Evening star., 1897-07-31

thev come to Lecrardtown to summer
mainly because it does not pretend to be
a summer resort at all.
LsOnaTitown itself is situated on a hign
hill AT the head Of Bretons bay. group
of store houses about the wharf, a sunken
schooner, some scattered dwellings on the
hillside and a yellow road winding UP a
long hill are about all that can be seen
of Leonardtown from the landing. AS you
toll up the hill, which is enough to appal
even the most hardened scorcher, black
little cherubs, bare-footed and open-mouth-
ed stare at you out of the doors, win
dows and cracks of tumbledoHn shanueS
and perhaps run out and greet you by say
ing Gimme a cent" while their large
gsrthed nanny ceases washing to gaze
at ycu over her tubs, and her ole man
rests his arms on the spade and eyes You
narrowly from the garden.
Most of Leonardtown is to be found on
one street which runs back from the brow
OF the hill, and Is lined with houses, some
of them old and some new, for perhaps hai1
a mile II deed the combination between
old AMI new, historic aEd modern, is one
of the interesting features OF the town.
Leonardtown is no upstart village. 1t
rests en- the bed. rock of time, and was
fourishing tobacco pert before Baltimore
had a corner grocery or even sample
ROOM" and long before Washington was
ever dreamed of.
4 Historic Place.
One OF the historic places of the town is
with yellow stuccoing, which is built in
the solid colonial style, with great porch
in front. spanned by row of columns
This place is row occupied by Mr.. ]. H.
Key a relative of Francis Scott Key, re-
membered as the author of the Star Span
gIed Banner" The first owners of the
place were ajor Bonds and afterward
his son Richard. who are both buried in the
cemetery at Tudor Hall. Richard Bonds
freed a great number of slaves before his
death. who took his name This accounts
for the many coIored people of that name
in ST. Marys county. Philip Key next
bought the place, and II has been occupied
by his descendants ever since. Beside the
house stands magnificent yew tree,
planted In 1893, and one of the finest speci-
mems of its kind TO be found in these parts.
Tudor Hall stands on the brow of a
hill commanding a beautiful view OF the
bay. The hillside is covered with gigantic
oaks. and down near the shore Is the fam
Gus initial tree" This Is a wide. spread
ing beech. whose roots have been 50 con-
stanuy buffeted by the waves that it Will
probably be washed away before many
years. Everybody who has ever known
Leonardtown is supposed TO have registered
here. and clear TO the top the trunk and
branches are rough with carving, old and
psw.
EIlenborough is another interesting place
Connected with I-eonardtoWn. IT is some
three-quarters Of mile below the village
on the hilltops overlooking Bretons bay.
II was the home of the noted secessionist
congressman, Benjamin g. Harris, during
the war, and. although the present house
is not very old the place Itself was well
known before revolutionary times. a stole
In the cemetery bears the date 1771 ST.
Andrews Church, some five miles further
down. is another historical structure and
well worth seeing.
Life seems an easy matter at Leonard
town. Nobody Is In hurry. nobody iostles
you on .he streets. or hurries by as if he
were going to fire. One might almost
I'm igine that he had come to the region ''In
which it seemed always afternoon" and
that he had reached the land of the lotus
eaters at last Indeed, II is almost as quiet
and unruffled here you will find II on a
hot Sunday morning In August on PenusyI-