Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1847-07-15

thing to discourage him in his praiseworthy
effort, and yet from the bottom ofmy heart,
pltled HIM, and thought him worthy of a
better prospect he is now a man to be en-
wed OF his possessions, and this, Mr.. Editor,
is my sample of benefactor to mankind.''
Bot drive on, we have just started-on the
right we pass neat cottage residence, W it'll
good fences, clean fields. and fine crops,
that look as though they had never stopped
growing since they frs. sprouted, notwilIl-
standing the unprecedented drought; on the
lett we pass snug brick residence, and
what field OF Wheat Genessee County
here will find rival. Then comes another
stretch OF uncultivated old fields, then high
" improved farms alternately, for the fever
is now III full height, and the whole neigh
bourhood is now being infected with it,
An! here we are again at another Slabler's,
Mr.. Edward S,abler, the ingenious maker
and engraver Of those unrivaled stamps.
that you will find in almost every public
office throughout the country Mr. Edward
Stabler LETT the City an impaired health with
but one hundred dollars in his pocket, and
located himself on farm containing at that
time about 60 acres of poverty-slricken
fields; he has since extended his boundaries,
and his farm now contains $50 acres, all of
which is in the highest state of improvement
In addition to this, having succeeded so we'll
with the first, he has lately made second
purchase of one hundred acres, which he
will soon have in the same condition.
wish Mr.. Editor you could see his fields of
Wheat; they don't appear to mind the
drought; he has one field of 10 acres that
overlops the post and rail fence which sur
rounds ii, by at least foot and is as thick
as it can stand, the heads long and we'll filled;
it will yield without accident 35 or 40 bush
els per acre. Here is another farmer work
ing on the 'high pressure principle ;" what
will "a Learner" say Of ''lavored localities
and plethorlc purses:" this man was OF salts
fed to wait 50 years, the tedious and doubt
ful process Of self-renovaion, and adopted
the ':high pressure sys,em;" is this man not
entitled TO be ranked with his Dutch specimen
Of a benelactor to mankind.
Passing Mr.. Sta5ler's, we see several pref
ty places showing great improvement, as
also that they have profted by the noble
example around them. Here we are again
plump upon an old fezder-,he same ever
lasting old fields ofpoverty, grass and briars,
rotten logs, PROSTATE fences and diIapidated
barn, (for the barn has just fallen for the
want of care show plainly that the owner
Of this property has not been infected with
the "high pressure fever" one spot how
ever of about one square acre lying along
the road, showed evident SYMPTOMS of the
disease; there was on it a very strong and
vigorous growth Of buckwheat s,ubble,
whilst all around it, and as far as the eve
could reach, was perfect barrenness. stop
ped to learn the cause of this, and found as
| expected, that he had been ':incited to
make the attempt,'' and purchased some 200
pounds Of Guano, applied it to this spot,
and sowed it in buckwheat; the crop was
strong, as the stubble evinced, but for want
ofproper energy to carry the matter through,
there the project was dropped, and all that
he can show in the way of improvement, is
more vigorous growth of briars, and the
heavy buckwheat stubble to perpetuate the
memorable event. Now this man | am in
formed has no bad habits; but is really a
worthy citizen, but imbued with the Wis in
er,iae principle; he was the inheritant of
about 400 acres of land and a 'sple1horic
purse'' Of some $4,000 in money. His fate
is hard one, and deserves the commisera-
ton of the whole community his money
gone, his buildings, ,enemens and fences
are falling. He has tried the experiment
fairly of making the land improve itself and
yield him support, and the ungraeGul soil
has failed to do it, or rather could not, it
was too poor. He has lived out 20 years
of experiment, don'd the red flannel shirt
and homespun trousers; but he was not so
fortunate as to get into 'favored locality"
) like .'the Learners" Dutchman, or upon as
) good natural soil.
Drive on-we shall soon come to the end
) of our journey. There, open that white
gate and turn in. That Saw Mill runs WELL
and the man attending it, is reading TIE Ma
tional IntelHgemcer, whilst the Saw is cut
ting whose fine farm is that, my friend !:
That sir, is Mr. George Brooks, son OF
Roger Brook. All the man desire to see
MIR. Roger Brook commenced at the same
time with his friend, whose farm we Just
passed, with about same quantity of land,
not quite SO good in quality. He had not
the 'plethoric purse" He had an lngre-
dent, however, in his composition, better
than money, good Judgment, and great ply
steal energy. He adopted the ''high pres
sure principle,'' and has gone ahead, pio-
neer in the march of improvement, and has
the satisfaction of retiring from his duties at
green old age, crowned with abundance
and with honors, and although he still keeps
his throne in the old arm chair on his front
porch, he has delegated his trust Ito wor-
thy representative in his son, who is car
rying on the improvement So nobly begun
by his father. His farm is in order, his