The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1858-06-24
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NOTES OF TRAVEL
NUMDEn W.


right to leave a story unfinished, any
more than il does a Job Of work; there
fore, lest my Notes" should present an
unfinished appearance, T. have seated
myself though now at home, to tell your
readers how got here
After writing my lastiD Cecil Co. Nd.
we took a trip Of some eight or ten miles
north to the southern part Of Lancas.
ter Co., Pa, in what is called the Octors-
10 settlement, where I had lived the last
eleven years before coming to Highland.
In this little journey We crossed the
celebrated serpentino ridge, commonly
called "The Barrens" This ridge tray
erses the country in nearly an East and
West direction for a great distance. The
soil is Of very little value for farming,
but it is rich in mineral productions,
the principal Of which are Chromato
Of Iron, and Carbonate Of Magnosia.-
The former is used for making paint,
and the latter Epson Salts CSulphato Of
Magnesia.(
The OctoTaro country used to be con-
sidered among tho best Of wheat land.
but latterly it requires a good deal Of
hiring to make a crop, and even with
that it sometimes fails. Last year the
crop was almost an entire failure. One
Of the best farmers there told me that
off Of q acres be only had 60 bushels
Of wheat. This fell far short of paying
for the Fertilizers that he put on it; but
they have brighter prospect now-tbo
present crop looks well.
cannot forboar, while speaking of
this section Of country, remarkipg how
different it looked to me now from what
it did while living there The country
was called rather hilly; now it seems to
b me to be almost mountainous. Phe "old
place" that used to think quite Low.
el, now seems to be nothing but hills;
and honesty bids me say, presents
nothing to my view to make me regret
! the day took up my march for the
moro level and far more fertile fields Of
Ohio.
On the 9TH inst. we again left Cecil
county for home, and in order to give
the ladies as great a variety of travel as
possible, we took steamboat at Port De-
posit, a small town at the head of sloop
and steamboat navigation On the Sus-
quehanna. On a good, sturdy old boat,
We had a very pleasant passage down
the Chesapeake to Baltimore, The la
dies were delighted with the Bay-it
served to give them a pretty good idea
of "Old Ocean" though unfortunately
the weather was very calm, so that they
could not see tho "lehjte caps" fly, nor
get even a taste of sea-siokuoss.
We spent somo five hours in Balti-
more, Cd then took the B, & o. Rail
road Unfortunately, wo passed over
most of this road in the night, but /
have passed over it before, and can safe
ly say that the country possesses littlo
interest to the farmer, but the road it.
q self is a stupendous work Mountains
and rocks seem no impediment. Whore
the mountains are too high to 60 over,
they 60 through them. Tunnels get to
be no novelty in travelling this road
j It was with feelings Of deep interest
that wo passed through the Board Tree
e. Tunnel, for there it was that our much
= respected friend aud noighbor, DR., C.
; d, Lewis, met his death just about one
] year before, AS there were at the timo
e many contradictory reports about there
9 being timbers in the tunnel, or any
thing else that his head could have
, struck against If he attempted 70
look out Of the window, 1 will here state
that was in the hindmost car, and
, rode on the platform-that tho tunnel
| was lit up for workmeu, and 1 could
. plainly see timbers that projected out
p only a few inches from the car, so that
10 for a passenger to stick his head out
must be certain DEATH
At Wheeling VIC took steamboat for
q Cincinnati, aud passed pleasantly down
= a booming high river without any acct
q dent to mar the pleasure Of our trip
: From Cincinnati the ''iron horse soon
Iwhirlod us 10 the sweetest spot ou earth
8 -homel where we found an well and
u iall lanxiously expecting our arrival,
So ondod our little trip, and so ends
p my "Nota of 7rauel" If they have
3 interested any of your readers, ! am
e fully compensated for an my trouble in
81 writing, for it Is very llitlo trouble Z
D. have taken--moroly sorbbling a few
/ random thougbh more forpastimo than
3 anything else; and ior fear you should
u have any dread of bi.i being present.
ga 10 you or ylaI admin.s.raior iol Hri-
fitting HN0tos Of Iraval p hereby acs
y knowledge ibis as NY receipt d la.I lor
5Ian ollimg on that score
You're, &c., UNCLE BEN