The Hartford herald., 1879-08-20
no Miles over Land.

y few days since, my cousin and L
performed a journey of 170 miles in a
buggy; and having carefully noted the
condition of crops which We saw, We
send the result to the good old HERALD.
Within a radius of five miles around
MELVILLE, the farmers prospects are
fattering. Wheat has been threshed,
and the yield is good, to 10 bushels per
acre. Corn looks well, and with more
than an acreage, will give fine yield.
Tobacco is small, and not more than 20
per cent. of a crop can be estimated.
Mr.. w. j. Riley has as fine prospect
as any man in the county; he has six
acres of the weed, and all topped.
We will now start ON our Sabbath
days journey down the HarmOnd's fer
ry road, which passes through the most
fertile part of Mclean county. Along
this road the crops are fine, tobacco is
rather small and only about 50 per cent.
Leaving the aforesaid road about eight
miles from the river, we took the road
leading to Delaware, which is quite a
shipping point on the river. 100 hogs
heads of tobacco were put up here last
year. Here We crossed the river and
took the road to Crossplanes, a small
for the night. "And the evening and
and the morning We're the first day."
After nights rest(?) and the finest(?)
breakfast since the "big warters," We
took leave of the ''blear-eyed old gran
n.y." and went rejoicing on our way to
Henderson. Throughout the county of
Henderson the corn and wheat are as
fine as one could wish to see tobacco
has the "littles," and the people have
little of it. There is u fair sprinkle of
fruit i'm the county. Driving some fif-
teen miles below Henderson, ion the
Henderson and Morganfield road We
took dinner with Hon. L. ID. Powell,
brother of Ex-Governor Powell, a gen.
tleman whose cultivation, refinement
and hospitality can be excelled by his
wife only. They have two children,
the elder, a young man in his "teens, !"
with whom, L am sorry to say, We
formed but a slight acquaintance owing
to the fact that he, though heir to a
large estate, is not ashamed to work.
Mr.. Powell has farm of 500 AGREES in
cultivation, and this young man has
control of it. How few can successful
ly direct the labor on such a farm The
younger, the fairest and most sweet
tempered young lady, with whom it has
been our pleasure to meet. Her eyes
are as dark as storm-cloud, her brow
as white as Ocean-fOam, cher smile like
sunshine after rain" Seeing nice GRO
quet 'patch" We were induced to solicit
the pleasure of game with this Fairy
Queen, and though We were badly beat
en-, her felicitous nature was balm so
sweet that it was the most enjoyable
game of our life, though We have played
from the Empire to the Lone Star State.
Awaiting ourselves of an invitation, we
repeated the game on our return. We
learned through Mr.. Powell of the sad
financial condition of Henderson cOun-
ty. Two Sheriffs have failed cOnsecu-
lively, involving their bondsmen in IL
nancial ruin. Mr.Powell was one of the
unfortunate men who assisted in filling
bond, but, more fortunate than some
of the Others, through good financier-
ing, he has been able to save most of his
property. There are now 1870 acres of
land for sale in the county, besides n
quantity of personal property. Leav-
ing Mr.. Powell's after dinner We drove
to Morganfield. We never saw any,
thing to equal the corn in this county,
(UniOn); it is drilled, and when the
rows happen to run to and from the
road, one can't see ten feet back in the
field, and it is rs black as night. The
people think they will make 100 bushels
per acre. The wheat i'm this county is
par excellence. They make 50 to 40
bushels per acre and realize so cents per
bushel at Uniontown, which is a ship
ping point, and ut which, there has
been an average of 50 wagon loads n
day delivered ever since they began to
thrash. All i'm all, Union county is the
finest farming lands We have ever seen,
not excepting the Blue Grass region.
Upon examination of the docket, We
found that there is u small amount of
work to be performed by the lawyer.
We consulted some of the ablest menu
bers of the bar and learned from them
that the entire amount of fees would
not exceed ten thousand dollars, and
that ID. III. Hughes commands at least
one-half of this. We formed the ac-
quaintance of some wide-awake people
i'm Morganfield, but for the most part,
they like the good old way, and pay lit
tie attention to late invention.
More anon, CROW.