Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, W.T. [i.e. Wis.]) 1843-1844, 1843-04-29
agrfcuItural.
From the New World.
AGRICULTURAL TOUR
IN THE U. STATES AND u. CANADA.
IcoNTINuED.l
By CAPTAIN BARCLAY.

CHAPTER XIII.
Departure from Washington--Courtry between it
and defphia-Ariva here--Head's Man
SION House-Mr. Sheff's farm--Superority of
! his Management--Crops secured i'll his barns
| Objections to that mode--Exceence OF his barns
| Gardens sud orthards-His place for sale
| Mr.. and Mrs. Tysen-Wates- works--Peculiar.
| ity-GiraTd's College-Chinese museum-Mr,
Cadwaladel's MISUNDERSTANDING of Anti
quarian Socety--Diaft of Deed of Independ-
! ence--Deparlure from Philadelphia.
| JUNE, 1871.
| ON the 9Th of June at six NJ. / left
| Washingteh--at nine arrived at Baltimore,
and after breakfast set out for Philadelphia,
distance ninety miles.
| For the first sixty miles we passed through
poor sandy country chiefly in copse Indeed
as in America The railways are generally con-
! Quoted through the --LATEST and least valuable
land, they do not always afford TO travellers
favorable view of the country; and although
in The present case another line passes through
district which is highly cultivated, learnt
this TWO late for my purpose.
| had often been told that the finest country
in all the States is that which widely surrounds
| Philadelphia, and my belief of this was now
agreeably confirmed for certainly nothing could
exceed in richness or be- imagined finer than
the couniry we tfavegsed the remaining part of
our way from Baltimore. The land is of ex-
ceedlng fertility, almost entirely in meadow OF
beautiful verdure, laid out in fields Of about
| 100 acres, here neatly inclosed with post and
| rail, there with luxurient hedges, while nu-
numerous elegant mansions, smart villas.
and fine trees plentfnlly scattered as in the
great English parks, complete the picture.
Such was the country through wiich we pass
de for thirty miles, up TO the city OF Phil
adelpba
The stock grazing here was in point of con
dision OF superior kind, and including many
large, heavy bullocks; but blood or pedigree
seemed 10 have met with no attention, the an
FINALS being apparently Of various breeds, some
of them resembling the Lancashire.
We arrived at Philadelphia about three o.
I clock, and as recommended by Mr.. Greig, took
up my quarters at "Head's Manson House,
where found all the comforts of first-rate no.
tel. Head himselfa good resemblance of the
John Bull" landlord, fond of sporting, his
house conducted in the english sly --irequen-
! ted by good socleiy--and free from the usual
nuisance of public bar. He and his three
sons, strafing young fellows who assist him,
are, sedu ious ln attention TO his guests, and
strangers visiting Philadel phia need desire no
better cheer or accommodations than is found at
Heads "Mansion House."
! had brought letters of introduction 10 sew
aral families, chiefly Of the Society of Friends,
and after had partaken Of good dinner, and
some good port vine---lhe latter, by the by,
rather rarity in the Staes---I called with a
letter from Joseph John Quincy, on Friend f..
p Cope. leading merchant in Philadelphia.
As the greai-gTand son aud lene decendent
of the ..Apologlsi," found my appearance in
the great Quaker city hailed sort Of event,
and welcomed with Kindness and hospitality,
no where more cordially than in the family OF
Friend Cope in whom was happy to meet a
person much looked up to by all classes, for
his integrity, kind .hearIedness and benevo-
Ience. He is now man ofseventy- --has been
eminently successful in The world---is Of frank
and easy manners, and possessing extensive
information. has the rare talent Of corDmun-
ealing it mingled with amusing anecdote---al-
together he is the most cheerful of the cheer
fuI.--a noble instance of a wellspent life. His
spouse. dressed more in the primitive simplicity
of the Qnakers, than any one had yet seen in
the States, evinces much of The kindness and
alfabili,y peculiar 10 females of the pursua-
sion.
Friend Cope no sooner learnt that my chief
object was 10 see the country. than he ordered
his pheton and drove me out circuit OF ten or
twelve miles by the Schuylkill river, over a
portion of country which for richness is. 10 say
the least, equal to the finest parts of Lincoln
shire. 1t consists of aluvlal soil chiefly in
meadow covered with burocks. but partly in
tiilsge, bearing wheat and Indian corn, and
partly also devoted 10 The culture of vegetables
for The supply of Philadelphia. The average
value of such land / understood to be about
$50 dollars or ESQ per acre.
After delightful drive, returned to Friend
Cope's, where spent the evening. Next
morning, the 2sth. after breakfast, in conse-
Lquence OF. an appointment he had kindly made
for me, accompanied him on a visitto the farm
of Mr. Sheaf, about fourteen miles from the
city.
We again passed over charming country,
and through town called Germantown, FIVE
miles 10 length. but the houses, which gener-
ally have gardens in front. very struggling; and
aboutone o'clock We drove up to Mr. Sheaif's
mansion.
He very readily and oblgingly undertook to
show me his farm. II consists 300 acres, and
at once discos ID from the appearance CT the
Hand, that he manages 10 a superior style.
His crops are wheat rye. Indian corn. oats.
potatoes and clover, with a.small portion Of
pasture, all cultivated in a mastery manner,
and the land particularly. clean. ..r
Mr. bloomfield, one Of the Earl Of Liecesier's
principal tenants, and Of course, crack farm
ar. who visited here three OF fouT years ago,
was greatly taken with Mr. Sheaff.s sgricul-
lturaI ooerations. and declared thar his farm
exhibited: in his opinion, the only instance Of
ANYTHING approaching a regular. English sys-
tam of hssbapdry he had met with 10 the