New-York tribune., 1901-08-25
THE EASTERN SHORE.
ALL THE REST OF THE UNITED STATES.
WESTERN MARYLAND INCLUDED,
IS A FOREIGN LAND TO
THE NATIVES

The Lord rested on the seventh day and on the
eighth He made the Eastern Sho'." The visitor 70
thfs oelated country remarks that no one
Is IN a hurry there himself. The land that
was day late in creation has been content to
stay a day late And when the outsider has be-
come reconciled to accommodate trains that stop
at every woodpile and trolley cars at all. he
may settle down 10 the quiet resignation OF one
so1ourner in the metropolis OF the district con-
in Easton"
Scratch an Eastern Shore man and he bIeedz
blue The people OF the eastern counties are more
conservative, more aristocratic. more Southern
than those Of Western Maryland Their slaves are
gone and their lands are diminished. but they still
i've IN their ample country houses after the free
and bountiful manner Of the Old South.
The Eastern Shore is famous for it's pretty
girls, said one of the prettiest of them 20 North
ern man whom she had Just met and he never
had cause 70 doubt the justice Of frank asser-
tion.
The foreigner on the Eastern Sho'-and even pro
sresstve Western Maryland is a foreign land-can
always be certain of hospitable welcome. East OF
the Chesapeake. ''nOblesse obIige." A Harvard
graduate. born in Wisconsin, had honor done his
Alma Mater when prominent politician OF the up
per counties said TO him. "Oh. yes. Havard. I'm
distinctly 70 that place" His native State how
ever. Jared not so we'll For partner az a german
ne had deIicateIy featured girl who might have
sat for Copley had she lived century ago.
I thought you were from the North she said
Il mean the far North-New-York or Massachu-
setts"
Sometimes innate cordiaHty makes the Eastern
Shore man tolerant of outsiders whom, were they
natives. he would avoid
In regard 10 a family OF recent settlers from
OHIO who we're at no pains TO conceal their wealth.
one woman remarked, in confidence: After all. the
Smiths are plain people. When called on them
Mrs Smith SAID she'd show ne the rooms Upstairs
only they weren't red up"
The county families, OF course draw the line def
initely at plain people" One man OF such origin
mad made his way into society. but OF his two
brothers more praise given TO the one that was
true 70 his own kind than the one that strove 10
follow the brother that had arrived"
Along with this strain Of social prejudice goes
conservative respect for rank The venerable
Bishop Of the diocese who very fond OF children
one day kissed the little daughter Of one OF his
neighbOrs as she was playing on the sidewalk
WIZ something very like precocious coquetry the
CHIC ran n tears 10 her mother
tta4iy 90 Ions an stop your crying You ought
II is the good fortune OF the stranger that he IS
I s-sI gn + nls Own merits quite apart from the
down on plain people Eoiscouaiians hold then
unknown. The chances are that. though on arrival
ee may think ne is in the valley OF the shadoE, be-
ne teels that perhaps for the first time he is now
No better example OF the Maryland WaV'' q b.
loqnd than at Wye House, the ancestral home OF
Colonel Edward Lloyd. brick house built in the
shape o. tV~O Is 20 symbolic the name OF its
owners But the most attractive spot OF the re-
glon IS Myrtle Grove. the Miles River the an
cestral home OF branch or the famous Colds
borough family The house IS a true MARYLAND
century
The building is In perfect harmony, from the 80
| pero OrasS knOcker the oaken door tAs
ghost sL-haEulS tina upps= hallway Fer ghosts
are rye on the Eastern Sho'-" II cannot be said
they walk As a matter of fact. they Usually ride
on certain road in Talbot County a spectral car
rage passes and repaSSeS the traveller. always
from the same direction. More than one house
too. has its little bridge in the driveway over
which horses gallOp night after night but never
I reach the door.
The most favorable time 70 visit the Eastern
Sho Is the autumn Weeks OF clear LnvfEOratinE
days then succeed each other and the sailing and
the oySterng, for which the region is famous are
az their best The trees Of course. 10 not
the brilliant that early frosts make general IN
the North but their deep though sober. coloyfnS
lasts well on 20 December.