American Republican and Baltimore daily clipper. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1844-1846, 1846-09-17
Correspondence of the Baltimore CIipper.)
HAeERsrowN, Sept. ID, 1876.

HAGERsroWN, Sept. Id, lS46.
.Te,TS. Editors: Being III this section of the
country, and having nothing to occupy my time
will give you some description of things ii
general. There is more sickness i'll the towT
and county than has ever been known. There
are between two and three hundred cases in the
town and round it. Generally they are taken
with chill, and Immediately after fever fol
lows, and then in most cases it changes to p
bilious or a typhus fever. The physicians art
Kept upon the oall the time, day and night; and
when you pass physicians Office, you gener
ally see two or three, and III fact have seen at
many as seven or eight persons there waiting
for the return Of the physician, and first come
first served. By the way, the most popular
among our physicians, is Doctor N. u. Scott
ne is fast taking the lead, and leaving the old
regular physicians far behind-he can be seen
at all times upon the go; if you ask Tho attends
your family, the reply is at once, why Doctor
Scott. There are families in town who have
not persons we'll enough to attend to the wants
of the sick; it is truly alarming indeed. Vege-
.ation of every description is a perfect dreg;
hundreds and hundreds of bushels of fruit are
lying under the trees rottening; farmers will
not come to town with their produce on account
Of the sickness, and in fact many of them can
not, on account Of the sickness in their own
families.
Our town was visited last week by compa
nv of yocalsts the Baker family, who gave thu
good citizens concert; it was one OF the hes
ever given in this place; they had quite
crowed house; they purpose visiting your cit.
in some two or three weeks. when we hope they
will be well patronzed in the Monumental
city, as you know how to appreciate such thing;
better than we do in the country who never
hear any thing but strolling actors, 1--WE do not
mean when we say strOlling TO include this ad-
mirable company who, when they happen to
be "broke". come into country towns to make
raise" But we have Sovereign remedy"
red pepper for all such humbugs.
Your paper is taking the lead IN this place;
when any one wishes to read Baltimore pa
per, it is the "Clpper." The reason is simply
this tine people in our part of the country are
not "free trade men," we go in for the tariff of
'42, and for protection to American manuiac-
lures; we know that you are neutral in politics,
but go for the interests of the country, not Tor
foreign manufactures to have the reference
Our motto is, "Protecton for American over
Foreign Manufactures
The corn crop throughout the county looks
very well, and generally speaking will yield an
average crop. We saw corn meal of this year S
growth of corn, it looked and tasted very well;
the corn being kiln dried.
On last Saturday night we had quite severe
storm, it commenced raining between and 9
o'clock in the evening, and continued until IL
at night, accompanied by the most vivid flashes
oflghtnng and deafening peals of thunder that
we most ever heard, doing no damage however
Politics is very dull indeed, especially as it is
SO near the election, but it is owing altogether
to the severe sickness throughout the county
we do not think that either party will have a
full turn out, but they both have oat very strong
tickets, and each party will stretch every nerve
and use every exertion to secure their favorites
More anon. WI