The Evening critic., 1883-06-20
TEN MILES FROM SEA.
A Point That PrOvokes Poetry
Crabs and Oysfers.

Special Correspondence of THE EVENING CRITIC.
PiNEY POINT, st. Mary's County, Juno 10.
must be left think, for II is n cold day.
Tho sea gives its shells to the shingle and the
earth lends It's air TO the seq. Be-
tween the two we have an atmosphere that
is simply delicious and an ulster, OF evenings
at any rate, is as useful as II Is ornamental.
Piney Point was n popular resort-the most
popular In fact for this sectlon-in old time
days before the war, when the moon
shined brighter than now. 1t promises to re-
attain Its prior popularity-in fact 1t has al
ready achieved II.
Nature has gifted this semi,island ponnsu.
lar with peculiar attractions, and what nature
forgot ART and carpenters have effected. The
Point is well.levelled promontory, with a
wide anu quiet creek behind and an inland
sea booming and blanching against Its sanded
from the mouth OF tho river, ana Is OF histori.
cal interest. Here 1t was-in st. Mary's County
that Lord Baltimore established the
It was that liberty, civil and religious, was
sSsnsea chapssS Mis theme t,%es ,os and pns 5s
old colony OF st. Mary's grew
TO be quite a favorlte resort for pirates,
Kidd OF tho Southern waters, held his home
in this county.
These shores and sands have been bap-
iized Into more peaceful life of late, and the
guests who Joined to initiate here the now
season leave us only to return again.
Sitting here on the further end of the pro-
previously termed it,but
promontory is equally good, feel q tempo
rary sadness to see the staunch steamer Leary
carrying away from me so many good friends
and fellows, but as they Will return again,
Will see them once more-lf they do not see
me first.
The inaugural procession and party which
has reinitiated Piney Point Into new and Wig.
orous life as summer resort Is a presage OF
Its further and perfect success.
1t was In every respect a delightful party
AS / dictate-being too fatigued to write-gaz.
Inn . tlaNTNN NNr1 In fFfn M tnfr 40
wharf from the steamers deck the tall, stately
form Of the Chesterfield Of the National Capi-
tai, DR.. Bruce Bradford, and by his side, in
course), Governor Double L. White. 1 can
almost, but not quite, hear Colonel John
Boteler's chasmatic carrollng blend with the
Batopilian tenor of Don Edwardo Maunder,
while j. Tom Noyes turns and talks In sympa-
thy with Colonel Clagett on his lack of "circu-
latlon Of the blood" but stage whispers slnls-
terly, swell, should smileW
Senator Allston and Captain Jack Moore sit
around In my nefghborhood and annoy my
amanuensis by making suggestions, pertinent,
no doubt, but highly iD1udicious to the well
fare OF the overworked and underpald young
man.
To Judge from this first trip the success OF
Piney Point under Its present management Is
assured and certainty. The resort is recre-
ated TO It's new existence under unexcepttonal
auspices. Said Frank Howe to me as he lifted
his glasses from his serene eyes and replaced
them: 'I Will make this my headquarters
throughout the present season. have been
so pleased with the utter outfit that have
written a poem on II. Read 1t and keep 1t
read IT, 1 VIII not give Frank away, but
the verses cannot keep. You can have them
and read them-not before breakfast, but
later in the day, when the physical system Is
stimulated:
l hear the slumbrous sea waves surglng,
hear tho beach reply;
And from the depths see emerging
The soitshell crab, and by and bye
I'll eat him,
Dreaded DER and served ON toast;
He fareth best who feedeth mosti
feel the lusty sea airs kisses;
Its lips are lavish In their moisture,
And as thrill meath their caresses
earnestly yearn for the succulent oyster;
And I'll get I'll
And five dozen more II feel so Inclined,
For brain food, you know, is good for the mind.
There were two other stanzas, but the door
OF the chapel was open, and they were blown
through the window of the sanctuary. Colo
mel Rice, who heard the poem at distance,
honored the laureate with a qualified term OF
order OF sybarites.
Up to the present writing there has not been
heard the slightest hum of the fell mosquito g
wing. That bird of prey, so long the terror OF
the coast, has not shown up. The mosquito is
wherein to get his work successfully. They
have barred him out OF the game
down here by arranging for a per:.
feet protection from that pest aud
screens and nets and a secret system of insect
destruction which Major Horbach discovered
In Texas, 10! these many years ago. 1 must
correct myself here as regards the mosquitoes.
There was one which sailed over and essayed
to force itself upon our company. 1t was oven
sufficiently brash TO compete with Tom Noyes
in strain from "Pinafore," Dut John Corson
protested Its first note, and the unfortunate
bird stopped never to go again.
Every feature and appointment here Is per.
feet, and a fresher life is freighted Into the
system by the breath OF the Intense sea air
Taken all in all-but can't take 1t all In all
my amaDuensis has fallen asleep and have
too emphatic q prejudice against manual