The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1874-06-26
Washington County Correspondence.

MIR. EDITOR: 1t has been some time since
forwarded 4 communication for your most yalua.
BILE paper, and thinking | might now furnish a
letter OF some interest to your numerous readers
induces me to make the effort. Knowing that a
large number OF your subscribers and readers
are "tillers of the SOIL" therefore it will be of
interest to them to hear something concerning
the crops in this western section of the State
! am glad l can furnish most favorable report
The hay crop, which is now being harvested, is q
most excellent one. The weather has been most
delightful for this purpose. 1t is thought by
those competent 10 judge, that the crop this
season will be larger than the aggregate of all the
crops in this county. Since the close of the year
new hay is low Glover is selling at seven dol
lars per ton; clover and timothy mixed at nine
dollars; old hay is worth about twelve dollars.
The principal market for this product is the
Chesapeake u Ohio Canal. The wheat crop looks
very promising throughout the county. The dry
weather may, 10 Il certain extent prevent the
heads from filling as well as if the weather had
been more seasonablc. Yet the crop will be Il
large one.
The farmers here should be very thankful to
the "Rulcr of Storms" for while in West Vir-
ginia. and in Franklin county, Pennsylvania,
and Frederick county, Md, Uhese all ADJOINING
counties,) most terrible and destructive hail
storms have passed through, and in some in.
stances entirely destroying fields of grain; here
they have suffered no loss. The corn looks very
well considering the dry weather. Rain is very
will continue for sometime yet.
That terrible monster, the Colorado Potato
Bug" has made his appearance in this section,
and rs might be expected, is making war on the
potato crop. The destruction in some instances
has been fearful The crop has been injured no
doubt, very materially. The farmers have been
busily engaged in devising some means to stop
their inroads The most successful means vet
employed has been by shaking the vines in a
pan, and then destroy by fire. 1t is thought that
n hns hnnt I, =,
weather In the spring, and the peaches have com,
menced falling off very much in the last few days
There is some excitement being created over
the approaching congressional election in this
district. The principal candidates are Hon. g.
A. Pearre, who now occupies seat as one of
the Associate Judges of this Judicial Circuit,
Hon. Lloyd Lowndes, the present member on
the Republican side, Hon. A. K Syester, the pres.
ent Attorney General, Major II. X. Douglas, on
the Democratic ticket. All of these candidates
are men worthy ofthe position, and if either OF
them are selected the interest of the people will
be safe in their hands. The people arc some.
what encouraged TO believe that Hagerstown
will be honored by the committee selected by
the Legislature, for the purpose of selecting a
site for the House of Correction. No better Sc
lection could be made.
There has been for some time bitter contest
going on In one ofour school districts over the
appointment ofSchool Trustees, which will end
IN test case before the courts, in reference to
the power exercised by the judges in appointing
the County School Commissioners. 1t appears
that the County Board of Commissioners ap.
pointed for the said district, trustees who were
Objectionable toa large majority of the patrons
OF the school, The dissatisfied patrons sought n
change but the County Board refused They then
appealed to the State Board, and they refused to
intefere 1t now appears by an examination of
the school law, to be a doubtful question wheth.
er or not the judges have the power to appoint
the County Boards. Eminent LAWYERS have been
consulted, and the dissatisfied parties named in.
tend testing the constitutionality of such acts
There Is very general opinion of dissatisfac.
tion with the school law throughout the county,
and believe throughout the State. 1t is to be
hoped there will come some change in the fin.
ture, by which the demands of the people shall
be met In this respect. W.