Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1886-01-14

the "Calyerts" were keen observers
and knew well the elements Of soil
and climate best adapted to the CON-
forts Of man when they flung open
their flag to the breeze st old st: Ma
rvs city, this county, and took pos
session. in days when red men alone
trod the solitary paths of these undis-
turbed forests and had their oyster
roasss and duck bakes on the banks Of
the streams where wood was plenty
and flint scarce, and where now the
marks Of modern civilization ought to
be superb. even more so than that Of
our boasted Empire State. .
Bat Ala .eaaasrj sssEns % kaye bssn
forgotten. overlooked even by Uncle
Sam. Too convenient during the war
and too close to him now. The light
house at Point Lookout is q common
brick structure-the lamp is as poor
as tie sdi6ce-a disgrace to the gov
ernment in that location. The best
thing that can be said of it is that it
has been we'll kept. A lighthouse is
needed on No POINT SHOALS. Most
every fog we have a three-master is
piled on these shoals. Our mail ser
vice is very poor here. Sometimes
We get mail and at others we do not.
Sometimes letters come open and pack
ages do not come at all The last
time the writer saw Uncle Sam pass
up the county with his mail bags, he
was certainly to be pitied. He was a
small, drawn up, bright faced little
boy, wrapped and bundled in old OF!
coat and pants, his grandpa's comfort
and cap pulled round his neck and
ears, horseback Gf We may call the
poor animal horse) with his mail in
front across the horses withers. You
could almost see his cold red hands
through his wet mittens. 1t was a
cold, ,drizzly Northeast spell ofweather.
That old bay horse, you could count
every rib not concealed by oil wrap
pings, his back bone and hip bones
higher than his head, and at every
step he looked as if he pitied our civ
ilization, had contempt for our gov
ernment, desPised all politicians, re-
publicans and democrats, and sighed
and longed for more oats more oats
more humanity more humanity
more money and better mail servicel
What an amusing sight it would be to
see the Southern Maryland mail SER
vice and public roads, &C., caricatur-
ed in Puck But it would be hard
on this locality.
We want immigration-we want
thrifty, industrious men to make judi
cious investments here-we want men
to notice this country before they 90
West and invest in less remunerative
lands. In few years the dead aris-
tocracy will survive only as graveyard
tombstones-it will be entirely obso-
Iete. The coming young men, who
Solomon says are the strength of the
land, will erect in this land Of ours
beautiful monuments OF thrift, indus
try and economy over the graves of
ante-bellum Cspulets Come look at
our lands. The author will answer
any communication addressed to
RIDGt P. O., St. Mary's CO., Nd.
1t is not to be presumed from what
has been said that the term Happy
Land Of Canaan" is a misnomer when
applied to a region such as described,
for where the manners of the inhabi.
tants and their modes of living be ever
Sc imperfectly given, the conclusion
will be very evident that for free
and easy living and happy 60 catch
em-time. in a place where something
to eat is readily attainable BY all men
in very moderate circumstances in life,
that this above all the places in Amer
lea is or ought to be called the Hap
py Land of Canaan. There are quite
a number Of stores in this region. All
keep or have kept near them spiritu-
Gus and malt liquors CT the common
est kind usually. There is Of course
a class of people who rarely ever are
seen about the stores, but do most Of
their business through their commits
sion men in Baltimore and elsewhere.
This class usually live at home in sv-
cry sense of the word. They know
what to do for and in nine cases out oi
ten exactly what to say to a stranger
They form no little part of the ma
terial wealth and we'll being Of ths
county. They have doubtless seer
? that custom is a violent and treach'
srous schoolmistress. She, little BY lit
tie, and slyly and unperceived, slip'
in the foot of her authority. but hav
ing by this gentle and humble begin
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