The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1879-01-03
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Yankee Land Through Maryland Specta.
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Thinking it may be of interest to many
who peruse your columns to read descrip-
| tive letter from an old Hartford countan,
setting forth scenes in Yank ee- land and also
| describing the scenery over one of the finest
railroads in the country | shall give them
a little sketch, beginning with my departure
from Baltimore some two weeks since. OF
| course every one in old Hartford knows full
well what the scenery is from Baltimore to
Philadelphia, but beyond that on the new
| road called the Bound Brook Route, they
probably know but little, as the road is only
just fully coming into notoriety. And well
it may, for it runs through the finest farming
country in Pennsylvania and New Jersey !;
and when | say that | mean as fine as there
is in the world. This road starts from the
North Penn Depot, in the northern part of
Philadelphia, and runs to New ork, dis
lance of 80 miles, being somewhat shorter
than the Pennsylvania railroad route; and
when you once travel over the Bound Brook
you will never care to try any other to New
York.
We pulled out from the depot in Phila-
delphia at 7.45 A. NJ, and at 945 we landed
on the New York side of North River-iust
two hours. The road is SO very smooth that
you scarcely realize you are travelling over
twenty miles an hour. The country is one
vast garden spot, and many Of the farmers
of Hartford would do well to get an idea of
farming from those people. Their farms
are small but they raise large crops and have
fine buildings.
left New York in the afternoon at 400
for Boston, taking the Norwich line of
steamers to New London, and had pleas
ant trip up the Sound, arriving in the
"Hub" about s o'clock, A. M. After IL sub
stantial breakfast at Young's took a stroll
through the city of paths and lanes-for
such the streets must surely have been in
earlier days. Strangers have no business
running around Boston alone up to about
fifteen minutes of train time and then ex-
pect to find the depot. visited the noted
| Boston Common, and it certainly is grand
place for hot weather, with all those old
time-worn elms spreading their arms out
| to protect the weary from the hot rays of
the sun. Then the Public Garden, which
| joins the Common, is one of the most beau
| tiful landscapes have ever beheld In sum
mer time it is filed with rare and beautiful
| flowers ofevery hue. Again / would say to
any one visiting there to take drive
through Boston Highlands. Baltimore
boaoSs+s- II its Druid Hill Park Cincinnati
of her Clifton; Philadelphia of her Fair.
mount Park; but none of them present u
more beautiful! and varied scene than does
"Buston Highlands" The wealthy of the
city reside there, and they aud nature have
made the place well worth visit.
And now | am on the road again, wend
| IN, hn I.nt I'm, "a
Passing now aud then pretty little village
| and some fine country, we arrived at
Nashua, N II then changed ON to the
Rochester and Portland road. Here an
other scene takes up the field of observa-
ton. l have often heard persons say it was
II wonder how the New Englanders made
out to live, and think should you, gentle
reader, just follow me over this part of the
trip with your eyes, you would exclaim in
wonder, g where do they get their living
How do they make it z" l have asked the
same question since here, but they 90 get a
| living and good one, too. l have often
heard of certain kind of drink in Mary
land, called "stone fence" and wondered
how it got such hard name; but / am in
clined to believe that it originated in Maine
or New Hampshire; for from the time left
Nashua until l arrived in Portland saw
but four panels Of rail fence. One board
fence ran along the railroad, and the balance
of the fencing was of stone, put up in
most primitive style. They do not have to
haul stone very far to make this fence, as the
land is made up of stones, pine trees and
scrub oaks. Yet they live, and live WE'LL
You see no poor houses; no little sheds and
small barns, but on the contrary, nicely
painted houses and barns, and everything
around them looking neat and cozy. One
popularity is that the houses and barns are
built together, as a rule, with wood shed
and wagon house between, and you would
think it all belonged to the house, every
thing is so clean. The people are very clever
an%social, but must have their baked beans
and brown bread, except on Thanksgiving
day; then they have all the turkeys in thu
country killed and every one looks TURKEY
for month after. Thanksgiving is an ole
Puritan idea, and is still held on to by al
New Englanders They gorge themselve
with turkey and other good things, and arr
content to wait for the Christmas goose tt
come around before giving their stomach
another test. Thanksgiving day is NOR
enjoyed in the delightful anticipation o
those who count on meeting their kindred
and sitting around the paternal board OF
that day in some retired country farm house
far away from the hustle and excitement O
city-life. On the one side the parents VIII
have longed to see son or daughter and hav
looked forward to Thanksgiving day will
T eager expectation. On the other side til
business man or the clerk of the city look