected ~, and Who
together with his esIiuahle yoanE wife. shew Us
ererv Kindness and attention. Mrs. Wilson = q
View Hampshire lady. bHt for seveTsA le''Fs h''s
lived in MARYLAND Fine-loOkiuE in her ycFSonai
appearance. ea-y ami graceful IA her manners
highly intelligent and cultivated, she i luS' u,e
one TO make happy and grace the home o; the cd
itor OF the .c-Fffs. Who himself : an aisnhus %
-; Johns COLLEGE AERarUhs.
VCe have been in nearly all The TcwSIsaTe7 o.
fees Of the STATE. hut have nowhere seen sneh
fine establishments IN al their appointments Is
the Offices Of the Gazette aud France Gsory'iH'
They both haze fine new buildings. large, AIRY
aui well aiaVfen for their Intended Pufposes'
Dropping IN upon our friend turner, Ne w
glad 10 see his genial counienauce ans grasp his
honest hand once more. lie has spcNdid new
Rabcock L Cottrpll press, aud understanding MS
business as be does. il j. no wonder thc I'tRc'
Gsorgida is - frst-ciass paper. ui course We
don't fail to compliment the GH-sff' Mhlch l.
considered one among the ablcsi papers IN the
State. Afler Spending q very pleasant evening
and night. with our young friends, We parted
the next morning with many regrets, and made
our wav towards Port Tobacco, stopping for an
hour ~ Cheltcuhau, the reiUrmaiury school TOT
colored BOYS under the management 81 Ten. J.
w Horn. who. 10y nature and experience i
Just the man fitted 10 preside over such an lnst'-
tuition II IS impossible, in u brief notice like
this 20 do Justice "a either the manager or place
but Ne eouldnot lei The OPPORTUNITY pas with
out seeing our friend, and making passing re
mark about this laudahle enterprise. The build
ings three IN number. are very large, and hult
of brick, and cccupy tire most elevated position
upon the farm. which contains nearly i've nun
drrd acres and was donated hy EuoCh Pratt
Esq, one Of The largc-hclrtcd and charitable cIi-
liens Of Baltimore There gre in the institution
now. about two hundred and fifteen BOYS ot all
ages ana we Hc-c informed hy the General that
they were all under pretty good discipline, pro
utgiy cared Tor. and IN due time turned uU' upon
the world aide TO make their own living honest
Is i'm the sight o. an men. This institution IS
one Of the hruutriarirs OF the Stale. AMI receives
nu annual appropriation ut about eight thousand
dollars We remained Jn hour with our irIlua,
during which time ne got the band together,
about fourteen pieces. under thrir excellent Lead
or Nr. Fitzgerald. AMI p'eyCt for our henchi, ana
certainly for qualification, several choice alrs.
The General wanted MS 20 dine and remain All
night with him, which wc shuGl! like 10 have
done FOR the sun was sicwiur the mercury, and
sending ii Way up in tile uu"iCS tat We lad
our cngag cmcnts, and it would not DO to break
them.
We reached Port Tobacco about five o'clock.
y. m. and as II was Cpurt-iAv, we had an OPP
u0rtruitv 10 see. many Of our old friends. We
had the pleasure also of meeting oUrvourC friend
Wells publisher ufthr Pur, Tobacco TINS, and
were glad 10 learn from him that his paper was
succeeding ~pvtll. The Times j. an excellent pa
per, published upon proper plan, does not
stoup 20 anything Ike slang or dirt-'iroNing
aud We are not surprised that an Intelligent aud
discriminating public. like the people OF Charles
should foster and sustain paper like the IiRfs.
The next day we went 10 McchaHicsyillc. in
81. MARY :, where our friends, the McihodIsis,
were holding "A festival and concert, for the pur-
pose Of fitting up their church aud purchasing,
or rather paying for, q mclDdcon. ~ night the
aUiiance went in the church and listened to a
short speech from lie writer Of this. TaeTs
were present several friends frpPa rsJHar.ifat-n
among them. Ness-s. Ealsyr CimaIcr. Frank
Ford. Col. Crane. Nr. iLImmc''. &c: aud when
the proposition wIS>ZI.de to contribute funds TO
pay F.r The -JISSc organ, they All responded with
hHCf1lLL~~anj the amount necessary w's real
lzI<Ouc gentleman giving his check for the de
The h,iie, were highly gr.,f'l. and
can no" tEUmP away upon tie Instrument rs
much MS thry p,ctsc-knowing II il paid FOR.
I'll" next day We went TO Bethel. about six
miles from Meyhar.csyi'lr. where in our younger
days We had been Ia the habit Of worshipring.
Here We found a great many people assembled
both from Charles ard s. Mary counties. The
company remained all day upon the ground. TAX
ing dinner and supper; and in the evening a DC
IightfI vocal concert was given. supcrinicnicd
Us the Rev. ". Blracs a c3uuoissgur IN that
line After which we had the pleasure % !c'.y-
c.ing lecture. lasting about iorty-:ye minutes.
to a highly refined aud intelligent audience Of
about four hundred ladies aud gentlemen. Al
though the weather was excessively hot, yet ev-
cryhody seemed TO enjoy themselves and he in
good humor with every body else. II was grand
and in proof Of it, it is only necessary TO
state that our friends realized nearly two hun
drCd dollars the result of iheir efforts; besides
which. one gentleman, Mr.. Carpenter, presented
the ladies with splendid mclodeon To the
Ncssr= Carpenters, Dr. Buniing's family, Mr..
Barbour. Nr. Wainwright and few Others are
the congregation at Bethel indebted for the sue
ccss Of their lauiable enterprise, not forgetting
their worthy rastcr, Rev. Mr. McNcer who was
untirngn his Efforts and whose whole heart
seemed 10 bc enlisted iH the cause. Taking our
trip altogether il was one Of the most delightful
We have lad for many years, and long shall we
cherish the remembrance Of the many kind friends
We met with ~ McchlnicsvilIc and Bethel.