Middletown transcript., 1872-07-20
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SAssAyRxs NECK. July 18th. 70

SAssarnxs NECK. July 18th, 70.
Dear Transeript The bell has sound.
ed.-ths curtsin has risen-,be pl,v has
been acted A drama. on whose success.
the bcue6t" Of the sectors wns not least
concerned; but one VI National copse-
| quence. One whose grand finale was 70
prove to the world that /" principle" il Of
less import than policy" ,hut victory.
under the cnemy's banner is far moro eli.
gible than defeat, in behalf Of the true
cause"
Now although the Convention Of ,he
9th inst. has prescribed Greeley for us.
aud pronounced him worthy Of our con,
hdence aud support; we nevertheless can
not see him in that light. II be was not
worthy of our supper, &c, Ave ye,rs
since. what has occurred to make him
more 1T to dayy He has certainly never
yet entered the tribunal Of political re-
penianoe. and why should we now pro.
nounce upon him. a worthy absolution.
from his political iniquiiiesy We feel g..
sured, that We, like many others within
our knowledge. could never be induced 10
support that prince and author" Of the
long line Of isms and scisms Of Tribune
no,orie'y at the coming presidential cam.
palen And although the National af.
fairs could not under nuy stand. point. bo
very materially rendered worse; vet 10
take Shakespeare for our authority. VIC can
very readily say in the words off, Hamlet"
1--WE rather choose the ills we have,
! Than fly TO those We know not of''
However, We will dwell no longer upon
the question Of political variance. bu,
proceed upon our local issues, and Leave
time TO reveal lis own secrets.
The season Of peaches is again
nearly upon Us, and from the appearances
now, to-day week, will about take of the
hrsi sh'pmtni Of amy consequence Thus
rendering the season just twelve days be-
hina ihr' of last year, The . Halc's
Early variety. are fsll indeed. in ,his
section some growers who have but
small amopat Of other kinds. have a full
crop Of these, and in every instance. as
tar MS We know, tlcse who have this sor.
have good supply Of them. And this
year they seem 10 have strong tendency
to confirm what has formerly been said Of
them, J. e., great disposition to decay
before ripcn'ng, .pon The tree notwi,h
standing The unusually favorable .casou
they have had, in which 10 mature per-
fecty.
IN regard to the general peach crop"
mere II IS quite un,qualy distributed
Some grower, having myll pith rail-
crop others ba'iug half crop, aud others
ain'n having Int . sIim allowance. And
mus - rather uncertain, upon which
TO sci nm average.
nc wheat crop. We DO no, think. was
~ much bel " par ns persons a, one
time generally suI p sd Yet, at the
same time. there lacked considerable of
being crop ,qunl to thai of last wear.
The "ne thing notable wa. this. the ,ror
oi straw was exc edingly ,mall, but
tue heads ui wheat even upnn the smallss,
81! 1t were well filled. with a grain in
lu1'i'y' 'qunl to thn, # any previous sea.
son ior some years back
y beat q! the Ericsson Line found
her way up the Sassnfras river on the
i-'h insf To carry su, b freight MS may
be afforded her, until the busy aud bust.
ing time shall come on. when she will be
reinforced 10y as many more as may be re-
qu'red to transport the products Of this
vast : trui'.growiug. section, to the Phil
adtlphia market
Since July has set in. Sol has smiled
upon Us with smile as heated. as the en-
.hus'nsm of the proselytes to Greeleyi,e-
lsm but having had several very refresh.
ing showers during the las, few days. tho
earth Is relieved somcwha. from its parch-
ed s'a'G, aad the atmosphere is much rs-
According to the posters stuck about.
the eoiorcd population Of Sa.safras Neck,
intend having an excursion. on the steam.
er " Kent from Baltimore. to leave tho
eassa'ras river aud proceed to Annapolis,
on Saturday the 10th Whether or not.
their view in selecting the State cnpitul for
their place Of resort, be of an official m.
turc. we will not venture to .urmise
Well. dear Transcript, having filed our
allotted sheets, We will terminate. re-.
mining as ever yours Su.n,,,