Union County star and Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1859-1864, 1860-09-07

SKANrATELEs, Ny, Aug. II, 1850.

~. Aug. lSbV.
The OaIs harvest find here IN JUS, abou,
the condition | lett il in Union county three
weeks aso-Say half harvested. Ii Is good
crop-extra good, and so is spring wheat,
which IS now generally grown in preference
10 winter wheat, which was formerly the prin-
c!pal crop. Corn needs Considerable more
hot weather. The potatoes yield well, and
are abundant, al - and IS cent, per bushel ;
they are suffering somewhat from the blight
which operates IN most capricious manner
Skipping one ield,a and taking The next. do
not AuuW whether the tuber is injured. but
total b'a. o! the vine IS suspicious circum-
stance.
There 'ts comparison between Cen
trli reun.. ma aud Central New York as
,r frdii, az present Both have Apples and
chrri-s. bui New York abounds in Plums
and Pcan. while Pennsylvania boasts of
Peaches and Ounces. Ia the city of Elica,
there ia a species called the Bleecker Plum,
which Is very abundant-hundred If trees
are loaded down, and have 10 be propped up.
10 prevent breakIng-more rlumS, think, in
that city, than IN our whole Stale | learned
OF no patent for their propagation and yearly
bearing; but The Plulns and Fears never saw
50 abundant.
In this lltIle village and vicinity, are rods
upon rods of IIedgeS-a beautiful, Scrviceable,
cheap. lasting fence, introduced mostly by
sensible, thriving Englishmen. They are al
yplp Ia of ia. II
thorn of England, and il is claimed by many
with whom have conyerSed to be an es-
tabllShed fact that II can and will do for this
country al leaSt-that II answers every pur-
pose desired. Many lots and farms are pro-
tected wholly or IN part by Hedges only.
They beauty landscape, and seem 10 win
favor here.
ATHENS, Pa, Sept. l, 1860.
\ clear, goldfish day, ushers in lovely. go!-
den Autumn. Yesterday. | rode IN from Bins-
hamton, We having on board, bound 10 make
a speech IN Owego that evening, Horace Gree
lev, with the old white hat we read about, but
the old white coat not visible. He had less
than a ton of newspapers ne had been reading,
with which he bundled out oi the cars al
Owego.
The last Of the Oats and Spring Wheat is
now being gathered in-a good crop, somewhat
injured by the almost daily rams with which
the Land has been favored, 10 the detriment of
harvesterS, but keeping up the grass, the
growth OF trees, and vegetation generally.
There have been light frosts every month this
year, bu. not enough to do any harm. Peach
eS are said 10 be very numerous IN the Gene
see country. but | saw none in Oncndaga
county where formerly saw thousands OF the
very beS, every year. Ia Waverly, Just on
the State Line, | found very few. and IN
Athens few more. Apples are better than
for years past.
In this Borough | saw the first Wigwam
have met, and find there is some local political
excitement here. There will he more next
week, when the Bradford County Republican
Convention is to meet in Towanda.
The attempt 10 mix oil with water-St. Pat
rick and Sam-the g" bloody furriners" and the
midnight plotters," douglas and BelD on
one ticket, diSguStS thousands Of honest men.
4 gentleman Of Syracuse assured me that, in
that City alone, the very week of the "Spolls
Union Amalgamaton" oc the Pope and Know
Nothing leaders, upwards Of one hundred in
teliigent Iri>hmcn rcnounced Douglas. and
most Of them joined the Wide Awakes.
NEpuOw.