The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1857-08-05
For the Star Of de North,
LETTER FROM DELAwARE.
MILroRD (DEL.) July 2, 1857

Mr.. Weapc,-Dcdr Sir : Ii is familiar 10
Your readers that there was once such Il
character as the "Milford Bard" Now this
same "Bard" was native of this town:
his name was Lofland, and his mother and
family reside here still. Though no, equal
in mental power 10 o. +. Johnson and +. A.
Poo.
Our boys are thoroughly disgustod with
the lax notions, and loose habits which pre-
vail here, and which have made drunkards
of some but little older than themselves.
But this is too much the case in all villages,
even in Pennsylvania.
have just returned from an excursion
INTO Maryland. Let the reader take an At
las and look at Worcester County. Tho
bay that presents on the coast is Sinepuxent
and wears the general appearance of all the
coast. The ocean rolling its ceaselcss surf
upou shore of clean white sand, and the
mainland side of the bay narrow skirt of
meadow (saligrass) beautiful 10 tho eye,
and firm 10 the tread, down 10 the waters
edge. The tongue of land between the bay
and ocean is only drifting sand, without
tree or shrub of any kind and less than
half a mile in width, The land along Sine
puxent Bay and west of il across the penin-
sula, is very fine. Wealth and ease, and
abundance abound; and yet the system of
farming is very defective. Clover is sown
quite extensively, and some timothy but
no hay is made--and no idea of that system
of rotation, by which tho rennsylvanian
holds his manure heap and clover-sod in
Just relation with his wheat and corn crops,
Oats are extensively sown-I saw fields of
fifty acres, and very fine. I am satisfied
from what learned, that wheat is more
certain crop in that region (as it is here)
than in Pennsylvania, and yet little account
comparatively is made OF it,-a large farm
er having old wheat enough to last him,
will skip year--sow no wheat for year.
No rye or buckwheat is sown. Potatoes do
well, and are raised in abundance. Those
who attend 10 the subject properly have
fine horses, cattle and sheep. Some saw
in each Of these departments, quite equal
to any production in your own county.
Properly speaking, they have no barns
On the farm, near the house of one gentle
man, counted eighteen outhouses. This
same gentleman, twenty years ago built
three bHns-the whole cost of the whole
three was $50.
The farm work is done almost entirely by
slaves, and if our fanatics of the North
would go there and look after downtrod-
den and oppressed race, they would fail TO
find it. There is no such people there.
have urged gentlemen of your county,
and elsewhere, TO visit this region and see
the inducements there are for men seeking
a new location for themselves and families,
TO come here. l have described the soil !;
represented the facts in relation 10 the water, |
the health, the market, and all that sort of |
thing-the price of land &C., but with very
little effect. WeIl,-n' importe. Men of
capital are gradually getting possession of
farms here, and SO are inficting upon this |
country a substantial injnry. Land misers
are the curses of this country. In process
of time certain old gentleman with his
sharp scythe cuts away these obstacles and
Brings these large estates into market. AS
this work goes on constantly, no doubt the
ahing viii all be done up right in the end
and SO your humble correspondent will not
bother his head any more on the subject
The disorganization and decentralization
Of the whig party by Native Americanism'
is havinga good effect in all this region,
confirming and strengthening the Democra-
cy more and more. p.s
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