Smyrna times., 1879-05-21


and an inquiry from the observant traveller. Idgey
is elevated and good tract of land and there is
u6ga Il " sIq1 an O % ocea SboYe m
and has church and from one to two dozen houses,
a considerable part Of them tasty in structure and
better than Caroline but not up to our expectation
from the reputed rich character Of the county. We
were informed however that the railroad runs
through the poorest section of the country. There IS
this to be said about the whole line that the aspect
and impressions on the return trip are better than the
first sight
A ride of two and half hours brings us to Easton,
the Southern terminus of the line. the track to Ok
ford twelve miles distant not yet being in regular
use Easton is claimed to be the Lvea town on the |
Peninsula, and tae citizens justly proud of their
pected to find in one of the old towns This is |
attributable largely to the enterprise manifested in
house building for the past several years, as
informed by Mr. W. Halste;n the enterprising Real
Estate Agent of that place, (who took pains to
new houses erected during the past few wears many
of them of fine size and attractive architecture. New
houses are going up not only IN the part SO severely
The business part is built very cOmpactly and has
number of large stores, handsome new market
house near the site of the destroyed by fire, &c.
In the centre Of the town stands the Court House,
the open space not built upon, covered by enclosed
court yard and streets covering, perhaps. and
| q half Directly in front of the Court House and
fronting the chief commercial row. is Plaza attrac
tive open space not only for light and air but as
n convenient place to meet and barter. The streets
mostly at right angles and the principal ones are
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smooth and solid flag stone The dwellings are
mostly surrounded with yards or flower gardens
the depot owned by j. l.. Caldwell, Superintendent of
the r. Il. Mr. c. bought this tract some eight ten
selling them rapidly. Rents at least quarter
higher than with us. and this is the doubtless
of the "spuTt' i'll house building-every man who can
is determined if possible to have his house.
There is no apparent cause why Easton should keep
on indefinitely developing as at present Its interests
are almost entirely cOmmGrcal in the way of manu-
features there being only two carriage shops and
machine shop, and one canning house. all, except
the latter intended only TO meet the local wants.
town depending entirely upon its local commerce can
not press more in its measure than it Will hold with
| out something giving way
The Brick Hotel Ghere is but one hotel now
ning) will comfortably feed and sleep you but on
tering its portals the most notlcc9Die hlng Is the
| absence of whskey and water. What mysterious
connection there is between the two in Eason we do
not known, but when WhlSkey was aDollShed from
the hotel by law, they seemed to think there was no
longer much need of water. After perseverng and
hunting the house nall over you may hnaly hnd IT,
like TRUTH i'll the bottom OF the well EaSton is blest
liked TO- have sad ,5 cuFsed4 F g with too many
| the family, two of them coOred, modcrn brick
sructure) Episcopal. Catholic and Quaker lfthrce of
the first named would join together under one charge
they would elmOre strength and reSpectabty while
the tax for its support would not be near great.
The Episcopal church CIrlnity C9thedIaD IS Il sub
santal edice built of stone at the side of which is
the Rectory, the ground surrounding the two being
quite attractive. The NJ f. church (North) is the
next in importance and also has large and bCauti-
full parsonage on another street.
Ledger and Gazette I'VE found brother chips all
in and looking if TIE world went easy with them
Bro Robson Of the S,a has been at the business for
thirty years and looks good for twenty more Mary
land by the way is Paradise for printers. The big
: 'crumb of comfort" to an editor here is the adj
I vertsing. Everything is advertised. No business
man feels he is properly before the people until his
advertisement Is in the papers, but while this IS i'm
portant is diminutve in comparison that other
item which is the base of their suppliCsthe legal adj
r ycrsing No Trustees or other similar sale is legal
| without being first published in the papers. In ad
= dition to the sales of trustees sheriff. cOnStableS
# yendues &C. are the itemized county statements
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p by the LegiSature-all fat takes 10 the printer
