The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1868-10-16
iyOI.. XII NO. a.
Y Curious sesns IL V;lsdasssSI,s.
a Wisconsin paper says

n CURIOUS scene ~ TT.isdos,Si,,.
A Wisconsin paper says:
Probably IN all the history Of hop pick
ing since yeast and lager were invented
there has been nothing to compare with
the scenes that have beer going On III this
region, and in Kilbourn City especially, for
the last, six or eight days, For~two or
three weeks the nop-growefa have been
gathering their supplies and the merchants
and traders Of this place, Baraboo and
Reedsburg have been on the Jump waiting
on their customers. The first of last week
the pickers began to come in, and this
week there must be at least thirty thousand
lively at work picking the hops Aof the re-
gion that ships them at this depot. Of
this thirty thousand at least ten. thousand
pass through this village. Wagon loads
of from eight to. fifteen each. shave
been almost constantly passing through
the town torsthe last eight days, generally
coming from the north and east, and cross
ing the river into Sank county. of the ten
thousand that pass through this village,
about eight thousand come on the rail
road from the east and.step here.
THE first instalment by cars, some three
hundred came last week, Tuesday evening.
Wednesday evening nearly one 'Ithsnsand
came Thursday and Friday, evenings
each five or six handred Saturday after
noon it was rlImored that very large num-
Der were on the. way, and the rufilora was
coiroborated by the great of teams
that seemed toaA be in waitingg zAbout
train time (halfpast seven} probably, one
thousand persons had collected, at tho de-
pot to- witness the arrival ut was then
found that the cars were two hours be-
hind time, and that instead Of one train
two were coming, with twenty4eight cars
lloaded.9 When She two hours zTerenp the
crowd had increased this, withrthe acres
OF two and four horse wagons about the de
pot and themusic and fun Of, the merry dri-
vers, formed no small preliminary show of
itself But as the two trains came tbun-
idering along, and assthey stretohedcfhem-
selves AWAY beyond and away back iofthe
depos and stopped, excitement was entip-
toe. ~ rstsea, -, a., ~, =. 'sss.-. -
And when two thousand pickers began
to pour out Of every door Of those twenty
ty-eight cars, the scene beat an other
Western shows. Cheering, laughing: sing
ing, shoutingl Admirabieoconf usions-rno
disorder. Sections Of tens, .splatoensr7of
twenties, companies of forties, all Differed,
moving In every possible direction : cor
porals guiding their squads !; captains Civ
ing orders to their companies marching
and countermarching- direct and in ecie-
conforming camp and breaking camp;
armed and equipped with umbrellas, para
soils, satchels, baskets, band boxes, bags,
bundles, babies Teamsters shouting for
their loads rush for the wagons Stumbling
IN hall formed O scene TO beat any army
camp or movementti We CAN'T do Justice
to the subject sagt si5ns Tasy a..S lblN
"But great as was the display on Satur-
day evening, it was more than matched on
Monday evening We have no, means of
as sA b1t ROM NV s best has nat oa
we can get, we put the number az tucntF-
five hundred Two hours eforesibcxty;sins
arrived, two hundred and forty tcuas ,sseye
counted, which were waiting to take the
pickers to their destinations. After the
count, teams continued to come in and
when the train arrived there must have
been nearly three hundred Some of the
four horse teams take eighteen on twenty,
and the average is at least ten.;s But.some
teams do not get their loads, because two
long trains could not bring them Eve
hear that the trains were fun before they
arrived aat Oconomowoca; and shat hun
dreds who had gathered at the stations
this side of there, had tosb be leff, to come
by the train to-day Eve write on Tuesday,
But undoubtedly, two hundred and fifty
wagons were filed with at least ten each.
"Truly, hops are king, and IN this region
thirty thousand queens are whiting o1the
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