Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1867-08-22
From Pennsylvania.

. MONTGOMERY Co., "a, Aug. ID.
Editors Comnle,cial.--Neyer, certainly, was ma
ture more bounliiul in the outpouring OF her IA
yors thnn she has been this season. The crops Of
corn, wheat, and oats, now all harvested, have
been abundant The great barns Of the farmers
in this section are filled to oyerfowing Every
where you see large "stacks;" proving that the
labors of the husbandman have been abundantly
rewarded. The corn crop promises to be much
more than an average; the prospect now Is that
II will be the largest raised for several years past
There is but one contingency, that Is early
frosts'' The Potato crop is also large, but The
old enemy has attacked them in force, in this
county. The "rot" is appearing, and farmers
say the heavy rains of the past and present week
will cause it to spread rapidly, and perhaps SO
disease the crop as to make it almost valueless
We hope their apprehensions In this may be al
together disappointed. for the potato is STAPLE
article II food among all classics.
| Owing to the recent heavy and frequent raln'
the country wears an appearance much more a n,
the first OF Jane than the middle of August Ey
/ cry thing Is fresh and beautiful. The meadow
| are covered with n luxuriant second crop" o
| grass. SO beauti'u do all things appear that !
| we did not know was, midsummer we shoult
certainly tkink it was but the full bloom
| spring.
Such scene us the country now presents y
| iuyiporatug to the body and inspiring to TIL
spirit. Ii makes the mind happy, cheerful am
vigorous and causes the blood to course NOR
freely through the veins. II Is just the pidc
10 recnperaie. Not Atlantic City, not Cape Ma,
afford such facilities as the farm and the countr
now do The air as pure and braclng rs can b
| found anywhere. Abundance OF sparkling sprin
water gushing from the hill sides, plenty OF swee
cool milk, fruit and vegetables abundant Tres
and healthful A table loaded with the best lhi
the farm affords and cooked In style such us III
wives and daughters of Pennsylvania farmer
| only know how to get things up in. Let u
fashionablcs golf they delight in 1t, to Cape Ma
and other fashionable watering places, there
be slaves of fashion and etiquette, but they do NJ
| receive that benefit either OF body, mind or mora
, we do who go to the country and spend fe
, weeks boarding with farmer. They Will retuI
, tircd-we shall come back refreshed. They vi
| be exhausted by their yacation--wc shall BIO Il
vigorated. They will look sorse, we hope v
shall look better, for we are very conscious oil OF
need of Improvement In that direction.
. 1t is, no doubt, good for invalds to visit Il
sea shore. The sen air and sea bath are benci
, cial. bnt how much more so would it be If,
J | connection with II, they could have the quiet
the country, during the day And while maj
, inyalds who annually visit such places of resoi
! do receive some degree of benefit, we are nclin'
to the opinion that If such persons were TO spci
the same length OF time among the farine
| of Chester, Montgomery, and Bucks or Laucast
:, counties, they would receive far more permanc
a benefit, and certainly at much less cost, both
| money and OF fatigue of body. But must co'
Yours RURALlZER.