National Republican., 1881-08-09
A MARYLAND SHORE.
PASSING THE SUMNER At OXFORD.
An Old Watering. Place Near tho Chcsapeake-IIou
II Can he Misunderstanding, Fishing,
and Boating-Loeal Option
The Churches.
specIal correspondence Of rnr RErun1rcAN.

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OXFORD, Mn, Aug. AT time Of the
year when the dog.star RACES and Irocui regdtds
seems TO have been adopted as rule Of conduct
for the weary toiler, whether professional or mer-
camille the seeker after rest Is really bewildered
when called on TO make choice Of one from the
many resorts now abounding in lowland and up
land, seashore and mountain. The town of OK.
ford, Talbot County, Maryland. offers to the people
of the District Of Columbia advantages which are
not possessed by any other point equally distant
from the National Metropolis First settled in the
seventeenth century, enjoying for long time a
direct export and import trade to and from foreign
ports, the seat Of house, its first inhabit
ants being of sturdy Scotch stock, and contendlng
with Annapolis when the choice Of the State cap.
ital was made, II is not without
POINTS OF INTEREST
sufficient TO engage, when at leisure, the attention
of those who figure in the more busting scenes Of
life. II is situated at the junction Of the Chop
tank, thatmost beautiful Tred-Avon inthepraise Of
which latter stream ex.sccretary Seward was most
pronounced and Is distant only about seven miles
from the broad Chesapeake, whose waters really
wash Its shores. II has none of the conditions OF
locality which conduce to maarial influence, the
town being upon a boldly-proecting peninsula,
free from marshes, either salt or fresh, and Its
streets and dwellings singularly clean. Its popu-
lation Is in number about eight hundred, and 1t is
physician, and drug store II can be reached or
len daily by one OF the Baltimore steamers, 1das
Highland Light, or Gcorglana, and via the south
ern terminus of the Delaware and Chesapeake Rail-
road two daily trains go and come,
CONNECTING AT WILMINGTON, DEL,
with Baltimore Philadelphia, and New York In
from seven TO nine hours We have two daily
mails, The Western Union Telegraph having an
Office here, close connection is had with the out
side world nnltimnra mi n rCppypl the day
ofpublication at two p. m. Washington journals
at six n. m. the day after that of issue 1t Is but
five hours run from Baltimore, nine miles distant
from Easton the county scat of Talbot County, and
twelve miles from Cambridge, the county seat Of
Dorchester County, having railroad connection
with the former town. The bathing Still water is
cxcellent-as salt as the bay: the arrangements for
sailing In the beautiful and swim canoes known
only on Chesapeake Bay and its tributaries ample,
while fishing. grounds in the immediate vicin-
ity afford full opportunity for exercise In that sport
In which patient waiting is reckoneda cardinal
virtue Excellent, kept hotels to be found
here to care for perhaps four hundred guests and
have been filled during the season by families
FROM BALTIMORE AND THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
twill do no violence to facts to state that of these
hotels Eastford Hall is the chief, being now
about four years old, built on plan which regards
the comfort of guests aud is not nn effort to solve
the problem rs TO the possible number of rooms
which can be crowded in given space and has q
capacity of two hundred. II has a decided ad-
vantage of position, situated 1t Is the open
bay side of the town, with no obstruction to the
enjoyment of those delicious brcezes which daily
come in from the Chesapeake, which can be
appreciated only by those who have fell
them. Its domestic arrangements are good
| its furniture, with spring-beds and new out
fit, assure good rest while the table, bountifully
supplied from the rich products Of the land and
water of this section, is revelation to those who
| have not elsewhere access to the oysters, crabs
and fish which here abound. band Of music
| constantly in attendance, is freely avaed of by
| those who dance, and the voice of the mosquito 1.
not heard within its walls, nor is there mosquito
bar in the hotel, or theneed of one
| No SUNDAY ENCuRsIoSIsTs
come to work discomfort to regular boarders and
to desecrate the dayw quiet and proper observ
ance is much promoted by the presence in OH
midst of two Methodist churches and one Episco
pal chapel In each of which services are held eacl
Sabbath day, while the places OF WORSHIP
at Easton can be reached by the train
on the Delaware aud Chesapeake Rail
road. The local OPTION system Of AIarylanC
come provided with private stores of the favorit
beverage. "a word to the wlse" &c. Please Civ,
this notice place In your columns send 1t will
n hope to call attention to point which rcall!
offers many advantages not possessed by more pre-
tentious and expensive but less enjoyable resorts
accommodations being provided here at $50 pc
month which twice that sum would not secur
elsewhere. SUBSCRIBER.