The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1866-11-10

Cork HusKIEa. Our farmersare busily engage
ed in husking corn, and by the close of the pres
ent month we presume that they will have COM
pleted this interesting labor. We cal il interest
ing because it was so to us in our boyish days,
and we now 60 on the presumption that it has
lost nothing Of its attractions BY the lapse of time
Corn husking in years gone by used to be
pleasure and recreation, and not toll At diff
ferent farm houses ia the country it was made
the occasion for merriment and festivity The
corn was gathered from the field with the husks
upon it, hauled it into the barn or to some spot
in its vicinity, and general invitation extended
to the young folks of the neighborhood of both
sexes, to come and have a regular time of it,
The business OF husking was carried far into the
night, and generally ended with SPLENDID sup
per gotten up in the most approved style by the
female guardians of the farm house. Turkeys,
chickens, geese, ducks, and sometimes the usual
game of the season, such as pheasants, partridges
and rabbits would figure prominently upon the
ample board. These with abundance of pies,
tarts, custards, jellies and cider not altogether
fresh from the press but sufficiently fermented
to put the blood in free circulation and inspire
the brain with some little artificial vigor formed
a tempting and attractive feast, and it very sell
dom happened that any of the invited guests
would choose to absent themselves from the
tempting banquet.
- VIC IcdE tuco6 happy udJS VI rural Cneer ana
hilarity have to great extent if not entirely
passed away. We have become little too mod
ern in our notions, and the last out door labor
of the year is performed with the same regard to
system and enconomy as are illustrated in the
chopping of a cord of wood or the gathering to-
gether of the prepared sheaves in the harvest
field. These innocent and sinless social gather
ings in this community at least, are not encour-
aged and may be said to be almost entirely gone
out of use. We regret that this should be so,
for neighborhoods were bound together by them
in a chord Of sympathy which was not confined
by any means to the golden fruit of the corn
field. Men were friends then and knew and low
ed each other and but little strife and litigation
existed amongst them. They knew each others
wants and necessities, and they were looked af-
ter and attended to. They sought each Others
society for they knew there was q eongeniality
OF feeling existing amongst them, and friend
ship, true, firm, consistent, disinterested and
faithful sprung up in their midst which was the
object OF paternal interest and brotherly COM
ment at the public meetings and around the eve
ming fireside in the old country homestead The
fathers and grandfathers of this rude social sys-
tenn have long since gone to their account, and
their children and children children have ceas-
ed to initiate their example.
The corn crop this year in the county of Bal
timore is what our farmers would term a good
average one In some localities it is not so good
but in others it is equal to that produced in any
former season. We certainly have no reason to
complain. Abundance of other cereals too have
crowned the land with plenty. We have had a
Aarge Yield Of fruit, our orchards and gardens
have been laden with the most delicious products
and our granaries are well stored against the ap-
proaches of winter. We should be content with
what we have and grateful to benefcent Crea-
tor, " for our lines have been cast in pleas
ant places, " and the industry of our husband
men during the year that is past abundantly re-
warded. r