The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1903-01-24
BEAUTIFUL CECIL SITES FOR COUNT
RY HOMES.

THE man, who during long life,
lived within the echo of the
Il roar of Niagara, yet never saw
the Falls. represents large
class of persons. who habtually ignore
or overlook. the natural beauties that
surround them. and then lie down and
die. without the slightest appreciation of
the physical splcndorS. nature had Law
iShcd about them.
1t is true that all are not born with an
eye for the beautiful. or possess the taste
to enjoy natures inimitablc fratS.
The husbandman wno labors in the
field. is not forgctful of his tolls. and
doesn't loitcr to behold with wonder the
Splrndors of the setting sun.
lie too often feels only the burden of
daily labor. and the pressure of the
arduous struggle for bread
Life may not be to him only "a weary
intcrludc. which doth short joys and long
woes include" but it is real. and earnest.
and he has neither time nor taste to
waste. upon the beauties of the land
scapc spread before him, the sparkling
| stretch of water, and the hazy outline of
the distant hill tops.
And yet, here they are. spread before
him in all their panoramic beauty, right
at home in Cecil county, Maryland.
Magnificent sites and locations for
durc-clad hills, overlooking magnificent
sheets of water, combining landscape and
watcrscapc in unusual beauty and ex-
tent
We are not disposed to indulge Srandi-
loqucnt language, in calling public attcn-
| ton to the beauties of the scenery that
lines the banks of the rivers of Cecil,
| the Susquchamnu, the Elk. the North
East.
We are prompted to notice them, by
the enthusiastic language of Capt. Allen
Lester Fowler, formerly of Chicago. in
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| earth. the home he has located on the
banks of the Severn River in Anne
Arundel county.
Capt Fowler says he has Travelled all
over the world, but has not found in
Italy, Greece, France England or Ire
land, Il place 50 beautiful as the banks
of the Severn in Maryland.
The Captains testimony is important
| as well as interesting, in that it calls the
attention of the world to the beauties of
| the rivers Of Maryland, and what is
equally important awakens Marylandcrs
to the proper appreciation of the physi-
cal attractions of their State
Like the man born near Niagara. but
who never saw it, hundreds, not to say
thousands of Marylandcrs seem totally
obliviouS of the beauties of their own
State.
We do not seek to detract from the
Captains enthusiastic description of the
beauties of the Severn. They deserve
all the cncomium he may choose to pay
them.
But there are others in Maryland quite
as beautiful.
Putting the Captain upon the witness
stand as an intelligent observer. and cX-
pert judge of landscape and watcrscapc.
w" beg to ask him. has he in his travels
enjoyed the beauties of the mountain
view, and panoramic watrrscape of the
Chesapeake Bay, as seen from the
plateau of the Susquchanna at the Tome
Memorial Building
Has he ever sailed up the Elk River.
and delighted his eye with its magnif-
cent sites, and bold scenery. at the con
tluence of the Bohemia ?
There are no finer, and when an apprr-
rlative beholder secs them. his only won
der is why they have so long escaped
public attention.