Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1883-04-06
LETTER FROM CON.S STATION



Editors Of the Tunes
The very name Of this station Will remind
your numerous readers of the genial enter
priSing and energetic old Colonel Samuel Cox
Tho WAS the pioneer OF modern enterprise and
modtTa Improvements Ir lhis section of old
Charles csuaiy, and who, more than any other
resident here, VAS influential in having the
/ Pope Creek line u the Baltimore 4 Potomac
Railroad built through this section of the
county. The THRIFT and enterprise manifested
by Colonel Cox have been foilv rqnai-i bv his
successors, Msssrs. j. Camglus and William
Howard who are now carrying on business At
this station
" TrH,pOva H,EiyHisT. nos Il uiaf4Hur IN ilIIs 80
The times are changed ant We are changed IN
them, is an old saving proclaimed to the
world ia the olisn times, when ipv,al genial
Horace sang has lively songs and published
h's trenchsnt satire in >onorous verse in The
good .li DAYS of til. glorious Rom,u Republic
Ana 50. IN ali verify. can ne the cords OF
Horace aai apply them to the changes sroHshi
in this part OF old Charles count. during tns
last twelve wears. The opening % the rail-
road mas given facilities for ,Tsre, aud rrauspor-
tatiou, Of " hich our forrfalbrrs never enter
tanned the remoiest idea in the rh4psoiies of
their most fsntasiicAl dreams
All siong the line Of the rsIiroai souag viii
lagos have spTuuE up and stations have tr~n
located, where business IS transacted ia =
thorough style, aud the go-ahesi manner of
our go-ahesd Yankee station has treu fully eI-
hIbIed NJ 20 oSe station on the Lac OF the
railroad have sc seen exhibited more thrift,
enterprise sad Iadus;rv. than are exhibited
here at Cox Station. hrSsfs tamilips aud
William HosaTi have tAr,r b nds full IN run
sing the de. OF, s'or- and hotel The naue :
ous farmers in the seIg hboFhooi hnd this the
most convenient sisiIoa for seniIu- their pro-
iucr 10 the ely and renewing ls~fslSom the
goods and luxasiss ihry NAV deSjFr
" bile - the ststos We we're iH giisi to take
RIDE To Pope Creek aud examine the ,Il-
mensc beds OF oyster sAclls sntsh sfe thrre
Deposited We 4cyeptei the invitation ana
spcut halliday very a9rvsahiy. bcinx ester
tanned and instructed by The pra staat,ysI nnI
grueTogs-hssEted old Gather beaten veteran
Captain l. " Della, rho has charge % the
fishing shore At Ihv evrek and at the kius IA
hisb ste burned ihs oyster shells shiyh far
ul.h he shell hms 1t - = qacssiaa sisIi op~a
Tor discussion - 10 the masarr ia Shiyh 90
qualities o. shells havc b~va arpos4 Fed ST Pore
Creek. May arc Of thu opinion, tb.t n4rnrr-
oas trhes 81 commanding Isittus had "a &c
settlement :; this point aud thss wrss sup
posed 10 sabsIs' ~ uyipsl}y agon h.a and oYs.
irys. These sheiis accumulated on the h!uf.
that otcgasnE Pope Greek on rtih~r s1is Ia
conf nation o. THIS a.scrii0n the 81 Socsfes Of
th,s opsa,eu produ,e NUMEROUS rs3lcrs OF 10 i,
dim usage, saeh as brokrH pottery hasseh5 8
utensils e The advocates o. 'he opposite
IhsoTs maintain. that. oSias n the f.ej. that
this eousuF US very sp1rs~ly se.Ilsd during
the time the laaisas occupied IL. IL wosIi b,
Phy sicaIly impossible for the indians TO have
consumed quantity o. oysters, sufficient 20
make these Immense baaks o. shells Which
ever opinion b. tbs correct one II matters hug
hiile 10 ,hr pracuc.,l farmer aud msu 81 basi-
ness. To hlm a, 10 sufficient 10 Know. that tn.
citizens VI Charles oogniv hare rI.h here At
their vsrr doors a fertilizer that eAuaot be
surpassed for the peculiar soil Of Lower Mar =
lasd
Mr.. Howard has tso k,sss 10 continuous
operation, aud he propo rs to srcci four more
k,las Immediately. IN sryies 10 supply the great
demand for this lime The ta.s prtre Al ahivh
this line can be bought, It leiag sold al So
pr car load and the fact Of So. bring On the
line OF the railroad are 9ri-hty isducrms nts
for the thrifty farmer. with Nh1m 1 dollar
saved u dollar earned To us 10 .evHns =
mstSer Of surprise, that the farmers VI pr.cerd
ing generations IN Lower MARYLAND should not
have awaited themselves Of this lime 20 feriili-
Eer. But ~hsn reflect. that there are i'm
mense deposits OF mari ihrous hout our couHtv,
which could be usrd IS fertilizer we are not
surprised.
In many things our good people are behind
the age. We need 10 be imhueti With = more
prog essive spirit. 10 be iuoculsivd with soae
Of tie go-ah s,diveness OF our Yankee friends
Al Infusion OF nes blood and more energetic
spirit is needed to develop the rcsou rcss and
utilize the advantages which bouateoas
nature hvishrd so freely upon old Charles Co
LCsrow.