The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1939-06-01
Garrett County, According To This
Correspondent, Is A Providentially
Blessed Part OF The Earth, And In
This Surmise He is Not Far Wrong.

Correspondent, Is A PrOvidentiaily
Blessed Part OF The Earth, And In
This Surmise He is Not Far Wrong.
To the Editor of The Republican.
To hear some grumble oftimes and
complain about Garrett county in gen.
eral incidentally Scoop shouldn't have
mentioned his johnson grass in his re-
cent column, cause bean and cucumber
beetles are wOrse) one would never
suspect that it possessed even one
good or commendable feature.
Most of US occasionally, if not fire.
quently, are inclined to be captious
and querulous in regard to the weather
and our surrounding climate as a
whole. It's too wet or too dry to suit
us; too cold or too hot or perhaps too
much snow in winter to please US. We
fret because the advantages provided
through industry and big business
aren't perched permanently on our
doOrsteps. We're susceptible to, and
perhaps when we feel extraordinarily
morose and detected, we actually do
cultivate and encourage the opinion
that Garrett county is backward and
nancially, socially or otherwise.
Yes indeed our criticism of our
county as a whole would indicate and
lead to the conclusion that the On
nipotent Power had neglected to en-
dow Garrett county with so much as
one tiny semblance of sublimity and
natural geographic grandeur, which
Scoop in one of his late columns re-
ferred to as gold in them thar hills"
This natural gift presented to Garrett
ages ago by Mother Nature herself is
in a sense a golden treasure and it
can Justly be termed thus, for no
amount of gold could purchase or con-
struct the many infinite spots OF
beauty as they exist today.
| We have numerous. rugged, males
tic mountains, an abundance through
out the entire county of pure, spark
ing drinking water, turbulent, typical
mountain streams, our two Outstand-
| ING beautiful and we'll known water
falls Muddy Creek and Swallow
/ Falls). clean air with its eXhilarating
tang and pleasant, healthy agreeable
surroundings. These and many other
fine and interesting features combine
together to create that exclusive some
| thing that proclaim Garrett county as
not such a bad place after all, and
| that her many scenic, august places OF
endless interest should be priced and
appreciated and not nonchaJ0ofte
nored.
AS for our climate, should it be
! made possible for us to experience the
general climatic conditions elsewhere
we dissatisfied ones would undoubtedly
/ be content where we are.
Sometimes we long to live else
where though, despite the fact that
| the citizens Of the very section of the
United States in which we desire to
live are perplexed with adverse living
conditions that far surpass those of
! cur own county
Thousands of the farms in the West
ern section of the United States are
virtually being lynched by hordes of
voracious uncomfortable grasshop-
pers. Other States beyond the Missis-
sippi are plagued with long thoughts
and dust storms which convert once
productive land into vast areas Of
barren wasteland which produce moth
! ing but worthless cactus, soapWeed
and scattered sagebrush. Some parts
of the west, especially California, are
| subject to destructive earthquakes
which cause many citizens there TO
exist in suspense, fearing a repetition
of the quake in 1906 at San Francis
co in which $4,000 buildings were de-
stroyed and hundreds Of lives taken.
Would we like the South as a perm
anent home? l doubt it. States locat-
ed near the Gulf of Mexico are quite
often the victims of tornados which
destroy many thousands of dollars
worth of property with one fierct,
twisting puff.
/ Disease is more prevalent and pests
are more difficult to combat and con-
troll in Southern climates, not to men
ton its almost unbearable hot sum-
mers and the accompanying bands Of
merry mosquitoes that rival the VESTS
grasshoppers for greatness.
The North Central States, such as
the Dakotas, Minnesota, etc, have
winters that would disgrace Maryland
any time in competitive race for cold
weather and frequent billiards.
What sort of weather does New
England have? Well, here's what a
well known writer of the eighteenth
century said about it: -...-
81 reverently believe that the Maker
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