Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1888-05-17

sandy. but peas, beans, corn and Irish 20
taioes were growing finely. TIE pa vine
had nearly ended their usefulness and wer
fast falling away.
Macon Is pretty little town, and though
the streeis are not I'll paved and very san
dy, the trees, which are numerous ans
beautifully kept, are in themselves beau
| ty unsurpassed by the paved streets ant
( fine marble buildings Of any Of our North
ern cities. This little city. in fact, seems .,
nestle in a great woods. There appears Il
DC constant stream Of visitors and drum
mers stopping at its hotels, but, MessrS. Ell
itors, 'old Aunt Terry" vas also visitor
and We did not tarry long, for as she call:
there tits carly in tho season We were afraid
that her whole family might put in an ap.
pcaranoe later ON and carry u of. We
lefi by the first train for Savannah, where
we arrived the same evening
! SAVANNAH,
like Macon, has every quality and quanti-
I ty Of shade trees, and In some places its
streets are concrete, whilst on every other
square or block are monuments 10 some Of
our grca, men. The monuments Of Gene
rails Green, Pulaski, Gordon, Sergt Jasper
and the Confederate dead are on Bull Street;
which, Of course, gives it quite monu-
mental appearance. The Confederate mon
umcnt, which stands in IN open space Of
four or five acres, bears the following in
scription
"Comc from the four winds, D breath,
And breathe upon these slain that they may
live
and we have no doubt but that the brave
men 10 whom it was erected, who fought
and bled for what was 10 them a just cause,
live in the world heyond where no battles
are fought AMI all is peace
At o'clock, Tuesday evening, we again
boarded the Crane for Baltimore The
parting.of some at the wharf was very al
fcating, tears coming as they did from eyes
that should but shine with love and glad
ness, nearly caused the flood gates Of our
hearts 10 open and its waters TO flow."
AT SEA AGAIN.
\ certain gentlemanly drummer, who
rather prided himself upon his politeness
and wished to play the gallant even at Ia
BILE, forgetting at the time being that we
were al sea, gracefully poised slice ofham
on his fork for his "ncxt door neighbor,"
when, 10 and behold, the boat gave q great
lUrch, the ham flew across the table and
alightcd full in the face Of his pretty VISA
Wis, who, with little scream, FASTENED 10
her stateroom, leaving the embarrassed
drummer TO apologize TO her plate, whilst
the lest OF us forgot our dinner 70 join in
the laugh that went round. The lady,
however, soon again appeared, and, for an
engaged one, We must say tlirtcd outrage
ously with the said drummer
Whilst the trip was very pleasant one
we DO not again expect TO travel over the
same route, but hope at no distant day TO
again meet our fellow voyagers. With
delight, We sighted Cape Henry and enter
ed the mouth of our beautiful Chesapeake,
and soon saw the green banks Of old ST.
Mary's and felt like we were indeed, in our
native land. Toour tti7R.Rg, il the young
men would stay in this corRy, times
would vastly improve and il would in q
few years stand forth in bold relief as the
growing and advancing county of this
State. In conclusion, Mcssrs. Editors, let
me state that though theSouth be beautiful
and the North thriving and rich, it may
well he said, that "bc il ever SO run down
there is no place like old st. Marys," and
| instead Of emigrating to the South, North
or West one had better go TO ST. Mary's.
/ The land is cheap and though the taxes
are high, with new and more equal assess
mcnt and with smaller farms they could be
/ brought down as low almost as those of
Carroll May the mother county rapidly
advance to the front where she in reality
I belongs.
4 To the Capt OF the Crane, may We, in
the name of the passengers extend our
+ thanks for his kindness and attention.
Being q bachelor, the Captain was of course
ever attentive to the ladies but still did not
I overlook the men. He pointed 10 all the
points OF interest that we passed from
Forts Jackson and Pulaski and the rice
fields of Georgia, 10 the forts and beauties
Of the Chesapeake ard Baltimore, and he
even pointed out something when We could
see but water and sky. May he live 70
enjoy an old age and may the Crane ever
have such a Captain.
PoLITICS.
We are glad, McSSrs. Editors, e. see thai
- Mary's has been recognized by the
selection of the Hon. Robt. {. Combs, Is
presidential clcCtor and whilst We had
rather have seen him the nominee FOL
! Congress We bow TO the inevitable and live
in hopes that he may yet appear US YOU
national representative.
Gill BYRON.