Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1891-01-30
Good Advice From free quill.

country and forcibly commends their
efforts in endeavoring to encourage i'm
migration TO Southern Maryland. The
Free Quill agrees with US that it can
b, done; all that rs wanting is plenty
q will power and energy which ia at
present manifesting itself, and the effort
TO bring back to this healthy and beauti-
fol country, the thrift and industry
which once made it famous, will surely
be crowned with sue ,ess. The fact that
what we are doing is being noticed out
sidt, Of ne county is healthy omen
Advertisement is what is wan'ed. We
must let It be known where VIC are,
what we have aud can be done Gu
advantages of locality. healthiness of
climate; the product eness ofou soil, are
things to talk about, and tell everybody,
friend and stranger. Oul neighbor has
txken she cue and the following which it
has to say is fully appreciated:
ain the lower counties, and particular
" in Charles, the progressive citizers
have combined to induce immigration,
and after careful study of the needs o!
both the expectant settlers and the com
munity in which they may cast their lot,
have decided on the colonization plan.
This is decidedly in accordance with the
best methods that could be devised, and
consonant with the action proposed by
Free Quill four years ago. The ea'ons
in favor Of small colonies are not only
practicable. but clearly strong for this
section.
First-The stranger leaving home
and traditions in the North or West
finds himself, if alon}, in a strange
country, with little or no neig 1borhood
afilatiou. In religious, social, and
political matters, change is visible al
about him. Unless he is more than hui
man, he will feel depressed, and soOr
wish to return to the vigorous climate
as too many h I'VE done. heretofore. r
Let him be one of small colony, anC
life in this genial climate and productive
soil will be perennial pleasure compar
ed to the rigors of his former domicile
among the energetic men who arr
Interested in this colonization scheme
We notice the nlmcs of Charles Calyer
Lancaster, Esq, Mcs,rs. Lang
and others, all Influential and alive t.
the interests of their locality. If, now
shey could send to the populous center
Of the North and West, capable repre-
sentative who could present the claim
Of Southern Maryland with full justice
there can be no possibility Of failure il
the project This much, we know
that hundreds are anxious to flee from
the severity of cold latituies and fnC
homes under genial skies.
With a strong feeling already created
by natural disadvantages in favor Of mi
grating, the battle is half won. 1t re
mains for the Southern Marylanders t
do the rest. A combined effort Shout,
he made, including all that stretch q
country from Prince Georges on tn
aorth to st. Mary's on the south, whicl
would take Charles county as the cente
ground. Such a systematic pull, ough
30 bring into this section thousau'
good and thrifty farmers Sho would b
benefited thousand fold, and the coun
ties in question: would i'll return, b'
blessed with enduring help and ever in
sreasing wealth
The next meeting pertafaing to tn,
problem will be held in February :
Bet there be full attendance, and re
s-'s'.,e --'-'s'-> vigor
vim, and a never let up policy for thu
future. 1t is cold during February
March and April, in the rigorous lati
ades, and many months Of feedin il
he stalTs, and the boles in the eoffer,
for fuel, make the hearts Of these impa.
nent farmers sick Go to them. and
sell them the story of land where tn y
plough every month in the year; where
lands are the kiadest in nature if hall
attended 10; where the great center Of
population is crystaliEing between the
two imperial cities Of the Southern At
lantic seaboard Washington and Balti-
more, and where in the lives of those
now IN being LAND will yet reach from
Ave hundrsa to a thousand dollars an
acre, when BaltiMore wins its million
and Washington another, to their pres
ent gO-ahead pop ,lation. Is this Wis
sionary talk? Then the man who say,
Il is, has little keen sight into this sec
hon of country, another forty yea1
hence"
The verdict last week rendered IN til,
Circuit Court for Baltimore county in