Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1874-09-11
JoTTINGs by THE wAYstDE.


JoTTTNGs by THE wAYStDE.
FRFDERIcK CRY, Nh. Aug 80. 1874.
En-. Having reRained my health
now occupy little leisure time in a com nun
icalion to your many readers through the col .
umus Of your valuable paper.
Last Sunday evening the guests at the Dill
House in this city were very much excited by
the ala-m Of Are. One of the boarJers wh1
had been partaking freely of soaked ice,' and
having severe pain in his head, repaired IL hit
room on the second A ior at an early hour. Il
was not long before the fumes Of smoke sent
forth stronger scent than tie fumes Of bad
whisksy. Now II anything will aruuse tho
sinmbering inebriAts from his stupor on short
netice, it is FIRE, as was fully demonstrated in
this case for as son as he begaa 10 feel
the smarting sensation Cf his burning cot, he
sailed forth sounding the alarm of Er.f rrRE :.
in half stiasd tines Of agony. The prnpris-
tor, porters aud others rushed In ho, haste To
tho rescue, which resulted in no greater harm
than "huge" scare, room drenched with
water, and one less msttrass.
short time since took q ramble throarb
Carroll county, Nd, Adams, Franklin and
Cumberl. nd counties Pena., passing en- route
very irregular way over the Blue Ridge Mount
aims, with their beautiful scenery Of high rug
Rsd ellis and deep ravines. The Cumberland
valley is very nice country, and teamine with
unt'dd acres of corn. ! noticsd large ds,is uf
stub bible, where wheat and nat had been barv.
ested, aud farmers all along were seen with
their fur horse teams Lauling manure, or with
three horses abreas; turning over the rich soil
preparatory to another crop Of wheat Frui,
luf all kinds much more abundant and far an.
perior in quality, than in western MARYLAND.
made short stop at Green Castle, Cham
bersbnrg and Shippensburg, all lively, wide
awake energetic towns. At the latter place ~
located one of ths best Nurma Schonls in the
State of Pennsylvania.
! Much more taste disPlared in the fine build
ings and beautifully ornamentpd Yards, evi
dehccs ct Tar greA ter energy and more enter
priSing habits. than exhibited by the people
| farther south.
! 10 former letter spoke o. the large Nhea
/ crop In thus vicinity. A general thing i.t
does not yield as we'll as anticipated, yet there
are some extremely large yields. Mr.. A. ".
Best thrcshed from 42I5 acres, Of measured
ground. forty two bushels per acre, weighing
sixiy-lnur pounds In the bushei and several
other farmers have threshed crops that yieIdel
nearly as we'll. This kinl is known as the
Fultz wheat, aud was recently introduced fr. m
Pennsylvania. Itis beardles1 wheat, yery
plump. white berry, and selling for 81 rs per
buNhel for seed. Ordinary wheat very low,
only s II to 81 20 per bushel.
IL tins country lacks in some respects. Il eer-
tainly excels in others. Don't be lieye there IA
place in the vide world, that can equal this
for camp meetings and pie. mics. Special trains
have been run the five past SUNDAYS in sucees-
sion to the various camp meetings. For four
weeks the average pic-nics have been one Or
more per day, and still continue. There /, mn
half days about them il is all day business
starting at O'Clock A. NJ. and returning from
to 10 o'clock p. NJ. taking their breakfast
dinner and supper in The grnres Lat week I
enjoyed a few h"urs at one of these fesur.
gatherings, where the Changers Of this S,.ts
congregsted for social time. judging fr n,
the vastpnaltitude assembled, I think the in-
jnnfioltnf old must have been obercd Whrr.
the invitation tn the feast was extended 10 Mi
even in The lanes and HIGHWAYS. The Stat
lretHrer. Robinson. delivered a very annro.
pirate address. lie is verv plain Iookipg
farmer irnm Anne, Arundel county, situated .
Snnlh "i Baltimore on the Chesapeak Bav. moi
the land Of milk and honey, but the land of
water melons and Cantei 'pes. Mr.. n. said
ue statistics NJ ihnt county showed an average /
oi Two and one halt millions grown of each Der
year. Vessel loads or these are shipped In |
their season IN Baltimore and ntt sr uoi,,s !
which nre sold bv he grower fnr IS per bun |
dred Tor Water melons. and 81 50 for Cante- |
l"p"s Gar loads of these are sent 10 thi -ty,
which. au. Informed bT the dealers abnut ten
or twelve thonSand each are consumed here
per week, Many = one-horse wagon load is |
hauled to the smaller edjacent towns And
such monster Water mslnns Why. Mr.
editor, some Of them are large enough for
chicken coOps.
once wrote you that L. MeMurry, Of BaId. !
more. was growing fifteen hundred acres cf
sweet'corn for the purpose Of canning. Yes
letdav, through the polteness NJ Superintend- |
ent smith, was invited To visit the canning |
establishment, where I found over 500 persnus
emploNsd IN the various departments. Ten |
teams are engaged in hauling in the corn from
the AIDS, where It is picked for two cents per
bnShe'. Two cents paid fnr husking and re.
moving the silk, which is perfor med by bows.
sud tso cents per gsiton for cutting the eorn
fiom the cob, BY ladies'. A foreman Is EN-
N"IN" WV ENos hlNhttb s'F eaCn DuShel RAI- !
Ion as the case may be. The corn il then mt
into SORE If Hrnk or composition kettle, which |
sets within an iron kettle, where
ut is properly cooked by steam, and then nut
nto cans bV machineRS, The cans then are
duly snldered and put into large Vats OF sah
water aud boiled, theH removed 10 q large room
where they are all japanned "a prevent
the cans from rnsling, and packed In boxes
OF two dozen each ready for shipping Tboy
nre now l0iiog mp $4,000 cans nor day.
AmHunt shipped peg year, one aud one. half
millions OF cans. Expenses for running This
establishment per week are over s. 600. Me
Murray has another one 10 BALTIMORE where two
aud one half millions cans Of vegetable 4. Iraii
&C., are put mp and sold annually. The corn
Is planted from the middle m Aprii 70 he mid. |
ole OF Juiy' 80 es 70 be ready for sse a. fast as
II can be worked up.
Yesterday the Democratic party held n nri.
mary meeting here TO elect deeeates 10 the
Congressional Convention for This districl. and
II was very amusing to see how zeaians and en-.
erKei,e the electors were, in behalf of their
hiends sho were aspiring 10 fiee Men
were boisteSous, and bets freely offered ON
the success Of their favoriies, especially by a
number who appeared as II they had been
clearing their thToals with little extract Of rye.
AS ever, RAxBLEB |