Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1882-08-03

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and a. portion I'll The word De-
tined u the near future 70 occupy !
prominent position ia the list Of sea-
eide resorts. Capeg HenrY and Charles
stand out IA bold relief as navigators
approach The great gafeway leading
to the grounds rendered historic By
the knightly exploits Of Capt. Smith
Of eoloniul Days. South Of Gape Hem
", six miles. and extending in an
unbEoken surface, Is the Virginia
Beach az which / an speaking. :.
Broken down ii health. suffering
from intense heat, then prevailing IN
Norfolk, your correspondent was met
BIZ the genial manager Of this vast en-
terprise, Col. Edmund @. Lindsay Of
Norfolk, aud invited to partake Of the
hospitality of the club located in this
place; this you may be sure / was not
long n doing. especially when be en-
forced bis invitation BY giving me %
understand that he had found 10 place
equal 70 this in building up c0nstitu-
tons, injured BY overwork and the
further inducement Of meeting ten
Methodist, ministers who had like
wise been invited to attend. So. ear
u on the morning Of the 25th ult.,
on the tip-toe Of expectancy, re-
paired early to my friends Office and
there found waiting my arrival q fne
open carriage and pair champing.
restless sorrels. eager for the drive.
We soon started, we're out Of the city
ia q few moments, and on road not
excelled anywhere in the country
similar 10 those found on the out
skirts Of Baltimore. As we rolled on
I noticed just outside of the suburbs OF
the city, line estates, the fertility q
the soil Of which seems inexhansti-
BILE. / learned that most Of the growth
there standing was what is known as
second crops, the verdancy Of the same
verified 10 my mind the oft repeated
aphorism concerning Virginia Lands.
''lf you will tickle them with the hoe,
they viii certaiily smile in the har-
vest" One small place Of four hum
dred acres was pointed out to me in
particular a. yielding to its owner,
every year q net income Of six thous-
and dollars, and this year being par
ticularly prosperous one it had
reached twenty thousand dollars clear
of all expenses. My host told me
he had this place for sale Che being q
well know real estate agent Of Nor
folk As we passed on it could cas-
lily be seen that the character Of the
soil was changing and my entertainer
stated that We were now entering upon
the great wheat and corn country
One would not be long in apprecia-
ting this, for soon vast fields Of corn
came in view and enormous shocks d
wheat-straw around the barns gave
evidence Of the truthfulnese Of this as
sertion. These large estates were
owned in former days by the gentry
ofPrincess Anne county. Their lord
~ possessions may still be traced ii
old landmarks, and the lettering walls
Of venerable brick mansions scattered
broadcast throughout the county. -
One. while looking upon these ruins
would naturally 90 back to the time
Of che existence Of these people, par
take in mind Of their lavish hospital
ity, Join them in their gentleTnanly
sports and amusements and become
one of thier clannish band, otherwise
than whom they desired 30 other
On awaking from snch . reverie one
would thus moralize on the ten
dency Of such q life. What did such
life benefit The wcrld /? Where was
It's end |? These ruins answer you
in q language palmer. than the most
carefully constructed sentence could
The trees Of such . species are gone
and shoots Of q different genera have
come in their places. Pi0us, thrifty
farmers now dot the land everywhere,
satisfied 20 rear their children in the
three essentials to o perfect manhood,
giving them in - great perfection
as possible Q moral, an intellectual
and q physical nature. We passed
on quietly, no doubt both induIgine
in this strain Of thought, when sud-
denly my friend called my attention
to the change ofatmosphere weseemed
to have reached. Instead Of the sui
try state through which we had been
passing the most of the morning, q
brisk breeze was now blowing, and
this appeared to be laden with the
elixir Of life, judging from the effect
it had upon our natures, for soon our
feeling Of languor was replaced BY
that OF activity. This was the inland
sea breeze, with which every person
who has been on the coast is familiar.
It is caused by The difference in spe-
cifc heat Of land and water. We had
only short distance further to 90,
when the grand old ocean burst upon
our view. Il was truly glorious
sight. BYron's apostrophe to the
ocean Involuntary occurred to my
mind, and without thought / found
myself in an undertone repeating
Roll on thou deep, dark, blue ocean.
ROLF Ten thousand fleets sweep Ger
thee in vain; man marks the earth
with ruin--his control stops with the
shore upon the watery plain. The
wrecks are al thy deed, nor doth re-
main a shadow of mans ravage," eto.
BY this we have reached the club
house. where my host spread q boun-
teous repast, and ] for the FIRST time
fully realized Why hotel proprietoru
have to place highhome tariff on all
their meals. The ministers soon joined
rs. Ia such company, 50 great a sin
nnr a 1nYsalf. Concluded the nrnnnr