The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1858-06-10

dant banks I walked in last evenings
twilight, and whose limpid watersseemed
to reflect every star 10 tho heavens, was
then Redeemed with the blood Of patriots,
which IL carried down 20 miDgle with
the briny deep. As il strolled leisurely
along in deep musing, and caught the
distant sound Of oars, almost faucied
It the ghost Of some departed patriot,
gliding over the silvery waters to view
the scenes Of his glory, but it proved to
be a solitary fisherman spreading his
nets. But hold my brother-farm
ors will say I am going off in a ft Of
romance, and that I had better be telling
them something about the agriculture Of
the neighborhood. So, perhaps, I had
and so 1 will in due time, but you must
excuse me- am on the Brandywine
battle-ground, and had it not been for
an accident this morning, tomorrow ]
would have been strolling over Washing
toms camp-ground at Valley Forge
We started this morning to visit friends
in that vicinity but our horse got lame
and we were obliged reluctantly to turn
back.
The land in this vicinity, altho' much
more hilly, is Of a better quality than in
the southern part Of the county, where
I last wrote from. This is the great
grazing section Of Chester couuty-hero
is where a large portion of the fine Beef
and Butter is produced that is always tc
be found in the Philadelphia market
We visited a farmer yesterday that makes
now about $50 lbs. Of Butter per week
This is made up into pounds and print
ed, and was sold the last market-day a
% cents R ib. Cows have been a very
high price here this Spring, ranging
from $50 to S75 3 head-and we woulJ
call them quite ordinary COWS too-eyer
those bought at the highest figure; bu
I suppose they are selected for thei
milking qualities, and not for breeding
Beef Cattle, as we select them.
Great pains have been taken here fo
several years to improve the breed Of
Hogs. 1t was near this that the far
famed breed of Hogs called the "Ches
ter Whites, or the "Chester count,
breed, originated. They arc the fines
Hogs I have ever seen. They, like tn
Durham Cattle, are famous for grca
weight at any early age. I have beer
looking round among them a good deal
and have selected four or five of the bes
I could find, regardless of price, and in
tend bringing them home with me, hop
ing to have the honor of being the frs
to introduce so fine a breed into High
land county Should I have the goo,
luck to get them home safely, want m,
friends and the farmers of our count
generally to call and see them, as hav
not heard of any of them being neare
to us than Darke county, Ohio.
I am told by letters from home that
is still very wet there; and as it is sal
"misory loves company" can inforr
you that it is ditto here. There hav
hardly been two clear days in succcssio
for the last three weeks, and at this me
ment it is raining-one Of the old-fasl
ioned Northeast rains that general
hold on here for two or three days
least. Many farmers have not got the
Corn planted yet, which is very LAT
here. What is planted and up look
very much as if it had the Consumptio
/ or the Yellow Jaundice.
y Nothing new in politics here since IL
J Philadelphia election, only I see thei
is strong talk in the papers Of formiu
q a Union party Of the Americans and r.
publicans to put down "LeoOmptou D
F mocracy."
% Yours truly, UNCLE BEN