The Morning herald., 1875-09-23
HIDDL1rOWN GOSSIP.

ADASD~AV"X Az "NoSAAs =
Ayrw THOUGHTS or ITs IxPoRfANcsL
WILL IT BE THE hub or THE UNINERsH-
DISTINGUISHED VISITORS FROM MANY
QUARTERs--A DISASTROUS FIRE.
HIDDhlfowN, Del, Sept. 2ist, 1875.
This town is named Middle-town because
II 10 supposed to be the middle Of the Uni
verse, or Of some other country, and because
all things center right here, and from hence,
60 forth. In fact It might be called the
"hub" Of the >grest universal wheel, from
which the spokes Of thought, genius and
talent ,view out like the radai, Of grand
arcle, and by their light illumine the out
side world: You, hay'nt had a communica.
hon yet, from, this immense center;an Of
cSnrse outside ignorance has heretofore
nesn obliyious of our greatness and grandeur.
Aut henceforth let Boston, "step down and
out,'' and forever resign her pretentions,
for soon 1t will be apparent to every one
shat she is no, longer to be entitled to the
pre-eminent distinction of being known as
The Club" She has permission to call
herself "hub" but she is The "hub," no
longer. We expect to become the central
sun Of the geographical !. system
of the age and shed our effulgence
over the whole civilized world, paling the
Intellectual fires of Boston, and outshining
all lesser lights. z.lE
Our principal occupation at the present is
the peach business. We, the peach growers,
Of this vicinity have, with the assistance Of,
those noble animals, viz: peach plucks and
mules, kept this burgh in an uproar for the
last four or five weeks. All women and little
children, and all men thSt were old and in
firm were obliged to remain in doors or else
come to sad and premature end; because
the immense number of peach men, peach
wagons, peach baskets, peach crates, rail-
road cars, locomotives, dust, noise, confu-
sion and hurrah made it dangerous for
them to venture out of doors and thus for
weeks our peach growers have been hard at
work in getting their peaches picked, placed
IN baskets, carted to the depot and paying
the railroad company to take them away to
be given to the commission men SO that the
latter might grow rich on the proceeds of
the same. The peach grower is the only
producer of valuable commodity who
strives whole year to produce the same
and then gives it away free gratis, for moth
ing.
Many strangers have been sojourning
with us this season, both male and female. |
Strangers from Baltimore, Philadelphia,
New York, Boston, Buffalo, indianapolis,
Cincinnati, Cleveland, Chicago, St. Louis,
and other cities, and our "Aub" has been
exceedingly lively and ,bustling.
Yesterday morning the "hub" was star
tied out of its wonted propriety by the an
nouncement that the outbuildings on the
farm tenanted by Mr.. BENJAMIN F. Kanely
were on fire. Dense masses of smoke and
fame were seen to arise in that direction,
and on proceeding to the place, about two
miles from town, it was discovered that the
report was too true, the barn and most Of
the other out-buildings being consumed, to-
gether with wagon harness, agricultural +
implements, and the crops of wheat of two
successive years, entajing heavy loss on
the tenant as we'll as on the landlord, R. A.
Cochrane, Esq, The fire occurred about 10
O'Clock a, m, but its origin is mystery as
yet.
The genus peach pluck has kept the cells
OF our lookup pretty well filled until the
last few days, and now their numbers are
growing small by degrees and beautifully
less, for, like the birds from far that cross
the summer seas, since those autumn davs
are come, many have taken their annual
flight to land of fbrighter skies and more
genial climate. Farewell ! noble peach
pluck, until We look upon your rosy face
next year, when back you will come devour-
ing all before you like the active hopper
grass or the gentle potato-bug.
Preparation for seeding wheat are actively
going en-, and the macltete is busy at work
cutting down the growing corn on our farms,
and the co4sequence is, we farmers are get
ting ready to give what little money we now
have left by the disaster that befell us inl
leaving peach crop to the manufacturers
OF the phosphates and bone dust. If they .
don't succeed in getting from us all our lit
tie balance, the Sheriff can come down and Z
take the loose cash which happens to re-
main in our pockets in spite of our utmost :
endeavors to rid ourselves of it. And if no ,
cash can be found, whythen he can take our =
goods and chattels, or our lands. :