The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1878-01-05
Letter from EastOn. Nd.
Correspondence Of the Democratic Advocate.
EAsroS, December 81, 1877.


EAsroS, December 81. 1877.
Sweet EAstun, oveliest village Of The ptaiur-
, Thus might with propriety amend the opening
line Of Goldsmiths masser poem for have seen
LliA asste city from each of It's inviting ap-
Pro4Gihes have rambled all about the green mea-
uoW iAno on which Il lies embosomed have as II
We're gone seven times about Jericho" and
seeing y was fair to view have entered within is
Streets shaded by grand old trees have Locked with
yearning upon is eembowered cottages prefaeed
~ A. s1eept its main street by their bits Of green
this have reclned amid its generous friendshiTs
ana partAken Of its bOunteoHs hospitality - that
seribes" @ O' - AHe
The country around Easton does not have the ma
Jestle beauty that gives Westminster such glori-
Gus setting The land here Is dead level for vSeay
miles yet there Is an agreeable diverSty or nlai1
alu IoreSI, ana gliding water-course which very
mucn relieves the monotony fat country other
wise presents The soil Is not as productiye as YOUR
own think and does not admit OF similar Improve
clay here, such as lies beneath your soil and holds
is fertilizers near the surface until an their virtues
ground, in this section in the way "a nrirhins, 4
serves its purpose doubtless for one crop or season.
ten SINKS % rise no more into sight usefulness
lis aks iae snowfall IN tae river
A2ozeat white then Eane furcvrr.-s
But Nature Is ever bounteous and what she has
MOI given IN one way she has made up in another
Inc WAREHOUSES of the county are numerous and
are fruitful beyond desire. Here the land q free
from stones aud Is easy to cultivate that II can
N
deed II Is likely % constantly increase IN is atrac
uveness. For some years now there has been a
seesuy u1e OF emigration thitherward, slender at
nrst 70 be sure, but ever the increase In eonse
quenee of this plantations are dividing I'M
xenlent farms new and progressive ideas OF farm
ing are obtaining; and the future of Talbot county
promise. VIM
Easton, Il may be said too is the commercial ma.
uopons OF the shore Its central position IFS con-
nection with Baltimore by two lines az steamers
and with philadelphia by rail- the variety OF rs in
bine TO make il such Its two leading mercantile
houses, J. j. Jump Co.. and Thomson 4 Kersev
S,s E,s1 nSssa. aqveltsing extensive stock, and
under contribution 10 their trade and prosperity
and the one bank of the county, and one OF only
four or five on the shore, by similar energetic and
liberal course has brought % rs Golfers th wealth
OF very considerable business
But the almighty dollar Is not the only feature OF
interest here, or elsewhere Easton has social CON
siderations as well and in presenting these know
not whether her sons be the drawer or her daugh-
ters the fatrer One sees here yet much Of the
courtly and digniied galan:ry of ante-belum davs.
and all OF the genuine free-hearted hospitality flat
mas always characterized the happy homes OF Mary
land The stranger finds himself received and
treated as gentleman until his conduct or CONVEX
satlon publish him otherwise. The young men of
the place are generous intelligent and chivalrous
Very susceptible too one Sronld fhfnt - ar
charms Of the graceful and highly cultivated ladies
matrimonial is Just now raging with eonsidersbIa
violence-there being no less than ten or a dozen
weddings 20 be consummated within the next week
clared that one wedding makes manylS there
seems no safety in predicting where il all VIII stop
a uo hos nneh wonder, however, that such cpl
oenc should have broken out, the weather all the
while has been so conducive to it. Why even as
write on the last day of the year the air is pleasant
Tor form than comfort
What are the highways of approach, It may be
70 ms pleasant place in the midst OF the Ely
sian EieidsG There is a boat from Baltimore every
morning night of the week and these come either
up Miles river ferry, about three mileS from town
OF up the Third Haven 20 EaSton Point about mile
distant The traditions OF the town and the reeoI
lectons Of its oldest inhabitants all agree that this
same Third Haven or Tread Haven as Il is frequently
called, was navigabe up 10 the present site Of the
town when II was first selected but as time passed
on the harb0r gradually filed, so that now green
fields. bordering shallow stream four or five feet
wide, extend along where stately ships and snowy
squadrons once rode easily at anchor How manv
proud commercial city has the capricious current
of time LEFT literally or iielIrafivelv- hi ana -
Perhaps unwise laws or cruel cmbarvoes more IA
tally treaeherous than drifting sand or floating mud
II nations did but know H. may have tnrned the tide
of commerce to more genial shores Possibly some
whirlwind OF social political disaster NAV have
Or worse than all else 1t may be that the tooth Of
too much wealth hath eaten away the energy ~
some and while they have slept in sloth prosperity
natn grown impatient az their gates and taken its
departure never to return. At either landing omni-
buses await the coming OF every boat and hurry the
weary traveller, once disembarked, into the en-
braces of generous rest If il be Sunday ..the
sound OF the church going bell" from halfa-dozen
Christian spires will gladden. his conscious SOUL If
numerous schools at their recess play or possibly
the broad facade OF the High School itself will pour
contentmeut round his heart
The road from the Point is made OF oyster
shells and Is the smoothest mile Of turnpike have
ever seen. Thinking Of II now. and looking down
It's narrowing length, carried back to the morn
ing ofmy arrival, and the pleasant ride across the
Bay which preceded it. We left Baltimore at ten
O'Clock p. m, on the good steamer GeOrxeanna and
never was night more happily chosen The air was
pleasant as the spicy breezes that blow soft Ger
Ceylons isle" The moon was rolling in fun SPLEEN
dor through cloudleSs sky The water broke into
merriment of dimples. rejecting the gladness of
her bewitching smiles. Our party was a numerous
10 resist the influences Of the hour; there were
low whisperings of tenderness, and everywhere
Son eyes looked iSve % syes that spake asaia.-
How many buoyant hearts saw their lile's voyage
foretokened in the long lines Of wavy gold that fell
across the water from the that night let that
same misunderstanding moon determine Even I
solemn old bachelor as am, felt my heart grow
warm with an emotion thought had long been
bantshed- Lest should fall victim 10 some en-
gaging dulcina betook myself hastily my state
room. and slept until we were steaming up the
Third Haven. The shores of this narrow but deep
stream seemed touched by themoonbeams into their
most enhancing beauty and our boat like thing
OF life moved maiestcally the sparkling water
we felt as must have felt the voyagers CleOpatras
scented boat in its trumphal passage down the Nile
so much beauty, was rendered and attuned in har-
mony with Natures greater heart, whose throbs are
this hasty sketch of q really delightful place my
pen, wrought upon by the kindly influences around
me, may possibly have overdrawn the picture
guilt which can be easily eondOned II IL be guilt at
ALL when IL Is remembered that the virtues here be
praised those of Maryland people who are after
all the incest people in the world. With best wishes
for the New Year 10 yourself and all your readers
am ever truly, ADRIAN
~This is a mistake The soil and subsoil around
Easton, are as good as the average anywhere.-EDs.