Wilmington daily commercial., 1872-03-27
DOMESTIC NEWS.
sights and Sounds In Sussex.

THE FARM AND sEAFoRD-oN THE RACING cANAwL
old CAMP dRoUND-aoLaoIHA. ETC.
LAUREL, March 90, 1872.
long time on he fence confess 30 over we
go into the fruit farm of Ex-Gov. Ross and say
our say, for he won't hear us unless we talk loud
In a whisper, then, this is model manse and
very Eden. On the same spot, not many years
ago, corn was dindize, ing, and later but little
grass and a few peaches grew; now, not to speak
of peaches by the 10000, eighty acres in small
fruits, --raspberries, Strawberries blackberries,
cranberries, and the vine bearing grapes, the
wine from which ia second only in purity to
that Of Galilee. at Cana, where - The conscious
water raw its God and biushed."
sEAFoRD
Is soon to become a railroad centre - in fact, it
and Cambridge are the two terlnini of the Dor
chester road and as a station on the grand CEN
trdl of the State. Seaford has made strides since
six years past and gone :" and they do say this
is, at some day in the dim uncertain shadow of
futurity, to be the crossing for a through line
to Georgetown. Be that a. it may, from this
point on the Nanticoke, 100000 bushels Of
btUaloes are shuoked and sent to city markets
annually.
THE RAGING "cANAwL."
This must be ubiquitous to suit everybody, for
the ship canal will have to pass this way. Ger
tainly it must" continued my farmer friend
"why, just look at the wood in Nantcoke Hun
right close to where live" In vain l plead
that
THE OLD CAMP GROUND
be spared, where Henry White, Hargis, Hazard,
David Daily, DR.. Quigley, 'The Parson Of the
Islands" and others Of whom the world was not
worthy, had, in my boyhOod collected crowds
to convert their souls, and then g folded
their tents like the Arabs, and silently stole
away to other scenes OF their tolls and tri-
umphs.
Turn we now to
GoLaoTHA,
He place of skulls, in the Hebrew tongue, and
Laurel in particular, as one sees the decapita-
ted heads Of chickens lying around loose after
the preachers are all gone. more intelligent
body of pious men seldom are assembled than
was the Wilmington M. Il. Conference, late in
session at Laurel, and the lavish hospitality Of
the citizens is testified to by strong old cock,
left standing here and there, with his comb cut,
that mourns a lost consort, and the remnant Of
the hens that had been wont to gather the
brood under their wings but, now alas like
Rachael, weeping for her children, will not be
comforted, because they are not"
SACRED TO DEMOCRACY
Is this soil. Little and Broad Greek Hundreds,
from the time to which the memory of man rum
meth not to the contrary, have never gone back
on their idol true as the needle to the pole have
they been to the party its stronghold and re-
lief in time of trouble, and as in old Berks, in
Pennsylvania, there are those who still believe
in Gen. jackson. There are here many people
of culture and not few first-class business men,
and it is not improbable that Laurel is the home
Of a future governor.
FILLING VACANCIES.
Our good Governor has just passed through
the trying ordeal Of filling vacant offices from
among his deserving friends. the last appoint
ment being of the "Clark Of the Peace" Out
of the numerous applicants the chances narrowed
between two. Such was the intensity of feeling
that His Excellency set apart day to bear sep
arately the numerous friends of each candidate
delegated" to present their respective claims.
They went at the appointed time with 'Spokes-
men," and since our Executives friends are
responsible for its strict accuracy, we may be
pardoned for making mention Of the following
conclusion to a single one of the speeches SUI
generiS, as it is
Now, Gov, have known you long time
we was partly raised together we larnt out Of
the same book at school we always voted to-
gether, and once when you was boy you treat
ed us badly, for you tied tin coffee-pot to our
dogs tail, and sent him yelping and hUllering
home skeering all the children and women folks
half out of their wits Now, all this bear with
patience, and if you'll only dppint my friend,
will freely forgive you all" Eye witnesses say
that the Gov. 3 calm face was twisted, and with
all his dignity, shook from crown to chin:
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