Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-08-16

was repuled with the freezing re-
ply: "Go to Eden and get your
flag where you went to get your mu
sic.'' The trouble was that the committee
had hired the Eden band instead Of the
Millersville band to furnish the musical
accOmpaniments to tho OratiOns. Not
being able to get the flag from Doc Brady
the committee was obliged to skirmisl,
around until they found a littlo muslin
flag with which to decorate the pole.
MARIETTA AND VICINITY.
Our Travelling Correspondent in the North
west Corner.
Marietta is a good place to 90 to, either
for rest, recreation, sport, or for soliciting
subscriptions to paper like the Lancaster
lNTELLIGENCER, as your correspondent
can personally attest. Arriving ut tho
! upper depot at noon on Monday, VIC wend-
| ed our way to the Cross Keys hotel, kept
by the best of landlords, Christopher
Haucr, who for very moderate price pro-
Hancock segar in the barSain-a ''superb"
articlc-which is relished even by the stall
warts.
/ Everybody Employed.
A walk through the borough during the
day finds the streets almost deserted, save
by ladies and y few superanuated individ-
uals of the sterner sex, who, with Il great
deal of satisfaction, explain the absence OF
the able-bodied. They are all ut work,
either at tho rolling mill, hOllOw-waro
| works, furnaces, or in tho tobacco fields.
The iron works are nearly all running on
full time. The hOllOw-ware works employ
sixty men, and are doing large and safe
business under the efficient management
of f. L. Reinhold, formerly OF Lancaster,
and Col. Geo. W. Mehaffy, ex-cOunty COM
missioner.
The CrOps-Kins Tobacco
Tho crops through Donegal township
are il more hOurishing condition than
has ever been known. We have seen corn
twelve feet high with ears prOpOrtiOnatcly
large potatoes as big as cabbage heads
and tomatoes twice that size. There is Il
fair promise for pumpkin pics, and tho
lovers of hard cider and apple sass" can
expect to regale and feast themselves
quite as sumptuously rs the lovers Of Sara
tOgas and corn dodgers !; for late apples arc
very plentiful and large, most of the trees
having to be proppcd to prevent their
breaking down.
But of all the crops tobacco is king in
thie vicinity. There is indeed scarcely Il
quarter-acre lot but is wholly or in 4
large part occupied by the weed,
and nearly all in excellent con-
dition. Many farmers arc now engaged in
cutting, and with rare exceptions report
IN unusual yield. Mr.. j. u. Stauffer, on
the John Rich farm, commenced cutting
his crop of 13 acres ON the 12th Of July and
<nxo
nearly 1000 pounds to the acre. He is now
cu:tin: 4 Gvc-acre lot of ..Gariield- tobac-
CT. which lie is storing in his model tObac-
CO she'd recently erected. The main build
in- is 3Ox6O feet, with 4 stone basement.
which is to be used for stripping and pack
ing. 1t contains number of bins for the
storage Of potatoes and apples. 1t is we'll
lighted and perfectly ventilated.
A successful Tobacco Farmer
Mr.. John Shields, of Marietta, is reco.-
nized rs the champion tobacco grower of
tho county. For years past he has grown
the largest crops and generally commands
the highest prices. Your correspondent
called on him Saturday and learned much
concerning his manner Of cultivating the
weed, which it would be profitable for the
amateur to observe. Mr.. Shields contends
that deep plOwing is not only useless but
positively injurious. The cap root of the
plant pcnetrates the ground from 8 to 12
inches, but is simply stay for the stock,
affOrding little Or no nOurishmcnt to the
plant. The feeding roots, from which tho
plant derives it's nourishmcnt, spread out
over the surface rot more than four or six
inches in depth. by deep plowing you
poison the plant with the subsoil and
deprive the feeding roots Of tho manure
thus turned under; that as much to-
bacco can be grown with half the man ure
properly ploughed ~ can bo raised by
plowing up the sub-sOil. While cultivat-
ing tobacco Mr.. 8. says the ground should
be kept perfectly clear OF weeds, but
should not be ploughed too near the roots,
especially in dry weather. He demon
stratcd the correctness of his theory by
producing stocks, the leaves of which
measured "a by AZ inches and what is
most surprising is the fact that five sue
cessiye crops have been grown OH tho
same lot. There are no cullens or waste
leaves, and the yield is expected to bo
$500 pounds to the acre.
The Democracy
Of the borough arc enthusiastic and well
organized. Tho Hancock and English
club, organized on the evening of tho
nominations, is :: very efficient organiza-
ton. 1t meets every Wednesday and Satur-
day evenings in the st. John building, and
is presided over by Christian Hanlen. Frank
Curran, Democrat Of the old school, is
looking we'll to the assessments. Tho
borough will give good account Of itself
on November.
Black Bas0.
Bass fishing is the principal sport of Ma
and is indulged in alike by ladies'
and gentlemen. From Chiques Falls to
Collins station, the Susquehanna isdotted
with boats and skifts, all of which are en-
ployed in the fascinating pastime. Hunt
ing, nutting, croquet nor archery are to
te compared to it. 1t is not only fascinat-
ing, tending to good health and muscular
bu: is profitable as we'll
for we not unfrequently meet persons with
a string Of from five to twenty pounds.
Though your humble servant did not in
dulgc in the exciting sport, he was the