Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1876-01-07
Letter from 0futt's Gross Roads.

January !, &c.
Mn. EDIToR :-"All is quiet along the Po-
tomac;'' not even a breath of gossip TO dis
turb the serenity Of our neighborhood, aud in
despair for something 10 happen, almost feel
like excaimiug, "A Hurry, furry, king
dom for furry" TO trouble the sagnant
pool of life into which we waded during the
Christmas holidays-that usual time Of merry
greetings and open-handed hospitality. Ev-
eryone seemed 10 prefer staying Beneath chs
own vine and fig Tree, y rather than taking II
peep at his neighbours 6rcsidr. ! really he
Iieve old Santa Claus forgot to pay hisannnt
visit, for ] did not hear the tinkling of his
sleigh bells or the paving of his RENDERS
hoOis as he cheered them on ''to the top oil
the house, TO the top Of the wall. now dash
away, dash away dash away alt" but, per-
haps, poor fellow, he may have met with re-
verses aud had 10 take it on foot. hope he
made his trip, for | love TO see The little ones
happy. The only Thing OF interest in the
neigbborhood was a Fair. held by the ladies,
/ for the benefit of the Methodist church. which
lasted for more than week, and which
passed off PLEASANTLY and probably The Ia
dies of that church deserve great credit for
their enterprise ana industry in every good
work, and il may be said OF them, They have
done what they could
The sale OF the late Mrs ConnelI' personal
property took place on the 22nd Of December
aud was largely attended There were some
forty or fifty barrels of corn, which sold rcadi-
/ y at from 50 80 to 81 IS per barrel. The
crops of this neigbborhood have been nnu-
sually good, although the drought in the early
! Spring and the devastation of he potato bng
made the farmers look blue, bat The latter
rains came on just in time for the grow ing
corn and wheat, Of which there was an abnn-
dant harvest. spent very pleas mt day,
some time ago, with one of our most prosper
Gus and energetic farmers, and as passed out
on my way home, he threw open the door OF
! his granaries ard told me to look in which ]
1 did and found il full TO overlooking with as
/ fine specimen OF corn as yon would fnd il
any section said he expected to house be-
tween 200 aud 800 barrels aud made about
1 ten barrels OF corn and twenty-five bushels OF
| wheat to the acre. ! have talked with sever
nj OF most enterprising farmers and find
| thar from ten to twelve bnrrcs of corn aud
| from twenty to thirty bushels ef wheat TO The
/ acre is about the average crop OF this section
or Mt least, where The lands are improved
There are several excellent firms in this vi
entity that will soon be in the market-good
soil which, with plenty Of fertilizers, can hc
/ made TO produce first-rate crops-whch will
AMPLY repay any outlay the farmer may soc
| fl 10 put on his land-anl, best of ALL is vel
watered, little streams ripping through al
most every field We feel some anxiety with
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VIII oe en'efPilstn5 W. "a -'','"'"E - 10
1 day before Christmas and elected new officers
Tor the ensuing year MIR John Saunders
again fills the chair of Worthy Master, The dn-
ties Of which he so satisfactorily discharged
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slowly Greens back into The dim twilight OF
the nost be,ring with him another % The vol
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The years, VIII SLOW ana solemn tread, are
marching along me corridors OF ages ana Us
/ lhey carry us along, let us leave oenlhu US
footprints that viii eheer ana strens'heh some :,
olhef wayiafer as ne Passts oNet '"e uese'' VI
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