Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1884-03-18
Letter from Maryland.
RoxBURY, HOWARD CO., MD.

MIR. EDIToR:-During the '1ate unplea-
santness" while camping out in the noun
tains of West Virginia, one of our s'brave SOL
der boys fell victim to disease: he was
kindly taken into the hospitable home of a
hardy mountaineer and carefully nursed by
the "Gude' wife and daughter-ssa maiden
fair to see." After his recovery, when the
fortunes of war babe him take his KNAPP
sack on his back and ssMarch, march away, :"
prompted by gratitude, and, it may be,
warmer feeling, he wrote to the latter solic-
iting correspondence to which she consent
ed, warning him that she was likely to prove
an uninteresting correspondent as she had
never "writ to a gentleman before" Now
substitute Editor for gentleman, and her
dilemma is mine.
To write to an editor, however, may not
be SO for midable:an undertaking as have
imagined; SO, if you will make due allow
ance for my maiden effort, and grant me
space in your valuable paper. I shall send
you an occasional communication.
Here, in the "sister State,' among the
kindest, most hospitable people to be found
outside the limits of the sold Dominion, {"
several of Augusta's sons and daughters
have found homes.
Howard, the smallest county in the State,
is situated between the head waters of the
fatapsco ana the fatuxent Until 1891, it
formed part OF Anne Arundel.the Anne
Arundel SO famous lot lts straWoerrles and
tomatoes as the lnhabitant OF Baltimore is
pain1uily aware since the cry OF ',Annerund
s,ti-a-w-perrles e sun sounas III MS ear Wnen
tnaI ol COMMISSIONERS Annerunol TOO
ma1s oeglns.
howard tney Ieal me, was not always the
fSsfJtf ffy1l ,trrr i ind
truthful country nna II. forty years ago,
many Oh enese @ Ierlile nelos were lying out as
commons. nv hag mas caused the Wondrous
cnangef WIaC nas Transformed tne strug
gnhg .iah WHOSE llie was hand-to-hand
hgnC VIII poverty, whose nome was log
caoli, whose oreau was mace 1rom the corn
lalseu only III tle new GROUNDS, whose
:, I!o'nes were !o,nespuh, whose Iopacco was
nis currency, ln'o Ine comlorsaole' ana, IN
aay AAsIanIeos hsSe Il wealthy iaho-owner Oh To-
o%y ;, ASK ~ Ine .arher ana ne Will answer,
,aMo -. 10y .alA nHo, lucy naul hlhe'
ehey so" lime; ano' IN que time, they reap
anu eoin, 1e"utnul Aelus VI clOVef and
tlmothy, and generous receipts from the
ialAeV m1 .nan.
One leature oI tne country winch I'M
presses 'ne Stranger unpieasantiy is the
peisisIency VIII WHICH Gne Hlaryiander IN
sls.s s snas elat,, ,ne lss shall pe iast ana the
iast , nist III tne way OF Duliolngs, the
u~eillng u, peiug %pProacaed' aimosG lnvarla-
Dy, uy way VI Ine oair Z; n tne Darn' the staple,
anu anu 'ne Sil!o1 corn-nopSe. inese are, generally,
nea'' seps'antial poll9hgs' IL Is true; but
ts we CONFESS TO preluoice against surveying
'n1it wv iioM :1 one llon' WIDOWS.
c:. we pau vlsie ho1 iong since TO Ellcott
0f.y' ho '4e p eounsy-seae. Duilt upon tne Diuns
80 ~ Uno o., "C"psoH, a, moie picturesque slsua
oe ole4 ~ o"n so.'ioeay Ie nlIeu. a resloent
O. Ta.h. uho .o"h "oulu .eitalnly pronounce G1e
oono'. - .4aes , u otaunIen d nnlsnomer. we
a WIZ o seiuoA oy .Ie aosence Oh tne "ll1e
M;1,s MnioI ), caatacIeflzes @ our own
o.Oy =. 'no Inns; Inc appearance OF Ine
2uioeSi ;nh" sugsesseu .ne piooaDlhgy tnas the
Wnn W;n11,d nao ;nes WIN tne 1ate OF hip
+ha aa s,nI LIME, VINE an entrance lnto one OF
the Spe J;sa,o e Ine impression, nor was
o't to,,Ip u,spay VI uiy goous suMclenS 10 exclte
somnnIonoo 6. u.ao" W Take advantage Oh Cneir
'0o. a fton W.T.:
so,1nSed w malSg 4Sa :ay duliy i've mlnuses step
,arorr; - Uno uissauoe' anu sne lorn 0. tne
tho n1oou wa was seeh ~ emerge siowiy from
n,ontbfn1 of q h;s odGn d;n aoon oaomng Ine last
ns az ;f in ranro.oh o, for d;st,sh;m .aHd % apon
s1ch an ursea somah1o ~ bo,,r 4''"A 'i's "ini a'
Then there - came a vision % Of tho attroct;ve
store-rooms and handsome obI;S;n@ o1arte [