Wilmington daily gazette. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1872-1874, 1874-08-18
T. LxXXIv.-NO. 429 WILMINGTON, DEL, TUESDAY, AUG
LETTER FROM KENT COUNTY.


WILLOW GROVE, Aug. 18th, 1874.
Mr. EDITOR An the latter part OF July and
nearly the whole Of August, affords time OF
recreation for the farming community, It would
in the maln be correct for me to say that the farm
ers through this section have-as presume they
have in all others-slain down the shovel and the
hoe" for short time. aud are taking little rest
And which recreation they are justly and fully
entitled to, for in passlng through thts section, u
ia plainly descernabIe that there has been no H.
tie work performed upon the part Of the farmers.
Out hay crops have bosn unusually largs tEis
season, and are seldom equalled either In guam
tity or quality. Tomatoes have been very exteu
sively cultivated, which can partly Be attributed
our canning establishments are making Prepara-
tions for canning large quantities this tafi.
Rush's Camp Meetin2 seven miles sAoutnwest Of
Dover, closed August l0th, and Pam sorry TO say
that the conduct OF some few was BY NO means
becoming to any one, especially at place Of that
kind for, few days alter the commencement
of the camp, suspicion was entertained upon the
part Of some OF tho managers that some one was
lurking in the outskirts aud furnishing the boys
with ten cent drinks 30, In order to investigate
the matter further, one Mr. Salisbury, young
man, was commissioned as detective, TO prowl
around and seek whom lie might disc0ver. He
mad not been out long before he met with one
bearing such impressions on his face as to give
MIR. y. reason to believe him 10 be the soughtfor
object. Mr.. b. approached and accosted him un-
der the pretence Of wanting drink, but our
friend Marker (that being his name) positively
| asserted he had no whisky in his possession. But
Mr.. s. being rather an influential conversational,
prevailed upon him to present his bottle-but
whether Mr. $. accepted the drink or not am
not able to say. But, neverthe less, he soon re-
paired to the ground and informed tho managers
of his discovery, after which, two of the largest
land at that time supposed to be the most reso-
iute) managers accompanied Mr.. 3. back to the
! dense woods, and 1t was not long before they
confronted our friend Marker and made their
| business known. Our friend did not seem alto
gether willing to comply with their suggestions,
and as they insisted that he should, friend Marker
'made for EN-" and soon dispatched two Of the
party with his fist, and "laid 'em low" upon the
ground and likely would have served the third
possessing an extra amount OF cautiousness;
hence he kept himself at distance. Finally
one Of the party uttered q "cry of Distress" or
called for help, which was the means OF collect-
ing a large crowd upon the spot. Our friend
Marker then seeing that further resistance would
be useless, ''gave up the ghost" aud they march,
ed him upon the ground, and from thence into
the Marquee. After being made the subject OF
interrogation for few minutes, friend Marker
was FASTENED off to the State Capital, and doubt
less would have had the lock turned upon him
had it not been for the intercession OF some
friend at the time, who went his bail, and con-
sequently our friend Marker was set at liberty.
But as he has been in the. habit of performing
such acts before thia did not iDjure his repu-
tatiDn the least. - -, = ID. NJ. @.