Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1859-07-08


Rambling Correspondence.
"APPLEDooRN," b" June 90, 1859.
DEAR LEADER;-Your readers will lu all proba-
bty look in vain for the above name on the map
Of the United States or any where save upon the
map Of Scotland, but TO those who have enjoyed
the hospiiaties Of or have resided at Appedoorn,
no map is needed to teach its locality, and ven
ture to say, that AT the noble Old homestead aud
farm which bear this name, as joyous hours have
passed as at Idlewd or Cedar Hill on the Hudson,
and possibly il may yet be as widely known as
Ashland and certainly as favoraby as Wheauand,
for those who have gone from Il to miugle in the
din and excitement OF the political arena. But TO
come down to sober fact this is the ianciul and ap
propriate family name Of a homestead in the town
ship OF Merimack and few miles from Nashua,
from which place l wrote you last. came here
yesterday to meet with cold Friends old books, old
rocks, old trees for here, each face and scene,
each rock and dell, brug up Iemombrances oflong
ago.
The farming country "bereaway" looks very beau
tiiuli crops are almost all good; corn however is
small, as the late spring aud the frequent rains
have kept il back. With good weather hereafter
however, It will probably DO wen. This is not a
great wheat country, corn, potatoes and grass be-
lug the chierproducts. Grass generally looks w,l5
but in everything vegetable we see tie difference
in climate between New England aud Ohio For
instance when got TO Lowell, a week ago found
strawberries just appearing Ia market aud selling
for 80 cents per quart, slight rise from the cents
they were selling for In Cleveland when left -
Here, they are just Ipening 10 the pastures and
fields, aad I've gathered 6 lew this afternoon FROM
the familiar COX pasture" Last W nter wa avery
severe Que in New England As learned, much to
my establishment, as you know, we had hardly a
touch O, cold weather in Ohio. The long and Sc
we're cold killed almost all Of the peach trees in this
vicinity which loss falls heavily on some Of the
farmers about, and has shOn Appedoorn Of a
once prominent part OF its fruit Appes look well,
| although not over abundant
For three days II has been very warm, and Vege-
tatiOn has shown a decided upward tendency To,
day it is swetering, witng Withyring, dtbiutatng,
aud in short, hot Cattle 60 into the water to cool
| themselves aud ct almost scalded. Hens spread
| their wiurs uut they resemble tasLiOnuhy got
up" coat wi hits shoulder Of mutton sleeves, The
idea OF taking of ones flesh and sitting in his bones
| alone, is refreshing one, aud we accept the
amendment, to punch the marrow out, and let the
wind whistle through them ia the night, and sit in
a running stream in the day and enjoy the cooling
current through our ribs while u tub ofic cream
| is kept mOoTed ucar Wouldn't that be nCei-
Poor den,zpns ofthe cityless fortunate Just at the
| present me than l. who, up in this corner OF the
universe, can heartily join with the good oil Meth
! dist whom once heard startle prayer meeting
| by shouting "GlOry to God up IN thiS cOTNCr"
| Two swarms OF bees came of to-day, but the ole
| STYLE Of hastily gathering together Old pans
drums tongs, and brass kettles, upon which {,
| sound the most unearthly din imaginable, uudo
the idea that such noise would cause tho rest
less hive to alight, was not followed %, and ia,
bees as If in gratitude for being qlietly let Ion,
to follow the dictates Of their own wiugs collected
| on the hough Of an apple uee, which was thcU
sawed Of, placed on th5 ground, new hive pu
over the tremu'ous mass Of insect life, and III,
bough shaken a little to disturb them, when the,
rose into the house prepared for them and by thl
time are dOmesticated.
Those familiar with tho surface of the Old Gran
ite State know that es general thing, It's farm
are of the rOughest and tOug CHEST kiud, where non
( but tido.hill pillow is useful and where there ar
generally "two stones 10 one dirt" 1t would in
deed astonish some Of the native born Westerner
= to see the endless and limitless quantities
stones, Of every shape aud size, which are colleC
$ ted in some of the corn or moving fields up anon
| Tho hill FIRMS; and in turn, how would our Iau
4 kee farmers who have toiled all their lives upo
a farm Of one hundred ucres on tho hill sides
| Sullivan, Grafton OF Coos Counties Of New HumI
0 shire or he Green Mountains Of Vermont; hu
Il | would they open their eyes in wOnderment to II
| hold the rolling prairie farms Of the West wheI
- | for IN les the traveller rides alongside wheat or
| corn field, with not a stone aud scarce a hilOuk
Z sight. lie would see, too, no stone walls, tho,
monuments Of time and labor which separated b
| own landi from those Of bis nsighbor In the
stead, he would find Virginia rail or board fence
:, But hero ia the southern portions Of the Stat
u and ia fact all the Connecticut and Merrimac
d river valleys, there are many fine inrms, we'll Gu
e tyated and kept, with smooth fields and rOlir
/. pssturos, the land cape just billy and divorsid,
., enough to be pleasing compound Of light Al
shade, upland and low land. This farm, "a tho
Il sand acres more) comprises
The orchard, the meadow the deep tsrg'ed wd wood
G and has, besides the ancestral home three or fo
If tenanted houses on various parts Of the estate.
i, What pleasanter life could be desired, than TO
"mastor Of the household" here.
But must leave the farm, the house, and d
e pond (good fishing 10 that last, in rainy da
+ too rainy to 70 to school, but just rainy enough
n. 90 to the pond) "and all that In them is," Al
. hasten back to the West. / did purpose to pit
'e my tent in Boston on the Fourth, as, in addit
p to the other attractions Artemas Ward and
g Kangaroo are expected TO form the most attracti
ar side show, but circumstances forbid. So Will,
% happy bird, (we'll call her Nellie here-itsa prot
name aud SO suits herr is oarolng below, ! 81
ID myself Yours warmly
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