The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-10-07
MARYLAND 5 BLACK BELT
SOME OF THE INTERESTING SPOTS
IN THAT SECTION OF THE
COUNTRY
PICTURESQUE LITTLE TOWN
"a Trip Through That Part of the
State Where the COIOred PeO-
pie Are in Ma
jOrity.
Bpecial Correspondence of the Globe.

Special Correspondence of the Globe.
ROCKVILLE, Nd, Oct. 4-RockV1lle
IS one of the most beautiful little villages
near Washington. 1t is in the foothills Of
the Blue Ridge mountains, and has only
about 1900 inhabitants. 1t is about a
century behind the times, and has a
street that has brick sidewalks. A bus
runs from the railroad station and also
from the electric car that runs out from
Washington to the hotel that stands on
the northern outskirts of the town Rock
Vile has also a fine red brick court house,
where farmers in wide straw hats and
with bull hide whips in their hands set
around on the steps and chew tobacco
like the characters in Hamlin Garland's
Western stories. Mr.. Thomas Nelson
Pages poor farmer type does not exist
anywhere in the country around Rock
vile.
Rockville is first Of all a village of
homes. There are only four or five
stores in the place, and they are all
grouped together in one corner. The
houses are mostly Of wood, and are very
pretty, and some of them are quite mod
ern in every way. They are mostly of
wood, although there are a few brick
and stone ones, and are set far back from
the street and are surrounded by great
oaks and have even well kept lawns, very
green and very cool to lie upon these hot
nights. Perhaps nowhere in the world
is the line between the sets more careful
ly drawn Yet nowhere in the world will
you find more cultured people. The young
girls are as much up to date 'as though
they lived in New York, and as well read
. as If they came from Boston.
THE ROCKVILLE GIRLS.
They have the soft, sympathetic man
4 59r of the Southerner, than which moth
l 3ng Is more charming. and with it they
Dave the fine spirits of the Western girl.
Shey always impressed me as being so
charming that I always supposed them to
De equally as beautiful. However. you
can always find people to differ with you
The event that eXciteS the most Inter
I est in Rockville is the county fair, which
took place this week. The country peo
pie come in from their farms for miles
around and probably the most interest
ing thing to be seen within the fair
grounds is the hundreds of farmers car
riages and wagons all filled with lunch
And these Maryland farmers certainly
r know how to put up a lunch. In our
A lunch there were fried chicken and ham
you never get as nice ham in tie
= West-and pudding and pie and cake and
: pickles and dozens of other equally as
good things, all of which I ate without
suffering any unpleasant after effects
And what fruit! It alone is enough to
make the state famous, even if it doesn't
succeed in electing Bryan next November
The fair was largely a
HUGE BRYAN MEETING
where the first families of Maryland
shouted for the popular hero. But if the
people Of Maryland were half as power
full as the sun was the day I attended
the Rockville county fair, Bryan would
be elected hands down. It glared down
upon the race track, turning it the color
OF bar god and making the milk white
paddocks stand out boldly against the
4 deep green OF the fields beyond. A
jockey in red cap, VINO a girl informed
me was the third Tod Sloan, was putting
his horse around the track, and the PEG
pie were commencing to climb into their
wagons and carriages and make ready
for lunch. Before lunch was half over
the bell sounded for the first race. bur
none seemed to care to see 1t and all
went on eating and drinking and making
merry. Tt was q we'll run race how
ever, and we were in time to see the
horses finish In q bunch and be led away
with the sweat running down their hanks
On little streams.
But the most remarkable thing about
EAe fair was the dust that filled the air
Snd covered stands and benches and
VERIFYING else. It was so warm that
2o one wore anything but light dresses
and many Of the young girls looked fol-
al the world as though they had beer
trlpped and had fallen in much Travelled
road Yet, in spite Of the sun and the