Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1883-08-03
LETTER FROM SANDY HILL.
N.r YorL, JuIr soth, ZEE.

New York, July soth, 1888.
p,s, fndsp,adsat:-HaIinG devoted the Past
,sots.avs years Of my life TO the amslioration
g,hs mains and aches 81 the dear people o. IN y
district They have sinay r,ea a M ms y
rsbutld II possible, much shatered cohstltu'
~, Fxhiierated ny the refreshing trip on the
sI...d by IN. ride 70 New York. the closed
.lseper vas uhenduraols, the hsat 81 opPre~
-. that ouly delayed in New 1Ofk Tor a
dusuns aud 0re.hf.st hAs.eniaE 20 the paIaes
sts.1er ALBANY Tor the fresh air and charming
/ ,c.nerv Of the Hudson. Ny Imagination OF the
Injuries Of steamer was more than rcAliEsd
/ Ths wealth Of the beauties OF art dotting the
/ u,d,ons mountainous native forest banks, with
/ ,honsands OF magnificent cottages, mouBtain
/ r.nrs aud peak after peak seeming TO pisrce
an, di.taat skies, ovsrShadow, | must confess
4 ths attractions Of our own grand waste on
s.tsr Inc Potomac, Fort Lee FAnk, view from
/ m, Palisades, Yonkers, Nyack SunnyNde,
/ tIiShland West Point. Break Neck Mountain,
4 SsSburkh, RondOut, Catskill station, Trey,
4 Iibanv With their mARy attractions caused me
/ 10 rssret that I was approaching 40 rapidly
sv,n Sarstoga. Which after supper retltfeu
tr.n,ceudsd In its Castle like Hotels, with their
i ,ho".aads Of wealth and fashion, theft mad
I hnlidav attire-thrir every phase or aatety
| and dissipation, the fAhled luIufinr0 OF the
4 fast. But Travellers Guides portray All this IN
hurs mOrs pleasing IL not more real than can
4 IA especially a. am, and have been very sick
I with a severe bronchial c1tarrh-preVentine
/ me from speaking above whl'peri which mas
I
/ ron our tnutuAl and valued friend ". ", NJ
4 20 visit his friends At Sandy Hill. 1 was never
/ more miserable, than wheR amin valid sojourn-
tnf At an immense fashtonahle hotel; . thou.
sand times more pleasant are HnA.-s or
Uurch's humrls tnns-ln time worn Port To-
4 bacco, would dud kindly caring friends in the
genial host, and hostess, and in the music ~
syery voice heard familiar and sympzthizinE
sounds Most kindly have been received here
/ by our friends" numerous and prosperous re-
I lations and connections, II southern hospitah'
. ~
real and sincere than what have received
/ would that our housewives and cooks and
natda might take few lessons in the domestic
/ economy | behold. Beautiful cottages perfect
in their constrac ton aud rfanKemsn ~ for cor
Venisnce-hAndsomely painted walls Of even
outbuiIdings papersd, furnished most appropri.
atsly; chairs designed, for rest for the weary.
every wall ornamented with pictures and sni
cravings, many OF historical interest, musical
instryments An6 will selected Libraries, hcwsr
vases nlled each morning b. we'll shaped hands
Of wife or daughter, tasty In their arrangement
az they are useful in the dainty kitchens, when
are often far more attractive than our diaiHE
rooms. There Is a place for every thing and
every thing az soon rs used Is put in It's place
from the blackinr brush in the wood beds shelf
TO the brilliant tins and ST Unless table covers,
sandy Hill has $500 people, is In Wash.
ingtOn county, 2so miles above New York, ~
mills from Saratoga. ~ miles from Lake George,
- miles from Vermont. stone duafies, exteb.
siVe lumber and paper mills give constant aud
FemuneratiVe employ ment 10 men and women,
;Ates the wives and daughters OF the very indie
pendent to perform their own domestic duties,
which are performed 30 gracefully with such
ease, you scarcely know they have left the
Handsome pE rlors their hands are 50 fair, their
dress so tidy you are amazed TO know, that the
bright healthy girl or mature genial matEon,
playing the piano and singing or discussing the
literature VI the day, by your side has only a
few moments before prepared the ahundant
meal you 90 hugely enjoyed or smoothed the
downy pillows upon which your head reposed
l. IA - - H. -
or y acre, back heid with fruit and veseta-
hles, magnificent grape vines cluster AbOu I eve
~ yard, in front are most choice shade trees,
and vines and flowers Of every bsauteous hue
and fragrant Odor, so thickly clustering and
shading porch, window and doorway. that 1t 10
dificult to believe that one Is 80 far distAat
from the orange groves and magnolia fields Of
our sunny south There are seven churches,
two OF them catholic, one bank, two excellent
hotels. Liquor Is not Kept In Eentlemens
houses, u u Of que tidnahle respectablity to be
seen At bar-rOom. There must be something
inVigeratihk in the atmosphere or the absence
Of the temptation OF social drinking, for have
not INDUCED IN strong potations since passing
through Baltimore.
spent yesterday at "Glen Fails" 4 village
Of 5000 inhabitants. We rode in the for
10 cents. An immense shirt manufactsry
among many others attracted my special stten.
toni hsltcd some time looking at the shirts or
girls forget which. thought C0ntee Il Mad
dox'S saw mill big thing, hut one of the lum-
h"r wagons hove would carry our mills to the
depot
If'rsot to mention that the ticket agent and
t-leg phi oper ttor at SANDY Hin is very nne
looking woman, infinitely more pleasing and
polite than the "roVerbiaily, naughty and i'm
polite hotel and railroad depot clerk. Men
should not b permitted To MI positions the du-
tiesof hich can be AZ i.telligently performed by
females. Fine raspberrieS and whortlrb~rries
are in prOfusion ON every breakfast and tea
table. shall get the recipe and deliver lee
ture on lOafbread making. on my return to
Maryland, or perhaps. | am SURE, no Jealousy
would be ar reused. II introduced female lee
turer on this aeElected cuiin ~ art.
How 1 miss mf familiar lNDEFsSDxSr and
rmes. my write from Lake Geergs on Non
lay, IL not too much indispos Il, and YOU assure
me that there is anything interesting in my
crude letter. fRiKSH: