St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1868-10-16
The Hop in W;scOnsin--
IN immense 1rD,y-3O, 900 Rat
tytHD to the POtes .-2 800 on one
Train.


Probably III all the history of hop
picking since yeast and lager were in
vented, there has been nothing to COM
pare with the scenes That have been 90
ing on ih this rcrion, and in Kl,bJurn
Cay especially, for the last six OF eight
lays. For two or three weeks the hop
growers have been gathering their sup
plies; and the merchants and traders al
Ghis plac.-, Baraboo, lud Rec,!,burg ha> e
been upon tie .lump waiting on their Gus
toners.
The first of last wcek, the pickers be-
gan to come in, and tins week there must
he 10000 lively at work, picking the
hops OF the rc@ion that ships them at
tins depot or this 10000, at least
10, 900 pass through this village. Wag-
n loads, Of from 8 to 10 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 Sauk county. OF
the 10, 900 that pass through this village,
about 5000 come on the railroad from
the east and west and stop off here.
The first instalment by cars. came last
tuesday morning. Wednesday evening,
nearly 600 more came. Thursday and
Friday evenings, each 800 or GOO. Sat
urday attcrnOJn, it was rumored that
large number were on the way. and the
rumor seemed TO be corroborated by the
large number of teams tina. seemed TO be
IN waiting. About train tlne, halt-past
:, about 900 persons had collected at
the depot TO witness the arrival. 1t was
I then found that the tram wa- two hours
behind time and that instead of on
train, two were coming, with % ears
loaded. When the two hours at the de-
pot were ended. the crowd had inCreas-
ed, and th!y with the acres of two and
/ four hors, team, ut the depot, and iLc
music and fun of the merry drivers, form
cu no >maii preliminary show OF ilSeit.
Bui AS the Two trains came laundering
along, and is they stretched themselves
away beyond and away back of the de
pot and stopped, excitement was on tip
toe. And wncn 1000 ptckcrs began TO
pnur out of each door of the - cars the
scene beats al other western shows ,
Cheering. laughing. ~iuLing. shouting
Admirable coulu>lUm-nb disorder Sec
tons o.: tens. platoon, OF Gwcntie-. com
pamies OF turuc>. all utlicered, mn> in. in
every possible direction; corpuraI-
Guiding squlL, captains giving order,
10 their companies; marching ard coun-
cr-marching-,ilrcct and tcacion-torni-
ny camp and ircukin. c:tmp-urmcd
and cuupgcd vita umbrellas, para~ois,
,;tch-I-, baskets, hfndooxc~, bags.
bundles, bIntc- Iean>t.r, si1"tIn4
tor tnelr loa4--rH~h for the wag"l>-
tumb! - i'll. al formed " scene 10 bea
ANY army or ctlAp 'n"Ncmrm " e c'n
go justice to ,h, SUBJECT W can only
-hy II Uyat even C"cAgo.
BGl, great - "'- the dl>PI'y on Sat
mday crrnin-. 1t Vas m"r than match
eel ,n Aipn.lly eT"rne We haNr n'
, mra!s OF knowing exactly how. man!
cane "n tae t,'p Trains, out from III
U,,, information We can get, We put tn
, number al 900, Two hours bctorC
he ;raln arrived, 24O teams were count
, ed, which We're waliing to take The pick
er> II their destination. After the couu,
teams continued - come in; and, wher
, til, tram, arrived, there must have beel
nearly 800. Some OF the four hur>
teams take Is or 20, and the average i
at least 10 Hut some leans did not &c
iiu.ir loads, bgcaus. the two long tram
could not bring them 1--WE hear that til
Z I.,tins were full before they arrived Il
Oconomowoc. and that hundreds VIII
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