T. vertising with them as with u.s.
l. Bro. Council of the Ga=he has lately introduced
e steam to his press. and i'll this particular we be
leve is ahead of any weekly paper the Peninsula
1t works to his entire satisfaction and besides being
convenience, will be saving over the hand-powe
press Bro. Council by the way extended his cvilie
q to invitation for an evening ride. and on comni
= out from an early supper found him reined NJ
II before the door, and, seated behind good stopper
ID we had fine view of the town and surroundings
le which we must say were attractive in every direc
tion. The road tot the boat landing, Eason Point on
+ mile distant the most frequented thOrOughfarC is
fine drive piked with oyster shells This stcamboa
of business by the way destructive to the business mel
of EaSton Two years ago the boats running to Bal
le charged $500 for passage and 81 for state
e, Last year opposition line put on and the far
reduced to ST. then 80 cts and finally to p cts for
passage. The consequence was that the low fare II
Vi duced the mass Of the people To go TO Baltimore iu
Ill their shopping II IS needless 70 say hat me eile'
tv seriously felt by the local merchants The latte
:! who had been running wagons with goods thrOug
lis the outlying country hardly found it longer profits
BILE and those who had been keeping eight to te
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Il, eight They anxiousy waiting for the time whc
= this cruel (boat war shall be over.
res Next TO merchandise lin which agricultural imp
ad ments form large part the most active at least II
nd Livery business Four good livery stables is the
total each running one or two hacks to the depot al
boats and 1t requires all emphatic no and look
nit keep from being pressed into their vehicles wheth
-, or The who now stands at the head of Il
III heap with goOdstab of horses, ,commencedwewe
re, told, a few years ago with OnehOrse shay. Mar
landers proverbally fond avoid ea
,os | carriages when they can make the distance vii
~ horses and hence the success of the livery busine
OF may be accounted for.
he Smyrna has a half dozen or more representative
zoe here: JOS and Geo. Baynard, master engineer al
les conductor on the d. q c. Railway; DR.. Thomas
in Smthers son of VIM. 7. Slnhers of our town Jac
er- Williams merchant, q native of this section. b
ne rage Factory son of the late Rev John Hough al
ad William WOrden and son, late of our town, dcGlC
in lumber, &c The MesSrs WOrdens have two var
and Offices upper and lower part of the tow
0l' Telephone apparatus, having erected a half-m
lad line between the two offices the day before: Al!
the gether. there evidence every hand of thri
49, enterprise and refinement We should add before d
s missing the subject that o the population claimed
e" managements the railway is being putin good rep
,,o with the expectation of large summer shipmen
eir weeks in advance of this section.
nix A half mile to the South of the town. which we s.
- | only in the distance, stands the Quaker meetl
re- house, built in the colonial style Of architecture
ag plain long and low pitch Mr.. Halstean is author
80 but for which he says he had the data This vene
Iu BILE structure, he says built by VIM. Penn nea
this t@nat @ ne ana Lord baltimore IneT anu agreed p Oh
in yania and the three lower conntes on the Deaw
the on the one side and Maryland on the other.
is it LOCAL OPTION.
the We were told on the way down "a remark we
heard befOre) that EasOn had been hurt in It's bu
by the passage of the local option law The sti
at ment to this effect that some men irOuld nav
the Jerry" and to do this would go to Baltimore
or carry their business with them. We inquired OF
or three leading citizens whose interests rise or
he with the material prosperity of the place They
the statement was partially true; butwhlle some X
- up their drinking habit in this way, much lar
:" number who had not the time nor money ior ira
spent their money for clothing, groceries &c, 9
much of the money that formerly went for drunken
goes for the comfort and happiness OF the
rom and children. Men who formerly spent all Il
tire earnings for drink are now preparing 10 DI VI
y W is said there is liquor drank in Easton now
the before the change of the law. This is apparent
has real. was the reply There are as we eXPe9GG 9G
| persons who would procure it for their 1ndlv1d
he" use, but demohns only come now where barrels
the when ii was article of merchandise. True,
tes sold some clandesnely but II has to be done IN 81
-, cautious way that the effects are seldom st
hTy | And these viOlatOrs are only the old topers;
with young men are growing up temperate ana When
g on | present lot Of drinking men die OIL there VIII
- very few to take their places" What mas Deen
amp difference manifested in your streets between
on it former and local option timesH we asked The
vveI ference has been very great Now we seldom s.
drunken man, not once IN several InOnInS' anu
'ioh never unsafe for lady now 10 go llto 1e s'rt
ito In former times drunkenness was common
=, tho such were the condition of things especially
o times of excitement, that 1t was not only unsafe
nols ladies, but sometimes for men to pass thOugn
must Streets Does public sentiment uphOld uhe u u
t., Option law? Yes. with increasing strength M
'oinS who voted and worked against it on its adop
up four years ago. seeing its benefit are now as strong
In i'll it, and were IL put to vote It would be sustained
Id in and the general prosperity of the town especal