Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1868-09-26
Thirty thousand Women Picking Hops
Curious Scene Ia Wisconsin.
A Wisconsin paper ssysi

Curious Scene Ia Wisconsin.
A Wisconsin paper says,
Probably 10 all The history Of bop pick.
ing, since yeast and lager we're invented,
there has been nothing 10 compare with
the scenes that have been going on 10
this region. and 10 Kilburn City especial
ly, for the last six or eight days. For
two or thres weeks the bop growers have
been gathering their supplies, and the
merchants and traders OF this place, Bsrs.
boo, and Reedsburg have been on the
jump, waiting on their customers. The
FIRST Of last week the plckers began 10
come in, and this week there must be al
least thirty thousand lively at work pick.
ing the hops OF the region that ships Ihsm
al this depot OF this thirty thousand, a,
leasGleu thousand pass through this vii.
lage. Wagon losds Of from eight 10 hf.
teen each have been almost constantly
passing through town for The last eight
days, generally coming from the North
and east, and crossing The river into Sank
county. or the ten thousand that pass
through this village, about eight thousand
come on the railroad from the east and
stop here.
The first insialmenl By the cars, some
three hundred, came last week, Tuesday
evening Wednesday evening nearly one
thousand came Thursday aud Friday even.
ings each, FIVE or six hundred. Saturday
afternoon il wss rLmored that 4 very
large number were on the way, and the
rumor was corroboraled by the great
number OF teams that seemed 10 be in
waiting. About train time (hSlf-pasi sew.
en- probably one thousand persons had
collected al the depot TO witness the srri.
val. Ii was then found that The cars were
two hours behind ,ime, and that instead
OF one train, two were coming, with
twenty eight cars loaded. When the two
hours were up, the crowd at The depot
had increased; and this, with the acres OF
two and four horse wsgous about The de-
pot, and the music and fun OF the merry
drivers, formed no small preliminary
show Of itself. But as tho Two trains
came laundering along. and as they
stretched themselves sway beyond and
swsy back Of The depot, and stopped, ex-
element wac on iip-,os. And when
two thousand pickers began to pour out
OF every door OF those iwenty-eighl cars,
the scene beats all Western shows. Cheer.
ing, laughing, singing, shouting. Adui-
rabIe confusion--no disorder. Sections
Of tens, pls,oons OF iwenties, companies
OF for,ies, alI officered, moving in every
possible direction; corporsIs guiding their
squads; captains giving orders 10 their
companies; marching aud couniormarch-
ing-drecl and in eche!On-forning camp
and breaking camp; armed and equipped
with umbrellas, psrosols. salchels. bask.
els, band boxes, bags, bundles. babies F.!
Teamslers chou,ing for their loads-rush
for the wse seons-tumbling iu sll-Gormod
scene to bea, any army camp or move
men,! We can't do justice TO the ssb.
ect:
Blu! great ss vas The display on Sslur-
day evening. it was moro ,hsn matched on
Monday evening. We havo no mean, Of
knowing exactly how many came on ihs
two trains, but from the best information
we can get, we put The number a, twenty
FIVE hundred. Two hours before the
trains arrived, two hundred and forty
teams we're counted. which were waiting
TO take tho pickers TO their destinations.
After the count, teams continued 10 come
in; and when The trains arrived there
must have bOen nearly ibree hundred.
Some OF the four horse teams take eigh.
teen or twenty, and the average is q, least
ten. But some teams do mol get their
loads, because two long trains could not
bring them. We hear that the trains were
full before they arrived al Oconomowoc;
and that hundreds who had gathered al
the stations this side OF there had TO be
left, TO come by the train io-dsy-ws
write on Tuesday. Bot, undoubtedly.
Two hundred and fifty wagons wsre filled
with at least ten each.
Truly. hops are king, and in this 70.
gion thirty thousand queens sre wsiling
on the old fellow.