Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1881-07-30
MARYLAND, MY MARYLAND!
FREDERICK CrTY, Nd,
.s,7ne July Fist, 1881.

cling in your request to furnish you wit
some items Of interest In this section o
, the country, I find the difficulty to rssid
only in the matter of selection. -. :, c..
Frederick-a city Of about 1O, 600 in
habltants-is situated in baautifu
valley between the Catoctin Mountain
and Linganore Hills. spurs Of the Blu,
Ridge; tho scenery being in whateve
direction the eye may turn, indsscribs
bly, lovely. A resident friend Inform,
me that eminent statisticians report Ii,
county rs one among the three NOS
highly cultivated in the world. Thouau,psi
quite city in every respect. Frsdericl
is very quaint in many Of its customs
Two very striking ones are the custom
of ringing all the church bells ever,
Saturday evening. at six O'Clock a. !.
signal that Sunday draws near, and tha,
OF having market at 8 O'Clock in the
morning In summer, and 1 O'Clock in
winter. H H."
The old admonition not to s'marrv ia
haste to repent at leisure. !" seems TO be
we'll needed here, as during the past
month three marriages have been con.
summated after engagements OF ten,
fifteen and twenty-seven years, and l
am told this IL an occurrence by no
means to be remarked upon. '- :.
You may feel b historical II not politi-
cal interest in Barbara Fritchis aud Aer
grave. In quiet, unused old grave
yard An unpretsnding little headstone
bears the name of the gray.ha,red hero
Inc, aged. as there recorded. ninesy.six
years. while the American flag waves
above her head. recalling the time when
And shook 1t forth with royal viii "'
Photographs OF herself. flag and home,
have been presented to me. i-.e 4
In MI. Olivet cemetery is to be found
the grave OF still more illustrious per-
sonage. Francis Scott Key. the author
OF our national song, and many besuti.
full hymns. -s.
Among the diversions OF the summer
season here are the most delightful
mountain excursions. Those have an.
Joyed will be included among the hap.
pest occasions of my life. Pen.Mar, .
point of the Blue Ridge, so-sallsd from
its situation on the border line between
pennsylvania and Maryland, was the
most distant OF these. A southern writer
in rather tlowery Language thus describes
the scene: Except from the summit |
OF Corcorado, in Brazil, have never |
gazed upon more sublime prospect.
The Blae Ridges battlemented array.
stood sentinel-like on one side, while |
''far, vague aud dim" the Alleghanies |
swarm upon the skyline. Between the
two In transcendent ripensss aud elori-
ous picturesqueness the famous Cumber-
land valley was spread like q map.
Many villages were developed In the
vast wilderness OF ripening corn and
" heat. Thousands OF farm houses and
barns, suggestive of agricultural fatness
ounctuated the plain. Very remote
dettysburg, of deathlsss fame. lay in its
lazy lair, midway the vale Chambers
'urg, unvexed by Early and his bold
'iders and valiant infantry, lived its
Tranquil life." Another charming re-
'ort Of excursionlsts is secluded spot
n the Catoctin mountains, known ~
White Rock, from the brilliant color Of
he huge piles of granite rocks thrown
me above another, and thus forming a
Natural platform for surveying the
cene spread out below. This view "a
'carcely less beautiful than the pano-
anna OF Pen-Mar.
had intended mentioning a pleasant
'isit to Baltimore. but l find ny letter
las already grown too lengthy. 4. II