The Washington herald., 1910-08-21

time-honored catboat with its vide
spre8ding mutton-chop sail The farm
houses on the water front are about an
eighth OF mile apart. the houses set
among wide spreading oaks and NAPLES,
and broad. nicely shaver lawns sIopIns
down tc the waters edge. Dashing
along the water in a powerful motor
boat one sees an unfolding landscape OF
beautiful homes resembling those of a
broad avenue as one approaches a big
city. Flowers bloom in profuslon. vines
cover posts and arbors. and winding
paths and drives complete the picture
or rural peace and beauty which marks
the new order Of things in Talbot County.
Nearly every hvJse has its history. 1t
was oEce the home OF a noted family,
and romance and adventure is as thick
along the shores OF the Tred-Avon. the
Wye, and the Choptank as upon the dis
tant banks Of the Rhine, the Thames, or
the Seine.
Old GOldsbOrOuEh Estate.
On Peach Blossom Creek is pointed out
the old home Of the Goldsborough fam
lily. where our Washington Goldsborolgh
was born. The homestead occupies a
slightly point near the junction of the
creek with the Tred.Avon It's present
owner left the Eastern Shore in his boy
hood, made a fortune in Trinidad, and a
few years ago wrote to an old attorney
whom he had known in youth TO buy the
GoldsborOugh estate at any price, but
10 buy IT, Tradition has it that the new
conner paid $4,000 for the estate. and he
now lives in the old house. which has
not been much changed. except to give
1t fresh paint and modernize its ancient
rooms.
Stories like this are told by the score.
and most of the old farms have passed
into new hands and have been trans
formed into summer or winter mansions.
where living is possibly a little more
modern, but which still retains much of
its old simplicity and democratic char
acter
Agriculture RevOIutioniEed.
About ten years ago the Eastern
Shore farmers founo Il emseives ground
70 powder by the machinery Of modern
distribution OF farm produce. They set
20 work resoIutely to remedy the con-
uitions. II seemed TO them as well to
let fruit. tomatoes. melons, and truck
rot In the field as to be dumped from the
wharves OF Baltimore or Philadelphia be-
cause the market was glutted After
about three years OF fighting the farmer
won, the canning factory migrated 10
the Eastern Shore.
The grabbing and fishing industries
were changed into Incorporated COM
panies or large single firms. with capital
to handle the product and govern the
price in the market Down around Ok
ford may be seen great plants where the
crab is handled by the ton. Hard crabs
and soft crabs are shipped from these
places IN refrigerator cars CraO fake
is manufactured by machinery, kept
sweet and pure. and shipped half way
across the continent to buyers who will
pay a good price and pay cash The
crabbers OF the Choptank are growing
rich, and the orAe-time greasy and stink
ing town has to-day the appearance OF
South Chicago or East St. Louis, spe-
cially with reference to its signs OF pros
perity.
Mosquito Is Eliminated.
Two days upon the Eastern Shore. rid
Ing over its shell roads. smooth as q
house floor. gliding over the waters OF
Peach Blossom Creek, the Tred-Avon.
and the Choptank sleeping within three
rods Of the waters edge. sitting long
hours on the open piazza, failed to To-
cate one mosquito. This Is literally true
The Eaatern Shnra nannln hu lie drain