Saint Mary's beacon., 1903-04-02
A visit to st. Mary's.

Messrs, Editors ~ have stood
many times, on the hills Of Calvert,
and looked across the Patuxent as
it wends its way through vale aud
dell, at the classic land olSt Mary $,
with its creeks and streams, like
silver threads, bisecting here and
there its undulating surface. And
have wondered what kind Of a
county it was We're us men like
ours open-hearted, brave aad hon
est2 We're il $ women like ours
chaste, kind and beautiful2 To me,
as to many Of us, St. Mary's was a
nova terra the little Patuxeut,
veritablo Rubicon, which could
not be crossed except in great exi.
gency. Yet how often had ! wished
to do so, aud visit people so close.
I ly allied TO ours by historic ass0cia.
tons These were still in NY mind.
when letter came from n daughter
of that county bearing a Nt.1 inyi,
tation to yisither. My drc....!s were
about TO be realized, my longing TO
be satisfied Now ! shall see-now
/ know. In my dreams ! had stood
on the banks Of the st. Mary river,
where the flag Of England was first
/ planted on Maryland soil lu imag
ination, / had looked upon the stal
wart Indian warrior, as he gazed
with scowling brow, upon this rob
berry Of his lands and home. Or up.
on the Indian maiden as she stole
from thicket 70 thicket, and watched
this new race Of men, which she
supposed had dropped from the hap.
py hunting grounds, ! had come
down TO more recent dates, and walk.
ed along the pebbly beach, where
the classic Potomac united it's wa
ters with our grand old Chesapeake,
and at Point Lookout thought Of
the many who had suffered and died
there. Now, said /, Il shall see
with mine own eyes these places
hallowed by such associations. My
feet shall tread the same soil theirs
did, and there shall be realized my
many dreams. So | packed up,
and was OIL, receiving a cordial
greeting and a kind reception from
one and all. "Ah', said /, y so much
like our own people There is no
difference, even if the Patuxent does
divide us.
visited your county town and found your
Court House credit 20 any county. and some
of the residences holnelike aud beautiful
But Messra. Editors, how shall relate what
occurred 10 me there? II / were not so en-
tirely innocent OF the insinnations aye,
charges, would stop right here. Daring the
day was thrown In the company Of Mr.. ----,
a resident of your county, and you can imHg
inc my dsmay, Messrs. Editors. when the con.
yersation turning to Calvert, he said n tell
you, If man dosn't want to get married. he
! must keep MS eyes VIDE open when Calvert
county girls are around or he viii be married
to one before he knows IL. When they ecIde
to do n thing, they do II, and in a very short
time. too. Itdoes not take them three or four
years to do thing that can be done In six
months. They angle for their man, hook, and
lani him safely" / guess they were good look
ing men, usually an essential with Calvert
girls, and we surmise why none OF the hooks"
came in the direction Of the speaker.
His talk afforded great deal of amusement
to the rest of the party, and he, not knowing
that he had Calvert girl for listener, con-
tinued And" said he, IL is not they are so
attractive, but because when they make up
their minds TO do a thing they do IL. There is
no fooishness about Calvert girl"
All Messrs. Editors, 1t was hard TO hear in
plain English that II was not the "attractve-
ness" of Calvert girls that gained them hus-
bands only their .business-like" manner
And 1t was doubly hard TO hear the cry, BE.
ware, a Calvert girl is In town" They need
fear no sarm, for why should Calvert girl
leave her own county, so full of brave and
handsome men, and go to ST.. MARY's for a
husband2 soon left your town, aud the next
day, despite the protestatlons Of my frlends
took the steamer for my own fair Calvert.
A CALVERT GIRL